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Psychology Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Stage of cognitive development when children begin to show signs of adult thinking

a)

Concrete operational stage

b)

Formal operational stage

c)

Preoperational stage

d)

Sensory-motor stage

2.

Who developed the theory of 8 stages of Psychosocial development?

a)

Lawrence Kohlberg

b)

Erik Erikson

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

Harry Harlow

3.

Which theorist was famous for their work with moral development?

a)

Jerry Garcia

b)

Erik Erikson

c)

Lawrence Kohlberg

d)

Steven Colbert

4.

For which of the following was Harry Harlow known for?

a)

stranger anxiety

b)

imprinting

c)

contact comfort

d)

displacement

5.
Learning that occurs due to reward and punishment
a)
Classical Conditioning
b)
Operant Conditioning
c)
Learning
d)
Taste Aversion
6.

In the nature vs. nurture controversy, nature is

a)

your genetics.

b)

your hereditary.

c)

your mother and father's parenting styles.

d)

your environment.

7.

A psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment; learned behavior and punishments and rewards are used

a)

Behaviorists

b)

Psychoanalysts

c)

Psychobiologists

d)

Cognitive Psychologists

8.
Individual or self-directed choices influence behavior
a)
Behavioral approach
b)
Cognitive approach
c)
Humanistic approach
d)
Sociocultural approach
9.

The somatic nervous system controls

a)

voluntary movements

b)

erratic movements

c)

brain impulses

d)

involuntary organs and muscles

10.
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
11.
What is psychology? 
a)
The study of behavior. 
b)
The study of mental processes.
c)
The study of the mind.
d)
All of the above. 
12.
Who studied unconscious and conscious behavior?
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
B.F. Skinner
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
John B. Watson
13.
Which modern psychological perspective focuses on the impact of gender, economic status, peer pressure, and ethnicity on a person's behavior?
a)
Socio-Cultural
b)
Psychodynamic
c)
Behavioral
d)
Humanistic
14.
The processing of information into the memory system.
a)
encoding
b)
storage
c)
retrieval
d)
automatic processing
15.
The most common effortful processing technique where information is repeated.  
a)
rehearsal
b)
mnemonic
c)
recall
d)
recognition
16.
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.
a)
chunking
b)
mnemonic
c)
relean
d)
recall
17.
Using the the acronym Roy G. Biv to studying the colors of the rainbow. This is a good example of 
a)
mnemonic
b)
spacing effect
c)
visual encoding
d)
acoustic encoding
18.
being the best version of yourself that you can be 
a)
fundamental needs
b)
psychological needs
c)
self actualization 
d)
incentive 
19.
The part of your mind that contains innate or instinctual unconscious thought. 
a)
id
b)
ego
c)
superego
d)
lateral hypothalamus 
20.
Putting smaller, easier tasks together to form a larger, more complex one. 
a)
Chaining
b)
Generalization
c)
Taste Aversion 
d)
Maintenance Rehearsal 
21.
Taking your own thoughts and putting them on other people.
a)
Schema
b)
Confabulation 
c)
Amnesia 
d)
Projection 
22.
an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
a)
id
b)
thoughts
c)
personality
d)
superego
23.
universally inherited ideas that shape people’s perception of the world
a)
Gordon Allport
b)
archetypes
c)
conditions of worth
d)
unconditional positive regard
24.
•How we evaluate ourselves; a positive self-evaluation of ourselves
a)
Self-Esteem
b)
Personality
c)
Self-Concept
d)
Personality Trait
25.

Social interaction where one person suggests to another that certain behaviors will occur.

a)

Hypnosis

b)

Change Blindness

c)

Inattentional Blindness

d)

Mind Control

26.

Which of the following is not true about ALL pyschoactive drugs?

a)

chemical substance

b)

alter perceptions, mood, or behavior

c)

have pleasurable and adverse effects

d)

illicit (illegal)

27.

Alcohol and Heroin are two examples of what type of psychoactive drug

a)

stimulant

b)

depressant

c)

hallucinagen

28.

Caffeine, Meth, and Cocaine are examples of what type of psychoactive drug

a)

stimulant

b)

depressant

c)

hallucinagen

29.

Ecstasy, LSD, and Marijuana are examples of what type of psychoactive drug

a)

stimulant

b)

depressant

c)

hallucinagen

30.

Discomfort and/or distress following the discontinuation of a drug dependency

a)

tolerance

b)

psychoactive

c)

dependence

d)

withdrawal

31.
sudden unexplained “sleep attacks” during the day
a)
sleep apnea
b)
narcolepsy 
c)
sleep paralysis
d)
night terrors
32.
Repeated periods during sleep when a person stops breathing for 10 seconds or longer is known as:
a)
Sleep apnea
b)
Narcolepsy
c)
Sleep agnosia
d)
Cataplexy
33.
A teacher believes that one group of children is very bright and that a second group is below average in ability. Actually, the groups are identical, but the first group progresses more rapidly than the second. This demonstrates
a)
the self-fulfilling prophecy.
b)
the placebo effect in a natural experiment.
c)
observer bias in naturalistic observation.
d)
the ethical problems of field experiments.
34.
In-depth studies of Phineas Gage, savants, and each of the Genaine sisters are examples of___ because the provide much information about one particular person or event. 
a)
correlational studies.
b)
field experiments.
c)
case studies.
d)
surveys.
35.
To ensure a representative population for a survey, one would have to use.
a)
Random assignment
b)
Negative correlations
c)
Random sampling
d)
Positive correlations
36.
Define "self-motivation."
a)
The ability to tell yourself what to do rather than someone else telling you.
b)
The ability to stick to something.
c)
The ability to feel what others feel.
d)
Being positive in the face of adversity.
37.
If one has declarative memory, then one can:
a)
Recall facts & dates
b)
recall everything
c)
remember 1776
d)
retire
38.
A, an and ill are all examples of:
a)
Phonemes
b)
Morphemes
c)
Syntax
d)
Grammar
39.
The child who says “milk gone” is engaging in ____________. This type of utterance demonstrates that children are actively experimenting with the rules of ____________.
a)
Babbling; syntax
b)
Telegraphic speech; syntax
c)
Babbling; semantics
d)
Telegraphic speech; semantics
40.
Semantics
a)
the system of rules for putting words in order
b)
the smallest units of sound that carry meaning
c)
the smallest units of sound that make up language
d)
the system of using words to create meaning
41.
When our child first says dada, dada, dada or mama, mama, mama. Rather than associating meaning with that combination of consonants and vowels, at first baby Fritz will be:
a)
Cooing
b)
Doodling
c)
Booing
d)
Babbling
42.
Becoming accustomed to thinking of only a limited number of uses for something is known as..
a)
Prototypical modeling
b)
Functional fixedness
c)
Hill-Climbing
d)
Mental set

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