Perspectives
He developed the psychodynamic perspective.
a) Freud
b) Skinner
c) Watson
d) Rogers
What research method tells us a relationship between two variables?
a) experimental
b) correlational
c) both a and b
d) all research methods
What is the most common sleep disorder?
a) chronic fatigue syndrome
b) sleep apnea
c) narcolepsy
d) insomnia
Who developed the concept of schemas?
a) Freud
b) Skinner
c) Watson
d) Piaget
What is the most effective parenting style?
a) permissive
b) authoritative
c) authoritarian
e) They are all equally effective
Remembering words at the beginning of the list is ____ effect.
a) recency
b) main
c) primacy
d) prime
A psychologist who will evaluate, diagnose, and treat individuals with all mental health disorders.
a) counseling psychologist
b) developmental psychologist
c) clinical psychologist
d) social psychologist
Introducing a client to more positive coping skills falls under what perspective?
a) Behavioral
b) humanistic
c) psychodynamic
d) Cognitive
In an experimental research study, what variable does the experimenter manipulate?
a) participants
b) dependent variable
c) independent variable
d) no variables are manipulated
What is hypersomnia?
a) lack of sleep
b) too much sleep
c) poor sleep due to a medical condition
d) feeling energized when attempting to sleep
Stephanie calls all vehicles with wheels a car. She doesn't know the difference between a car and a truck, bus or motorcycle. This is known as what?
a) accommodation
b) association
c) acclimation
d) assimilation
e) underextension
According to many teenagers, the statement, "It could never happen to me" falls under _____.
a) personal fable
b) personal myth
c) personal epic
d) personal fantasy
The first stage of the three-stage memory model.
a) short term memory
b) encoding
c) sensory memory
d) brief memory
Psychologists who focus on the different changes that occur throughout the lifespan.
a) genetic psychologists
b) developmental psychologists
c) evolutionary psychologists
d) Evolving psychologists
Mary informs her therapist that everyone hates her. The therapist addresses this statement by using what perspective?
a) humanistic
b) psychodynamic
c) cognitive
d) behavioral
Dr Wallace wants to see if listening to soothing music prior to a test will decrease test anxiety. What is the independent variable?
a) Students with test anxiety
b) Test anxiety
c) Soothing music
d) A decrease in anxiety
If you can't fall asleep after ____ you should get out of bed and do something.
a) 1 hour
b) 5-10 minutes
c) 30 minutes
d) 15-20 minutes
How many stages of cognitive development did Piaget introduce?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 4
d) 6
e) 2
This research design compares people of different ages.
a) cross-sectional
b) longitudinal
c) correlational
d) experimental
I can recall graduating from kindergarten and having a party with friends is an example of ______!
a) episodic memory
b) implicit memory
c) sematic memory
d) cherished memory
Field of psychology that applies to the legal system
a) judicial psychology
b) Legal psychology
c) forensic psychology
d) investigative psychology
When using this perspective, the therapist is non-judgmental and an active listener.
a) humanistic
b) behavioral
c) cognitive
d) biological
The tendency of experimenters to influence the results in the expected direction of a research study is called this.
a) Experimenter Favoritism
b) Experimenter Preference
c) Experimenter Bias
d) Experimenter Error
There is a significant advancement in language during _______.
a) the sensorimotor stage
b) the concrete operational stage
c) the formal operational stage
d) the preoperational stage
Piaget's second stage of cognitive development is ____.
a) concrete operational
b) sensorimotor
c) pre-operational
d) formal operational
e) There is no second stage
What is the second stage of the Kubler Ross model?
a) bargaining
b) depression
c) denial
d) anger
Memory degrades with time; if not used over time is the definition of ___________.
a) Lost Theory
b) Disintegrate Theory
c) Decay Theory
d) Detached Theory
Studies and advises individuals in the workplace on different behaviors and issues
a) Industrial Psychologists
b) Organizational Psychologists
c) both a and b
d) none of the above
A student gets a surprise when seeing a 100% on a test, so in the future, the student works hard to get another surprise. This would fall under what perspective?
a) humanistic
b) behavioral
c) psychodynamic
d) cognitive
What is a major downfall of a longitudinal study?
a) It is very costly.
b) It is time consuming.
c) The researcher loses interest.
d) Participants can drop out or die.
A person who has difficulty falling asleep and then staying asleep (wakes up at least once during the night) may be suffering from _____________.
a) Narcolepsy
b) sleep Apnea
c) Insomnia
d) sleep deprivation
Up until about 6 months of age, what do infants lack? If they don't see it, it doesn't exist.
a) Object Permanence
b) Object Stability
c) Object Recognition
d) Object Awareness
Research shows that ______ actually slows aging.
a) exercise
b) proper sleep
c) meditation
d) socializing
Wanting to forget an unpleasant and embarrassing experience.
a) motivated forgetting
b) intentional forgetting
c) forced forgetting
d) repressed forgetting
More focused on the treatment of individuals with fewer mental health problems and diagnoses
a) clinical psychologists
b) psychotherapists
c) counseling psychologists
d) licensed social worker
Exploring with a client their unique qualities and strengths falls under this perspective.
a) behavioral
b) psychodynamic
c) biological
d) humanistic
Studying one person or different people at different times to gather in-depth information using interviews is what type of research method?
a) Individual study
b) Case Study
c) Correlational Study
d) cross-sectional research
Individuals who uncontrollably fall asleep during the day, even while in the middle of a task, may be suffering from __________.
a) insomnia
b) sleep apnea
c) chronic fatigue syndrome
d) narcolepsy
What is animistic thinking?
a) If something bad happens, they think they caused it.
b) Thinking that someone else can read their mind.
c) role playing and imitating others
d) They believe objects are living and have feelings.
Jenny is talking to her aunt on the phone. Jenny suddenly points to her new toy and says, "Look at what I got for my birthday!". This is an example of _________.
a) animism
b) symbolic thinking
c) egocentrism
d) creative thinking
tip-of-the tongue phenomenon
a) encoding failure
b) retrieval theory
c) recall theory
d) reclaim theory
If your dog constantly barks and you want to learn how to stop him, what field of psychology might you turn to?
a) Educational
b) Forensic
c) Behavioral
d) social
If you ask a client, "What medications are you taking?" you are using what perspective?
a) biological
b) humanistic
c) cognitive
d) behavioral
When using this research method, the researcher observes people in the real world.
a) Environmental Research
b) Real-life Observations
c) Naturalistic Observation
d) Observational Research
An individual is experiencing interrupted sleep, and people in the household complain of loud snoring. This person may be suffering from ______.
a) narcolepsy
b) sleep deprivation
c) insomnia
d) sleep apnea
What stage of development did Piaget consider a major turning point in the child's cognitive development?
a) pre-operational
b) formal
c) concrete
d) sensorimotor
d) It depends on the child.
During what stage of development can a child take a group of Legos and place them in order from largest to smallest.
a) preoperational
b) concrete operational
c) formal operational
d) sensorimotor stage
forgetting the true source of a memory
a) selective amnesia
b) basic amnesia
c) baseline amnesia
d) source amnesia
Which of the following statements is false?
a) Psychologists and psychiatrists are medical doctors.
b) A psychologist can have either a PhD or a PsyD/
c) Only a psychiatrist can prescribe medications.
d) They are actually all true.
Which of the following is a true statement? The Humanistic perspective.....
a) focuses on the "here and now"
b) focuses primarily on the future
c) focuses mostly on the past
d) focuses on the past and the future
The most frequently used method of research is ____.
a) correlational
b) case study
c) experimental
d) naturalistic observation
The CPAP is treatment for what disorder?
a) narcolepsy
b) insomnia
c) sleep apnea
d) sleepwalking
What is the correct order of Piaget's model of cognitive development?
a) preoperational, sensorimotor, formal, concrete
b) concrete, preoperational, formal, sensorimotor
c) sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, formal
d)There is no exact order
What is poorly developed at birth?
a) vision
b) hearing
c) smell
d) touch
Two memory problems with profound legal implications are eyewitness testimony and _______.
a) false memories
b) misinformation
c) repressed memories
d) regression
What filed of psychology would explore why children at the age of 16 months are still not walking.
a) behavioral
b) developmental
c) health
d) counseling
I failed the test and will never get into grad school. What perspective would a therapist use to address this comment?
a) behavioral
b) humanistic
c) psychodynamic
d) cognitive
Which of the following statements is false regarding a Longitudinal study?
a) It is time consuming.
b) It is costly
c) Data can be collected at the same time.
d) You can get more in-depth information
Which of the following is a circadian rhythm disorder?
a) nightmare disorder
b) sleepwalking
c) jet lag
d) sleep terrors
Two theories related to aging are Programmed Theory and __________.
a) Damaged theory
b) Impaired theory
c) Flawed theory
d) Oh no! Theory
The stage of Kubler Ross where a person has a lot of "what if" questions.
a) bargaining
b) anger
c) denial
d) depression
How long can short term memory hold 5-9 items?
a) 15 seconds
b) 1 minute
c) 45 seconds
d0 30 seconds
The field of psychology that determines accuracy of eyewitness testimony
a) judicial
b) forensic
c) legal
d) clinical
People who apply this perspective treat others with empathy and focus on what is positive.
a) cognitive
b) behavioral
c) humanistic
d) psychodynamic
Building a positive support system improves symptoms of depression. What type of correlation is this?
a) positive
b) negative
c) no correlation
d) it depends
A tingly or prickly feeling in your legs, along with a powerful urge to move them. What is the sleep disorder?
a) Uneasy leg syndrome
b) Agitated leg syndrome
c) Restive leg syndrome
d) Restless leg syndrome
e) Fidgety leg syndrome
In this stage of cognitive development, a child can now recognize that his dog is a Labrador, that a Labrador is a dog, and that a dog is an animal.
a) concrete operational
b) preoperational
c) formal operational
d) sensorimotor
According to ____________, human development relies on social interaction.
a) Piaget
b) Bandura
c) Vygotsky
d) Watson
Tying your shoes is an example of _____ memory.
a) implied
b) involuntary
c) unconscious
d) implicit
Field of study that would focus on obedience and conformity.
a) forensic
b) social
c) developmental
d) clinical
Free association and dream analysis would fall under this perspective.
a) psychodynamic
b) behavioral
c) humanistic
d) cognitive
What is the correlation? The higher the grade, the happier the student!
a) negative
b) positive
c) no correlation
d) It can be either positive or negative depending..
Which of the following is false about sleep terrors?
a) They do not remember sleep terrors.
b) It becomes less common as people age.
c) They are caused by frightening dreams
d) It is much more common in children.
This implies that personality traits present during infancy endure throughout the lifespan, such as temperament.
a) stability
b) steadiness
c) consistency
d) steady
The process of growth and development that people go through- the changes that occur from birth until death. This is referred to as _________.
a) maturation
b) development
c) growth
d) lifespan
An example of sematic memory
a) getting married
b) riding a bike
c) this question and answer
d) calling a friend
Provide child custody evaluations; screen law enforcement applicants
a) clinical psychologists
b) psychiatrists
c) developmental psychologists
d) forensic psychologists
They insisted that psychology must be “the scientific study of observable behavior.”
a) Watson and Skinner
b) Maslow and Rogers
c) Freud and Watson
d) Skinner and Rogers
You want to find out if meditation before taking the SAT's will improve math scores. You randomly assign 5 students to the experimental group and 5 students to the control group. What is the dependent variable?
a) the students
b) meditation
c) math scores
d) the time of day
Which of the following does not fall under parasomnias?
a) Sleep terrors
b) Sleepwalking
c) nightmare disorder
d) Jet Lag
Jean Piaget is famous for his theories regarding changes in ____________.
a) cognitive development
b) behavior
c) learning experiences
d) communication skills
Which of the following does not fall under the concrete operational stage?
a) They understand reversibility
b) They can use logic and apply rules
c) They can transform mathematical functions
d) They can use hypothetical thinking
There are three types of evidence that indicate whether something has been learned and retained. Which of the following is not one that is listed.
a) recall
b) recognition
c) remembering
d) relearning
Psychologists credentials
a) PhD
b) PsyD
c) MD
d) a or b