IA2 (IA5) Study Prep

The study of mental processes and behaviors is known as

• Psychology

• Cognitive

• Sociology

• Biology

What statement would be said by a humanist?

• A person's past and unconscious drives affect how they think and behave

• A person can take control of his life through personal growth

• It is important to consider what stage of development a person is in

• A person's behavior is more important than her thoughts and feelings

Choose the two developmental cognitive psychologists listed:

• Sherbie

• Skinner

• Piaget

• Kohlberg

Which of the following allows psychologists to test a hypothesis and see how a variable causes an effect on a subject?

• Correlation

• Naturalistic Observation

• Survey/Interview method

• Experimental Method

In order to calm herself Sherbie needs to bring down her heart rate. Which system should she engage?

• Central

• Peripheral

• Sympathetic

• Parasympathetic

Herbie often does not follow the rules UNLESS he knows he will get in trouble for misbehaving. Which stage of Kohlberg's theory is Herbie in?

• Conventional

• Pre-Conventional

• Post-Conventional

• Industry/Inferiority

Without self-confidence, according to Maslow, all the food, water, family support, and jobs in the world will not allow you to realize

• Generalization

• Rewards and Punishments

• Self-Actualization

• Schema

Sherbie KNOWS that boys have cooties! That's why she only hangs out with other girls and avoids the boys. According to Freud, what stage is she in?

• Oral

• Anal

• Latent

• Phallic

Which of the following is an example of projection?

• I am so mad at my mom! When I get mad, I clean my room.

• I am so mad at my mom! When I get mad, I slam my door a bunch of times

• I am so mad at my mom, but I'm going to pretend everything is fine...just fine...

• I am so mad at my mom, but I can't yell at her. I see my brother in the hall laughing at his phone. "I know you are laughing at me!" I yell! "I hate you!!"

If your decision about moral factors switches from societal factors to your own personal factors, Kohlberg would say you've reached which stage?

• Conventional

• Pre-Conventional

• Post-Conventional

• Concrete Operational