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Psychology Midterm Checkpoint 2023

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which brain part is responsible for facilitating long term memories?

a)

brain stem

b)

cerebellum

c)

amygdala

d)

hippocampus

2.

This part of the brain deals with stress and emotions. In very stressful or intense memory can be affected

a)

Amygdala

b)

Hippocampus

c)

Occipital Lobe

d)

Basal Ganglia

3.

What are the components of memory?

a)

long term memory, sensory memory, the amygdala

b)

Basal Ganglia, amygdala, hippocampus

c)

Encoding, storage, retrieval

d)

Storage, memory, hippocampus

4.
The process of getting information into memory is called_______
a)
priming
b)
chunking
c)
encoding
d)
storing
5.

the PROCESS of placing encoded information into long term memory is called

a)

storage

b)

sensory memory

c)

short-term memory

d)

long-term memory

6.

Depending on the person, this memories capacity is 5-9 items and lasts about 5-20 seconds

a)

Sensory memory

b)

Long term memory

c)

Implicit memory

d)

Working memory

7.
The human capacity for storing long-term memories is
a)
roughly equal to seven units of information
b)
enhanced through hypnosis
c)
essentially unlimited
d)
typically much greater in young children than in adults
8.
The process of getting the information back out of memory storage.
a)
encoding
b)
storage
c)
retrieval
d)
Next-in-line-effect
9.

This memory retrieval technique can be used in an essay test or fill in the blank responses.

a)

Recognition

b)

Selective Attention

c)

Eidectic Memory

d)

Recall

10.

This memory retrieval technique can be used during multiple-choice tests

a)

Recall

b)

Recogniton

c)

Maintenance Reherseal

d)

Review

11.

In Finding Nemo, Dory repeating directions to herself is an example of

a)

Recall

b)

Retrieval

c)

Flashbulb memory

d)

Rehearsal

12.

What is the WORST way to form long term memories?

a)

Having a strong emotional experience to a memory.

b)

Distributed (Spaced) Practice

c)

Elaborative Rehearsal

d)

Massed Practice (Cramming)

13.

This image is an example of what technique:

a)

Elaborative Rehearsal

b)

Mnemonic Devices

c)

Chunking

d)

All of the Above

14.

To offset the Ebbinghaus Curve of Forgetting (Forgetting Curve) you should review newly learned information at least three times with 24 hour hours in between and then return to the information periodically after, but not everyday.

This is known as...

a)

Elaborative Rehearsal

b)

Distributive Practice

c)

Repetition

d)

Maintenance

15.
Research shows that if we distribute our practice over multiple days, we will increase our retention.  This is referred to as the:
a)
spacing effect
b)
serial position effect
c)
Method of Loci
d)
Mnemoncs
16.

Given a list of names people usually remember the first part of the list and the last part of the list more and are more prone to forget the names in the middle due to:

a)

Serial position effect

b)

Poor memory

c)

Cereal position effect

d)

Priming position effect

17.

Many people are able to describe where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the 9/11 attacks. This is an example of:

a)

An implicit bias

b)

A lightbulb memory

c)

A flashbulb memory

d)

A hindsight bias memory

18.

Interference is a retrieval problem that occurs when one memory gets in the way of another. When a newer memory disrupts the recall of an older memory, you experience...

a)

Proactive Interference

b)

Retroactive Interference

19.

Interference is a retrieval problem that occurs when one memory gets in the way of another. When an older memory disrupts the recall of a newer memory, you experience...

a)

Proactive Interference

b)

Retroactive Interference

20.

Identify the type of retrieval interference you could experience in the future: in the weeks immediately after the new year, you continue to write "2022" with all dates.

a)

Proactive Interference

b)

Retroactive Interference

21.

Identify the type of retrieval interference you could experience in the future: after returning home from your first semester of college, you call a high school friend by your college roommate's name.

a)

Proactive Interference

b)

Retroactive Interference

22.
The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is:
a)
Cognition
b)
Learning
c)
Perception
d)
Sensation
23.
A mental grouping of similar things, events or people is called a(n):
a)
Prototype
b)
Concept
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
24.

When asked to think about a tool most people respond with HAMMER. This would suggest Hammer is a __________ for tool.

a)

Concept

b)

Heuristic

c)

Prototype

d)

Algorithm

25.
A dessert recipe that gives you the ingredients, their amounts and the steps to follow is an example of a(n):
a)
Prototype
b)
Algorithm
c)
Heuristic
d)
Mental set
26.
Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to:
a)
Allow preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning
b)
Cling to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
c)
Search randomly through alternative solutions when problem solving
d)
Look for information that is consistent with one’s beliefs
27.
The use of heuristics rather than algorithms is most likely to
a)
save time in arriving at solutions to problems.
b)
avoid the issue of functional fixedness.
c)
yield more accurate solutions to problems.
d)
involve greater reliance on language skills.
28.
Pablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates: 
a)
functional fixedness.
b)
the availability heuristic.
c)
belief perseverance.
d)
the representativeness heuristic.
29.

Generating multiple possible answers to a problem illustrates

a)

the representativeness heuristic.

b)

the availability heuristic

c)

belief perseverance.

d)

divergent thinking.

e)

a prototype.

30.

The psychological term for an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is:

a)

personality

b)

psychodynamic

c)

temperament

d)

unconscious.

31.

The founder of psychoanalysis was:

a)

Carl Jung

b)

Carl Rogers

c)

Karen Horney

d)

Sigmund Freud

32.

The view of personality that explains personality as being driven by unconscious thought processes is the:

a)

humanistic perspective

b)

personality psychology

c)

psychodynamic perspective

d)

unconscious perspective

33.

The psychoanalytic technique that involves asking a person to relax and say whatever is on his mind without censoring himself is called:

a)

free association

b)

Freudian slips

c)

psychodynamic

d)

unconscious speaking

34.

A psychodynamic psychologist would be most interested in assessing personality by:

a)

administering a test with a series of true and false questions.

b)

asking individuals to complete a report comparing the real and ideal self

c)

conduct an experiment to study how different situations affect people's attitudes and behavior.

d)

using tests of ambiguous stimuli to trigger projection of inner thoughts and feelings

35.

Trait theory attempts to:

a)

describe and classify people in terms of their predispositions to behave in certain ways

b)

determine which traits are most conducive to individual self-actualization

c)

explain how behavior is shaped by the interaction between traits, behavior, and the environment

d)

show how development of personality is a lifelong process.

36.
Mrs. Scott can’t understand why her husband has been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It certainly isn’t her fault that he didn’t get to play in last weeks basketball game. 
a)
denial
b)
displacement 
c)
sublimatin
d)
reaction formation
37.
This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "It's OK to post hurtful comments online because everyone does it."
a)
Denial
b)
Reaction Formation
c)
Rationalization
d)
Compensation
38.

Putting someone down and making them feel awful, when you really feel bad about yourself is an example of which defense mechanism?

a)

Compensation

b)

Projection

c)

Rationalization

d)

Undoing

39.

The Big Five personality factors are

a)

Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness

b)

Emotional stability, Openness, Introversion, Neuroticism, Consciousness

c)

Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Consistency, Adaptability

d)

Openness, Conscientiousness, Agreeability,

Extraviability, Necromancy

40.

Being calm and relaxed is most likely associated with which of the Big Five personality dimensions?

a)

openness

b)

extraversion

c)

neuroticism

d)

agreeableness

41.

According to the Big Five personality theory, individuals who have a low score on agreeableness tend to show which of the following personality traits?

a)

suspiciousness

b)

impulsiveness

c)

anxiousness

d)

conforming

42.

Individuals who are disorganized, careless, and impulsive have a low score on the Big Five personality dimension of:

a)

extraversion

b)

agreeableness

c)

conscientiousness

d)

neuroticism

43.

Happiness is typically associated with which two of the following?

a)

high extroversion

b)

low extroversion

c)

high neuroticism

d)

low neuroticism

44.

Which of the Big Five traits is most likely to decline with age?

a)

agreeableness

b)

neuroticism

c)

conscientiousness

d)

openness

45.

Match the statment with the theorist model most likely agree with it?

a)

Humans are born with distinct personalities that develop as we age

1.

Humanistic

b)

Our personality may reveal unresolved conflicts from our very early childhood

2.

Psychodynamic

c)

Personality results from a complex combination of our inner disposition and peer group influences.

3.

Social-Cognitive

d)

There are several different elements of personalities that remain consistent over time.

4.

Trait Theory

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