Psychology Exam Review

 emphasizes the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socio-economic status on behavior and mental processes 

• evolutionary perspective
• biological perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• all of the above

Who is the person most associated with psychoanalytic theories

• Freud
• Jung
• Horney
• Adler

Which of the following defense mechanisms involves the use of self-deception to justify unacceptable behaviors or ideas?

• Rationalization

• Displacement

• Reaction Formation

• Sublimation

Which of the following defense mechanisms involves refusing to accept the reality of anything bad or upsetting?

• Reaction formation
• Compensation
• Denial
• Intellectualization

Which of the following defense mechanisms involves pushing anxiety provoking ideas or thoughts into the unconscious mind?

• Repression
• Regression
• Displacement
• Projection

How is psychology defined?

• The analysis of movement and thoughts

• The scientific study of goals and personal achievement

• The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• The analysis of beliefs and emotions

Identical twins Timothy and Thomas were separated as babies, raised by different families, and reunited as adults. As adults, they found that they share many personality traits, interests, and preferences. What factor most likely accounts for these similarities?

• Cultural Influences

• The parenting style of their respective caretakers

• Their genetic make-up

• Peer influence

Individuals abstract reasoning during which of Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor

You are walking outside when a bug flies right into your eye. You immediately blink and try to get it out. The next time you go out, another bug flies into your eye. Then it happens a third time. Eventually, all you have to do is go outside and you start blinking automatically. Which action is the unconditioned response (UCR) in this situation?

• A bug flying into your eye

• Blinking

• Going outside

• Expecting a bug to fly in your eye

Pia has recurrent and distressing thoughts, as well as impulses to perform ritualistic behaviors. Which disorder matches Pia's behavior?

• General anxiety disorder

• Phobia

• Post-traumatic stress disorder

• Obsessive compulsive disorder