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WorksheetsPsychology Study Guide
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 27mins
Who created the Hierarchy of Needs?
Carl Rogers
Sigmund Freud
Abraham Maslow
B.F. Skinner
What is the lowest level of the Hierarchy of Needs and what does it mean?
Esteem needs—confidence and recognition
Physiological needs—basic survival needs like food and water
Safety needs—security and protection
Belongingness needs—love and acceptance
Married people or single people are more satisfied in life?
Single people
Married people
No differenc
Depends on age
Situational influences on eating habits include all of the following, EXCEPT:
Portion size
Social environment
Food variety
Personality traits
Positive effects of stress include…
Strengthened immune system in short bursts
Increased depression
Decreased performance
Loss of motivation
Negative effects of stress include…
Improved memory
Heart disease and lowered immunity
Increased energy
Stress has no negative effects
Happiness matters and can influence health positively.
True
False
ACEs stands for…
Adolescent Coping Experiences
Adaptive Childhood Emotions
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Advanced Cognitive Evaluations
Internal vs. external locus of control can look like…
Believing outcomes are random
Believing fate controls life
Believing you influence your own outcomes
Believing others control your success
Self-control…
Can be depleted but strengthened like a muscle
Never changes
Is the same as intelligence
Cannot be improved
What is considered a “near perfect medicine”?
Meditation
Sleep
Exercise
Vitamins
Examples of how to be happier include…
Avoid relationships
Focus on material success
Get sleep, exercise, practice gratitude
Ignore stress
Attribution is affected by…
Culture
Astrology
Height
Income only
The tendency to comply with larger requests after agreeing to a small one is…
Door-in-the-face
Social loafing
Foot-in-the-door
Groupthink
Categories of discrimination include all of the following EXCEPT…
Race
Gender
Hobbies
Religion
Affirmative action in college admissions is controversial.
True
False
Intentional physical or verbal harm is called…
Attraction
Aggression
Compliance
Empathy
If a father is in the home, incarceration rates are doubled.
True
False
Media models for violence include all EXCEPT…
Social scripts
Violent video games
Parental involvement
Movies
Do opposites attract in real life?
Yes, strongly
No, similarity matters more
Always
Only in friendships
Friends/couples are more likely to share all EXCEPT…
Attitudes
Interests
Age
Immune system type
Three keys to gratifying relationships include equity, disclosure, and…
Passion
Support
Wealth
Similar careers
Selfless concern for others is called...
Aggression
Reciprocal help
Altruism
Compliance
Who created the psychological theory with greatest impact on Western culture?
Watson
Freud
Skinner
Rogers
The id operates on…
Reality principle
Morality principle
Pleasure principle
Social principle
Maslow believed ______ needs must be met before ______ needs.
Higher; lower
Physical; psychological
Psychological; physical
Safety; physiological
Rogers’ Person-Centered Perspective included all EXCEPT…
Genuineness
Acceptance
Empathy
Rewards and punishments
Trait theory…
Focuses on unconscious drives
Examines stable patterns of behavior
Says traits constantly change
Rejects measurement
Biology influences personality, temperament, behavioral style
True
False
The Big Five traits include…
Neuroticism
Agreeableness
Openness
Extraversion
Conscientiousness
A _________ is a clinically significant disturbance in cognition/emotion/behavior.
Disorder
Symptom
Syndrome
Disease
Higher suicide rates occur in each EXCEPT…
Whites
Rich
Women
Single/divorced
To help someone with suicidal ideation…
Ignore it
Tell them to get over it
Listen and get professional help
Assume they’re joking
The Medical Model relies on...
Supernatural causes
Punishment
Diagnosis + treatment + therapy
Astrology
Biopsychosocial approach focuses on…
Biology only
Social forces only
Biological, psychological, and social factors
None
DSM-5 is…
A treatment plan
A diagnostic manual for mental disorders
A biology text
A therapy method
Americans suffer the lowest rates of psychological disorders.
False
True
In America, the largest percentage of disorders are PTSD.
False
True
Risk factors for disorders include all EXCEPT…
Trauma
Genetics
Poverty
High self-esteem
Excessive worry for 6+ months is…
OCD
PTSD
GAD
Panic Disorder
Schizophrenia = Dissociative Identity Disorder.
False
True
To diagnose schizophrenia, one must have delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech.
True
False
Personality disorder with admiration-need + no empathy:
Borderlin
Avoidant
Narcissistic
Dependent
Personality disorder with orderliness/perfection/control:
Histrionic
OCPD
Antisocial
Schizoid
Eating disorder involving nonfood substances:
Anorexia
Bulimia
Pica
Binge-eating
In Tourette’s: ______ tics are movements; ______ tics are sounds.
Motor ; Vocal
Vocal; Motor
Simple; Complex
Reflex; Voluntary
Two main categories of modern therapy:
Drug & hypnosis
Psychotherapy & biomedical therapy
CBT & humanistic
Freudian & behaviorist
In therapy, the more specific the problem, the less desirable the outcome.
True
False
Why does therapy work?
Placebo only
Because clients are weak
Hope, new perspective, therapeutic relationship
It doesn’t work
Therapy concerned with childhood, transference, repression:
Behavioral
Humanistic
Psychodynamic
Cognitive
Therapy with empathy, unconditional positive regard, reflection:
Psychoanalysis
Person-centered therapy
Behavioral
Biomedical
Therapy focused on reinforcing or extinguishing behaviors:
Behavior therapy
Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Cognitive
Reasons to seek therapy include…
Only severe mental illness
Only relationship issues
Stress, anxiety, trauma, growth, coping, relationships
Only court order
Everything __________ is also __________.
Psychological; biological
Mental; imaginary
Social; irrelevant
Emotional; random
