Class 11 Psychology Chapter 1 What Is Psychology Quiz 27 (23 MCQs)

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1. Which type of psychologist would most likely study a subject group from kindergarten to adulthood?
2. Fill in the blank:Psychology is the scientific study of ..... and behavior.
3. B. F. Skinner studied the principles of modifying behavior through ..... and punishment, which he saw as major factors in driving behavior (operant conditioning).
4. Which subfield of psychology integrates the science of psychology with the treatment of complex human problems (including psychiatry)?
5. The advantage of this descriptive method of research is that it yields a great deal of detailed descriptive information and they are very useful in forming a hypothesis
6. In an experiment, researchers manipulate one or more ..... and then determine whether this manipulation had an effect on the .....
7. Watching behavior in real settings
8. What is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior called?
9. The practice of psychology is closely related to the natural sciences by
10. Fill in the blank:'Psychology' is the scientific study of the ..... and .....
11. Who would work in a school or workplace setting?
12. '' Psychology though very old knowledge discipline, is a young science."
13. This school of thought started with Pavlov's dogs and culminated in Skinner using operant conditioning to train pigeons.
14. Which is NOT a key component of psychology
15. Who asserted that psychology was a science and must be limited to observable, measurable events. He founded behaviorism.
16. A correlation is a measure of the relationship between two or more variables
17. Sigmund Freud is one of the most well known psychologists and he developed the theory that the role of a person's unconscious, as well as early childhood experiences, and this particular perspective dominated clinical psychology for several decades
18. Psychiatrists use therapies to treat clients
19. One increases, other decreases
20. Research in biopsychology can include the study of ..... and motor systems.
21. The DSM is published by .....
22. The study of sensations and personal experience analyzed as basic elements is called .....
23. What is the main focus of humanistic-existential perspective in psychology?