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WorksheetsPsychology
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is Psychology?
scientific study of mind and behavior
The study of human learning
The study of how the brain works and how it relates to behavior and
cognition
Studies mental and behavioral health
Psychology is a...
Social Science
Natural Science
What is one way that psychology is beneficial?
This theory is an approach that
studies the unconscious mind and its
influence on behavior, thoughts,
personality, and mental Health
Evolutionary
Humanism
Biopsychology
Psychodynamic
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
Carl Jung
Roger Sperry
Sigmund Freud
Lev Vygotsky
He Introduced the 'Social Learning Theory' and is known for the Bobo Doll Experiment
Soloman Asch
Albert Bandura
Erik Erikson
Carl Rogers
‘Hierarchy of Needs’
John B. Watson
David Buss
Abraham Maslow
John Bowlby
He's known for classical conditioning
B. F. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
Jean Piaget
Paul Broca
This theory studies how our thoughts and
behaviors are often shaped by people, culture, and society
Behavioral theory
Biopsychology Theory
Executive Functioning
Social-cultural theory
How do we study the brain?
EEGs
CAT Scan
MRIs
Prolonged Eye Contact
Younger brains are more 'plastic'
True
False
The 'old brain' does what?
Keeps us alive
Keeps us anxious
Nothing
Helps us see colors
The 'mid-brain' does what?
Controls blood pressure
coordinates simple movements with sensory information & integrates sensory information and muscle movements
Runs through the middle of the medulla
'Lizard brain'
The amygdala controls...
Emotion
Hunger
memory
the endocrine system
Trauma responses begin in what part of the brain?
Hipppocampus
Amygdala
Hypothalamus
Thalamus
The prefrontal cortex is typically fully developed at what age?
35
30
25
20
This hemisphere of the brain is responsible for speech and abstract thinking
Left side
Right side
This hemisphere of the brain is responsible for image processing
Left side
Right side
This lobe of the brain processes sound
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
This system controls our body's function
Endocrine System
Nervous System
Skeletal System
Respiratory System
These are the basic building blocks of our nervous system
Synapses
Nucleus
Neurons
Dendrite
This is divided into two main subsystems with distinct functions Autonomic & Somatic
Central
Peripheral
The 'reflex arc' is...
Part of the hippocampus
simple neural circuit in the spinal cord
This is basically the life support of for neurons
Cell body
Dendrites
Axons
Which is not an example of reuptake?
Serotonin
Dopamine
Norepinephrine
Enzyme breakdown
What are neurotransmitters?
Action potential
synapses that almost but don't quite touch the neighboring axon
chemical messengers that relay signals between neurons
