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___41. According to Sheldon's constitutional theory, a person with a high endomorphic component possesses a:

A. visceratonic temperament   

B. cerebretonic temperament

C. somatotonic temperament

D. mesomorphic temperament

___42. The hypothalamus controls the following except:

A. emotion

B. voluntary movements

C. endocrine activity

D. metabolism

___43. This psychological disorder is characterized, mainly, by easy fatigability and chronic inability to do anything. This is:

A. neurasthenia

B. compulsion

C. multiple personality

D. fugue

___44. The instrument used to measure respiration or breathing rates is called:

A. galvanic skin response

B. polygraph

C. pneunograph

D. electrocardiograph

___45. It is known as the "master gland" and it secretes:

A. thyroxin

B. growth hormone

C. insulin

D. parathormone

___46. Which are the sources of frustrations?:

A. rules and regulations

B. the individual himself or herself

C. floods and typhoons

D. all of the choices

___47. Near-sightedness is also called:

A. hyperopia

B. presbyopia

C. astigmatism

D. myopia

___48. "To explore the environment" means the following except:

A. to manipulate objects

B. to go around the neighborhood

C. to engage in role-playing

D. to discover new things

___49. The most difficult task for an old person is to:

A. remain healthy and strong

B. retire from work

C. meet social obligations

D. adjust to death of one's spouse or a loved one

___50. The data of psychology is best described by this phrase. This is:

A. behavior of human beings

B. measurable behavior of individuals

C. physiological and mental processes of human beings

D. behavior of organisms

The Moment of Truth 

ANSWERS TO GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY TEST REVIEWER

CORRECT ANSWERS / MULTIPLE CHOICE <50 POINTS>:

1. (A – soul)

2. (D – behaviorism)

3. (A - clinical method)

4. (D – zygote)

5. (B – gestalt)

6. (D - Wilhelm Wundt)

7. (A - repressed motives)

8. (D - all of the choices)

9. (C - myelin sheath)

10. (C - object permanence)

11. (B – conductivity)

12. (C – homeostasis)

13. (C - right side of the body)

14. (B – estrogens)

15. (C - growth of facial hair)

16. (C - conception to death)

17. (B - industrial psychology)

18. (A - Estefana Abdaba-Lim)

19. (B - Jung's introversion-extroversion theory)

20. (B – reliable)

21. (D - B.F. Skinner)

22. (D - cognitive theory)

23. (A - manic-depression)

24. (C – warmth)

25. (A – obsession)

26. (C - tip of the tongue)

27. (A - approach-approach)

28. (D - behavior is applied to different situations)

29. (D - increase in skin temperature)

30. (C - genital stage)

31. (C - that affects the environment)

32. (A – fear)

33. (A – pinna)

34. (A – sublimation)

35. (C - lower-level needs constitute the main human motives)

36. (D – sociable)

37. (A – psychokinesis)

38. (D - multiple conflict)

39. (D – grief)

40. (C – pitch)

41. (A - visceratonic temperament)

42. (B - voluntary movements)

43. (A – neurasthenia)

44. (C – pneunograph)

45. (B - growth hormone)

46. (D - all of the choices)

47. (D – myopia)

48. (C - to engage in role- playing)

49. (D - adjust to death of one's spouse or a loved one)

50. (D - behavior of organisms)

SCORING AND INTERPRETATION: NUMERICAL AND VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS

50 Points --------------------- Perfect

47 - 49 Points --------------- Superior

44 - 46 Points --------------- Very Satisfactory

41 - 43 Points --------------- Satisfactory

36 - 40 Points --------------- Good

35 Points And Below ------The Process of Becoming, For Better or For Worse

REFERENCES

"General Psychology," 4th Edition, Birion, J., et. al., 1994

"Introduction To Psychology," 3rd Edition, Bustos, Alicia S., et. al., 1999

"Introduction To Psychology," 9th Edition, Atkinson, Rita L. , et. al., 1987

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