Font size
WorksheetsIA1 Practice
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
The process of converting sensory messages to the brain is called
Perception
Sensation
Imagination
Transduction
I am a human being, which means my ______ lobe is more developed than other animals.
Frontal
Occipital
Temporal
Parietal
Dear Neurons: I am so glad you make these to transmit information between you
Hormones
Blood Cells
Nerves
Neurotransmitters
Which of the following therapies are associated with psychoanalysis (there is more than one)?
Rorshach (ink blots)
Introspection
Reward & Punishment
Free Association
According to the Milgram experiment, people are more likely to obey
Their conscience
Moral or Legal Authority
Spongebob Squarepants
Green lights
In which case would I use a cross-sectional survey?
To determine whether people's music tastes change from ages 10 - 20
To research an unusual case found in one person
To find out teens' favorite flavor of ice cream as of today
To see how toddlers behave in their pre-k classroom
Dr. Herbie wants to use a system of rewards and punishments with his patient. What type of approach is he using?
Humanism
Psychoanalysis
Cognitive
Behaviorism
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?
Neurobiology
Humanism
Behaviorism
Psychoanalysis
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?
Behaviorism
Cognitive
Psychoanalysis
Socio-cultural
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?
Humanism
Cognitive
Socio-cultural
Behaviorism
Thank you Wilhelm Wundt!! You included the _________, which made psychology be considered a science, not a pseudoscience
Transduction
Scientific Method
Laboratory
Art of Science
If I am doing research to determine cause and effect, what type of research am I doing?
Qualitative
Survey
Experiment
Case Study
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?
The type of music
The length of workout
The intensity of the workout
Whether he works out or not
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
Independent Variable
Confounding Variable
Dependent Variable
Yikes variable!
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
Population
Sample
Independent Variable
Hypothesis
Without _____ we would have nothing to perceive
Neurotransmitters
Hormones
Sensation
Serotonin
When information travels down the dendrite, what part decides if the information goes on to the next neuron?
Cell Body
Axon
Myelin Sheath
Synapse
I can move and run, jump and smile. Thank goodness for my
Corpus Callosum
Temporal Lobe
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
The study of behavior and mental processes is known as
Psychology
Sociology
Biology
Immunology
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?
Central
Peripheral
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
After Sherbie's sympathetic nervous system is activated, what part is needed to calm her down?
Sympathetic Nervous System
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Somatic Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Where would Freud say most of our personality lies?
In our Conscious mind
In our Subconscious mind
In our Unconscious mind
Freud never talked about personality
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
Milgram Experiment
Marshmallow Experiment
Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment
John Watson's Baby Albert Experiment
This experiment determined that people are more likely to obey an authority they perceive as morally or legally right over their conscience
Milgram Experiment
Marshmallow Experiment
Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment
John Watson's Baby Albert Experiment
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?
Naturalistic Observation
Case Study
Cross-Sectional Study
Longitudinal Study
Which of the following demonstrates a child who is going through Piaget's Milestone of Object Permanence?
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
Playing peekaboo with a baby's toy and having the baby find the toy under the blanket
Asking a high school student to defend which approach is the best to treat a fictional patient
Helping a preschooler to consider the feelings and needs of another student
Which of the following demonstrates a child going through the milestone of Law of Conservation of Matter?
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
Playing peekaboo with a baby's toy and having the baby find the toy under the blanket
Asking a high school student to defend which approach is the best to treat a fictional patient
Helping a preschooler to consider the feelings and needs of another student
Are you an adolescent? If so, in which of Erikson's stages would you and most of your classmates be, according to typical development?
Trust versus mistrust
Competence versus inferiority
Generativity versus Stagnation
Identity versus Role Confusion
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.
The test is valid and reliable
Sherbie is focusing on self-validation, not the validity of the test
The test is invalid because it doesn't match what she knows about herself
The test is unreliable because she took it twice and got the same results each time
What psychology focuses on our perception of the whole versus the individual parts
Transduction
Gestalt
Behaviorism
Neurobiology
