WorksheetsSemester 1 Review Psychology (Units 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 14)
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
___ established the first psychology lab in Germany in 1879.
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
WIlhelm Wundt
c)
John B. Watson
d)
William James
2.
Father of Modern Psychology:
a)
Wilhelm Wundt
b)
William James
c)
Carl Rogers
3.
Wilhelm Wundt was a pioneer of which historical perspective?
a)
structuralism
b)
functionalism
c)
Gestalt
4.
Dr. Schulte wants to investigate if aggressive behavior in children is increased if they view violent videos. In this instance, the dependent variable is
a)
violent videos
violent videos
b)
aggressive behavior
aggressive behavior
c)
a placebo
a placebo
d)
the control condition
the control condition
5.
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
6.
When everybody has an equal chance of being included in a study, this process is called
a)
unbiased reporting
b)
survey
survey
c)
random sample
d)
reliability
7.
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
8.
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
9.
Which type of research would allow you to determine whether students' grades accurately predict later income?
a)
case study
b)
naturalistic observation
c)
experimentation
d)
correlation
10.
Observing and recording behaviour without trying to manipulate and control the situation.
a)
Case study
b)
Naturalistic observation
c)
Survey
11.
Used to explain an observation and make predictions about future events
a)
Theory
b)
Hypothesis
c)
Critical thinking
d)
Psychological reasoning
12.
Which correlation coefficient represents the strongest relationship between variables?
a)
-0.78
b)
0.67
c)
0.85
d)
-0.87
13.
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
14.
These carry signals from tissues and organs to the brain and spinal cord
a)
Sensory Neurons
b)
Motor Neurons
c)
Efferent Neurons
d)
Glial Cells
15.
When a neuron is at rest, the ions inside the cell are mostly _______ and the ions outside the cell are mostly _______.
a)
positively charged; negatively charged
b)
negatively charged; positively charged
c)
small; large
d)
large; small
16.
This is the gap or space between two neurons
a)
Dendrites
b)
Cell Body
c)
Synapse
d)
Axon
17.
The small ___ is involved with puberty and how fast we grow.
a)
Amygdala
b)
Pituitary Gland
c)
Reticular formation
d)
Sensory Strip
18.
The ___ helps decide what memories transfer from the short to long term memory.
a)
Hippocampus
b)
Corpus Callosum
c)
Hypothalamus
d)
Cerebellum
19.
The ____ nervous system controls unconscious activities.
a)
somatic
b)
sympathetic
c)
parasympathetic
d)
autonomic
20.
The _____ response is known as fight or flight.
a)
parasympathetic
b)
sympathetic
c)
somatic
d)
peripheral
21.
Part of the peripheral that controls conscious activities
a)
autonomic
b)
somatic
c)
sympathetic
d)
parasympathetic
22.
A functional MRI (fMRI) and a PET scan both:
a)
provide a way to measure the functioning and activity of the brain.
b)
produce black and white scans of the brain’s structures.
c)
create selective injuries that allow researchers to study brain function.
d)
provide detailed computerized interpretations of brain dysfunctions.
23.
The part of the brain that controls life-sustaining functions, such as heartbeat, breathing, and swallowing, is the:
a)
cerebral cortex.
b)
cerebellum.
c)
medulla.
d)
hippocampus.
24.
The ______ lobes are responsible for higher mental processes such as decision making.
a)
parietal
b)
frontal
c)
temporal
d)
occipital
25.
Humans with damage to the amygdala show decreased:
a)
fear response.
b)
sex drive.
c)
incidence of depression.
d)
allergies to food.
26.
Characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks
a)
Night Terrors
b)
Insomnia
c)
Narcolepsy
d)
Sleep Apnea
27.
Characterized by a cessation (stop) in breathing, which causes a person to wake up repeatedly throughout the night
a)
Insomnia
b)
Narcolepsy
c)
Sleep Apnea
d)
Night Terrors
28.
The period of the sleep cycle when most dreaming occurs is
a)
1
b)
REM
c)
NREM
d)
4
29.
Waves produced when awake and relaxed
a)
Alpha Waves
b)
Beta Waves
c)
Theta Waves
d)
Delta Waves
30.
A person spends the majority of their night in...
a)
stage 2
b)
stage 3
c)
stage 4
d)
REM
31.
Cocaine is used illicitly as a:
a)
Depressant
b)
Stimulant
c)
Hallocinogen
d)
Tranquilizer
32.
This is the main active chemical in marijuana.
a)
Caffine
b)
MDMA
c)
THC
d)
MMA
33.
These are drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactions
a)
Stimulants
b)
Downers
c)
Speed
d)
Depressants
34.
The physiological response caused by abruptly ending the use of a drug one is addicted to:
a)
Craving
b)
Withdrawal
c)
Tolerance
d)
Dependence
35.
Morphine is an example of a/an
a)
barbiturate
b)
hallucinogen
c)
beta blocker
d)
opiate
36.
Combining bits of information into a small number of familiar or manageable groups that can be stored in long-term memory and remembered more easily.
a)
chunking
b)
decay
c)
mnemonics
d)
interference
37.
After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his
a)
Short-Term Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Visual Memory
d)
Episodic Memory
38.
The process of translating information into a form it can be stored.
a)
Chunking
b)
Encoding
c)
Retrieving
d)
Priming
39.
Which type of memory has essentially unlimited storage capacity?
a)
episodic memory
b)
short term memory
c)
long term memory
d)
state-dependent memory
40.
What is the enhanced ability to retrieve information where you are in the same physical and emotional state?
a)
Sensory Memory
b)
Context
c)
Short-Term Memory
d)
State- Dependent Memory
41.
When solving an anagram one must try every possible combination of letters until the hidden word appears. This is an example of:
a)
A heuristic
b)
A concept
c)
An image
d)
An algorithm
42.
Suppose you consider elderly people to be infirm and mentally slow. Every time you see elderly people in need of care or assistance, you take it as evidence of your belief, while ignoring the many cases of healthy, active elderly people. This is an example of:
a)
Representative heuristic
b)
Availability heuristic
c)
Confirmation bias
d)
Prototype
43.
The chimpanzee Sultan used a short stick to pull a longer stick into his cage. He then used the longer stick to reach a piece of fruit. Researchers hypothesized that Sultan’s discovery of the solution to his problem was the result of:
a)
Trial and error
b)
Heuristics
c)
Insight
d)
Mental set
44.
Whorf’s linguistic determination hypothesis states that:
a)
Language is primarily a learned ability
b)
Language is partially an innate ability
c)
The size of a person’s vocabulary reflects his or her intelligence
d)
Our language shapes our thinking
45.
With regards to ground beef, consumers respond more positively to an ad describing it as “75 percent lean” than to one referring to its “25 percent fat” content. This is an example of:
a)
The framing effect
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Mental set
d)
Overconfidence
46.
Feelings, often based on our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events are called
a)
roles.
b)
norms.
c)
attitudes.
d)
attributions.
47.
First agreeing to a small request tends to make it more likely that you will later agree to a larger request. This is known as the
a)
mere exposure effect.
b)
fundamental attribution error.
c)
chameleon effect.
d)
foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
48.
What is the definition of psychology?
a)
Study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another
b)
Study of behavior and logic
c)
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
d)
Study of how how our influences affect us
49.
Miranda doesn't think Elza is hilarious, but she giggles at his jokes because everyone else finds him funny and she doesn't want to be the odd woman out.
a)
groupthink
b)
group polarization
c)
social loafing
d)
low ball
50.
Leah asks her teacher to delay the test a day; when the teacher refuses she asks for 10 minutes to study prior.
a)
Door-in-the-face
b)
Group polarization
c)
Social inhibition
d)
Social facilitation
51.
Which of the following concepts apply? My brother has the worst grade in the class because he's lazy and dumb.
a)
Self-serving bias
b)
Fundamental attribution error
52.
Kayle asks Hanna for a dollar to buy a water, then asks for three to also buy a snack
a)
Foot-in-the-door
b)
Door-in-the-face
c)
low-ball
d)
ingratiation
53.
During Homecoming students TP the houses of teachers and coaches. This is an example of?
a)
Ingratiation
b)
Deindividuation
c)
Foot-in-the-door
d)
Self-serving bias
54.
"I don't like atheists" is an example of which concept?
a)
Stereotype
b)
Prejudice
c)
Discrimination
d)
Ethnocentrism
55.
Blindfolded subjects were observed to clap louder when they thought they were clapping alone than when they thought they were clapping with others. This best illustrates
a)
the mere exposure effect.
b)
social loafing.
c)
group polarization.
d)
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
56.
One analysis revealed that pitchers were more likely to hit batters when the previous batter had hit a home run. This best illustrates
a)
group polarization.
b)
the frustration-aggression principle.
c)
the mere exposure effect.
d)
the just-world phenomenon.
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