A. Principles of learning apply equally to different species
B. Learning can be studied objectively by focusing on stimuli and responses
C. Organisms are born as “blank states” shaped and influenced by the environment
D. Internal cognitive processes are largely included in scientific study
Related Mcqs:
- The basic assumption of humanistic theories include ___________?
A. Humans are basically good and worthy
B. Humans are basically bad and unworthy and thus have to be reconditioned using learning principles
C. There is a natural growth process that can be blocked by bad condition
D. Both A and C - ______motivation theory with its assumption of two basic instincts-sex and aggression and the view of development in terms of their evolution:
A. Binet
B. Freud’s
C. Charles DE
D. None of these - This approach on only acknowledges that other bases than be scientific approach exit, but consciously attempts to use other approaches, This style acknowledges that the norm is an opinion-based on theoretical perspective and not an axion. The basic assumption of the style is that there are ever-expanding______________programmers:
A. Educational
B. Research
C. General
D. Informational - Behaviorism helped makes psychology a:
A. fad
B. science
C. specialty
D. hoax - ___________were major figures in behaviorism ?
A. John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner
B. Jean Piaget and John
B. Watson C. Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget
D. B.F. Skinner and Noam Chomsky - Who founded the school of psychology known as Behaviorism:
A. Skinner
B. Thorndike
C. Watson
D. Pavlov - 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 - In the Nurture Assumption, Judith Harris argues that the evidence indicates that family environment has_______on children’s personalities.
A. largely positive effects
B. largely negative effects
C. surprisingly little effect
D. a powerful effect - Karen Horney, a prominent Neo-Freudian, disputes Freud’s assumption that women:
A. never experience a phallic stage of development
B. suffer an Electra complex
C. often experience learned helplessness
D. have weak superegos - Which of the following is an assumption of arousal theory?
A. Zero level of arousal is the most desirable
B. High levels of arousal are the most desirable
C. Optimal levels of arousal exist for each person
D. Optimal levels of arousal exist for various activities
