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Unit 2 - Introduction to basic concepts in Psychology

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1) Who proposed the concept of “Tabula Rasa”? 1 point
Introduction to
basic concepts Wilhelm Wundt
in Psychology John Locke
Sigmund Freud
Lecture 1: Major
Areas of Charles Darwin
Psychology
No, the answer is incorrect.
Lecture 2: Major Score: 0
Milestones in
Psychology Accepted Answers:
John Locke
Lecture 3:
Methods in 2) Who wrote the now classic ‘Principles of Psychology’? 1 point
Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
Lecture 4:
Schools of William James
thoughts in Sigmund Freud
Psychology
Mary Calkins
Quiz :
Assignment 1 No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Assignment-1
Solution Accepted Answers:
William James
Perception
3) Functionalism focused on: 1 point
Learning
Hidden motivations in the mind

Memory What constitutes the mind

What the mind does
Emotion Link between body and brain

Genetic and No, the answer is incorrect.

Environmental Score: 0
Bases of Accepted Answers:
Behaviour
What the mind does

Personality 4) Which branch of Psychology focuses on how people think ? 1 point

Lab Sessions Cognitive

Social
Psychoanalytic
All of the above

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No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Cognitive

5) Early Psychologists studies the mind by asking people to describe what they were 1 point
experiencing when exposed to various stimuli. This procedure was called

Diagnosis
Free Association
Classical Conditioning
Introspection

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Introspection

6) In nature-nurture controversy 1 point

Nature refers to Heredity, Nurture refers to Parenting

Nature refers to Environment, Nurture refers to Parenting
Nature refers to Personality, Nurture refers to Environment
Nature refers to Heredity, Nurture refers to Environment

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Nature refers to Heredity, Nurture refers to Environment

7) Race is a biological concept 1 point

True
False

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
True

8) In an experiment the hypothesized cause is called Independent Variable 1 point

True
False

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
True

9) The group receiving treatment is called the control group in an experiment 1 point

True
False

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
False

10)Communicating findings is not a part of scientific process 1 point

True
False

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0

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False

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