PLATO Psychology 1 End of Semester Test
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Which social science involves studying legal policies?
A. political science
B. history
C. economics
D. law
✓ ~~> D. law
Which of the following is true about a family psychologist?
A. A family psychologist would help deal with developmental and behavioral
problems in children and teenagers.
B. They would also help courts to determine the mental stability of accused
criminals, as well as the motives behind crimes.
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple on the verge of
divorce.
D. They would also help to design various living spaces for optimal functioning
and mental health.
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✓ ~~> A. A family psychologist would help deal with developmental
and behavioral problems in children and teenagers.
and
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple on the verge of
divorce.
Who postulated the "nature versus nurture" hypothesis?
✓ ~~> Sir Francis Galton
Which school of thought did Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams
support?
A. cognitivist
B. psychoanalysis
C. structuralism
D. functionalism
✓ ~~> B. psychoanalysis
Which scientist's experiments with dogs introduced classical conditioning?
A. Hermann Ebbinghaus
B. B. F. Skinner
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C. Ivan Pavlov
D. John Watson
✓ ~~> C. Ivan Pavlov
Who proposed the theory that mental processes originated in the brain?
A. Franz Mesmer
B. Francis Galton
C. Plato
D. Aristotle
✓ ~~> C. Plato
Which university housed the world's first psychology laboratory?
A. Leipzig University
B. Harvard University
C. Clark University
D. Johns Hopkins University
✓ ~~> A. Leipzig University
Which social scientist would be most likely to ask the question, "Are teenagers
from all societies rebellious?"
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