Dr. DiYanni
(Cognitive Development)
Psychological Tests
Dr.Thomas-Cottingham (Stats)
Freud
Intro to Psychology
100
All of the following have been proposed as possible benefits of pretend play EXCEPT:

(a) It plays a role in the transmission of culture.
(b) It can lead to the acquisition of knowledge from older peers and adults.
(c) It can lead to social acceptance among peers.
(d) It can be used to treat those with autism.
(d) It can be used to treat those with autism
100
Case history data may include

A. Doodlings
B. Family albums
C. Medical records
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
100
Fill in the blank: “correlation does not imply _____________.”

A. simplicity
B. causation
C. improvisation
D. manipulation
B. causation
100
According to Freud, personality is mostly established by what age?

A. 5
B. 15
C. 21
D. 25
A. 5
100
Research has shown that students who study regularly remember the material far better than those who did all of their studying in one marathon session.

A. True
B. False
A. True
200
Children’s ability to hold a sweet on their tongue for 30 seconds before eating it, and to say "day" when they see a black card with stars on it are both examples of which of the following?

(a) Planning
(b) Perseverance
(c) Self-regulation
(d) Inhibitory control
(d) Inhibitory control
200
When a test measures the variable or dimension it is supposed to measure, then it has ______________.

a) Validity
b) Reliability
c) Dependability
d) Credibility
a) Validity
200
What type of test is Tukey’s HSD?

A. pre hoc
B. post hoc test
C. pre spare test
D. post spare test
B. post hoc test
200
What concept was critical to the school of thought known as psychoanalysis?

A. Conditioning
B. The unconscious mind
C. Self-efficacy
B. The unconscious mind
200
According to Piaget, the process of taking in new information into our previously existing schema is known as ________________.

A. Assimilation
B. Accommodation
C. Equilibration
A. Assimilation
300
Mrs. Eckman has given her students a test over vocabulary words they are to have learned this week. She states the word and students write down the definition. What type of memory task is this?

A. elaboration
B. recall
C. organization
D. recognition
B. Recall
300
Which psychologist developed the first intelligence test?

A. Alfred Binet
B. Robert Yerkes
C. David Wechsler
A. Binet
300
Smoke makes Sally’s eyes water. Therefore, she always turns on the exhaust fan before preparing a meal in the kitchen. This is an example of ___________.

A. negative reinforcement
B. negative punishment
C. positive reinforcement
D. positive punishment
A. negative reinforcement
300
Freud believed that the pleasure-seeking energies of the _______ become focused on different areas during the stages of development.

A. Ego
B. Id
C. Superego
B. Id
300
This type of personality theory suggests that individual personalities are composed broad dispositions.

A. Behavioral theories
B.Trait theories
C. Humanist theories
B. Trait theories
400
Ashley is trying to learn how to spell the word practical. She repeats p-r-a-c-t-i-c-a-l to herself several times until she can spell the word. What memory strategy is she using?

A. elaboration
B. organization
C. mnemonics
D. rehearsal
D. rehearsal
400
In Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, people who are good at communicating verbally, resolving conflicts and creating positive relationships with others are said to have:

A. Naturalistic intelligence
B. Interpersonal intelligence
C. Visual-spatial intelligence
B. Interpersonal Intelligence
400
Cohen’s d measures what?
A. sample size
B. effect size
C. reaction time
D. results
B. effect size
400
In Sigmund Freud's theory of personality, the component of personality that is responsible for dealing with reality is known as the:

A. Id
B. Ego
C. Superego
B. Ego
400
In this type of illness, the physical ailment (such as peptic ulcers) is real, but the cause is believed mental.

A. Psychorepratic
B. Mental illness
C. Make-believe illness
D. Psychosomatic
D. Psychosomatic
500
The stage of cognitive development in which children begin thinking logically about concrete events, but have difficulty understanding abstract or hypothetical concepts is known as:

A. The sensorimotor stage
B. The preoperational stage
C. The concrete operational stage
C. The concrete operational stage
500
The type of intelligence that involves the ability to think and reason abstractly and solve problems and is considered independent of learning, experience, and education is known as:

A. Crystallized intelligence
B. Fluid intelligence
B. Fluid Intelligence
500
Winston wants to study the effect of sleep deprivation on reaction time. He designs a study in which participants are randomly assigned to one of three sleep conditions (two hours, four hours and eight hours). Participants are all housed at the local hotel where they all sleep in rooms that are identical. At that end of their sleep period, each participant completes a test of reaction time. What is the dependent variable?

A. hours of sleep
B. reaction time
C. the hotel
B. reaction time
500
This Freudian term refers to all the instinctual desires and energies from the id, not just the sexual ones.

A. sexual organs
B. libido
C. anatomy
D. psychoanalysis
B. libido
500
What is at the peak of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

A. Social needs
B. Esteem needs
C. Self-actualizing needs
C. Self-actualizing needs
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