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Keiser UniversityPre-Post Test
PSY 1012 Introduction to Psychology
1. Psychology is_____
B – The scientific study of mental processes and behavior
2. Empirical evidence is collected by_____
B – Gathering qualitative and quantitative date through direct observation
3. Psychology’s history as a science began _____
C – In Germany, when Wilhelm Wundt set up the first psychological laboratory in 1879
4. Psychologist who study human thinking and information processing abilities are referred to as
_____.
C – Cognitive psychology
5. The stage during which sensory input and motor response become coordinated is …
Piaget’s_____ stage of cognitive development.
A - Sensorimotor Stage
6. In life-span developmental theories, adolescents struggle with conflicts involving _____.
A - the need to form a consistent identity
7. The bulk of people’s dreams occurs during_____.
A - REM sleep
8. Freud’s psychodynamic theory of dreaming emphasizes_____.
C – dreams as internal conflict and unconscious forces that are based on wish fulfillment
9. The process by which experience or practice results in a relatively permanent change in behavior
is known as _____
B – Learning
10. Operant conditioning operates on the principle that behaviors occur more often when they
are_____.
B – punished
11. The correct order for the three stages of memory is_____.
C – Sensory register memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
12. When looking at human motives, the following theorist developed a hierarchy of five needs range
from basic physiological needs to growth or meta-needs:
A – Abraham Maslow
13. The typical behaviors consistent with being male or female in a given culture are referred to as
A – Social roles
14. In Freud’s view of the structure of personality, the mental structure that acts as one’s conscience
and judges through and actions is known as the_____.
C – superego
15. The field of psychology that uses behavioral principles to promote health and prevent illness is
referred to as _____.
B - Health psychology
16. The scientific study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders is known as _____.
C – Psychopathology
17. In the United States and Canada, psychological problems are classified by using the _____.
B - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM)
18. The scientific study of how individuals behave, think and feel in social situations is known as
_____.
A - Social psychology
19. A harmful attitude based on inaccurate generalizations about a group of people is known as
_____.
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