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Psychology J&S

Total questions: 91

Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Are identical twins significantly more likely to develop similar personalities than fraternal twins?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is the subfield of biology that studies the molecular structure and function of genes?

a)

Evolutionary psychology

b)

Natural selection.

c)

Interaction

d)

Molecular genetics

e)

None of the above

3.

What is the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a “blind spot” because no receptor cells are located there?

a)

Fovea

b)

Blind spot

c)

Cones

d)

Rods

4.

Subliminal stimuli are...

a)

Below one’s absolute threshold

b)

Above one’s absolute threshold

5.

Piaget had a child development theory that was famously known. There were four stages in it. What was the second stage? In which age does it start and end?

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6.

Weber’s law states that for a difference to be perceptible, two stimuli must differ by a...

a)

Constant Amount

b)

Constant Proportion

7.

Monocular vision includes...

a)

Visual Cliff.

b)

Retinal disparity.

c)

Linear perspective.

d)

None of the above.

8.

The eardrum is responsible for...

a)

Vibrating to channel soundwaves inside the ear canal

b)

Translate soundwaves into neural signals

c)

Transfer sound waves from the outer ear to the inner ear

d)

Translate soundwaves into electrical signals

9.

Most of our traits are influenced by many

(a)  

10.

Parts of Extrasensory Perception are...

a)

Sense of hearing.

b)

Precognition.

c)

Olfaction.

d)

Gustation.

11.

Extrasensory Perception is part of...

a)

Molecular genetics

b)

Evolutionary Psychology

c)

Parapsychology

d)

Behavioral Psychology

12.

The developing human organism form about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month

a)

Fetus

b)

Embryo

c)

Zygote

d)

Teratogens

13.

Ganglion and Bipolar cells are part of the...

a)

Lungs

b)

Spine

c)

Brain

d)

Eye

14.

behind the pupil is a

(a)  

15.

Gender typing is our sense of being male or female

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Preschool children are...

a)

Egocentric

b)

Kind

c)

Patient

d)

All of the above

17.

The gender that behaves more aggressively is...

a)

The male gender

b)

The female gender

18.

Girls are different from boys in that they play...

a)

With more competitiveness

b)

With less passion

c)

With less competitiveness

d)

With more passion

19.

An embryo is...

a)

The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

b)

The fertilized egg: it enters 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo

c)

The developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month

d)

None of the above

20.

Conventional morality focuses on...

a)

Caring for others, and upholding laws

b)

Caring for others, with self-interest

c)

Not caring for others and having self-interest at heart only

d)

Caring for others, but not necessarily the law

21.

Gate control theory states that the neurological “gate” that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass is on the...

a)

Brain

b)

Spine

c)

Heart

d)

Lungs

22.

Hair cells in the cochlea...

a)

Regenerate, but so slowly that it is not practical

b)

Regenerate, and quite fast

c)

Do not regenerate

23.

The Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory focuses on what colors?

a)

Red, yellow, and blue.

b)

Red, green, and blue.

c)

Yellow, white, black.

d)

Red, yellow, black

24.

The --- focuses the --- by changing its curvature in a process called

a)

lens (1)

b)

sun (2)

c)

pupil (1)

d)

rays (2)

e)

accommodation (3)

25.

Most men have 300 - 700 nanograms of testosterone per deciliter. What about women?

a)

They have slightly less.

b)

They have the same amount.

c)

They have slightly more.

d)

They have 10 times less.

26.

What is the difference between identical twins and fraternal twins?

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27.

What are the 3 different parenting styles?

a)

Authoritative, liberal, Authoritarian

b)

Authoritary, Permissive, Strict

c)

Authoritarian, Permissive, Authoritative

d)

Strict, Leniant, half and half

28.

Are men more sexually promiscuous than women?

a)

Yes, by a bit.

b)

Yes, by a lot.

c)

No, slightly less so.

d)

No, significantly less so.

29.

A tone's experienced highness or lowness, depends on frequency...

a)

Frequency

b)

Pitch

c)

Audition

d)

Middle Ear

30.

How does color sensitivity and detail sensitivity compare among the rods and the cones?

a)

Cones; High color sensitivity and high detail sensitivity.

Rods; Low color sensitivity and low detail sensitivity

b)

Cones; High color sensitivity and low detail sensitivity.

Rods; Low color sensitivity and high detail sensitivity

c)

Cones; Low color sensitivity and high detail sensitivity.

Rods; High color sensitivity and low detail sensitivity

d)

Cones; low color sensitivity and low detail sensitivity.

Rods; High color sensitivity and high detail sensitivity

31.

How many cones are there compared to rods (1:20 ratio).

a)

6 million cones, 120 million rods.

b)

12 million cones, 60 million rods.

c)

6 million cones, 60 million rods.

d)

12 million cones, 120 million rods.

32.

Do girls develop earlier than boys?

a)

Yes, by a few months.

b)

Yes, by a few years.

c)

No, they develop later after a few months.

d)

No, they develop later after a few years.

33.

______ describes the extent to which variation among members of a group can be attributed to genes

a)

DNA

b)

Mutation

c)

Heritability

d)

Natural Selection

34.

What stage of psychosocial development does young adulthood prioritize?

a)

Identity vs role confusion

b)

Intimacy vs isolation

c)

Integrity vs despair

d)

Industry vs inferiority

e)

None of these

35.

Habituation is a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others’ states of mind.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Has the gap between a women's first period and their first marriage increased over the centuries (Hint: 17 year old girls used to get married in ancient times)?

a)

Yes, by a year or so.

b)

Yes, by 5-15 years.

c)

No, people are marrying younger.

d)

No, people are marrying at the same age.

37.

How often do women have periods?

a)

Every week.

b)

Every two weeks.

c)

Every three weeks.

d)

Every month.

38.

What happens to the pupil and lens as you age?

a)

Pupil becomes smaller, lens become less transparent

b)

Pupil becomes smaller, lens become more transparent

c)

Pupil becomes bigger, lens become less transparent

d)

Pupil becomes bigger, lens become more transparent

39.

True or false: A school uniform is considered individualism

a)

True

b)

False

40.

True or False: Menopause is the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines

a)

True

b)

False

41.

______ is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling meaningful objects and events

a)

Sensation

b)

Perception

c)

Top-Down Processing

d)

Psychophysics

42.

True or False: Boys experience puberty after girls.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Psychologist Thomas Bouchard studied which of the following?

a)

Twin Study

b)

Molecular Genetics

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Cultural Influences

e)

Evolutionary psychology

44.

What is the energy that we see as visible light

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45.

What’s emerging adulthood?

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46.

The sensorimotor stage is from 2 years of age to 7 years of age?

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Nature vs Nurture

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48.

What is Frequency theory about?

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49.

Iris: a ring of ____ tissue that forms the _____ portion of the eye around the pupil and controls the ____ of the pupil opening.

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50.

What physical changes, Change in height, voice, physical changes of the body mark (a)  

51.

Identical twins develop from separate fertilized eggs

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Which psychologist observed infant memeory?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Janine Spencer

c)

Carolyn Rovee-Collier

d)

Paul Quinn

53.

The nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain

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54.

Fraternal twins come from the same egg as identical twins.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

What is top-down processing?

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56.

Zygote is an unfertilized egg

a)

True

b)

False

57.

Which of the three major issues of developmental psychology focuses on how a person’s trait becomes different throughout their life?

a)

Nature/nurture

b)

Continuity/stages

c)

Development/puberty

d)

Stability/change

58.

What is the difference between fraternal and identical twins?

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59.

Wavelength is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time

a)

True

b)

False

60.

True or False: The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events is perception.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

The complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism is a genome

a)

True

b)

False

62.

What do children develop by age 2 that causes awareness that objects continue to exist even when they are not perceived.

a)

Abstract logic

b)

Stranger anxiety

c)

Egocentrism

d)

Object permanence

63.

What is heritability?

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64.

What kind of chromosomes do women have?

a)

Two Y chromosomes, one from the father and one from the mother

b)

Two X chromosomes, one from the father and one from the mother

c)

One X chromosomes from the mother and one Y chromosomes from the father

d)

Two X chromosome, both from the mother

65.

What is the sensory motor stage and how long does it last?

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66.

Do stimuli bellow the absolute threshold have any influence?

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67.

How do cultural norms affect our behavior?

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68.

How do parent-infant attachment bonds form?

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69.

How do we locate sounds?

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70.

Receptor cells in the human eye that are the most sensitive to fine detail are called...

a)

feature detectors

b)

supercell clusters

c)

rods

d)

cones

71.

The theory that we learn (a)   by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished

72.

An infant who has developed object permanence...

a)

is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.

b)

will see all objects as being the same.

c)

knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.

d)

cries when a wanted object is taken away.

73.

How many stages are there in Piaget's stages of Cognitive development?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

74.

A mutation is a random error in the gene replication that leads to a change in the sequence of nucleotides

a)

True

b)

False

75.

The auditory nerve is the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain

a)

True

b)

False

76.

If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few moments. This best illustrates

a)

a perceptual set

b)

Priming

c)

sensory adaptation

d)

Weber's law

77.

The preoperational stage in Piaget's stages of cognitive development is the second stage

a)

True

b)

False

78.

_________ are mental representations or concepts.

a)

Schemas

b)

Scenes

c)

Theory

d)

Adaptation

79.

Males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome

a)

True

b)

False

80.

What are the three parenting styles and what do each do?

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81.

The size of the pupil is controlled by the:

a)

Lens

b)

Retina

c)

Cornea

d)

Iris

82.

Which of these is a biological influence of individual development?

a)

Shared human genome

b)

Beliefs, feelings, and expectations

c)

Parental influences

d)

Gene-environment interaction

83.

What are primary sex characteristics?

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84.

The acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role is called (a)   .

85.

Which stage of cognitive development involves representing things with words and images, using intuitive rather than logical reasoning?

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Preoperational Stage

c)

Concrete Stage

d)

Formal Operation

86.

Where is the cochlea located?

a)

In the middle ear

b)

In the inner ear

c)

In the outer ear

d)

In the eardrum

87.

Stranger anxiety is when around 8 months the baby starts to be afraid of strangers

a)

True

b)

False

88.

An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death; similar to drug-induced hallucinations is a near death experience?

a)

True

b)

False

89.

Difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep is

a)

Sleep deprivation

b)

Insomnia

90.

(a)   is the disappearance or weakening of learned response following the removal or absence of the unconditioned stimulus or the removal of a reinforcer.

91.

a physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body

a)

Sensation

b)

Perception