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I’m studying for my Psychology class and don’t understand how to answer this. Can you help me study?

Question 6

Which of the following is not described as a trend in modern psychology?

1. Increased interest in brain and behavior
2. A return of evolutionary thinking
3. Increased professionalization of practitioners
4. An increased rejection of the importance of genetic influence

Question 7

In the Lake of Constance story, as the rider was on the way to the inn, what was the behavioral environment?

1. He (believed he) was riding across an open plain
2. He was riding on a frozen lake
3. The fact that the inn was not really getting larger as he approached it; it just seemed that way
4. The fact that he drowned before he got to the other side of the lake

Question 8

In order for insight to occur, according to Köhler, the individual

1. Must be able to see all the elements of the problem situation
2. Must have a large enough brain—at least at the level of a primate brain
3. Must systematically try out all possible solutions
4. Must see the solution being achieved by some other individual

Question 9

In Duncker’s candle problem, subjects sometimes fail to see that the box of tacks could also be used as a platform. The concept that best describes this failure is

1. Zeigarnik effect
2. Von Restorff effect
3. Gestaltqualitat
4. Functional fixedness

Question 10

According to Bluma Zeigarnik, what happens when we fail to complete some task?

1. Embarrassed by our failure, we immediately repress it
2. It can be said that we have achieved “closure”
3. A “quasi-need” to complete the task will persist over a period of time
4. We won’t recall it as well as a completed task