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6. Functionalism takes inspiration from which other area of psychology?
- Cognitive
- Developmental
- Evolutionary
- Psychodynamic
- Biological
- Nativism
- Behaviourism
7. Although Roberta just sits there throughout the lecture, she can repeat everything the professor said. This is an example of _______
- Intelligence
- Latent learning
- Echoic memory
- Photographic memory
8. A core belief of functionalism was;
- That functional evidence was needed in order to theorise about the human mind
- Consciousness should not be studied due to its subjective nature
- Consciousness has an functional value as it is a common characteristic of the human
- Animals should not be studied as they do not possess consciousness
9. The introspection method was promoted by _____ and involves _____
- Titchener and involves the description of ones own conscious thoughts, emotions and sensory experiences
- Wundt and involves an empirical methods that lead to the development of cognitive neuroscience
- Titchener and inspiring later functionalist who then studied conscious experience just in humans
- William James and involves the description of ones own conscious thoughts, emotions and sensory experiences
- Wundt and involves how we perceive different stimuli in our behaviours
10. We group bananas and apples together as they are both fruits. This is the law of;
- The Law of Similarity
- The Law of Contrast
- The Law of Contiguity
- The Law of Fruits
11. Structuralism theorises that;
- Different stimuli appeal to different structures within the brain system
- Different parts of the brain contribute to different behaviours
- The mind consists of various elements and can be studied through introspection
- Conscious experience is difficult to study ourselves and subjective experience should be disregarded
12. David Hume;
- Believed we only rely on causal relations to occur
- Had beliefs founded in extreme scepticism
- All of the above
- Believed we have no reason to believe things will stay the same
- Believed knowledge degenerated into probability
13. The law of frequency is in play when;
- When we automatically say boys when prompted to think of the first word we think of when we hear girls
- We associate two best friends together as they are practically inseparable every single day
- We associate a person with the scent because you smell it after they walk by
- When we mix up two people's name as they both have blonde hair
- All of the above
14. John Locke;
- Believed in the concept of 'tabula rasa'
- A British empiricist
- All of the above
- Believed the new-born mind was a blank slate
- Maintained that all knowledge is a function of experience
15. Descartes proposed the...
- Structuralist theory
- Functionalism theory
- All of the above
- Mind-body dualism and relfex theory
- The reflex theory
- Evolution theory
- Introspection paradigm
16. The mind-body dualism theory states
- The mind is a blank slate and the body interacts with the environment to learn
- Some human behaviours are reflexes and some are governed by free will
- Humans are entirely governed by their free will
- The mind and the body of all animals were separate and have free will
17. The laws of association were created by which philosopher?
- Humes
- Aristotle
- Skinner
- Descartes
18. The law of parsimony states;
- Theories need both complex and simple explanations behind them
- Primitive processes and simpler explanations are not by themselves enough to explain psychology
- Simpler explanations are better than a more complex explanation based on abstract ideas
- Mentalistic processes provide an adequate explanation for behaviour
- Complex explanations are better than simple, surface explanations
19. Morgan's canon (principle) states that;
- Non-human findings can not be generalised to human behaviour
- Animal's behaviour is purely based on primitive processes whereas humans are more governed by mentalistic processes
- Animal's behaviour is purely based on instinctive behaviour and not any mentalist processing
- Animals should be used instead of humans for ethical reasons