Who is the “father of psychology” who opened the first psychological lab and did not do well in school in the early years?

a.    E.B. Titchener

b.    Sigmund Freud

c.    Wilhelm Wundt

Founder of structuralism

a. Wilhelm Wundt

b. E.B. Titchener

c. Carl Rogers

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis school of thought?

a.    E.B. Titchener

b.    Sigmund Freud

c.    Carl Rogers

 ________________________noticed that children learn differently.

a.    John B. Watson

b.    Jean Piaget

c.    Ivan Pavlov

Which 2 psychologists are humanistic psychology?

a. Rogers & Maslow

b. Wundt & Rogers

c. Freud & Rogers

 ________________ is the first American psychologist and founder of functionalism.

a.    B.F. Skinner

b.    William James

c.    Ivan Pavlov

__________is founder of behaviorism and also performed “Little Albert” experiment.

a.    B.F. Skinner

b.    William James

c.    John B. Watson

Which of the following is something that a psychiatrist can do but NOT  a psychologist?

a. have counseling session

b. see someone with depression

c. prescribe medication 

The tendency to look for information that confirms our preconceptions is called…

a.    Participant bias

b.    Experiment

c.    Confirmation bias

A research technique that studies one person in depth hoping to reveal universal principles if called…

a.    Correlation

b.    Positive correlation

c.    Case study

As the value of one variable increases (or decreases), so does the value of the other variable is…

a.    Correlation

b.    Positive correlation

c.    Case study

As the value of one variable increases, the value of the other variable decreases is a…

a.    negative correlation 

b.    Positive correlation

c.    Case study

A research technique that follows the same group of individuals over a long period is a…

a.    Longitudinal study

b.    Case study

c.    Cross-sectional study

A research technique that compares individuals from different age groups at one time is a…

a.    Longitudinal study

b.    Case study

c.    Cross-sectional study 

A testable prediction of the outcome of the experiment or research is called…

a.    Guess

b.    Experiment

c.    Hypothesis

  Which system is the electrochemical communication system in the body?

a.    Peripheral nervous system

b.    Central nervous system

c.    Nervous system

What is the tiny, fluid filled gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of the other neuron?

a.    Neurotransmitters

b.    Myelin sheath

c.    Synapse

  Inside the synapse are chemical messengers called…

a.    Neurotransmitters

b.    Myelin sheath

c.    Neurons

  These are chemical messengers produced in the blood.

a.    Neurotransmitters

b.    Hormones

c.    Dendrites

  This system is one of the two communication system in your body. The system has glands that produce hormones.

a.    Nervous system

b.    Central nervous system

c.    Endocrine system

This is located at the base of the brainstem and controls life-supporting functions such as breathing and heartbeat. Be careful: damage to this can likely cause death.

a.    Medulla

b.    Brainstem

c.    Hypothalamus

  This plays a role in controlling wakefulness and arousal. Damage to this could result in a coma.

a.    Medulla

b.    Reticular formation

c.    Hippocampus

 Latin for “little brain” and helps control coordination and balance. If damaged, could lose fine coordination skills.

a.    Cerebellum

b.    Cerebral cortex

c.    Corpus callosum

  This part of the brain helps process new memories for permanent storage.

a.    Thalamus

b.    Amygdala

c.    Hippocampus

 This lobe is used to process information.

a.    Parietal 

b.    Temporal

c.    Occipital

   This lobe is involved in planning and judgment as well as reason and emotion. If damaged, one can act irrational or dangerous.

a.    Frontal

b.    Temporal

c.    Occipital

  This lobe is involved in auditory (hearing) processing of the brain.

a.    Frontal 

b.    Temporal

c.    Occipital 

   This lobe is involved in the visual/seeing part of the brain.

a.    Frontal

b.    Temporal

c.    Occipital

An individual’s pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is…

a.    Temperament

b.    Genetics

c.    Personality

 According to Freud, where are the thoughts and feelings one is currently aware of located?

a.    Preconscious

b.    Subconscious

c.    Conscious

 According to Freud, where do we house our most unacceptable thoughts, wishes, and feelings, and memories?

a.    Preconscious

b.    Unconscious

c.    Conscious

According to Freud, where are the thoughts and memories located if they are not currently in our conscious awareness, but we are able to retrieve them?

a. unconscious

b. preconscious

c. conscious 

  The part of our unconscious strives to satisfy our basic sexual and aggressive needs; it operates on the pleasure principle and instant gratification. It is also present at birth.

a.    Id

b.    Ego

c.    Superego

    The part of our personality between the ultimately selfish part of us and the perfectionist part of us. It is the mediator and operates on the reality principle.

a.    Id

b.    Ego

c.    Superego

The part of our personality that consists of ideals and standards; the part that wants to do what we should do, now what we want to do. This “superhero” conscience in us.

a.    Id

b.    Ego

c.    Superego

The ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by ignoring and distorting reality are called…

a.    Ego defense

b.    Defense mechanisms

c.    Protection method

This protective method allows for an anxious person to retreat or go back to a more comfortable time in his/her life is called…

a.    Repression

b. regression 

c.    Denial

  This protective method is when the person refuses to believe what is really happening in a situation.

a.    Repression

b.    Reaction formation

c.    Denial

  This is Freud’s psychosexual stage where sexual feelings are dormant and the child starts seeing same-sex parent as “buddy” instead of rival and begins to mimic them.

a.    Genital

b.    Latency

c.    Anal

This final stage of Freud’s psychosexual stages has a child/teenager shift from having sexual feelings towards parents to sexual feelings towards others.

a.    Oral

b.    Anal

c.    Genital

   This Freud psychosexual stage shifts the pleasure zone to the genitals. Boys also cope with incestuous feeling for their mother and see their father as a rival.

a.    Genital

b.    Latency

c.    phallic