AREA OF STUDY 1: INTRODUCTION TO

PSYCHOLOGY

Who led a move in Psychology away from the study of consciousness and to the study of observable behaviour?:

William James John B. Watson

Carl Rogers Sigmund Freud

JOHN B. WATSON

Which of the following psychologists would specialise in the treatmentOf problems arising from brain damage?

Clinical neuropsychologist Health Psychologist

Clinical Psychologist Forensic Psychologist

CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIS

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A psychologist explains thinking in terms of information processing. The psychologist is most likely to be specialising in _______ psychology

Biological clinical

Behavioural Cognitive

COGNITIVE

Which psychologist established the first psychological research laboratory?

William James Burrhus Skinner

John B. Watson Wilhelm Wundt

WILHELM WUNDT

Which of the following are pseudosciences?

Telepathy Astrology

Clairvoyance All of the above

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Empirical evidence is:

Collected through non scientific evidence

commonsense

Agreed by all psychologists Data collected through experimentation and observation

DATA COLLECTED THROUGH

EXPERIMENTATION AND OBSERVATION

In an experiment the experimental group is____________

Exposed to the Independent Variable Exposed to the Dependent Variable

Exposed to the Extraneous Variable

Not exposed to the independent variable

EXPOSED TO THE INDEPENDENT

VARIABLE

The variable in an experiment the researcher chooses to measure in order to assess the effects of the manipulation of the researcher :

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

Extraneous Variable Manipulating Variable

DEPENDENT VARIABLE

The variable that effects the results of an experiment in an unwanted way is:

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

Extraneous Variable Manipulating Variable

EXTRANEOUS VARIABLE

With respect to STM, grouping several items together to form a single larger item is called:

A. Blocking B. Lumping

C. Chunking D. Groupingphotoreceptors

Specialised neurons that detect & respond to light by converting it into neural impulses for processing by the brain are called:

transducers

perceivers ganglions

PHOTORECEPTOR

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Photoreceptors important for daylight vision, visual acuity and colour vision are called:

corneas cones

retinas rods

CONES

The photoreceptors important for night vision and peripheral vision are called:

retinas corneas

choroids rods

RODS

The most basic organisation of sensations into meaningful patterns is called:

constancy figure - ground

proximity closure

Figure - Ground

The ability to perceive three-dimensional space and judge distances is called:

height perception length perception

disparity perception depth perception

DEPTH PERCEPTION

Convergence and retinal disparity are both:

monocular cues binocular cues

similarity cues proximal cues

Binocular Cues

Pictorial cues such as linear perspective, interposition and texture gradient are all examples of:

monocular cues binocular cues

similarity cues proximal cues

Monocular Cues

Even though the image projected on the retina is constantly changing, the world appears stable and undistorted because of:

vision constancies binocular constancies

monocular constancies perceptual constancies

Perceptual Constancies

A perceptual error in interpreting a real external stimulus is called:

a delusion a hallucination

an illusion a false sensation

AN ILLUSION

The pictorial depth cue whereby surface features become smaller and less detailed the more distant the object becomes is called:

depth perception interposition

height in visual field texture gradient

TEXTURE GRADIENT

The readiness to perceive stimuli in a particular manner, based on such things as past experience and context is called expectancy or:

contextualisation perceptual set

perceptual form context set

PERCEPTUAL SET

AREA OF STUDY 2: LIFESPAN

PSYCHOLOGY

A research method used by psychologists to study the same group of participants over an extended period of time is called a ______ study?

A long study A longitudinal study

A cross sectional study A sequential study

LONGITUDINAL STUDY

In psychology nature refers to:

Natural tendency to control ones own development

The influence of genetic inheritance on development

The influence of an individuals experience through infancy

The influence of an individuals experience through their lifetime

The influence of genetic inheritance on development

Sally believe that the clouds look sad today. Piaget refers this way of thinking as:

Animism Transformation

Centration Goal Directed behaviour

ANIMISM

Moral development involves to ability to:

Identify a moral dilemma Know when someone is lying

Distinguish between right and wrong

Develop strong emotions

DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RIGHT

AND WRONG

The first stage identified by Piaget is the:

Formal Operational Sensorimotor

Concrete operational Preoperational

SENSORIMOTOR

The close affectionate bond that forms between an infant and another person is best described as :

A critical period attachment

Separation anxiety Separation distress

ATTACHMENT

Psychosocial development refers to changes in a person’s:

Reasoning ability Relationships with others

Thought processes in relation to their interactions with other people

Capacity to learn

Thought processes in relation to their

interactions with other people

According to Piaget, Abstract and logical thinking occur in the:

Formal Operational Concrete Operational

Pre Operational Sensorimotor

FORMAL OPERATIONAL

A person with a mental illness often experience atypical thoughts/ feelings and behaviour. This means their thoughts/ feelings and behaviour:

Are not normal for them Are not typical in their culture

Do not have a physiological basis

Are dysfuntional

ARE NOT NORMAL FOR

THEM

Schizophrenia:

Can usually be cured with medication

Is a type of spilt personality

Has its onset in childhood Is a psychotic mental illness

IS A PSYCHOTIC MENTAL ILLNESS

Cognitve Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is:

Changing the way a person feels by changing their thinking

Changing the way a person feels by changing their feeling

Treating mental illness with medication

Treating mental illness through relaxation

Changing the way a person feels by

changing their thinking