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WorksheetsPsych 1 Review #1
Total questions: 110
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?
Retrieval
Storage
Encoding
Interference
The average person can hold in short-term memory a list of
20 items
7 items
10 items
5 items
This question is an example of what kind of retrieval process
Recall
Recognition
Relearning
Reiteration
Elvis Guitar Broke Down Friday helps me remember the order of musical notes. This is an example of
The method of loci
Spark Notes
Cornell Notes
Mnemonic Device
Method used to increase the amount of information one can hold in their short-term memory
Chunking
Gapping
Method of Groups
The undertaker method
Chunking, mnemonics, and rehearsal are all ways of _______ information
Relearning
Priming
Encoding
Retrieving
What part of the brain controls your ability to make new memories?
Hippocampus
Thalamus
Cerebral Cortex
Amygdala
I can remember my wedding day vividly because of the strong emotional connection. This is an example of a
Semantic Memory
Generic Memory
Flashbulb memory
Procedural Memory
When I studied for the test I was in a great mode. Right before the test I got in a fight with my bestie. I struggled to remember the information because of
State-Dependent Memory
Context-Dependent Memory
Echoic Memory
Sensory Memory
When I studied for the test I was in a dimly lit room with music blaring. On the day of the test, I couldn't remember anything because the test was given in a bright and quiet lecture hall. This is most likely because of
State-Dependent Memory
Context-Dependent Memory
Echoic Memory
Sensory Memory
The ability to remember the last items on a list is because of
Sensory Memory
Primary Effect
Visual Effect
Recency Effect
The ability to remember the first items on a list is because of
Sensory Memory
Primary Effect
Visual Effect
Recency Effect
I keep repeating my locker combo until I get there so I don't forget it after I leave the office. This is to prevent
Decay
Construction
Deductive Interference
Proactive Interference
Information in your short term memory last for
Several Hours
Several Minutes
Several Seconds
Several Days
Yesterday I rode my bike to my grandma's house because it was her birthday. When I got there we had cake. What part of this story is the Procedural Memory?
Riding my Bike
Knowing it was my grandma's birthday
Remembering we had cake
If I want to know something for a long time I need to
Store it as echoes
Store it as icons
Transferred from short term memory to long term memory
Moved from short term memory to sensory memory
The process by which information is maintained over time is called:
rehearsal
encoding
storage
retrieval
All of the following are stages of memory EXCEPT:
mnemonic memory
sensory memory
working memory
long-term memory
During first block psychology, you study for your third block government quiz. During second block biology, you learn a bunch of new stuff about cells. When you get to government you seem to have forgotten everything you reviewed in psychology class. This is likely due to:
repression
decay
interference
amnesia
Memory that is automatic, like walking.
Explicit Memory
Sensation Memory
Working Memory
Implicit Memory
Activated memory that holds a few items briefly (such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing) before the information is stored or forgotten
Sensory Memory
Long-term Memory
Short-term Memory
Active Forgetting
Literally "without memory"- a loss of memory, often due to brain trauma, injury, or disease
Propecia
Amnesia
Rhodesia
Synthesia
Type of explicit long-term memory of specific experiences or events, linked to time and place. Episodes of your life.
Semantic
Episodic
Procedural
Type of explicit long-term memory of general factual knowledge, social customs, and language; everyone has access to this information
Semantic
Episodic
Procedural
Memory that has been processed with attention and can be consciously recalled. Consciously remembered behaviors.
Explicit memory
implicit memory
A memory that was not deliberately learned or which you have no conscious awareness. Memories that are remembered without any conscious effort to be remembered.
Explicit memory
implicit memory
Behavior is driven by unconscious forces we do not understand and are not aware of.
Psychodynamic
Cognitive
Humanistic
Evolutionary
Personality development is determined by unconscious experiences in very early childhood, so early that we often don’t remember.
Psychodynamic
Social Cultural
Neuroscience
Humansitic
Sigmund Freud developed this psychological perspective.
Psychodynamic
Social Cultural
Evolutionary
Cognitive
This perspective compares the mind to a computer.
Cognitive
Behavioral
Psychodynamic
Neuroscience
This type of psychologist would focus on how information is learned and remembered.
Cognitive
Behavioral
Humanistic
Neuroscience
This perspective focuses on problem-solving, memory, and language development.
Cognitive
Behavioral
Humanistic
Neuroscience
Humans are innately good and strive to reach their full potential.
Cognitive
Behavioral
Humanistic
Neuroscience
Maslow’s pyramid states we must feel safe before we can feel love.
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Humanistic
Evolutionary
Individuals need empathy, unconditional positive regard, and acceptance in order to grow into their best selves.
Humanistic
Neuroscience
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
This approach focuses on how the environment shapes us.
Social Cultural
Neuroscience
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Your family, friends, and the environment you grew up in play a major role in who you are today.
Social Cultural
Evolutionary
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
People living in different countries often have different customs. Studying these behaviors would fall under which perspective?
Social Cultural
Behavioral
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
Psychology should be the scientific study of behavior which is observable and measurable.
Social Cultural
Behavioral
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
Behavior is influenced by the effects of reinforcements and punishments.
Social Cultural
Behavioral
Neuroscience
Psychodynamic
A child learns to fear white rats. This would fall under which perspective?
Behavioral
Evolutionary
Neuroscience
Humanistic
Human behavior is a result of survival of the fittest.
Behavioral
Evolutionary
Neuroscience
Humanistic
Traits that helped your ancestors survive centuries ago have been been passed on to you.
Behavioral
Evolutionary
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
Charles Darwin is most associated with which perspective?
Neuroscience
Evolutionary
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Variance in levels of pain tolerance is most directly influenced by endorphins and neurochemicals.
Neuroscience
Evolutionary
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Your brain, body, and genes make you who you are.
Evolutionary
Neuroscience
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
This perspective is also known as the biological perspective.
Neuroscience
Evolutionary
Behavioral
Humanistic
Psychology is defined as the (a) study of (b) and (c) processes.
Who established the first psychology lab at the University of Leipzig, Germany?
G. Stanley Hall
William Wundt
Francis Bacon
Sigmund Freund
Who influenced functionalism through their work on natural selection?
Margaret Washburn
Mary Calkins
Edward Titchener
Charles Darwin
The goals of Psychology are
to study mental processing and behavior.
Describe, explain, predict and modify behavior
similar to the goals of sociology and other humanities courses.
best described in chapter two of our textbook.
Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
Abraham Maslow
Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that they
Help people cope with challenges and crisis
conduct research
are medical doctors licensed to prescribe medicine
explore how we view and affect one another
Who is considered the father of American Psychology? (He wrote the 1st Psych textbook & gave the first psych lecture at Harvard University.)
Abraham Maslow
Sigmund Freud
Wilhelm Wundt
William James
The " Nurture" aspect of behavior focuses on
Genetic traits that shape behavior
How our environment after birth influences behavior
How parenting styles affect behavior
None of the above
Which theory of behavior believes that we think and perceive in whole units rather than the parts?
Introspection
Gestalt
Structuralism
Functionalism
The debate on the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is most often referred to as:
a. behaviorism
natural selection
nature vs. nurture debate
stability vs. change
Which of Freud's concept of personality does this best describe? Works on the pleasure principle, avoids pain and receives instant gratification.
Id
Ego
Superego
Our ego protects us from threatening thoughts in our unconscious is by using
(a)
What does 'self-actualization' mean?
to find love
to have security
to reach one's full potential
to meet the basic need (optional)
Tests like the Rorschach Inkblot test and the TAT are examples of what
Free association
Personality inventories
Projective tests
Dream therapy
The patterns of feelings, motives, and behavior that set people apart from one another.
Trait
Ego
Personality
Id
Id is the pleasure principle
True
False
Who developed the psychoanalytic theory which involved the id, ego and superego?
BF Skinner
Erik Erikson
Lev Vygotsky
Sigmund Freud
A hungry baby crying until he was fed is an example of what?
Id
Ego
Superego
Superid
Which plays the reality principle?
Id
Ego
Superego
Superid
Which personality plays the morality principle?
Id
Ego
Superego
Superid
The "Id" is described as which part of your human personality?
Based on morals and judgments about right and wrong
Needing to look good
Dealing with reality
Instant gratification
This is the part of the mind that holds what you are aware of.
conscious
preconscious
unconscious
anconscious
According to Freud, this part of the mind was not directly accessible to awareness and was considered as the dump box.
conscious
preconscious
unconscious
anconscious
Refusal to accept reality is what?
Projection
Compensation
Denial
Regression
When you use this defense mechanism, you may kick your dog because you are angry at your parents.
A person shifts the blame and/or responsibility for his/her actions or thoughts to another person?
Projection
Compensation
Regression
Repression
An attempt to justify one’s actions with an excuse rather than by admitting one’s failure or mistake?
Denial
Repression
Regression
Rationalization
Retreating to an earlier time that seems less threatening and requires less responsibility?
Regression
Rationalization
Repression
Compensation
What does the acronym OCEAN stand for in personality science?
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism
Organization, Confidence, Energy, Assertiveness, Nurturing
Optimism, Curiosity, Empathy, Assertiveness, Nurturing
Observation, Creativity, Empathy, Adaptability, Nonconformity
During a basketball game, the coach is recognized for proposing innovative strategies and sometimes unconventional plays. Which personality trait is associated with being audacious and occasionally odd?
Conscientiousness
Openness to experience
Agreeableness
Extroversion
Which personality trait is most associated with a preference for routine and resistance to change?
Neuroticism
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
A stimulus that has absolutely no meaning to an individual initially is called a
conditioned stimulus
neutral stimulus
unconditioned stimulus
no answer is correct
Shelter
