psychology Mcqs
401. Who would be most likely to emphasize the importance of observational learning?
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A. Bandura

B. Pavlov

C. Skinner

D. Watson

402. The cognitive field theory was developed by _________________?
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A. Premack

B. Harlow

C. Hull

D. Tolman
403. The ability to focus on stimuli in which we are interested while resisting distracting stimuli is called ________________?
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A. concentrated attending

B. stimulus focusing

C. selective attention

D. structured perceiving

404. ______________ involves observing and imitating the behavior of others?
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A. observing

B. praising

C. shaping

D. modeling
405. The cells that serve as the building blocks of the bodys information processing system are called ____________?
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A. neurotransmitters

B. dendrites

C. neurons

D. synapses

406. The junction where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with a receiving neuron is called the ______________?
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A. receptor site

B. synapse

C. reuptake site

D. axon terminal

407. One boy has brown eyes. His twin brother has blue eyes. This information enables a person to conclude that the two ______________?
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A. are monozygotic

B. have blue-eyed parents

C. are identical twins

D. are fraternal twins
408. The process of interpreting new information in terms of existing schema is termed _______________?
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A. accommodation

B. assimilation

C. ideation

D. conservation

409. This is not the part of the peripheral nervous system ___________?
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A. limbic system

B. sympathetic system

C. sensory neurons

D. parasympathetic system

410. The cerebellum functions prominently in ___________?
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A. verbal association

B. blood pressure

C. heart activity

D. muscle movement coordination
411. ____________is a neurotransmitter-related brain disorder associated with acetylcholine deficiency?
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A. Alzheimers

B. Parkinsons

C. Downs syndrome

D. Schizophrenia

412. Interactive dualism was founded by ___________?
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A. Darwin

B. Locke

C. Descartes

D. Von Helmholtz

413. The processes of growth and development are ______________?
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A. constant

B. continuous

C. slow

D. both b and c

414. Morphology refers to the ____________________?
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A. relationship between different languages

B. study of infant babbling

C. relationship between sounds and their meanings

D. origins of words

415. Damage to the ventromedial region of the hypothalamus would most likely result in ______________?
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A. hyperphagia

B. apraxia

C. aphasia

D. agnosia

416. The process of comparing currently experienced visual input with past visual memories takes place with ___________?
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A. the limbic system

B. association areas

C. the sensory cortex

D. Brocas area

417. A brain wave not evident in the newborn is the _____________?
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A. alpha

B. theta

C. beta

D. delta

418. The last stage in Eriksons theory of psychosocial development where in a person reflects on their life is ______________?
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A. pride vs regret

B. competence vs inferiority

C. productivity vs stagnation

D. integrity vs despair
419. The stage of Piagets theory of cognitive development occurs during adolescence and refers to the ability to reason about abstract concepts and principles and evaluate issues in the broader social environment?
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A. formal-operational

B. preoperational

C. concrete-operational

D. sensorimotor

420. The subject mater of psychology is best described as ____________?
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A. behavior, cognition, perception

B. effect, behavior, cognition

C. perceptions. Behavior, mental health

D. thoughts, feelings, sensations

421. Jean Piaget, contributed generally to cognitive psychology through his accounts of ___________?
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A. the mental rules underlying languages use

B. animal behavior in the natural environment

C. intellectual development in children

D. information processing in computers

422. Which of the following behaviors is characteristic of infantile autism?
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A. social isolation

B. extreme sensitivity to pain

C. stereotyped behavior

D. both a and c
423. A psychologist that has a job to teach smoking cessation classes to employees is ___________?
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A. health psychologist

B. clinical psychologist

C. educational psychologist

D. counseling psychologist

424. In a study of the effects of alcohol consumption, some participants drank a nonalcoholic beverage that actually smelled and tested like alcohol. This nonalcoholic drink was a ___________?
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A. placebo

B. double blind

C. None of these

D. replication

E. random sample

425. To say that psychology is a science means that ____________?
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A. psychological research is free from value judgments

B. psychologists approach the study of thoughts and actions

C. all of the above

D. psychologists only study observable behaviors

426. Piagets concept of scheme is ___________________?
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A. a deliberate plan of action

B. a mental representation of some aspect of external world

C. a set of relaxed experiences

D. a mental blueprint for an organized pattern of action
427. The vocal apparatus for producing speech sounds are useless unless the organism has which area in its brain developed in order to coordinate these movements?
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A. fissure of Ronaldo

B. Brocas area

C. hypothalamus

D. thalamus

428. The ___________ is responsible for the transmission of an impulse between neurons?
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A. luteinizing hormone

B. acetylcholine

C. actomyosin

D. acetyl cholinesterase

429. What refers to biological difference between males and females present at birth?
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A. gender role

B. sex

C. genotype

D. gender identity

430. The ____________ is not a neurotransmitter?
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A. acetylcholine

B. serotonin

C. dopamine

D. opioid peptides
431. Socially the young child can only attend to one dimension at a time. In cognitive terms this is called ______________?
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A. assimilation

B. egocentrism

C. accommodation

D. reversibility

432. What measures brain activity, more specifically, emitted potentials ?
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A. EEG

B. ECT

C. CAT system

D. MRI

433. Experiments demonstrate that infants register strongest preference for which of the following visual stimuli?
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A. bright colors

B. likenesses of animals and pets

C. plain, solid colors

D. likenesses of human faces
434. According to Kohlberg, an individual in a stage of conventional morality would be most concerned with _____________?
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A. avoiding punishment

B. achieving fairness

C. gaining approval

D. gaining rewards

435. Two historical roots of psychology are ____________?
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A. Physiology and chemistry

B. philosophy and chemistry

C. philosophy and physiology

D. Physiology and physics

436. In gamete development, the fact that each mature egg or sperm contains only one chromosome from each pair is attributable to a process known as ______________?
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A. zygotic division

B. immunization

C. reduction division

D. fertilization

437. According to Roger Brown and other psycholinguistic researchers, children refine the way they apply grammatical rules through ______________?
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A. positive conditioning from caregivers

B. memorizing of what others say

C. positive reinforcement from caregivers

D. experience and self-correction
438. According to Noam Chomskys theory of transformational grammar, a Kernel is ______________________?
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A. the smallest unit of meaning in a language

B. the deep structure of a sentence

C. the basic declarative thought of the sentence

D. the surface structure of a sentence

439. Kohlbergs moral developmental stages are closely related to __________________?
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A. Eriksons psychosexual stages

B. Dollard and Millers learning stages

C. Freuds psychosexual stages

D. Piagets cognitive developmental stages
440. The thyroid gland control ______________?
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A. emotions

B. metabolism

C. glucose absorption

D. sexuality

441. The perspective that emphasizes observable responses is ____________?
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A. cognitive

B. behavioral

C. neuroscience

D. social-cultural

442. A change in the structure of a gene that leads to minor of major changes in an organisms physical constitution is ____________?
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A. meiosis

B. parthenogenesis

C. mitosis

D. mutation
443. During the third through the eight week of pregnancy, the developing child can be accurately referred to as the ______________?
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A. zygote

B. prenate

C. embryo

D. fetus

444. What are the problems associated with low birth weight?
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A. all of these

B. susceptibility infection

C. difficulty with breathing, sucking, swallowing and digestion

D. difficulty maintaining body temperature

445. Who was noted for covering psychological development across an entire lifespan?
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A. Erik Erikson

B. Harry Harlow

C. Jean Piaget

D. Carol Gilligan

446. Which area of brain are closely connected to hunger, eating and satiation?
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A. hippocampus

B. medulla oblongata

C. thalamus

D. hypothalamus
447. During depolarization,____________ molecules rush into axon, during depolarization_____________ molecules rush out of the axon?
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A. potassium, chloride

B. chloride, sodium

C. None of these

D. sodium, potassium
448. The principal function of parietal lobe is ___________?
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A. visual processing

B. long-term planning

C. spatial processing

D. auditory processing

449. The action potential jumps along an axon. The gaps in a myelinated axon that the action potential jumps to are called the ____________?
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A. Brocas area

B. Wernickes area

C. terminal buttons

D. Nodes of Ranvier
450. Hyperactivity through glandular secretion is most directly related to ____________?
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A. the thyroid gland

B. the adrenal medulla

C. the cerebellum

D. the gonads