Psychology 1st Semester Practice Test

What was the deadliest cult of all time that we learned about?

• Heaven's Gate

• The Manson Family

• The People's Temple

• Buddhafield

What is confirmation bias?

• Seeking out information that only agrees with your opinion

• Believing you are always right

• When you are biased towards people

• Seeking out information and confirming other people's opinions

What is the study of how people think, learn, and remember?

• biology

• geography

• psychology

• mathematics

On average, what age is your brain fully developed?

• 18

• 21

• 25

• 40

Your dog or cat getting excited when they hear you open their food is an example of what type of conditioning?

• Operant

• Operational

• Aerobic

• Classical

Any indication that learning has persisted over time is

• Operant Conditioning

• Coping mechanism

• Memory

• Observational Learning

The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events that we appraise as threatening or challenging is called...

• Stress

• Brainwashing

• Problem Solving

• Motivation

What are the three types of motives? (choose 3 answers)

• Biological

• Instinct

• Stimulus

• Learned

The experiment where a control group looked at lines and chose the wrong answer, which made the experiment member also choose the wrong answer was called...

• Milgram Experiment

• Groupthink

• MK Ultra

• Asch Experiment

In regards to our own behavior we tend to blame what?

• Ourselves

• External factors

• Internal factors

• Consistency