Basic concepts of Psychology

Psychology is defined as the scientific study of

• peoples and things

• emotions and beliefs

• perceptions and religion

• mind and behaviour

Greek philosopher who believed that knowledge is acquired through experience and learning

• Archimedes

• Watson

• Bruner

• Aristotle

Reinforcement is

• Stimulus

• Reward

• Response

• Condition

Watson and Skinner both contributed to which school of Psychology

• Functionalism

• Cognitive

• Social-cultural

• Behaviourism

what is the subject matter of psychology

• socialization

• perception of form

• Development

• Behaviour

The problem child is generally one who has

• An unsolved problem

• A poor heredity

• A poor home environment

• A younger brother or sister

Influence of parents on the personality of their children is

• Non existent

• Weakest in early childhood

• Strongest in early childhood

• Consistent across the lifespan

A child is born with some

• Qualities

• ego

• innate drives

• all of the above

Examinations given at the end of a course to see how much you have learned are

• Anxiety test

• Achievement test

• Aptitude test

• Adjustment test

Human intelligence is affected by

• only heredity

• only environment

• Both heredity and environment

• Neither heredity nor environment