WorksheetsUnit 1 Psychology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is NOT an example of pseudoscience?
Phrenology
Palmistry
Psychology
Numerology
What is a pseudoscience?
A field or theory that is not tested under empirical (scientific, reliable, valid) conditions
A field or theory that draws conclusions from unreliable and non-systematic data collection procedures
A field or theory that is created under influence of personal bias
All of these are correct
An interneuron connects a motor neuron to a ______ neuron and is located in the ______.
Motor, PNS
Sensory, CNS
Motor, CNS
None of these
A sensory neuron carries _____ information. A motor neuron carries ______ information.
Afferent, efferent
Efferent, afferent
Which part of a neuron receives neural information from another neuron?
Soma
Axon terminal
Myelin sheath
Dendrites
Which branch of the human nervous system has the function of initiating voluntary movement and carrying sensory information received from the external environment?
Autonomic NS
Parasympathetic NS
Sympathetic NS
Somatic NS
Movement on which side of the body is controlled by the right primary motor cortex control?
Left
Right
A physiological function of the right hemisphere:
Recognising emotions
Movement on the right side of the body
Movement on the left side of the body
Non-verbal tasks
Emotional development involves __________ in how an individual experiences different feelings and how these feelings are expressed, interpreted and dealt with.
developments
changes
emotions
growth
Differences in monozygotic twins' development would be due to ____________ influences.
Environmental
Heredity
What is the age range for Piaget's cognitive development theory stage 3: concrete operational stage?
0-2
3-5
3-7
7-12
The two main Key Cognitive Accomplishments of the formal operational stage are:
Transformation and reversability
Idealistic thinking and abstract thinking
Object permanence and goal directed behaviour
Conservation and classification
An adaptive behaviour is one that:
Helps a person to function effectively in daily life
Disrupts a person's ability to function effectively in daily life
Impairs functioning in daily life
Causes significant inability to function in daily life
An example of a typical behaviour for a quiet, shy person would be:
Being quiet and shy in social situations
Being the most outgoing person in the room
'Wearing the colour yellow increases children's levels of happiness'. The independent variable in this scenario is:
Wearing yellow
Happiness
Children
Fashion
'Wearing the colour yellow increases children's levels of happiness'. The population in this scenario is:
Happiness
Wearing yellow
Fashion
Children
If somebody has split-brain surgery, they lose the ability to...
Name objects
Draw objects
Communicate between hemispheres via the corpus callosum
Speak
Which branch of the Autonomic nervous system is activated during a stressful, threatening situation?
Parasympathetic NS
Sympathetic NS
Both
Neither
Broca's area is located in which hemisphere/lobe?
Right frontal
Right somatosensory
Left frontal
Left Wernicke
Which primary cortex of the brain controls processing sensation from the left hand?
Right parietal
Right somatosensory
Left parietal
Left somatosensory
