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AP Psychology Vocab Unit 1.2

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

Which is the correct definition of Cognitive Psychology?

a)

the everlasting controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

b)

the study of mental processes such as occur when we perceive, think, learn, remember, communicate, and solve problems.

c)

the science of behavioral and mental processes

d)

the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

2.

Which is the correct definition of Psychology

a)

the science of behavioral and mental processes

b)

the study of mental processes, such as occur when we perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate, and solve problems

c)

the enduring behaviors, idea, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

d)

an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural viewpoints

3.

Which is the correct definition for Culture?

a)

the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

b)

the scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive

c)

the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

d)

the scientific study of observable behavior, and it's explanation by principles of learning

4.

Which is the correct definition of Biopsychosocial approach?

a)

an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural viewpoints

b)

the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes

c)

the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

d)

the study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

5.

Which is the correct definition of Cognitive Neuroscience?

a)

the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)

b)

the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in an particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

c)

the study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences an behavior

d)

the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

6.

Which is the definition of Nature - Nurture?

a)

the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

b)

the controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

c)

the study of how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behaviors and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

d)

the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

7.

Which is the correct definition of Evolutionary Psychology?

a)

the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

b)

the study of how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

c)

the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

d)

the study of links between biological and psychological processes

8.

Which is the definition of biological psychology?

a)

the study of the links between biological and psychological processes

b)

the principle that inherited that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in an particular environment will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

c)

the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

d)

study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

9.

Which is the correct definition of Social Cultural Psychology?

a)

the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

b)

the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

c)

the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

d)

the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

10.

Which is the correct definition of Behavioral Psychology?

a)

the science of behavioral and mental processes

b)

an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological and social cultural viewpoints

c)

the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

d)

the study pf mental processes such as when we perceive, learn, think, remember, communicate, and solve problems

11.

Which is the correct definition of Natural Selection?

a)

the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

b)

the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

c)

the scientific study of human flourishing with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive

d)

the principle that inherited traits that better enable an organism to survive and reproduce in a particular environment will most likely be passed to succeeding generations

12.

Which is the correct definition of Positive Psychology?

a)

the scientific study of human flourishing with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive

b)

the study of how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

c)

the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

d)

an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social cultural viewpoints

13.

Which is the correct definition of Psychodynamic Psychology?

a)

the study of how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

b)

the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

c)

the study of mental processes such as occur when we perceive, learn, remember, think, communicate, and solve problems

14.

Which is the correct definition of Behavior Genetics?

a)

the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principles of learning

b)

the study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

c)

the science of behavioral and mental processes

d)

the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection