[2019-2 59131 CAPS 121] Introduction to

Psychology
1. Period of the embryo. At this period, the placenta, umbilical cord and amniotic sac are
developed which protect and nourish the developing child. This happens from 2nd week
to 2nd month of pregnancy.
2. 1egg + 1sperm (incomplete division). Conjoint twins or Siamese twins can be the results
of combining these cells:
3. Sound Waves. The stimulus where the ear is very sensitive caused by the vibration of air
waves
4. Erikson. The developmental theorist who suggested that securely attached children
develop an attitude of basic trust is:
5. b. 1egg + 1sperm (incomplete division). Conjoint twins or Siamese twins can be the
results of combining these cells:
17.

The developmental theorist who suggested that securely attached children develop an attitude of
basic trust is:
Select one:
a. Freud
b. Piaget
c. Harlow
d. Erikson 
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The fear of boys that their fathers will punish them for their sexual desire towards their mothers
Select one:
a. Electra Complex
b. Castration Anxiety 
c. Penis envy
d. Oedipus Complex
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It is a convex, transparent membrane that covers the front of the eye; it is the part of the eye first
stricken by light energy
 Select one:
a. Cornea 
b. Lens
c. Pupil
d. Iris
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The understanding that things continue to exist even if it is no longer present to the senses
Select one:
a. Sensorimotor
b. Object Permanence 
c. Conservation
d. Egocentricity
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Older adults, and particularly the elderly, sleep more than children do because the elderly are
more easily fatigued
Select one:
a. True
b. False 
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The process of discarding uterus lining when no fertilization occurs:

Select one:
a. Circumcision
b. Conception
c. Menstruation 
d. Ovulation
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 Any structure that is excitable to stimulus.
Select one:
a. Contact receptors
b. Receptor 
c. Exteroceptor
d. Interoceptors
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After a series of unfulfilling relationships, 30-year-old Carlos tells a friend that he doesn’t want
to marry because he is afraid of losing his freedom and independence. Erikson would say that
Carlos is having difficulty with the psychosocial task of:
Select one:
a. Autonomy versus doubt
b. Intimacy versus isolation 
c. Trust versus mistrust
d. Identity versus role confusion
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Receptors in the eyes that are functioning during daylight and are sensitive to colors
Select one:
a. Optic disc
b. Cones 
c. Optic nerve
d. Rods
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The process by which a sense organ changes or transforms particular physical stimuli into
impulses; the conversion of sensory stimuli into neural activity
Select one:
a. Perception
b. Sensation
c. Transduction 
d. Transformation
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Psychoactive drugs are:

Select one:
a. drugs that disrupt thought processes, such as the perception of time and space.
b. drugs capable of influencing perception, mood, cognition or behaviour.  
c. drugs that slow down activity in the central nervous system.
d. drugs that speed up activity in the central nervous system.
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Alcohol is an example of what psychoactive drug?

Select one:
a. Depressant 
b. Hallucinogen
c. Stimulant
d. Heroin
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Night terrors, sleepwalking, and sleeptalking all occur during:

Select one:
a. REM Sleep
b. NREM Sleep 
c. Stage 3
d. Stage 4
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Any change in the environment that brings about a particular sensation.

Select one:
a. Subminimal
b. Receptor
c. Threshold
d. Stimulus 
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The inability to understand the viewpoints of others

Select one:
a. Sensorimotor
b. Egocentricity 
c. Conservation
d. Object Permanence
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The smallest quantity of physical energy that can be reliably detected by an observer is called
the:
Select one:
a. just noticeable difference.
b. difference threshold.
c. psychophysiological threshold.
d. absolute threshold. 
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During which stage of cognitive development do children acquire object permanence?

Select one:
a. Concrete operational
b. Formal operational
c. Preoperational
d. Sensorimotor 
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 The principle that changing the shape or form of an object doesn’t change the amount
Select one:
a. Sensorimotor
b. Conservation 
c. Egocentricity
d. Object Permanence
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An elderly person who can look back on life with satisfaction and reminisce with a sense of
completion has attained Erikson’s stage of:
Select one:
a. Intimacy
b. Isolation
c. Generativity
d. Integrity 
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A method of attaining ASC through refocusing attention, in order to enter inner consciousness
for the achievement of a heightened state of spirituality, is called
Select one:
a. Sleep
b. Hypnosis
c. Dreaming
d. Meditation 
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Which of the following is an example of a perception?

Select one:
a. I feel an ant walking down my arm, which causes a tickling feeling.
b. I hear music coming from the speakers in my computer.
c. Singing along with a familiar song
d. Sensory receptors in my retina are activated by light coming from a lamp. 
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During this period, some internal organs are well-enough developed to begin to function. This
happens from 2nd month of pregnancy to birth.
Select one:
a. Period of the zygote
b. Period of the fetus 
c. Prenatal period
d. Period of the embryo
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The jealousy of females towards males for not having a penis

Select one:
a. Penis envy 
b. Oedipus Complex
c. Electra Complex
d. Castration Anxiety
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The fertilized egg will develop into a boy if, at conception:

Select one:
a. The egg contributes an X chromosome
b. The sperm contributes an X chromosome
c. The egg contributes a Y chromosome
d. The sperm contributes a Y chromosome 
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I am 3 years old, can use language, and have trouble taking another person’s perspective. I am in
Piaget’s _____ stage of cognitive development:
Select one:
a. Preoperational 
b. Formal operational
c. Concrete operational
d. Sensorimotor
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In Piaget’s stage of concrete operational intelligence, the child acquires an understanding of the
principle of:
Select one:
a. Object permanence
b. Attachment
c. Conservation 
d. Deduction
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Whose stage theory of moral development was based on how people reasons about ethical
dilemmas?
Select one:
a. Piaget
b. Kohlberg 
c. Levinson
d. Erikson
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A man whose eyes work normally is unable to see after getting shot in the head. Where in his
brain did he most likely suffer damage?
Select one:
a. the frontal lobes
b. the occipital lobes 
c. the parietal lobes
d. the temporal lobes
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 As she studies in the library, Beatrice is not aware of the pressure of her watch band on her
wrist.  This is called:
Select one:
a. feature detection.
b. absolute threshold.
c. saturation.
d. sensory adaptation. 
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He believes that our sexuality can greatly affect our personality

Select one:
a. Lawrence Kohlberg
b. Jean Piaget
c. Sigmund Freud 
d. Erik Erikson
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My sibling and I developed from a single fertilized egg. Who are we?
Select one:
a. Same sex fraternal twins
b. Same sex identical twins 
c. Opposite sex fraternal twins
d. Opposite sex identical twin
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Each cell of the human body has a total of

Select one:
a. 23 genes
b. 46 chromosomes 
c. 23 chromosomes
d. 46 genes
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Which is the correct sequence of stages in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?

Select one:
a. Preoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational
b. Sensorimotor, concrete operational, preoperational, formal operational
c. Sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational
d. Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational 
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In this stage, children understand that the self is separate from the objects.
Select one:
a. Object Permanence
b. Sensorimotor 
c. Egocentricity
d. Conservation
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Consciousness is the:
Select one:
a. awareness of ourselves and the environment. 
b. memory of personally experienced events.
c. intentional recollection of an item of information.
d. state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes.
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The actual organ of hearing is a chamber inside the:

Select one:
a. auditory canal. 
b. semicircular canal.
c. eardrum.
d. cochlea.
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It is a disorder in which breathing briefly stops during sleep, causing the person to choke, gasp
and momentarily awaken. 
Select one:
a. Non-REM sleep
b. Insomnia
c. Sleep apnea 
d. Narcolepsy
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Hypnotic susceptibility is associated with a person’s tendency to respond to

Select one:
a. The activation-synthesis effect
b. Suggestion
c. Imagery rehearsal 
d. Stimulus control techniques
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This period happens from fertilization to 2nd week of pregnancy in which the fertilized egg
divides many times and separate into an outer and inner layer.
Select one:
a. Prenatal period
b. Period of the zygote 
c. Period of the fetus
d. Period of the embryo
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The unconscious sexual desire of girls towards their fathers

Select one:
a. Penis envy
b. Castration Anxiety
c. Oedipus Complex
d. Electra Complex 
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In preconventional morality, the person:

Select one:
a. Follows the dictates of his/her conscience
b. Obeys out of a sense of social duty
c. Obeys to avoid punishment or to gain concrete rewards 
d. Conforms to gain social approval
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As a child observes, liquid is transferred from a tall, thin tube into a short, wide jar. The child is
asked if there is now less liquid in order to determine if she has mastered:
Select one:
a. The ability to reason abstractly
b. The schema for liquids
c. The concept of conservation 
d. The concept of object permanence
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Unlike _________ twins, who develop from a single fertilized egg, ________ twins develop
from separate fertilized eggs
Select one:
a. Identical; fraternal 
b. Placental; nonplacental
c. Nonplacental; placental
d. Fraternal; identical
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 Receptors in the eyes that are functioning during night and are not sensitive to colors
Select one:
a. Cones
b. Optic disc
c. Rods 
d. Optic nerve
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The unconscious sexual desire of boys towards their mothers

Select one:
a. Electra Complex
b. Oedipus Complex 
c. Castration Anxiety
d. Penis envy
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A Swiss psychologist who developed the theory of Cognitive Development

Select one:
a. Lawrence Kohlberg
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Erik Erikson
d. Jean Piaget 
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The fact that an object’s size remains relatively constant no matter how far it is from the
perceiver
Select one:
a. Color constancy
b. Location constancy
c. Shape constancy
d. Size constancy 
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