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1) ____ is considered of father of Experimental Psychology. 1 point

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Y Wilhelm Wundt

How does an G. Jung

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2) Structuralists believe: 1 point

Week 0 () The scientific study of psychology should be like that of any other natural phenomena
In isolating the basic elements
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to basic In understanding how they are related
concepts in Being able to replicate their findings
Psychology Y All of the above
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3) Functionalism: 1 point
Lecture 1:
Major Areas of
Sought to explain the mental processes in a more systematic and accurate manner than
Psychology
structuralism
(unit?
unit=17&lesson=18) Emphasizes the purpose of consciousness and behaviour, rather than focusing on the
elements
Lecture 2:
Major Believes that consciousness exists to serve a function
Milestones in Y All of the above
Psychology
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4) ____ is the founder of modern psychology: 1 point
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Y Sigmund Freud

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Lecture 3: William James

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Wilhelm Wundt
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5) Exercise mitigates the stress. This is an example of: 1 point
Lecture 4:
Schools of A curvilinear relationship
thoughts in Statistical independence
Psychology
A positive correlation
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6) Correlation coefficients range from: 1 point
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7) A study of the feeding behaviour of a group of wild monkeys in India would be an 1 point
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example of:
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a survey

Text Y naturalistic observation

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  8) Psychoanalysis as a school of thought in psychology was founded by: 1 point

Y William James
Charles Darwin
Sigmund Freud
C.G. Jung

9) _____ was the pioneering psychologist associated with the behaviorism. 1 point

B. F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Y David Hull
William James

10) A subfield of psychology that studies psychological factors related to “how people 1 point
stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond when they do become ill” is called:

Clinical Psychology
Psychopathology
Neuropsychology
Y Health Psychology

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