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Raiden Vander Horck

about 1 hour ago

Who was one of the founders of neuropsychology in Canada and was well known for her pioneering work with the patient known as H.M.

A) Mary Ainsworth
B) Brenda Milner
C) Mary Wright
D) Doreen Kimura

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Sydney Nelson

about 1 hour ago

Who established the first experimental laboratory in Canada in 1891

A) Stanley Hall
B) James Baldwin
C) Brenda Milner
D) Wilder Penfield

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kylie byers

about 1 hour ago

Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique of introspection

A) structuralist
B) behaviourist
C) cognitive
D) humanist

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Quick Message With Tre’

about 1 hour ago

What were the first two major schools of psychology

A) functionalism and behaviourism
B) behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory
C) behaviourism and Gestalt psychology
D) structuralism and functionalism

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Brandon Garcia

about 1 hour ago

When Alex trains raccoons to respond to symbols,with whom are his methods most consistent

A) Brenda Milner
B) Donald Hebb
C) B F Skinner
D) William James

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Sumia Abdullahi

about 3 hours ago

Which questions should you answer first on an essay test

A) the ones that are worth the most points
B) the ones that are listed first on the exam
C) the ones that cover material that was most recently discussed in class
D) the ones that you know best

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Tumelo Dipitsi

about 3 hours ago

What is good advice for taking multiple-choice exams

A) Remember that options that use broad generalizations such as "always, never, and must" tend to be correct.
B) Remember to continue to read all options even after you find your anticipated answer.
C) Remember that if "all of the above" is an option, it must be correct.
D) Remember that options that use qualified statements such as "often, sometimes, and may" tend to be incorrect.

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Felicia Carrillo

about 3 hours ago

Your text's two unifying themes of "our behaviour is shaped by our cultural heritage" and "heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour" both describe more specialized statements of which other theme

A) Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
B) Psychology is theoretically diverse.
C) People's experience of the world is highly subjective.
D) Behaviour is determined by multiple causes.

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David Johnson

about 3 hours ago

Which statement reflects psychology's view of behaviour

A) It has an objective cause.
B) It has a single cause.
C) It has subjective causes.
D) It has multiple causes.

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Shanae Minott

about 3 hours ago

Your textbook describes seven unifying themes that provide continuity throughout psychology.What are the two primary divisions of those themes

A) psychology as a way of studying behaviour; the things that influence behaviour
B) psychology as a science; psychology uses theories
C) psychology as a science; psychology as a profession
D) psychology studies behaviour; people are subjective

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LiAnn Marshall

about 3 hours ago

Which psychologists work in schools and primarily help individual children having difficulties in school,or aid parents and teachers in solving school-related problems

A) educational psychologists
B) counselling psychologists
C) school psychologists
D) social psychologists

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Marcus Grevel

about 3 hours ago

Which pioneering female psychologist did important work on children's intelligence and was influential in debunking some of the theories which explained why women were "inferior" to men

A) Mary Ainsworth
B) Leta Hollingworth
C) Brenda Milner
D) Karen Horney

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Jaqueline Madera Campos

about 3 hours ago

When John Watson said,"Give me a dozen healthy infants ...," what was he arguing that behaviour is strongly influenced by

A) environmental factors
B) heredity factors
C) cultural factors
D) subjective factors

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Latsanida Sithammarath

about 3 hours ago

Which specialization in applied psychology is primarily involved in the treatment of less severe problems of everyday life

A) social psychology
B) counselling psychology
C) cognitive psychology
D) clinical psychology

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Sabrina Period

about 3 hours ago

What would be most interesting to a psychologist who specializes in psychometrics

A) the development of techniques to monitor the functioning of the nervous system
B) explaining development across the life span
C) the development of psychological tests to measure intelligence or personality traits
D) conducting psychotherapy in a clinical setting

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Piper Boysen

about 3 hours ago

What would you find if you were to compare and contrast the six contemporary theoretical perspectives in psychology described in your text

A) Psychoanalytic theory is the only approach that examines the role of thoughts and feelings.
B) The earlier approaches (pre-1950s) are very similar to one another, whereas the later approaches are dramatically different from one another.
C) The structuralist approach permeates all contemporary theoretical perspectives.
D) The psychoanalytic, humanistic, and cognitive perspectives are very different from the others with regard to focus on the human species.

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Jordan Senner

about 3 hours ago

Which of the following is NOT part of critical thinking

A) working systematically toward a desired goal
B) originally believing that the stated position on a topic is incorrect
C) generating multiple solutions to problems
D) using principles of likelihood when dealing with probabilistic events

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Talitha Island

about 3 hours ago

What is implied by your textbook's unifying theme that "psychology is theoretically diverse"

A) Psychology has not, as yet, focused on empirical observations.
B) Psychology values all opinions and treats different views as equally valid.
C) Psychology can only be described as a social science, rather than a pure science.
D) There are often several ways to interpret a set of observations.

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Št?pán Holiš

about 3 hours ago

What does a scientist use to explain a set of observations

A) introspection
B) a theory
C) common sense
D) empiricism

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Sakata Gintoki

about 3 hours ago

Taken as a whole,your text's review of the early schools of psychology best reflects which one unifying theme in psychology

A) Behaviour is shaped by cultural heritage.
B) Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour.
C) Psychology is theoretically diverse.
D) People's experience of the world is highly subjective.