Approaches plus a little debates yr 13

The mind can be viewed as an information processing system.

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Behavioural

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Psychological science is the study of behaviour that is observable and measurable.

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Behavioural

• Biological

• Evolutionary

Behaviour is powerfully influenced by its consequences, in the form of reinforcement and punishment.

• Humanism

• Cognitive

• Behavioural

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Who was the first person to consider himself as a psychologist and was among the first to study human beings in a laboratory environment?

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Carl Rogers

• Albert Bandura

• B.F. Skinner

Which perspective argues that the nervous system, glands and hormones, and genetic factors influence our behaviour?

• Biological

• Evolutionary

• Cognitive

A __________ refers to a set of shared assumptions/beliefs about how behaviour/thought should be studied and explained.

• Paradigm

• Paradigm shift

• Lab exp

• Theory

Match the following

• Hard evidence

• Objective

• An agreed set of assumptions and methods that all scientists use to direct their research.

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

• Paradigm

• Unbiased

• Empirical

• Can re do to check if reliable/consistent

• Replicable

In Pavlov’s research, what is the neutral stimulus?

• Dog

• Food

• Salivation

• Bell

 

In which country did Wundt set up the first Psychology laboratory?

• England

• Germany

• France

• USA

What percentage of genes do monozygotic twins share?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%