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Question 61

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A multifactorial approach to explaining your performance in a course would MOST likely focus on

A) personal factors more than situational factors.
B) situational factors more than personal factors.
C) both personal and situational factors.
D) the relationship between you and your professor.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following statements about Freud's psychoanalytic theory is MOST accurate?

A) Freud's views have been largely abandoned and they exert relatively little, if any, influence on current mainstream psychology.
B) Freud's views exert a tremendous influence on other disciplines, but not on psychology.
C) Freud's views exert a tremendous influence on developmental and abnormal psychology, but not on other areas of mainstream psychology.
D) Many psychoanalytic concepts have filtered into the mainstream of psychology.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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The school of psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images was

The viewpoint in psychology that uses theory and research to understand the adaptive, creative and fulfilling aspects of human existence is known as

The school of psychology that appears to take the most positive view of human nature is

The term used by William James to describe a continuous flow of thoughts was

Which of the following groups of psychologists would be MOST likely to focus on individual uniqueness, freedom, and potential for growth as a person?

When Watson proposed that psychology should only study observable behaviours and not consciousness he was emphasising the unifying theme that

William James, who was a pioneer in the development of functionalism, was MOST heavily influenced by

Currently a large proportion of the American population is overweight. Dr Walker thinks that, in part, this may be due to an innate preference for foods that are rich in fats and sugars. Dr Walker has suggested that in times when foods were not so readily available, this innate preference would ensure enough calories for energy and survival. Dr Walker's views are MOST consistent with those of the

With which of the following individuals is B. F. Skinner MOST in agreement on the issue of internal mental events?

In criticising the structuralists' reliance on the method of introspection, William James argued that two people could view the same stimulus quite differently. James's argument illustrates which of the textbook's unifying themes?

The term that refers to the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge is

The early approach in psychology that fostered the development of modern-day applied psychology was

Who is Wilhelm Wundt? Why is he important to current day psychology?

A scientist uses ____ to explain a set of observations.

The approach that examines behavioural processes in terms of their adaptive value for a species over the course of many generations is

In an attempt to learn something about his conscious experience, Thuys looked at an abstract painting and wrote down all of his impressions as they came to him. This technique is called

Unlike the behaviourists, Abraham Maslow and other humanists take a(n) ____________________ view of human nature and maintain that people are not pawns of their animal heritage or environmental nature.

In a discussion with your lecturer she tells you that she believes that the focus of psychological study should be to break the conscious experience into its basic elements. Which of the following historical schools of thought is your lecturer's idea MOST consistent with?