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Psych Part 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the founder of “modern psychology?”

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Elizabeth Loftus

c)

Wilhelm Wundt

d)

Sigmund Freud

2.

Which glands cause your heartbeat and breathing to increase and are active when you become frightened or angry?

a)

pituitary gland

b)

thyroid glands

c)

adrenal gland

d)

sex glands

3.

______ is perceiving objects without sensory input.

a)

illusion

b)

binocular vision

c)

clairvoyance

d)

telepathy

4.

This is the term for the mental activity that takes place during sleep

a)

dreaming

b)

sleep walking

c)

meditating

d)

trances

5.

What psychologist said that adolescents have an identity crisis?

a)

Lawrence Kohlberg

b)

Jean Piage

c)

Margaret Mead

d)

Erik Erikson

6.

An androgynous role is one that____________?

a)

reflects traditionally feminine characteristics

b)

reflects traditionally male characteristics

c)

combines traditional male and female characteristics

d)

none of the above

7.

When a child realizes that an object continues to exist even though it can’t be seen or touched, the child is demonstrating the concept of_____________?

a)

accommodation

b)

assimilation

c)

object permanence

d)

conservation

8.

Hypnotists help people do all of the following except:

a)

forget painful events

b)

remember suppressed memories

c)

fall deep asleep

d)

reduce pain

9.

First in Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive development is the ___________stage.

a)

sensorimotor

b)

formal operations

c)

preoperational

d)

concrete operations

10.

The term used to describe a period of rapid development through physical growth and sexual maturation.

a)

variability

b)

. teenage years

c)

puberty

d)

identity moratorium

11.

Remembering how to jump rope, a skill you have not practiced in many years, is an example of which kind of memory?

a)

procedural

b)

declarative

c)

episodic

d)

semantic

12.

Every time Amber turned in a study guide her teacher gave her 5 bonus points. How is Amber being rewarded?

a)

fixed interval schedule

b)

variable ratio schedule

c)

continuous reinforcement

d)

classical conditioning

13.

The person responsible for the development and design of the first intelligence test was

a)

Terman

b)

Freud

c)

Wechsler

d)

Binet

14.

A test is said to be reliable if it _______________?

a)

Measures the skill it claims to test

b)

Is unaffected by eternal factors such as the time of administration

c)

Allows one to correctly predict who will be successful when placed in a real-life situation

d)

Gives about the same score to a person when given on different occasions

15.

According to Freud, the ego is governed by the ______?

a)

Pleasure principle

b)

Reality principle

c)

Ego ideal

d)

Partial ego principle