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6. What is the name of the only professional body for British psychologists incorporated by Royal Charter
- Royal Society of British Psychologists
- British Psychological Society.
- Association of British Psychologists
- British Association of Psychologists
7. Which of the following describes learned helplessness?
- Making no effort to avoid negative experiences.
- a and b
- Believing that no matter what you do, you will not be able to influence what happens in certain situations.
- None of the above
8. Which of the following is not a source of self-efficacy?
- Performance accomplishments
- Learned helplessness
- Vicarious experiences
- Persuasory information
9. What is the term used to describe the form of learning that Thorndike proposed
- Classical conditioning
- Instrumental conditioning
- Insight Learning
- Operant conditioning
10. Which of the following was associated with the Humanistic Movement?
- John Watson
- Abraham Maslow
- Sigmund Freud
11. Psychology deals with many “hypothetical constructs”, what does the term “hypothetical construct” mean?
- None of the above
- Anything that has yet to have been discovered
- Anything that cannot be directly observed, only inferred from behaviour or changes in behaviou
- Anything that is contained in a theory
12. In Pavlov’s experiments what was the unconditioned stimulus
- None of the above
- The bell
- The food
- Salivation
13. What is experimenter bias?
- None of the above
- When the experimenter selects only people they like for the experiment they are conducting
- When the experimenter’s beliefs and expectations and behaviours influence the way in which participants react in the experiment
- When the experimenter chooses which data they use to analyse
14. Which of the following are potential problems with punishment?
- Punishment can become associated with the punisher, not the behaviour
- All of the above
- It increases the desire not to get caught, not to stop the behaviour
- Punishment can be perceived as attention
15. In which of Freud’s stages of development is the Electra complex seen?
- Genital Stage
- Oral Stage
- Phallic stage
- Latent Stage
16. If you have an external locus of control which of the following best describes you?
- You tend to believe that your destiny is controlled by others
- You tend to believe that being successful is due to hard work and effort
- You tend to believe that you are in control of your own destiny
- You tend to believe that people’s misfortunes are of their own making
17. Which of the following examples is the best example of learned helplessness in sport?
- Never trying to master a skill because you believe that you will never be able to do it
- Dropping out of sport because of other time commitments
- Lacking the talent to be successful in a particular sport
- Refusing to take a penalty because of nerves.
18. . According to Freud, which of the following is the most accurate description of the libido?
- Mental energy
- Inborn energy
- Sexual energy
- None of the above
19. Fining someone a week’s wages is an example of
- Positive punishment
- Negative reinforcement
- Negative punishment
- Positive reinforcement
20. What am I? According to Freud I am the part of the mind that is concerned with morality and the conscience.
