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WorksheetsUnit 3 Psychology
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which religion believes in reincarnation?
a)
Christian
b)
Hindu
c)
Islam
d)
Mormon
2.
Harry Harlow’s experiment with monkeys and surrogate mothers emphasized the importance of:
a)
Satisfying hunger
b)
Body temperature
c)
Fulfilling needs
d)
Contact
3.
The MMR vaccine was falsely linked to:
a)
down syndrome
b)
attitude
c)
behavior
d)
autism
4.
Which age are we in our most physical peak?
a)
teens
b)
20's
c)
40's
d)
50's
5.
According to Erikson, teachers, friends, and other people outside of the home fi rst become important in shaping attitudes of a child during what psychosocial stage?
a)
Autonomy versus self-doubt
b)
Initiative versus guilt
c)
Industry versus inferiority
d)
Trust versus mistrust
6.
The removal of a unconditioned stimulus is...
a)
extinction
b)
stimulus generalization
c)
stimulus discrimination
d)
recovery
7.
The Wernicke"s area is:
a)
part of brain associated with the processing of words that we hear being spoken, or language inputs.
b)
part of brain with functions linked to speech production
c)
Isolation
d)
Stagnation
8.
The experiment with Harry Harlow and the monkeys prove what about humans?
a)
We need food to survive.
b)
We need human touch to survive.
c)
We want human touch over food.
d)
We want food over human touch.
9.
Erikson said that when you are a teenager, your main goal is to find your . .
a)
Trust
b)
Calling
c)
Identity
d)
Integrity
10.
If research suggested that a pregnant mother's use of an artificial sweetener caused harm to the fetus, the artificial sweetener would be considered a(n):
a)
FAS
b)
form of DNA
c)
depressant
d)
teratogen
11.
Cross-sectional research differs from longitudinal research in that:
a)
Cross-sectional research studies the developmental changes of subjects who are of diff erent ages.
b)
Cross-sectional research studies developmental changes using the same group of subjects over time as they grow older.
c)
Cross-sectional research is more reliable than developmental research
d)
Cross-sectional research is too specifi c to the group of people being used for research
12.
Temperament is best defined as:
a)
Personality traits inherited from biological parents
b)
Learned behavioral tendencies of a young child
c)
Physical and emotional characteristics of a newborn child and young infant
d)
Emotional traits that infants outgrow by the time they turn two years old
13.
Which of the following examples best illustrates a personal fable?
a)
Talia feels insecure when she is making her presentation in front of her class.
b)
Lola feels as though no one else could possibly be so much in love as she is
c)
Dina lies to her parents about going to her boyfriend’s birthday party
d)
) Joanna falls into a severe depression when her boyfriend breaks up with her.
14.
According to Erik Erikson, what is one major confl ict teenagers deal with during the identity versus role confusion stage of psychosocial development?
a)
Finding a more purposeful life as an adult
b)
Achieving personal satisfaction
c)
Refl ecting on previous life challenges
d)
Achieving generativity through family relationships
15.
When you develop a mental reason to dislike something you eat.
a)
Chaining
b)
Generalization
c)
Taste Aversion
d)
Maintenance Rehearsal
16.
If you can learn one skill, learning a similar skill is easier.
a)
Chaining
b)
Generalization
c)
Taste Aversion
d)
Maintenance Rehearsal
17.
When you remember ideas through context of a previous memory
a)
Schema
b)
Confabulation
c)
Amnesia
d)
Projection
18.
Study of how people behave and why
a)
Dualism
b)
Heredity
c)
Behaviorism
d)
Psychology
19.
Dylan’s mother buys him a sailor’s cap before they go on a family fishing trip. On the boat, Dylan gets nauseated and vomits. Th e next day he gets nauseated just from looking at the sailor’s cap. Th e sailor’s cap has become:
a)
The unconditioned stimulus
b)
The conditioned stimulus
c)
The conditioned response
d)
The unconditioned response
20.
During the conditioning process of Pavlov’s dogs, what element of classical conditioning did the bell and food play?
a)
CS and UCS
b)
US and CS
c)
UCS and CS
d)
CS and CR
21.
The sight of a needle can trigger fear in some people. Why is this an example of classical conditioning?
a)
There is an unconditioned association with pain and the needle.
b)
People learn this when they are young
c)
As people get older they overcome this fear.
d)
With positive reinforcement one can overcome their fear
22.
When Baby Albert showed fear in response to a bunny, he was demonstrating
a)
desensitivity
b)
discrimination
c)
generalization
d)
unconditioned response
23.
Who discovered classical conditioning through his dog experiments?
a)
Ivan Pavlov
b)
BF Skinner
c)
John Watson
d)
Edward Thorndike
24.
Shaping is
a)
a pattern of responses that must be made before classical conditioning is completed
b)
rewarding behaviors that get closer and closer to the desired goal behavior
c)
completing a set of behaviors in succession before a reward is given
d)
inhibition of new learning by previous learning
25.
Which of the following best reflects negative reinforcement?
a)
Teresa is scolded when she runs through the house yelling.
b)
Greg changes his math class so he doesn't have to see his old girlfriend.
c)
Aditya is raised for having the best essay in class.
d)
Alex takes the wrong medicine and gets violently ill afterward.
26.
Who demonstrated observational learning through his Bobo Doll experiment?
a)
John Garcia
b)
Albert Bandura
c)
Robert Rescorla
d)
John Watson
27.
Who developed the Law of Effect with his cat experiment?
a)
John Garcia
b)
BF Skinner
c)
Edward Tolman
d)
Edward Thorndike
28.
Who created the Operant Conditioning Chamber?
a)
Edward Tolman
b)
John Garcia
c)
BF Skinner
d)
Ivan Pavlov
29.
Classical Conditioning is learning by
a)
consequence
b)
observing others
c)
cognitive decision-making
d)
association
30.
Before learning, the unconditioned stimulus
a)
brings on a neutral response
b)
brings on an unconditioned response
c)
brings on a conditioned response
d)
brings on a conditioned stimulus
31.
This is a stimulus that does not initially elicit a response
a)
neutral stimulus
b)
conditioned stimulus
32.
likely an evolutionary adaptation, humans tend to avoid foods that they associate with nausea.
a)
Taste Aversion
b)
Taste Apathy
c)
Taste Agnostic
d)
Tasty Apple
33.
The rules of grammar are rules of
a)
Phonemes
b)
Morphemes
c)
Syntax
d)
Semantics
34.
A word or part of a word that is in itself meaningful, but that cannot be broken into smaller meaningful units, is called
a)
Grapheme
b)
Morpheme
c)
Phoneme
d)
Holophrase
35.
Noam Chomsky’s view of language proposed that
a)
There is an inherent language acquisition device
b)
Thinking is merely subvocal language
c)
Different levels of language ability are hereditarily determined
d)
Language acquisition can be explained by social modeling
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