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WorksheetsPsychology--Unit 1
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior
a)
evolutionary perspective
b)
cognitive perspective
c)
biological perspective
d)
all of the above
2.
emphasizes the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socio-economic status on behavior and mental processes
a)
evolutionary perspective
b)
biological perspective
c)
sociocultural perspective
d)
all of the above
3.
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
a)
psychology
b)
biology
c)
morality
d)
behavior
4.
psychological perspective that focuses on the interaction of biological processes, psychological dispositions, and social factors
a)
humanistic perspective
b)
biopsychosocial perspective
c)
social-learning theory
d)
all of the above
5.
What type of psychologist is most likely to wonder how the brain scans of someone experiencing an epileptic seizure differ from the scans of someone who has not had a seizure?
a)
clinical
b)
health
c)
developmental
d)
biological
6.
What type of psychologist is most likely interested in conditions that lead to the greatest conformity?
a)
developmental
b)
cognitive
c)
social
d)
human-factors
7.
A Psychiatrist is a
a)
Therapist
b)
Medical Doctor
c)
A nurse who treats mental illness
8.
The " Nurture" aspect of behavior focuses on
a)
Genetic traits that shape behavior
b)
How the Environment after birth influences behavior
c)
How parenting styles affect behavior
9.
Who studied unconscious and conscious behavior?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
John B. Watson
10.
Which of the following modern perspective focuses on how unconscious traumas, experiences, and motives affect human behavior?
a)
Psychodynamic
b)
Behavioral
c)
Humanistic
d)
Cognitive
11.
Which branch of psychology would argue that a child who is hungry will not be able concentrate on schoolwork or being good in class?
a)
Humanistic
b)
Behavioral
c)
Socio-Cultural
d)
Biopsychosocial
12.
Which perspective believed psychology should only study observable and objectively described acts?
a)
Humanistic
b)
Behaviorism
c)
Functionalism
d)
Structuralism
13.
An imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior.
a)
Biological perspective
b)
Psychodynamic perspective
c)
Humanistic perspective
d)
Cognitive perspective
14.
What is one disadvantage of a survey?
a)
Provides information about behavior that can’t be observed directly
b)
Yields a lot of information
c)
Provides a good way to generate hypotheses
d)
Can provide information about many people since it’s cheap and easy to do
15.
What is one advantage of a case study?
a)
Sometimes relies only on self-report data, which can be misleading
b)
Doesn’t allow conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships
c)
Provides a good way to generate hypotheses
d)
Can be subjective and thus may yield biased results
16.
Laboratory observation enables use of sophisticated equipment for measuring and recording __________.
a)
hypotheses
b)
behavior
c)
natural behavior
d)
validity
17.
True or False: The most important feature of naturalistic observation is that researchers do not disturb the participants or their environment?
a)
Both
b)
No...Just No!
c)
True
d)
False
18.
One of the fastest ways to collect descriptive data is ________?
a)
Correlational Method
b)
Case Study
c)
Debriefing
d)
Survey Method
19.
Suppose a researcher wants to study the effect of drug A on subjects’ alertness. He divides 100 subjects into two groups of 50, an experimental group and a control group. He dissolves drug A in saline solution and injects it into all the subjects in the experimental group. He then gives all the control group subjects an injection of only saline solution.
What is the independent variable?
What is the independent variable?
a)
drug A
b)
saline solution
c)
the subjects
d)
the needles
20.
What is the Placebo Effect?
a)
the effect on a subject receiving a fake drug or treatment
b)
occurs when researchers’ preferences or expectations influence the outcome of their research
c)
the tendency of some research subjects to describe themselves in socially approved ways
d)
Jared
21.
Case studies typically involve collecting a vast amount of data on one particular ________?
a)
Person
b)
Group
c)
Person or Group
d)
Animal
22.
Which of the following IS an example of a survey?
a)
Administered on Paper
b)
Face-To-Face Interview
c)
Via Telephone
d)
All Of The Above
23.
True or False: The correlation method examines relationships among variables and assists researchers in making predictions.
a)
Maybe
b)
True
c)
Both
d)
False
24.
The experimental method manipulates a variable.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Neither
d)
Both
25.
Freud compared the mind to an iceberg, the conscious mind made up the tip of he iceberg. What made up the majority of the iceberg bellow the water?
a)
The Super Ego
b)
The Id
c)
Childhood learning
d)
The unconscious mind
26.
Of the three parts of our mind (the id, ego, and superego) which one deals mainly with our basic desires and needs?
a)
Id
b)
Ego
c)
Superego
27.
Of the three parts of our mind (the id, ego, and superego) which one deals with the way that things should be or the ideal way?
a)
Id
b)
Ego
c)
Superego
28.
What did Freud call his idea that young boys wanted to marry their mothers and were jealous of their fathers?
a)
The Sysiphian Complex
b)
The Ulysses Complex
c)
The Andromeda Comples
d)
The Oedipus Complex
29.
What defense Mechanism is best described as reverting back to an infantile state? An example would be sucking a thumb during high anxiety moments
a)
Reflexive
b)
Projection
c)
Reaction
d)
Regression
30.
What defense mechanism is best described as the ego unconsciously making unacceptable impulses look like their opposites. Ex. a bully with low self esteem picking on other people.
a)
Projection
b)
Regression
c)
Reaction Formation
d)
Replacement
31.
If you were to get in an argument with your parents and then afterwards yell at a younger sibling for no reason, what type of defense mechanism is it?
a)
Projection
b)
Displacement
c)
Reaction Development
d)
Regression
32.
B.F. Skinner is associated with which of the following?
a)
functionalism
b)
behavioralism
c)
cognitive psychology
d)
structuralism
33.
Who is associated with introspection?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
William James
c)
Wilhelm Wundt
d)
Jean Piaget
34.
Which of the following is associated with Abraham Maslow & Carl Rogers?
a)
clinical psychology
b)
developmental psychology
c)
humanistic psychology
d)
all of the above
35.
Who is considered the "Father of Psychology" in the United States?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
William James
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
Jean Piaget
36.
The population in a research study is...
a)
the whole group of research interest.
b)
the smaller group that has been chosen from the group of research interest.
c)
exactly the same as the sample.
d)
always smaller than the sample.
37.
Which correlation coefficient represents the strongest relationship between variables?
a)
-0.78
b)
0.67
c)
0.85
d)
-0.87
38.
In a study of the effect of a driver training program on driving skill, a possible confounding variable of the dependent variable would be...
a)
driving quality
b)
number of accidents
c)
hours spent training
d)
amount of traffic
39.
Which answer lists two measures of the spread of data around the mean?
a)
mode and median
b)
standard deviation and range
c)
inferential statistics and descriptive statistics
d)
scattergrams and boxplots
40.
Which method should a psychology researcher use if she is interested in testing whether a specific reward in a classroom situation causes students to behave better?
a)
Case Study
b)
Experiment
c)
Survey
d)
Naturalistic Observation
41.
After the student council election, a friend tells you he has known for weeks who would be elected president. What does this seem to illustrate?
a)
Critical thinking
b)
Hindsight Bias
c)
Overconfidence
d)
Skepticism
42.
What do we call the tendency to exaggerate the correctness or accuracy of our beliefs and predictions prior to testing?
a)
Hindsight Bias
b)
Overconfidence
c)
Critical Thinking
d)
Reliability
43.
Why is an operational definition necessary when reporting research findings?
a)
An operational definition allows others to replicate the procedure
b)
An operational definiton provides more context and includes many examples of the same concept described.
c)
An operational definition is easier to translate into muliple languages than a dictionary definition
d)
An operational definition is not necessary since a dictionary definitoin will work as well for replication.
44.
A testable prediction that drives research is known as a(n)
a)
theory
b)
hypothesis
c)
operational definition
d)
guess
45.
A client whose improvement during therapy is the result of his or her expectation of improvement rather than the result of the therapy itself is showing
a)
a placebo effect
b)
catharsis
c)
negative transference
d)
tardive dyskinesia
46.
Operational definitions are used for which of the following reasons?
a)
They enable researchers to replicate
studies by precisely describing the variables and how they are used.
b)
They exclude mental processes from being
studied, as they are no longer considered part of the scientific study of
psychology.
c)
They
determine which test of statistical significance will be used to analyze the
results of the experiment
d)
They
determine whether the experiment is better suited for a laboratory or a field
setting
47.
In a study of effects of alcohol on driving ability, the control group should be given
a)
a
high dosage of alcohol
b)
one-half the dosage given the
experimental group
c)
a driving test before and after drinking
alcohol
d)
no alcohol at all
48.
Neither the researcher nor the subjects knew whether or not they received the drug studied or a placebo. This is an example of
a)
expectancy effects
b)
pacebo effects
pacebo effects
c)
double blind
d)
nothing. It would be ridiculous
49.
Students who do better in high school tend to do better in college. This is an example of
a)
a.a negative correlation
b)
a zero correlation
c)
a
positive correlation
d)
a
perfect correlation
50.
The condition that exists when the probability that the findings are not due to chance
a)
statistical significance
b)
experimenter bias
c)
confounding variables
51.
Five students received the following test scores: 7,11,5,6, and 11. What is the mean and range?
a)
A. 8,6
b)
B. 11,4
c)
C. 8,11
d)
D. 8,7
52.
Which of the following is an example of negative correlation?
a)
People who spend more time exercising tend to weigh less
b)
Teenage females tend to have fewer speeding tickets than teenage males.
c)
Students with low IQ scores tend to have lower grades.
d)
Students'' shoe sizes are not related to their grades.
53.
Which statistical measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme scores?
a)
Mean
b)
Median
c)
Mode
d)
Skew
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