J.B. Watson, the founder and father of behaviouristic school of psychology, defined ‘Psychology’ as the science of_____________?

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1. Phobias can be very debilitating and distressing phenomena. Which, if any, of the following statements are correct in relation to Watson and Rayner’s (1920) research into them?
   1:Watson and Rayner speculated that the complexity of emotional responsiveness in adults might be explained by the conditioning of children’s simple emotional reactions when they are exposed to new stimuli
   2:Watson and Rayner found evidence for emotional from a test trial in which the rat was accompanied by the noise
   3:The fear reaction in Albert could be produced by a loud noise
   4:None of the above

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

2. Psychology as a ‘Science of Mind’ defined by__________ school of psychology?

   A. Psychoanalysts
   B. Behaviourists
   C. Functionalists
   D. Ancient Greek Philosophers

3. According J. B Watson, ‘Psychology is a Science of________’.

   A. Soul
   B. Mind
   C. Behaviour
   D. Brain

4. Psychology as a ‘Science of Mind’, defined by____________ psychology?

   A. Psychoanalysts
   B. Behaviourists
   C. Functionalists
   D. Ancient Greek Philosophers

5. If psychology can be defined as the science of behavior and the mind, why are the data in psychology always drawn from behavior?

   A. behavior can be influenced by physiology and the mind cannot
   B. behavior can be influenced by the environment and the mind cannot
   C. behavior can be observed and the mind cannot
   D. All of above

6. A father suggests that his son’s low marks in school are due to the child’s laziness. The father has made a (an)______attribution.

   A. external
   B. internal
   C. situational
   D. high consensus

7. For which school of thought was psychology decidedly not the science of the mind?

   A. structuralism
   B. behaviorism
   C. Gestalt psychology
   D. psychoanalysis
   E. None of these

8. E.B. Titchener (1867-1927) defined ‘Psychology’ as the science of____________?

   A. Science of Soul
   B. Science of Mind
   C. Science of Experience
   D. Both A & B
   E. Conscious Experience

9. Who defined “Psychology as the science of immediate experience with consci- ousness being the main subject matter”?

   A. E.B. Titchener
   B. William James
   C. Sigmund Freud
   D. Wilhelm Wundt
   E. Both A. & D.

10. Community psychology, health psychology, and neuropsychology are considered which of the following in clinical psychology?

    A. Precursors
    B. Continuums
    C. Inferences
    D. Subspecialties