PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM

Traits and characteristics that are passed down from one generation to the next.

• phrenology

• heredity

• case study

• cognitive

This lobe of the brain is where visual signals are processed.

• Frontal

• Parietal

• Temporal

• Occipital

Neurons are:

• long, thin cells of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain.

• Where memory is stored

• Chemicals that excite neighboring neurons

• Pathways from one lobe of our brain to another

What is Psychology?

• The study of humans and their behavior. 
• The study of the psyche.
• The study of how humans think about the world. 
• The systematic study of human behavior and mental processing. 

If a baby turns its head toward a touch near its mouth is is exhibiting the:

• Babinski Reflex

• Moro Reflex

• Rooting Reflex

• Startle Reflex

The Swiss psychologist who is known for working in the area of cognitive growth in children.

• Piaget

• Freud

• James

• Skinner

The primary goal of psychology is to learn about:

• animal behavior

• religious behavior

• moral behavior

• human behavior

When a child has the ability to solve abstract problems it is in what stage of development?

• sensorimotor

• formal operations

• semantics

• metacognition

The Father of Psychology is:

• Piaget

• Freud

• Skinner

• James

Verbal utterances of children in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear.

• Telegraphic speech.

• directed thinking

• babbling

• cooing