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PLATO Psychology 1 End of Semester Test
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
2024/2025 (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Which social science involves studying legal policies?
A. political science
B. history
C. economics
D. law - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D. law
Which of the following is true about a family
psychologist?
A. A family psychologist would help deal with
developmental and behavioral problems in children and
teenagers.
B. They would also help courts to determine the mental
stability of accused criminals, as well as the motives
behind crimes.
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple
on the verge of divorce.
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D. They would also help to design various living spaces
for optimal functioning and mental health. -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ A. A family psychologist would
help deal with developmental and behavioral problems
in children and teenagers.
and
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple
on the verge of divorce.
Who postulated the "nature versus nurture" hypothesis? -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ Sir Francis Galton
Which school of thought did Sigmund Freud's The
Interpretation of Dreams support?
A. cognitivist
B. psychoanalysis
C. structuralism
D. functionalism - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ B.
psychoanalysis
Which scientist's experiments with dogs introduced
classical conditioning?
A. Hermann Ebbinghaus
B. B. F. Skinner
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C. Ivan Pavlov
D. John Watson - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ C. Ivan Pavlov
Who proposed the theory that mental processes
originated in the brain?
A. Franz Mesmer
B. Francis Galton
C. Plato
D. Aristotle - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ C. Plato
Which university housed the world's first psychology
laboratory?
A. Leipzig University
B. Harvard University
C. Clark University
D. Johns Hopkins University - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A.
Leipzig University
Which social scientist would be most likely to ask the
question, "Are teenagers from all societies rebellious?"
A. an anthropologist
B. a historian
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C. an economist
D. a philosopher - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A. an
anthropologist
Which approach to psychology did the publication of
On Human Nature initiate?
A. evolutionary psychology
B. behaviorism
C. functionalism
D. Gestalt psychology - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A.
evolutionary psychology
The following steps describe the process in which
psychological theories are developed. Arrange these
steps in proper order.
1. data collection
2. data examination
3. hypothesis formation
4. reporting - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 3,1,2,4
In which research method does a researcher change the
value of one variable to determine how the change
affects another variable?
PLATO Psychology 1 End of Semester Test
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
2024/2025 (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Which social science involves studying legal policies?
A. political science
B. history
C. economics
D. law - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D. law
Which of the following is true about a family
psychologist?
A. A family psychologist would help deal with
developmental and behavioral problems in children and
teenagers.
B. They would also help courts to determine the mental
stability of accused criminals, as well as the motives
behind crimes.
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple
on the verge of divorce.
,2|Page
D. They would also help to design various living spaces
for optimal functioning and mental health. -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ A. A family psychologist would
help deal with developmental and behavioral problems
in children and teenagers.
and
C. Family psychologists would typically counsel a couple
on the verge of divorce.
Who postulated the "nature versus nurture" hypothesis? -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ Sir Francis Galton
Which school of thought did Sigmund Freud's The
Interpretation of Dreams support?
A. cognitivist
B. psychoanalysis
C. structuralism
D. functionalism - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ B.
psychoanalysis
Which scientist's experiments with dogs introduced
classical conditioning?
A. Hermann Ebbinghaus
B. B. F. Skinner
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C. Ivan Pavlov
D. John Watson - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ C. Ivan Pavlov
Who proposed the theory that mental processes
originated in the brain?
A. Franz Mesmer
B. Francis Galton
C. Plato
D. Aristotle - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ C. Plato
Which university housed the world's first psychology
laboratory?
A. Leipzig University
B. Harvard University
C. Clark University
D. Johns Hopkins University - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A.
Leipzig University
Which social scientist would be most likely to ask the
question, "Are teenagers from all societies rebellious?"
A. an anthropologist
B. a historian
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C. an economist
D. a philosopher - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A. an
anthropologist
Which approach to psychology did the publication of
On Human Nature initiate?
A. evolutionary psychology
B. behaviorism
C. functionalism
D. Gestalt psychology - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A.
evolutionary psychology
The following steps describe the process in which
psychological theories are developed. Arrange these
steps in proper order.
1. data collection
2. data examination
3. hypothesis formation
4. reporting - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 3,1,2,4
In which research method does a researcher change the
value of one variable to determine how the change
affects another variable?
