Historically, gestalt psychologists focused mainly on problems dealing with _______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Gestalt psychologists emphasized that ______________________?

   A. perception is the same as sensation
   B. we learn to perceive the world through experience
   C. the whole is more than the sum of its parts
   D. sensation has no effect on perception

2. Events that occur close together in space or time are generally perceived as belonging together. Gestalt psychologists refer to this as ________________?

   A. proximity
   B. closure
   C. similarity
   D. continuity

3. The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:

   A. perceptual constancy
   B. perceptual adaptation
   C. visual capture
   D. top-down processing

4. The organizational principles identified by Gestalt psychologists best illustrate the importance of:

   A. perceptual constancy
   B. perceptual adaptation
   C. visual capture
   D. top-down processing

5. Clinical psychologists tend to endorse behaviorism more strongly, and counseling psychologists tend to endorse which of the following?

   A. Eclectic approach
   B. Psychodynamic
   C. Humanistic
   D. Biological

6. Psychologists who typically apply psychological principles to diagnose and treat emotional problems, including mental illness and martial and family conflict, are in the subfield called ____________?

   A. biological
   B. clinical and counseling
   C. social and personality
   D. school and educational

7. Which of the following psychologists is MOST likely to deal with the most severe mental health problems?

   A. clinical psychologist
   B. research psychologist
   C. school psychologists
   D. counselling psychologist

8. Clinical psychologists are trained to appreciate which aspects of their client’s problems?

   A. Physiological
   B. Biological
   C. Mental
   D. Developmental

9. Psychologists study animals because _______________?

   A. animal behavior is just as complex as human behavior
   B. experiments on people are generally considered to be unethical
   C. the ethical treatment of animals is not mandated by professional guidelines
   D. similar processes often underline animal and human behavior

10. Dr. Saleem conducts basic research on the relationship between adults’ language Skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems. Dr. Saleem is most likely a(n)_______________ psychologist.

    A. industrial / organizational
    B. social
    C. clinical
    D. cognitive