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History of Psychology, 3e - Quiz: Chapter 9

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) Thorndike
b) Pavlov
c) Watson
d) Skinner

Question 2:


a) Thorndike
b) Bekhterev
c) Pavlov
d) Franz

Question 3:


a) psychologist; physiologist
b) physiologist; psychologist
c) behaviourist; psychologist
d) Darwinian; behaviourist

Question 4:


a) conditioned reflex; conditioned
b) unconditioned response; conditioned
c) conditioned reflex; unconditioned
d) conditioned response; unconditioned

Question 5:


a) Animal rights
b) Animal welfare
c) Vivisectionists
d) Both A and B.

Question 6:


a) Bekhterev
b) Pavlov
c) Watson
d) Skinner

Question 7:


a) our thoughts
b) the soul
c) behaviour
d) group dynamics

Question 8:


a) A claim that as long as a certain research direction is not followed, the results will be worthwhile
b) A claim that if a certain research direction is followed, the results will be worthwhile
c) A claim that research is worthwhile
d) A claim that a certain research direction is unwarranted

Question 9:


a) Franz
b) Watson
c) Pavlov
d) Skinner

Question 10:


a) Tropism
b) Reflexology
c) Mass action
d) Equipotentiality

Question 11:


a) Lashley; Pavlov; Watson
b) Lashley; Watson; Pavlov
c) Skinner; Lashley; Watson
d) Watson; Pavlov; Skinner

Question 12:


a) Reflexive and promissory
b) Human and animal
c) Primary and secondary
d) Respondent and operant

Question 13:


a) Get a good research assistant.
b) Some ways of doing research are easier than others.
c) Some people are lucky.
d) Apparatuses sometimes break down.

Question 14:


a) Ablation
b) homunculus
c) tropisms
d) serendipity

Question 15:


a) Lashley
b) both C and D
c) Skinner
d) Watson

Question 16:


a) True
b) False

Question 17:


a) True
b) False

Question 18:


a) True
b) False

Question 19:


a) True
b) False

Question 20:


a) True
b) False

Question 21:


a) True
b) False

Question 22:


a) True
b) False

Question 23:


a) True
b) False

Question 24:


a) True
b) False

Question 25:


a) True
b) False