WorksheetsUnderstanding Our Brain and Behavior
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
People perceive objects or events that have no external reality in a/an
Gestalt
Perceptual construction
Illusion
Hallucination
How is consciousness defined in the field of psychology?
The awareness of one’s internal thoughts and external surroundings
A physical state of clear, organized alertness
A condition of awareness distinctly different in quality or pattern from waking consciousness
The external study of observable behaviors
What kind of nerves carry sensory and motor messages in and out of the column that transmits information between the brain and the peripheral nervous system?
Spinal nerves
Peripheral nerves
Marrow nerves
Cranial nerves
Which theory of dreaming, popularized by Freud, emphasizes internal conflicts, motives, and unconscious forces?
Psychodynamic dream theory
Neurocognitive dream theory
Lucid dreaming
Activation-synthesis theory
Which one of the following is the name for a type of cell in the nervous system that transmits information?
Axon
Neuron
Dendrite
Soma
Which of the following involves obtaining additional information to check perceptions?
Perceptual construction
Reality testing
Stereoscopic vision
Figure–ground organization
What is the structure in the hindbrain involved in controlling coordination and balance called?
Cerebellum
Pons
Reticular formation
Medulla
Which of the following brain areas is responsible for movement, sense of self, and higher mental functions?
Occipital lobes
Parietal lobes
Temporal lobes
Frontal lobes
Which of the following refers to the parts of the nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord?
Peripheral nervous system
Central nervous system
Somatic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Psychophysics is the study of how the mind interprets the physical properties of _______.
The subconscious
Altered states
Stimuli
Transducer
