What is Psychology? — Psychology STD 11 Humanities — Question

Current theories of the classical conditioning process take the viewpoint that the conditioned stimulus becomes a signal for the unconditioned stimulus.

1. True.
2. False.

That extinction does not completely erase conditioning is also shown by the fact that reconditioning is usually more rapid than was the original conditioning.

1. True.
2. False.

J.B. Watson rejected mind as the subject of psychology and insisted that psychology be restricted to the study of behaviour- the observable activities of people and animals.

1. True.
2. False.

Surveys are often repeated over long periods of time in order to track shifts in public opinions or actual behaviour.

1. True.
2. False.

The greatest advantage of field experiments over laboratory experiments is that they are less artificial, and suffer less from factors such as demand characteristics, evaluation apprehension and implacable experimenters.

1. True.
2. False.

We can distinguish between participant observation and non-participant observation research.

1. True.
2. False.

Learning is defined as any relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of practice or experience.

1. True.
2. False.

In an experiment, it is important that only the specified independent variables be allowed to change.

1. True.
2. False.

Instrumental conditioning is also known as operant conditioning.

1. True.
2. False.

The main method used by the structuralists to discover these elementary units of mind was introspection.

1. True.
2. False.