Who was the first of the following individuals to emphasize that psychology should be restricted to the scientific study of observable behavior?

Related Mcqs:

1. A famous person who insisted that psychology be restricted to observable behavior is _____________?

   A. Sigmund Freud
   B. Carl Rogers
   C. Harry Stack Sullivan
   D. John B. Watson

2. The school of thought which restricted psychology’s subject matter to the observable actions of people and other animals is ___________?

   A. Structuralism
   B. physiological psychology
   C. behaviorism
   D. ethnology
   E. None of these

3. 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

4. Educational psychology is concerned with the scientific study of____________?

   A. education
   B. philosophy of education
   C. human learning
   D. teaching methods

5. Who defined ‘Psychology’ as the scientific study of activities of organism in relation to its environment?

   A. J.B Watson
   B. Sigmund Freud
   C. C.G. Jung
   D. William James
   E. Wood worth

6. With which field of scientific inquiry, the study of psychology is most concerned?

   A. the science of philosophy
   B. the science of behavior and mental processes
   C. the science of developmental processes
   D. the science of emotional and mental processes

7. The next defines social psychology as the scientific study of how people______one another.

   A. understand, predict, and control
   B. understand, feel about, and behave toward
   C. think about, influence, and related to
   D. observe, understand, and communicate with

8. Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of:

   A. conscious and unconscious mental activity
   B. maladaptive and adaptive behaviors
   C. behavior and mental processes
   D. observable responses to the environment

9. An individual behavior consists not only of his observable acts but also of all his reactions to inner states and to environmental factors of:

   A. Reaction
   B. Relationship
   C. Experiences
   D. Influence

10. An evaluation of an individual’s observable behavior characteristics that is likely to be more valid that the opinion of:

    A. Two or more persons
    B. Two persons
    C. Any one person
    D. No person