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WorksheetsModule 1-3
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 28mins
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of:
conscious and unconscious mental activity
observable responses to the environment
observable behavior and mental processes
thoughts, feelings, and perceptions
Which subspecialty in psychology focuses on the cognitive differences between a 6-year-old and a 12-year-old?
neuropsychologist
social
developmental
forensic
Doctors Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga (1983, 1988) studied split-brain patients—those who had surgery that separated the left and right hemispheres of the brain—and discovered that the two hemispheres had different talents, such as the left specializing in language processing. These psychologists are most likely:
neuropsychologists
cognitive psychologists
developmental psychologists
rehabilitation psychologists
Who studied unconscious and conscious behavior?
Sigmund Freud
B.F. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
John B. Watson
Which type of psychologist would most likely study a subject group from kindergarten to adulthood?
Human-Factors
Clinical
Neuro
Developmental
An imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior.
Biological perspective
Psychodynamic perspective
Humanistic perspective
Cognitive perspective
Which of the following is not an example of a cognitive process?
thoughts
memories
perceptions
walking
