All of the following are goals of psychology EXCEPT:

Related Mcqs:

1. The goals of psychology are to: __________?

   A. develop effective methods of psychotherapy B. describe, predict, understand, and control behavior C. explain the functioning of the human mind D. compare, analyze, and control human behavior...

2. Which of the following historical events created a demand for clinicians that was far greater than the supply and stimulated the development of clinical psychology?

   A. World War I B. the depression C. World war II D. the Korean War...

3. Which of the following early school of psychology included emotions, self, will, values, and even religious and mystical experience?

   A. Functionalism B. Psychoanalysis C. Gestalt D. Structuralism...

4. Of the following, who is associated with the gestalt school of psychology?

   A. Ivan Pavlov B. B.F. Skinner C. Max Wertheimer D. John Watson...

5. Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?

   A. cognitive psychology B. behaviorism C. Gestalt psychology D. astrology...

6. The beginnings of modern psychology were based on which of the following influences?

   A. philosophy, physiology and psychophysics B. The bystander effect, Milgram’s experiments and common sense C. Dualism, materialism and behaviorism D. None of the above...

7. Which of the following researchers had a profound impact in developmental psychology despite the limitations of his methodology?

   A. Sigmud Freud B. Francis Galton C. Jean Piaget D. B.F. Skinner...

8. Psychology is the science of the mind and _____________?

   A. Behaviour B. Control C. Nervous system D. None of these...

9. Behaviorism helped make psychology a __________?

   A. fad B. science C. specialty D. hoax...

10. “Rather than rote learning, we believe in learning by doing.” This statement is reflective of which school of psychology?

    A. Structuralism B. Functionalism C. Behaviorism D. Gestalt...