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IA1 Practice

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process of converting sensory messages to the brain is called

a)

Perception

b)

Sensation

c)

Imagination

d)

Transduction

2.

I am a human being, which means my ______ lobe is more developed than other animals.

a)

Frontal

b)

Occipital

c)

Temporal

d)

Parietal

3.

Dear Neurons: I am so glad you make these to transmit information between you

a)

Hormones

b)

Blood Cells

c)

Nerves

d)

Neurotransmitters

4.

Which of the following therapies are associated with psychoanalysis (there is more than one)?

a)

Rorshach (ink blots)

b)

Introspection

c)

Reward & Punishment

d)

Free Association

5.

According to the Milgram experiment, people are more likely to obey

a)

Their conscience

b)

Moral or Legal Authority

c)

Spongebob Squarepants

d)

Green lights

6.

In which case would I use a cross-sectional survey?

a)

To determine whether people's music tastes change from ages 10 - 20

b)

To research an unusual case found in one person

c)

To find out teens' favorite flavor of ice cream as of today

d)

To see how toddlers behave in their pre-k classroom

7.

Dr. Herbie wants to use a system of rewards and punishments with his patient. What type of approach is he using?

a)

Humanism

b)

Psychoanalysis

c)

Cognitive

d)

Behaviorism

8.

OK, so his original idea didn't work...Now Dr. Herbie wants to order an MRI to see the lobes of his patient's brain. What approach is he using now?

a)

Neurobiology

b)

Humanism

c)

Behaviorism

d)

Psychoanalysis

9.

Boy! Dr. Herbie is striking out here! Next he is asking his patient about his childhood. Perhaps through free association he can find a reason why his patient is so unhappy? What approach is this?

a)

Behaviorism

b)

Cognitive

c)

Psychoanalysis

d)

Socio-cultural

10.

AHA! Dr. Herbie has figured out that his patient has emotional needs that are not being met. He encourages his patient to take control of his personal growth to meet his needs. What approach is Dr. Herbie NOW using?

a)

Humanism

b)

Cognitive

c)

Socio-cultural

d)

Behaviorism

11.

Thank you Wilhelm Wundt!! You included the _________, which made psychology be considered a science, not a pseudoscience

a)

Transduction

b)

Scientific Method

c)

Laboratory

d)

Art of Science

12.

If I am doing research to determine cause and effect, what type of research am I doing?

a)

Qualitative

b)

Survey

c)

Experiment

d)

Case Study

13.

Zerbie is participating in an experiment to determine if listening to a type of music causes people to work out harder. They have been assigned listening to country music, and Zerbie is supposed to record the length and intensity of their workouts each day for the next two weeks. What is the independent variable?

a)

The type of music

b)

The length of workout

c)

The intensity of the workout

d)

Whether he works out or not

14.

In the experiment that Zerbie is participating, they are assigned to listen to country music and record the length and intensity of their workouts. On the third workout Zerbie trips over uneven pavement, breaking their leg and rendering them unable to complete the experiment. Breaking their leg is the

a)

Independent Variable

b)

Confounding Variable

c)

Dependent Variable

d)

Yikes variable!

15.

The person conducting Zerbie's experiment says, "I think people will work out harder to rock and roll than to country or pop music." This is the

a)

Population

b)

Sample

c)

Independent Variable

d)

Hypothesis

16.

Without _____ we would have nothing to perceive

a)

Neurotransmitters

b)

Hormones

c)

Sensation

d)

Serotonin

17.

When information travels down the dendrite, what part decides if the information goes on to the next neuron?

a)

Cell Body

b)

Axon

c)

Myelin Sheath

d)

Synapse

18.

I can move and run, jump and smile. Thank goodness for my

a)

Corpus Callosum

b)

Temporal Lobe

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Hippocampus

19.

The study of behavior and mental processes is known as

a)

Psychology

b)

Sociology

c)

Biology

d)

Immunology

20.

Sherbie has been asked to give a speech, but before she goes up on stage she feels her blood pressure rise, her palms get sweaty, and she begins to feel sick. Which nervous system is being aroused?

a)

Central

b)

Peripheral

c)

Sympathetic

d)

Parasympathetic

21.

After Sherbie's sympathetic nervous system is activated, what part is needed to calm her down?

a)

Sympathetic Nervous System

b)

Parasympathetic Nervous System

c)

Somatic Nervous System

d)

Central Nervous System

22.

Where would Freud say most of our personality lies?

a)

In our Conscious mind

b)

In our Subconscious mind

c)

In our Unconscious mind

d)

Freud never talked about personality

23.

This experiment was unethical because the baby involved may have been harmed and the rights and dignity of the mother and baby were not respected

a)

Milgram Experiment

b)

Marshmallow Experiment

c)

Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment

d)

John Watson's Baby Albert Experiment

24.

This experiment determined that people are more likely to obey an authority they perceive as morally or legally right over their conscience

a)

Milgram Experiment

b)

Marshmallow Experiment

c)

Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment

d)

John Watson's Baby Albert Experiment

25.

Every year I ask my students to tell me their favorite media, but I always ask different students. What if I asked the same students yearly for 10 years to tell me their favorite media. What type of research would I do then?

a)

Naturalistic Observation

b)

Case Study

c)

Cross-Sectional Study

d)

Longitudinal Study

26.

Which of the following demonstrates a child who is going through Piaget's Milestone of Object Permanence?

a)

Asking a child if having five quarters side by side with little space between them is the same amount as having five quarters spread out

b)

Playing peekaboo with a baby's toy and having the baby find the toy under the blanket

c)

Asking a high school student to defend which approach is the best to treat a fictional patient

d)

Helping a preschooler to consider the feelings and needs of another student

27.

Which of the following demonstrates a child going through the milestone of Law of Conservation of Matter?

a)

Asking a child if having five quarters side by side with little space between them is the same amount as having five quarters spread out

b)

Playing peekaboo with a baby's toy and having the baby find the toy under the blanket

c)

Asking a high school student to defend which approach is the best to treat a fictional patient

d)

Helping a preschooler to consider the feelings and needs of another student

28.

Are you an adolescent? If so, in which of Erikson's stages would you and most of your classmates be, according to typical development?

a)

Trust versus mistrust

b)

Competence versus inferiority

c)

Generativity versus Stagnation

d)

Identity versus Role Confusion

29.

Sherbie took a personality test, but she doesn't agree with it. She took it again and got the same results. It measured her personality, but it did not agree with her opinion of herself. Choose the TWO options that are correct.

a)

The test is valid and reliable

b)

Sherbie is focusing on self-validation, not the validity of the test

c)

The test is invalid because it doesn't match what she knows about herself

d)

The test is unreliable because she took it twice and got the same results each time

30.

What psychology focuses on our perception of the whole versus the individual parts

a)

Transduction

b)

Gestalt

c)

Behaviorism

d)

Neurobiology