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Psychology

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Psychology?

a)

scientific study of mind and behavior

b)

The study of human learning

c)

The study of how the brain works and how it relates to behavior and
cognition

d)

Studies mental and behavioral health

2.

Psychology is a...

a)

Social Science

b)

Natural Science

3.

What is one way that psychology is beneficial?

4 lines
4.

This theory is an approach that
studies the unconscious mind and its
influence on behavior, thoughts,
personality, and mental Health

a)

Evolutionary

b)

Humanism

c)

Biopsychology

d)

Psychodynamic

5.

He is known for studying ‘split-brain patients’ and
for showing how the left and right sides of our brain control
different things we do

a)

Carl Jung

b)

Roger Sperry

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Lev Vygotsky

6.

He Introduced the 'Social Learning Theory' and is known for the Bobo Doll Experiment

a)

Soloman Asch

b)

Albert Bandura

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Carl Rogers

7.

‘Hierarchy of Needs’

a)

John B. Watson

b)

David Buss

c)

Abraham Maslow

d)

John Bowlby

8.

He's known for classical conditioning

a)

B. F. Skinner

b)

Ivan Pavlov

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

Paul Broca

9.

This theory studies how our thoughts and
behaviors are often shaped by people, culture, and society

a)

Behavioral theory

b)

Biopsychology Theory

c)

Executive Functioning

d)

Social-cultural theory

10.

How do we study the brain?

a)

EEGs

b)

CAT Scan

c)

MRIs

d)

Prolonged Eye Contact

11.

Younger brains are more 'plastic'

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The 'old brain' does what?

a)

Keeps us alive

b)

Keeps us anxious

c)

Nothing

d)

Helps us see colors

13.

The 'mid-brain' does what?

a)

Controls blood pressure

b)

coordinates simple movements with sensory information & integrates sensory information and muscle movements

c)

Runs through the middle of the medulla

d)

'Lizard brain'

14.

The amygdala controls...

a)

Emotion

b)

Hunger

c)

memory

d)

the endocrine system

15.

Trauma responses begin in what part of the brain?

a)

Hipppocampus

b)

Amygdala

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Thalamus

16.

The prefrontal cortex is typically fully developed at what age?

a)

35

b)

30

c)

25

d)

20

17.

This hemisphere of the brain is responsible for speech and abstract thinking

a)

Left side

b)

Right side

18.

This hemisphere of the brain is responsible for image processing

a)

Left side

b)

Right side

19.

This lobe of the brain processes sound

a)

Occipital lobe

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Frontal lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

20.

This system controls our body's function

a)

Endocrine System

b)

Nervous System

c)

Skeletal System

d)

Respiratory System

21.

These are the basic building blocks of our nervous system

a)

Synapses

b)

Nucleus

c)

Neurons

d)

Dendrite

22.

This is divided into two main subsystems with distinct functions Autonomic & Somatic

a)

Central

b)

Peripheral

23.

The 'reflex arc' is...

a)

Part of the hippocampus

b)

simple neural circuit in the spinal cord

24.

This is basically the life support of for neurons

a)

Cell body

b)

Dendrites

c)

Axons

25.

Which is not an example of reuptake?

a)

Serotonin

b)

Dopamine

c)

Norepinephrine

d)

Enzyme breakdown

26.

What are neurotransmitters?

a)

Action potential

b)

synapses that almost but don't quite touch the neighboring axon

c)

chemical messengers that relay signals between neurons