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What is the process of responding to a physical stimulus such as spot of light, sound etc.?

• Humanistic Approach

• Sensation

• Cognition

• Perception

Which approach focuses on how we process, store, use information and how this information influences what we attend to, perceive, learn, remember, believe and feel?

• Sensation

• Humanistic Approach

• Cognitive Approach

• Social-Cultural Approach

Who are the major exponents of the Cognitive approach?

• Gordon Allport

• Carl Rogers

• Jean Piaget

• Abraham Maslow

What do humanistic psychologists emphasize about each individual?

• Unconscious instincts

• External control

• Intrinsic worth

• Lack of freedom

What do social-cultural psychologists study?

• Processes of Sensation

• Physical energy coming from objects

• Individual's behaviour based on the influence of the individual's culture

• The concept of man as a mechanism

What is the study of perception concerned with?

• Processes of Sensation

• Identifying the processes through which we interpret and organize information

• Physical energy coming from objects

• The role of man's higher cognitive abilities

What is the role of man's higher cognitive abilities according to the Cognitive approach?

• Adapting to environment

• Stimulus input and response output

• Processing, storing, using information

• Intrinsic worth

What is the humanistic psychologists' view of man?

• Controlled by external stimuli

• Passive receptors of stimuli

• Unconscious instincts

• Dynamic and interactive

What do cognitive psychologists argue about the mind?

• Passive receptors of stimuli

• Unconscious instincts

• Actively processes the information it receives

• Controlled by external stimuli