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WorksheetsPsychology Final
Total questions: 99
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This type of psychologist helps others to overcome problems or to adjust.
a)
Clinical Psychologist
b)
Counseling Psychologist
c)
Personality Psychologist
d)
School Psychologist
2.
This type of psychologist focuses on people with adjustment problems.
a)
Clinical Psychologist
b)
Counseling Psychologist
c)
Personality Psychologist
d)
School Psychologist
3.
This type of psychologist focuses on the characteristics of people.
a)
Clinical Psychologist
b)
Developmental Psychologist
c)
Personality Psychologist
d)
School Psychologist
4.
This type of psychologist studies changes that happen throughout your life.
a)
Educational Psychologist
b)
Developmental Psychologist
c)
Personality Psychologist
d)
School Psychologist
5.
This type of psychologist focuses on course planning and instructional methods for schools.
a)
Educational Psychologist
b)
Developmental Psychologist
c)
Personality Psychologist
d)
School Psychologist
6.
This type of psychologist is concerned with people's behavior in social situations.
a)
Educational Psychologist
b)
Developmental Psychologist
c)
Social Psychologist
d)
School Psychologist
7.
This psychologist believed people were motivated by the need to overcome feelings of inferiority.
a)
Alfred Adler
b)
Hans Eysenck
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Erik Erikson
8.
This psychologist focused on the two personality traits of being introverted or extroverted
a)
Alfred Adler
b)
Hans Eysenck
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Erik Erikson
9.
This psychologist studied the relationship between the dog's nervous system and digestion.
a)
Alfred Adler
b)
Hans Eysenck
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Erik Erikson
10.
This psychologist believed social relationships are the most important factor in personality development.
a)
JohnWatson
b)
Hans Eysenck
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Erik Erikson
11.
This psychologist founded the idea of behaviorism.
a)
JohnWatson
b)
Carl Jung
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Erik Erikson
12.
This cognitive psychologist believed children's thinking developed in stages
a)
JohnWatson
b)
Carl Jung
c)
Jean Piaget
d)
Sigmund Freud
13.
This psychologist founded the field of psychology known as psychoanalysis
a)
B. F. Skinner
b)
Carl Jung
c)
Jean Piaget
d)
Sigmund Freud
14.
This psychologist added reinforcement to the field of behaviorism
a)
B. F. Skinner
b)
Carl Jung
c)
Jean Piaget
d)
Sigmund Freud
15.
According to Piaget, this is the time when children begin to think logically.
a)
concrete operational
b)
formal operational
c)
pre-operational
d)
sensorimotor
16.
According to Piaget, this refers to cognitive maturity.
a)
concrete operational
b)
formal operational
c)
pre-operational
d)
sensorimotor
17.
According to Piaget, this is when children begin to use symbols and words to represent objects.
a)
concrete operational
b)
formal operational
c)
pre-operational
d)
sensorimotor
18.
According to Piaget, this is when children begin coordinate sensation with motor activity.
a)
concrete operational
b)
formal operational
c)
pre-operational
d)
sensorimotor
19.
This means you have made no commitment at all and have no future goals.
a)
identity achievement
b)
identity foreclosure
c)
identity diffusion
d)
identity moratorium
20.
This means you are committed to a direction in life and your choice of occupation.
a)
identity achievement
b)
identity foreclosure
c)
identity diffusion
d)
identity moratorium
21.
This means you have chosen to conform or to identify with others.
a)
identity achievement
b)
identity foreclosure
c)
identity diffusion
d)
identity moratorium
22.
This means you are exploring options, but are putting off making any committments.
a)
identity achievement
b)
identity foreclosure
c)
identity diffusion
d)
identity moratorium
23.
This refers to the debate between what people inherit and what we get from our environment.
a)
Midlife crisis
b)
Midlife Transition
c)
Nature v. Nurture
d)
Psychoanalysis
24.
This is the search for a new identity in adulthood that often resembles adolescence
a)
Midlife crisis
b)
Midlife Transition
c)
Nature v. Nurture
d)
Middlescence
25.
This is the 2nd period of reassessment that a person will go through in their life.
a)
Midlife crisis
b)
Midlife Transition
c)
Nature v. Nurture
d)
Middlescence
26.
This is a time when a person's perspective changes from how many years they have lived to how many years they have left.
a)
Midlife crisis
b)
Midlife Transition
c)
Nature v. Nurture
d)
Middlescence
27.
This is the level of development when judgement is based on what society, family, and others say and believe.
a)
Conventional
b)
Pre-conventional
c)
Post-conventional
28.
This is the level of development when judgement about decisions is based on the consequences.
a)
Conventional
b)
Pre-conventional
c)
Post-conventional
29.
This is the level of development when reasoning is based on your own moral judgements.
a)
Conventional
b)
Pre-conventional
c)
Post-conventional
30.
This is the process of adapting to new of different cultures.
a)
acculturation
b)
assimilation
c)
accommodation
d)
achievement
31.
This is the process of placing new information into categories that already exist.
a)
acculturation
b)
assimilation
c)
accommodation
d)
achievement
32.
This refers to adjusting current ways of thinking because of new information.
a)
rationalization
b)
assimilation
c)
accommodation
d)
achievement
33.
This refers to knowledge of skills gained from experience.
a)
rationalization
b)
denial
c)
accommodation
d)
achievement
34.
This is self-deception to justify unacceptable behavior.
a)
rationalization
b)
denial
c)
projection
d)
achievement
35.
This is refusing to accept the reality of anything that is bad or upsetting.
a)
rationalization
b)
denial
c)
projection
d)
repression
36.
This is seeing unacceptable impulses within us in other people.
a)
displacement
b)
denial
c)
projection
d)
repression
37.
This pushes ideas that cause anxiety into the unconscious.
a)
optimist
b)
pessimist
c)
projection
d)
repression
38.
This refers to the ability to see the positive side in situations.
a)
optimist
b)
pessimist
c)
intrinsic
d)
extrinsic
39.
This refers to a negative view of situations.
a)
optimist
b)
pessimist
c)
intrinsic
d)
extrinsic
40.
This describes a type of person that is active, self-expressive, and gains energy from being with other people
a)
introvert
b)
extrovert
c)
intrinsic
d)
extrinsic
41.
This refers to the type of person that looks inward for ideas and energy.
a)
introvert
b)
extrovert
c)
intrinsic
d)
extrinsic
42.
The ability to create, originate, and produce.
a)
behavior
b)
perception
c)
generativity
d)
psychology
43.
The scientific study of behavior and cognitive processes.
a)
behavior
b)
perception
c)
generativity
d)
psychology
44.
This is any action that can be measured or observed.
a)
behavior
b)
perception
c)
generativity
d)
ego integrity
45.
This is the psychological process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
a)
psychoanalysis
b)
perception
c)
generativity
d)
ego integrity
46.
This is the belief that life is meaningful and worthwhile even when physical abilities decrease
a)
psychoanalysis
b)
perception
c)
intelligence
d)
ego integrity
47.
This emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and internal conflicts in determining behavior.
a)
psychoanalysis
b)
perception
c)
intelligence
d)
ego integrity
48.
This refers to the private mental processes that can't be observed.
a)
psychoanalysis
b)
cognitive
c)
intelligence
d)
ego integrity
49.
This is the ability to learn from experiences.
a)
displacement
b)
cognitive
c)
intelligence
d)
ego integrity
50.
This is the process of transferring an idea from a threatening object to a less threatening one.
a)
displacement
b)
cognitive
c)
intelligence
d)
inferiority complex
51.
This refers to feelings of inadequacy and insecurity.
a)
displacement
b)
object permanence
c)
intelligence
d)
inferiority complex
52.
This is the understanding that objects exist even when they are not seen.
a)
memory
b)
object permanence
c)
retrieval
d)
storage
53.
This is the process by which we recollect prior experiences and information.
a)
memory
b)
object permanence
c)
retrieval
d)
storage
54.
This is to locate stored information and return it to conscious thought.
a)
memory
b)
semantic
c)
retrieval
d)
storage
55.
This is the term for maintenance of encoded information over a period of time.
a)
short-term memory
b)
state-dependent memory
c)
retrieval
d)
storage
56.
This is our working memory that holds information briefly before it is either stored or forgotten.
a)
short-term memory
b)
state-dependent memory
c)
echoic memory
d)
flashbulb memory
57.
This information is more easily retrieved if you are in the same emotional state as when the memory was stored
a)
context dependent memory
b)
state-dependent memory
c)
echoic memory
d)
flashbulb memory
58.
This is a memory of a specific event in detail.
a)
episodic memory
b)
state-dependent memory
c)
echoic memory
d)
procedural memory
59.
This type of information is more easily retrieved when you are in the location the information was given to you and stored.
a)
episodic memory
b)
state-dependent memory
c)
context-dependent memory
d)
long-term memory
60.
This is the name for the large and relatively permanent storage of information.
a)
procedural memory
b)
state-dependent memory
c)
context-dependent memory
d)
long-term memory
61.
This consists of the skills we have learned throughout our life.
a)
procedural memory
b)
elaborative rehearsal
c)
maintenance rehearsal
d)
long-term memory
62.
This is the process of remembering information by making it meaningful.
a)
procedural memory
b)
elaborative rehearsal
c)
maintenance rehearsal
d)
long-term memory
63.
This is the process of remembering information by repeating it over and over again.
a)
procedural memory
b)
elaborative rehearsal
c)
active rehearsal
d)
long-term memory
64.
This is a form of learning in which a stimulus gets a specific response
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
consciousness
d)
itelligence quotient
65.
This is learning that takes place from consequences of reinforcement
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
consciousness
d)
intelligence quotient
66.
This is the awareness of oneself and one's environment
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
consciousness
d)
intelligence quotient
67.
This refers to the relationship between a child's mental age and their chronological age.
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
consciousness
d)
intelligence quotient
68.
This is the name of the midsection of the brain.
a)
occipital lobe
b)
parietal lobe
c)
temporal lobe
d)
midbrain
69.
This is the part of the brain that deals with our vision
a)
occipital lobe
b)
parietal lobe
c)
temporal lobe
d)
midbrain
70.
This is the part of the brain that deals with our sensations
a)
occipital lobe
b)
parietal lobe
c)
temporal lobe
d)
midbrain
71.
This is the part of the brain that deals with our hearing
a)
occipital lobe
b)
parietal lobe
c)
temporal lobe
d)
midbrain
72.
This is the part of the brain deals with language function, logic, problem solving, and math
a)
left-brain
b)
frontal lobe
c)
temporal lobe
d)
right brain
73.
This is the part of the brain that deals with movement
a)
left-brain
b)
frontal lobe
c)
temporal lobe
d)
right brain
74.
This is the lower portion of the brain that deals with our vital functions
a)
left-brain
b)
hindbrain
c)
forebrain
d)
right brain
75.
This is the upper portion of the brain that contains the cerebrum, thalamus, and the hypothalamus
a)
left-brain
b)
hindbrain
c)
forebrain
d)
right brain
76.
This is the part of the brain that deals with imagination, art, feelings, and spatial relationships
a)
left-brain
b)
hindbrain
c)
forebrain
d)
right brain
77.
This is where things we can't control like biological functions (heart beating) are stored
a)
nonconscious
b)
preconscious
c)
unconscious
d)
super ego
78.
This refers to ideas not in our awareness, but could be recalled if you needed to.
a)
nonconscious
b)
preconscious
c)
unconscious
d)
super ego
79.
This refers to information that is unavailable to our awareness
a)
nonconscious
b)
preconscious
c)
unconscious
d)
super ego
80.
This function of the brain warns us about what is right and what is wrong
a)
Id
b)
ego
c)
REM
d)
super ego
81.
This function of the brain is present at birth, according to Freud and demands pleasure through instant gratification
a)
Id
b)
ego
c)
mental age
d)
super ego
82.
This function of the brain develops to filter out impulses of the id and stands for good sense
a)
Id
b)
ego
c)
mental age
d)
super ego
83.
This is the concept the id follows where immediate release of energy for personal gratification is expected.
a)
moral principle
b)
pleasure principle
c)
mental age
d)
reality principle
84.
This is the concept that the superego follows that incorporates standards of parents and society
a)
moral principle
b)
pleasure principle
c)
mental age
d)
reality principle
85.
This is the developmental age at which a child is functioning
a)
moral principle
b)
pleasure principle
c)
mental age
d)
reality principle
86.
This is the concept the ego follows where in the real world, you can't always get what you want.
a)
moral principle
b)
pleasure principle
c)
mental age
d)
reality principle
87.
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
88.
The process of translating information into a form it can be stored.
a)
Chunking
b)
Encoding
c)
Retrieving
d)
Priming
89.
______ involves maintaing encoded information in memory over time.
a)
Recall
b)
Amnesia
c)
Storage
d)
Potential
90.
Who defined intelligence as consisting of seven mental abilities?
a)
Louis Thurstone
b)
Howard Gardner
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
John B. Watson
91.
A student does a good job on math problems for homework, and the teacher awards a sticker. This demonstrates the use of
a)
Positive Punishment
b)
Positive Reinforcement
c)
Negative Reinforcement
d)
Negative Punishment
92.
The first state of memory that deasl with sights, sounds, and smells is
a)
Episodic Memory
b)
Generic Memory
c)
Procedural Memory
d)
Sensory Memory
93.
The most current model of intelligence used by psychologists today is the
a)
Two Factor Theory
b)
Cattell-Horn-Carroll Model
c)
Sternberg's Triarchic Theory
d)
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
94.
Tests to predict your ability to learn skills and show your strengths are
a)
Achievement Tests
b)
Intelligence Tests
c)
Aptitude Tests
95.
Psychologist that suggested intelligence consists of general and specific abilities
a)
Cattell
b)
Sternberg
c)
Gardner
d)
Spearman
96.
Psychologist that breaks intelligence into the categories of Crystallized and Fluid
a)
Cattell
b)
Sternberg
c)
Gardner
d)
Spearman
97.
Psychologist that follows the Triarchic Theory
a)
Cattell
b)
Sternberg
c)
Gardner
d)
Spearman
98.
Who developed a theory based on sixteen fundamental characteristics, or the 16 PF?
a)
Eysenck
b)
Jung
c)
Cattell
d)
Spearman
99.
He was a humanistic
psychologist who
developed a “hierarchy
of needs” that stressed
the importance of
positive growth and self-
actualization.
psychologist who
developed a “hierarchy
of needs” that stressed
the importance of
positive growth and self-
actualization.
a)
Albert Bandura
b)
Jean Piaget
c)
Abraham Maslow
d)
Ivan Pavlov
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