A series of responses that gradually approach a desired pattern of behavior are called:

Related Mcqs:

1. the human information-processing approach and the connectionist approach disagree with each other about how information is processed. How does the connectionist approachdiffer from the human information-processing approach?

   A. Connectionists can study the brain as it naturally occurs in real life situations
   B. Connectionists assume cognitive systems function as a whole versus by single components
   C. Connectionists support the idea of a centeral processor of control unit
   D. Connectionists assume parallel versus serial processing of information
   E. b and d

2. A multifactorial causation approach to behavior suggests that ____________?

   A. most behaviors can be explained best by single-cause explanations.
   B. data must be subjected rigorous statistical analysis in order to make sense.
   C. explanations of behavior tend to build up from the simple to the complex in a hierarchical manner
   D. most behavior is governed by a complex network of interrelated factors

3. A method of research in which the investigator uses predetermined framework for evoking responses from the subject is: ____________?

   A. Naturalistic observation
   B. Scheduled interview
   C. Case study
   D. Biographical enquiry

4. When Edward Titchener founded a psychology laboratory at Cornell University, he used the approach called ____________?

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

5. the approach to psychology that focuses on the basic elements which make up consciousness is called

   A. Structuralism
   B. Functionalism
   C. Behaviouralism
   D. Elementalism

6. the approach to psychology that focuses on the basic elements which make up consciousness is called: ___________?

   A. Structuralism
   B. Functionalism
   C. Behaviuralism
   D. Elementalism

7. The study of similarities and differences in the behavior of different species is called:_____________?

   A. biology
   B. comparative psychology
   C. environmental psychology
   D. differential psychology

8. In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some meaningful way, psychologists may develop

   A. hypotheses
   B. experiments
   C. surveys
   D. theories

9. Overt behavior is: ____________?

   A. anything a person does.
   B. only those things a person does which you can see
   C. only those things which can be recorded by a camera.
   D. only those thing which a person can see with his/her senses.

10. Which of the following is the best example of covert behavior?

    A. blinking in response to a light
    B. imitating a friend’s gesture
    C. remembering a pleasant experience
    D. rapid eye movements while sleeping