General Psychology Test Reviewer

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Psychology 1: General Psychology or Introduction to Psychology

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the correct answer. Write the answer corresponding to the item number on your sheet of paper. Write the letter or text of the correct answer or both.

 

___ 1. The Greek word "psyche" means:

 

A. soul

B. body

C. heart

D. study

 

 

 

___ 2. This school of thought stresses the role of reward and punishment in shaping behavior. This is:

 

A. psychoanalysis

B. purposivism

C. functionalism

D. behaviorism

 

 

 

___ 3. This method of research relies heavily on information obtained from therapeutic sessions. This is called the:

          

A. clinical method

B. biographical method

C. experimental method

D. survey method

 

 

 

___ 4. In fertilization, the sperm cell and the egg cell unite to form the:

          

A. baby

B. embryo

C. ovum

D. zygote

 

 

 

___ 5. It means pattern or configuration. It is called:

 

A. perception

B. gestalt

C. illusion

D. object

 

 

 

___ 6. He established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879. He was:

          

A. Rene Descartes

B. Gustav Fechner

C. Hermann von Helmholtz

D. Wilhelm Wundt

 

 

 

___ 7. According to Freud, human behavior is greatly influenced by:

 

A. repressed motives

B. sensory experiences

C. conscious mental processes

D. environmental factors

 

 

 

___ 8. Consumer psychology and business psychology find application in:

          

A. business firms

B. industries

C. commercial firms

D. all of the choices

 

 

 

___ 9. The axon is covered with:

 

A. grey matter

B. cell bodies

C. myelin sheath

D. white matter

 

 

 

___10. When a child realizes that a toy continues to exist even when hidden behind a screen, the child is said to have achieved:

 

A. conservation

B. object differentiation

C. object permanence

D. perceptual constancy

 

 

 

___11. Nerve impulse transmission is an example of:

 

A. reproduction

B. conductivity

C. contractility

D. irritability

 

 

 

___12. It is a state of equilibrium characterized by the proper functioning of the body's physiological processes. It is called:

 

A. motivated behavior

B. drive

C. homeostasis

D. deprivation

 

 

 

___13. The left cerebral hemisphere controls:

          

A. upper part of the body

B. lower part of the body

C. right side of the body

D. left side of the body

 

 

 

___14. The testes produce testosterone while the ovaries produce:

          

A. sex hormones

B. estrogens

C. menstrual blood

D. cortin

 

 

 

___15. At the onset of puberty, girls undergo physical changes which include the following except:

          

A. development of breasts

B. development of reproductive organ

C. growth of facial hair

D. growth of pubic hair

 

 

 

___16. Developmental psychology is the study of human development from:

          

A. birth to old age

B. birth to death

C. conception to death

D. conception to adulthood

 

 

 

___17. A psychologist who trains employees and makes them productive and effective in their work is a specialist in:

          

A. social psychology

B. industrial psychology

C. consumer psychology

D. guidance and counselling

 

 

 

___18. She was the first Filipino woman to receive a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. She was:

          

A. Estefana Abdaba-Lim

B. Aurora Minoz

C. Alicia S. Bustos

D. Sonia M. Zaide

 

 

 

___19. Which theory of personality does not belong to the group?:

          

A. Erikson's psycho-social theory

B. Jung's introversion-extroversion theory

C. Freud's psychoanalytic theory

D. none of the choices

 

 

 

___20. A student obtained scores of 130 and 137 in an I.Q. test that was administered on two different occasions. The I.Q. test is said to be:

          

A. adequate

B. reliable

C. valid

D. not valid

 

 

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