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- A. Experience
- B. Thing
- C. Situation
- D. Incidence
- E. Stimulus
Explanation: A stimulus is any internal or external event or condition capable of producing a response in an organism.
Correct answer: Stimulus- A. Complex
- B. simple
- C. Fixed
- D. Puzzled
- E. Dynamic
Explanation: In Woodworth’s S-O-R model, O refers to the organism and its internal processes, which mediate between stimulus and response.
Correct answer: Dynamic- A. William James
- B. J. B. Watson
- C. William Mc Dougall
- D. E.B Titchener
- E. Alfred Binet
Explanation: Alfred Binet, working with Théodore Simon, developed the first practical intelligence test in 1905 to identify children needing…
Correct answer: Alfred Binet- A. E.B. Titchener
- B. William James
- C. Sigmund Freud
- D. Wilhelm Wundt
- E. Both A. & D.Psychology
Explanation: Titchener described psychology as the science of immediate experience, while Wundt treated conscious experience as its subject matter.
Correct answer: Both A. & D.Psychology865. Rejecting the concept of "S-R" connectionism, further "S-O-R" concept was developed by___________?
- A. I.P. Pavlov
- B. C.G. Jung
- C. E.B. Titchener
- D. Sigmund Freud
- E. Woodworth
Explanation: Robert S. Woodworth developed the S-O-R formulation to show that the organism’s internal state mediates the effect of a stimulus on a…
Correct answer: Woodworth- A. Woodworth
- B. Wilhelm Wundt
- C. William James
- D. I.P. Pavlov
- E. J.B Watson
Explanation: J. B. Watson established the behaviourist S-R emphasis by defining psychology around observable stimuli and responses.
Correct answer: J.B Watson- A. J.B Watson
- B. Sigmund Freud
- C. C.G. Jung
- D. William James
- E. Wood worth
Explanation: Woodworth defined psychology in terms of the activities of an organism as it interacts with its environment, highlighting both behaviour…
Correct answer: Wood worth- A. Science of Soul
- B. Science of Mind
- C. Science of Experience
- D. Both A & B
- E. Conscious ExperienceManagement Sciences Mcqs
Explanation: Titchener focused on conscious experience as it is directly experienced by the individual, studied through structural analysis.
Correct answer: Conscious ExperienceManagement Sciences Mcqs- A. Soul
- B. Consciousness
- C. Mind
- D. Behaviour
Explanation: Watson rejected consciousness as the defining subject matter because it could not be studied objectively; he made observable behaviour the…
Correct answer: Behaviour- A. Science of mind
- B. Science of behaviour
- C. Science of soul
- D. Science of consciousness
- E. None of these
Explanation: The literal Greek roots of psychology are psyche, meaning soul or mind, and logos, meaning study.
Correct answer: Science of soul- A. Wilhelm Wundt
- B. Sigmund Freud
- C. C.G. Jung
- D. E.B. Titchener
Explanation: Wilhelm Wundt established the first experimental psychology laboratory at Leipzig in 1879, making him widely known as the father of…
Correct answer: Wilhelm Wundt- A. 1779
- B. 1679
- C. 1879
- D. 1889
- E. 1894
Explanation: Scientific psychology is conventionally dated to 1879, when Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychology laboratory at Leipzig.
Correct answer: 1879- A. Psychoanalysts
- B. Behaviourists
- C. Functionalists
- D. Ancient Greek Philosophers
Explanation: The ancient Greek philosophers treated psychology as the study or science of the mind and soul.
Correct answer: Ancient Greek Philosophers- A. only violent behavior
- B. only normal behavior
- C. mental states of individual humans
- D. groups of people in interaction
- E. None of these
Explanation: Psychology centrally studies the mental states and behaviour of individuals, including processes such as thinking, emotion and perception.
Correct answer: mental states of individual humans