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. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person






2. Study of the mental illness of the brain






3. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)






4. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






6. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






7. 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






8. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






11. Emotions about the object






12. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






14. Beliefs about the object






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






16. Beliefs about the object






17. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill






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






19. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior






20. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes






21. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior






22. Change behavior - change attitude






23. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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






26. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






28. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






30. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount






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






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






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






34. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






35. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






36. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






37. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting






38. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased

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


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






40. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount






41. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






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