A psychologist interested in knowing how young children think while learning ‘how to play games’, is a (an):

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1. A psychologist interested is knowing how young children think while learning ‘how to play games’, is a (n):

   A. Behavioural psychologist
   B. Sport psychologist
   C. Cognitive psychologist
   D. Environmental psychologist

2. Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
   1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
   2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
   3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
   4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 3 & 4

3. Who is an important functionalistic psychologist was particularly interested in consciousness, memory and emotions?

   A. John Dewey
   B. William James
   C. Thorndike
   D. Skinner

4. A behavioral psychologist is interested in the behavior that _____________?

   A. can be observed
   B. the organism chooses to perform
   C. can be inferred
   D. is part of the conscious experience

5. In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?

   A. the case study
   B. the survey
   C. naturalistic observation
   D. correlational research

6. Which psychologists have become intensely interested in the promulgation and application of scientifically evolved principles and theories of learning?

   A. European
   B. Russian
   C. Asian
   D. American

7. A young man explained that he did poorly on his exam because his eyes hurt the test was unfair, and he did not feel the subject was important anyway. The young man is using what type of defense mechanism?

   A. rationalization
   B. fantasy
   C. projection
   D. displacement

8. Intra- sexual homicide (young men kill young men more than females kill females) would offer support for:

   A. biological basis of aggression
   B. adaptively basis of aggression
   C. homicidal protest
   D. media causes violence hypothesis

9. A psychologist systematically observes and records the behavior of children on their first trip to a dentists’ office. This is ___________?

   A. an experiment
   B. a correlational study
   C. a descriptive study
   D. a self-report study

10. The Russian psychologist Vygotsky suggested their children’s ability to solve problems is enhanced by:

    A. basic trust
    B. egocentrism
    C. imprinting
    D. inner speech