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Psychology

CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHOLOGY. Psychology. Multiple Choice. 1) Biological perspective focuses on. A. The biological (physiological) influences on behaviour and mental processes. B. Contemporary perspectives in psychology.

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Psychology

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  1. CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHOLOGY Psychology

  2. Multiple Choice 1) Biological perspective focuses on... A. The biological (physiological) influences on behaviour and mental processes B. Contemporary perspectives in psychology C. Scientific study of human thoughts, feelings and behaviours. D. The way the human brain functions

  3. Multiple Choice 2) Behavioural perspective may explain behaviour as; A. Smacking children as punishment will turn them into criminals when they are older. B. How children can learn the difference between right and wrong by receiving rewards and punishments. C. Answers B & D D. How behaviour is acquired or modified by environmental consequences such as rewards and punishments.

  4. True or false 3) Cognitive perspective focuses on how your behaviour is acquired or modified by environmental consequences.

  5. Multiple Choice 4) I am interested in the changes humans undergo across their lifespan. Primarily, i focus on changes undergone by children but i also focus on adolescence, adulthood and old age. A. Clinical psychologist B. Social psychologist C. Developmental psychologist D. Educational psychologist

  6. MULTIPLE QUESTION 5) What is cognitive perspective? It focuses on the influences on behaviour and mental processes, including the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Focuses on how behaviour is acquired or modified by envirnonmental consequences such as rewards and punishments. C. Focuses on how we acquire, process, remember and use information about ourselves and the world around us.

  7. MULTIPLE QUESTION 6) I am concerned with how people develop and learn throughout their lives. A. Clinical psychologist B. Social psychologist C. Developmental psychologist D. Educational psychologist

  8. MULTIPLE QUESTION 7) To become a psychiatrists an individual must have a basic medical degree which goes for how many years? A. 6 yrs B. 8yrs C. 10yrs D. 15yrs

  9. Multiple choice • 8) I study the processes that result in physical, mental and social changes throughout the life cycle. A. Educational psychologist B. Forensic psychologist C. Developmental psychologist D. Organisational psychologist

  10. Multiple choice 9) Ziggy is currently at uni completing an arts degree and many of his readings discuss how curtain societies and cultures exert power over members in the community. He is interested in investigating how a good of individuals can influence peoples behaviour so drastically. He decides to do further into this area which perspective of psychology would most likely explain this behaviour. A. The educational perspective B. The socio-cultural perspective C. The biological perspective D. the cognitive perspective

  11. ANSWERS • A • C • False • C • C • d • a • c • b

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