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2021 Unit 1-8 Review

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
what controls your balance ?!
a)
thalamus 
b)
cerebellum
c)
basal ganglia
d)
frontal lobes
2.
Without the ____ the two sides of our brain couldn't communicate. 
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Cerebral Cortex
c)
Thalamus
d)
Corpus Callosum 
3.
The parietal lobe controls __________.
a)
Vision
b)
Problem Solving
c)
Memory
d)
Sense of touch, pain, pressure
4.

Which brain part helps regulate body temp., controls water balance, and regulates metabolism?

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Thalamus

c)

Occipital Lobe

d)

Hypothalamus

5.
Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Reticular Formation
c)
Cerebellum
d)
Thalamus
6.

Isaac has an intense fear of injections. Although he realizes that this fear is irrational, he becomes fearful just going into a doctor's office for a check-up. Which disorder do these symptoms describe?

a)

Agoraphobia

b)

Specific Phobia

c)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

d)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

7.
From a learning perspective, phobias likely develop as a result of ___________, and ____________ helps to maintain them.
a)
 operant conditioning; observational learning
b)
classical conditioning; reinforcement
c)
operant conditioning; reinforcement
d)
 classical conditioning; observational learning 
8.
The DSM-5 is designed to help with which of the following?
a)
treating psychological disorders
b)
identifying causes of psychological disorders
c)
classifying psychological disorders
d)
distinguishing between sanity and insanity
9.

A hospital patient was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia because she was having both delusions and hallucinations. What type of symptoms are these?

a)

atypical

b)

positive

c)

negative

d)

a mix of positive and negative

10.

In which disorder does a person seem to experience at least two or more distinct personalities existing in one body?

a)

schizophrenia

b)

panic disorder

c)

depersonalization

d)

dissociative identity disorder

11.

People with ______ disorders have an excessively rigid, maladaptive pattern of behavior and ways of relating to others.

a)

personality

b)

somatoform

c)

affective

d)

schizophrenic

12.
This personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive distrust of others, including even friends, family, and partner. As a result, the person is guarded and suspicious, and constantly on the lookout for clues or suggestions to validate his fears.
a)
borderline personality disorder
b)
paranoid personality disorder
c)
avoidant personality disorder
d)
anankastic (obsessive-compulsive) personality disorder
13.

This personality disorder is characterized by the person essentially lacks a sense of self, and, as a result, experiences feelings of emptiness and fears of abandonment. There is a pattern of intense but unstable relationships, emotional instability, outbursts of anger, and impulsive behavior.

a)

borderline personality disorder

b)

narcissistic personality disorder

c)

dependent personality disorder

d)

antisocial personality

14.

Which of the following disorders is classified as a mood disorder?

a)

catatonia

b)

bipolar disorder

c)

generalized anxiety disorder

d)

agoraphobia

15.

Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

a)

Flat affect (no emotion)

b)

Hallucinations

c)

Delusions

d)

Disorganized speech and thoughts

16.

Losing your vision after witnessing a traumatic event is an example of what type of disorder?

a)

Personality

b)

Somatic

c)

Mood

d)

Dissociative

17.

Dan is superficially charming and skilled at exploiting people for his own gain. He is also impulsive and irresponsible, and he generally disregards social norms. Dan would most likely be diagnosed with which of the following disorders?

a)

Bipolar

b)

Schizoid

c)

Conversion

d)

Antisocial Personality

18.

The decision-making component of personality

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Superego

19.

Controls impulses, especially one's forbidden by society, while also persuading the brain chase moralistic goals rather than simply realistic ones and to strive for perfection.

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Superego

20.

An SSRI prevents what process?

a)

neurotransmission

b)

re-uptake

c)

serotonin being synthesized from tryptophan

d)

cognitive reappraisal

21.

Psychoanalysis is a form of treatment that is a result of the work of this psychologist

a)

BF Skinner

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Carl Rogers

d)

Albert Bandura

22.

The direction of feelings and emotions towards the therapist that are considered to be the root of the patient's disturbance is referred to as

a)

Flooding

b)

Transference

c)

Directive therapy

d)

Nondirective therapy

23.

Which therapist is most responsible for introducing Humanistic ideals to therapy?

a)

Albert Bandura

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Carl Rogers

d)

BF Skinner

24.

Which type of neuron conveys messages from your brain and spinal cord to your muscles in order to control your body's movements?

a)

Sensory/Afferent

b)

Sensory/Efferent

c)

Motor/Afferent

d)

Motor/Efferent

25.

the smallest unit of sound in a word that makes a difference in its pronunciation, as well as its meaning, from another word

a)

Morpheme

b)

Phoneme

26.

the smallest meaningful unit of a word that cannot be divided into a smaller unit

a)

Morpheme

b)

Phoneme

27.
Concepts or frameworks that organize and interpret information.
a)
parallel processing
b)
schemas
c)
folders
28.
The weakest level of a stimulus that can be correctly detected at least 50% of the time.
a)
opponent process theory
b)
absolute threshold
c)
perceptual constancy
29.
The idea that pain can only be experienced if pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their way to the brain.
a)
place theory
b)
gate control theory
c)
opponent process theory
30.
Proposed theory for color vision with opposing retinal process for red-green, yellow-blue, white-black.
a)
opponent process theory
b)
tri-chromatic theory
c)
frequency theory
31.
Inability to perceive a new use for an object associated with a different purpose
a)
Mental set
b)
Functional Fixedness
c)
Bias
32.
Part of LTM that stores memories of how things are done.
a)
Declarative memory
b)
Acoustic memory
Elaborative memory
c)
Acoustic memory
d)
Procedural memory
33.

Your sensory memory is the quickest and is split into two parts, what you hear and what you see. These are called...

a)

Ego and Id

b)

visual-spatial

c)

echoic and iconic

d)

audio and myopic

34.

Someone who cannot encode new memories has...

a)

Anterograde amnesia

b)

Long-term potentiation

c)

Retroactive Interference

d)

Proactive Interference

35.

This theorist believed that the language we speak can change how we think. For instance, some languages have more words for "love" than English. Does this mean that they have a greater understanding of what love is?

a)

Hermann Ebbinghaus

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

George Sperling

d)

Benjamin Whorf

36.

Which best describes self-efficacy?

a)

Positive image of one's self

b)

Belief in one's abilities

c)

Negative approach to life

37.
In this parenting style, parents and children agree on consequences and communicate well.
a)
Permissive
b)
Authoritarian
c)
Democratic
d)
Helicopter
38.
People are concerned with punishment during this stage of moral development.
a)
Preconventional
b)
Conventional
c)
Post Conventional
39.
Which of the following psychologists developed the Strange Situation to identify various types of attachment between infants and mothers:
a)
Kohlberg
b)
Erikson
c)
Ainsworth
d)
Piaget
40.
In Monsters Inc. Sully accidentally scares Boo, and she now fears him and hides from him. This is an example of...
a)
Initiative vs. Guilt
b)
Trust vs. Mistrust
c)
Industry vs. Inferiority
d)
Autonomy vs. Shame and Guilt
41.
founder of cognitive-behavioral therapies
a)
Albert Ellis
b)
Ernest Hilgard
c)
David Beckham
d)
George Sperling
42.
2-Factor Theory of Emotion - physiological arousal + 
cognitive label
a)
Cannon  Bard
b)
Stanley Schacter
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
Tolman
43.
Grandfather of "Classical Conditioning"
a)
B. F Skinner
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
Bandura
d)
Baumrid
44.
Parenting Styles
a)
Diana Baumrind
b)
Elizabeth Kobler Ross
c)
Mary Cover
d)
Carol Gilligan
45.
criticized Kohlberg's, bc he only studied boys bias against women
a)
Carol Gilligan
b)
Dorothe Dix
c)
Mary Ainsworth
d)
Elizabeth Loftus
46.
eyewitness testimony
a)
Elizabeth Loftus
b)
Diana Baumrind
c)
Stanley Milgram
d)
James Lange
47.

depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone

a)

vestibular sense

b)

monocular cues

c)

binocular cues

d)

sensory adaption

48.

hearing loss caused by damage to the middle ear, thus interfering with the transmission of sound waves to the cochlea

a)

conductive deafness

b)

sensory adaptation

c)

absolute threshold

d)

continuity

49.

The fancy word for your sense of MOVEMENT and BODY POSITION is ____________.

a)

olfactory

b)

gustation

c)

audition

d)

kinesthesia

50.

The fancy word for your sense of BALANCE is ____________.

a)

olfactory

b)

gustation

c)

audition

d)

vestibular sense

51.

What is the definition of Neuroticism?

a)

emotionally stable

b)

ability to be in command of ones behaviour

c)

reckless and takes no notice of the rules. present to some extent in all individuals

d)

Emotional instability with a tendency to be restless and anxious, they are unable to withstand stressful situations

52.

This image uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images that distinguish among different types of brain tissue.

a)

MRI

b)

PET

c)

EEG

d)

CAT scan

53.
Shows brain function by using a radioactive glucose solution (active neurons love glucose)
a)
MRI
b)
CT Scan
c)
PET Scan
d)
fMRI
54.

Behavior technique used to treat phobias, in which a client is asked to make a list of ordered fears and taught to relax while concentrating on those fears.

a)

Systematic Desensitization

b)

Aversion Therapy

c)

Exposure Therapies

d)

Flooding

55.

Therapy in which clients are directly challenged in their irrational beliefs and helped to restructure their thinking into more rational belief statements.

a)

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

b)

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

c)

Behavior Modification

d)

Family Therapy

56.

On what kind of a reinforcement schedule does a slot machine work?

a)

variable-ratio schedule

b)

fixed-ratio schedule

c)

variable-interval schedule

d)

fixed-interval schedule

57.

Which of the following would be considered a secondary reinforcer?

a)

money

b)

food

c)

water

d)

all of the above

58.

In Pavlov's experiment, the salivating to the sound of a bell is a(n)

a)

Unconditioned Stimulus

b)

Unconditioned Response

c)

Conditioned Stimulus

d)

Conditioned Response

59.
Mirror neurons are believed by some scientists to provide a biological basis for
a)
the law of effect.
b)
spontaneous recovery. 
c)
observational learning.
d)
extrinsic motivation. 
60.
Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.”  Parents are using           
a)
positive punishment
b)
negative punishment
c)
positive reinforcement
d)
classical conditioning
61.
Paul takes a test in the army to see if he would make a good pilot. Such a test is
a)
a standardized test.
b)
an aptitude test.
c)
an intelligence test.
d)
an achievement test.
62.
Mrs. Cho is careful to make sure that she fairly represents the whole year's work on the final exam for her American literature class. If Mrs. Cho achieves this goal, her test will have
a)
test-retest reliability.
b)
construct validity.
c)
content validity.
d)
split-half reliability.
63.
Although her score on the personality test indicated that Mary was devoid of social grace, painfully shy, and frightened of other people, she is extremely popular and outgoing. This personality test lacks
a)
reliability.
b)
standardization.
c)
consistency.
d)
validity.
64.
The Flynn effect is the finding that
a)
intelligence seems to increase with every generation.
b)
television has decreased intellectual performance.
c)
linguistic skills decline with age.
d)
the more times people take a test, the better they tend to score.
65.
Who first developed an "intelligence" test to establish the idea of "mental age"?
a)
Stanford
b)
Binet
c)
Gardner
d)
Sternberg
66.
The formula for IQ is 
a)
actual age x grade / 100
b)
mental age x actual age
c)
mental age / actual age  x 100
d)
actual age / mental age  x 100
67.
Motivational theory that focuses on internal states of tension, such as hunger, that motivate us to pursue actions that reduce tension
a)
Drive reduction theory
b)
Instinct theory
c)
Arousal theory
d)
Incentive theory