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Psych Final

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which subspecialty in psychology focuses on the cognitive differences between a 6-year-old and a 12-year-old?
a)
neuropsychologist
b)
social 
c)
developmental
d)
forensic
2.

What perspective views the brain as a biological computer?

a)

biological

b)

psychodynamic

c)

humanistic

d)

cognitive

3.

A psychologist who works in law enforcement and may at times serve as an expert witness for a trial is what kind of psychologist:

a)

Forensic

b)

Industrial

c)

Organizational

d)

School

4.

Which Psychologist would study the effect of violent multiplayer video games on aggressive behaviors?

a)

Social Psychologist

b)

Developmental Psychologist

c)

Social Worker

d)

Neuropsychologist

5.

What is the name of someone who provides advice, support and resources to individuals and their families to help them to solve their problems?

a)

Social worker

b)

Educational psychologist

c)

Offender profiler

d)

Nurse

6.
Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called
a)
Generic Memory
b)
Procedural Memory
c)
Iconic Memory
d)
Flashbulb Memory
7.
Organization of items into familiar or manageable units
a)
Amnesia
b)
Grouping
c)
Chunking
d)
Eidetic
8.
Who defined intelligence as consisting of eight mental abilities?
a)
Louis Thurstone
b)
Howard Gardner
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
John B. Watson
9.
The capacity to learn from experience, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the environment
a)
Creativity
b)
Achievement
c)
Intelligence
d)
Reliability 
10.
The ability to invent new solutions to problems
a)
Creativity
b)
Achievement
c)
Intelligence
d)
Reliability
11.
After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his
a)
Short-Term Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Visual Memory
d)
Echoic Memory
12.
The process of filing information into your memory is...
a)
Chunking
b)
Encoding
c)
Retrieving
d)
Priming
13.
Our long-term memory capacity is
a)
In direct correlation to our age
b)
Varies greatly by gender
c)
Essentially limitless
d)
In direct correlation to our age
14.
What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?
a)
retrieval
b)
storage
c)
encoding
d)
interference
15.
What are the 3 stages of memory in order?
a)
Long-term, short-term, sensory
b)
short-term, long-term, sensory
c)
sensory, short-term, long-term
d)
sensory, long-term, short-term
16.
Validity means that 
a)
a test measures what it is supposed to measure
b)
that a test has been tested on many subjects
c)
a test measures both aptitude and acheivement
d)
scores are the same no matter who grades the test
17.
A person with lower than average intelligence who had an amazing, unusual mental skill is known as a
a)
genius
b)
savant
c)
prodigy
d)
freak
18.

What is aggression?

a)

A form of communication.

b)

Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy.

c)

A state of calm and peacefulness.

d)

A type of social interaction.

19.

What are the three biological influences on aggressive behavior?

a)

Environmental, Psychological, and Sociocultural Influences

b)

Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Influences

c)

Genetic, Neural, and Biochemical Influences

d)

Social, Cultural, and Economic Influences

20.

What is the frustration-aggression principle?

a)

Frustration creates anger, which can generate aggression.

b)

Aggression is a result of genetic influences.

c)

Aggression is a learned behavior.

d)

Aggression is influenced by social scripts.

21.

What is the social exchange theory?

a)

Our social behavior is influenced by genetic factors.

b)

Our social behavior is determined by unconscious desires.

c)

Our social behavior is governed by calculations of rewards and costs.

d)

Our social behavior is shaped by cultural norms.

22.

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

a)

Prejudice is intentional, while discrimination is unintentional.

b)

Prejudice is based on cultural norms, while discrimination is based on personal beliefs.

c)

Prejudice is a behavior, while discrimination is an attitude.

d)

Prejudice is an attitude, while discrimination is a behavior.

23.

What is the difference between introverts and extroverts?

a)

Introverts tend to be inward-focused, while extroverts tend to be outward-focused.

b)

Introverts tend to be more intelligent, while extroverts tend to be more social.

c)

Introverts tend to be more aggressive, while extroverts tend to be more passive.

d)

Introverts tend to be more emotional, while extroverts tend to be more rational.

24.

What is the role of acculturation in personality development?

a)

Acculturation is the process of adapting to a new or different culture.

b)

Acculturation has no impact on personality development.

c)

Acculturation is a genetic trait that influences personality.

d)

Acculturation is a social norm that shapes personality.

25.

Stanley Milgram focused his shock experiments on the theme of...

a)

conformity to the group.

b)

obedience to authority.

c)

the influence of ascribed roles on behaviour.

d)

the nature of prosocial behaviour.

26.
The tendency to comply with a large request if one has previously complied with a small request is known as...
a)
Bystander Effect
b)
Attribution Theory
c)
Foot-in-the-Door Phenonomon
d)
Groupthink
27.

The field of social psychology studies topics at the intrapersonal level. These topics include ________.

a)

emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition

b)

ethnographies, case studies, archives, and statistics

c)

prejudice and discrimination, helping behavior, aggression, and group processes

d)

 society and social interaction, families, ecology, and religion

28.

What is a social role?

a)

group’s expectations regarding what is appropriate and acceptable for the thoughts and behavior of its members

b)

group’s knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting

c)

person’s knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting

d)

a pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group

29.
 the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
a)
psychology
b)
biology
c)
morality
d)
behavior
30.

any action that people can observe or measure

a)

behavior

b)

psychology

c)

sociology

d)

cognition

31.

Who is known as the "father" of modern psychology (for opening the first medical lab dedicated to the study of behavior)?

a)

Wilhelm Wundt

b)

William James

c)

Ivan Pavlov

d)

Sigmund Freud

32.

Which of these is NOT part of Freud's 3-part theory of consciousness?

a)

Ego

b)

Id

c)

Structuralism

d)

Super-Ego

33.
Anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences.
a)
Psychodymanic perspective
b)
Cognitive perspective
c)
Behavioral perspective
d)
Biological perspective
34.

Perception is

a)

how our brain interacts with our nervous system

b)

how we relay information to others

c)

how we comprehend objects and events in the world around us

d)

what our eyes see

35.

Schemas are

a)

video tapes and photographs of people, places, or things

b)

'packets' of knowledge that correspond to frequently encountered people, objects or situations.

c)

pathways in the brain that enable us to see, hear, and remember pieces of unusual information

d)

one of the many ineffective tricks our brain uses to locate and remember past information

36.
The inability of young children to see the world through someone else's view is termed:
a)
Centration
b)
Irreversibility
c)
Conservation
d)
Egocentrism
37.
Peek-a-boo works on children in what stage?
a)
Sensorimotor
b)
Preoperational
c)
Concrete Operational
d)
Formal Operational
38.

Sally attempts to retrieve her teddy bear after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Sally has developed a sense of

a)

egocentrism.

b)

object permanence.

c)

conservation.

d)

accommodation.

39.

Robby understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Robby is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage.

a)

preoperational

b)

concrete operational

c)

sensorimotor

d)

formal operational

40.

Adding new information because it fits an existing schema is

a)

assimilation

b)

accomodation

c)

discrimination

d)

gerneralization

41.

Which lobe of the brain is the main decision maker of the brain and controls voluntary movement?

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

42.

Which lobe of the brain primarily processes auditory information?

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

43.

Which lobe of the brain processes somatosensory information such as touch, pain, temperature, and limb location?

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

44.

Which lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for visual information?

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

45.

In which lobe of the brain is Broca's area located?

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

46.

Which of the following is not a component of the brain stem?

a)

Midbrain

b)

Pons

c)

Medulla oblongata

d)

Thalamus

47.

Which part of the brain stem contains visual and auditory reflex centers?

a)

Midbrain

b)

Pons

c)

Medulla oblongata

d)

Thalamus

48.

Which part of the brain stem merges into the spinal cord?

a)

Midbrain

b)

Pons

c)

Medulla oblongata

49.

Which major part of the brain controls balance and equilibrium?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Diencephalon

d)

Brain Stem

50.
Schizophrenia
a)

illness in which a person is skipping meals and hygiene routines.

b)
the act of not wanting to skip certain activities out of fear.
c)

illness characterized by severe disturbances in thinking, mood awareness and behavior. 

d)

a illness in which you fear everything around you.