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E-tutorial 1 History of Psychology - OUM

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

The word psychology comes from the Greek word “psyche” which means?

a)

Study

b)

Soul

c)

Science

d)

Behavior

2.

Psychology can be defined as the study of behavior and mental disorder.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

What separates psychology as a science rather than philosophy?

a)

modern science technologies

b)

the usage of scientific method to study psychology

c)

The 5 central goals of psychology

d)

Laws of psychology

4.

Laws of psychology have been found to be correct in every time and place, under the same conditions. This shows that?

a)

Laws of psychology are always correct

b)

Laws of Psychology are Veridical

c)

The Laws of Psychology are Universal

d)

Psychology Discovers the Cause and Effect

5.

Which of the following best describes determinism?

a)

Idea that events happen randomly

b)

where everything that happens has its cause or determinant in the external world

c)

Mind is a product of brain activity

d)

Roles of heredity (Nature) and environment (Nurture)

6.

What is nature vs nurture debate is all about?

a)

relationships between our brain activities with our psychological events

b)

The debate between Determinism and Indeterminism

c)

The roles of heredity and environment in the development of various behaviours.

d)

All of the above

7.

The Scientific era in psychology began with?

a)

plato and aristotle debating about logic

b)

establishment of first laboratory by wilhem wundt in germany

c)

the discovery of MRI Scan

d)

Behaviorism

8.

School of though that studied the perceptual organization is known as?

a)

structuralism

b)

functionalism

c)

gestalt

d)

cognitive

9.

select the father of psychology

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

sigmund freud

c)

J. B watson

d)

jean piaget