Who is the father of Experimental Psychology?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which TWO of the following statements are true of blocking?
   1: The phenomenon of blocking provides an interesting and much-studied instance of failure to learn, in spite of contiguous presentations of the CS and the US
   2: In a blocking experiment, animals receive training with what is termed a compound CS (Phase 2)
   3: The experimental group has first received a phase of training in which the US alone is conditioned (Phase 1)
   4: The experimental groups shows no (or very little evidence of learning about the CS that is presented in Phase 1

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

2. In experiments, placing subjects in experimental groups such that each subject has an equal probability of ending up in any experimental group is referred to as:

   A. random forecasting
   B. fandom selection
   C. random placement
   D. random assignment

3. The experimental procedure in which both the experimenter and subject are unaware of who is in the experimental and who is in the control group is referred to as the:

   A. single-blind procedure
   B. the type of experiment is not possible
   C. stereotaxic procedure
   D. double-blind procedure

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

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

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

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

6. Wilhelm Wundt established the first laboratory of experimental psychology at ___________?

   A. Greenwich
   B. Zurich
   C. Leipzig
   D. Munich

7. An advantage of the experimental method in psychology is:

   A. the identification of a cause-and-effect relationship
   B. similar to the correlational method that causality is determined
   C. that the surroundings are always similar to real life experiences
   D. that it is an informal way to investigate behavior

8. Which of the following is NOT a widely used research method in modern experimental psychology?

   A. The true experimental method
   B. The quasi-experimental method
   C. The introspective method
   D. The case study method

9. 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

10. Which of the following is commonly referred to as the father of developmental psychology?

    A. G. Stanley Hall
    B. Sigmund Freud
    C. Erik Erikson
    D. William James