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- 1. Multiple Choice
................................ are the ones involved in actively influencing behaviour by applying knowledge obtained by basic psychologists.
Influential psychologist
Applied psychologists
Social Psychologists
Clinical Psychologists
- 2. Multiple Choice
The final goal of psychology is……………
Influence behavior
Understand behavior
Prescribe behavior
Explain behavior
- 3. Multiple Choice
A psychologist has been able to identify the distinguishing features of depressive behavior, namely sad mood, weight loss or gain, loss of interest in everything, psychomotor retardation, sleep problems. Which goal of psychology is achieved in the above scenario?
Describe behavior.
Understand/ behavior
Predict behavior
Influence behavior
- 4. Multiple Choice
A neuropsychologist is carrying out an experiment to know why people forget things. Which goal of psychology will he achieve if he successfully come out with “why people forget things”
Understand/explain behavior.
Predict behavior
Control behavior
Know behavior
- 5. Fill in the Blank
……………..“the scientific study of human behavior and that of other organisms(animals)”
- 6. Multiple Choice
humans and chimpanzees share about ……………….of their DNA
98.8%
98.0%
99.9%
100%
- 7. Multiple Choice
Principle of parsimony states that…….
if two or more theories are capable of explaining a phenomenon, the simpler, most basic one should be used.
if two or more theories are capable of explaining a phenomenon, the complex one, should be used.
Humans evolved from chimpanzees so it is knowledge gain from studying can be applied in humans
It is not ethical to use animal in research works
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which is of the following is a reason why animals are used in some psychological research instead of humans
Animals and humans are different
Similarities in central nervous system challenged
Animal rights violations
To avoid causing harm to humans through experimentation
- 9. Multiple Choice
Psychologists believe that information obtained from animal studies can be applied to humans to some extent
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
In their quest to understand and predict behaviour, psychologists use a lot of animals in their studies.
True
False
- 11. Multiple Choice
Darwin’s theory of evolution explains that …………………..
Humans and animal are the same.
humans evolved from similar species with animals
Animals are higher mammals
Animals are stronger and faster than humans
- 12. Multiple Choice
There is scientific evidence showing that the structure and functions of the central nervous system are the same in humans and animals
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
You don’t need the consent of human before you can involve him or her in a psychological experiment
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
Involving humans in psychological experiments require that the participant give their consent before the research can proceed.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who is the founder of psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
G. Stanley Hall
Benedict Bortsie
John B. Watson
- 16. Multiple Choice
All the following are classifications of behavior except
Goal-directed behavior
Reflex behavior
Conditioned behavior
Overt behavior
- 17. Multiple Choice
Psychology used to be seen as the study of the ..................
Mind
Spirit
Body
Universe
- 18. Multiple Choice
.....................is a systematic, rigorous process of obtaining information or data and through that generating knowledge
Scientific study
scientific experiment
scientific method
experiment predictions
- 19. Multiple Choice
The first psychology lab. was set up in the year...........
1930
1879
2020
1979
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who said “a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy
Watson
Newkirk
Fayol
Wudt
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