INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY SINAV SORULARI
PSY 101 A -INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Özakpınar
Midterm Exam I
Part One: Essay Questions
Part Two: Multiple Choice Questions
Date: 05.11.2007
Duration: 90 min.
1) The Movement of the external object produces a shift in the location of its image on the retina. This is a signal informing the brain regarding the object’s motion.
Our eyes without awareness move continually. And this produces shifts in the location of the objects on the retina. But despite this fact, in our perception external objects stay where they are. How does the brain achieve the stability of the external world?
2) In what way the processes of sensory adaptation produce evidence for the duplex theory of vision?
PSY 101 A -INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Özakpınar
Midterm Exam II
Part One: Essay Questions
Part Two: Multiple Choice Questions
Date: 26.11.2007
Duration: 90 min.
Part One: Essay Questions
1. What is an orienting reflex and what is the relevance if it to classical conditioning experiments?
2. Reinforcement is important for learning many kinds of actions.
a) But can you think of some situations in which learning occurs independently of any kind of reinforcement?
b) Consider the growing up of a human baby and explain how does the baby learn and become motivated in the process of fast development.
PSY 101 A -INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Özakpınar
Final Exam
Part One: Essay Questions
Part Two: Multiple Choice Questions
Date: 15.01.2008
Duration: 90 min.
Part One: Essay Questions
1. What does Hilgard’s conditioning experiment on the eyelid response show us about the significance and function of the conditioned reflexes?
2. a) What can you say about the significance of the exploratory motivation and play in higher animals?
b) Under what conditions “principle of least effort” is not valid for higher animals? Interpret.
3. Can you find any connection between “arousal” and “habituation”.
PSY 102 -INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Özakpınar
Midterm I
Part One: Essay Questions
Part Two: Multiple Choice Questions
Date: 31.03.2008
Duration: 90 min.
1. Define analogical and symbolic mental representations and explain the reasons for the great importance of symbolic representations in human life.
2. There are individual differences in the rate of cognitive development but Piaget’s theory of stages in cognitive development is correct for all individuals. Discuss.
PSY 102 -INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Özakpınar
Midterm Exam II
Part One: Essay Questions
Part Two: Multiple Choice Questions
Date: 12.05.2008
Duration: 90 min.
Part One: Essay Questions
1. Compare and discuss the course of cognitive development in Piaget and Vygotsky.
2. Discuss the roles of linguistics forms of questions and the context of social situations in answers of the children at the pre-operational period.
PSY 102 -INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Özakpınar
Final Exam
Part One: Essay Questions
Part Two: Multiple Choice Questions
Date: 27.05.2008
Duration: 90 min.
Part One: Essay Questions
1. Depending on the evidence obtained from semantic priming experiments, can you apply the concept of threshold to remembering or activating an item in the memory store?
2. Discuss Vygotsky’s idea on the function of the inner speech in mental life of adults and comparatively interpret egocentric speech of the child in Vygotsky and Piaget.
