Lesson 2.8.1

2.8.1 Behaviourist and psychodynamic perspectives Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which core study investigates classical conditioning principles in relation to phobias?

    • Milgram
    • Bandura
    • Little Albert
    • Piliavin
  2. What key psychological perspective focuses entirely on observable behaviour and environmental stimuli?

    • Cognitive
    • Biological
    • Behaviourist
    • Psychodynamic
  3. Who is the founding theorist of the psychodynamic perspective and psychoanalysis?

    • Ivan Pavlov
    • John Watson
    • Sigmund Freud
    • B. F. Skinner
  4. What term describes learning through the consequences of voluntary actions?

    • Habituation
    • Classical conditioning
    • Social learning
    • Operant conditioning
  5. In Freud's structural model, which part of the personality operates on the pleasure principle?

    • Id
    • Conscious
    • Superego
    • Ego
  6. What type of reinforcement schedule delivers a reward after an unpredictable number of responses?

    • Fixed ratio
    • Fixed interval
    • Continuous
    • Variable ratio
  7. A child starts wetting the bed again after the arrival of a new sibling. Which defence mechanism is this?

    • Repression
    • Reaction formation
    • Regression
    • Projection
  8. A dog salivates when hearing a bell because food previously followed the sound. What is this process?

    • Operant conditioning
    • Social learning
    • Primary reinforcement
    • Classical conditioning
  9. Which component of Freud's personality structure acts as our internal moral compass or conscience?

    • Ego
    • Libido
    • Superego
    • Id
  10. What name is given to the reduction of a conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus is removed?

    • Extinction
    • Spontaneous recovery
    • Generalisation
    • Discrimination
  11. A student channels their aggressive impulses into competitive contact sports. Which defence mechanism is this?

    • Regression
    • Displacement
    • Sublimation
    • Rationalisation
  12. Which core study relies on psychodynamic interpretations of an individual's childhood fantasies and dreams?

    • Bocchino
    • Milgram
    • Kohlberg
    • Little Hans
  13. What term describes the presentation of a pleasant stimulus following a desired behaviour to increase its frequency?

    • Negative reinforcement
    • Negative punishment
    • Positive reinforcement
    • Positive punishment
  14. A person completely refuses to accept a terminal medical diagnosis. Which defence mechanism are they using?

    • Repression
    • Rationalisation
    • Denial
    • Displacement
  15. Which perspective is often criticised for relying on unfalsifiable concepts that cannot be scientifically tested?

    • Biological
    • Behaviourist
    • Psychodynamic
    • Cognitive
  16. What term describes learning through observing, imitating, and modelling the behaviour of others?

    • Social learning
    • Operant conditioning
    • Classical conditioning
    • Biological maturation
  17. Which part of the personality acts as a mediator between basic impulses and moral demands?

    • Id
    • Superego
    • Ego
    • Libido
  18. Which behaviourist process involves removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behaviour?

    • Positive reinforcement
    • Punishment
    • Extinction
    • Negative reinforcement
  19. Which psychodynamic psychosexual stage of development occurs roughly between the ages of three and six years?

    • Genital stage
    • Oral stage
    • Phallic stage
    • Anal stage
  20. What term describes the sudden reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a time delay?

    • Spontaneous recovery
    • Extinction burst
    • Secondary reinforcement
    • Stimulus generalisation

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