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WorksheetsSemester 2 Midterm AP Psych -Units 9, 10, 11
Total questions: 119
Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins
A newborn infant has certain automatic movement patterns called
Instincts
Reflexes
Formal Operations
Schemas
This is referred to as the conceptual framework used to make sense of the world
Schema
Conservation
Assimilation
Evolution
Jean Piaget coined which of the following theories?
Moral Development
Cognitive Development
Psycho-social Development
Physical Development
Which of the following is NOT a stage in Cognitive Development?
Trust v. Mistrust
Sensorimotor
Concrete
Formal
Baby Sue loves listening to the music from her crib's mobile while she falls asleep at night. Which stage of cognitive development is Baby Sue in?
Formal
Concrete
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Arby's is two miles from Collin's high school. Collin understands that if he wants to be back at school for baseball practice at 3:30, he has roughly 10 minutes to drive to and from Arby's. Which stage of Cognitive Development is Collin in?
Concrete
Formal
Preoperational
Sensorimotor
Which development theory did Erik Erikson coin?
Moral
Social
Environmental
Physical
Yolanda just graduated from college and has decided to pursue a relationship with her boyfriend. She fears he may not be interested in her anymore because they have different goals established for their lives. What stage of social development is Yolanda and her boyfriend in?
Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
Identity v. Role Confusion
Intimacy v. Isolation
None of the above
In third grade, Wendy had the BEST teacher ever! Her teacher established her as a star student in which she was able to be line leader! Wow! Wendy felt like she was able to accomplish anything at hand because her teacher was such a strong supporter. What stage of social development did Wendy accomplish?
Industry v. Inferiority
Generativity v. Stagnation
Ego v. Despair
Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
Lawrence Kohlberg is a ______________ psychologist who created the ____________ development theory.
child; cognitive
cognitive; moral
bad; good
clinical; social
Dr. Schulte wants to investigate if aggressive behavior in children is increased if they view violent videos. In this instance, the dependent variable is
violent
videos
aggressive
behavior
a
placebo
the
control condition
Which is the correct order of development?
baby, zygote, fetus, embryo
zygote, baby, embryo, fetus
zygote, embryo, fetus, baby
zygote, fetus, embryo, baby
Which of the following are NOT teratogens?
viruses
alcohol
food
drugs
Which of the following are NOT major issues developmental psychologists focus on?
nature vs. nurture
individualism vs. collectivism
continuity and stages
stablililty and change
How many levels of moral development are there in each stage? (Kohlberg)
2
4
6
8
Reverting back to immature behavior from an earlier stage of development
Repression
Regression
Projection
Displacement
Mrs. Brown often accuses other women of talking too much and spreading rumors. It is rather obvious to those who know her that she is revealing her own inclinations in that area.
regression
repression
projection
rationalization
Mrs. James can’t understand why her husband has been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It certainly isn’t her fault that he didn’t receive the anticipated promotion at the factory. What defense mechanism is her husband using?
Projection
Denial
Displacement
Rationalization
Figures such as ink-blot tests are used in which kind of test?
Verbal intelligence
Nonverbal intelligence
Self-report personality
Projective personality
Cognitive reasoning
Which of the following assessment tools explores individuals' personalities by asking them to examine a series of inkblots and describe what they see?
Thematic apperception
Rorschach
MMPI
Halstead-reitan battery
Bender-Gestalt II
A psychotherapist instructs Bernie to relax, close his eyes, and state out loud whatever thoughts came to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a technique known as
Fixation
Free association
Factor analysis
Hypnosis
Projection
Tests that present ambiguous stimuli designed to uncover hidden personality dynamics are called ____ tests.
empirical
projective
multiphasic personality
factor analysis
aptitude
Not stealing a candybar because it is morally wrong is a product of the?
Ide
Supergo
Ego
Subconscience
Neo-Freudian. Believed navigating social interactions as a child are important in personality development. Identified concept of INFERIORITY COMPLEX.
Albert Bandura
Alfred Adler
The tendency to accept favorable descriptions of one's personality that could really be applied to almost anyone is known as
the halo effect
the Barnum effect
projection
unconditional positive regard
Carl Rogers referred to an attitude of total acceptance toward another person as
the spotlight effect
unconditional positive regard
self-actualization
free association
Mr. Dutoit was asked by his psychotherapist to look at some ambiguous pictures and make up a story about each. Mr. Dutoit was most likely taking the:
Thematic Appreception Test (TAT)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
MMPI2
Rorschach test
Nate is constantly trying to hide his bad breath. When he encounters someone else whom he thinks might have bad breath, he is very quick to point it out. Which defence mechanism is Nate using?
Projection
Reaction-Formation
Regression
Sublimation
Believed that culture is the driver in the formation of personality, not anatomy; and, emphasized a child’s need for love and security
Karen Horney
Alfred Adler
Karl Jung
Sigmund Freud
Jennifer has aggressive tendencies and, feeling guilty about her propensity for violence, has decided to pursue a career as an MMA fighter
Denial
Repression
Rationalization
Sublimation
The “Big Five” personality characteristics are:
Emotionality, extroversion, openness, neuroticism, and agreeableness
Anxiety, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, and sociability
Outgoing, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and
neuroticism
Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and
neuroticism
Extroversion, neuroticism, anxiety, agreeableness, and openness
The trait theory of personality can best be defined as:
The analysis of how much personality or behavioral traits are
influenced by genetics
The analysis of the structure of personality by classifying similarities
and differences in personality characteristics
A factor analysis that studies common personality characteristics
The organization of personality traits using specific categories to
describe all characteristics
Grouping individual behaviors based on interactions between
particular personality characteristics
The characteristics of savant syndrome have been used to support
Gardner's argument for multiple intelligences.
Thurstone's notion of social intelligence.
Binet's intelligence quotient formula.
Spearman's belief in intelligence as one general ability, or g factor.
Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's
ability to assume the perspective of others.
ability to utilize diffuse brain regions for storing memories.
accumulated knowledge.
ability to reason speedily and abstractly.
If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces, the test is said to
have content validity.
be reliable.
have a normal distribution.
have predictive validity.
A test has a high degree of validity if it
yields consistent results every time it is used.
measures or predicts what it is supposed to measure or predict.
assesses aptitude and achievement accurately.
has been standardized on a representative sample of all those who are likely to take the test.
Psychological tests show that 18-year-old Isaiah has an intelligence score of 65. Nevertheless, Isaiah can, with a few seconds of mental calculation, accurately tell the day of the week on which Christmas falls for any year in this century. It would be fair to conclude that
Isaiah is a person with savant syndrome.
the intelligence test Isaiah was given has no validity.
intelligence tests are generally good measures of verbal but not of mathematical intelligence
If a test is standardized, this means that
it accurately measures what it is intended to measure.
most test scores will cluster near the average.
the test will yield consistent results when administered on different occasions.
a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group.
