Exam prep- Psychological Perspective and Prep 1

Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in ________.

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Philosophy

• Physics

Psychology is the ____________ study of the mind and behaviour.

• Course

• Scientific

• Biological

• Chemistry

Who below was responsible to establish psychology as a distinct science from biology and philosophy.

• Carl Rogers

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhem Wundt

• Abraham Maslow

Which one below is a function of the cerebellum?

• attention

• vision

•  speaking

• thinking

Sensory neurons helps us to _________

• communicates between the heart and lungs in the body primarily

• acts as connector between various neurons

• to be able to taste, smell, feel and hear

• helps us to sweat when we exercise regularly

What main parts of the body primarily functions in the central nervous system.

• lungs and heart

• pancreas and bladder

• brain and spinal cord

• eyes and tongue

Bottom-up processing means ________

• activation of sensory receptors when you encounter a stimulus in the environment.

• the eyes dilating when you sense fear

• how people attach meaning to describe a stimulus they see in the environment.

• When two people see the number six differently

Which one below describes the halo effect.

• when people are turned off by a personality trait in a person

• the glow that people show when they feel happy

• when a person likes one quality in a person, they assume all qualities in that person is desirable.

• seeing a face like features in inanimate objects.

Which one below best describes an unconditioned stimulus

• grasping in pain after being stung by a bee

• jumping at the sound of loud noise

• a dog responding to similar sound of a bell.

• puff of air blown in the eye produces blinking

Certain laws are in place to designate some actions as illegal - for example, vandalism of public property. In a certain city, however, the police department is slacking on cracking down on graffiti artists. Even though they’ve caught a few artists spraying paint on the side of the building late at night, the police didn’t want to file the extra paperwork and just let them go without a fine. Although this probably wasn’t the intention of the police, the vandals are now emboldened and spray paint more frequently, sometimes even during the day. What type of reinforcement is described above:

• positive reinforcement

   

• negative reinforcement

• possible reinforcement

• case reinforcement