General Psychology (Psyc 1011) Chapters 1-11 Quiz

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What is the main focus of Chapter One in 'General Psychology'?

Definition of Psychology and Related Concepts (correct)
Historical Foundations of Psychology
Goals of Psychology
Introduction to Psychological Research

Which university contributed to Chapter Three in 'General Psychology'?

Bahir Dar University
Addis Ababa University
University of Gondar (correct)
Dilla University

What is covered in Chapter Six of 'General Psychology'?

Cognitive Psychology
Personality Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Social Psychology (correct)

Who revised and edited the modules for 'General Psychology'?

Belay Tefera, Addis Ababa University (D) Signup and view all the answers

In 'General Psychology', which chapter covers the 'Goals of Psychology'?

Chapter One (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of Chapter Eleven in 'General Psychology'?

Clinical Psychology (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the phenomenon called where people appear to have the ability to know other people, objects, and events without any sensory contact?

Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step in the act of knowing?

Sensation (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the intensity of a stimulation that receptor cells can detect?

Absolute threshold (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the next process after sensation in the act of knowing?

Perception (C) Signup and view all the answers

The text mentions that psychologists have studied the 'difference threshold'. What does this refer to?

The intensity of changes in stimulation required for receptors to notice it (D) Signup and view all the answers

What term is used in the text to describe the process where receptor cells respond to one kind of stimulation while ignoring others of similar intensity?

Sensory adaptation (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of classical conditioning?

Learning involuntary emotional or physiological responses to stimuli (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a reflex that is controlled by the spinal cord, not the brain?

The knee-jerk reflex (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response that was originally connected to a different stimulus?

Classical conditioning (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what was the response that Pavlov first investigated when he discovered classical conditioning?

Salivation in response to food (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of a conditioned reflex in classical conditioning?

It is a response to a neutral stimulus (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?

Operant conditioning focuses on learning through consequences, while classical conditioning focuses on learning through association. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Why do Gestalt psychologists emphasize that organized perceptual experience has properties that cannot be predicted from a simple analysis of its components?

They believed that the whole has emergent properties that arise from organization. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary issue that the person in the text was experiencing?

Inability to recognize facial features (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the absolute threshold as described in the text?

The minimum amount of stimulation required to detect a sensation (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason we perceive complex patterns as unitary forms or objects, according to the text?

Because grouping processes operate in perception, allowing us to organize elements into wholes. (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the central idea expressed by the Gestalt psychologists' statement 'the whole is more than the sum of its parts'?

Organized perceptual experiences have emergent properties that arise from organization. (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes sensory adaptation?

The process of adjusting to a constant level of stimulation (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the Gestalt psychologists' approach to studying perception?

They emphasized the importance of studying organized perceptual experiences as wholes. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between sensation and perception according to the text?

Sensation involves detecting stimuli, while perception involves interpreting them (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of grouping processes in perception?

Grouping processes allow us to organize elements into wholes and perceive complex patterns as unitary forms. (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the law of difference threshold?

The minimum amount of change in stimulation required to detect a difference (B) Signup and view all the answers

What would be an example of the absolute threshold for sound?

The minimum volume at which a sound can be detected (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements best summarizes the central idea expressed in the text?

Organized perceptual experiences have emergent properties that arise from the organization of elements, and grouping processes play a role in our perception of complex patterns as wholes. (D) Signup and view all the answers