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Psychology I Mock Final

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identical twin studies present strong evidence for...

a)

Nature

b)

Nurture

c)

Neither

d)

Both

2.

According to evolutionary psychologist, the ability to survive and reproduce is called...

a)

Physical Survival

b)

Fitness

c)

Species insurance

d)

Endurance

3.

In personality, adopted children most often resemble....

a)

Adoptive parents

b)

Adoptive siblings

c)

The neighbors

d)

Biological parents

4.

Today, Most psychologists agree:

a)

Nature is more important than nurture.

b)

Nurture is more important than nature.

c)

Both nature and nurture play important rolls.

d)

Psychologists don't really agree yet.

5.

This parenting style is characterized by few rules, little to no consequences and being very responsive to a child's desires.

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Judgmental

6.

This parenting style is characterized by Strict Rules and harsh punishments.

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Judgmental

7.

This parenting style is characterized by high expectations and a supportive attitude with encouragement of independence.

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Judgmental

8.

The correct order of Freuds psychosexual development is...

a)

Oral, Anal, Genital, Latency, Phallic

b)

Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital

c)

Oral, Phallic, Anal, Latency Genital

d)

Genital, Oral, Latency, Anal, Phallic

9.

A child who lacks object permanence would say...(if they could talk)

a)

I can't see the ball, but I know its under the blanket

b)

This glass is bigger so it must hold more water

c)

The amount of water did not change despite the change in shape

d)

If I can't see the ball, the ball is not there.

10.

A child who lacks conservation might say...

a)

I can't see the ball, but I know its under the blanket

b)

This glass is bigger so it must hold more water

c)

The amount of water did not change despite the change in shape

d)

If I can't see the ball, the ball is not there.

11.

What disorder is caused when a mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy?

a)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome(FAS)

b)

Premature birth

c)

Low birth weight

d)

Down syndrome

12.

What disorder is caused by an extra chromosome on the 21st pair?

a)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome(FAS)

b)

Premature birth

c)

Low birth weight

d)

Down syndrome

13.

All of the following are criticisms of stage development theories except...

a)

They assume individuals do not change throught life

b)

They don't account for individuals unique experiences

c)

They don't allow individual's freedom of expression

d)

They don't note the individuals historical and cultural setting

14.

This researcher ran extensive experiments on baby monkey's to study attachment.

a)

Eric Ericson

b)

Harry Harlow

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Jean Piaget

15.

His studies of monkey's found that...

a)

Food was the most important motivator

b)

Comfort was the most important motivator

c)

Fear is a universal motivator

d)

Attachment in monkeys is based on imprinting

16.

If you stroke the bottom of a baby's foot, you would exspect to see their toes fan out. This is called the....

a)

Babinski reflex

b)

Rooting reflex

c)

Startle reflex

d)

Piaget's reflex

17.

If you stroke a baby's cheek, you would expect it to turn toward the stroke with their mouth open. This is called the....

a)

Babinski reflex

b)

Rooting reflex

c)

Startle reflex

d)

Piaget's reflex

18.

If you make a sudden loud noise by a baby, you would expect its limbs to flail out. This is called the....

a)

Babinski reflex

b)

Rooting reflex

c)

Startle reflex

d)

Piaget's reflex

19.

Mario chooses to save the princess in order to receive fame an attention. He is using which of the three moral stages?

a)

Preconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Postconventinal

d)

All of the above

20.

Mario chooses to save the princess because no one should be imprisoned against their will despite kingdom laws deeming it legal. He is using which of the three moral stages?

a)

Preconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Postconventinal

d)

All of the above

21.

Mario chooses to save the princess because he has been assigned the task and he must follow the rules of duty and honor. He is using which of the three moral stages?

a)

Preconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Postconventinal

d)

All of the above

22.

Which of the following is not a binocular cue?

a)

Convergence

b)

Retinal disparity

c)

Interpostion

d)

All are binocular cues

23.

Select all of the following that are monocular cues.

a)

Linear perspective

b)

Object permanence

c)

relative size

d)

relative height

e)

Convergence

24.

Gestalt psychology is best described as...

a)

Making things more intuitive to use

b)

Using sense's to perceive information

c)

Cognitive perception processing

d)

Integrating pieces of information into wholes

25.

The visual cliff test....

a)

allowed babies to view various cliffs

b)

Proved depth perception is learned

c)

was tested on a variety of ADULT animals

d)

all of the above

26.

The minimum amount of a stimulation to detect a stimuli is...

a)

Difference threshold

b)

Absolute threshold

c)

stimuli threshold

d)

Visual threshold

27.

the minimum proportional amount of change needed to detect a change in a stimuli is...

a)

Difference threshold

b)

Absolute threshold

c)

Stimuli threshold

d)

Visual threshold

28.

The receptor of the eye that registers color is:

a)

Optic Nerve

b)

Rod

c)

Fovea

d)

Cone

29.

The receptor of the eye that registers shade and depth is:

a)

Optic Nerve

b)

Rod

c)

Fovea

d)

Cone

30.

Transduction is...

a)

A spot in the back of the eye where there are no receptors

b)

a combination of multiple senses to detect a single stimuli

c)

The transfer of visual stimuli into electrical impulses

d)

The bending of the lens that allows you to see near and far objects

31.

Smell, Tastes and Touch (texture) make up our sense of...

a)

Flavor

b)

Body position

c)

Air thickness

d)

The future

32.

What are the three places memories are stored?

a)

Sense's, Short term, Working

b)

Sensory, Short term, Rehersal

c)

Sensory, Short term, Long term

d)

Senses, Working, Short term

33.

Serial positioning effect is...

a)

tendency to have the best recall of facts that have meaning

b)

tenency to have the best recall of the first and last items on a list

c)

tendency to have the best recall of facts that are visual

d)

tendency to have the best recall of facts that are auditory

34.

Which of the three encoding types produce the strongest memories?

a)

Semantic

b)

Acoustic

c)

Visual

d)

Acoustic and Semantic are equally beneficial

35.

When new information interferes with recalling old information is reffered to as...

a)

Proactive

b)

Retroactive

36.

When old information interferes with learning new information is refereed to as...

a)

Proactive

b)

Retroactive

37.

Miller's magic number is...

a)

your lucky number

b)

2

c)

20

d)

7

38.

Dissociative fugue is ...

a)

The eerie feeling the current event has happend before

b)

Amnesia triggered by stress in which the person travels

c)

Forgetting the source of learned information

d)

None of the above

39.

Source amnesia is ...

a)

The eerie feeling the current event has happend before

b)

Amnesia triggered by stress in which the person travels

c)

Forgetting the source of learned information

d)

None of the above

40.

Who is considered to be the "father of psychology"?

a)

Freud

b)

Piaget

c)

Skinner

d)

Erikson

41.

Which of the following is not a major school of thought in psychology?

a)

Social- cultural

b)

Psychoanalysis

c)

Cognitive

d)

Operant

e)

Behavioral

42.

Correlation means...

a)

One variable causes the other

b)

A variable is directly impacted by the other

c)

Two variables have a relationship

43.

Psychologist researchers use the scientific method to...

a)

Explore questions

b)

Treat clients

c)

Design experiments

d)

Write a survey

44.

When planning an experiment on humans, researchers must consider:

a)

Physical safety

b)

Value of gained information

c)

Personal career goals

d)

Participant's Dietary preferences

e)

Ethics

45.

What is heavily influenced by Nature?

a)

Values

b)

Eye color

c)

Faith

d)

Manners

e)

Personality

46.

What is heavily influenced by Nurture?

a)

Values

b)

Eye color

c)

Faith

d)

Manners

e)

Personality

47.

Which are the three stages of prenatal development?

a)

Germinal

b)

Zygote

c)

Embryonic

d)

Fetal

48.

Erikson's adolescence stage focuses on...

a)

Identity

b)

Intimacy

c)

Trust

d)

Autonomy

49.

Erikson's Early adulthood stage focuses on...

a)

Identity

b)

Intimacy

c)

Trust

d)

Autonomy

50.

Alzheimer's causes all of the following except

a)

Slow loss of memories

b)

Often forget who their children are

c)

Pass away due to brain failure

d)

Anti-social behavior

51.

the sense that there are typical ages for achieving milestone life events is called...

a)

Social circle

b)

Social clock

c)

Bucket list

d)

A disappointing salad

52.

In pavlov's famous dog experiment, what was the bell after conditioning?

a)

UCS

b)

UCR

c)

CS

d)

CR

53.

In pavlov's famous dog experiment, what was the dog salivating to food?

a)

UCS

b)

UCR

c)

CS

d)

CR

54.

In pavlov's famous dog experiment, what was the food?

a)

UCS

b)

UCR

c)

CS

d)

CR

55.

In pavlov's famous dog experiment, what was the dog salivating to the bell without food?

a)

UCS

b)

UCR

c)

CS

d)

CR

56.

According to B.F. Skinner to start to get the rats to push the bar he had to...

a)

Create a conditioned repsonse

b)

Reward it with food

c)

Punish it with food

d)

Model the behavior

57.

According to B.F. Skinner, to get rats to continue to push the bar he had to...

a)

Create a conditioned repsonse

b)

Reward it with food

c)

Punish it with food

d)

Model the behavior

58.

This psychologist said anti-social behavior is often learned by children through modeling.

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Albert Bandura

c)

Elizabeth Loftus

d)

Erik Erikson

59.

Which are the parts of the brain that are most involved in memory?

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Hippocampus

d)

Hypothalamus

e)

Amygdala