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. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors






2. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through






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






4. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends






5. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






7. Physical vs. social interaction






8. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






9. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






11. Physical vs. social interaction






12. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic






13. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






14. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






15. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






16. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]






17. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]






18. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)






19. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






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






22. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above






23. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'






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






25. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)






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






27. No response to leaving or returning






28. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation






29. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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


30. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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


31. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute






32. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






33. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






34. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as






35. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)






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






37. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






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






39. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed






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






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






42. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]






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






44. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






45. 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


46. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






47. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






48. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






49. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal






50. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior