IPR Halfway quiz

The belief that psychology should be studied in a scientific and empirical manner is from which perspective?

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• All of the above

Which of the following is a belief of the biopsychology perspective?

• Behaviour can be explained through study of genes and the environment

• Both internal mental processes and external behaviour should be studied

• Behaviour is caused by interaction between the conscious and the unconscious minds

• All of the above

Bandura's Social Learning Theory (SLT) falls under the behaviourist perspective?

• True

• False

Which of the following is a valid strength of the social psychology perspective?

• Studies rarely have ethical issues

• It considers the social environment as well as the individual when studying behaviour

• Often uses longitudinal studies which mean behaviour can be studied over time

• Uses a reductionist approach which means it is easier to establish cause and effect

Which of the following psychologists was a behaviourist?

• Sigmund Freud

• Mary Ainsworth

• Albert Bandura

• BF Skinner

On average, humans can remember ten units of information

• True

• False

Developmental psychology is more an area of study, rather than a defined perspective

• True

• False

Classical conditioning states that learning happens through...

• Reinforcement and punishment

• Association of stimuli

• Observing others

Which part of the brain is responsible for vision?

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Parietal lobe

What are the names of the two perspectives we have not yet studied?

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