SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CLEP Intro To Psychology
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
clep
,
psychology
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. It adopts a holistic approach to human existence through investigations of meaning - values - freedom - tragedy - personal responsibility - human potential - spirituality - and self-actualization
humanistic
Piaget's theory of child cognitive development 4 stages
nonrepinephrine
Erik Erikson's
2. Theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment
naturalistic observation
significant psychological research
reciprocal determinism
empirical evidence
3. Any reinforcer that becomes reinforcing after being paired with a primary reinforcer - such as praise - tokens - or gold stars
Sternberg's triangular view
variable ratio
CAT scan
secondary reinforcer
4. A negative condition is introduced to reduce a behavior.
algorithm
acetylcholine
somatic nervous system
negative punishment
5. Goals framed in terms of increasing ones competence and skills
mastery goals
Wilhelm Wundt
Humanism
psychoanalysis
6. Behavioral approach - the attempt to relate overt (open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret) responses to observable environmental stimuli (something that excites an organism or part to functional activity).
REM sleep
psychological science
hierarchy of needs
Erik Erikson's
7. Stages of development - Stage 1 Hope - Basic Trust vs. Mistrust - Infant stage / 0-1 year. Does the child believe its caregivers to be reliable?
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
8. Reciprocal action - effect - or influence.
interaction
carl jung
REM sleep
Abraham Maslow
9. Abbreviation for computerized axial tomography - uses a computer and a rotating x-ray device to create detailed - cross-sectional images - or slices - of organs and body parts
Repression
CAT scan
Hermann Ebbinghaus
occipital lobe
10. The cause of a disease
etiology
John Bowlby
biology
information processing theory
11. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
participant observation
algorithm
dopamine
reinforcer
12. Technique of field research - used in anthropology and sociology - by which an investigator (participant observer) studies the life of a group by sharing in its activities
displacement
accomodation
John Bowlby
participant observation
13. The denial of any power or moral value superior to that of humanity; the rejection of religion in favour of a belief in the advancement of humanity by its own efforts
Humanism
Lawrence Kohlberg
parasympathetic nervous system
psychoanalysis
14. 1875-1961; Field: neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; Contributions: people had conscious and unconscious awareness; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; Studies: dream studies/interpretation
parasympathetic nervous system
neuroscientist
naturalistic observation
carl jung
15. The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect
Erik Erikson's
reinforcer
absolute threshold
cognitive
16. Severe mental illness characterized by auditory hallucinations - paranoia and an inability to distinguish reality from fiction
external validity
Sternberg's triangular view
shizophrenia
reinforcer
17. Created the Stages of Moral Development - relied for his studies on stories such as the Heinz dilemma - and was interested in how individuals would justify their actions if placed in similar moral dilemmas
forgetting curve
performance goals
limbic system
Lawrence Kohlberg
18. A 'SNAPSHOT' of a phenomenon such as cancer rate. a number of variables affect one another in a single point in time.
empirical evidence
functional MRI
deduction
cross-sectional study
19. Stages of development - Stage 2 Will - Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt - Toddler stage / 1-3 years. Child needs to learn to explore the world. Bad if the parent is too smothering or completely neglectful.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
20. Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function.
Erik Erikson's
differentiation
participant observation
epinephrine
21. Goals framed in terms of performing well in front of others - being judged favorably - and avoiding criticism
catecholamines
biology
Piaget's theory of child cognitive development 4 stages
performance goals
22. It is a collection of research designs which use manipulation and controlled testing to understand causal processes. Generally - one or more variables are manipulated to determine their effect on a dependent variable
Jean Piaget
biology
experimental research
Stages of Moral Development
23. How the memory processes information - long term memory - short term memory - sensory information
John Locke
endorphins
acetylcholine
information processing theory
24. Accepted Freud's basic ideas - but doubted sex was all-consuming and gave more credit to consciousness and childhood
neofreudian
REM sleep
naturalistic observation
ACTH
25. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'
endorphins
Erik Erikson
sympathetic nervous system
Erik Erikson's
26. Situation in which previously learned information hinders the recall of information learned more recently
drive reduction
proactive interference
anonymity
significant psychological research
27. Stages of development - Stage 8 Wisdom - Ego Integrity vs. Despair - old age / from mid sixties. Some handle death well. Some can be bitter - unhappy - and/or dissatisfied with what they have accomplished or failed to accomplish within their lifetim
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
28. The scientific study of how we think about - influence - and relate to one another
social psychologist
Erik Erikson's
Erik Erikson's
neurotransmitter
29. The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied
negative punishment
independent variable
fixed ratio
cross-sectional study
30. A methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem
functional MRI
George Kelly
algorithm
endorphins
31. Stages of development - Stage 7 Caring - Generativity vs. Stagnation - early forties till mid sixties / starts as the Mid-life crisis. Measure accomplishments/failures. Am I satisfied or not? The need to assist the younger generation. Stagnation is
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
32. In psychoanalytic theory - the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts - feelings - and memories
anonymity
John Locke
Repression
case study
33. Theory of child development included the Socratic method of questioning children by guiding them to reflect on their behavior. His emphasis on self-awareness and reflection has been adopted into school curricula and used to help students become criti
Wilhelm Wundt
differentiation
Jean Piaget
Stages of Moral Development
34. Stages of development - Stage 4 Competence - Industry vs. Inferiority - School-age / 6-11. Child comparing self worth to others (such as in a classroom environment). Child can recognize major disparities in personal abilities relative to other chil
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
35. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play
Albert Bandura
empirical evidence
Jean Piaget
limbic system
36. 1896-1934; russian developmental psychologist who emphasized the role of the social environment on cognitive development and proposed the idea of zones of proximal development. GUIDED PARTICIPATION - Children's interaction with knowledgeable adults o
fovea
somatization
Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI
Lev Vygotsky
37. Attachment theory -
John Bowlby
clinical psychologist
neurotransmitter
Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI
38. A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt - survive - and flourish.
experimental research
reciprocal determinism
functionalism
information processing theory
39. Substance secreted by the anterior pituitary; controls size of an individual by promoting cell division - protein synthesis - and bone growth
Erik Erikson's
growth hormone
neurotransmitter
Erik Erikson's
40. One of the earliest psychologists in America who undertook a rigorous and structures approach to studying personality. He identified the idiographic and nomothetic views to personality.
functional MRI
psychodynamic
Gordon Allport
John Bowlby
41. Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head; visual areas
Albert Bandura
mastery goals
Erik Erikson's
occipital lobe
42. The science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena - especially with reference to origin - growth - reproduction - structure - and behavior.
Albert Bandura
biology
CAT scan
case study
43. Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
Sigmund Freud
psychoanalysis
naturalistic observation
oxytocin
44. The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body - conserving its energy.
parasympathetic nervous system
primary reinforcer
functionalism
longitudinal study
45. Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period
naturalistic observation
functionalism
longitudinal study
social psychologist
46. Rapid low-amplitude waves. less prevalent in adults
Meyer Friedman
Erik Erikson's
variable ratio
REM sleep
47. Sensorimotor - birth to language - Preoperational - 2-7 - Concrete Operational - 7 - 11 - Formal Operational 11 - Adult Abstract Thoughts
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
48. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well
catecholamines
industrial-organizational psychologist
Hermann Ebbinghaus
differentiation
49. A study of an individual unit - as a person - family - or social group - usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships with the environment - especially in order to compare a larger group to the individual unit.
case study
abreaction
sympathetic nervous system
George Kelly
50. Simultaneous color contrast: an effect that occurs when surrounding an area with a color changes the appearence of the surrounded area. - the theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green - yellow-blue - white-black) enable color vision. For exam
catecholamines
anthropology
opponent-process theory
Lawrence Kohlberg