Name ____________________ GEN PSY 201 FALL 2021 50 Possible Points ___________ Greeting’s students, THE FOLLOWING MAY BE PRESENTED IN MULTILPLE CHOICE, SHORT ANSWER OR FILL IN THE BLANK. BE PREPARED TO ANSWER (NOT TO EXCEED 50 QUESTIONS) IN ALL FORMATS PRESENTED. STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS: a. functionalism b. structuralism c. behaviorism d. humanism STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY: a. Wundt b. James c. Titchener d. Watson STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO INDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING THEORIES a. psychodynamic psychology b. behaviorism c. Gestalt psychology d. existentialism IDENTIFY WHEN THE STUDY FORMALLY GAINED RECOGNITION EXPLAIN Naturalistic observation DEFINE Psychology: BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING APPROACHES TO CONDUCTING RESEARCH a. correlational b. experimental c. case study d. survey BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY a. control group b. treatment group c. population d. sample a. experimenter bias b. sample bias c. control bias d. treatment bias a. inductive reasoning b. objective introspection c. deductive reasoning d. the scientific method a. dependent variable b. control variable c. independent variable d. hypothetical variable a. sample b. population c. target group d. control group a. control group b. target group c. treatment group d. sample Please complete the following questions: 1. Chemical substances that change moods and perceptions are called __________ drugs. a. psychosomatic b. analgesic c. psychoactive d. prescription 2. The most frequently used drug in Western societies is __________. a. alcohol b. nicotine c. cocaine d. marijuana 3. __________ are used today for treating insomnia, epilepsy and other disorders. a. Barbiturates b. Opiates c. Hallucinogens d. Stimulants 4. Amphetamines are __________. a. barbiturates b. stimulants c. hallucinogens d. opiates 5. Cocaine is a(n) __________. a. opiate b. stimulant c. barbiturate d. hallucinogen 6.. Which of the following is NOT a measure of threshold? a. absolute threshold b. difference threshold c. just noticeable difference d. separation threshold 7. When Ann went to her doctor, he gave her a hearing test. During the test, the doctor struck several tuning forks, each of which vibrated at a distinct pitch, and asked her to choose two tones that sounded almost the same in pitch. The doctor was testing Ann's __________. a. auditory convergence b. refractory threshold c. absolute threshold d. difference threshold 8. The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the __________. a. absolute threshold b. difference threshold c. range threshold d. noticeable threshold 9. The term "just noticeable difference" is loosely synonymous with __________. a. separation threshold b. difference threshold c. response threshold d. absolute threshold 10. _______ studies the relationship between physical energies and psychological experiences. a. Physiology b. Psychophysics c. Psychometrics d. Psychopathology 11. A young man reads in a letter that he has just won $1,000 in a state-wide lottery and he literally jumps for joy. Which neurons are sending messages from his brain to his legs ordering them to jump? a. sensory neurons b. motor neurons c. interaction neurons d. association neurons 12. When the electrical charge inside a neuron is negative in relation to the outside, the neuron is said to be in a state of: a. equilibrium. b. shock. c. polarization. d. depolarization. 13. The three parts of every neuron are: a. myelin; glia; cell body. b. dendrite; cell body; axon. c. glia; dendrite; axon. d. myelin; cell body; dendrite. 14. Assume that you are testing a split-brain human subject whose language center is in his left hemisphere. If you place a house key into his left hand, he will: a. not be able to later select the object he was holding from a group of various objects. b. not be able to tell you what object he is presently holding. c. immediately be able to tell you what he is holding. d. be able to tell you what he is presently holding if allowed to think about it for several seconds. 15. A young woman returns from a day at the beach to find she has developed a severe sunburn. Which neurons are sending the messages from her burned skin to her brain informing her of the pain from the burn? a. sensory neurons b. motor neurons c. synaptic neurons d. association neurons 16. Psychology: a. has an applied side. b. is a science of behavior. c. has goals of describing, predicting, and explaining events. d. all of the above 17. What early school of thought in psychology was noted for its emphasis on the unconscious determinants of behavior? a. Structuralism b. Behaviorism c. Gestalt psychology d. Psychoanalytic theory 18. Cognitive psychologists are a subgroup of experimental psychologists who are concerned primarily with: a. neurobiological events which underlie behavior. b. the function of age on behavior. c. mental events which intervene between stimuli and responses. d. how people are affected by social situations. 19. Cognitive psychologists are concerned with the scientific study of __________. a. reinforcement b. alienation and apathy c. mental processes d. self-actualization 20. Studying the elements of sensations, feelings, and images is most directly associated with which school of psychology? a. structuralism b. functionalism c. behaviorism d. humanism The follow may be presented as short answer or BONUS QUESTIONS Complete the following define the functions of each: A) B) Be able to use a similar diagram to explain the stages of sleep detailing what one’s body may be experiencing. Be able to identify and describe three types of sleep disorders. Be able to provide two theories as to 1) why humans sleep and 2) why humans dream.
