WorksheetsElective Psych 1st 9 weeks test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A student focusing on building friendships and finding belonging at school is meeting which level of Maslow’s hierarchy?
a)
Esteem
b)
Safety
c)
Love and belonging
d)
Self-Actualization
2.
Which of the following is not part of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?
a)
Sensorimotor
b)
Preoperational
c)
Concrete Operational
d)
Post Operational
3.
An authoritative parent can best be described as:
a)
Strict and unresponsive
b)
Warm and responsive but with clear expectations
c)
Distant and neglectful
d)
Overly permissive and lenient
4.
A student with strong bodily-kinesthetic intelligence would likely excel in what type of intelligence
a)
Solving Math Problems
b)
Sports or Dance
c)
Reading Comprehension
d)
Speech and Debate
5.
Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory suggests:
a)
People are born with one fixed IQ
b)
Intelligence is fully determined by genetics
c)
There are different types of intelligence that vary from person to person
d)
Intelligence develops only through schooling
6.
The nature vs. nurture debate focuses on:
a)
Whether behavior is learned or inherited
b)
Whether motivation is internal or external
c)
How culture affects intelligence
d)
How hormones influence sleep
7.
A psychologist who studies how twins raised apart develop similar traits is examining:
a)
Environmental effects
b)
Social Learning
c)
Heritability
d)
Reinforcement
8.
Which example best reflects the influence of nurture on personality?
a)
Height determined by parents' genes
b)
Learning responsibility from strict parents
c)
A genetic risk for ADHD
d)
Natural Athletic Ability
9.
Ethical guidelines in psychology require researchers to:
a)
Keep participants’ identities confidential
b)
Always use deception
c)
Expose participants to mild stress
d)
collect data secretly
10.
A participant’s right to stop a study at any time is called:
a)
Debriefing
b)
Deception
c)
Anyonimity
d)
Withdrawal
11.
Psychoactive drugs primarily alter:
a)
Digestion
b)
Muscle Coordination
c)
Brain Chemistry and Neural Activity
d)
Skin and sensory perception
12.
Alcohol is considered which of the following
a)
Depressant
b)
Stimulant
c)
Hallucinogen
d)
Narcotic
13.
Which of the following is a fair conclusion in the nature-nurture debate?
a)
Genes and environment work together
b)
Traits are caused by genetics only
c)
Traits are caused by enviornment only
d)
Traits develop randomly
14.
The body’s internal “biological clock” that regulates sleep-wake cycles is called which of the following
a)
REM cycle
b)
Sleep Homeostasis
c)
Melatonin cycle
d)
Circadian rhythm
15.
When a researcher hides participants’ names and uses ID numbers instead, this demonstrates:
a)
Confidentiality
b)
Deception
c)
Consent
d)
Withdrawal
16.
Sensation is best described as
a)
Interpreting sensory input
b)
Detecting Physical energy from the environment
c)
Making Judgments based on experience
d)
Learning through association
17.
A bias is
a)
A random thought
b)
A fact based conclusion
c)
A tendency to think in a certain way that affects judgment
d)
A scientific Law
18.
Saying “I knew that was going to happen” after an event is an example of
a)
Availability heuristic
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Self-serving bias
d)
Hindsight Bias
19.
How many stages of sleep did Erik Erikson create
a)
8
b)
4
c)
2
d)
16
20.
In classical conditioning, the conditioned response is
a)
A natural reflex
b)
A learned response
c)
The stimulus that causes learning
d)
Always involuntary
21.
Reinforcement is used to
a)
Decrease Behavior
b)
Eliminate Behavior
c)
Increase Behavior
d)
Ignore Behavior
22.
A psychiatrist differs from a psychologist because a psychiatrist
a)
Cannot treat disorders
b)
Is trained in education
c)
Can prescribe medication
d)
Only does research
23.
Cognition involves
a)
Emotions only
b)
Reflexes
c)
Thinking, Memory, and Problem Solving
d)
Conditioning
24.
Schizophrenia is best described as a disorder that involves
a)
Extreme mood swings between happiness and sadness
b)
Persistent patterns of antisocial behavior
c)
Distorted thinking, hallucinations, and delusions
d)
Excessive fear related to specific situations
25.
Choose B
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
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