50Q PSYCHOLOGY - FINAL EXAM 2025

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50Q PSYCHOLOGY - FINAL EXAM 2025

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Intro to Psychology (1 semester course for 11th and 12th graders) Final Exam

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Intro to Psychology (1 semester course for 11th and 12th graders) Final Exam

Match the psychologist with their key contribution to developmental psychology.

Abraham Maslow
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky

Hierarchy of Needs
Theory of Cognitive Development
The Zone of Proximal Development

Which theory addresses the following concepts or stages?

Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory
Piaget's Cognitive Theory

Preconventional Level
Integrity vs Despair
Sensorimotor and Preoperational Stages

Associate the term with the appropriate developmental stage according to Erikson's theory.

School Age
Young Adulthood
Adolescence
Infancy

Industry vs Inferiority
Intimacy vs Isolation
Identity vs Role Confusion
Trust vs Mistrust

Refers to the process by which a child learns to interact with others around him

cognitive development

physical development

social development

spiritual development

Taking in new information and fitting it into existing schemas

crystallized intelligence

assimilation

fluid intelligence

accomodation

The emergence of personal and behavioral characteristics through growth processes is known as

intelligence

maturation

conservation

assimilation

Because Pedro see everthing that happens around him from his own point of view, his thinking is

representational

considerate of others

egocentric

imprinted

A time in development when specific skills or abilities are most easily learned is called what?

 assimilation period

sensorimotor period

 a critical period 

 representational period

Which part of the eye is responsible for peripheral vision?

Sclera

Cones

Rods

Cornea

Classify these experiences as either a sensation or a perception.

Tasting salty fries
Understanding the taste as salty
Feeling the texture of a cat's fur
Recognizing a dog's bark

Perception
Sensation

Which perception theory can explain these examples?

Ignoring the sound of AC while focusing on studying
Hearing your name at a loud party
Perceiving a face in the clouds
Judging the distance of a parked car

Selective Attention Theory
Signal Detection Theory
Gestalt Theory
Depth Perception Theory

Classify these phenomena as either physiological or psychological.

Feeling cold
Experiencing Deja vu
Tasting sweet
Perceiving danger

Psychological Senses
Physiological Senses

Which sense is primarily responsible for detecting sound waves?

Hearing

Taste

Sight

Smell

The reason that you probably stopped feeling the pressure of your clothes on your skin within a few minutes of dressing this morning was due to:

 saturation

 desensitization

Weber's constant

size constancy

Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation

Selective attention

Sensory adaptation/desensitization

Signal detection theory

Gate-control theory

Perceptions can be affected by our beliefs, values, prejudices, expectations, and life experiences

True

False

Leah is a good player whose performance seems to improve as the crowd watching her gets larger. The best explanation for this phenomenon is

misattribution

the bystander effect

the self-serving bias

social facilitation 

An individual bystander is most likely to help an injured person under which of the following circumstances?

When it is unclear if the injured person needs help 

When the bystander is the only other person present

When the injury is severe 

When a large number of people are present

Pedro walks into art class and is overwhelmed by the smell of paint. However, the longer he stays in the room, the less noticeable the smell becomes. Which of the following appears to be operating in this instance?

Subliminal perception

Perceptual set

 Sensory adaptation

Signal detection

Olivia, a high school student strongly opposed to video game use, is researching the topic for a speech she will deliver to her English class. Rather than searching for “the effects of video games,” Olivia searches for “the dangers of video games” and finds hundreds of Web sites with information she can use to argue her position. Her behavior is an example of

confirmation bias

insight

self-serving bias 

functional fixedness 

Melany is in a hotel room with a cake that needs slicing, but she does not have a knife. She goes to the bathroom and comes back with a long strand of dental floss, which she uses to cut the cake. Melany has overcome which barrier to problem solving?

Confirmation bias 

Divergent thinking 

Fixation

Functional fixedness

Which of the following types of intelligence would be most important in answering trivia questions?

Fluid 

Crystallized 

Creative 

Bodily kinesthetic

Which of the following examples best represents altruism?

Milton helps a friend move because the friend previously helped Milton move

Armando stops to help someone even though it puts him in danger. 

Noe helps his boss in order to get some overtime pay. 

Karina forms a study group to hold herself accountable for studying.

Approaches.

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psychodynamic		behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures
evolutionary		behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
cognitive		natural selection of traits has promoted survival skills
socio-cultural		how we encode, process, store and receive information

Nerve impulses travel through the neuron in this order.

A to  H

H to A

neither

The purpose of the marshmallow experiment was to show the relationship between ___________________ and success later in life.

ethnicity

Dental hygiene

Delayed gratification

Tastes

In which of the 10 unbelievable experiments were electric shocks given to show that people would follow orders that hurt others just as Nazi soldiers did?

The Monster Test

Milgram Conformity experiment

Stanford prison experiment

Asch conformity experiment

The four main goals of psychology are to

Control, treat, predict, and prescribe

Observe, describe, control and treat.

 Describe, explain, predict, and control

Discuss, Question, Summarize and observe

The modern definition of psychology is the science of ___________ and mental processes.

Behavior

Attitude

Cognition

digestion

A general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized is known as the

Scientific method

Einstein strategy

Random selection

Nature v. nurture

A person with a fixed mindset would

Learn a new language

Fix their mind

Put in no effort

Take on a challenge

A growth mindset person would most likely

Learn to play an instrument

Stay in their comfort zone

be bored

Sit on the couch all day

What is the junction between two nerve cells is the

Synapse

Interneuron

Axon

This part of the body secretes hormones that trigger “fight or flight” responses

Pituitary gland

Adrenal gland

Thyroid gland

The placebo effect is when a fake pill is given to an unknowing participant in a study to see the difference in effect between that participant and a participant receiving the real medicine.

True

False

The part of the brain responsible for vision processing, analyzing shapes, colors and movement is the

Cerebellum

amygdala

Frontal lobe

Occipital lobe

Substances that carry information between neurons and target cells are known as

Neurotransmitters

Humors

Hormones

Teratogens

In order to determine cause and effect relations between two variables, a researcher would

 Administer a survey

Engage in naturalistic observation

ask Ms. West

 Conduct and experiment

Which of the psychologists below gets credit for this "Hierarchy of Needs" diagram which is part of the Humanistic Approach?

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Match the psychologist with their key contribution to developmental psychology.

Abraham Maslow

Jean Piaget

Lev Vygotsky

Hierarchy of Needs

Theory of Cognitive Development

The Zone of Proximal Development

Which theory addresses the following concepts or stages?

Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory

Erikson's Psychosocial Theory

Piaget's Cognitive Theory

Preconventional Level

Integrity vs Despair

Sensorimotor and Preoperational Stages

Associate the term with the appropriate developmental stage according to Erikson's theory.

School Age

Young Adulthood

Adolescence

Infancy

Industry vs Inferiority

Intimacy vs Isolation

Identity vs Role Confusion

Trust vs Mistrust

Refers to the process by which a child learns to interact with others around him

cognitive development

physical development

social development

spiritual development

Taking in new information and fitting it into existing schemas

crystallized intelligence

assimilation

fluid intelligence

accomodation

The emergence of personal and behavioral characteristics through growth processes is known as

intelligence

maturation

conservation

assimilation

Because Pedro see everthing that happens around him from his own point of view, his thinking is

representational

considerate of others

egocentric

imprinted

 A time in development when specific skills or abilities are most easily learned is called what?

 assimilation period

sensorimotor period

 a critical period 

 representational period

Which part of the eye is responsible for peripheral vision?

Sclera

Cones

Rods

Cornea

Classify these experiences as either a sensation or a perception.

Tasting salty fries

Understanding the taste as salty

Feeling the texture of a cat's fur

Recognizing a dog's bark

Perception

Sensation

Which perception theory can explain these examples?

Ignoring the sound of AC while focusing on studying

Hearing your name at a loud party

Perceiving a face in the clouds

Judging the distance of a parked car

Selective Attention Theory

Signal Detection Theory

Gestalt Theory

Depth Perception Theory

Classify these phenomena as either physiological or psychological.

Feeling cold

Experiencing Deja vu

Tasting sweet

Perceiving danger

Psychological Senses

Physiological Senses

Which sense is primarily responsible for detecting sound waves?

Hearing

Taste

Sight

Smell

The reason that you probably stopped feeling the pressure of your clothes on your skin within a few minutes of dressing this morning was due to:

 saturation

 desensitization

Weber's constant

size constancy

Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation

Selective attention

Sensory adaptation/desensitization

Signal detection theory

Gate-control theory

Perceptions can be affected by our beliefs, values, prejudices, expectations, and life experiences

True

False

Leah is a good player whose performance seems to improve as the crowd watching her gets larger. The best explanation for this phenomenon is 

misattribution

the bystander effect

the self-serving bias

social facilitation 

An individual bystander is most likely to help an injured person under which of the following circumstances? 

When it is unclear if the injured person needs help 

When the bystander is the only other person present

When the injury is severe 

When a large number of people are present

Pedro walks into art class and is overwhelmed by the smell of paint. However, the longer he stays in the room, the less noticeable the smell becomes. Which of the following appears to be operating in this instance?

Subliminal perception

Perceptual set

 Sensory adaptation

Signal detection

Olivia, a high school student strongly opposed to video game use, is researching the topic for a speech she will deliver to her English class. Rather than searching for “the effects of video games,” Olivia searches for “the dangers of video games” and finds hundreds of Web sites with information she can use to argue her position. Her behavior is an example of

confirmation bias

insight

self-serving bias 

functional fixedness 

Melany is in a hotel room with a cake that needs slicing, but she does not have a knife. She goes to the bathroom and comes back with a long strand of dental floss, which she uses to cut the cake. Melany has overcome which barrier to problem solving?

Confirmation bias 

Divergent thinking 

Fixation

Functional fixedness

Which of the following types of intelligence would be most important in answering trivia questions? 

Fluid 

Crystallized 

Creative 

Bodily kinesthetic

Which of the following examples best represents altruism? 

Milton helps a friend move because the friend previously helped Milton move

Armando stops to help someone even though it puts him in danger. 

Noe helps his boss in order to get some overtime pay. 

Karina forms a study group to hold herself accountable for studying.

Approaches. 

psychodynamic 

behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures 

evolutionary

behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts 

cognitive

natural selection of traits has promoted survival skills

socio-cultural 

how we encode, process, store and receive information

Nerve impulses travel through the neuron in this order.

A to  H

H to A

neither

The purpose of the marshmallow experiment was to show the relationship between ___________________ and success later in life.

ethnicity

Dental hygiene

Delayed gratification

Tastes

In which of the 10 unbelievable experiments were electric shocks given to show that people would follow orders that hurt others just as Nazi soldiers did?

The Monster Test

Milgram Conformity experiment

Stanford prison experiment

Asch conformity experiment

The four main goals of psychology are to

Control, treat, predict, and prescribe

Observe, describe, control and treat.

 Describe, explain, predict, and control

Discuss, Question, Summarize and observe

The modern definition of psychology is the science of ___________ and mental processes.

Behavior

Attitude

Cognition

digestion

A general approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized is known as the

Scientific method

Einstein strategy

Random selection

Nature v. nurture

A person with a fixed mindset would

Learn a new language

Fix their mind

Put in no effort

Take on a challenge

A growth mindset person would most likely

Learn to play an instrument

Stay in their comfort zone

be bored

Sit on the couch all day

What is the junction between two nerve cells is the

Synapse

Interneuron

Axon

This part of the body secretes hormones that trigger “fight or flight” responses

Pituitary gland

Adrenal gland

Thyroid gland

The placebo effect is when a fake pill is given to an unknowing participant in a study to see the difference in effect between that participant and a participant receiving the real medicine.

True

False

The part of the brain responsible for vision processing, analyzing shapes, colors and movement is the

Cerebellum

amygdala

Frontal lobe

Occipital lobe

Substances that carry information between neurons and target cells are known as

Neurotransmitters

Humors

Hormones

Teratogens

 In order to determine cause and effect relations between two variables, a researcher would

 Administer a survey

Engage in naturalistic observation

ask Ms. West

 Conduct and experiment

Which of the psychologists below gets credit for this "Hierarchy of Needs" diagram which is part of the Humanistic Approach?

William James

Abraham Maslow

Rebecca Campbell

Sigmund Freud

Latent learning is when we learn without reinforcement and punishment and we're unaware that learning has taken place.

True

False

How are classical conditioning and operant conditioning different?

They are the same thing

Classical conditions the brain, operant conditions the mind

Operant involves stimuli, classical involves reinforcement

Classical involves pairing stimuli, operant involves reinforcement or punishment

Classify these figures from their contribution to the study of conditioning:

Albert Bandura

John B. Watson

B.F. Skinner

Ivan Pavlov

Founder of Classical Conditioning

Contributor to Behaviorism

Proponent of Observational Learning

Proponent of Operant Conditioning

Match the following types of memory to their definitions.

Semantic Memory

Specific events, situations, or experiences

Episodic Memory

Skills and tasks that are performed automatically

Procedural Memory

General factual knowledge about the world

Match these memory-bias terms with their definitions.

Confirmation Bias

Seeing past events as more predictable than they were

Hindsight Bias

Recalling an event differently due to misleading information

Misinformation Effect

Favoring information that confirms your existing beliefs

Match the stages of memory to their descriptions.

Storage

Initial process of recording information

Encoding

Process of reclaiming information stored in memory

Retrieval

Maintaining information over time

Match the sleep stage with its characteristic description.

Stage 1 Sleep

Vivid dreaming often occurs.

Stage 3 Sleep

Transition between sleep and wakefulness.

REM Sleep

Deep and restorative sleep.

Match the following sleep disorders with their symptoms.

Sleep Apnea

Sudden uncontrollable episodes of sleep.

Insomnia

Breathing repeatedly stops and starts.

Narcolepsy

Difficulty falling or staying asleep.

How does the cocktail party effect give us evidence about selective attention?

We're easily distracted

We can't multitask effectively

Our attention is always divided

We can focus on one stimulus while ignoring others

What is consciousness in psychology?

Ability to recall past experiences

Physical responses to stimuli

Awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and environment

The state of being aware only of ourselves

What does the term 'subconscious' refer to?

Extreme awareness of environment

Inability to respond to stimuli

Total absence of awareness

Thoughts and feelings we are not currently aware of