Name:_______________
Date:_______________
Pre-Test
States of Consciousness, Sensation & Perception, Biology of Psych, Research Methods, & History
Define: define the words below to the best of your ability. (3 pts)
Psychology:
Vocabulary: Choose the term from the list below that best matches each of the following statements. (1 pts each)
A. Addiction
B. Consciousness
C. Dependence
D. Descriptive Stats
E. Ethics
F. Inferential Stats
G. Reliability
H. Repression
I.
J.
Theory
Validity
_____ 1. The state an individual experiences when increasing doses of a drug is required to prevent withdrawal.
_____ 2. Are gathered in the process of observation and description of behavior.
_____ 3. An overwhelming desire or need to continue the use of a drug/chemical.
_____ 4. Rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or towards a particular
group/culture.
_____ 5. Awareness of yourself and your environment.
_____ 6. An experiments ability to produce results that were sound and cogent.
_____ 7. A defense mechanism that attempts to quell thoughts, feelings, and memories of anxiety from conscious
contemplation.
_____ 8. Are generated in an attempt to explain and predict behavior.
_____ 9. The formulation of an underlying principle of an observed phenomenon, which has been verified.
_____ 10. A test’s ability to produce accurate, dependable results.
Main Idea Review: Four choices are given for each statement or question below. Select the best answer. (1 pt per
question)
1.
_____ Structuralism is to __________, as Functionalism is to __________.
a. Freud – Skinner
b. Watson – Maslow
c. Wundt – James
d. Darwin – Piaget
e. Aserinsky – Dement
2.
_____ Abraham Maslow proposed the idea that some motives are more imperative to survival than others. Which
of the following approaches expresses this?
a. Homeostatic regulation
b. Hierarchy of needs
c. Cognitive dissonance
d. Expectancy-value
e. Goal-setting
3.
_____ Which of the following exemplifies the issue of the relative importance of nature and nurture on behavior?
a. The issue of relative influence of biology and experience on behavior.
b. The issue of the relative influence of rewards and punishments on behavior.
c. The debate as to the relative importance of heredity and instinct in determining behavior.
d. The debate as to whether mental processes are a legitimate are of scientific study.
e. The degree to which unconscious motives versus potential consequences shape human behavior.
4.
_____ The correlation between two observed variables is (0.87). From this, it can be concluded that:
a. As one variable increases, the other is likely to increase, showing a direct relationship.
b. As one variable increases, the other is likely to decrease, showing an inverse relationship.
c. The two variables do not seem to be correlated.
d. One variable causes the other variable to occur.
e. One variable causes the other variable not to occur.
5.
_____ Which of the following types of psychologists were the first to contend that an individual’s ways of thinking
was shaped by how the brain/mind perceived sensory information.?
a. Structuralists
b. Sociobiologists
c. Ethologists
d. Behaviorists
e. Anthropologists
6.
_____ Which of the following are most directly designed to help determine whether the findings of a study reflect a
truly replicable phenomenon rather than the outcomes of chance processes?
a. Descriptive statistics
b. Extraneous variables
c. Inferential statistics
d. P-values (Pearson Coefficients of Correlation)
e. Standard deviation
7.
_____ The gland, sometimes referred to as the “master gland,” which regulates much of the action of the other
endocrine glands is referred to as the:
a. Adrenal
b. Lymph
c. Pancreas
d. Pituitary
e. Thyroid
8.
_____ The Gestalt concept of perceptual continuity refers to our tendency to see
a. Objects near to each other as belonging to the same group.
b. Objects that are closer to us as larger than objects that are farther away.
c. Fluid or complete forms rather than irregular or incomplete ones.
d. Similar-looking objects as part of the same group.
e. Two slightly different images from each of our eyes.
9.
_____ Which of the following accurately states the order of transmission of visual information?
a. Optic nerveretina cornearods & cones
b. Retinacornea pupiloptic nerve
c. Rods/Conesretinaoptic nerveretina
d. Fovearods/conesoptic nervecornea
e. Cornearetinarods/conesoptic nerve
10.
_____ Which of the following represents the correct order of auditory transmission from the time the sound is first
hear to when it is processed in the brain?
a. Oval windowCochleaTympanic MembraneAuditory NerveAuditory Canal
b. Pinna Tympanic MembraneOssicles CochleaAuditory Nerve
c. Auditory CanalAuditory NerveCochleaTympanic MembraneOssicles
d. Tympanic MembraneOval WindowCochleaAuditory NerveAuditory Canal
e. CochleaOssiclesOval WindowAuditory NerveAuditory Canal
11.
_____ The semicircular canals of the inner ear are important for helping a person maintain:
a. Balance
b. Melatonin
c. Olfaction
d. Tone quality
e. Transduction
12.
_____ Hilgard’s experiment demonstrated the presence of a “hidden observer” is evidence for which of the
following theories?
a. Role theory of hypnosis
b. Levels theory of consciousness
c. Recuperative theory of sleep
d. Dissociation theory of hypnosis
e. State theory of dreaming
13.
_____ In comparison to the elderly, babies
a. Spend more time in stage 1, which causes them to awaken easily.
b. Sleep more deeply; they spend more time in stage 3 and 4 sleep.
c. Spend more time in REM sleep than other sleep stages.
d. Sleep more fitfully; they tend to wake up more often.
e. Sleep roughly the same amount of hours in a 24 hour period.
14.
_____ Which level of consciousness contains sexual urges and/or aggressive tendencies?
a. Non-consciousness
b. Consciousness
c. Preconsciousness
d. Unconsciousness
e. Auto-neuralconsciousness
15.
_____ The cluster of brain cells that control the circadian rhythm are referred to as the
a. Adenosine
b. Amygdala
c. Librium
d. Psilocybin
e. Superchiasmatic nucleus
16.
_____ People who struggle with depression often have trouble sleeping in part because of
a. Elevated endorphin levels
b. Decreased GABA levels
c. Depleted epinephrine levels
d. Increased dopamine levels
e. Low serotonin levels
17.
_____ An obese individual with a breathing-related sleep disorder most likely suffers from which of the following?
a. Narcolepsy
b. Hypersomnia
c. Insomnia
d. Sleep Apnea
e. Hypnotic susceptibility
18.
_____ If IHS football players dreamt about their loss to Sioux City East on the bus ride home from their game last
Wednesday evening, they dreams supported the:
a. Physiological theory
b. Information-processing theory
c. Activation-synthesis law
d. Manifest content theory
e. Homeostatic theory
19.
_____ A cognitive neuroscientist would be most likely to have subjects’ _____ to determine which brain areas are
active during different mental tasks.
a. Discuss their most recent dreams
b. Utilize a technique called “priming”
c. Undergo MRI, PET or EEG testing
d. Take a psychoactive drug
e. Report on their ideas by using introspection
_____ An attorney wants to know if the details and accuracy of an eyewitness’s memory for a crime would be
improved under hypnosis. Give the results of relevant research, what should you tell the attorney?
a. Hypnotically retrieved memories are usually more accurate than conscious memories.
b. Most hypnotically retrieved memories are either false or contaminated.
c. Most Hypnotically retrieved memories are purely the product of the subject’s imagination.
d. Hypnosis only improves memory of anxiety-provoking childhood events.
e. Hypnosis is only valid in treating “addictive” behaviors such as smoking, gambling, or obsessivecompulsive tendencies.
20.
Matching: Choose the term that best matches the description listed. Each term should be used twice. (1 pts each)
A. Depressants
B. Stimulants
C. Hallucinogens
_____ 1. Drug/chemical that produces excitation.
_____ 2. Examples include: marijuana, “shrooms”, LSD, & PCP.
_____ 3. Drug/chemical that reduces functional activity; produces insensitivity.
_____ 4. Examples include: caffeine, cigarettes, meth & cocaine.
_____ 5. Drug/chemical that produces false perceptions in any one of the five senses
_____ 6. Examples include: alcohol, heroin, & Rhodypnol; sometimes called downers or sedatives.
Matching: Choose the individual from the list below that best matches their accomplishment or invention. (1 pts each)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Clinical
Counseling
Developmental
School
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
Educational
Personality
Social
Experimental
Environmental
J.
K.
L.
M.
Industrial/Organizational
Consumer
Forensic
Health
_____ 1. Psychologist who typically works with school districts or state governments to develop the most effect
curriculum, instruction and assessment tools for teachers to implement.
_____ 2. Psychologists who are employed by universities to perform research in to basic processes of psychology
(learning, motivation, memory, etc.).
_____ 3. Recently this category of psychologists have shifted their focus to studying the elderly in response to the
growing number of individuals who are classified as such; but they might also investigate the influences of sleep
deprivation on adolescents.
_____ 4. Psychologists who typically work with students, teachers and/or parents to develop individual learning plans in
order to maximize the scholarship of students.
_____ 5. Often employed by lawyers or the government (local, state or federal), these psychologists are commonly
trained in both psychology and criminal justice.
Identification: choose the term from the list below that best matches each of the following statements. (1 pts each)
A. Clairvoyance
B. ESP
C. Precognition
D. Premonition
E. Telepathy
_____ 1. The ability to perceive future events.
_____ 2. Transferring your thoughts to another person; or the ability to read someone’s mind.
_____ 3. The ability to perceive objects or events not present or affecting the person’s senses.
_____ 4. An ability to predict a future, usually unwelcome, outcome.
_____ 5. Awareness of information about events external to the self not gained through the senses and not deducible
from previous experience.