Test your basic knowledge |

CLEP Intro To Psychology

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. Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition - which is assumed to be an active agent






2. Rapid low-amplitude waves. less prevalent in adults






3. It adopts a holistic approach to human existence through investigations of meaning - values - freedom - tragedy - personal responsibility - human potential - spirituality - and self-actualization






4. A hormone released by the pituitary gland of the brain during childbirth - breastfeeding - and intercourse - causing emotional bonding between persons in whom it is released






5. The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied






6. Observing subjects in their natural environment with no attempts at intervention on the part of the researcher.






7. A mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more things






8. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE






9. Present evidence to support your claims






10. 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).






11. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders






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






13. The scientific study of how we think about - influence - and relate to one another






14. The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye - containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information






15. Founded by Hermann Ebbinghaus. displays retention of information and forgetting over time. conclusions to this were that most forgetting happens right after learning something. this was modified to that forgetting doesn't occur that quickly if the su






16. Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period






17. Accepted Freud's basic ideas - but doubted sex was all-consuming and gave more credit to consciousness and childhood






18. The cause of a disease






19. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one






20. The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others






21. A psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers






22. 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


23. Adrenal glands secerets this to activate various organs that results in a phyiscal stress response






24. A measure of how well the variables of one test (could be personality) measure the same things as the variables of a similar test.






25. Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of mental processes - introspection - and self-exam; established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig - Germany






26. Physiological needs drive an organism to act in either random or habitual ways






27. The science that deals with the origins - physical and cultural development - biological characteristics - and social customs and beliefs of humankind.






28. A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt - survive - and flourish.






29. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment; wrote first psychology textbook - The Principles of Psychology






30. Of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception - memory - judgment - and reasoning - as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes






31. Allows researchers to scan areas of the brain while a participant performs a physical or cognitive task






32. A 'SNAPSHOT' of a phenomenon such as cancer rate. a number of variables affect one another in a single point in time.






33. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster






34. A systematic method of deriving conclusions that cannot be false when the premises are true - esp one amenable to formalization and study by the science of logic






35. A process by which repressed material - particularly a painful experience or conflict is brought back to consciousness - in this process the person not only recalls - but also relived the repressed material - which is accompained by the appropriate a






36. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)






37. (1821-1894) Emphasized a mechanistic and deterministic approach - assuming human sense organs functioned like machines - Neural Impulse: studied reaction times for sensory nerves in humans - demonstrated that speed of conduction was not instantaneous






38. Any reinforcer that becomes reinforcing after being paired with a primary reinforcer - such as praise - tokens - or gold stars






39. The science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena - especially with reference to origin - growth - reproduction - structure - and behavior.






40. Attachment theory -






41. 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






42. A theory of personality that emphasizes free will and human agency in directing personal behavior. the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason






43. Inferences are said to possess internal validity if a causal relation between two variables is properly demonstrated.






44. An innately reinforcing stimulus - such as one that satisfies a biological need






45. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






46. In psychoanalytic theory - the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts - feelings - and memories






47. The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system






48. Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head; visual areas






49. Any clinical approach to personality - as Freud's - that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.






50. Researcher who pioneered the development of type A (high achieving - multi-taskers who are always very stressed and in a hurry.) and type B (easy going relaxed and not always in a hurry.) personality types based on how well they respond to the multip