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






2. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






3. No response to leaving or returning






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






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






6. 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






7. Physical vs. social interaction






8. 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






9. 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






10. Inconsistent behavior/confused






11. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted






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






13. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request






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






15. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






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






26. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






28. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship






29. 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


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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]






37. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






39. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion






40. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






41. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






42. 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






43. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






45. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






46. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]






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






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






49. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort

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


50. Beliefs about the object