Test your basic knowledge |

Elementary Psychology

Subject : 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. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies






2. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






3. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






4. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






5. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






6. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]






7. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






8. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase






9. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved






10. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change






11. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process






12. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc






13. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]






14. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process






15. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






16. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have






17. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






18. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






19. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ






20. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]






21. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them






22. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






23. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






24. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms






25. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation






26. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges






27. Study of the mental illness of the brain






28. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






29. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father






30. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic






31. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


32. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'






33. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work






34. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






35. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]






36. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






37. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]






38. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved






39. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






40. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]






41. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would






42. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm






43. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


44. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source






45. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)






46. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






47. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family






48. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting






49. Beliefs about the object






50. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests