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Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
In an experiment, the _________________ variable is tested by the researcher to observe its effect(s) on the _________________ variable.
A.independent; dependent
B.first; second
C.dependent; independent
D.research; results
These parents believe children should make and learn from their own mistakes; they provide few rules.
Permissive
Authoritative
Uninvolved
Authoritarian
In a study, injections of saline solution (which contains no chemicals) were shown to be quite effective for relieving pain. This is an example of
A.an experimenter effect.
B.a placebo effect.
C.the experimental effect.
D.an order effect.
What are the 3 traits of a scientific attitude?
Curiosity, skepticism, and humility
Intelligence, humility, humor
Curiosity, ignorance, organized
Smart, nice, skeptical
The mode is:
The average of all the values
The middle number
The most frequently occurring number
The first number you see
Which structure in neural communication passes messages through its branches?
Neuron
Dendrite
Axon
Myelin
My brother and I developed from a single fertilized egg. We are:
same sex identical twins.
opposite sex fraternal twins.
same sex fraternal twins.
opposite sex identical twins.
In the Sensorimotor stage
infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences
infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through toilet training
infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through perceptual experiences
infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through intellectual experiences
In some countries, toddlers in strollers are routinely parked outside of shops or restaurants while parents do business within. But in the United States this behavior is not acceptable and may even lead to criminal charges. This is an example of:
a difference between individualistic and collectivist cultures
a difference in cultural norms
the way that cultures vary over time
differences in cultural expectations about personal space
Accommodation:
Changes in schemas to incorporate information from experiences.
A concept or category about the world.
The tendency to interpret new experiences in terms of existing schemas.
Deductive thinking and abstract ideas formally develops in
Concrete operational
Object permanence
Formal Operational
Animism
Cognitive Stages of Development was proposed by
Jean Piaget
Erik Erikson
Lev Vygotsky
Lawrence Kohlberg
Assimilation:
A concept or category about the world.
The tendency to interpret the new experiences in terms of existing schemas.
Changes in schemas to incorporate information from experiences.
What is sex?
The biologically influenced characteristics that define male and female
Environmental influences on gene expression that influence behavior
The socially influenced characteristics by which people define boy, girl, man, and woman
Understood rules for accepted behavior for men and women
Measure of central tendency calculated by adding up all scores and dividing by the number of scores in the data set.
Median
Mode
Mean
The basic building blocks from which all living organisms are made are
cells
DNA
chromosomes
Amoeba
Object permanence can be defined as:
Pieces of information continuing to be remembered.
Events and ideas being permanently engrained in the mind.
Objects continuing to exist even after they have left our perception.
Believing you can see things that are not there.
The middle between authoritarian parenting and permissive parenting.
Authoritative
Authoritarian
Attachment
Helicopter
Within variation can be observed with:
Longitudinal data
Cross-sectional data
What is gender?
The biologically influenced characteristics that define male and female
Environmental influences on gene expression that influence behavior
The socially influenced characteristics by which people define boy, girl, man, and woman
Understood rules for accepted behavior for men and women
Jonathan is afraid to ask a girl for a date, so this therapist instructs him to relax and simply imagine he is reaching for a telephone and then calling a potential date. The therapist's technique best illustrates the process of
free association.
cognitive therapy.
aversive conditioning.
systematic desensitization.
A customer loyalty program in which you receive a 40% off after accumulating 5,000 points is an example of a _____ reinforcement schedule.
fixed variable
fixed ratio
variable ratio
variable interval
Pop quizzes reinforce reading and studying on a _____ schedule.
fixed ratio
variable ratio
fixed interval
variable interval
If a salesman convinced you to let him into your living room to talk about vacuum cleaners, he is using the
cathartic effect
power of conformity
groupthink dilemma
foot-in-the-door phenomena
Michelle, who is a very fast keyboard typist, types faster when others are watching her work. This best illustrates
automatic mimicry
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
social facilitation
cognitive dissonance
Whether it's cheering, clapping, or rope pulling, people tend to expend less effort on collective tasks than they do when performing the same task alone, a phenomenon called
social loafing
groupthink
social facilitation
deindividuation
Jonathan, who attends Cloverdale High School, believes that all students at his school are friendlier than those who attend nearby Smith Valley High School. His belief best illustrates
scapegoat theory
the just-world phenomenon
groupthink
ingroup bias
What is a personality?
The unique traits that make an individual think certain ways
Individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving
A plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle(s) offered to explain a phenomena
The skills you learn over time that you eventually use at work
The trait approach supports the idea that personality traits are fixed (meaning that they don't change) at a young age and account for consistent behavior in different situations
True
False
Which of the following are levels in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs according to his Humanistic Approach? Check all that are included.
Physiologicial needs
Esteem
Love and belonging
Self-actualization
Safety needs
"Methods used to avoid recognizing ideas or emotions that may cause personal anxiety" is the definition for...
Fighting
Defense mechanisms
Thinking
Creative solutions
Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when, without warning, her heart begins racing rapidly, she has a sensation of being "out of her body," and she experiences dulled vision and hearing, rapid breathing, and sweating. She thinks she is having a heart attack. Nothing she is doing seems to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms MOST resemble ______.
a phobic disorder
a panic attack
post-traumatic stress
an affective disorder
Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes harm to others, or harms their ability to function in daily life is called___________.
a psychological disorder
humors
stress syndrome
adaptive behavior
________ is a repetitive behavior or mental act that an individual feels compelled to perform in response to an obsession.
Bulimia
An Obsession
A Compulsion
Rumination
Ali, a war veteran, has had nightmares, flashbacks, and anxiety attacks for the past three years. Ali is most likely suffering from _______________.
acute stress disorder
external locus of control
catastrophic stress
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
False perceptions, such as seeing or hearing things that aren't there, are called:
delusions
dissociations
hallucinations
panic attacks
False beliefs of persecution/paranoia that may accompany schizophrenia are called
delusions
hallucinations
compulsions
obsessions
True or False: A token economy is a system for providing negative reinforcement to a child/children by giving them tokens for completing tasks or behaving in desired ways.
True
False
Which type of therapy focuses on eliminating irrational thinking?
EDMR
client-centered therapy
cognitive therapy
behavior therapy
