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What type of learning changes human behavior through antecedents and consequences?

  • Operant Conditioning (correct)
  • Classical Conditioning
  • Cognitive Learning
  • Social Learning

Which of the following best describes Positive Reinforcement?

  • Getting something good taken away for bad behavior
  • Receiving something good for doing good behavior (correct)
  • Receiving something bad for doing bad behavior
  • Getting something bad taken away for good behavior

What did B.F. Skinner use to conduct experiments on rats?

  • Skinner Box (correct)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Observation method
  • Humanistic Psychology techniques

Humanistic psychologists prefer which of the following methods over experiments?

<p>Diary accounts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of Humanistic psychology?

<p>Realization of full potential through self-actualization (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of psychodynamic therapy?

<p>Resolving conscious and unconscious feelings (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to psychoanalytic theory, how are childhood experiences viewed?

<p>They shape the unconscious mind in adulthood (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the mind is described as the 'instinctual part, pleasure-orientated and selfish' in Freud's theory?

<p>Id (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the Ego according to Freud's psychodynamic theory?

<p>Balancing the demands of the Id and Superego (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which technique involves a patient relaxing and saying whatever comes to mind in psychoanalysis?

<p>Free Association (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Unlocking the unconscious mind to understand human behavior' primarily refers to understanding ___________ in psychodynamic therapy.

<p>Repressed emotions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of Carl Jung's analytical psychology?

<p>Understanding the unconscious mind through dream analysis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of balancing a person's psyche in analytical psychology?

<p>To allow the person to reach their full potential (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Ivan Pavlov's Classical Conditioning experiment with dogs, what is an example of an Unconditioned Stimulus?

<p>The smell of their favorite food (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Ivan Pavlov's Classical Conditioning experiment primarily focus on?

<p>Producing a response by pairing a neutral stimulus with a conditioned stimulus (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Freudian slip mainly refer to?

<p>An error in speech (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In behavioral psychology, what aspect of human behavior does it primarily focus on?

<p>Observable behavior and phenomena (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of Humanistic Psychology?

<p>Helping clients achieve personal growth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Abraham Maslow, what must be fulfilled first before higher needs can be addressed?

<p>Basic needs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which psychologist emphasized creating a warm, non-judgmental environment for clients in therapy?

<p>Carl Rogers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of human behavior does Cognitive Psychology study?

<p>Language and reasoning (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Client-centered Therapy, what role does the patient play according to Carl Rogers?

<p>Active participant (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which psychologist focused on studying internal behavior and its scientific analysis?

<p>Elizabeth Loftus (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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