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Psychology

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does nature refer to?

a)

social and cultural influences

b)

the structure of the mind

c)

hereditary or innate dispositions

2.

Nurture relates to...

a)

biological influnces

b)

relates to the contributions of hereditary to our physical structure and behaviours

c)

contributions of environmental factors and experience to our physical structure and behaviours

3.

Who was the founder of modern philosophy?

a)

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

b)

John Locke

c)

William Wundt

d)

Rene Descartes

4.

Which one is rationalism a part of?

a)

Nature

b)

Nurture

5.

What is the source of interactions between the brain and body relating to voluntary and involuntary movements?

a)

Heart

b)

Thyroid gland

c)

Pineal gland

d)

medulla oblongata

6.

What do rationalists believe?

a)

one is born with the innate capacity to think

b)

sense experience is the ultimate starting point for our knowledge

c)

the mind constructs an overall perception out of building blocks made up of separate sensations

7.

Who influnced the theory of functionalism?

a)

William James

b)

William Wundt

c)

Edward Titchener

d)

Charles Darwin

8.

Who is the philosopher related to Empiricism?

a)

Skinner

b)

John locke

c)

Vygotsky

d)

William wundt

9.

Empiricists believe...

a)

individual makes an association between a particular behaviour and a consequence

b)

that sense experience is the ultimate starting point for our knowledge

c)

conditioning that happens on an automatic level

10.

Structualism focused on...

a)

the processes of perception and learning as conscious activities

b)

why behaviour and mental processes work in a particular way

c)

the conscious experience of ideas and sensations

11.

Classical conditioning was developed by...

a)

Bronfenbrenner

b)

Pavlov

c)

Skinner

12.

Classical conditioning is conditioning that happens on an...

a)

automatic level

b)

voluntary

13.

Based on an association between two stimuli

a)

operant conditioning

b)

rationalism

c)

classical conditioning

d)

functionalism

14.

Classical conditioning works best with

a)

involuntary behaviors

b)

voluntary behaviors

15.

in classical conditioning, the stimulus leading to conditioing comes...

a)

after the behaviour

b)

during the behaviour

c)

before the behaviour

16.

Operant conditioning is a method of learning that...

a)

occurs involuntarily

b)

occurs through rewards and punishment

c)

is based on a reaction between two stimuli

17.

Through operant conditioning, an individual makes an association between a particular behaviour and a consequence

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Skinners Operant Conditioning is based o whose Law of Effect

a)

john locke

b)

maslow

c)

thorndike

d)

bronfenbrenner

19.

behaviour followed by pleasant consequences are more likely to be repeated

a)

true

b)

false

20.

behaviour followed by unpleasant consequences is less likely to be repeated

a)

true

b)

false

21.

The new term Skinner introduced to this Law of Effect is called Conditioning

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Operant conditioning involves...

a)

voluntary behaviours

b)

involuntary behaviours

23.

In operant conditioning, stimulus comes...

a)

after the behaviour

b)

before the behaviour

c)

during the behaviour

24.

pleasant or desirable occurs following the behaviour

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

negative reinforcement

25.

Negatice reinforcement is...

a)

when the behaviour results in the removal or termination of something unpleasant

b)

when something pleasant or desirable occurs following the behaviour

26.

Positive punishment refers to applying an aversive consequence that reduces the frequency and eliminates a behaviour

a)

true

b)

false

27.

taking away phones, PlayStation, detention -taking away Friday afternoon and play time is a form of?

a)

negative punishment

b)

positive punishment

28.

A student will continue to do her homework as they will be praised by their educator or be rewarded with candy

a)

postive punishment

b)

positive reinforcement

c)

negative reinforcement

d)

negative punishment

29.

The elevator in a building makes a lot of noise so a person decides to take the stairs to avoid the negative action of dealing with the noise

a)

negative punishment

b)

positive reinforcement

c)

positive punishment

d)

negative reinforcement

30.

A child might stop throwing tantrums when their favourite toy is taken after each tantrum

a)

negative reinforcement

b)

positive punishment

c)

negative punishment

d)

positive reinforcement

31.

A student tries to avoid coming late to class so the teacher does not insult or shout

a)

positive punishment

b)

negative reinforcement

c)

positive reinforcement

d)

negative punishment