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This document appears to be a quiz or worksheet assessing knowledge of different areas of psychology. It asks the test taker to identify various behaviors, concepts, and professionals as covert/overt, conscious/unconscious, rational/irrational, simple/complex, and voluntary/involuntary. It also asks the test taker to complete sentences about psychology topics and choose the best answer to multiple choice questions about psychological research methods, famous psychologists, and subfields of psychology.

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Gen. Psychology

This document appears to be a quiz or worksheet assessing knowledge of different areas of psychology. It asks the test taker to identify various behaviors, concepts, and professionals as covert/overt, conscious/unconscious, rational/irrational, simple/complex, and voluntary/involuntary. It also asks the test taker to complete sentences about psychology topics and choose the best answer to multiple choice questions about psychological research methods, famous psychologists, and subfields of psychology.

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Name : _________________________________

Schedule____________
A. Identify the following acts as covert or overt
___________1. Clenching the first behind ones back.
___________2. Pouting at somebody smiling at you.
___________3. Affection and devotion to someone.
___________4. Thoughts and feelings of a desperate person
___________5. Embarrassment at a party.
Tell whether the following acts as conscious or unconscious
___________1. Tasting a fruit you like.
___________2. Feeling an aversion for someone you have not met.
___________3. Falling in love.
___________4. Dreaming of a person you hate.
___________5. Mannerism like frequent putting out of the tongue, biting your fingernails,
etc.
Which of the following is rational or irrational?
___________1. Admiring a heroic act.
___________2. Laughing at nothing in particular.
___________3. Sympathizing with friend whose father died.
___________4. Talking to yourself.
___________5. Boxing a person who is not even your acquaintance.
Are the following acts simple or complex?
___________1. Winking of an eye.
___________2. Solving a problem.
___________3. Waving of hands.
___________4. Doing a maze.
___________5. Scrubbing the floor.
Which is voluntary and which is involuntary?
___________1. Circulation of the blood.
___________2. Singing in a choir.
___________3. Digestion of food.
___________4. Committing suicide.
___________5. Pulse beat.
B. Complete each of the following sentences by encircling one of the options in the
parentheses.
1. (is : is not)
Behavior _____________ always directly observable.
2. (psychoanalysis : behaviorism: structuralism)
Modern psychology is strongly rooted in the principle of _____________.
3. (medical doctors: well-trained psychologist)
Psychiatrists are _____________ who specialize in the treatment of disturbed
behavior.
4. (John B. Watson : William James)
One of the better known functionalist psychologist was _____________.

5. (is a big difference: are often similarities)


When comparing the type of clients helped by psychiatrists to those help by
psychologists,
there _____________ in the types of problems needing attention.
6. (psychiatrist : psychologist)
A _____________ has graduate degree, usually a Ph.D.
7. ( 1798 : 1879 : 1931 )
The first psychology laboratory was founded by Wilhelm Wundt, a structuralist, in
Germany
in _____________.
8. ( psychoanalyst : psychiatrist : psychologist )
A _____________has extensive training in the methods of scientific research,
psychological
testing, and the evaluation and treatment of emotional disturbances.
9. ( solve the problems by changing : uncover scientific principles )
A psychologist who considers his or her fields s an applied discipline tries to
_____________
behavior.
10. ( psychologist : psychiatrist : psychoanalyst )
A professional who treats emotional problem with a very specific method that takes
several
years and includes dream analysis and the exploration of unconscious motives is a
_________________.

C. Multiple choice : Select the best answer. Encircle the letter of your choice.
1. Which of the following statement is false ?
a. Psychiatrists can oerscribe medications when treating emotional disturbances.
b. Psychoanalysts are usually Psychiatrists.
c. Psychologists seek to manage constructive behaviors-such as the rate at which people learn
new
information.
d. Psychologists, psychiatrists and psychoanalysts use such different approaches that they
seldom
are found working together.
2. Which of the following would be considered a research method? A psychologist
a. gives a suspected criminal a battery of tests and analyses and interprets the data.
b. teaches preschool teacher about childrens reading readiness.
c. explains to parents of hyperactive children what their children might benefit from low
sugar, high
protein diet.
d. writes a child guidance book to help parent raise emotionally stable children
3. Personality psychology can be distinguished from other subfields of psychology because
personality
psychologist.
a. never use surveys as a research method.
b. study the differences between people; other psychologists look for the similarities between
people.
c. develop therapies to treat abnormal personalities.

d. conduct field research but not laboratory research.


4. Which of the following method is the best?
a. survey
c. experiment
b. observation
d. none of the above
5. The examination of the contents of the mind through self-reports of what one is hingking and
feeling is called
a. free association
c. introspection
b. interpretation
d. perception

6. Wilhelm Wundt is famous for what event(s) in the history of psychology?


a. developed psychology as the study of conscious experience
b. established the first psychological laboratory
c. developed the technique of introspection
d. all of the above
7. physiological psychologist or neuropsychologists attempt to unravel the connections between
brain
functions and how we actually behave, What general area does this specialty belong to?
a. forensic psychology
b. personality psychology
c. health psychology
d. experimental psychology

What method of research was used in the following?


1. How do people residing near nuclear reactors feel about the nuclear arm rose? Are their
opinions different from those people living far from nuclear facilities?
2. What is the average six-year olds attention span at the classroom?
3. Does a lack of sleep cause changes in problem-solving ability?
4. Throughout history very young children have occasionally been lost in the wild and
found several years later. Recently another child has been discovered. Has growing up
in the wild affected his cognitive development?
5. What is the difference between students performance using a new learning strategy to
their performance using the old strategy.
6. A researcher is granted permission to become involved with a college basketball team -attending practices and team meetings, accompanying coaches on recruiting trips,
regularly talking with players, etc.
7. A researcher videotaped people while viewing political debates. Raters viewed segments
of the tapes and recorded whether the people were smiling.
8. A researcher uses interviews and many types of psychological and medical tests to study
a woman who had surgery to remove a part of her brain.
9. A researcher studies memory by talking to groups of people in their 50s, 60s, and 70s
about memory problems that they have experienced and worried about.
10. Do you think that television should have less violence and fewer shows about sex?
B. What kind of psychologist is being described?

1. I provides a personal service offering nannies for small children, a big brother and
big sister program for adolescents and companions for the elderly. I teach my
employees how to fulfill the psychological needs of every age group.
2. I consult with local court system of juvenile offender case. My job is to compile data
on court defendants and their sentences and try to reduce repeat offenders.
3. The primary concern is to help people become happier, healthier, and more welladjusted to what life brings them.
4. This will hopefully help the law-breakers reform and become productive members of
society.
5. They make excellent relationship counselors, social analysts, social workers, and
even media executives.
6. They would attempt to explain exactly what this red, shiny, round, small, fruit thing
is. They ask questions such as How do you know its red? Or shiny, round, and
small, for that matter? And how is it that when you see this red, shiny, round, small,
fruit thing, your mind bundles them up together and recognizes an apple?
7. They work with clients to provide them with the skills to overcome those issues so
that they might have a healthier and fulfilling life.
8. They guide clients through the dark places that are negatively impacting their life and
help them move beyond those roadblocks through focusing on increasing awareness,
improving communication, and skill building.
9. They are able to devise techniques that will maximize a persons learning capabilities,
allowing him to fully realize his potential.
10.They take a look at the dynamics of the workplace in an effort to improve
productivity and boost worker morale. Topics covered in this specialization often
include group dynamics, creativity, work relations, team management, work
management, and leadership.
11. They would like to see how anatomy, cell and molecular biology, chemistry, and
biochemistry influence the human experience, neuropsychology or biopsychology
may be the specialization for you.
12. They help clients cope with complex health maintenance routines that include special
diets, multiple medications and supplements, restrictions, and losses.
13. They will, with the clients permission, act as an advocate with the clients health care
providers.
14. They believe that wellness happens at the physical, emotional, intellectual and
spiritual levels and health psychologists will help you work toward balance on all
levels.

15. They teach athletes things such as stress management and mental motivation.

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