Psychology Most Important and Repeated MCQs in Job Test Set. 13

1 - What are recommended ways to address color blindness in marketing?

A. additional text

B. high contrast

C. bright colors

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

2 - What are redemptive narratives?

A. when one is able to substantiate conclusions using their personal experiences.

B. life stories that affirm the transformation from suffering to an enhanced status or state.

C. to anticipate the future and reconstruct the past to leave us with a purpose overtime

D. the realization that people's behaviors are based on their goals and motivations

life stories that affirm the transformation from suffering to an enhanced status or state.

3 - What are Schemas?

A. ognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast processing of information about people based on their membership in certain groups; reinforced by schemas

B. they are schemas that guide behavior in specific situations, such as going to the movies

C. they are categories used to organize information, they usually work because situations and appropriate behaviors follow general rules

D. a way of thinking about concepts: all members of a category are examples; together they form the the concept and determine category membership

they are categories used to organize information, they usually work because situations and appropriate behaviors follow general rules

4 - What are Scripts?

A. are categories used to organize information, they usually work because situations and appropriate behaviors follow general rules

B. they are schemas that guide behavior in specific situations, such as going to the movies

C. are adaptive because they minimize attentional requirements and help people avoid dangerous situations

D. cognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast processing of information about people based on their membership in certain groups; reinforced by schemas

they are schemas that guide behavior in specific situations, such as going to the movies

5 - What are signifiers?

A. pictures, labels, instructions

B. signs indicating what you can do

C. to make sure the affordances are clear

D. All of the above

All of the above

6 - What are some advantages of lab research?

A. Allows for use of certain types of equipment

B. Control on confounding variables

C. Easy to replicate

D. All of the above

All of the above

7 - What are some applied research positions?

A. Psychometrics

B. Counseling

C. Educational

D. Social

Counseling

8 - What are some contributions that Allport's theory made on the research of traits?

A. created a number of assessment devices for traits

B. provides an easy to understand continuum that gives a large amount of information about a person's personality about the self and the world

C. has no empirical evidence

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

9 - What are some examples of behavior processes?

A. eating

B. laughing

C. feelings

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

10 - What are some examples of mental processes?

A. feelings

B. thoughts

C. eating

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

11 - what are some limitations of Allport's theory?

A. doesn't address the development of traits

B. assumes that peoples psychological features can be explained by their neurophysiological ones

C. leaves out lots of other traits

D. has no empirical evidence

doesn't address the development of traits

12 - What are some of the advantages of computerised tomography (CT)?

A. cost-effective, provides clear 2D images, can identify abnormality in brain structures

B. cost-effective, provides clear 3D images, can view blood flow in the brain

C. provides clear 3D images, provides information on brain activity during cognitive tasks, images are in full colour

D. provides clear 3D images, can view blood flow in the brain, images are in full colour

cost-effective, provides clear 2D images, can identify abnormality in brain structures

13 - What are some of the benefits of mindfulness?

A. A calmer mind

B. Increased focus

C. Higher levels of happiness and well-being

D. All of the above

All of the above

14 - What are some of the character strengths that are viewed as highly desirable around the globe?

A. Strong arms, and a million dollar smile.

B. Leadership, Compassion, and Wisdom

C. Frustration, Hesitation, and Haste

D. Money, cars and resources.

Leadership, Compassion, and Wisdom

15 - What are some of the sub-disciplines of Sport Psychology? choose all the correct answers.

A. Behavioral change and interventions

B. Motor Behavior

C. Biochemistry

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

16 - What are Stereotypes?

A. a way of thinking about concepts: within each category, there is a best example - a prototype - for that category

B. a way of thinking about concepts: all members of a category are examples; together they form the the concept and determine category membership

C. cognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast processing of information about people based on their membership in certain groups; reinforced by schemas

D. the tendency, in making judgements; to rely on the first piece of information encountered or information that comes most quickly to mind

cognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast processing of information about people based on their membership in certain groups; reinforced by schemas

17 - What are superordinate goals?

A. Goals that help humanity

B. Shared goals that can only be achieved by the cooperation of all competing groups and but can be achieved by one group alone.

C. Shared goals that can only be achieved by the cooperation of all competing groups and cannot be achieved by one group alone.

D. Goals that society need to ensure that happiness is maintained for the common man

Shared goals that can only be achieved by the cooperation of all competing groups and cannot be achieved by one group alone.

18 - What are Symbolic Representations?

A. information represented only by mathematical symbols and numerals

B. mental representations that have some of the physical characteristics of objects

C. abstract representations that do not correspond to the physical features of objects or ideas; ie. words

D. a way of thinking about concepts: within each category, there is a best example - a prototype - for that category

abstract representations that do not correspond to the physical features of objects or ideas; ie. words

19 - What are symptoms of Stress?

A. Anxiety

B. Fatique

C. Headache

D. All of the above

All of the above

20 - What are the 2 attribution errors

A. Fundamental Attribution Error

B. Self-Serving Bias

C. Behavioural Bias

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

21 - What are the 2 problem solving strategies?

A. Divergent and Convergent thinking

B. Algorithms and heuristics

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Algorithms and heuristics

22 - What are the 2 subdivisions of interference with other memories?

A. Retrograde and anterograde

B. Retroactive and proactive

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Retroactive and proactive

23 - What are the 2 subdivisions of LTM?

A. Recall, recognition

B. Episodic, Sematic

C. Procedural, declarative

D. None of the above

Procedural, declarative

24 - What are the 2 types of reinforcement in the operant conditioning

A. Negative

B. Positive

C. Bias

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

25 - What are the 3 Basic Steps IN ORDER

A. Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval

B. Retrieve, Encoding and Storage

C. Storage, Retrieval and Encoding

D. None of the above

Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval

26 - What are the 3 C's of pre-performance routines?

A. Control, Crack, Compete

B. Control (self-control), Commit (to a mission), Compete

C. Control, Commit, Capitulate

D. Control others, Control environment, Control me

Control (self-control), Commit (to a mission), Compete

27 - what are the 3 dimensions of Eysenck's theory?

A. Psychoticism-self control, extroverted-introverted, neuroticism-emotionally stable

B. Psychoticism-emotionally stable, extroverted-introverted, neuroticism-self control

C. introverted-self control, extroverted-psychoticism, neuroticism-emotionally stable

D. Psychoticism-self control, neuroticism-introverted, extroverted-emotionally stable

Psychoticism-self control, extroverted-introverted, neuroticism-emotionally stable

28 - What are the 3 kinds of Intentional activity that can contribute to our happiness?

A. Behavioural, cognitive and social

B. Cognitive, behavioural and volatile

C. Behavioural, socio-cultural and volitional

D. Volitional, behavioural and cognitive

Volitional, behavioural and cognitive

29 - What are the 3 main functions of the nervous system?

A. Receive, process, respond

B. Respond, deliver, process

C. Release, receive, process

D. Process, reveal, act

Receive, process, respond

30 - What are the 3 memory processes?

A. LTM, STM, and sensory memory

B. Encoding, storage and retrieval

C. Recall, recognition and retrieval

D. None of the above

Encoding, storage and retrieval

31 - What are the 3 most important traits for a psychologist?

A. Curiosity, skepticism, and humility

B. Intelligence, humility, humor

C. Curiosity, ignorance, organized

D. Smart, nice, skeptical

Curiosity, skepticism, and humility

32 - What are the 3 perspectives we focus on in Psychology?

A. Anger, Love, Fear

B. Social, Biological, Psychological

C. Social, Emotional, Psychological

D. There are only 2 perspectives.

Social, Biological, Psychological

33 - What are the 3 primary areas of focus in child development?

A. cognitive, socioemotional, and behavior genetics

B. physical, cognitive, and socioemotional

C. physical, cognitive, and cultural

D. socioemotional, behavior genetics, and cultural

physical, cognitive, and socioemotional

34 - 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

sensory, short-term, long-term

35 - What are the 3 types of problems?

A. Problems of arrangement

B. Problems of inducing structure

C. Problems of transformation

D. All of the above

All of the above

36 - What are the 3 types of Sensory Memory

A. Echoic

B. Eidetic

C. Iconic

D. All of the above

All of the above

37 - What are the 3 types of storage?

A. Encoding, storage and retrieval

B. LTM, STM and sensory memory

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

LTM, STM and sensory memory

38 - what are the advance organizer?

A. comparative advance organizer

B. expository advance organizer

C. complementary advance organizer

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

39 - What are the advantages of a cross-sectional study?

A. have a lower risk of participants dropping out

B. more efficient than longitudinal studies

C. take less time to carry out

D. All of the above

All of the above

40 - What are the antonyms for the underlined words? Aging leads to impaired coordination of the process of swallowing.

A. Weakened- relationship

B. Damaged- proportion

C. Healthy- imbalance

D. None of the above

Healthy- imbalance

41 - What are the appropriate hours to contact Miss Beck with any questions (even though I will usually respond whenever)

A. 7:20 AM-2:20 PM

B. Whenever I feel like it

C. 6 AM-6 PM

D. 5 AM-4 PM

7:20 AM-2:20 PM

42 - What are the appropriate synonyms for the underlined words? A persistent sore throat is a symptom of dysphagia.

A. Consistent- painful- thorax

B. Alternative-aching- pharynx

C. Continues- aching- pharynx

D. None of the above

Continues- aching- pharynx

43 - What are the appropriate synonyms for the underlined words?General signs of dysphagia are coughing and a wet voice during or right after eating or drinking.

A. Gurgly- at the time of

B. Harsh- after that

C. Gurgly-behind

D. None of the above

Gurgly-behind

44 - What are the areas of interest for health psychologists?

A. Patient - doctor relationship

B. Relation of health and psychological factor

C. Stress and coping

D. All of the above

All of the above

45 - What are the aspects to our perception of light?

A. brightness

B. color

C. saturation

D. All of the above

All of the above

46 - What are the basic research methods in psychology?

A. Descriptive, Correlational, and Experimental

B. Inquiry and Intuition

C. Descriptive and Environment

D. Astrological and Experimental

Descriptive, Correlational, and Experimental

47 - What are the basic sounds of language called

A. Morphemes

B. Phonemes

C. Syntax

D. Semantics

Phonemes

48 - What are the basic tastes?

A. Umami, Sugar, Savoury, bitter, sour

B. Salty, Savoury, Bitter, Sweet, Umami

C. Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Umami, Sour

D. Bitter, Sour, Fatty, Sugar, Salty

Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Umami, Sour

49 - What are the benefits of systematic observation?

A. It's an organized way to view the world.

B. It is democratic.

C. Can build on past knowledge/theories

D. All of these

All of these

50 - What are the causes of errors in perception

A. Defective functioning of sensory organs

B. Inappropriate stimuli

C. Many stimuli at one time

D. All the above

All the above

51 - What are the characteristics of Gardner's bodily/kinesthetic intelligence?

A. Drawing, building, or designing

B. Physical prowess, coordination, fitness, and action

C. Thinking in symbols or abstractions

D. Listening, reading, or thinking

Physical prowess, coordination, fitness, and action

52 - What are the chemical senses?

A. smell

B. taste

C. hearing

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

53 - What are the components of an emotional experience?

A. A subjective experience, physiological response and a behavioural or expressive response.

B. A subjective response and a physiological experience

C. Physiological experience and a behavioural or expressive response.

D. A subjective experience, and a behavioural or expressive response.

A subjective experience, physiological response and a behavioural or expressive response.

54 - What are the components of memory?

A. long term memory, sensory memory, the amygdala

B. Basal Ganglia, amygdala, hippocampus

C. Encoding, storage, retrieval

D. Storage, memory, hippocampus

Encoding, storage, retrieval

55 - What are the five areas of sport psychology

A. Development

B. Learning and training

C. Personal

D. All of the above

All of the above

56 - What are the five basic tastes?

A. salty, sweet, sour, bitter, savory

B. salty, spicy, sweet, sour, savory

C. peppery, salty, sweet, sour, bitter

D. salty, sweet, bitter, buttery, savory

salty, sweet, sour, bitter, savory

57 - What are The five-factor model of personality?

A. Agreeableness

B. Conscientiousness

C. Extroversion

D. All of the above

All of the above

58 - What are the four goals of psychology?

A. observe, define, explain, report

B. describe, explain, predict, influence

C. assume, predict, influence, report

D. explore, analyze, adjust, test

describe, explain, predict, influence

59 - What are the FOUR LOBES of the brain called?

A. front, back, left and right

B. eenie, meenie, miney, and mo

C. cortex, cerebellum, brain stem, and hypothalamus

D. frontal, occipital, temporal, and parietal

frontal, occipital, temporal, and parietal

60 - What are the four schedules of reinforcement?

A. Fixed interval

B. Fixed ratio

C. Variable interval

D. All of the above

All of the above

61 - What are the functions of attitudes? Refer to Smith et al (1964)

A. the adaptive function

B. the ego-defensive function

C. the knowledge function

D. All of the above

All of the above

62 - What are the goals of psychology?

A. observe, explain, predict, and report

B. describe, report, reexamine, and describe again

C. observe, describe, report, and solve

D. describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

63 - What are the guidelines for ethical research?

A. benefits of research should be weighed against harm

B. confidentiality

C. debriefing

D. All of the above

All of the above

64 - What are the Latin roots for Psychology?

A. investigation of the mind

B. examine the emotions

C. study of the soul and breath

D. analysis of behavior

study of the soul and breath

65 - What are the limitations and issues with the WMM?

A. Central executive has limited evidence

B. VSSP components should be separated.

C. It's to reductionist.

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

66 - What are the main assumptions of the biological approach to psychology?

A. Behaviour is a learned experience

B. We are a product of our genes and behaviour is heredity

C. Behaviour is as a consequence of cognitive development

D. None of the above

We are a product of our genes and behaviour is heredity

67 - what are the main goals of health psychology?

A. To Improve the Health care system and health policy

B. To Prevent Illness

C. To Promote Good Health

D. All of the above

All of the above

68 - What are the main perceptual consistencies?

A. brightness

B. shape

C. size

D. All of the above

All of the above

69 - What are the main two parts of the central nervous system?

A. Brain and Skull

B. Brain and Spinal Cord

C. Spinal Cord and Nerves

D. Nerve Cells and Nerve Endings

Brain and Spinal Cord

70 - What are the names of the researchers that proposed the Multi-Store Model of Memory?

A. Atkinson and Shiffrin

B. Craik and Tulving

C. Craik and Lockhart

D. Glanzer and Cunitz

Atkinson and Shiffrin

71 - What are the Neurons?

A. Units that constitute the nervous system.

B. Units that constitute the brain tissue.

C. Blocks of tissue that constitute the endocrine system.

D. Blocks or tissues that constitute the organs of the body system.

Units that constitute the nervous system.

72 - What are the number of times each level of the independent variable is tested?

A. constants

B. control

C. trials

D. dependent variable

trials

73 - What are the parts of the Inner Ear?

A. The Cochlea and Auditory Nerve

B. The Ear Canal and Hammer

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

The Cochlea and Auditory Nerve

74 - What are the physical reactions of stress?

A. Tight muscle, increase movement in intestine

B. dilate pupil, increase blood glucose

C. increase heart beat, blood pressure

D. All of the above

All of the above

75 - What are the primary processing cells of the nervous system?

A. Goblet cells

B. Glial cells

C. Neurotransmitters

D. Neurons

Neurons

76 - What are the problems associated with low birth weight?

A. difficulty maintaining body temperature

B. difficulty with breathing, sucking, swallowing and digestion

C. susceptibility infection

D. all of these

susceptibility infection

77 - What are the processes of memory?

A. Encoding, attention recognition

B. Encoding, storage, retrieval.

C. Assimilation, accommodation, equilibrium.

D. Attention, concentration, retrieval

Encoding, storage, retrieval.

78 - What are the professions of Mario and Luigi?

A. Chefs

B. Plumbers

C. Doctors

D. Race-car drivers

Plumbers

79 - What are the sensory receptors for sight?

A. iris

B. pupil

C. retina

D. vitreous humor

retina

80 - What are the sensory receptors for taste?

A. organ of Corti

B. olfactory receptors

C. taste buds

D. pacinian corpuscles

taste buds

81 - What are the sensory receptors for the sense of smell?

A. olfactory receptors

B. retina

C. organ of Corti

D. free nerve endings

olfactory receptors

82 - What are the sensory receptors for the somesthetic senses?

A. free nerve endings

B. pacinian corpuscles

C. olfactory bulbs

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

83 - WHAT ARE THE STAGES OF MEMORY?

A. ENCODING

B. RETRIEVAL

C. STORAGE

D. ABOVE ALL

ABOVE ALL

84 - What are the subdivisions of context cues?

A. State dependent and context dependent

B. Thinking and forgetting

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

State dependent and context dependent

85 - What are the three aspects of sound waves?

A. Frequency, amplitude, and waveform

B. Frequency, amplitude and wavelength

C. Frequency, waveform and impulse

D. Frequency, depth, and saturation

Frequency, amplitude, and waveform

86 - What are the three BASIC COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS

A. Consciousness

B. Perception

C. Sensation

D. All of the above

All of the above

87 - What are the three categories of traits in Allport's theory?

A. Cardinal, middle, secondary

B. cardinal, central, secondary

C. co-ordinal, central, secondary

D. co-ordinary, central, tertiary

cardinal, central, secondary

88 - What are the three components of a mental process?

A. Perception, facial expression, emotion

B. Prospective, cognition, emotion

C. Perception, cognition, emotion

D. Perception, action, behaviour

Perception, cognition, emotion

89 - What are the three components of Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

A. internal, external and experiential

B. practical, analytic and experiential

C. adaptive, analytic and creative

D. practical, analytic and creative

practical, analytic and experiential

90 - What are the three elements that create long-lasting healthy lifestyle changes?

A. Life coaching, therapy, and nutrition

B. Exercise, diet , and healthy relationships

C. Self-efficacy, SMART goals, and exercise

D. Nutrition, fitness, and behavior change

Nutrition, fitness, and behavior change

91 - What are the three locations of research?

A. Field

B. Lab

C. Online

D. All of the above

All of the above

92 - What are the three main properties of sound waves?

A. pitch

B. timbre

C. volume

D. All of the above

All of the above

93 - What are the three main somesthetic sense systems?

A. sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami

B. pressure, temperature, pain

C. size, shape, brightness

D. pitch, volume, timbre

pressure, temperature, pain

94 - What are the three most common experimental designs in psychological research:

A. Independent measures

B. Matched pairs

C. Repeated measures

D. All of the above

All of the above

95 - What are the three parts to the scientific attitude?

A. Curious, Smart, Humble

B. Curious, Skeptical, Humble

C. Honest, Curious, Smart

D. Kind, Honest, Skeptical

Curious, Skeptical, Humble

96 - What are the three roles fulfilled by most people who work in Psychological Kinesiology? (choose all the correct answers)

A. practicing

B. researching

C. teaching

D. All of the above

All of the above

97 - What are the three stages of memory in order?

A. Sensory memory, long-term memory, short-term memory

B. Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

C. Short-term memory, long-term memory, sensory memory

D. Long-term memory, short-term memory, sensory memory

Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

98 - What are the three stages of memory?

A. Long-Term Memory

B. Sensory Memory

C. Working Memory

D. All of the above

All of the above

99 - What are the three tiny bones in your ear- the ossicles?

A. anvil

B. hammer

C. stirrup

D. All of the above

All of the above

100 - What are the two branches within the Learning Approach theory?

A. Misbehavior and Behaviorism

B. Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory

C. Behaviorism and Problem Solving

D. Social Learning Theory and Misbehavior

Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory

101 - What are the two conditions that must be present in a data set for a t-test to be correctly used?

A. The data must be normally distributed

B. The sample size of each group in the data must be more than 10

C. Heaps of people have been used

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

102 - What are the two dimensions of soul from the ethnic traditions discussed in the text?

A. The mind and the body

B. The life-force and consciousness

C. The spirit and the body

D. The spirit and the soul

The life-force and consciousness

103 - What are the two divisions of the nervous system?

A. The brain and spinal cord.

B. The central nervous system and the skeletal system.

C. The central and peripheral nervous systems.

D. None of the above

The central and peripheral nervous systems.

104 - What are the two main divisions related to working in the field of psychology?

A. psychoanlaysis and cognition

B. research and application

C. research and regret

D. social work and sociology

research and application

105 - What are the two main effects that stereotypes have on behaviour?

A. Social anxiety and social confusion

B. Stereotype threat and social anxiety

C. Social anxiety and memory distortion

D. Stereotype threat and memory distortion

Stereotype threat and memory distortion

106 - What are the two processes involved in reward/need theory?

A. Classical and operant conditioning

B. Contact and physical attractiveness

C. Similarities in needs and complementarity

D. Social learning theory and contact

Classical and operant conditioning

107 - What are the two states Milgram recognised?

A. Agentic state

B. Autonomous state

C. Agency state

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

108 - What are the two types of attribution?

A. personal and situational

B. personal and social

C. fundamental and situational

D. social and situational

personal and situational

109 - What are the two types of photoreceptors?

A. cones

B. rods

C. None of the above

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

110 - What are the two types of variables used in scientific experiments?

A. dependent and independent

B. independent and placebo

C. placebo and varying

D. varying and dependent

dependent and independent

111 - What are the type of functions that do not require you to think about them?

A. Homeostasis

B. Voluntary

C. Involuntary

D. Automatic

Involuntary

112 - what are the types of learning?

A. meaningful verbal learning

B. rote learning

C. imaginary learning

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

113 - What are three factors that influence human attraction?

A. proximity, matching beliefs, similiarity

B. proximity, physical attractiveness, similarity

C. proximity, physical repulsiveness, similiarity

D. proximity, physical attractiveness, culture

proximity, physical attractiveness, similarity

114 - What are three important factors in the science of happiness?

A. stress related illnesses, financial security, family

B. family, money, a sense of belonging to a society

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

family, money, a sense of belonging to a society

115 - What are Three Types of Stress?

A. acute stress

B. chronic stress

C. episodic acute stress

D. All of the above

All of the above

116 - What are two characteristics of psychology?

A. Collection of evidence

B. Experiments are precisely described so that they can be copied or improved.

C. Following a scientific method

D. All of the above

All of the above

117 - What are two distinguishing features of a psychiatrist?

A. A psychiatrist can prescribe medication

B. A psychiatrist is a doctor

C. Psychologists are doctors

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

118 - What are two forms of memory retrieval?

A. Recall & Recognition

B. Implicit and Explicit

C. introvert and extrovert

D. none of the above

Recall & Recognition

119 - What are two methods of surveying?

A. tests and interviews

B. experiments and questionnaires

C. interviews and questionnaires

D. case studies and experiments

interviews and questionnaires

120 - What are two types of amnesia and what does each one mean?

A. Anterograde amnesia (50 first dates, people can remember past, but not new memories)

B. Retrograde amnesia (can form new memories, but forgets events in the past).

C. Anterograde amnesia (can form new memories, but forgets events in the past).

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

121 - What are ways to enhance memory?

A. Encoding, storage and retrieval

B. Context cues, mnemonic devices and improving quality of encoding

C. Rehearsal and problem solving

D. None of the above

Context cues, mnemonic devices and improving quality of encoding

122 - What are ways you can ace exams without cramming?

A. prepare for and attend class

B. overlearn

C. elaborate the material

D. all

all

123 - What are we avoiding when participants are unaware that they are in an experiment.

A. participant bias

B. demand characteristics

C. observer bias

D. researcher bias

demand characteristics

124 - What are you trying to do when you make a plan to help you quit biting your nails?

A. classical conditioning

B. behavior modification

C. inhibited learning

D. latent learning

behavior modification

125 - What area of the brain is responsible for being able to speak but not understanding speech?

A. Broca's Area

B. Wernicke's Area

C. Hippocampus

D. Amygdala

Wernicke's Area

126 - What benefits to the economy can having more people working careers in psychology have?

A. More NHS workers, quicker treatments, less time off work

B. Quicker treatments available for mental health conditions

C. Less time off work for people with mental health conditions

D. All of the above

All of the above

127 - What best describe strong correlations and weak correlations when reporting data?

A. Correlations closer to 0 are strong, correlations closer to positive or negative 1 are weak.

B. All correlations are strong.

C. Correlations either positive or negative that closer to positive or negative 1 are strong, those farther away from positive or negative 1 are weak.

D. Correlations closer to positive 1 are strong, those closer to negative 1 are weak.

Correlations either positive or negative that closer to positive or negative 1 are strong, those farther away from positive or negative 1 are weak.

128 - What best describes a fixed mindset?

A. Intelligence is fluid

B. Intelligence can be changed

C. If you are bad at math, you can work on it and become better

D. If you are bad at science, you will always be bad at science

If you are bad at science, you will always be bad at science

129 - What best describes a growth mindset?

A. Intelligence is concrete

B. If your parents are bad at math, then you will be bad at it too

C. I am not good with fractions, but if I study more and practice, I can get better

D. Study habits cannot be changed

I am not good with fractions, but if I study more and practice, I can get better

130 - What best describes a mean?

A. Most frequent occurring score

B. The middle score in a set of data

C. The average of a distribution of scores

D. Used to organize data

The average of a distribution of scores

131 - What best describes hysteria?

A. Obsession and nervousness.

B. Neurological symptoms with no medical basis.

C. Severe sadness.

D. Hallucinations and delusions.

Neurological symptoms with no medical basis.

132 - What best describes iconic memory

A. first and earliest memory

B. auditory and short term

C. photographic and brief

D. visual and long-term

photographic and brief

133 - What best describes the focus on behavioral assessment?

A. Observable and current personality factors.

B. Observable and current behaviors.

C. Observable and current interests.

D. None of the above.

Observable and current behaviors.

134 - What blocks a neurotransmitters effects?

A. Glutamate

B. Thalamus

C. antagonist

D. oxytocin

antagonist

135 - What can affect Internal Validity?

A. Demand Characteristics

B. Researcher bias

C. Colour of the walls

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

136 - What can be used to help direct a person's eye towards the most important element of a web page?

A. A big pointing arrow

B. Lots of images

C. White Space

D. Multi-coloured text boxes

White Space

137 - What can cause a customer to be rude

A. bad day

B. personality

C. work

D. money

bad day

138 - What can gather information on feelings, opinions, and behaviors but is difficult to create because asking questions can be tricky?

A. Survey

B. Psychological assessment

C. Observation

D. Case Study

Survey

139 - What can help explain Phobias?

A. The interactionist Approach

B. The two process model

C. Diasthesis Stress Model

D. Systematic Desensitisation

The two process model

140 - What can occur if a person believes that a connection exists between an act and its consequences when there is no relationship between the two?

A. classical conditioning

B. shaping

C. superstitious behavior

D. none of these

superstitious behavior

141 - What can participants be given for participating in an experiment?

A. Food

B. Course credit

C. Shoes

D. Hospital su

Course credit

142 - What can people do more easily if they are flexible?

A. discovered

B. overcoming

C. especially

D. adapt

adapt

143 - What can studies of separated twins help us understand?

A. If people are truly capable of love.

B. If we have different selves.

C. If genetics is more powerful than environment.

D. If people have consciousness.

If genetics is more powerful than environment.

144 - What can you put into a bucket to make it lighter?

A. A Hole

B. choose the other one

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

A Hole

145 - What carries the sensory information from the nose to the brain?

A. Olfactory bulb

B. Olfactory nerve

C. Optic nerve

D. Thalamus

Olfactory nerve

146 - What case study can be used to support Classical conditioning in the aquisition of phobias?

A. KF

B. Little Hans

C. Little Albert

D. Henry Molineux

Little Albert

147 - What causes Parkinson's?

A. Sensory neuron death

B. Motor neurons apathy

C. Decreased acetylcholine

D. Loss of dopamine producing cells

Loss of dopamine producing cells

148 - What causes stress?

A. Anything

B. Everything

C. A Stressor

D. None of the above

A Stressor

149 - What character strength does Peter Parker use most?

A. Web slinging

B. Sticky Feet and Hands

C. Leotard power

D. Humor

Humor

150 - What characteristic do Iron Man's red and gold colors represent?

A. Humble and Funny

B. Rich and safe

C. Proud and happy

D. Strong and wealthy

Strong and wealthy

151 - What characteristic does Genie's blue color likely represent?

A. Scary

B. Loyal

C. Love

D. Joyful

Loyal

152 - What color afterimage would occur after viewing the color blue?

A. blue

B. red

C. yellow

D. green

yellow

153 - What color depicts these psychological effects - *sophisticated, mysterious, dramatic, wise, evil, and death?

A. green

B. yellow

C. red

D. black

black

154 - What color depicts these psychological effects - cool, quiet, reserved, tranquil, and formal?

A. green

B. blue

C. red

D. orange

blue

155 - What color depicts these psychological effects - fresh, peace, youth, innocence, and pure?

A. white

B. purple/violet

C. blue

D. yellow

white

156 - What color depicts these psychological effects - friendly, happy, warm, and wise?

A. green

B. purple/violet

C. blue

D. yellow

yellow

157 - What color depicts these psychological effects - power, danger, fire, strength, and passion?

A. green

B. yellow

C. red

D. black

red

158 - What color depicts these psychological effects - refreshing, friendly, cool, and peaceful?

A. green

B. blue

C. red

D. orange

green

159 - What color has the longest wavelength?

A. Black

B. Green

C. Purple

D. Red

Red

160 - What color is most closely associated with nature?

A. Purple

B. Green

C. White

D. Orange

Green

161 - What color often represents anger?

A. Orange

B. Pink

C. Blue

D. Red

Red

162 - What color often represents cheerfulness?

A. Black

B. Pink

C. Red

D. Yellow

Yellow

163 - What color often represents cold or lonely?

A. Yellow

B. Red

C. Blue

D. White

Blue

164 - What color often represents envy/jealousy?

A. Blue

B. Green

C. Black

D. Grey

Green

165 - What color often represents intellect/knowledge?

A. Blue

B. Brown

C. Black

D. Beige

Blue

166 - What color often represents royalty?

A. Black

B. Green

C. Purple

D. Blue

Purple

167 - What conclusion can we draw from Harlow's research

A. The importance of food

B. Monkeys are better at socializing when they come out the cage

C. Contact comfort is the most important factor when forming attachment

D. Contact is equally as important as food when forming an attachment

Contact comfort is the most important factor when forming attachment

168 - What conclusion was drawn from the Walster (1965) study?

A. We tend to like those who like us, especially when our self-esteem is low.

B. Those with low self-esteem rated attractiveness higher than those with high self-esteem.

C. Self-esteem of women is highly malleable, and frequently changes.

D. Those with high self-esteem rated attractiveness lower than those with low self-esteem.

We tend to like those who like us, especially when our self-esteem is low.

169 - What conclusion was made for the Stanford Prison Experiment?

A. People do conform to the social roles and their expectation of them

B. People enjoy role play but are only acting the role

C. People's dispositional factors are very influential

D. People's behavior is influenced by demand characteristics

People do conform to the social roles and their expectation of them

170 - What concrete operation involves the understanding that something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance changes? This is ability to understand that redistributing material does not affect its mass, number, volume or length.

A. Serialisation

B. Object permanence

C. Categorisation

D. Conservation

Conservation

171 - What contains the nucleus of the neuron?

A. Terminal Bouton

B. Soma

C. Dendritic spine

D. Myelin Sheath

Soma

172 - What correlation coefficient do you need for it to be considered RELIABLE?

A. 0.6+

B. 0.7+

C. 0.8+

D. 0.9+

0.8+

173 - What could we control in a competition?

A. The weather

B. Mental skills

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Mental skills

174 - What crosses the synapse?

A. Neurotransmitters

B. Myelin

C. Dendrites

D. Electrical Impulses

Neurotransmitters

175 - What crosses the synaptic cleft to pass along a chemical message to the next neuron?

A. Myelin

B. Axons

C. Neurotransmitters

D. Glial cells

Neurotransmitters

176 - What describes a positive feedback loop?

A. Factors that enhance or amplify a change

B. Body temperature regulation

C. Giving helpful criticism to a student's essay

D. Bringing something back to a stable or set point

Factors that enhance or amplify a change

177 - What describes the correct sequence of electrical activity as it passes through a single nerve cell?

A. axon, dendrite, soma, vesicle

B. soma, cell body. Dendrite, vesicle

C. soma, vesicle, dendrite, axon

D. dendrite, soma, axon, vesicle

dendrite, soma, axon, vesicle

178 - What develops in the early pre-natal stage which will become the brain and spinal cord?

A. Brain stem

B. Neural tube

C. Hippocampus

D. Pre-frontal cortex

Neural tube

179 - What devises enabled the researchers to develop several methods for systematically observing neural activities in the brain of a person suffering from a stroke or neurological disorders?

A. X-ray techniques and computers

B. CT Scan and MRI

C. MRI and PET

D. CT Scan, MRI, and PET

X-ray techniques and computers

180 - What did Asch conclude about group size?

A. Conformity kept increasing with group size

B. Conformity decreased as group size increased

C. Conformity increased with group size but only to a point

D. Increasing group size had no effect on conformity

Conformity increased with group size but only to a point

181 - What did Asch conclude about task difficulty?

A. Conformity decreased when the task became more difficult

B. Conformity increased when the task became more difficult

C. Increasing task difficulty had no effect on conformity

D. The task was too difficult for the naive participant

Conformity increased when the task became more difficult

182 - What did Asch conclude about unanimity?

A. Conformity stayed the same whether the majority was unanimous or not

B. A unanimous majority had the greatest effect on conformity

C. When a partner (fellow dissenter) disagreed with the majority, conformity increased

D. A divided majority had the greatest effect on conformity

A unanimous majority had the greatest effect on conformity

183 - What did Asch find about task difficulty?

A. Conformity decreased when the task became more difficult

B. Conformity increased when the task became more difficult

C. Increasing task difficulty had no effect on conformity

D. The task was too difficult for the naive participants

Conformity increased when the task became more difficult

184 - What did Asch find about unanimity?

A. Conformity stayed the same whether the majority was unanimous or not

B. A unanimous majority had the greatest effect on conformity

C. When a partner disagreed with the majority, conformity increased

D. A divided majority had the greatest effect on conformity

A unanimous majority had the greatest effect on conformity

185 - What did Asch find out about group size?

A. Conformity kept increasing with group size

B. Conformity decreased as group size increased

C. Conformity increased with group size but only to a point

D. Increasing group size had no effect on conformity

Conformity increased with group size but only to a point

186 - What did B.F. Skinner do to forward psychology?

A. Made animals aware they were being experimented on

B. Made animals part of their own conditioning

C. Realized food was a motivator

D. Helped break down the smaller elements of a larger whole to understand it better.

Made animals part of their own conditioning

187 - What did Baddeley's study find about coding? Select all that apply

A. LTM is coded acoustically

B. STM is coded acoustically

C. LTM is coded semantically

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

188 - What did E. C. Tolman's experiments on rats show?

A. that the Skinner box worked

B. how classical conditioning works

C. the effectiveness of negative reinforcement

D. that reinforcement is not always necessary for learning

that reinforcement is not always necessary for learning

189 - What did Ebbinghaus discover?

A. Relearning

B. Interference curve

C. State-dependent memory

D. Forgetting curve

Forgetting curve

190 - What did Gabbert et al find in their study of post-event discussion? Select all that apply

A. Control group = 0% errors

B. PED group = 71% errors

C. Control group = 30% errors

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

191 - What did Harlow record?

A. Baby monkeys' responses to fearful stimuli

B. The amount of time baby monkeys spent with two surrogate mothers

C. None of the above

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

192 - What did Ivan Pavlov study?

A. Observable behaviors

B. Mental behaviors

C. psychoanalysis

D. socio-cultural

Observable behaviors

193 - What did Jack Schwager (Author of Market Wizards) say?

A. Investing in yourself will be the best investment you make in your life

B. The simpler it is, the better i like it

C. Successful traders usually match the type of trading with their personality type.

D. Knowing yourself is more important than any particular trading strategy that you may choose

Successful traders usually match the type of trading with their personality type.

194 - What did James Watson believe?

A. that we should only study observable behavior

B. that we should only study mental processes

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

that we should only study observable behavior

195 - What did Jean Piaget study?

A. Cognitive

B. Behaviorism

C. Gestalt

D. Biological

Cognitive

196 - What did Johnson & Scott investigate with regard to eyewitness testimonies?

A. Eyewitness testimonies for natural disasters

B. The inverted-u theory

C. The weapons focus effect

D. Leading questions

The weapons focus effect

197 - What did Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark do?

A. Used their evidence for research

B. Used their evidence in brown vs board of education

C. Used evidence for the biological approach

D. Nothing

Used their evidence in brown vs board of education

198 - What did LaPiere find in his 1930's study?

A. Found no evidence of prejudice or discrimination

B. Found more prejudice than discrimination

C. Found more discrimination than prejudice

D. Found a significant amount of prejudice and discrimination

Found more discrimination than prejudice

199 - What did LaPiere's study demonstrate?

A. People aren't really prejudice

B. Behavior and attitude don't always match

C. Behavior influences attitude

D. Attitude influences behavior

Behavior and attitude don't always match

200 - What did Loftus & Palmer find in their study of misleading information?Select all that apply

A. Contacted - 32 mph

B. Smashed - 41 mph

C. Contacted - 41 mph

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

201 - What did Mary Cover Jones do that was monumental?

A. Conditioned a baby to lose its fear of rats.

B. Conditioned a baby to fear rats.

C. Reconditioned a boy to become afraid of rabbits.

D. Reconditioned a boy to lose his fear of rabbits.

Reconditioned a boy to lose his fear of rabbits.

202 - What did Milgram find out about location in his variations?

A. Obedience decreased when the study was conducted in a run-down part of town

B. The high status of Yale University made no difference to obedience

C. Most participants still obeyed when the study was moved to a run-down office building

D. Changing location had the greatest effect on obedience

Obedience decreased when the study was conducted in a run-down part of town

203 - What did Milgram find out about location?

A. Obedience decreased when the study was conducted in a run down part of town

B. The high status and reputation of Yale University made no difference to obedience

C. Most participants still obeyed when the study was moved to a run down office building

D. Changing the location had the greatest effect on obedience

Obedience decreased when the study was conducted in a run down part of town

204 - What did Milgram find out about proximity in his variations?

A. Obedience increased when the experimenter issued his instructions over the phone

B. Obedience decreased when the teacher and the learner were physically closer

C. Most participants obeyed even when they had to put the learners hand on a shock plate

D. The physical proximity of experimenter, teacher and learner had the smallest effect

Obedience decreased when the teacher and the learner were physically closer

205 - What did participants in Milgram's study believe the study was going to be about?

A. Learning and memory

B. Obedience

C. Aggression

D. Phobias

Learning and memory

206 - What did phrenologists claim to measure from the size and shape of a skull?

A. a person's fears and desires

B. tension and stress

C. whether or not a person was telling the truth

D. a person's intelligence and personality

a person's intelligence and personality

207 - What did Piaget conclude from his study?

A. Children have developed the skill of object permanence by the pre-operational stage

B. Children have developed the skill of object permanence by the concrete operational stage

C. Children have developed the skill of conservation by the pre-operational stage

D. Children have developed the skill of conservation by the concrete operational stage

Children have developed the skill of conservation by the concrete operational stage

208 - What did psychologist thought fluid in spinal cavities is animal spirits?

A. Socrates

B. Rene Descartes

C. Francis Bacon

D. John Locke

Rene Descartes

209 - What did Sigmund Freud consider as the key to understanding the nervous disorder he observed?

A. free will

B. brain physiology

C. external consequences

D. the unconscious mind

the unconscious mind

210 - What did Sigmund Freud consider to be the key to understanding people's behavior?

A. external consequences

B. brain physiology

C. free will

D. the unconscious mind

the unconscious mind

211 - What did Socrates and Plato think psychology was?

A. Mind is separable from body and especially in death and knowledge is born in us.

B. Knowledge is from experiences and is stored in memories

C. Person learns from the influences around us

D. Memories formed as experiences opened pores in the brain

Mind is separable from body and especially in death and knowledge is born in us.

212 - What did Spearman mean by a "g" factor?

A. Intelligence is purely genetic.

B. "g" is a general intelligence that underlies many abilities.

C. "g" is the important speed factor in how long it takes to solve a problem.

D. Girls' intelligence is valued above boys' intelligence.

"g" is a general intelligence that underlies many abilities.

213 - What did Spearman mean by a "g" intelligence?

A. intelligence is purely genetic

B. "g" is a general intelligence that underlies many abilities

C. "g" is the important speed factor in how long it takes to solve a problem

D. girls' intelligence is valued above boys' intelligence

"g" is a general intelligence that underlies many abilities

214 - What did the electric shock experiment show?

A. Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others.

B. Morality is more important to people than being obedient

C. Most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct.

D. Conformity can lead to obedience

Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others.

215 - What did the Elms and Milgram study find?

A. Those who went to 450v tended to score more highly on the f-scale

B. No difference on the f-scale between those who went ot 450v and those that didn't

C. Authoritarian personality could explain all obedience

D. None of the above

Those who went to 450v tended to score more highly on the f-scale

216 - What did the green light indicate?

A. The green light meant that the trial was half way through

B. The green light meant that the trial was ready to end.

C. The green light meant that the trial was ready to begin.

D. The green light meant that the trial was a fake

The green light meant that the trial was ready to begin.

217 - What did the huministic psychologists disagree with?

A. Freudian & Behavioral

B. Behavioral & cognative

C. cognative & social cultural

D. freudian & evolutionary

Freudian & Behavioral

218 - What did the line comparison experiment show?

A. Ordinary people will often obey authority, even if it means taking a life

B. Morality is more important to people than being obedient

C. Most people would rather feel socially accepted than to be correct about something

D. Conforming to the group will increase the likelihood of obedience later

Most people would rather feel socially accepted than to be correct about something

219 - What did the Milwaukee Infant Education Center conclude?

A. Children's IQ scores rise when a child's early environment is enriched.

B. Children are more likely to lie on standardized tests.

C. Children who see menacing things in inkblots might need therapy.

D. Children are unlikely to be able to increase their intelligence until they are adults.

Children's IQ scores rise when a child's early environment is enriched.

220 - What did the monkeys do when they were frightened by a loud noise

A. Hide in the corner of the cage

B. Shriek at the noise

C. Run to the cloth mother

D. Run to the wire mother

Run to the cloth mother

221 - What did we learn from Rosenthal and Jacobson's "Pygmalion" study?

A. People tend to do better when more is expected of them.

B. People tend to do worse when more is expected of them.

C. People's expectations have no effect on on other people's behavior.

D. Baby Yoda is over-rated.

People tend to do better when more is expected of them.

222 - What did Wilhelm Wundt call the procedure he followed? (analyzing own mental process)

A. insight

B. introspection

C. observation

D. free association

introspection

223 - What disorder exhibits a pattern of disregarding others and not following social norms?

A. Personality Disorder

B. Antisocial Personality Disorder

C. Anxiety Disorder

D. Borderline Personality Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder

224 - What do conflicting groups need to do to get rid of prejudice according to Realistic Conflict Theory?

A. Have contrasting goals

B. Have superordinate goals

C. Allocate team names

D. Understand that the other group are real people too

Have superordinate goals

225 - What do context cues do?

A. Help memories move from STM to LTM

B. Help yourself remember an event by putting yourself back in the concept in which it took place

C. Help to correctly identify or select previously learned information from a set of alternatives

D. None of the above

Help yourself remember an event by putting yourself back in the concept in which it took place

226 - What do Counseling Psychologists help people with?

A. Challenges

B. Their marriages

C. Both

D. None of the above

Both

227 - What do Dendrites do?

A. Intakes information from other neurons

B. Produces fatty tissue for the Myelin Sheath

C. Sends information to the next cell

D. Controls the speed of electrical signal through the axon

Intakes information from other neurons

228 - What do educational psychologists do?

A. They research the learning environment and social environment and which are most conducive to helping individuals learn.

B. They study teachers and students and advise teachers on how to best teach.

C. They work in schools as school counselors and help students choose classes and work through any problems associated with school.

D. None of the above

They research the learning environment and social environment and which are most conducive to helping individuals learn.

229 - What do Ethical Implications refer to?

A. refer to whether or not there are laws governing a specific activity.

B. refer to principles set forth by ethical standards governing a particular profession.

C. refer to individual counselor's own value system

D. None of the above

refer to principles set forth by ethical standards governing a particular profession.

230 - What do magicians do?

A. Misdirection

B. Selective inattention

C. Inattentional blindness

D. None of the above

Inattentional blindness

231 - What do most psychologists do for a living?

A. Prescribe medication

B. Work with schools

C. Perform experiments

D. Practice therapy

Practice therapy

232 - What do nervous system & endocrine system have in common?

A. both use adrenaline to function

B. neither includes any body organs

C. both regulate skeletal growth

D. both are communication systems

both are communication systems

233 - What do people high on Fluid Intelligence have?

A. more intelligence

B. greater density of neural cell bodies in the frontal lobes, the area of the brain that regulates working memory

C. greater speed of mental processing, working memory,

D. intelligence that reflects both the ability to acquire new information and to use it

greater density of neural cell bodies in the frontal lobes, the area of the brain that regulates working memory

234 - What do personality psychologists "investigate"?

A. How we view and effect one another

B. How we percieve, think, and solve problems

C. How we view and affect one another

D. Our persistant traits

Our persistant traits

235 - What do Psychologist do?

A. Practice

B. Research

C. Teaching

D. All of the above

All of the above

236 - What do psychologists have to obtain from participants before they can start an experiment?

A. Money

B. Time

C. Consent

D. Information

Consent

237 - What do school psychologists do?

A. They work with school districts, helping them plan their classes and instructional methods.

B. They test students who may have a learning disability in help them get the support they need to learn better.

C. They help students with psychological disorders and other behavioral issues.

D. None of the above

They test students who may have a learning disability in help them get the support they need to learn better.

238 - What do scientists need in order to support a theory?

A. behavior

B. evidence

C. claim

D. opinion

evidence

239 - What do surveys, case studies, twin studies and observational share in common?

A. They all provide evidence of cause and effect relationships

B. They show correlational relationships (not cause and effect)

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

They show correlational relationships (not cause and effect)

240 - What do the endocrine and nervous systems have in common?

A. Both use electrical signals

B. The endocrine system and nervous system work at the same speed

C. Both use chemical signals

D. Both use chemical AND electrical signals

Both use chemical signals

241 - What do the Wechsler intelligence scales measure?

A. nonverbal ability

B. verbal ability

C. neither verbal nor nonverbal ability

D. both a and b

both a and b

242 - What do we call "extra" variables that are out of our control?

A. Independent

B. Dependent

C. Controlled

D. Extraneous

Extraneous

243 - What do we call a font that does not have small lines attached to the end and are used by technology companies?

A. Sans-serif

B. Sans-sherif

C. Serif

D. Sherif

Sans-serif

244 - What do we call a font that has small lines attached to the end which are often used in newspapers

A. Sans-serif

B. Sans-sherif

C. Serif

D. Sherif

Serif

245 - What do we call a mental predisposition that influences our interpretation of a stimulus?

A. A context effect

B. Perceptual set

C. Extrasensory perception

D. bottom-up processing

Perceptual set

246 - What do we call drilling a hole in the skull to release evil spirits?

A. Phrenology

B. Lobotomy

C. Trephination

D. Philosophy

Trephination

247 - What do we call experiments in which neither the participants nor the scientists know who is in the control group?

A. Control

B. Blind experiments

C. Variable

D. Double Blind experiment

Double Blind experiment

248 - What do we call the change in the nervous system that involves the storage of memories?

A. reconsolidation

B. consolidation

C. epigenetic of memory

D. long term memory

consolidation

249 - What do we call the conversion of stimulus energies, like sights and sounds into neural impulses?

A. Transduction

B. Priming

C. Weber'sLaw

D. Signal Detection Theory

Transduction

250 - What do we call the point at which humans detect a sensory input half of the time it is present?

A. absolute threshold

B. difference threshold

C. sensory adaptation

D. paying attention

absolute threshold

251 - What do we call the smallest distinctive sound units in language?

A. Morphemes

B. Phonemes

C. Thoughts

D. Grammar

Phonemes

252 - What do we call the tendency to exaggerate the correctness or accuracy of our beliefs and predictions prior to testing?

A. Hindsight Bias

B. Overconfidence

C. Critical Thinking

D. Reliability

Overconfidence

253 - What do we call the transparent protective layer that light passes through as it enters the eye?

A. pupil

B. lens

C. iris

D. cornea

cornea

254 - What do we call variables that we do not change during an experiment?

A. Independent

B. Dependent

C. Controlled

D. Extraneous

Controlled

255 - What do we conclude about Role playing from Zimbardo's prison Experiment?

A. Our roles influence our behaviors and attitudes.

B. Our roles have no influence on our behaviors and attitudes.

C. None of these statements are true.

D. None of the above

Our roles influence our behaviors and attitudes.

256 - What do we mean by the mind?

A. Thought processes created by the brain.

B. Experiences and mental processes.

C. The experiences or mental processes that occur within an individual which can't be directly observed.

D. The experiences or mental processes that occur within an individual which can be observed.

The experiences or mental processes that occur within an individual which can't be directly observed.

257 - What do we use to diagnosis and classify disorders?

A. Trained professionals (psychologist and counselors) do it

B. The DSM-5

C. Research Papers

D. Intuition

The DSM-5

258 - What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

A. Pick your favorite number

B. Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.

C. They are both the median

D. None of the above

Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.

259 - What do you mean by aggression?

A. Destructive behaviour.

B. Positive Attitude

C. Extrovert Personality

D. Agreeableness

Destructive behaviour.

260 - What do you mean by Conscientiousness?

A. Self discipline

B. Cooperative

C. Helpful Nature

D. Trust others

Self discipline

261 - What does "mean" mean?

A. average

B. middle

C. repeats the most

D. variation

average

262 - What does a clinical psychologist aim to reduce?

A. Psychological distress

B. diabetes

C. physical appearance

D. mind issues

Psychological distress

263 - What does a longitudinal design involve?

A. repeated measures of the same participants during a period of time

B. measures comparing participants of different ages

C. repeated measures of participants of different genders

D. measures comparing participants of the same age

repeated measures of the same participants during a period of time

264 - What does ADHD stand for?

A. Aggressive diagnosis hyperactivity disorder

B. Aversion dependent hyperactivity disorder

C. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

D. Aggressive discriminatory hyperactivity disorder

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

265 - What does affluent mean?

A. poor

B. rich

C. extremely happy

D. None of the above

rich

266 - What does AMID stand for

A. Attention, memory, intention detention

B. Attention, memory, imitation, desire

C. Ask, memory, imitate, develop

D. Association, memory, imitation, desire

Attention, memory, imitation, desire

267 - What does authority mean?

A. the moral or legal right or ability to control

B. financial success

C. the ability to face dangerous situations without being afraid

D. the quality of not having much experience of life

the moral or legal right or ability to control

268 - What does Broca's area do?

A. Processing language understanding.

B. Allows production of speech.

C. Makes associations between a place and name.

D. Makes associations between a name and a face.

Allows production of speech.

269 - What does cognitive mean?

A. refers to thinking, conscious and mental processes

B. being aware of your surroundings

C. being able to take in information from your environment (e.g. sight)

D. studying the brain and human behaviour

refers to thinking, conscious and mental processes

270 - What does cognitive thinking focus on?

A. thoughts and decisions

B. biological structures

C. rewards and punishments

D. natural selection

thoughts and decisions

271 - what does enthusiasm mean?

A. interest

B. hatred

C. ugly

D. None of the above

interest

272 - What does Epigenetics offer?

A. cognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast processing of information about people based on their membership in certain groups; reinforced by schemas

B. an index of intelligence computed by dividing a child's estimated mental age by the child's chronological age, then multiplying this number by 100

C. an explanation for how intelligence may develop, by describing how environmental influences such as enrichment and education can permit gene expression to increase synaptic connections and brain efficiency to increase intelligence

D. the ability to use knowledge to reason, make decisions, make sense of events, solve problems, understand complex ideas, learn quickly, and adapt to environmental challenges

an explanation for how intelligence may develop, by describing how environmental influences such as enrichment and education can permit gene expression to increase synaptic connections and brain efficiency to increase intelligence

273 - What does EQ stand for?

A. Emotional Question

B. Emotional Quotient

C. Emotional Queen

D. Emotional Quantification

Emotional Quotient

274 - What does ESB stand for?

A. Early Studies of the Brain

B. Electrical Stimulation of the Body

C. Electrical Stimulation of the Brain

D. Early Studies of the Body

Electrical Stimulation of the Brain

275 - What does Fernando LANZER believes about cultural differences?

A. We don't need to understand values behind cultures, we only have to understand that people do things differently.

B. if we can understand values behind culture, we can understand people better and accept them for who they are, for what they stand for.....

C. It is not because we understand other people's culture that we will manage to accept what they stand for.

D. None of the above

if we can understand values behind culture, we can understand people better and accept them for who they are, for what they stand for.....

276 - What does humanism focus on?

A. Behavior in terms of conditioning

B. Mental activities associated with thinking

C. Behavior related to the traits that have been passed down

D. Human behavior through the eyes of the observer and person, growth and potential

Human behavior through the eyes of the observer and person, growth and potential

277 - What does IACUC stand for?

A. Invision Animals Caring for Us Committee

B. Inside And Carpet Use Company

C. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

D. Intervention Always Could Use Consistancy

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

278 - what does industrial-organizational psychology focus on?

A. Group behavior

B. Individual behavior

C. Organizational behavior

D. All of the above

All of the above

279 - What does innate mean?

A. inherited from parents

B. learned from the enviornment

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

inherited from parents

280 - What does it mean that I/O psychologists follow the "Scientist-Practitioner" model?

A. They conduct basic research in an attempt to solve applied problems.

B. They conduct applied research in an attempt to solve basic problems.

C. They are applied psychologists conducting applied research.

D. They are only concerned with conducting basic research.

They conduct basic research in an attempt to solve applied problems.

281 - What does it mean to draw conclusions?

A. make a guess

B. test a theory to see if it is true

C. try something new

D. use data to make an assumption/theory

use data to make an assumption/theory

282 - What does it mean to generalize results?

A. to let the General make decisions about the results

B. to reinforce stereotypes

C. to create a trope

D. to apply findings based on a sample to a larger group

to apply findings based on a sample to a larger group

283 - What does it mean to say that a type 1 error has been made?

A. The null hypothesis has been wrongly rejected

B. The researcher says their data is ordinal level when actually it is nominal level

C. The alternative hypothesis has been wrongly rejected

D. The researcher says their data is nominal level when actually it is ordinal level

The null hypothesis has been wrongly rejected

284 - What does it mean to self-actualize?

A. to find love

B. to have security

C. to reach one's full potential

D. to meet the basic need (optional)

to reach one's full potential

285 - What does 'Learning' mean?

A. The process of gaining knowledge

B. The length of time a person, animal or thing lives

C. One of the 5 senses

D. None of the above

The process of gaining knowledge

286 - What does 'Lifespan' mean?

A. The ability to remember information

B. The length of time a human, animal or thing lives for

C. The nervous system

D. None of the above

The length of time a human, animal or thing lives for

287 - what does little albert transferring his fear of rats to fear of rabbits exemplify?

A. discrimination

B. generalization

C. acquisition

D. pairing

generalization

288 - What does not support color vision or seeing fine detail but does respond well at low levels of light?

A. Rods

B. Cones

C. Optic chaism

D. Fovea

Rods

289 - What does one do when they make an error in attribution.

A. They have made a mistake in explaining how a person has behaved.

B. They have made a mistake when ascribing specific characteristics to an individual.

C. They have made a mistake when ascribing specific behaviours to and individual.

D. They have made a mistake in explaining why a person has behaved the way they have.

They have made a mistake in explaining why a person has behaved the way they have.

290 - what does operant conditioning deal with

A. US, UCR, CS, CR

B. modeling and vicarious learning

C. learned helplessness

D. reinforcement and punishment

reinforcement and punishment

291 - What does P.I.L.E.S stand for in terms of types of development?

A. Physical, Intellectual, Longitudinal, Educational, Social

B. Plasticity, Intelligence, Language, Emotional, Symbolism

C. Physical, Intellectual, Language, Emotional, Social

D. Protection, Individual, Logical, Equilibrium, Stability

Physical, Intellectual, Language, Emotional, Social

292 - What does PEN stand for?

A. practice, effort, now

B. personality, ethics, nationalism

C. psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism

D. perfection, every, noon

psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism

293 - What does PERMA stand for?

A. Positive Emotions, Empathy, Relationships, Meaning, Actualisation

B. Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Authenticity

C. Positive Emotions, Energy, Relationships, Mental Health, Achievement

D. Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement

Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement

294 - What does Piaget ignore in his theory of cognitive development?

A. The role of teachers

B. The role of assimilation

C. The role of accommodation

D. The role of the environment

The role of teachers

295 - What does Psychology mean?

A. The study of your feet

B. The removal of your mind

C. The study of the mind

D. the removal of your feet

The study of the mind

296 - What does red in the Indian ceremonial clothing signifies?

A. Laughter

B. Mourning

C. New beginnings

D. Self Expressions

New beginnings

297 - What does SMART stand for?

A. Specific, Measurable, Realistic, Attainable, Time Bound

B. Specific, Measureable, Realistic, Achieveable, Time Bound

C. Specific, Maintainable, Realistic, Achieveable, Time Bound

D. Specific, Measureable, Relateable, Achieveable, Time Bound

Specific, Measureable, Realistic, Achieveable, Time Bound

298 - What does sorrow mean?

A. a feeling of great sadness

B. the ability to make good decisions based on experience

C. the ability to face dangerous situations without being afraid

D. information and facts that a person has

a feeling of great sadness

299 - what does stability mean?

A. the state of being stable

B. the state of being poor

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

the state of being stable

300 - What does synapse formation during learning involve?

A. Circuit pruning

B. Priming

C. The process of myelination

D. Development of neural pathways

Development of neural pathways

301 - What does Systematic Desensitisation involve?

A. Fear hierarchy

B. Reciprocal inhibition

C. Relaxation training

D. All of the above

All of the above

302 - What does systematic mean?

A. conducted in a nonconsistent and methodological way

B. conducted in a consistent and methodological way

C. conducted in a consistent and unorganized way

D. None of the above

conducted in a consistent and methodological way

303 - What does the absolute threshold refer to?

A. the lowest intensity of stimulus energy that can be detected 50% of the time

B. the greatest intensity of stimulus energy that can be detected

C. the lowest intensity of stimulus energy that can be detected

D. the lowest intensity of stimulus energy that can be detected 100% of the time

the lowest intensity of stimulus energy that can be detected 50% of the time

304 - What does the amygdala do?

A. Controls emotion

B. Makes you speak and think

C. Makes decisions

D. Stores information

Controls emotion

305 - What does the APA ethical principles say about the use of deception in research

A. Deception may never be used

B. As long as no participants are harmed, deception can be used whenever the researcher wishes

C. Participants must be full informed about any deception before the research begins

D. Deception should be used only if no better alternative is available

Deception should be used only if no better alternative is available

306 - What does the blue colour usually represent?

A. loyalty

B. trust

C. evil

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

307 - What does the color BLUE symbolize?

A. Happiness

B. Growth

C. Trust

D. Mystery

Trust

308 - What does the distribution of IQ scores on a graph look like?

A. a downward slope

B. a bell curve

C. an S-curve

D. an upward slope

a bell curve

309 - What does the 'E' stand for in Eysencks theory

A. Energy

B. Empathy

C. Extraversion

D. Emotion

Extraversion

310 - What does the I stand for in I/O Psychology?

A. industrial

B. innovative

C. imperial

D. ideological

industrial

311 - What does the nervous system do?

A. Pumps blood from your heart to your body

B. Carries messages back and forth between your brand and the rest of your body

C. Breaks up food

D. Secrete hormones.

Carries messages back and forth between your brand and the rest of your body

312 - What does the original word "meditate" mean?

A. Love with affection

B. Hope

C. Pray

D. Think deeply

Think deeply

313 - What does the parasympathetic nervous system do?

A. Helps recognize stress

B. Handle information processing functions

C. provide nutritional benefits

D. Calms the body

Calms the body

314 - What does the Prefrontal Cortex do?

A. speak and think

B. controls emotion

C. coordinates movement and balance

D. makes decisions

makes decisions

315 - What does the Psychodynamic perspective focus on?

A. Structuralism

B. How the brain works

C. Unconscious mind and its influence over conscious behavior

D. Behavior

Unconscious mind and its influence over conscious behavior

316 - What does the term "ethics" mean in psychology?

A. correct rules of conduct necessary when carrying out research

B. experiments

C. opportunity sampling

D. publishing research findings

correct rules of conduct necessary when carrying out research

317 - What does the term introspection mean?

A. The examination of one's own unconscious thoughts and feelings.

B. The examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings.

C. The examination of someone else's conscious thoughts and feelings.

D. None of the above

The examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings.

318 - What does the terminal button do?

A. Recieve information and orient it toward the neurons cell body

B. An impulse triggers the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic gap

C. They lie between the axon of one neuron and the dendrites or cell body of another neuron

D. They describe the brief wave of positive electrical charge that sweeps down the axon

An impulse triggers the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic gap

319 - What does the two-process model explain?

A. Acquisition of Phobias

B. Maintenance of Phobias

C. Phobias are Biologically determined

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

320 - What does the youngest child receive all from the parents?

A. Drives

B. All requirements

C. Affection

D. Attention

Attention

321 - What does this colour represent?

A. irritation

B. optimism

C. loyalty

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

322 - What does this graph represent?

A. Murdock's serial position curve

B. Murdock's multi-store curve

C. Murdock's processing position curve

D. Murdock's questioning curve

Murdock's serial position curve

323 - What does this image best represent?

A. Empirical evidence

B. Psychology

C. Peer review

D. Subjective knowledge

Peer review

324 - What does this image represent?

A. Maslow's pyramid of human needs

B. Maslow's pyramid of resources

C. Maslow's pyramid of horrors

D. Maslow's pyramid of motivation

Maslow's pyramid of human needs

325 - What does this picture show?

A. similarity

B. closure

C. figure ground

D. Connectedness

figure ground

326 - What does this symbol mean? $\mu$

A. Sum of scores

B. Amount in population

C. Population Mean

D. Amount in sample

Population Mean

327 - What does this symbol mean? n

A. Sum of scores

B. Amount in population

C. Population Mean

D. Amount in sample

Amount in sample

328 - What does using 'counterbalancing' in an experiment help to prevent?

A. Order effect

B. Participant variables

C. Demand characteristics

D. Bias

Order effect

329 - What early perspective did not care about the "parts" of the mind but rather how the mind adapts to what we need to survive?

A. introspection

B. structuralism

C. functionalism

D. empiricism

functionalism

330 - What early school of psychology focuses on the function of the mind?

A. Humanistic Psychology

B. Social Learning Theory

C. Inheritable traits

D. Functionalism

Functionalism

331 - What effect does adrenaline have on human body?

A. constriction of the pupils

B. increased rate of digestion

C. accelerated heart beat

D. increased hormone production

accelerated heart beat

332 - What ensures that a test really measures what it should: an intelligence test actually measures intelligence and not reading comprehension or other skills.

A. validity

B. reliability

C. standardization

D. objectivity

validity

333 - What ethical principle states that all data must be kept anonymous.

A. informed consent

B. confidentiality

C. withdrawal

D. None of the above

confidentiality

334 - What evidence can you use to support the WMM? (2)

A. Case study: KF

B. Dual task experiments

C. Case study: HM

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

335 - What exactly is the ..... of television on children?

A. prevention

B. influence

C. assessment

D. experimenting

influence

336 - What experiment is Albert Bandera most famous for?

A. Boo bear

B. Bobo doll

C. Teddy bear

D. Boohoo

Bobo doll

337 - What Experiment is Bandura famous for?

A. Bobo Doll Experiment

B. Little Albert Experiment

C. Learned Helplessness Experiments

D. Robbers Cave Experiment

Bobo Doll Experiment

338 - What experimental design is applied when children with similar aggression levels are put in different conditions.

A. independent measures

B. repeated measures

C. matched pairs

D. participant measures

matched pairs

339 - What experimental evidence is used to support the WMM?

A. Case Studies

B. Dual task experiments

C. Neuroimaging

D. All of the above

All of the above

340 - What factor can lead to a reduction in obedience?

A. An ordinary man and not a legitimate authority.

B. Receiving instructions over the phone

C. A high status location

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

341 - What factor, more than others, often leads to a decrease in stereotypes?

A. good friends

B. good teachers

C. less experience

D. more experience

more experience

342 - What factors have fueled the growing field of health psychology?

A. Expanding the field of healthcare.

B. Increase in the chronic and lifestyle related diseases.

C. None of the above

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

343 - What factors may lead to someone forming a perceptual set or expectancy?

A. context, motivation, emotional state

B. internal factor like motivation and emotional state

C. situations, feelings, behaviours

D. context, motivation, emotional state, past experience, culture

context, motivation, emotional state, past experience, culture

344 - What features of each memory store do you need to study according to the course guide?

A. Coding, capacity and duration

B. episodic, semantic, procedural

C. leading questions and post-event discussion; anxiety

D. coding and duration

Coding, capacity and duration

345 - What form of psychology developed in the 1960s and 1970s and helped place individual behavior in the context of groups and cultures?

A. Behaviorism

B. Social

C. Psychoanalysis

D. Structuralism

Social

346 - What form of psychology emphasized the study of observable behaviors and the process of learning?

A. Functionalism

B. Structuralism

C. Social

D. Behaviorism

Behaviorism

347 - What fraction of the children are at least four years old?

A. 44829

B. 44628

C. 44564

D. 44567

44628

348 - what Gestalt rule makes these black shapes look like a panda with no connecting lines?

A. Proximity

B. continuity

C. closure

D. similarity

closure

349 - What gets wet as it dries?

A. A towel

B. choose the other one

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

A towel

350 - What goal do all psychologists have in common?

A. to conduct research

B. to solve social issues

C. to work in clinics

D. to help people

to help people

351 - WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR MIND WHILE PERFORMING A TASK IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT?

A. STRUCTURALISM

B. FUNCTIONALISM

C. BEHAVIORISM

D. HUMANISM

STRUCTURALISM

352 - What group is the critical part of the experiment performed on?

A. Control

B. Study

C. Dependent

D. Experimental

Experimental

353 - What happened at 300 volts in Milgram's experiment?

A. The learner refused to continue and left the room

B. The teacher refused to continue and left the room

C. The learner started to bang on the wall

D. The experimenter ended the experiment

The learner started to bang on the wall

354 - What happens during paradoxical sleep otherwise known as REM?

A. The brain is still active but the body can't move

B. Both brain and body shows increased activity

C. It is a restorative sleep

D. Both brain and body shows decrease in activity

The brain is still active but the body can't move

355 - What happens in the tympanic membrane?

A. Sound waves are converted to vibrations.

B. Sound waves make the tiny hairs in your ear move

C. Carries the message to the brain

D. None of the above

Sound waves are converted to vibrations.

356 - What happens to forgetting when understanding of the subject matter develops?

A. Decrease

B. No change happens

C. Increase

D. Fluctuate

Decrease

357 - What happens to information in sensory memory that we DO NOT attend to?

A. It is transferred to STM

B. It remains in sensory memory

C. It is lost

D. It is transferred back to sensory memory.

It is lost

358 - What happens to information in your brain after it has been encoded?

A. It goes through the storage process.

B. It is ready for retrieval

C. It gets divided into schemas.

D. It is screened for interference

It goes through the storage process.

359 - What happens to the corpus callosum during adolescence?

A. It thickens and there is an increase in connections between the two hemispheres.

B. It thins out as more synapses are pruned.

C. It becomes more active.

D. It thickens and there is an increase in connections between the brain and the peripheral nervous system.

It thickens and there is an increase in connections between the two hemispheres.

360 - what has been the outcome for children with low amygdala functioning, after participation in intervention programs with targeted children focusing on nutrition, exercise and cognitive skills?

A. the brain functioning had improved and their was a reduction in criminal activity

B. intervention had no effect

C. they learned to change behaviour despite still having low brain functioning

D. the brain functioning improved but there was still high criminal behaviour

the brain functioning had improved and their was a reduction in criminal activity

361 - What has direct control over the function of the pituitary gland?

A. pons

B. cerebral cortex

C. hypothalamus

D. midbrain

hypothalamus

362 - What helps a child's language development by hearing words in different contexts?

A. allowing a child to play with a cell phone

B. reading to a child

C. playing with other children

D. ignoring the child when he/she cries

reading to a child

363 - What helps a lot with change? Answer: A ..... attitude

A. merely

B. focused

C. successful

D. positive

positive

364 - What helps detect black, white, and gray. Necessary for twilight vision?

A. pupil

B. cones

C. fovea

D. rods

rods

365 - What helps information get to the brain?

A. sensory organs

B. sensory receptors

C. transduction

D. All of the above

All of the above

366 - What if you have two numbers for the median?

A. use both for median

B. add the two numbers, then divide them by 2 to find the true median

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

add the two numbers, then divide them by 2 to find the true median

367 - What if you miss a test due to UNexcused absence, or if an assignment is LATE?

A. You may not make up the assessment

B. You receive a 10% reduction in the grade of the assessment

C. You receive a 50% reduction in the grade of the assessment

D. You may receive full credit for the assessment

You receive a 10% reduction in the grade of the assessment

368 - What impact did the classes about growth mindset have on students in Blackwell's second study?

A. Better achievement

B. Better progress

C. Worse achievement

D. Worse progress

Better progress

369 - What in internal validity?

A. Internal validity refers to whether the effects observed in a study can be replicated after the study

B. Internal validity refers to whether the effects observed in a study are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and not some other factor

C. Internal validity refers to whether the effects observed in a study are due to manipulating the dependent variable.

D. Internal validity refers to whether the effects observed will be replicated

Internal validity refers to whether the effects observed in a study are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and not some other factor

370 - What increases behaviors by presenting positive stimuli, such as food? This is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response.

A. Positive reinforcement

B. Negative reinforcement

C. Positive punishment

D. Negative punishment

Positive reinforcement

371 - What influences on human behavior does behavioral neuroscience focus on?

A. physiology

B. chemistry

C. biology

D. geology

biology

372 - What insluates the neuron and helps the impulse travel faster?

A. Dendrites

B. Axon

C. Myelin Sheath

D. Nucleus

Myelin Sheath

373 - What invention helped teach rats how to release treats

A. Piaget Box

B. Mouse Trap

C. Skinner Box

D. Bruner Box

Skinner Box

374 - What is "applied research"?

A. Research a psychologist does on their patients to help them.

B. Research a psychologist does to find a reason for person's behavior.

C. Research a psychologist does to find solutions to a person's problems.

D. All of the above.

Research a psychologist does to find solutions to a person's problems.

375 - What is "behaviorism"?

A. A psychologist that helps people improve their behavior.

B. An area of psychology that focuses on the relationship between a stimuli and the way a person responds to that behavior.

C. An area of psychology that works with the criminal justice system to help criminals behave better.

D. None of the above

An area of psychology that focuses on the relationship between a stimuli and the way a person responds to that behavior.

376 - What is "conditioning?"

A. Letting a patient express themselves while a professional listens and pieces their responses together

B. When a response becomes more frequent due to manipulating the environment

C. Looking at individual sections of a larger whole and piecing them together

D. Watching observable and measurable behavior to come to a conclusion

When a response becomes more frequent due to manipulating the environment

377 - What is "homeostasis"?

A. The body's ability to react to a stimuli.

B. The body's ability to keep everything inside it in balance.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

The body's ability to keep everything inside it in balance.

378 - What is "pure research"?

A. Research a psychologist does on their patients to help them.

B. Research a psychologist does to find a reason for person's behavior.

C. Research a psychologist does to find solutions to a person's problems.

D. All of the above.

Research a psychologist does to find a reason for person's behavior.

379 - What is "socially desirable responding?"

A. When the experimenter answers for the participant

B. When a participant answers honestly

C. When a participant answers how they think they should

D. When the answers are obvious

When a participant answers how they think they should

380 - What is "stimuli"?

A. A major organ in the brain that is a part of the nervous system.

B. What your body does to a change or a signal.

C. A change or a signal your body receives.

D. None of the above

A change or a signal your body receives.

381 - What is "the approach to Psychology that focuses on how bodily events affect behavior, feelings, and thoughts?"

A. Evolutionary Perspective

B. Biological Perspective

C. Cognitive Perspective

D. Humanistic Perspective

Biological Perspective

382 - What is "The study that links bumps on the skull to character traits?"

A. Phrenology

B. Pseudo-Psych

C. Neuroscience

D. Brain Mapping

Phrenology

383 - What is (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables?

A. Independent Variable

B. Dependent Variable

C. Statistical significance

D. Confounding Variable

Independent Variable

384 - What is 0.37 as a percentage?

A. 0.0037

B. 3.7

C. 37

D. 370

385 - What is 4/5 as a percentage?

A. 60

B. 70

C. 80

D. 90

386 - What is 48.4567 to 3 significant figures?

A. 48.4

B. 48.5

C. 48.45

D. 48.456

48.5

387 - What is a basic definition of I/O Psychology?

A. the application of psychology to the workplace

B. the study of cognition

C. the application of psychology to school environments

D. the study of biological processes related to psychology

the application of psychology to the workplace

388 - What is a better correlation coefficient?1.0 or 0.1

A. 1

B. 0.1

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

389 - What is a better Correlation Coefficient-0.8 or 0.4

A. -0.8

B. 0.4

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

-0.8

390 - What is a biological rhythm that occurs once every 24 hours?

A. circadian

B. ultradian

C. infradian

D. None of the above

circadian

391 - What is a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data?

A. Algebra

B. Calculus

C. Statistics

D. Geometry

Statistics

392 - What is a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study?

A. Hypothesis

B. Theory

C. Operational definition

D. Case study

Operational definition

393 - What is a case study?

A. when someone is surveyed

B. when a group of people are studied in great detail

C. one individual is studied in great detail

D. when someone is naturally observed

one individual is studied in great detail

394 - What is a characteristic of a self-actualized person?

A. Has a few close friends

B. Not creative

C. Enjoys put down jokes

D. Does not believe in freedom and equality

Has a few close friends

395 - What is a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score?

A. statistical significance

B. normal curve

C. standard deviation,

D. range

standard deviation,

396 - What is a Concept?

A. a category, or class, of related items; it consists of mental representations of those items

B. the mental activity that includes thinking and the understandings that result from thinking

C. the mental manipulation of representations of knowledge about the world

D. abstract representations that do not correspond to the physical features of objects or ideas; ie. words

a category, or class, of related items; it consists of mental representations of those items

397 - What is a consequence of a behavior that increases the likelihood of that behavior in the future?

A. Positive punishment

B. Negative punishment

C. Reinforcement

D. Social learning

Reinforcement

398 - What is a continuing function of heredity after birth?

A. transduction

B. maturation

C. learning

D. habituation

maturation

399 - What is a criticism of the systems model of intelligence?

A. It is too broad and difficult to measure.

B. It is too narrow and excludes some forms of intelligence.

C. Some of the intelligences included overlap with each other.

D. both a and c

both a and c

400 - What is a difference between eustress and distress?

A. Eustress is fun, where as distress is lit.

B. Eustress is a positive form of stress that motivates the individual. where as distress is useful stress

C. In Eustress the person believes they have the ability to cope, where as Distress the person does not believe they have the ability to cope.

D. They both cause the sympathetic nervous system to activate.

In Eustress the person believes they have the ability to cope, where as Distress the person does not believe they have the ability to cope.

401 - What is a difference between obedience and conformity?

A. In conformity, there is a perceived difference in status between the one who conforms and the group.

B. In obedience, there is a difference in status between the one who obeys and the one who makes the request.

C. Conformity requires strict adherence to the rules, whereas obedience does not.

D. Obedience is an indirect request, whereas conformity is a direct request.

In obedience, there is a difference in status between the one who obeys and the one who makes the request.

402 - What is a double blind procedure?

A. Participants don't know which group they're in

B. Researchers don't know which group the participants are in

C. Neither participants nor researcher knows who is in which group

D. Both researcher and participants know who is in each group

Neither participants nor researcher knows who is in which group

403 - What is a factor that can change in an experiment?

A. Claim

B. Variable

C. Scientific Inquiry

D. Hypothesis

Variable

404 - What is a feature of a normal distribution curve?

A. The results for both co-variables are represented through crosses

B. It is the square root of the variance

C. No category is omitted even if it is empty

D. The mean, median and mode are all at the mid-point

The mean, median and mode are all at the mid-point

405 - What is a feature of a positively skewed distribution curve?

A. There are more males than females in a sample

B. There are more females than males in a sample

C. The mode is lower than the mean

D. The mode is higher than the mean

The mode is lower than the mean

406 - What is a 'genetic epistemologist' interested in?

A. the role of genes in knowledge

B. the origins of disease and how it spreads

C. the origins of knowledge

D. the role of genes in disease and how it spreads

the origins of knowledge

407 - What is a genotype?

A. Is a person's genetic heritage

B. Characteristics in any organism

C. Is the individual's physical characteristics

D. Interactions across the nervous system

Is a person's genetic heritage

408 - What is a good candidate in contest culture?

A. Somebody who has a detailed CV, who shows loyalty, and indicates who he/she knows (network).

B. Somebody who has a glowing CV, is confident in the interview, assertive and shows a can-do attitude.

C. Somebody who has a glowing CV, is respectful in the interview, and explains the errors made in his/her career.

D. None of the above

Somebody who has a glowing CV, is confident in the interview, assertive and shows a can-do attitude.

409 - What is a good candidate in pyramid culture?

A. Somebody who has a detailed CV, who shows loyalty, and indicates who he/she knows (network).

B. Somebody who has a glowing CV, is confident in the interview, assertive and shows a can-do attitude.

C. Somebody who has an original CV, is confident, and indicates who he/she knows.

D. None of the above

Somebody who has a detailed CV, who shows loyalty, and indicates who he/she knows (network).

410 - What is a good way to test color contrast?

A. Turn the colors black and white.

B. Turn up the bright.

C. Turn up contrast.

D. Turn them into grayscale.

Turn them into grayscale.

411 - What is a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables?

A. Correlation Coefficient

B. Illusory Correlation

C. Scatterplot

D. Double-blind procedure

Scatterplot

412 - What is a hat trick?

A. field goal

B. basket from center court

C. three goals in a game

D. winning five games in a row

three goals in a game

413 - What is a hierarchy?

A. Military rank

B. Is a ranking, or series of steps that follow a specific order

C. Human needs

D. Belonging

Is a ranking, or series of steps that follow a specific order

414 - What is a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data?

A. Theory

B. Case Study

C. Random Sample

D. Experiment

Theory

415 - What is a hypothesis?

A. A random guess

B. An experiment

C. IV and DV

D. A testable prediction

A testable prediction

416 - What is a key thing to do while body scanning?

A. Focus on thoughts

B. Skip body parts

C. Focus on breath

D. Daydream

Focus on breath

417 - What is a leading question?

A. A straight question asking for all information

B. One which gives aspects of information away in order to pry an answer out of someone or trigger a memory

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

One which gives aspects of information away in order to pry an answer out of someone or trigger a memory

418 - What is a mainstream psychologist most likely to think about Sigmund Freud?

A. Freudian theory is untestable and not grounded in science.

B. Freud, a great pioneer in psychology, discovered the unconscious.

C. Freud was a complete fraud who barely rates a mention in psychology textbooks.

D. Rigorous research has proven that most of Freud's theories were correct.

Freudian theory is untestable and not grounded in science.

419 - What is a major criticism of Piaget's theory?

A. It neglects the role of biological factors and maturation

B. It lacks any research

C. It does not consider how culture influences the development of thinking and learning

D. The is no evidence that children's cognitive functions develop in stages

It does not consider how culture influences the development of thinking and learning

420 - What is a major disadvantage of using magnetoencephalography (MEG)?

A. There are no significant disadvantages to using MEG.

B. MEG can be very loud during the procedure.

C. MEG cannot detect neural activity deeper than 4 cm.

D. MEG can be expensive.

There are no significant disadvantages to using MEG.

421 - What is a Matched pairs design?

A. A matched pairs design means that there are different participants in each condition, but are matched on important variables

B. A matched pairs design means that there are the same participants in each condition, as they are matching on important variables,

C. A matched pairs design means that there are different participants in each condition, but they are agree on taking part in the study

D. A matched pairs design means that there are different participants in each condition

A matched pairs design means that there are different participants in each condition, but are matched on important variables

422 - What is a measure of center in a set of numerical data. The median of a list of values is the value appearing at the center of a sorted version of the list - or the mean of the two central values if the list contains an even number of values?

A. Mode

B. Mean

C. Median

D. Range

Median

423 - What is a measure of the relationship between two variables?

A. Correlation

B. Correlation Coefficient

C. Experiment

D. Scatterplot

Correlation

424 - What is a metaphor?

A. a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common

B. a moving or conceptually movable point whose path or site is conceived as a variable the particular value of which is the salient issue

C. a reference point, having a stationary setting within a reference-frame, with respect to which the Figure's path or site receives characterisation

D. None of the above

a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common

425 - What is a naturalist?

A. enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles, and writing

B. enjoys helping others, gets along with others, likes teams

C. enjoys spending time alone, needs quiet time

D. is good with plants, likes to study about space, the earth, and weather

is good with plants, likes to study about space, the earth, and weather

426 - What is a neuron?

A. A nerve cell that is wired to send signals to the different parts of the brain.

B. A brain cell that does not work.

C. A scared cell that is wired to make you go crazy.

D. That funny looking thing you taught us about.

A nerve cell that is wired to send signals to the different parts of the brain.

427 - What is a norm?

A. behavior that deviates from the abnormal

B. something that provides a framework for understanding why people change

C. average or typical standard of behavior

D. absolute truth

average or typical standard of behavior

428 - What is a personal philosophy?

A. Mission statement

B. Mission control

C. Your guiding principles- what guides you

D. Your guiding vision- where you are going and when

Your guiding principles- what guides you

429 - What is a personality?

A. The unique traits that make an individual think certain ways

B. Individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving

C. A plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle(s) offered to explain a phenomena

D. The skills you learn over time that you eventually use at work

Individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving

430 - What is a person's score on an intelligence test in relation to the scores of other persons of the same chronological age.

A. age of reason

B. verbal age

C. chronological age

D. mental age

mental age

431 - What is a phenotype

A. The physical characteristics

B. The genetic heritage

C. They turn genes on and off

D. Works in the brain

The physical characteristics

432 - What is a physiological process?

A. thinking

B. reasoning

C. breathing

D. remembering

breathing

433 - What is a placebo effect?

A. The "cause" variable

B. The variable that is affected

C. Experimental results caused by expectations alone

D. Stays the same

Experimental results caused by expectations alone

434 - What is a positive correlation?

A. A relationship between two variables in which both variables move in the same direction.

B. A relationship between two variables in which both variables move in the same direction.

C. A relationship between two variables in which the effects are always positive and lead into good outcomes.

D. None of the above

A relationship between two variables in which both variables move in the same direction.

435 - what is a Practitioner-Scholar Model?

A. A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes clinical practice.

B. Study of the relationships between physical stimuli and the perception of those stimuli.

C. A point of view that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge of the external world.

D. An attempt to study the unity of experience.

A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes clinical practice.

436 - What is a problem with Self-selected sampling

A. Order effect

B. Volunteer bias

C. Unbiased

D. Takes long time

Volunteer bias

437 - What is a program that gives points for good grades classified as?

A. modeling

B. disinhibition

C. token economy

D. stability

token economy

438 - What is a Prototype Model?

A. cognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast processing of information about people based on their membership in certain groups; reinforced by schemas

B. a way of thinking about concepts: within each category, there is a best example - a prototype - for that category

C. a way of thinking about concepts: all members of a category are examples; together they form the the concept and determine category membership

D. a category, or class, of related items; it consists of mental representations of those items

a way of thinking about concepts: within each category, there is a best example - a prototype - for that category

439 - What is a pseudoscience?

A. A field or theory that is not tested under empirical (scientific, reliable, valid) conditions

B. A field or theory that draws conclusions from unreliable and non-systematic data collection procedures

C. A field or theory that is created under influence of personal bias

D. All of these are correct

All of these are correct

440 - What is a psychological disorder?

A. a harmful dysfunction in which behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

B. chemical imbalances in the brain that cause people to act in harmful ways

C. malformations of important brain segments

D. a dysfunction that is not harmful but may consist of behaviors that are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

a harmful dysfunction in which behaviors are maladaptive, unjustifiable, disturbing and atypical

441 - What is a Repeated measures design?

A. A repeated measures design is when participants can judge on the design they prefer.

B. A repeated measures design is when the same participants take part in each condition of the IV.

C. A repeated measures design is when different participants take part in each condition of the IV.

D. A repeated measures design is when the same participants get a answer correct

A repeated measures design is when the same participants take part in each condition of the IV.

442 - What is a representative/stratified sample?

A. a random sample

B. a sample in which the subgroups within a population are ignored

C. a sample in which the subgroups within a population are proportionately represented

D. a sample in which the effects of the stratosphere on people are measured

a sample in which the subgroups within a population are proportionately represented

443 - What is a research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process?

A. Theory

B. Experiment

C. Correlation

D. Culture

Experiment

444 - What is a sample in research?

A. the whole target population

B. a piece of food you get to try

C. an educated guess

D. only part of the target population

only part of the target population

445 - What is a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion?

A. Random Sample

B. Operational Definition

C. Correlation Coefficient

D. Illusory correlation

Random Sample

446 - What is a sample?

A. A sample is friends in joining together

B. A sample is the process of selecting a representative group from the target population

C. A sample is the process of using the whole target population

D. A sample is the process of selecting any one that is around

A sample is the process of selecting a representative group from the target population

447 - What is a scatter plot?

A. A graph that shows the relationship of two data sets.

B. A graph drawn using rectangular bars to show how large each value is.

C. A graph that shows information that is connected in some way.

D. A graph that shows data changing over time.

A graph that shows the relationship of two data sets.

448 - What is a schema?

A. A process by which we learn something new

B. The ability to understand that something exists even when you can't see it

C. A packet of information about the world

D. The ability to understand that number/mass doesn't change even when appearance does

A packet of information about the world

449 - What is a school of Psychology?

A. A building where they learn about psychology.

B. One person in Psychology

C. six different theories based around psychologists' ideas

D. A school where you get a psychology degree.

six different theories based around psychologists' ideas

450 - What is a scientific method?

A. does not follow the scientific method. Means fake.

B. data (information) collected directly by observation or through experimentation.

C. a series of systematic & orderly steps in which researchers use to plan, conduct & report research

D. Psychologists observe people or animals in their natural habitat without being seen or noticed

a series of systematic & orderly steps in which researchers use to plan, conduct & report research

451 - what is a Scientist-practitioner model?

A. A school of American psychology that sought to describe the elements of conscious experience.

B. The belief that knowledge comes from experience.

C. A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes the development of both research and clinical skills.

D. The inability to pull a word from memory even though there is the sensation that that word is available.

A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes the development of both research and clinical skills.

452 - What is a similarity between a clinical and counselling psychologist?

A. both deal with individuals

B. salary

C. process of becoming one of them

D. both deal with families

both deal with individuals

453 - What is a similarity between eustress and distress?

A. They both end in 'oss'

B. The both produce the same physiological response, which is that the sympathetic NS activates.

C. The both produce the same psychological response, which is that the sympathetic NS activates.

D. The both produce the same biological response, which is that the freeze response occurs

The both produce the same physiological response, which is that the sympathetic NS activates.

454 - What is a Single Blind study?

A. Researchers isolate one person as a control in the study

B. Participants are blind to the condition assigned

C. A single blind person is used in the study

D. Researchers are blind to the conditions assigned

Participants are blind to the condition assigned

455 - What is a Specific Learning Disability (SLD)?

A. A disorder in one or more psychological processes that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, read, etc.

B. A significantly subaverage general intelligence

C. A severe hearing impairment

D. An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external force

A disorder in one or more psychological processes that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, read, etc.

456 - What is a statement of the procedures used to define research variables?

A. Operational Definition

B. Independent variable

C. Standard deviation

D. double-blind procedure

Operational Definition

457 - What is a statement that describes how to measure a particular variable such as an emotion?

A. Operational Definition

B. Independent Variable

C. Control Variable Scientific Inquiry

D. Scientific Law

Operational Definition

458 - What is a statement that describes how to measure a particular variable? For example: use a tape measure and measure to the nearest inch

A. Operational Definition

B. Independent Variable

C. Control Variable Scientific Inquiry

D. Scientific Law

Operational Definition

459 - What is a statistical index of the relationship between two things (from -1 to +1)?

A. Correlation coefficient

B. Random assignment

C. Control group

D. Confounding variable

Correlation coefficient

460 - What is a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance?

A. Standard Deviation

B. Random Sample

C. Hypothesis

D. Statistical Significance

Statistical Significance

461 - What is a stereotype?

A. A preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person/group.

B. A social group who doesn't fit in

C. Conflict between 2 groups causing more discrimination and prejudice.

D. Comparing yourself to someone who else to raise self esteem.

A preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person/group.

462 - What is a stratified sample?

A. a random sample

B. a sample in which the subgroups within a population are ignored

C. a sample in which the subgroups within a population are proportionately represented

D. a sample in which the effects of the stratosphere on people are measured

a sample in which the subgroups within a population are proportionately represented

463 - What is a study where only one variable is manipulated at a time?

A. Control Variable

B. Controlled Experiment

C. Operational Definition

D. Dependent Variable

Controlled Experiment

464 - What is a study, generally in the form of an interview or questionnaire, that provides researchers with information about how people think and act?

A. Culture

B. Survey

C. Theory

D. Mode

Survey

465 - What is a subject or group of subjects in an experiment that is exposed to the factor or condition being tested?

A. Standard deviation

B. Experimental group

C. Random sample

D. Operational definition

Experimental group

466 - What is a synonym for the word CONTEMPORARY

A. current

B. historic

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

current

467 - What is a target population?

A. the whole group you want to study or describe

B. population inside the classroom

C. part of the group you want to study or describe

D. The same as the sample

the whole group you want to study or describe

468 - What is a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group?

A. Survey

B. Correlation

C. Scatter plots

D. Experiment

Survey

469 - What is a testable prediction, often implied by a theory?

A. Operational Definition

B. Random Assignment

C. Hypothesis

D. Culture

Hypothesis

470 - What is a the meaning for "median"?

A. fair share

B. middle

C. repeats the most

D. variation

middle

471 - What is a theory?

A. a guess on how something works

B. a tested conclusion accepted as true

C. a story explaining how the world works

D. an assumption

a tested conclusion accepted as true

472 - what is a Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon?

A. The inability to pull a word from memory even though there is the sensation that that word is available.

B. A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes the development of both research and clinical skills.

C. A point of view that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge of the external world.

D. A school of American psychology that sought to describe the elements of conscious experience.

The inability to pull a word from memory even though there is the sensation that that word is available.

473 - WHAT IS A TYPE OF LEARNING IN WHICH WE LINK TWO OR MORE STIMULI?

A. CLASSICAL CONDITIOINING

B. OPERANT CONDITIONING

C. COGNITIVE LEARNING

D. RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

CLASSICAL CONDITIOINING

474 - What is a typical change found in the brain of an Alzheimer's sufferer?

A. a decrease in the size of the ventricles

B. an abnormal increase in the levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine

C. a build up of both amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles surrounding the neurons

D. a decrease in amyloid plaques and an increase in neurofibrillary tangles surrounding the neurons

a build up of both amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles surrounding the neurons

475 - What is a weakness of Nature or Nurture?

A. It always uses the wrong one

B. Nature and nurture are entwined

C. Nature is always more prominent

D. Both must be spoken about

Nature and nurture are entwined

476 - What is a weakness of the IDIOGRAPHIC approach?

A. Doesn't work for all approaches

B. Takes a long time

C. Cant be generalized

D. Only study big groups

Cant be generalized

477 - What is a well substantiated explaination of an observed phenomenon?

A. Correlation

B. Theory

C. Variable

D. None of the above

Theory

478 - What is Acoustic Encoding?

A. Attaching meaning to information

B. Repeat the information over and over

C. Only go over the information twice

D. Storing a picture of the information in your memory

Repeat the information over and over

479 - What is Affective Forecasting?

A. placing a person or object in a category if that person or object is similar to one's prototype for that category

B. making a decision based on the answer that comes most easily to mind

C. the tendency for people to overestimate how events will make them feel in the future

D. more choice s not always better

the tendency for people to overestimate how events will make them feel in the future

480 - what is also known as a nerve cell?

A. neuron

B. sensory nerves

C. dendrites

D. toes

neuron

481 - What is altruism?

A. working harder when working with others

B. working less when working with others

C. helping out in order to receive a future benefit or favor

D. helping out without any expectation of personal reward

helping out without any expectation of personal reward

482 - What is an achievement test?

A. an objective and standardized measure of a sample of behavior

B. is designed to measure a person's level of skill, accomplishment, or knowledge in a specific area

C. a series of studies on delayed gratification in the late 1960s and early 1970s led by psychologist Walter Mischel, then a professor at Stanford University

D. another name for an IQ test

is designed to measure a person's level of skill, accomplishment, or knowledge in a specific area

483 - What is an appropriate explanation for why the children in Bandura's 1961 study did not imitate the behaviour of the female model when she was bashing the Bobo?

A. She reminded them of their mothers.

B. The women only engaged in verbal aggression and most of the children were too young to understand.

C. The children were afraid of her.

D. Her behaviour was not seen as consistent with women's behaviour.

Her behaviour was not seen as consistent with women's behaviour.

484 - What is an aptitude test?

A. a test that can predict your future IQ

B. a test designed to calculate the IQ of children under the age of 4

C. a test designed to predict learning capacity for a particular area or particular skills

D. a test that can predict your future athletic capability

a test designed to predict learning capacity for a particular area or particular skills

485 - What is an ethical consideration?

A. making sure you research does not cause harm or offence

B. when people are different colours

C. making sure your research causes harm or offence

D. when you are polite to people

making sure you research does not cause harm or offence

486 - What is an example of a mental process?

A. solving a problem

B. thinking

C. a memory

D. all of them

all of them

487 - What is an example of a primary reinforcer?

A. VIdeo Games

B. Punishment

C. Food

D. School

Food

488 - What is an example of a safety and security need?

A. a home

B. family

C. food

D. sleep

a home

489 - What is an example of continuous reinforcement?

A. Dani gets $1 each day she gets herself up on time

B. Dani gets \$1 on Wednesdays if she gets herself up on time

C. Dani gets \$1 for every fifth time she gets herself up on time

D. Dani gets \$1 some mornings she gets up on time

Dani gets $1 each day she gets herself up on time

490 - What is an example of fixed ratio?

A. Coffee shop loyalty card

B. Hourly wages

C. Pokie machines

D. Catching a fish

Coffee shop loyalty card

491 - What is an example of love and belonging?

A. Accomplishing your biggest dreams

B. Showing and receiving affection

C. Feeling proud of yourself

D. Drinking water

Showing and receiving affection

492 - What is an example of negative punishment?

A. Quinn gets to skip a chore if he is home by curfew

B. Quinn gets to choose a new piece of clothing if he is home by curfew

C. Quinn gets a 45 minute lecture if he is home late

D. Quinn loses access to his car if he is home late

Quinn loses access to his car if he is home late

493 - What is an example of positive reinforcement?

A. Students get out of a homework assignment if they are on time

B. Students get PBIS points if they are on time

C. Students get extra work if they are late

D. Students don't get to do any sports or clubs if they are late

Students get PBIS points if they are on time

494 - What is an example of variable interval?

A. Coffee shop loyalty card

B. Hourly wages

C. Pokie machine

D. Catching a fish

Catching a fish

495 - What is an example of Vygotsky's theory?

A. a child knows that if they cry or scream their parent will give them a treat to clam down

B. a child will copy and do whatever his or her friends are doing

C. a child knows that some things are private and shouldn't be shared or talked about due to social norms

D. a child does not know when they did something wrong so he or she will be disciplined for no reason

a child knows that some things are private and shouldn't be shared or talked about due to social norms

496 - What is an Exemplar Model?

A. a way of thinking about concepts: within each category, there is a best example - a prototype - for that category

B. cognitive schemas that allow for easy, fast processing of information about people based on their membership in certain groups; reinforced by schemas

C. a way of thinking about concepts: all members of a category are examples; together they form the the concept and determine category membership

D. abstract representations that do not correspond to the physical features of objects or ideas; ie. words

a way of thinking about concepts: all members of a category are examples; together they form the the concept and determine category membership

497 - What is an experiment in which neither the participant nor the researcher knows whether the participant has received the treatment or the placebo?

A. Dependent variable

B. Double-Blind study

C. Correlation coefficient

D. Independent variable

Double-Blind study

498 - What is an extraneous variable?

A. Any variable in an experiment, other than the IV, that can cause a change in the DV and therefore effect the results in an unwanted way.

B. Any variable in an experiment, other than the DV, that can cause a change in the IV and therefore effect the results in an unwanted way.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Any variable in an experiment, other than the IV, that can cause a change in the DV and therefore effect the results in an unwanted way.

499 - What is an extreme case of anxiety disorders?

A. Generalized Anxiety Disorder

B. Borderline Personality Disorder

C. Panic Disorder

D. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Panic Disorder

500 - What is an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick seccession?

A. relative motion

B. depth perception

C. binocular cues

D. phi phenomenon

phi phenomenon

501 - What is an Independent measures design?

A. Independent measures design is when different participants agree on a question

B. Independent measures design is when participants take part in a study

C. Independent measures design is when different participants are used in each condition of the IV.

D. Independent measures design is when the same participants are used in each condition of the IV.

Independent measures design is when different participants are used in each condition of the IV.

502 - What is an Independent variable (IV)?

A. It is a variable

B. This is the part of an experiment that is not changed.

C. This is the part of an experiment that's changed or manipulated.

D. The part of an experiment that is measured.

This is the part of an experiment that's changed or manipulated.

503 - What is an Independent Variable?

A. The measure

B. What is manipulated

C. Part of a hypothesis

D. Used to compare data across groups

What is manipulated

504 - What is an in-group?

A. behavior associated with being male or female

B. negative attitude held by a person about the members of a particular social group

C. social groups with whom a person identifies

D. social groups with whom a person does not identify

social groups with whom a person identifies

505 - What is an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles?

A. Placebo effect

B. Double-blind procedure

C. Operational definition

D. Case Study

Case Study

506 - What is an observation?

A. A scientific statement based on ideas

B. Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

C. To be unaware of your surroundings

D. The question that you want an answer to.

Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

507 - What is an Operant Chamber or Skinner Box?

A. A laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior.

B. A relatively permanent change in an organism's behavior due to experience

C. The persistence of learning over time.

D. The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to elicit similar responses

A laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior.

508 - What is an operational definition?

A. Statement that explains the experiment

B. Statement that shows that you have obtained consent

C. Statement that defines how variables will be measured

D. Statement that explains the hypothesis and conclusion

Statement that defines how variables will be measured

509 - What is Analogical Representations?

A. information which is represented analytically

B. the mental manipulation of representations of knowledge about the world

C. the mental activity that includes thinking and the understandings that result from thinking

D. mental representations that have some of the physical characteristics of objects; they are analogous to objects

mental representations that have some of the physical characteristics of objects; they are analogous to objects

510 - What is Anchoring?

A. the tendency, in making judgements; to rely on the first piece of information encountered or information that comes most quickly to mind

B. shortcuts (informal guidelines or rules of thumb) used to reduce the amount of thinking that is needed to make decisions

C. attempts to predict how people actually make choice s, not to define ideal choice s

D. attempts to define how people should make decisions

the tendency, in making judgements; to rely on the first piece of information encountered or information that comes most quickly to mind

511 - What is anonymity

A. Not telling someone that you are researching them

B. Not putting your name on your research

C. Not identifying any participants in your research

D. identifying all of the participants in your research

Not identifying any participants in your research

512 - What is another name for sensory neurons?

A. Motor

B. Efferent

C. Afferent

D. Interneuron

Afferent

513 - What is another term for a client's self awareness achieved in psychoanalysis?

A. Introspection

B. Insight

C. Introversion

D. Intellect

Insight

514 - What is another term for a methodical, logical rule that guarantees solving a particular problem?

A. Heuristic

B. Insight

C. Algorithm

D. Mental set

Algorithm

515 - What is another word for the way an issue is presented to you?

A. Insight

B. Framing

C. Overconfidence

D. Perseverance

Framing

516 - What is are EEGs?

A. Recordings of brain waves

B. Radioactive emissions

C. X-Ray photographs

D. Functional Imaging

Recordings of brain waves

517 - What is assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups?

A. Control group

B. Placebo effect

C. Case study

D. Random assignment

Random assignment

518 - What is attribution theory?

A. The process of explaining one's behavior or another person's behavior.

B. referring to the effect that the presence of other people has on the decision to help or not help, with help becoming less likely as the number of bystanders increases

C. how people process, store, and apply information about other people and social situations

D. negative attitude held by a person about the members of a particular social group

The process of explaining one's behavior or another person's behavior.

519 - What is Availability Heuristic?

A. shortcuts (informal guidelines or rules of thumb) used to reduce the amount of thinking that is needed to make decisions

B. the tendency, in making judgements; to rely on the first piece of information encountered or information that comes most quickly to mind

C. in decision making, the tendency to emphasize the potential losses or potential gains from at least one alternative

D. making a decision based on the answer that comes most easily to mind

making a decision based on the answer that comes most easily to mind

520 - What is average?

A. Mode

B. Mean

C. Median

D. Range

Mean

521 - What is B.F. Skinner famous for?

A. Bobo doll experiment

B. Operant conditioning

C. Taste aversion

D. Classical conditioning

Operant conditioning

522 - What is behavior that happens naturally otherwise known as unlearned behavior?

A. UCS & UCR

B. CS & CS

C. Discrimination

D. Acquisition

UCS & UCR

523 - What is behavior?

A. Our actions

B. Our thinking

C. Our dreams

D. None of the above

Our actions

524 - what is Behaviorism?

A. The study of behavior.

B. Awareness of ourselves and our environment.

C. The belief that knowledge comes from experience.

D. A highly detailed and vivid memory of an emotionally significant event.

The study of behavior.

525 - What is being identified with the tiny arrows?

A. calcium channels

B. neurotransmitters

C. receptors

D. vesicles

receptors

526 - What is best when FIRST teaching a new behavior

A. Fixed Ratio

B. Fixed Interval

C. Continuous Reinforcement

D. Partial Reinforcement

Continuous Reinforcement

527 - What is bias?

A. a predisposition to a certain point of view despite what the facts suggest

B. believing the facts, despite one's opinion

C. listening to opinions of politicians

D. believing in childhood myths

a predisposition to a certain point of view despite what the facts suggest

528 - What is biological behavior

A. Brain chemistry and what we inherit from our parents

B. Structure of the consciousness

C. Observable behavior

D. Unconscious and memories

Brain chemistry and what we inherit from our parents

529 - What is body kinesthetic?

A. enjoys photography, drawing, and painting

B. Likes to read, do crossword puzzles, and write stories

C. enjoys sports, hands-on activities, and other physical activity

D. likes to take care of pets, is good with plants, likes to study earth

enjoys sports, hands-on activities, and other physical activity

530 - What is chaining (or Chain Learning)

A. Learned reactions that are separate from one another

B. Learned reactions that follow one another in sequence

C. Independent learning

D. None of the above

Learned reactions that follow one another in sequence

531 - What is Chunking?

A. Elaboration of information in short-term memory storage into long-term memory

B. Process of passing information from sensory memory to short- term memory

C. Actual storage process of information in long-term memory

D. Method used to increase the amount of information one can hold in short-term memory

Method used to increase the amount of information one can hold in short-term memory

532 - What is classical conditioning?

A. Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli

B. Learning by responding to environmental stimuli

C. Learning explained by its consequences

D. Learning explained by modelling

Learning caused by pairing and association of two stimuli

533 - What is Clinical sports psychology?

A. Solve problem

B. Develop mental skills

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Solve problem

534 - What is Cognition?

A. when the brain cognates two distinct pieces of knowledge

B. the mental activity that includes thinking and the understandings that result from thinking

C. the mental manipulation of representations of knowledge about the world

D. mental representations that have some of the physical characteristics of objects; they are analogous to objects

the mental activity that includes thinking and the understandings that result from thinking

535 - What is cognitive perspective?

A. How we act in different situations

B. Remembrance and what we do with our info

C. Observable and mental behavior

D. Unconscious behavior

Remembrance and what we do with our info

536 - What is cognitive psychology?

A. Perceive, process and remember information through scientific processes

B. Focus on biological structures and process

C. Focus on the conscious experiences and choice s in our lives

D. How the natural selection of traits prompted survival of genes

Perceive, process and remember information through scientific processes

537 - What is collateral sprouting

A. The damaged regions function is taken over by other areas of the brain

B. The process in which new neurons are generated

C. The axons of some healthy neurons adjacent to damaged cell grow new branches

D. Primitive cells that have the capacity to develop into most types of human cells

The axons of some healthy neurons adjacent to damaged cell grow new branches

538 - What is color psychology?

A. The study of colors and their history

B. The study of how color impacts human behavior and mood

C. The study of what colors mean

D. The study of how humans use color in art

The study of how color impacts human behavior and mood

539 - What is commitment strengthened by according to the investment model?

A. Satisfaction and investment

B. Contact and similarity

C. Physical attractiveness

D. Proximity

Satisfaction and investment

540 - What is communication?

A. process of understanding and sharing ideas, opinions or information

B. process of knowing and sharing ideas, opinions or information

C. process of applying and sharing ideas, opinions or information

D. process of remembering and sharing ideas, opinions or information

process of understanding and sharing ideas, opinions or information

541 - What is compliance?

A. changing your own behavior to match others

B. Changing your behavior because someone asked you to

C. When someone assumes you'll change your behavior for them

D. When people ask for small favors then gradually build it up

Changing your behavior because someone asked you to

542 - What is confidentiality?

A. Not putting someones name on their research

B. need for researchers to tell people that they are being studied

C. Need for researchers not to publish personal details of respondents

D. To only research people that you know

Need for researchers not to publish personal details of respondents

543 - What is confirmation bias?

A. a tendency to search for evidence that fits what you already believe and ignore evidence that does not fit.

B. believing the facts, despite one's opinion

C. listening to the opinions of politicians

D. believing in childhood myths

a tendency to search for evidence that fits what you already believe and ignore evidence that does not fit.

544 - What is conformity?

A. To make your own rules to life.

B. To change your looks based on other people's.

C. Changing your own behavior to match other people's.

D. Acting differently from the people around you.

Changing your own behavior to match other people's.

545 - what is Consciousness?

A. The study of mental processes.

B. The practice of selective breeding to promote desired traits.

C. An attempt to study the unity of experience.

D. Awareness of ourselves and our environment.

Awareness of ourselves and our environment.

546 - What is conservation?

A. A process by which we learn something new

B. The ability to understand that something exists even when you can't see it

C. A packet of information about the world

D. The ability to understand that number/mass doesn't change even when appearance does

The ability to understand that number/mass doesn't change even when appearance does

547 - What is considered to be the best weapon against discrimination?

A. separation

B. experience

C. education

D. assimilation

education

548 - What is convergent thinking?

A. Expanding from a single idea producing a number of choice s

B. Condensing ideas to a single point

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Condensing ideas to a single point

549 - What is Cortisols role?

A. Supress the immune system

B. Increase the immune systems functioning

C. It is inhibitory

D. It is excitatory

Supress the immune system

550 - What is counterbalancing for?

A. Counterbalancing is used for independent measures group design. It helps to make sure that order effects are removed

B. Counterbalancing is used for repeated measures group design. It helps to make sure that they do not know what the study is about.

C. Counterbalancing is used to help level out the participants in each group.

D. Counterbalancing is used for repeated measures group design. It helps to make sure that order effects are removed

Counterbalancing is used for repeated measures group design. It helps to make sure that order effects are removed

551 - What is created when black is added to a pure color?

A. shade

B. tint

C. tone

D. opacity

shade

552 - What is created when gray is added to a pure color?

A. shade

B. tint

C. tone

D. opacity

tone

553 - What is created when white is added to a pure color?

A. shade

B. tint

C. tone

D. opacity

tint

554 - What is Critical Thinking?

A. refer to abilities to be open-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions.

B. refer to abilities to be close-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

refer to abilities to be open-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions.

555 - what is cross sectional study

A. research method in which data are collected about a group of participants over a number of years to assess how certain characteristics change or remain the same during development

B. the group that is treated in the same way as the experimental group except that the experimental treatment (the independent variable) is not applied

C. the measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of data

D. research method in which data are collected from groups of participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age

research method in which data are collected from groups of participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age

556 - What is Crystalized Intelligence?

A. the idea that one general factor underlies intelligence

B. intelligence that reflects the ability to process information, understand relationships, and think logically, without prior experience

C. intelligence that reflects both the ability to acquire new information and to use it

D. average score for children of each age group

intelligence that reflects both the ability to acquire new information and to use it

557 - What is cs according to Pavlov?

A. Food

B. Saliva

C. Bell

D. None of the above

Bell

558 - What is culture?

A. treating people differently because of prejudice toward the social group to which they belong

B. refers to the way in which individuals change their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment

C. a shared set of beliefs, behaviors, values, and attitudes held by a group of people or a society

D. negative attitude held by a person about the members of a particular social group

a shared set of beliefs, behaviors, values, and attitudes held by a group of people or a society

559 - What is curious skepticism?

A. Closed to new ideas

B. Goes along with anything

C. Doesn't ask questions but also doesn't accept new ideas

D. Open to new ideas but still questions them

Open to new ideas but still questions them

560 - What is decay of memory traces?

A. A physical or chemical change in the brain that represent stored info

B. A combination of retrieval failure and partial recall

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

A physical or chemical change in the brain that represent stored info

561 - What is Decision Making?

A. attempts to predict how people actually make choice s, not to define ideal choice s

B. attempts to define how people should make decisions

C. finding a way around an obstacle to reach a goal

D. attempting to select the best alternative from among several options

attempting to select the best alternative from among several options

562 - What is declarative memory?

A. 'Knowing what'

B. 'knowing how'

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

'Knowing what'

563 - What is Definition of Personality?

A. There are huge differences among us in the wayswe think, feel and behave in response to particularsituations.

B. Personality represents those characteristics of theperson that account for consistent patterns ofbehaviour'

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Personality represents those characteristics of theperson that account for consistent patterns ofbehaviour'

564 - What is Definitions of Psychology?

A. The study of behavior

B. The study of body

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

The study of behavior

565 - What is discovery learning?

A. Children learn by interacting with their environment, exploring and manipulating objects

B. Children learn through direct instruction from a teachers

C. Children learn either by sound, vision or action

D. Children learn by drilling information

Children learn by interacting with their environment, exploring and manipulating objects

566 - What is discrimination?

A. a tendency to respond positively or negatively

B. refers to the way in which individuals change their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment

C. changing one's behavior to match that of other people

D. treating people differently because of prejudice toward the social group to which they belong

treating people differently because of prejudice toward the social group to which they belong

567 - What is displayed in the image?

A. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

B. Food Pyramid

C. Personal Growth Stages

D. Psychology Plan

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

568 - What is Distress?

A. Good stress

B. Bad Stress

C. A stressor

D. None of the above

Bad Stress

569 - What is divergent thinking?

A. Expanding from a single idea producing a number of choice s

B. Condensing ideas to a single point

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Expanding from a single idea producing a number of choice s

570 - What is done at the end of a study to assure that participants know all the information about the study (the truth) and leave in the same emotional state as they started?

A. Informed consent

B. Replication

C. Debriefing

D. Naturalistic observation

Debriefing

571 - What is door in the face?

A. Asking for a large favor and when rejected asking for smaller favors.

B. Asking for small favors then after they say yes asking for more.

C. When someone assumes if you do something for them they have to do something for you.

D. When a salesman adds something extra before you can say no.

Asking for a large favor and when rejected asking for smaller favors.

572 - What is door-in-the-face phenomenon?

A. Begins with a larger request first followed by the actual request.

B. Begins with a small request followed by a larger request.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Begins with a larger request first followed by the actual request.

573 - What is echoic memory?

A. Auditory information lasting for up to 4 seconds

B. Visual images lasting for 1/3 of a second

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Auditory information lasting for up to 4 seconds

574 - What is Education sports psychology?

A. Solve problem

B. Develop mental skills

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Develop mental skills

575 - What is educational psychology?

A. Educational psychology isthe study of mental illness

B. Educational psychology isthe study of learners, learning, and teaching.

C. Educational psychology isthe study of intelligence tests

D. Educational psychology isthe study of cognitive processes

Educational psychology isthe study of learners, learning, and teaching.

576 - What is elaborative rehearsal?

A. Repeating the material over and over

B. Repeating the material once

C. Linking the material to existing knowledge

D. Transferring information from the LTM to the STM

Linking the material to existing knowledge

577 - what is Empiricism?

A. The study of behavior.

B. The belief that knowledge comes from experience.

C. A school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.

D. The study of mental processes.

The belief that knowledge comes from experience.

578 - What is employment structure?

A. the types of jobs available

B. the size of the building you work in

C. how many employees work at the business

D. none of the above

the types of jobs available

579 - What is encoding failure?

A. A process where the information was never encoded into LTM

B. When your computer doesn't work correctly

C. Where memories aren't recalled correctly

D. When the synapses can't fully connect to form a full memory

A process where the information was never encoded into LTM

580 - What is episodic memory?

A. Type of declarative memory, stores episodes involving personal experience

B. Type of declarative memory, stores information about the world

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Type of declarative memory, stores episodes involving personal experience

581 - What is essential to have for this class?

A. A Mac book

B. A avocado

C. A binder with three tabs

D. Your own psychological research

A binder with three tabs

582 - What is Eustress

A. Good Stress

B. Bad Stress

C. A Stressor

D. None of the above

Good Stress

583 - what is exam anxiety?

A. fear and uneasiness in exam days

B. headache

C. suffering

D. happiness

fear and uneasiness in exam days

584 - What is existentialism?

A. a philosophy concerned with the meaning of life

B. religion based on the pursuit of worldly pleasure

C. a philosophy concerned with death

D. a school of thought based on the idea nothing matters

a philosophy concerned with the meaning of life

585 - What is experimental design?

A. Experimental design refers to how participants answer the questions in a study

B. Experimental design refers to how participants are allocated to the different conditions (or IV groups) in an experiment. Types of design include repeated measures, independent groups, and matched pairs designs

C. Experimental design refers to how participants are allocated to one IV only

D. Experimental design refers to how participants showed a dislike to the experiment when placed in a repeated measures, independent groups or matched pairs designs

Experimental design refers to how participants are allocated to the different conditions (or IV groups) in an experiment. Types of design include repeated measures, independent groups, and matched pairs designs

586 - What is external reliability

A. External reliability refers to the extent to which a measure can be examined.

B. External reliability refers to the extent to which a measure varies from one use to another.

C. External reliability refers to the extent to which the method can be monitored

D. External reliability refers to the extent to which results can be scored

External reliability refers to the extent to which a measure varies from one use to another.

587 - What is external validity?

A. External validity refers to the extent to which the conclusions from your research study can be generalized to the people outside of your study.

B. External validity refers to the extent to which the conclusions from your research study can be used for research

C. External validity refers to the extent to which the conclusions from your research study can be generalized in the lab

D. External validity refers to the extent to which the conclusions from your research study are true

External validity refers to the extent to which the conclusions from your research study can be generalized to the people outside of your study.

588 - What is Extra Sensory Perception?

A. Perception can occur with no sensory input

B. Mind to mind communication

C. Perceiving future events

D. Perceiving remote events

Perception can occur with no sensory input

589 - What is Extrinsic motivation for Sports athletes?

A. Enjoy

B. Fun

C. Trophies

D. Respectful

Trophies

590 - What is Extroversion refer to?

A. how emotionally stable they are

B. how lively, sociableand impulsive a person is.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

how lively, sociableand impulsive a person is.

591 - What is false about error bars?

A. If they are big, data is more reliable than if they are small

B. They only show Standard Deviation

C. If they overlap, this means that data is not statistically significant

D. Only (A) & (B)

Only (A) & (B)

592 - What is finding evidence that supports what you believe?

A. Sensation

B. Perception

C. Confirmation Bias

D. Cognitive Dissonance

Confirmation Bias

593 - What is Fluid Intelligence?

A. a form of social intelligence

B. the idea that one general factor underlies intelligence

C. average score for children of each age group

D. intelligence that reflects the ability to process information, understand relationships, and think logically, without prior experience

intelligence that reflects the ability to process information, understand relationships, and think logically, without prior experience

594 - What is foot in the door?

A. Someone assumes if you do something for them that they have to do something for you.

B. Adding something extra before you can say no

C. Asking for small favors and when they say yes asking for more.

D. Asking for a large favor and when rejected you ask for smaller ones.

Asking for small favors and when they say yes asking for more.

595 - What is foot-in-the-door phenomenon?

A. a larger request first followed by the actual request.

B. a small request followed by a larger request.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

a small request followed by a larger request.

596 - What is Framing?

A. in decision making, the tendency to emphasize the potential losses or potential gains from at least one alternative

B. the tendency, in making judgements; to rely on the first piece of information encountered or information that comes most quickly to mind

C. shortcuts (informal guidelines or rules of thumb) used to reduce the amount of thinking that is needed to make decisions

D. making a decision based on the answer that comes most easily to mind

in decision making, the tendency to emphasize the potential losses or potential gains from at least one alternative

597 - What is Functional Fixedness?

A. placing a person or object in a category if that person or object is similar to one's prototype for that category

B. the tendency for people to overestimate how events will make them feel in the future

C. in problem solving, having fixed ideas about the typical functions of objects

D. the sudden realization of a solution to a problem

in problem solving, having fixed ideas about the typical functions of objects

598 - what is Functionalism?

A. A school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.

B. An attempt to study the unity of experience.

C. Ways in which people differ in terms of their behavior, emotion, cognition, and development.

D. A method of focusing on internal processes.

A school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.

599 - What is General Intelligence?

A. intelligence that reflects the ability to process information, understand relationships, and think logically, without prior experience

B. the idea that one general factor underlies intelligence

C. intelligence that reflects both the ability to acquire new information and to use it

D. average score for children of each age group

the idea that one general factor underlies intelligence

600 - What is general psychology?

A. Fundamental rules and principles of psychology

B. General behaviour of people

C. General activities of an organism

D. Normal behaviour of a person

Fundamental rules and principles of psychology

601 - What is generalisability?

A. Generalisability refers to the extent to which we can analyse the findings of our research

B. Generalisability refers to the extent to which we can apply the findings of our research to something that already exsists

C. Generalisability refers to the extent to which we can apply the findings of our research to the participants who took part in the study.

D. Generalisability refers to the extent to which we can apply the findings of our research to the target population we are interested in.

Generalisability refers to the extent to which we can apply the findings of our research to the target population we are interested in.

602 - What is Gestalt Psychology?

A. The idea that we see a whole rather than the sum of the parts.

B. The study of observable behavior.

C. The influence of social and cultural forces

D. The basis for structuralism.

The idea that we see a whole rather than the sum of the parts.

603 - What is group polarization?

A. the lack of critical thinking that results for a desire for harmony

B. the radicalization of the groups' ideology through discussion

C. a split within a group produced by differences of opinion

D. the tendency of individuals to exert more effort when working as part of a group

the radicalization of the groups' ideology through discussion

604 - What is groupthink?

A. More focus on maintaining group cohesiveness than focusing on problems concerned with the group.

B. Doing things not associated with the group you're working with.

C. When you take control over a group and become controlling.

D. None of the above

More focus on maintaining group cohesiveness than focusing on problems concerned with the group.

605 - What is Happy Lives?

A. Netflix documentary

B. Mobile Game

C. Pleasant Life, Engaged Life and Meaningful Life

D. Pleasant Life, Enthusiastic Life and Fulfilling Life

Pleasant Life, Engaged Life and Meaningful Life

606 - What is humanistic behavior?

A. How we process information

B. One's free will, growth, love and acceptance

C. Genes and hormones

D. The influence of others

One's free will, growth, love and acceptance

607 - What is humanistic psychology?

A. The study of how organisms learn or modify their behaviour as they respond to their environment.

B. The study of how people perceive, learn, remember and think about information.

C. Psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person.

D. Systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions

Psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person.

608 - What is iconic Memory?

A. Visual images lasting 1/3 of a second

B. Auditory information lasting for up to 4 seconds

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Visual images lasting 1/3 of a second

609 - What is important to remember about correlation?

A. Correlation is not causation.

B. Click the other answer.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Correlation is not causation.

610 - What is In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment?

A. Statistical Significance

B. Experimental Group

C. Control Group

D. Dependent Variable

Control Group

611 - What is informed consent

A. When people involved in your research are paid

B. When people involved in your research are told what it is about

C. When people involved in your research are not told what it is about

D. When people involved in your research are identified

When people involved in your research are told what it is about

612 - What is inside the Cochlea?

A. Fluid and tiny hairs

B. Just fluid

C. Nothing

D. None of the above

Fluid and tiny hairs

613 - What is Insight?

A. n problem solving, having fixed ideas about the typical functions of objects

B. the sudden realization of a solution to a problem

C. standardized tests

D. average score for children of each age group

the sudden realization of a solution to a problem

614 - What is intelligence related to?

A. amygdala performance

B. stimuli performance

C. cognitive performance

D. brain performance

cognitive performance

615 - What is Intelligence?

A. the ability to use knowledge to reason, make decisions, make sense of events, solve problems, understand complex ideas, learn quickly, and adapt to environmental challenges

B. the sudden realization of a solution to a problem

C. in problem solving, having fixed ideas about the typical functions of objects

D. an index of intelligence computed by dividing a child's estimated mental age by the child's chronological age, then multiplying this number by 100

the ability to use knowledge to reason, make decisions, make sense of events, solve problems, understand complex ideas, learn quickly, and adapt to environmental challenges

616 - What is internal reliability?

A. Internal reliability assesses the extent to which a measure varies from one use to another.

B. Internal reliability assesses the consistency of the sampling method

C. Internal reliability assesses the consistency the recruitment process

D. Internal reliability assesses the consistency of results across items within a test

Internal reliability assesses the consistency of results across items within a test

617 - What is interpersonal?

A. Enjoys photography, painting, drawing; can read maps easily

B. Enjoys helping others; gets along well with team members

C. Enjoys spending time alone, needs quiet time to think over ideas

D. likes to take care of pets, is good with plants; likes to study the earth and weather

Enjoys helping others; gets along well with team members

618 - What is inter-rater/observer reliability?

A. Interviewers should produce their own questions

B. Interviewers should produce different outcomes to the same phenomenon

C. Interviewers should produce similar outcomes to the same phenomenon

D. Interviewers should produce their own ideas on what to study

Interviewers should produce similar outcomes to the same phenomenon

619 - What is introspection?

A. Self motivation

B. Self observation

C. Self interest

D. Self learning

Self observation

620 - What is intuition?

A. Knowing if something is right or wrong

B. Tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that one would have foreseen it

C. The human brain trying to find order or patterns in everything

D. Thinking you know more than you do

Knowing if something is right or wrong

621 - What is it called in psychology when, "Changes in behavior produced by a condition in a formal experiment thought to be inert and inactive."

A. Mandela Effect

B. Placebo Effect

C. Descriptive Studies

D. Correlational Studies

Placebo Effect

622 - What is it called when an object is higher in our field of vision so it seems farther away?

A. Relative size

B. Relative height

C. Interposition

D. Linear perspective

Relative height

623 - What is it called when each axon branches out into numerous fibers that end in structures

A. Synapses

B. Action potential

C. Brain stem

D. Terminal buttons

Terminal buttons

624 - What is it called when new information impairs the retention of previously learned information?

A. Retention

B. Retroactive Interference

C. Proactiveinterference

D. Retrieval Failure

Retroactive Interference

625 - What is it called when researchers have to explain why they lied to their participants?

A. Debriefing

B. Development

C. Confidentiality

D. Accuracy

Debriefing

626 - What is it called when senses collect information?

A. Perception

B. Sensation

C. Sensory Memory

D. Working Memory

Sensation

627 - What is it called when something is added or an unpleasant stimulus is applied to decrease a behavior?

A. Delayed reinforcer

B. Unconditioned response

C. Conditioned response

D. Positive punishment

Positive punishment

628 - What is it called when the brain connects events that occur in a sequence?

A. Aquistion

B. Associative learning

C. Extinction

D. Conditioned stimulus

Associative learning

629 - What is it called when we construct perceptions based on experience and expectations?

A. Sensation

B. Selective attention

C. Bottom-Up processing

D. Top-Down processing

Top-Down processing

630 - What is it called when we interpret information collected from our senses?

A. Sensation

B. Perception

C. Sensory Memory

D. Top-down processing

Perception

631 - What is it called when you don't have enough sleep?

A. Sleep deprived

B. A Night owl

C. Sleep apnea

D. Sleep loss

Sleep deprived

632 - What is it called when you make a mental picture of a place?

A. cognitive map

B. operant learning

C. cerebral map

D. road map

cognitive map

633 - What is it called when you stare at an image and you see an after-image in a different color? (example, staring at purple dots leads to see green dots when you blink)

A. Rod and Cone Firing Theory

B. Opponent-Process Theory

C. Chromatic Theory

D. After-Image Theory

Opponent-Process Theory

634 - What is Ivan Pavlov famous for?

A. Bobo doll experiment

B. Operant conditioning

C. Taste aversion

D. Classical conditioning

Classical conditioning

635 - What is learned behavior?

A. UCS & UCR

B. CS & CR

C. Acquisition

D. Generalization

CS & CR

636 - What is learning that occurs but is not apparent until the learner has incentive to demonstrate it?

A. Overjustification effect

B. Law of effect

C. Latent learning

D. Operant conditioning

Latent learning

637 - What is learning that remains hidden until needed?

A. Modeling

B. Latent learning

C. Cognitive learning

D. Observational learning

Latent learning

638 - What is learning that results from observation and imitation called?

A. behavior modification

B. social learning

C. voluntary

D. modeling

modeling

639 - What is letter "e" in the image.

A. Dendrites

B. Myelin sheath

C. Axon

D. Axon terminals

Myelin sheath

640 - What is letter B

A. Optic nerve

B. Lens

C. Cornea

D. Retina

Retina

641 - What is letter D pointing to?

A. Cell Body

B. Dendrite

C. Axon Terminal

D. Nucleus

Axon Terminal

642 - What is letter E?

A. Vitreous humor

B. Retina

C. Cornea

D. Optic nerve

Cornea

643 - What is letter F?

A. Retina

B. Pupil

C. Vitreous humor

D. Iris

Pupil

644 - What is letter I?

A. Cornea

B. Lens

C. Vitreous humor

D. Optic nerve

Optic nerve

645 - what is life space?

A. total life of human beings

B. life span

C. psychological world in which a person leaves

D. physical world

psychological world in which a person leaves

646 - What is marketing psychology?

A. Using psychology to decide where stalls are located in markets

B. Using psychology to help children to learn and develop their language abilities

C. Using psychology to anticipate buyer behaviour by understanding our cognitive processes. Uses psychological knowledge to run effective ad campaigns. Helps companies to relate to their customers

D. Using psychology to anticipate what individuals will do in particular situations, for example bystander behaviour in emergencies and how people will react to traumatic situations

Using psychology to anticipate buyer behaviour by understanding our cognitive processes. Uses psychological knowledge to run effective ad campaigns. Helps companies to relate to their customers

647 - What is mathematical/Logical?

A. enjoys photography, drawing, and painting; can read maps

B. Enjoys working with numbers, likes to solve problems; likes logic games

C. enjoys helping others, gets along well with team members, likes talking things over

D. Enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles, and writing stories

Enjoys working with numbers, likes to solve problems; likes logic games

648 - What is meaning of learning?

A. modification of behaviour

B. Modification of emotion

C. Modification of education

D. Modification of memory

modification of behaviour

649 - What is meant by "debriefing"?

A. giving participants information about the study before it starts

B. giving participants information about the study after it is complete

C. giving participants the right to leave the study

D. making sure all participants are paid for their role in the study

giving participants information about the study after it is complete

650 - What is meant by a critical period

A. 1st attachment acts as a template (in the mind) for all future relationships

B. Having one primary caregiver

C. Must have an attachment during a certain period of time or else the child will suffer from long term irreversible social development issues

D. Following the first moving thing you see.

Must have an attachment during a certain period of time or else the child will suffer from long term irreversible social development issues

651 - What is meant by a token economy?

A. economic system in which tokens are used in place of money

B. barter system used in public housing complexes

C. form of behavior modification set up by an individual to reward or punish himself or herself for a particular behavior

D. form of behavior modification that uses rewards to reinforce desired behavior

form of behavior modification that uses rewards to reinforce desired behavior

652 - What is meant by brain localisation in relation to the cognitive approach?

A. Specific areas of the brain deal with specific cognitive functions.

B. Cognitive psychologists are only interested in specific areas of the brain.

C. Some areas of the brain are more important than others when understanding how the brain works.

D. Some experimental methods can be used to isolate functioning to an localised area of the brain.

Specific areas of the brain deal with specific cognitive functions.

653 - What is meant by de-briefing

A. Giving participants information about the study before it starts

B. Giving participants information about the study after it is complete

C. Giving participants the right to leave the study

D. Giving participants money for taking part

Giving participants information about the study after it is complete

654 - What is meant by ETHNOCENTRISM?

A. Gender Bias

B. Cultural Bias

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Cultural Bias

655 - What is meant by maternal deprivation?

A. Child has attachment but then is is disrupted e.g. mum goes to prison.

B. Child never has the chance to for a meaningful bond e.g. raised in an institutional care home

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Child has attachment but then is is disrupted e.g. mum goes to prison.

656 - What is meant by monotropy?

A. Need to form one main primary attachment bond to act as a secure base.

B. Need to have just one partner

C. Need to have one family

D. None of the above

Need to form one main primary attachment bond to act as a secure base.

657 - What is meant by representative?

A. Representative: A group who accurately reflects what the study wants to achieve.

B. Representative: A group who accurately reflects the target population

C. Representative: A group who can accurately answer the questions in the study.

D. Representative: A group who should never reflect the target population

Representative: A group who accurately reflects the target population

658 - What is meant by the scientific method in psychology?

A. All behavior is seen as being caused (determined) 2. If behavior is determined, then it should be possible to predict how human beings would behave in different conditions (predictably)

B. is a standardized way of making observations, gathering data, forming theories, testing predictions, and interpreting results.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

All behavior is seen as being caused (determined) 2. If behavior is determined, then it should be possible to predict how human beings would behave in different conditions (predictably)

659 - What is meant by the term 'curriculum'?

A. The subject of study offered by an educational institution

B. Organized whole of learning and other experiences provided by educational institutions to realize set goals.

C. The prescribed syllabi in the various subjects, plus practical courses and project/dissertation

D. Theory and practical courses to be completed to qualify for a level of education

Organized whole of learning and other experiences provided by educational institutions to realize set goals.

660 - What is meant by the term 'research'?

A. A statement about what you think will happen

B. The element of a study you aim to measure

C. Investigating something systematically with the aim of demonstrating facts and producing theories

D. None of the above

Investigating something systematically with the aim of demonstrating facts and producing theories

661 - What is meant by vicarious reinforcement?

A. When we get positive feedback and therefore continue a behaviour.

B. When we get negative feedback and therefore stop a behaviour.

C. When we are exposed to something over time and learn through repetition.

D. When we see someone else get positive feedback and therefore imitate the behaviour.

When we see someone else get positive feedback and therefore imitate the behaviour.

662 - What is Mental age?

A. intelligence that reflects the ability to process information, understand relationships, and think logically, without prior experience

B. average score for children of each age group

C. an index of intelligence computed by dividing a child's estimated mental age by the child's chronological age, then multiplying this number by 100

D. the idea that one general factor underlies intelligence

average score for children of each age group

663 - What is mental set?

A. The tendency to use a particular problem-solving strategy that has succeeded in the past but may interfere with solving a problem requiring a different strategy

B. The inability to invent an appropriate new use for an object because familiarity with its common usage prevents thinking about it in a different way

C. None of the above

D. None of the above

The tendency to use a particular problem-solving strategy that has succeeded in the past but may interfere with solving a problem requiring a different strategy

664 - What is metacognition?

A. creating mental images in your mind

B. thinking about your thinking

C. wondering as you read

D. thinking what the text might be about

thinking about your thinking

665 - What is Miss. C's cat's name?

A. Meow bear

B. Susu

C. heather

D. stormy

stormy

666 - What is Modeling?

A. Learning by observing others

B. Being observed by others for your actions

C. Operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior towards the desired behavior

D. How your viewpoints get changed by the people around us

Learning by observing others

667 - What is monism?

A. the belief that the mind and body are different and exist separately

B. the belief that the mind and body are different parts of the same thing

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

the belief that the mind and body are different parts of the same thing

668 - What is more important to a long life?

A. Exercise

B. Education

C. Relationships

D. Sleep

Relationships

669 - What is Motivation?

A. The process of arousing action, sustaining activity in progress and regulatingpatterns of activity.

B. An enduring evaluation - positive ornegative of people, objects and ideas'

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

The process of arousing action, sustaining activity in progress and regulatingpatterns of activity.

670 - What is Ms.C's hallpass

A. A golden pineapple

B. a bat

C. a globe

D. None of the above

a globe

671 - What is musical/rhythmic?

A. sings well, enjoys listening to music, plays an instrument

B. enjoys sports, dancing, or other physical activity; hands-on

C. likes to take care of pets, is good with plants, likes to study earth and space

D. enjoys photography, drawing, and painting, can read maps easily

sings well, enjoys listening to music, plays an instrument

672 - What is my classmate doing while in class? what goal of psychology is the question trying to answer

A. Describe

B. Influence

C. Predict

D. Explain

Describe

673 - what is nature vs nurture?

A. biology vs how one was raised

B. how one was raised vs biology

C. dna vs biology

D. biology vs dna

biology vs how one was raised

674 - What is necessary for someone to engage in helping behavior?

A. if a person is.....not in a hurry, believe the victim deserves help, in a bad mood, feeling guilty, live in a small town or rural area, just saw someone being helpful

B. if a person is..... in a hurry, believe the victim does not deserve help, in a good mood, feeling guilty, live in a small town or rural area, just saw someone being helpful

C. if a person is.....not in a hurry, believe the victim deserves help, in a good mood, feeling guilty, live in a large town or urban area, just saw someone being helpful

D. if a person is.....not in a hurry, believe the victim deserves help, in a good mood, feeling guilty, live in a small town or rural area, just saw someone being helpful

if a person is.....not in a hurry, believe the victim deserves help, in a good mood, feeling guilty, live in a small town or rural area, just saw someone being helpful

675 - what is Neural impulse?

A. An electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to communicate.

B. A point of view that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge of the external world.

C. The inability to pull a word from memory even though there is the sensation that that word is available.

D. A school of American psychology that sought to describe the elements of conscious experience.

An electro-chemical signal that enables neurons to communicate.

676 - What is neural networks?

A. directs the manufacture of substances that the neuron needs for growth and maintenance.

B. Denotes the brain's special capacity for change.

C. takes messages to and from the body's internal organs.

D. They integrate sensory input and motor output

They integrate sensory input and motor output

677 - What is neuroplasticity?

A. The ability of the spinal cord to reproduce more nerve cells.

B. The ability of the spinal cord to feel senses,

C. The ability of the neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization,

D. The ability of the neural networks in the brain to recognize touch.

The ability of the neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization,

678 - What is Neuroticism refer to?

A. how emotionally stable they are

B. how lively, sociableand impulsive a person is.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

how emotionally stable they are

679 - What is non-verbal communication

A. communicating with someone by using gestures

B. Getting messages across with facial expressions

C. Using your body language to convey something to someone else

D. All of the above

All of the above

680 - What is norm of reciprocity?

A. Asking for something large and when rejected asking for smaller favors.

B. Getting a commitment from a person and then raising the cost

C. Asking for small favors and then after they say yes asking for smaller stuff.

D. When someone assumes if you do something for them they have to do something back.

When someone assumes if you do something for them they have to do something back.

681 - What is NOT a form of clinical observation?

A. self-monitoring

B. assessing clients in their homes

C. assessing clients outside of their home

D. interviewing

interviewing

682 - What is not a Gestalt grouping principle of perception?

A. closure

B. proximity

C. disparity

D. similarity

disparity

683 - What is not a reasonable conclusion to be drawn from this graph?

A. There are about twice as many Sprint customers as there are T-Mobile

B. Verizon has increased their total number of customers since last year

C. AT&T has better service coverage than the other cell phone providers

D. T-Mobile is the least common provider for those who were surveyed

Verizon has increased their total number of customers since last year

684 - What is NOT a symptom of a concussion?

A. Confusion

B. unequal pupils

C. vomiting

D. excessive energy

excessive energy

685 - What is NOT an accurate evaluation of Gilchrist and Nesbergs study on motivation and perception

A. it might have caused harm to the participants

B. there might have been individual differences

C. it was really like real life

D. None of the above

it was really like real life

686 - What is NOT an aspect of Critical Thinking?

A. Identifying bias

B. Thinking inside the box

C. Recognizing assumptions

D. Being open to different perspectives

Thinking inside the box

687 - What is NOT an evaluation of the Policeman doll study?

A. it was more realistic than Piagets tasks

B. the researcher may still have hinted where to put the doll

C. there would have been order effects

D. It is a useful study as it shows that Piaget underestimated the stages

there would have been order effects

688 - What is not an example of perceptual constancy?

A. size

B. shape

C. color

D. dimension

dimension

689 - What is not one of Gestalt Psychologyâ€™s five laws of form perception?

A. closure

B. similarity

C. proximity

D. relative size

relative size

690 - What is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?

A. axons

B. sensory receptors

C. spinal cord

D. motor neurons

spinal cord

691 - What is not responding to similar stimuli?

A. Generalization

B. Discrimination

C. UCS & UCR

D. CS & CR

Discrimination

692 - What is not SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CAREER FIELDS?

A. The policeman

B. Health and exercise psychologist

C. College teaching

D. None of the above

The policeman

693 - What is NOT true about Barlett's study on war of the ghosts

A. the participants were told a Native American Indian story

B. Barlett collected qualitative data

C. the participants changed the story e.g. changing the word canoe for boat

D. he kept the study very well controlled

he kept the study very well controlled

694 - What is obedience?

A. Changing someone's behavior at the command of an authority figure.

B. A negative attitude held by members of a particular group.

C. A social group who fits in

D. Treating people differently because of the prejudice to which they belong.

Changing someone's behavior at the command of an authority figure.

695 - What is object permanence?

A. A process by which we learn something new

B. The ability to understand that something exists even when you can't see it

C. A packet of information about the world

D. The ability to understand that number/mass doesn't change even when appearance does

The ability to understand that something exists even when you can't see it

696 - What is observational learning?

A. Learning from reading books

B. Learning behavior but not showing behavior until rewarded

C. Learning from the associations of stimuli

D. Learning by watching the behavior of another person, or model

Learning by watching the behavior of another person, or model

697 - What is observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation?

A. Operational Definition

B. Naturalistic Observation

C. Illusory Correlation

D. Experimental Group

Naturalistic Observation

698 - What is olfaction?

A. Sense of taste.

B. Sense of hearing.

C. Sense of smell

D. Sense of body movements

Sense of smell

699 - What is one advantage of a case study?

A. Sometimes relies only on self-report data, which can be misleading

B. Doesn't allow conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships

C. Provides a good way to generate hypotheses

D. Can be subjective and thus may yield biased results

Provides a good way to generate hypotheses

700 - What is one advantage of a survey?

A. Doesn't allow conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships.

B. Provides data on observable behavior.

C. Sometimes self-report data can have bias and be misleading.

D. Can provide information about many people since it's cheap and easy to do.

Can provide information about many people since it's cheap and easy to do.

701 - What is one limitation of a Case Study?

A. Obtain detailed and valuable descriptive information on behaviour and mental processes

B. Provide a snapshot of an actual experience

C. A valuable source for a hypothesis in future research

D. It can be difficult to make generalisations

It can be difficult to make generalisations

702 - What is one main difference between psychologists and psychiatrists?

A. Psychologists can prescribe medication, but psychiatrists cannot.

B. Psychiatrists can prescribe medication, but psychologists cannot.

C. Dr. Cesar can prescribe medication, and all psychiatrists salivate over his power.

D. None of the above

Psychiatrists can prescribe medication, but psychologists cannot.

703 - What is one of the main Ethics of Research that emphasizes "the importance of a detailed summary of the research experiment given to the participants of the study including a summary of the results of the study."

A. Freedom from Coercion

B. Informed Consent

C. Limited Deception

D. Adequate Debriefing

Adequate Debriefing

704 - What is one of the principal functions of mirror neurons?

A. to allow an organism to replace an unconditioned response

B. to help produce intrinsic motivation in some children

C. to be the mechanism to which the brain accomplishes observational learning

D. none of the above

to be the mechanism to which the brain accomplishes observational learning

705 - What is one of the responsibilities of a counselling psychologist?

A. personal and professional development

B. to enhance well being

C. provide therapies

D. None of the above

personal and professional development

706 - What is one reason why Wilhelm Wundt is important in the history of psychology?

A. He invented psychology.

B. He answered the question "Who am I?"

C. He established the first psychology lab.

D. He took seriously experience in religion.

He established the first psychology lab.

707 - What is one thing that drives people to meditate?

A. Growth

B. Exercise

C. Popularity

D. Therapy

Growth

708 - What is operant conditioning?

A. Learning through association

B. Learning through observation

C. Learning through reward and punishment

D. Learning through natural instinct

Learning through reward and punishment

709 - What is Operationalizing variables

A. A variable is operationalised when it has been been numbered.

B. A variable is operationalised when it has been timed.

C. A variable is operationalised when it has been identified.

D. A variable is operationalised when it has been defined and turned in to something that can be measured.

A variable is operationalised when it has been defined and turned in to something that can be measured.

710 - What is our tendency to think we know or can perform better or more accurately than we really can?

A. Confirmation Bias

B. Overconfidence

C. Intuition

D. Insight

Overconfidence

711 - What is p-hacking?

A. the process of manipulating the process of statistical analysis to receive significant results

B. the process of standardising the process of statistical analysis

C. the process of analysing the statistical significance

D. the process of differentiating between what is significant and what is not

the process of manipulating the process of statistical analysis to receive significant results

712 - What is Philip Zimbardo's prison study, and what did it demonstrate?

A. How people conform to social roles that override individual morality

B. How people will always rebel against authority

C. How people will trust and respect and authority figure

D. How prisoners should be treated

How people conform to social roles that override individual morality

713 - what is philo?

A. love

B. wisdom

C. care

D. peace

love

714 - What is Photographic memory also known as

A. Eidetic Memory

B. Picturesque Memory

C. Recall

D. Recognition

Eidetic Memory

715 - What is physiology?

A. The study of fundamental nature of knowledge

B. The study of the human body

C. The study of the mind and Behavior

D. The study of how organisms function

The study of how organisms function

716 - What is pitch?

A. How low or high a sound is

B. How loud a sound is

C. How complex a sound is

D. How pleasant a sound is

How low or high a sound is

717 - What is Positive Psychology

A. Scientific study of what makes life worth living

B. Makes normal lives less frustrating

C. Replaces traditional psychology principles

D. None of the above

Scientific study of what makes life worth living

718 - what is positive punishment

A. take away something to increase desirable behaviour

B. add something to increase desirable behaviour

C. take away something to decrease undesirable behaviour

D. add something to decrease undesirable behaviour

add something to decrease undesirable behaviour

719 - What is positive reinforcement

A. take away something to increase desirable behaviour

B. add something to increase desirable behaviour

C. take away something to decrease undesirable behaviour

D. add something to decrease undesirable behaviour

add something to increase desirable behaviour

720 - What is post event discussion?

A. Talking about something before it has taken place

B. Talking about something after it has taken place

C. Talking about something whilst it is taking place

D. None of the above

Talking about something after it has taken place

721 - What is prejudice?

A. Groups who fit in.

B. Changing someone's behavior because of authority.

C. A negative attitude held by the members of a particular social group.

D. The effect people's stereotypes associated with their social group have on their behavior.

A negative attitude held by the members of a particular social group.

722 - What is priming?

A. When associations created by past experiences influence one's perception.

B. When the sensory input is lower than the absolute threshold, thus only being sensed less than 50% of the time.

C. When one's absolute threshold is lowered due to conscious awareness of the environment around them.

D. When one's attention is focused on one thing, allowing them to be blind to changes in their environment.

When associations created by past experiences influence one's perception.

723 - What is Problem Solving?

A. attempts to predict how people actually make choice s, not to define ideal choice s

B. attempting to select the best alternative from among several options

C. finding a way around an obstacle to reach a goal

D. attempts to define how people should make decisions

finding a way around an obstacle to reach a goal

724 - What is procedural memory?

A. 'Knowing how'

B. 'Knowing what'

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

'Knowing how'

725 - What is produced by tactile stimulation of a newbornâ€™s cheek?

A. Babkin response

B. rooting response

C. Moro response

D. grasping response

rooting response

726 - What is prospective memory?

A. Remembering to do something in the future

B. Thinking

C. Inability to remember to do something in the future

D. None of the above

Remembering to do something in the future

727 - What is proximity in Gestalt forms of visual grouping?

A. similar figures are grouped together

B. close figures are grouped together

C. intersecting lines are interpreted as continuous

D. figures with gaps are completed.

close figures are grouped together

728 - What is psychoanalysis?

A. Focusing on the unconscious mind and more specifically memories from childhood

B. Conscious behavior and what we do to be accepted by others

C. How we process and store information

D. Physical structure and brain chemistry

Focusing on the unconscious mind and more specifically memories from childhood

729 - What is psychology the study of?

A. Thoughts

B. Feelings

C. Beahviours

D. All of the above

All of the above

730 - What is Psychology?

A. subjective science

B. objective science

C. behavioral science

D. science of mind

behavioral science

731 - what is Psychophysics?

A. A model of training of professional psychologists that emphasizes clinical practice.

B. Study of the relationships between physical stimuli and the perception of those stimuli.

C. A point of view that emphasizes the importance of the senses in providing knowledge of the external world.

D. A school of American psychology that sought to describe the elements of conscious experience.

Study of the relationships between physical stimuli and the perception of those stimuli.

732 - What is punishment?

A. Anything that the subject dislikes

B. Anything that decreases the frequency of a behavior

C. Any unpleasant stimulus

D. Anything that the subject will work to avoid

Anything that decreases the frequency of a behavior

733 - What is qualitative research methods?

A. Qualitative research involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data

B. Qualitative research involves observations and interviews (individual or group).

C. Qualitative research wants to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences.

D. All of the above

All of the above

734 - What is random sampling?

A. any process for selecting a sample of individuals or cases that is neither random nor systematic but rather is governed by chance or ready availability.

B. Uses people from target population available at the time and willing to take part. It is based on convenience.

C. a sampling technique where participants self-select to become part of a study

D. a process for selecting a sample of study participants from a larger potential group of eligible individuals, such that each person has the same fixed probability of being included in the sample and some chance procedure is used to determine who specifica

a process for selecting a sample of study participants from a larger potential group of eligible individuals, such that each person has the same fixed probability of being included in the sample and some chance procedure is used to determine who specifica

735 - What is rationally deciding what to believe or what to do?

A. Naturalistic Observation

B. Critical Thinking

C. Illusory Correlation

D. Control Group

Critical Thinking

736 - What is recall?

A. ly identifying or selecting previously learned information from a set of alternatives

B. Information you have to retrieve from memory

C. Information is located and recovered

D. None of the above

Information you have to retrieve from memory

737 - What is recognition?

A. Information is located and recovered

B. Information you have to retrieve from memory

C. ly identifying or selecting previously learned information from a set of alternatives

D. None of the above

ly identifying or selecting previously learned information from a set of alternatives

738 - What is rehearsal?

A. The process where something is consciously done to retain information in memory

B. The process where something is unconsciously done to retain information in memory

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

The process where something is consciously done to retain information in memory

739 - What is reliability?

A. Reliability is consistency across researchers

B. Reliability refers to the consistency of a research study, If findings from research are replicated consistently they are reliable.

C. Reliability is consistency of the recruitment process

D. Reliability refers to the sample repeating the same words

Reliability refers to the consistency of a research study, If findings from research are replicated consistently they are reliable.

740 - What is REM?

A. rapid energy motion

B. random eye movement

C. rapid eye movement

D. rear electrical module

rapid eye movement

741 - What is replication?

A. cloning the scientist who first did an experiment

B. doing an experiment for the first time

C. doing an experiment again and getting different results

D. Doing an experiment again and getting the same results

Doing an experiment again and getting the same results

742 - What is Representativeness Heuristic?

A. in decision making, the tendency to emphasize the potential losses or potential gains from at least one alternative

B. making a decision based on the answer that comes most easily to mind

C. placing a person or object in a category if that person or object is similar to one's prototype for that category

D. the tendency, in making judgements; to rely on the first piece of information encountered or information that comes most quickly to mind

placing a person or object in a category if that person or object is similar to one's prototype for that category

743 - What is responding to similar stimuli?

A. Generalization

B. UCS & UCR

C. Acquisition

D. Descrimination

Generalization

744 - What is retrieval?

A. Information is located and recovered

B. ly identifying or selecting previously learned information from a set of alternatives

C. Information you have to retrieve from memory

D. None of the above

Information is located and recovered

745 - What is S.C.C Framework?

A. Structure, Conviction, Conscientiousness

B. Structure, Conviction, Connection

C. Structure, Conviction, Conscience

D. Structure, Compete, commit

Structure, Conviction, Connection

746 - What is sampling bias

A. Sampling bias refers to situations where the sample does not include an opportunity sample.

B. Sampling bias refers to situations where the sample does not reflect the results of the study.

C. Sampling bias refers to situations where the sample does not reflect the characteristics of the target population.

D. Sampling bias refers to situations where the sample does not include more than one person.

Sampling bias refers to situations where the sample does not reflect the characteristics of the target population.

747 - What is scapegoating?

A. Changing someone's behavior because someone asked you to.

B. The tendency to direct prejudice and discrimination at an out-group with little power.

C. Comparing yourself to someone else to raise self esteem.

D. None of the above

The tendency to direct prejudice and discrimination at an out-group with little power.

748 - What is Scholasticism within context of the reconciliation of the Christian faith and reason?

A. An academic branch of Christianity in medieval Italy founded by St Thomas Aquinas.

B. Beginning of scientific investigations into the existence of God, leading to the philosophical arguments from the ontological, cosmological and teleological perspectives

C. A synthesis of Aristotle's philosophy and Christian theology and showing what implications that synthesis had for living one's life

D. An organised education system within the Catholic Church that promoted the advancement of teaching and learning focusing on epistemology

A synthesis of Aristotle's philosophy and Christian theology and showing what implications that synthesis had for living one's life

749 - What is self-concept?

A. How we view ourselves.

B. Our knowledge of our friendship groups

C. How we think others view us

D. None of the above

How we view ourselves.

750 - What is Semantic Encoding

A. Attach Meaning to the information

B. Repeat the information over and over

C. Only go over the information twice

D. Store a picture of the information in your memory

Attach Meaning to the information

751 - What is sematic memory?

A. Type of declarative memory, stores information about the world

B. Type of declarative memory, stores episodes involving personal experience

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Type of declarative memory, stores information about the world

752 - What is Sensation?

A. Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.

B. refers to how the mind process information

C. refers to how we store information

D. None of the above

Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.

753 - What is Signal Detection theory?

A. Ability to detect various sounds and colors

B. Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

C. Ability to see traffic signals

D. None of the above

Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

754 - What is social cognition?

A. The process of explaining one's behavior or another person's behavior.

B. negative attitude held by a person about the members of a particular social group

C. treating people differently because of prejudice toward the social group to which they belong

D. how people process, store, and apply information about other people and social situations

how people process, store, and apply information about other people and social situations

755 - What is social comparison?

A. Negative attitude towards a particular social group.

B. Views of prejudice directed through direct influence.

C. Comparing yourself to someone else to raise self esteem.

D. A social group who fits in.

Comparing yourself to someone else to raise self esteem.

756 - What is social identity?

A. Identity tied with a social group view of yourself as a member of a certain society.

B. The effect people's awareness of their stereotype has on their behavior.

C. Tendency to direct prejudice and discrimination at out-group members with little power.

D. None of the above

Identity tied with a social group view of yourself as a member of a certain society.

757 - What is social influence?

A. changing one's behavior to match that of other people

B. refers to the way in which individuals change their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment

C. a shared set of beliefs, behaviors, values, and attitudes held by a group of people or a society

D. a tendency to respond positively or negatively toward a certain person, object, idea or situation

refers to the way in which individuals change their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment

758 - What is social learning theory?

A. How we learn from our parents

B. How we learn from our peers

C. How we learn from the environment

D. All of the above

All of the above

759 - What is social Psychology?

A. a discipline that blends psychology and the practice of law.

B. the presence and conduct of others impact individual or group behavior.

C. interior mental processes research.

D. focuses on how individuals develop and grow throughout their lives.

the presence and conduct of others impact individual or group behavior.

760 - What is socio-cultural perspective?

A. Unconscious behavior

B. The reinforcement and punishment from others

C. What we do with different information

D. How we act in different contexts and around others

How we act in different contexts and around others

761 - What is Socioeconomic Status?

A. the total measure of a person's social & economic position based on income

B. the total measure of a person's social & economic position based on income, education & occupation

C. the total measure of a person's social & economic position based on education & occupation

D. the total measure of a person's social & economic position based on income & education

the total measure of a person's social & economic position based on income, education & occupation

762 - What is source memory?

A. Remembering your sources

B. Memory for when, where and how, of a particular experience or piece of info. acquired

C. Memory of who, what, and when, , of a particular experience or piece of info. acquired

D. Forgetting to do your homework

Memory for when, where and how, of a particular experience or piece of info. acquired

763 - What is Spider-Man's real name?

A. Peter Parker

B. no clue

C. Clark Kent

D. Bruce Wayne

Peter Parker

764 - What is spontaneously recovered mean?

A. Revival of an extinguished response

B. Not responding to similar stimuli

C. Responding to similar stimuli

D. How long it takes an organism to learn the association

Revival of an extinguished response

765 - What is stereotype vulnerability?

A. Views of prejudice directed through direct influence.

B. Negative attitude held by the members of a particular group.

C. Comparing yourself to someone else to raise self esteem.

D. How the awareness of people's stereotype effects their behavior.

How the awareness of people's stereotype effects their behavior.

766 - What is STM?

A. Short term Manner

B. Short term Memory

C. None

D. both

Short term Memory

767 - What is strategy for memorization?

A. copying the person next to you

B. chunking

C. not paying attention

D. getting an A on a test

chunking

768 - What is structuralism?

A. How the conscious experience is built

B. How the brain works

C. Observable behavior

D. Free will and growth

How the conscious experience is built

769 - What is structure labeled B in the picture?

A. Dendrite

B. Axon

C. Cell Body

D. Axon Terminal

Axon

770 - What is taught in classical conditioning?

A. A voluntary behavior

B. How to play classical music for long periods of time

C. How to run for a long distance

D. An involuntary association between two stimuli

An involuntary association between two stimuli

771 - What is territoriality?

A. claiming a space

B. standing one's ground

C. the amount of space a person needs to feel comfortable

D. none of the above

the amount of space a person needs to feel comfortable

772 - What is test-retest method?

A. The test-retest method assesses the external consistency of a test. It measures the stability of a test over time.

B. The test-retest method assesses consistency of a test across the sample.

C. The test-retest method assesses the results of a test

D. The test-retest method assesses consistency of a method

The test-retest method assesses the external consistency of a test. It measures the stability of a test over time.

773 - What is the "Institutional Review Board?"

A. Board that determines if an experiment is appropriate

B. Board that debriefs participants on an experiment

C. Board that reviews theories

D. Board that approves data

Board that determines if an experiment is appropriate

774 - What is the "zone" that surrounds a learner with skills they can understand with guidance?

A. zone of apprenticeship

B. zone of proximal development

C. zone of Freudism

D. zone of guided participation

zone of proximal development

775 - What is the ability to perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions called?

A. Two-Factor Theory

B. Emotional Intelligence

C. Multiple Intelligences

D. Wechsler Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

776 - What is the acronym for a skillful movement

A. PEAFC

B. PEEQ

C. PCRABS

D. FITT

PEAFC

777 - What is the acronym related to Goal Setting

A. SPOR

B. SMART

C. RAVLAV

D. Bad Man Ting

SMART

778 - What is the advantage of a Laboratory Observation?

A. Bad weather is not an issue

B. The degree of control that it gives the observer

C. People know that they are being observed

D. Observers will always get the correct answers

The degree of control that it gives the observer

779 - What is the age range for Piaget's cognitive development theory stage 3: concrete operational stage?

A. 0-2

B. 44625

C. 44627

D. 44754

44754

780 - What is the aim of research?

A. it summarises in a single sentence what you hope you will test

B. it summarises in a single sentence what your sample will be

C. it summarises in a single sentence what you learnt.

D. it summarises in a single sentence what you hope to achieve at the end of a research

it summarises in a single sentence what you hope to achieve at the end of a research

781 - What is the aim of the standarisation of the procedure?

A. ease of conducting the experiment

B. easy replication

C. similarity of experiences of participants

D. All of the above

All of the above

782 - What is the Aim of the Study? (Yamamoto)

A. Will conspecifics help when asked.

B. Understanding helping behavior.

C. If chimpanzees understand the needs of conspecifics and help

D. Will conspecifics provide targeted helping if not asked

If chimpanzees understand the needs of conspecifics and help

783 - What is the amplitude and frequency of the following wave?

A. loud and medium pitch

B. soft and high pitch

C. loud and low pitch

D. loud and high pitch

loud and high pitch

784 - What is the analysis of whether the research is important enough to place a subject at risk

A. Written consent

B. Trusting

C. Confidentiality

D. Risk/benefit ratio

Risk/benefit ratio

785 - What is the average I Q score?

A. 10

B. 50

C. 100

D. 200

100

786 - What is the average of the numbers: a calculated "central" value of a set of numbers?

A. mean

B. median

C. mode

D. maximum

mean

787 - What is the basic assumption of the social identity theory?

A. We seek positive social identities in order to enhance our self esteem

B. The more social groups that we belong to, the stronger our self esteem.

C. A positive self esteem enhances our social identity

D. None of the above

We seek positive social identities in order to enhance our self esteem

788 - What is the behavior perspective?

A. Only observable, not mental

B. Only mental, not observable

C. Unconscious behavior

D. What we do with our info

Only observable, not mental

789 - What is the beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people?

A. History

B. Culture

C. Religion

D. Information

Culture

790 - What is the best analysis for this chart?

A. Americans do not like pets

B. Americans and Canadians equally enjoy having pets

C. Most people in America own pets.

D. None of the above

Most people in America own pets.

791 - What is the best definition for reaction time?

A. the time it takes to respond to an external stimulus

B. the time it takes to externalise a thought

C. the time it takes to make a decision

D. the time we need to process a major life event

the time it takes to respond to an external stimulus

792 - What is the best explanation of the Muller-Lyer illusion?

A. Depth cues are misinterpreted

B. We fill in the details that are not actually present

C. The world has many vertical lines

D. We 'flip' between two posible interpretations

Depth cues are misinterpreted

793 - What is the best way of transferring information from short-term memory into long-term memory, that is, by making the information meaningful in some way?

A. maintenance rehearsal

B. elaborative rehearsal

C. rote learning

D. encoding specificity

elaborative rehearsal

794 - What is the biggest difference between the results of the two conditions?

A. How often a tool was offered.

B. If the correct tool was offered.

C. Request was needed all the time.

D. How long it took to help.

If the correct tool was offered.

795 - What is the biggest difference between the results of the two conditions? - Yamamoto

A. How often a tool was offered.

B. If the correct tool was offered.

C. Request was needed all the time.

D. How long it took to help.

If the correct tool was offered.

796 - What is the biggest weakness of demonstrations and, therefore, visual guidance

A. Uninteresting

B. time consuming

C. Demonstration accuracy

D. Not easily combined with coaching points

Demonstration accuracy

797 - What is the body language meaning?

A. Boredom

B. Readiness and aggression

C. Open and relaxed

D. Angry, frustrated and apprehensive

Readiness and aggression

798 - What is the bottom left label?

A. eardrum

B. hammer

C. anvil

D. stirrup

eardrum

799 - What is the brain made of?

A. Nerve tissue

B. Brain tissue

C. Cortex tissue

D. Stem tissue

Nerve tissue

800 - What is the bystander effect?

A. a set of characteristics that people believe is shared by all members of a particular social category; a concept held about a person or group of people that is based on superficial, irrelevant characteristics

B. how people process, store, and apply information about other people and social situations

C. referring to the effect that the presence of other people has on the decision to help or not help, with help becoming less likely as the number of bystanders increases

D. The process of explaining one's behavior or another person's behavior.

referring to the effect that the presence of other people has on the decision to help or not help, with help becoming less likely as the number of bystanders increases

801 - What is the calculated value of "S" in a study where 6 improved (+), 4 decline (-)d, and 2 with no change (0)

A. 2

B. 4

C. 6

D. 10

802 - What is the capacity and duration of information in STM?

A. Unlimited capacity and duration is a lifetime

B. Limited capacity but duration is a lifetime

C. Unlimited capacity and 18-30 second minute duration

D. 7 units capacity and 18-30 second duration

7 units capacity and 18-30 second duration

803 - What is the capacity and duration of LTM?

A. Unlimited storage capacity, indefinitely

B. 7+/- 2 held for 20-30 seconds

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Unlimited storage capacity, indefinitely

804 - What is the capacity of sensory memory?

A. A fraction of a second

B. Up to 30 seconds

C. Unlimited

D. 7 + or - 2 bits of information

Unlimited

805 - What is the capacity of Short Term Memory?

A. 7 plus or minus 2 bits of information.

B. unlimited

C. 30 seconds

D. 5 to 7 bits of information

7 plus or minus 2 bits of information.

806 - What is the chemical used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another nerve cell?

A. Neurotransmitters

B. Synapse

C. Threshold

D. Impulse

Neurotransmitters

807 - What is the cochlea?

A. The thin membrane that marks the beginning of the middle ear.

B. A coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear that houses the sensory receptors.

C. The auditory nerve

D. The primary auditory cortex in the brain.

A coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear that houses the sensory receptors.

808 - What is the cognitive verb, describe, asking you to do?

A. to provide more detail about how something looks, smells, sounds or feels; answers the questions what, when, where and who.

B. to find and name the correct information.

C. to suggest what is likely to happen, based on the available information.

D. to make something clearer by providing more information; to answer the question how and why.

to provide more detail about how something looks, smells, sounds or feels; answers the questions what, when, where and who.

809 - What is the cognitive verb, explain, asking you to do?

A. to make something clearer by providing more information; to answer the question how and why.

B. to think about something deeply and carefully.

C. to provide more detail about how something looks, smells, sounds or feels; answers the questions what, when, where and who.

D. to find and name the correct information.

to make something clearer by providing more information; to answer the question how and why.

810 - What is the cognitive verb, identify, asking you to do?

A. to tell how something looks, smells, sounds or feels; to provide more details about something.

B. to find and name the correct information.

C. to make something clearer by providing more information; to answer the question how and why.

D. to suggest what is likely to happen, based on the available information.

to find and name the correct information.

811 - What is the colored part of the eye?

A. pupil

B. retina

C. iris

D. vitreous humor

iris

812 - What is the colour pink often associated with?

A. Violence

B. Romance

C. Royalty

D. Danger

Romance

813 - What is the consequence for academic dishonesty?

A. course expulsion

B. no credit for either formative or summative

C. formative = no credit;summative = letter grade reduction

D. 10% reduction in the score for summative or formative

formative = no credit;summative = letter grade reduction

814 - What is the conversion of sensory energies (like sight and sound) into neural impulses?

A. Transduction

B. Priming

C. Sensory Adaptation

D. Neuroconversion

Transduction

815 - What is the core of Filipino social psychology and the heart of the structure of Filipino values?

A. Pakikisama

B. Maka-Diyos

C. Kapwa

D. Utang na Loob

Kapwa

816 - What is the correct definition for sensation?

A. is the process of getting, selecting and organising the information that is being sent from the five senses.

B. the process that allows our brains to take in information from our five senses. This information can then be interpreted by the brain. the brain, which then tells the body what to do.

C. refers to your own awareness of your thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations, and environment.

D. None of the above

is the process of getting, selecting and organising the information that is being sent from the five senses.

817 - What is the correct label for 2?

A. Nucleus

B. Nodes of Ranvier

C. Axon terminal buttons

D. Synapse

Nucleus

818 - What is the correct name for the set of instructions that an experiment must follow. This ensures every participant is treated the same, whilst allowing other researchers to replicate the study.

A. Standardised Procedures

B. 'How-2 Guide'

C. Academic Journal Reporting

D. Participant Briefing

Standardised Procedures

819 - What is the correct order for the scientific process?

A. Formulate testable questions, analyze data to arrive at conclusion, report results, Design study to collect data.

B. Formulate testable questions, Design study to collect data, analyze data to arrive at conclusion, report results.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Formulate testable questions, Design study to collect data, analyze data to arrive at conclusion, report results.

820 - What is the correct timeline of language development milestones in infants?

A. Makes cooing sounds, turns head toward voices, imitates sounds, babbles.

B. Makes cooing sounds, turns head toward voices, babbles, imitates sounds.

C. Turns head toward voices, imitates sounds, makes cooing sounds, babbles.

D. Babbles, turns head toward voices, makes cooing sounds, imitates sounds.

Makes cooing sounds, turns head toward voices, imitates sounds, babbles.

821 - WHAT IS THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF PSYCHOLOGY?

A. THE STUDY OF MENTAL HEALTH

B. THE STUDY OF OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOR

C. THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR AND MIND

D. THE SCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL PROCESSES

THE SCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL PROCESSES

822 - What is the Curve of Forgetting?

A. How information is lost overtime if there is no attempt to retain it

B. When you lose information after not attempting to retain it

C. Losing your memory when you get old

D. Some random thing Mrs.Spahn and Ms. Schneebeli talked about

How information is lost overtime if there is no attempt to retain it

823 - what is the definition for extroverted?

A. cannot shut up

B. active and outgoing, likes to express their thoughts and feelings

C. calm and in a relaxed manner

D. shy and quiet and normally keep their feelings to themselves

active and outgoing, likes to express their thoughts and feelings

824 - What is the definition of "ego"?

A. Freud's theory that mechanisms are used to protect the individual

B. The part of the personality that uses the pleasure principle to meet basic drives and instincts

C. The part of the personality that mediates between the id and superego in order to balance desires with reality

D. The scientific study of an individual's behavior and mental processes

The part of the personality that mediates between the id and superego in order to balance desires with reality

825 - What is the definition of an open skill?

A. Skills that have few sub-routines and require low level of attention

B. Skiils that are affected by an unpredicatble and changeable enviornment

C. Skills that are not affected by the environment

D. Skills that are made up of lots of sub routines and require great concentration

Skiils that are affected by an unpredicatble and changeable enviornment

826 - What is the definition of being a "high performer"?

A. Reaching peak states

B. Reaching long term goals

C. Being YOU at your best

D. Being YOU and beating the best

Being YOU at your best

827 - What is the definition of Cognitive Development?

A. The construction of thought processes(problem solving, remembering, and decision making) from monkeys.

B. The construction of thought processes(problem solving, remembering, and decision making) from childhood.

C. The construction of thought processes(problem solving, remembering, and decision making) from childhood to youth to adulthood.

D. The construction of thought processes.

The construction of thought processes(problem solving, remembering, and decision making) from childhood to youth to adulthood.

828 - What is the definition of culture that he uses in his conferences?

A. The way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time.

B. A culture is a complex phenomenon and problematic concept (whether so called, or considered as 'civilization', or 'community', or 'society'), to deal with which it is necessary to break it down into smaller components.

C. The set of unwritten norms of conduct that guide the behavior of a group, expressing what is considered "right" and "wrong"

D. None of the above

The set of unwritten norms of conduct that guide the behavior of a group, expressing what is considered "right" and "wrong"

829 - What is the definition of memory?

A. process by which we collect experiences in order to make predictions for the future

B. an accumulation of abstract thinking and tools that allow you to critically analyze texts and experiences

C. process by which we recollect prior experiences, information, and skills learned in the past

D. Remembering

process by which we recollect prior experiences, information, and skills learned in the past

830 - What is the definition of Neuroticism?

A. emotionally stable

B. ability to be in command of ones behaviour

C. reckless and takes no notice of the rules. present to some extent in all individuals

D. Emotional instability with a tendency to be restless and anxious, they are unable to withstand stressful situations

Emotional instability with a tendency to be restless and anxious, they are unable to withstand stressful situations

831 - What is the definition of psychology?

A. science of the mind and body

B. science of therapy

C. science of mental processes and behavior

D. science of the soul

science of mental processes and behavior

832 - What is the definition of psychoticism?

A. emotionally unstable

B. the ability to be in command of ones behaviour

C. reckless and takes no notice of the rules, present to some extent in all individuals

D. emotional instability with a tendency to be restless and anxious

reckless and takes no notice of the rules, present to some extent in all individuals

833 - what is the definition of social psychology

A. studying sleep patterns

B. studying how animals interact

C. studying social media

D. The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.

The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.

834 - What is the definition of Spontaneous Recovery and what does it suggest?

A. The sudden recovery of a conditional response following a rest period after extinction, suggests that extinction involves involves unlearning the CS

B. The sudden recovery of a conditional response following a rest period after extinction, suggests that extinction involves a new inhibitory learned response

C. The process by which a contingency between a CS and US is learned, suggests that extinction involves a new inhibitory learned response

D. The process by which stimuli similar to the CS will also elicit a CR, suggests that extinction involves involves unlearning the CS

The sudden recovery of a conditional response following a rest period after extinction, suggests that extinction involves a new inhibitory learned response

835 - What is the Dependent Variable (DV)

A. This is the part of an experiment that's changed.

B. The results.

C. Focus on a particular item for a selected period of time.

D. The part of an experiment that is tested and measured.

The part of an experiment that is tested and measured.

836 - What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?"Does eating breakfast improve test score?"

A. eating breakfast or not

B. the grade you got on the test

C. what time you get up in the morning

D. what you eat for breakfast

the grade you got on the test

837 - What is the dependent variable in an experiment?

A. The factor measured in an experiment

B. The group whose experience is manipulated

C. The manipulated, influential, experimental factor

D. The comparison group

The factor measured in an experiment

838 - What is the Dependent Variable?You want to compare brands of paper towels, to see which holds the most liquid.

A. the brand of paper towel.

B. the amount of liquid absorbed by the paper towel.

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

the amount of liquid absorbed by the paper towel.

839 - What is the Dependent Variable?You want to determine whether a chemical is essential for rat nutrition, so you design an experiment.

A. The presence/absence of the chemical

B. The health of the rat

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

The health of the rat

840 - What is the determinant of scope of socialization of the child?

A. environment

B. excitement

C. development of physique

D. language development

environment

841 - what is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?

A. a psychologist can diagnose someone, a psychiatrist can t

B. a psychologist can write prescriptions, a psychiatrist cant

C. a psychiatrist has a Ph.D, a psychologist went to medical school

D. a psychiatrist went to medical school, a psychologist has a Ph. D

a psychiatrist went to medical school, a psychologist has a Ph. D

842 - What is the difference between a research question and an aim?

A. A aim is more specific than a research question and outlines what the research wants to find out

B. A research question is more specific than an aim and outlines what the research wants to find out

C. An aim can also be a question.

D. There is no difference

A aim is more specific than a research question and outlines what the research wants to find out

843 - What is the difference between behavior and cognitive activities?

A. Behavior is what a person thinks about, while cognitive activities are physical reactions to a situation

B. Behavior is a physical reaction to a situation, while cognitive activities are what a person thinks about

C. Behavior is what someone can observe, and a cognitive activity is a natural process, such as heart rate

D. Both of those words mean the same thing

Behavior is a physical reaction to a situation, while cognitive activities are what a person thinks about

844 - What is the difference between Educational Psychology (EP) and Instructional Psychology (IP)

A. EP is an applied discipline and IP is a theoretical discipline.

B. EP analyzed teaching processes, whereas IP analyzes learning processes.

C. EP is focused both on formal and non-formal contexts, IP only on non-formal.

D. None of the previous answers are correct.

None of the previous answers are correct.

845 - What is the difference between ethics and moral values?

A. Ethics means society's concept of right and wrong, Morals are personal beliefs.

B. Ethics are personal beliefs. Morals are society's concept of right and wrong.

C. Ethics are society's concept of personal beliefs. Morals are society's concept of right and wrong.

D. Ethics are personal concepts. Morals are right and wrong through society.

Ethics means society's concept of right and wrong, Morals are personal beliefs.

846 - What is the difference between independent and dependent variable?

A. Independent does not change: dependent changes

B. Independent and dependent change

C. Dependent only changes if there is a control group

D. independent only changes when there is a control group

Independent does not change: dependent changes

847 - What is the difference between members of an in-group and an out-group?

A. Members of the in-group rely on members of the out-group for leadership.

B. Members of the in-group set the agenda that members of the out-group must follow.

C. Members of the in-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group.

D. Members of the in-group are constantly seeking to join the members of the out-group.

Members of the in-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group.

848 - What is the difference between the highest score and the lowest score on the test?

A. 15

B. 100

C. 6

D. 10

849 - What is the diminishing of a conditioned response

A. Discrimination

B. Spontaneous recovery

C. Extinction

D. Generalization

Extinction

850 - What is the distance between highest and lowest scores in a set of data?

A. Mode

B. Mean

C. Median

D. Range

Range

851 - What is the duration of iconic memory?

A. up to 30 seconds

B. unlimited

C. 7 + or - 2 bits of information

D. about a third of a second

about a third of a second

852 - What is the duration of our STM?

A. 15 seconds

B. 20 seconds

C. 30 seconds

D. 40 seconds

30 seconds

853 - what is the DV in this study 'women prefer to stand nearer to each other than men do'

A. the distance the participants have between each other

B. men and women

C. the distance between men and women

D. how long you stand somewhere

the distance the participants have between each other

854 - What is the effect of promising a reward for doing what someone already enjoys doing, replacing the person's natural motivation?

A. Positive reinforcement

B. Positive punishment

C. Overjustification effect

D. Law of effect

Overjustification effect

855 - What is the ego

A. Focuses on satisfying desires and instant gratification

B. Focuses on morality

C. Bases decisions on reality

D. None of the above

Bases decisions on reality

856 - What is the evolutionary perspective?

A. Functions of the brain

B. How we act and think in different contexts

C. Observable behavior

D. Deals with our ancestors and natural selection

Deals with our ancestors and natural selection

857 - What is the Experimenter effect?

A. The experimenter's biases influencing the participant's behaviour

B. The participant's biases influencing the experimentor's behaviour

C. The participant's family experiments on them

D. The partcipant experiment's on their family

The experimenter's biases influencing the participant's behaviour

858 - What is the fear of open spaces known as?

A. claustrophobia

B. necrophobia

C. agoraphobia

D. automatonophobia

agoraphobia

859 - What is the fifth stage of the SQ3R Active Reading strategy?

A. retell / recite

B. review / recall

C. recite / reword

D. recant / remember

review / recall

860 - What is the first part of the eye that light hits?

A. lens

B. cornea

C. pupil

D. retina

cornea

861 - What is the first stage of Piaget's cognitive development?

A. Preoperational

B. Sensorimotor

C. Formal operational

D. Concrete operational

Sensorimotor

862 - What is the first stage of the information processing model

A. Working memory

B. Sensory memory

C. Permanent memory

D. Long-Term memory

Sensory memory

863 - What is the first step in the PQ4R method

A. preview

B. question

C. read

D. reflect

preview

864 - What is the first step in the Scientific Method?

A. conducting a survey

B. forming the hypothesis

C. Forming the question

D. naturalistic observation

Forming the question

865 - What is the first step of the research method?

A. Collect data

B. State a theory

C. Test a hyposthesis

D. Create a question based on observations

Create a question based on observations

866 - What is the first step of the scientific research process?

A. form a hypothesis

B. develop a research question

C. draw conclusions

D. analyze results

develop a research question

867 - What is the first step of the SQ3R Active Reading strategy?

A. Study

B. Survey

C. Scrutinize

D. Search

Survey

868 - What is the first thing to do when handling a complaint?

A. Run away

B. Get the manager

C. Apologize

D. Argue back

Apologize

869 - What is the Flynn effect?

A. A child receives a reward for getting an A on his test.

B. Crystallized intelligence increases with age.

C. The observed rise in IQ scores over time.

D. A statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables.

The observed rise in IQ scores over time.

870 - What is the format of the AP Exam?

A. 75 multiple-choice questions

B. 75 multiple-choice questions and 1 free response question (FRQ)

C. 100 multiple-choice questions and 2 free response questions (FRQs)

D. 4 free response questions (FRQs)

100 multiple-choice questions and 2 free response questions (FRQs)

871 - What is the formula of IQ?

A. MA/CA$ imes$ 100

B. CA/MA$\times$ 100

C. MA/CA

D. CA/MA

MA/CA$ imes$ 100

872 - What is the fourth stage of the hierarchy?

A. Love and belonging

B. Self-esteem

C. Safety and security

D. Self-actualization

Self-esteem

873 - What is the full name of Sheldon?

A. William Herbert Sheldon

B. Villiam Herbert Sheldon

C. Carl lewis Sheldon

D. Carl jung Sheldon

William Herbert Sheldon

874 - What is the function of the Cochlea?

A. They turn vibrations into electrical signals

B. They vibrate the 3 tiny bones

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

They turn vibrations into electrical signals

875 - What is the function of the hippocampus?

A. Involved in short-term memories into long term memories

B. To bridge between the right and left hemispheres

C. To regulate memories

D. To process thinking skills

Involved in short-term memories into long term memories

876 - What is the function of the motor neurons in this scenario?

A. To pull the hand away from the heat

B. To relax the hand so it does not feel pain

C. To notify the Central Nervous System of heat on the skin

D. To send pain relieving endorphins to the hand

To pull the hand away from the heat

877 - What is the function of the nerve cells?

A. They are responsable of your defense mechanism.

B. They transmit signals or messages to other neurons, organs or glands.

C. They transmit substances to your endocrine system to produce hormones.

D. None of the above

They transmit signals or messages to other neurons, organs or glands.

878 - What is the function of the nervous system.

A. provide nutrients for the body.

B. send and recieve messages

C. circulate oxygen to sells

D. remove carbon dioxide from blood

send and recieve messages

879 - What is the function of the occipital lobe?

A. Process and interpret auditory information

B. Process and interpret visual information

C. Process and interpret gustatory information

D. Process and interpret olfactory information

Process and interpret visual information

880 - What is the function of the primary motor cortex

A. Comprehends written and spoken language

B. Stimulates voluntary skeletal muscle movements

C. Controls skilled, complex motor activities

D. Controls voluntary eye movements

Stimulates voluntary skeletal muscle movements

881 - What is the function of the sensory neurons in this scenario?

A. To pull the hand away from the heat

B. To relax the hand so it does not feel pain

C. To notify the Central Nervous System of heat on the skin

D. To send pain relieving endorphins to the hand

To notify the Central Nervous System of heat on the skin

882 - What is the function/job of the Peripheral Nervous System?

A. To prevent the creation and development of afferent and efferent neurons

B. To block voluntary messages from the brain to the spinal cord

C. To release hormones in the body that will calm the nerves after a traumatic experience

D. To serve as the communication lines between the Central Nervous System and the rest of the body

To serve as the communication lines between the Central Nervous System and the rest of the body

883 - What is the general trend of this line graph?

A. The more you mow, the less money you make.

B. You make the same amount of money regardless of how long you mow.

C. The more you mow, the more money you make.

D. Mowing is dangerous.

The more you mow, the more money you make.

884 - What is the goal of a psychologist who studies numerous accounts of past behavior?

A. to understand the source of human behavior

B. to validate theories about past behavior

C. to predict future behavior

D. None of the above

to predict future behavior

885 - What is the Greek term for Psychology?

A. "Study of life"

B. "Study of wisdom"

C. "Study of knowledge"

D. Study of the soul

Study of the soul

886 - What is the gut feeling you have when you know that something is right or wrong, often times this is right?

A. Hindsight Bias

B. Intituation

C. Hypothesis

D. Overconfidence

Intituation

887 - What is the highest level of need in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

A. Survival

B. Safety

C. Prestige

D. Self-Actualization

Self-Actualization

888 - What is the highest score in the class?

A. 0.88

B. 1

C. 13

D. 0.98

0.98

889 - What is the hole that lets light into the eye?

A. Pupil

B. Eyelashes

C. Farsighted

D. Opaque

Pupil

890 - What is the hormone that helps regulate daily biological rhythms?

A. melatonin

B. cortisol

C. circadian

D. spindles

melatonin

891 - What is the id?

A. Focuses on instant gratification and satisfying desires

B. Focuses on morality

C. Bases decisions on reality

D. None of the above

Focuses on instant gratification and satisfying desires

892 - What is the important of communication skill?

A. to understand basic communication pattern at workplace

B. to ignore what is said by others

C. to pay less attention to the person's respond

D. to ignore nonverbal clues

to understand basic communication pattern at workplace

893 - What is the independent variable?

A. Given to participants so they don't mess up the experiment.

B. The results of the study.

C. The variable that is being manipulated or changed (usually what is being tested).

D. A placebo.

The variable that is being manipulated or changed (usually what is being tested).

894 - What is the Independent Variable?A study to determine whether how long a student sleeps affects test scores

A. the length of time spent sleeping

B. the test score

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

the length of time spent sleeping

895 - What is the Independent Variable?You want to know whether caffeine affects your appetite

A. the presence/absence of a given amount of caffeine

B. How hungry you are

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

the presence/absence of a given amount of caffeine

896 - What is the insulating membrane that surrounds parts of the axon that helps the impulses travel faster called?

A. Axon

B. Dendrites

C. Node of Ranvier

D. Myelin Sheath

Myelin Sheath

897 - What is the insulating membrane that surrounds parts of the axon that helps to protect & propagate action potential?

A. Axon

B. Dendrites

C. Node of Ranvier

D. Myelin Sheath

Myelin Sheath

898 - What is the Intelligence Quotient?

A. intelligence that reflects both the ability to acquire new information and to use it

B. intelligence that reflects the ability to process information, understand relationships, and think logically, without prior experience

C. the idea that one general factor underlies intelligence

D. an index of intelligence computed by dividing a child's estimated mental age by the child's chronological age, then multiplying this number by 100

an index of intelligence computed by dividing a child's estimated mental age by the child's chronological age, then multiplying this number by 100

899 - What is the key difference between the Multi Store Model and the Working Memory Model?

A. The Working Memory Model argues that there is more than one LTM store.

B. The Working Memory Model argues that there is more than one STM store.

C. The Working Memory Model argues that rehearsal does not move information from STM to LTM.

D. The Working Memory Model argues that STM is of unlimited capacity and duration.

The Working Memory Model argues that there is more than one STM store.

900 - What is the last stage in the hierarchy of needs?

A. Self-esteem

B. Self-actualization

C. Love and belonging

D. Safety and security

Self-actualization

901 - WHAT IS THE LAST STEP IN MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS?

A. PHYSIOLOGICAL

B. LOVE AND BELONGING

C. ESTEEM

D. SELF ACTUALIZATION

SELF ACTUALIZATION

902 - What is the last step of the scientific method?

A. Hypothesis

B. experiment

C. results

D. theory

theory

903 - What is the Law of Effect?

A. Responses followed by negative stimuli is likely to increase behaviour

B. Responses followed by a neutral stimulus is likely to remain neutral

C. The effects stimulated on others are likely to reciprocate, causing a chain of negative or positive interactions.

D. Responses followed by satisfaction (positive) are likely to increase behaviour and make it more likely to occur again and again.

Responses followed by satisfaction (positive) are likely to increase behaviour and make it more likely to occur again and again.

904 - What is the lens for?

A. It focuses the light on the retina.

B. It protects the outer eye from the envornment.

C. It gives the eye color and controls the pupil's size.

D. It contains the sensory receptors.

It focuses the light on the retina.

905 - what is the lens in our eyes responsible for?

A. letting light enter the eye

B. keeping objects in focus

C. transmitting the image to the brain

D. processing the image

keeping objects in focus

906 - What is the level of measurement? A teacher records the eye colour of each of her students.

A. Ordinal

B. Interval

C. Nominal

D. None of the above

Nominal

907 - What is the lowball technique?

A. Asking for small favors then after they say yes asking for more stuff

B. Asking for a large favor and when rejected asking for something smaller.

C. Getting a commitment then upping the cost.

D. When a salesman adds something before you can say no.

Getting a commitment then upping the cost.

908 - What is the lowest level of the soul?

A. Plants

B. Micro-organisms

C. Children

D. Animals

Micro-organisms

909 - What is the magic number for the capacity of items stored in Short Term Memory?

A. 9

B. 5

C. 7

D. 12

910 - What is the main assumption of the behavioural approach in psychology

A. We are born as a blank slate (tabula rasa) and we learn through our experiences

B. Bodily systems are used to explain behaviour.

C. We have evolved to behave in certain ways

D. How we think and perceive experiences has an influence on our behaviour

We are born as a blank slate (tabula rasa) and we learn through our experiences

911 - What is the main cause of S.I.S?

A. sustaining the first blow to the head

B. a mild hit to the abdomen

C. receiving a second blow to the head before the concussion has healed

D. getting hit really hard

receiving a second blow to the head before the concussion has healed

912 - What is the main control center of the body that contains the brain and spinal cord?

A. Peripheral nervous system

B. Central nervous system

C. Autonomic nervous system

D. Somatic nervous system

Central nervous system

913 - What is the main difference between implicit and explicit memories?

A. Implicit is long-term memory and explicit is short-term memory

B. Implicit is memory that can be recalled and explicit is not learning on purpose

C. Implicit is not learning on purpose and explicit is memory that can be recalled

D. Implicit is short-term memory and explicit is long-term memory

Implicit is not learning on purpose and explicit is memory that can be recalled

914 - What is the main difference between questionnaires and interviews?

A. A questionnaire has only 10 questions

B. A questionnaire is written

C. A questionnaire takes longer

D. People can't lie on a questionnaire

A questionnaire is written

915 - What is the main function for the left Primary somatosensory cortex?

A. Receive sensory information from the left side of the body

B. Control body movements

C. Receive sensory information from the skin and body parts

D. Receive sensory information from the right side of the body

Receive sensory information from the right side of the body

916 - What is the main issue that LaPiere's work shows?

A. Attitudes and behaviors aren't connected

B. Attitudes never match behavior

C. Attitudes always match behavior

D. Attitudes don't always match behavior

Attitudes don't always match behavior

917 - What is the main purpose of research for psychologists?

A. to put an end to psychological theorizing

B. to find the "one great truth" about psychology

C. allows them to gain tenure at their university

D. to collect facts and data to support their theories

to collect facts and data to support their theories

918 - What is the main role of the peripheral nervous system?

A. to communicate information from the body's organs and muscles to the central nervous system and back again

B. to transfer information from the right hemisphere of the brain to the left hemisphere

C. to transfer information from the sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic nervous system

D. to communicate information from the body's organs to the muscle

to communicate information from the body's organs and muscles to the central nervous system and back again

919 - What is the major role of Broca's area in language development?

A. Production of under-extensions.

B. Production of language.

C. Comprehension of speech.

D. Comprehension of linguistic concepts and metaphors.

Production of language.

920 - What is the mean for the following sample scores: 1, 4, 5, and 6?

A. 16

B. 8

C. 4.5

D. 4

921 - What is the mean of the following numbers? 65, 305, 494, 20, 28, 48

A. 65

B. 160

C. 174

D. 305n

160

922 - What is the Mean of the following numbers?55, 70, 70, 86, 98, 99, 100, 100, 100, 101

A. 88

B. 46

C. 100

D. 98.5

923 - What is the mean span of digits participant remembered?

A. 6.8

B. 7.2

C. 8.5

D. 9.3

9.3

924 - what is the meaning attitude in spanish?

A. actitud

B. sentimiento

C. emocion

D. None of the above

actitud

925 - what is the meaning behaviors in spanish?

A. habilidad

B. comportamientos

C. actitudes

D. None of the above

comportamientos

926 - What is the meaning of â€˜Flockâ€™ according to Gestalt psychology?

A. The whole

B. Perceptual unit

C. Perception

D. Closur

Perceptual unit

927 - What is the meaning of learning

A. Modification of attitude

B. Modification of behavior

C. Modification of personality

D. All the above

Modification of behavior

928 - What is the meaning of replicate?

A. A carefully worded statement of the exact procedures

B. A testable prediction

C. A self-correcting process for evaluating ideas with observations and predicts behaviors or events

D. A recreating of the study with other participants in different situations to prove the feelings to be reliable

A recreating of the study with other participants in different situations to prove the feelings to be reliable

929 - what is the meaning particular object in spanish?

A. objeto particular

B. particularmente

C. objeto especifico

D. None of the above

objeto particular

930 - what is the meaning psychology in spanish?

A. psicologia

B. psicologa

C. psiquiatria

D. None of the above

psicologia

931 - what is the meaning toward in spanish

A. asi

B. hacia

C. derecha

D. por alla

hacia

932 - what is the meaning upbringing in spanish?

A. educacion

B. estudios

C. clases

D. modales

educacion

933 - What is the measure of central tendency that uses most frequently occurring score?

A. Mode

B. Median

C. Mean

D. Range

Mode

934 - What is the median in a set of data?

A. The most frequently occurring number

B. The number in the very middle of the set

C. The average number

D. The highest number in the set

The number in the very middle of the set

935 - What is the median of the data?

A. The most frequently occuring score

B. The middle score of a distribution

C. The arithmetic average

D. The difference between the highest and lowest score

The middle score of a distribution

936 - What is the median of:6, 12, 16, 11, 8, 4, 1, 11, 4

A. 11

B. 6

C. 8

D. 7

937 - What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?

A. retrieval

B. encoding

C. storage

D. interference

retrieval

938 - What is the method? A researcher investigation that includes the detailed study of a single individual, institution or event.

A. Quasi experiment

B. Questionnaire or Survey

C. Case study

D. Field experiment

Case study

939 - What is the method? A set of questions. They are designed to collect information about a topic or topics.

A. Quasi experiment

B. Case study

C. Questionnaire or survey

D. Natural experiment

Questionnaire or survey

940 - What is the method? A way of measuring the relationship between two variables. For example age and beauty can be seen to co-vary.

A. True experiment

B. Quasi experiment

C. Correlational experiment

D. Case study

Correlational experiment

941 - What is the method? An experiment conducted in a more natural environment 'in the field'. The IV is still deliberately manipulated by the researcher. Participants are often not aware that thy are participants in an experiment.

A. True experiment

B. Natural Experiment

C. Field Experiment

D. Correlational Experiment

Field Experiment

942 - What is the method? Conducted in a special environment where variables can be carefully controlled. Participants are aware that they are taking part in an experiment, although they may not know the true aims of the study.

A. Quasi Experiment

B. Field Experiment

C. True Experiment

D. Observation

True Experiment

943 - What is the method? These can be unstructured / structured. They can be covert / overt.

A. Case study

B. Field experiment

C. Observations

D. True experiments

Observations

944 - What is the method? Where the IV has NOT been deliberately manipulated by the experimenter so the situation is described as 'natural'. These are therefore not 'true'experiments because of this.

A. True experiment

B. Case study

C. Field experiment

D. Quasi or Natural experiment

Quasi or Natural experiment

945 - What is the middle value in a range of numbers from least to greatest?

A. mean

B. median

C. mode

D. maximum

median

946 - What is the minimum in this data set?

A. 0

B. 4

C. 9

D. 40

947 - What is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) used to measure?

A. Psychological disturbances among adults

B. Intelligence among children

C. Psychological disturbances among children

D. Intelligence among adults

Psychological disturbances among adults

948 - What is the mode in this data set: 76, 349, 230, 24, 95, 349, 83, 50, 349, 20, 32, 76

A. 32

B. 76

C. 230

D. 349

349

949 - What is the mode of the following set of scores: 1, 3, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 7

D. 8

950 - What is the most common way that people forget?

A. decay

B. interference

C. repression

D. cue-dependent

cue-dependent

951 - What is the most commonly used intelligence test today that is made up of both verbal & nonverbal components?

A. Stanford Binet

B. Wechsler (WAIS)

C. Sternberg Triarchtic Intelligence Test

D. Golemans social/emotional intelligence test

Wechsler (WAIS)

952 - What is the most commonly used significance level (or alpha) in psychology research?

A. 0.01

B. 0.05

C. 0.1

D. 0.15

0.05

953 - What is the most effective strategy to reduce prejudice and us-them thinking?

A. Having groups work together on a task requiring cooperation to reach a common goal

B. Discouraging social contact between groups

C. Establishing legal equality of all groups

D. Education about social issues and diversity

Having groups work together on a task requiring cooperation to reach a common goal

954 - What is the most famous projective personality test?

A. Stanford-Binet

B. MMPI and MMPI 2

C. Rorschach inkblot

D. Strong-Campbell

Rorschach inkblot

955 - What is the most general level of categorisation?

A. superordinate level

B. generic level

C. subordinate level

D. None of the above

superordinate level

956 - What is the most important stage in the hierarchy of needs according to Maslow?

A. Self-Esteem

B. Love and Belonging

C. Self-Actualization

D. Safety and Security

Self-Actualization

957 - What is the most individualistic society on earth?

A. China

B. France

C. The USA

D. None of the above

The USA

958 - What is the most influential source of self-efficacy information related to exercise?

A. Persuasive verbal feedback

B. Emotional state and mood

C. Past exercise performance

D. Vicarious exercise experience

Past exercise performance

959 - What is the most sensitive measure of retention?

A. Relearning

B. Recognition

C. Recall

D. Reconstruction

Relearning

960 - What is the most spoken language in the world?

A. Chinese

B. English

C. French

D. Spanish

Chinese

961 - What is the most used number in a data set?

A. mean

B. median

C. mode

D. maximum

mode

962 - What is the most widely accepted theory of intelligence today?

A. Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence

B. Galton's theory of nature v. nurture

C. Spearman's theory of general intelligence

D. Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

963 - what is the multistore model?

A. Explains memory in terms of three stores: sensory, short term and long term

B. Explains the mind as a devise that is able to store multiple memories simultaneously

C. Either (A) or (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

Explains memory in terms of three stores: sensory, short term and long term

964 - What is the muscle that opens and closes the pupil?

A. food

B. transluscent

C. iris

D. lens

iris

965 - What is the name for the 'filter' which dictates how sensitive our brains are to external stimuli?

A. random angry senses

B. regulating action system

C. roomy animal shed

D. reticular activating system

reticular activating system

966 - What is the name for the manual that lists 541 diagnoses, most widely used classification system?

A. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

B. Diagnostic Encyclopedia for Disorders

C. Diagnostic Manual for Psychology

D. None of the above

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

967 - What is the name for what is being described here? "we desire the most physically attractive partner BUT in reality we know that we are unlikely to get or keep them so we look for someone of a similar level of attractiveness as ourselves"

A. The halo effect

B. The match hypothesis

C. The rejection effect

D. The dispositional hypothesis

The match hypothesis

968 - What is the name of health professional in this picture?

A. nurse

B. psychologist

C. dietician

D. None of the above

psychologist

969 - What is the name of Pavlov's theory that a stimulus in the environment can cause your body to automatically respond?

A. hair conditioning

B. classical conditioning

C. athletic conditioning

D. reward conditioning

classical conditioning

970 - What is the name of someone who has trained as a doctor but specialises in mental health?

A. Paediatrician

B. Podiatrist

C. Psychologist

D. Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

971 - What is the name of someone who oversees recruiting, interviewing and hiring of new staff, consult with top executives on strategic planning and serves as a link between an organisations management and its employees?

A. Midwife

B. Human resources manager

C. Data analyst

D. Project manager

Human resources manager

972 - 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

Social worker

973 - What is the name of someone who visits and analyses crime scenes, reads reports from other investigators and studies human behaviours and characteristics?

A. Police officer

B. Judge

C. Inspector

D. Offender profiler

Offender profiler

974 - What is the name of someone who works with children to promote learning and develop emotional, social and behavioural skills?

A. Offender profiler

B. Educational psychologist

C. Nurse

D. Social worker

Educational psychologist

975 - What is the name of the defence mechanism that allows aggressive energy to be released through sport?

A. Regression

B. Displacement

C. Repression

D. Projection

Displacement

976 - What is the name of the fatty layer that covers the axon in a nerve?

A. Dendrite

B. Cell body

C. Myelin sheath

D. nucleus

Myelin sheath

977 - What is the name of the film starring Russell Crowe about the mathematician John Nash, who develops paranoid schizophrenia and endures delusional episodes while watching the burden his condition brings on his wife Alicia and friends.

A. Mind Games

B. A Beautiful Mind

C. Life is Beautiful

D. Mind of the Demon

A Beautiful Mind

978 - What is the name of the model of memory below?

A. The Working model of memory

B. The Levels of processing model of memory

C. The Reconstructive model of memory

D. The Multistore model of memory

The Multistore model of memory

979 - What is the name of the model that uses factor analysis to separate intelligence into a number of specific abilities?

A. the operations model

B. the systems model

C. the psychometric model

D. the multiple intelligences model

the psychometric model

980 - What is the name of the part of the neuron that is pointed out in the image?

A. Cell Body (Soma)

B. Axon

C. Myelin Sheath

D. Dendrites

Myelin Sheath

981 - What is the name of the person established the School of Individual Psychology?

A. Adler

B. Jung

C. Anne Freud

D. None of these

Adler

982 - What is the name of the process of creating new synapses that happens very quickly in the first couple of years after birth

A. Synaptic pruning

B. Synaptomiosis

C. Myelinization

D. Synaptogenesis

Synaptogenesis

983 - What is the name of the technique where people would examine their own thoughts/behaviors?

A. introspection

B. structuralism

C. functionalism

D. empricism

introspection

984 - What is the name of the visual illusion that involves two lines either with an arrow head of feather tail?

A. The Ames Room

B. Muller-Lyer

C. Differentiation Lines

D. Linear perspective

Muller-Lyer

985 - What is the name of this prominent psychologist?

A. BF Skinner

B. Carl Rogers

C. Sigmund Freud

D. Albert Bandura

Sigmund Freud

986 - What is the newest phrase Gen Z invented for the previous generation

A. Ok boomer

B. Ok millenial

C. Ok zoomer

D. Ok xenial

Ok boomer

987 - What is the objective of the Jigsaw technique?

A. To ensure that all the members of the group learn the same content at the same time.

B. To provide a structure task division in where members of the group become "experts" in an specific domain.

C. To provide collaboration in pairs.

D. To create new content and compete with others groups to see which project is the best.

To provide a structure task division in where members of the group become "experts" in an specific domain.

988 - What is the one of the most common reasons for aggression?

A. ethnicity

B. gender

C. frustration

D. heredity

frustration

989 - What is the outcome factor the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variables .....what you are measuring (ex. obesity rates)?

A. Independent Variable

B. Dependent Variable

C. Confounding Variable

D. Statistical significance

Dependent Variable

990 - What is the outer layer of the cerebrum called? It's responsible for information processing.

A. hypothalamus

B. thalamus

C. cerebral cortex

D. None of the above

cerebral cortex

991 - What is The Paradox of Choice?

A. not knowing which choice to pick

B. have millions of choice s available

C. the tendency for people to overestimate how events will make them feel in the future

D. more choice s not always better

more choice s not always better

992 - What is the part highlighted in red?

A. Cerebrum

B. Cerebellum

C. Brain Stem

D. Diencephalon

Cerebellum

993 - What is the part of the inner ear that transmits sound impulses to the auditory nerve?

A. cochlea

B. auditory nerve

C. hammer

D. anvil

cochlea

994 - What is the part of your eye that helps you focus?

A. iris

B. optic nerve

C. brain

D. lens

lens

995 - What is the perception of a relationship where none exists?

A. Illusory correlation

B. Correlation

C. Correlation coefficient

D. Independent variable

Illusory correlation

996 - What is the period of concrete operational stage of human development?

A. 0-2 years

B. 2-6 years

C. 6-12 years

D. 12- 18 years

6-12 years

997 - What is the pinna?

A. External part of the ear that catches sound

B. Internal part of the ear the transmits sound

C. Internal part of the eye that transmit images

D. External part of the eye that sees images

External part of the ear that catches sound

998 - What is the Placebo effect?

A. The participant is immune to the study

B. Expectations and biases of the experimenters in the study influencing the participant's behaviour

C. Expectations and biases of the participants in the study influencing their behaviour

D. The participant reacts negatively to the study

Expectations and biases of the participants in the study influencing their behaviour

999 - What is the primary function of the hippocampus?

A. Memory formation

B. Sleeping, waking and dreaming

C. Problem solving

D. Regulation of body temperature

Memory formation

1000 - What is the primary purpose of a product page on an e-commerce website?

A. Leave feedback

B. Add item to basket

C. Provide contact details

D. Information on how it is made

Add item to basket

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Psychology Most Important and Repeated MCQs in Job Test Set. 13

1 - What are recommended ways to address color blindness in marketing?

2 - What are redemptive narratives?

3 - What are Schemas?

4 - What are Scripts?

5 - What are signifiers?

6 - What are some advantages of lab research?

7 - What are some applied research positions?

8 - What are some contributions that Allport's theory made on the research of traits?

9 - What are some examples of behavior processes?

10 - What are some examples of mental processes?

11 - what are some limitations of Allport's theory?

12 - What are some of the advantages of computerised tomography (CT)?

13 - What are some of the benefits of mindfulness?

14 - What are some of the character strengths that are viewed as highly desirable around the globe?

15 - What are some of the sub-disciplines of Sport Psychology? choose all the correct answers.

16 - What are Stereotypes?

17 - What are superordinate goals?

18 - What are Symbolic Representations?

19 - What are symptoms of Stress?

20 - What are the 2 attribution errors

21 - What are the 2 problem solving strategies?

22 - What are the 2 subdivisions of interference with other memories?

23 - What are the 2 subdivisions of LTM?

24 - What are the 2 types of reinforcement in the operant conditioning

25 - What are the 3 Basic Steps IN ORDER

26 - What are the 3 C's of pre-performance routines?

27 - what are the 3 dimensions of Eysenck's theory?

28 - What are the 3 kinds of Intentional activity that can contribute to our happiness?

29 - What are the 3 main functions of the nervous system?

30 - What are the 3 memory processes?

31 - What are the 3 most important traits for a psychologist?

32 - What are the 3 perspectives we focus on in Psychology?

33 - What are the 3 primary areas of focus in child development?

34 - What are the 3 stages of memory in order?

35 - What are the 3 types of problems?

36 - What are the 3 types of Sensory Memory

37 - What are the 3 types of storage?

38 - what are the advance organizer?

39 - What are the advantages of a cross-sectional study?

40 - What are the antonyms for the underlined words? Aging leads to impaired coordination of the process of swallowing.

41 - What are the appropriate hours to contact Miss Beck with any questions (even though I will usually respond whenever)

42 - What are the appropriate synonyms for the underlined words? A persistent sore throat is a symptom of dysphagia.

43 - What are the appropriate synonyms for the underlined words?General signs of dysphagia are coughing and a wet voice during or right after eating or drinking.

44 - What are the areas of interest for health psychologists?

45 - What are the aspects to our perception of light?

46 - What are the basic research methods in psychology?

47 - What are the basic sounds of language called

48 - What are the basic tastes?

49 - What are the benefits of systematic observation?

50 - What are the causes of errors in perception

51 - What are the characteristics of Gardner's bodily/kinesthetic intelligence?

52 - What are the chemical senses?

53 - What are the components of an emotional experience?

54 - What are the components of memory?

55 - What are the five areas of sport psychology

56 - What are the five basic tastes?

57 - What are The five-factor model of personality?

58 - What are the four goals of psychology?

59 - What are the FOUR LOBES of the brain called?

60 - What are the four schedules of reinforcement?

61 - What are the functions of attitudes? Refer to Smith et al (1964)

62 - What are the goals of psychology?

63 - What are the guidelines for ethical research?

64 - What are the Latin roots for Psychology?

65 - What are the limitations and issues with the WMM?

66 - What are the main assumptions of the biological approach to psychology?

67 - what are the main goals of health psychology?

68 - What are the main perceptual consistencies?

69 - What are the main two parts of the central nervous system?

70 - What are the names of the researchers that proposed the Multi-Store Model of Memory?

71 - What are the Neurons?

72 - What are the number of times each level of the independent variable is tested?

73 - What are the parts of the Inner Ear?

74 - What are the physical reactions of stress?

75 - What are the primary processing cells of the nervous system?