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






2. 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


3. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






5. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






6. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event






7. Measuring the ability to concentrate - similarities: how are a thermometer and a ruler alike? - vocabulary: what does covert mean? - information: who was George Washington Carver?






8. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution






9. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






11. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality






12. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






13. Most common/successful intelligence test






14. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses






15. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution






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






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






18. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat






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






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






21. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






23. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






24. 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)






25. 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


26. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






27. 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






28. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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






31. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges






32. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life






33. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior






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






35. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events






36. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






37. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]






38. 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


39. Beliefs about the object






40. 1. Problem Focused: tackle the stressor head on - usually occurs when optimistic and believe we can achieve our goals 2. Emotion Focused: try to place a more positive outlook on emotions - engage in behaviors to reduce painful emotions






41. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events






42. Focus on the outcome of being in a situation that causes stress - stress is a physiological response Ex: fight or flight vs General Adaptation Syndrome






43. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






44. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem






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






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






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






48. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth






49. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation






50. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group







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