Quiz Trivia Psych 2
In this trivia quiz on the topic of psychology, let’s take a look at the multifaceted discipline that looks at the science of behaviour and mind, which embraces the different aspects of conscious and unconscious experience, including thought and memory.
- 1.There is little reason to believe that the effects of genes are multiplicative rather than simply additive
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.What technique can be used to temporarily knock out regions of the brain without having to create lasting lesions?
- A.
Electroencephalography
- B.
Magnetoencephalography
- C.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- D.
Encephalographic stimulation
- 3.According to the text, what is one reason why psychoanalytic theory is not advancing in academic departments?
- A.
Research psychologists are often ignorant of psychonalytic thinking
- B.
No one is interested in psychoanalytic thinking, even psychoanalysts
- C.
Psychoanalytic thinking has been perfected with object relations theory so there is no room for advancement
- D.
Neo-freudians respect freud too much to contradict his theory
- 4.A factor anaylsis of the original self-monitoring scales found what three factors?
- A.
Acting ability/extraversion/other-directedness
- B.
Narcissism/extraversion/neuroticism
- C.
Integrity/self-esteem/extraversion
- D.
Acting ability/narcissism/integrity
- 5.What differentiates secondary process thinking from primary process thinking?
- A.
Primary process thinking is impulsive, whereas secondary process is rational
- B.
Primary process thinking is rational, whereas secondary process thinking is impulsive
- C.
Primary process thinking develops during the anal stage, whereas secondary process thinking develops during the phallic stage
- D.
Primary process thinking develops during the oral stage, whereas secondary process thinking develops during the phallic stage.
- 6.According to a recent study about types of depression, the kind of depression that follows a social loss is characterized by
- A.
Emotional pain, crying, and seeking social support
- B.
Aggression, hostility, and anger
- C.
Fatigue, pessimism, and guilt
- D.
Sexual dysfunction, increased cortisol, and increased motor activity
- 7.Freud believed that Leonardo da Vinci's prolific scientific investigations were sublimations of his frustrated sexual passions
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The most important thing to notice about a table of Q-sort correlates is the
- A.
General patterns that emerge
- B.
Exact value of the correlations
- C.
The wording of specific items
- D.
The smallest correlation
- 9.If you commit a slip of the tounge when you are tired, Freud would say that
- A.
Fatigue simply made it easier for the impulse to be expressed
- B.
The slip was an accident regardless of fatigue and should be ignored
- C.
The slip was caused by fatigue
- D.
The slip was unintentional as long as the content was unrelated to sex or aggression
- 10.According to Westen, all of the following studies might be described as psychoanalytic research EXCEPT
- A.
A study about the genetic contributions to infant attachment
- B.
A study of the social cognitive origins of aggressive behavior
- C.
A study to determine the impact of early child-rearing practices on adult personality characterisitcs
- D.
A study of the role of defensive pessimism in maintaining health
- 11.Leakages of forbidden impulses from the id are called parapraxes if they are _____ and humor if they are ____
- A.
Uncontrolled; controlled
- B.
Intentional; unintentional
- C.
Idiotic; funny
- D.
Direct; indirect
- 12.According to the textbook, the result of the compromise between the id. the ego, and their supergo is
- A.
What the person unconsiously believes
- B.
What the person wishes to happen
- C.
What causes extreme depression
- D.
What the person consciously thinks and how the person behaves
- 13.One criticism of psychoanalytic theory is that Freud considered the development of women to be
- A.
The basis of male development
- B.
Deviation from the male model
- C.
An example of normal development
- D.
Unworthy of discussion
- 14.Much like Freud suggested, contemporary research supports the idea that the conservation of energy applies to the mind as well as it does to the physical world
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Much of the world is changing toward a setting where physical strength matters less and alternative child-care arrangements are possible. The view that men's and women's behavioral tendencies are determined by social structure implies that
- A.
Men's and women' behavioral tendencies will change over thousands of years
- B.
Men's and women's behavioral tendencies will change relatively quickly (over hundreds of years)
- C.
Men'sand women's behavioral tendencies will probably never change
- D.
Men will primarily adopt child-rearing duties and women will primarily adopt the duties of rulers and warriors.
- 16.When compared to high self-monitors, people who score low in self-monitoring tend to
- A.
Perform better in job interviews
- B.
Use strategies to influence co-workers
- C.
Be willing to lie to get a date
- D.
Masturbate less often
- 17.During the anal stage, parents insist that the child ______. accordingly, an anal character is consistently dealing with issues of _____.
- A.
Remain passive and dependent; dependency and passivity
- B.
Relinquish his or her attachment to the opposite-sex parent; jealousy and sexual identity
- C.
Exhibit self-control and obedience; control and authority relations
- D.
Be assertive and productive; creation and enhancement of life
- 18.According to Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis, damage to the right frontal lobes imparis one's _____, which then impairs on's ______.
- A.
Emotional reactions to events and thoughts; ability to make decisions about what is and is not important
- B.
Primary visual and auditory cortexes; ability to distinguish real sensory stimulation from hallucinations
- C.
Reptilian brain; ability to perform creative activities as opposed to fixed action patterns
- D.
Ability to experience pain; fear of consequences
- 19.The defnese mechanism called displacement involves the transfer of an emotional response or desire from a(n) _____ target to a(n) _______ one.
- A.
Fantasy; real
- B.
Unsafe;safe
- C.
Real;fantasy
- D.
Primary; secondary
- 20.In Erikson's view, important aspects of psychological development
- A.
Occur primarily in early childhood
- B.
Continue to change throughout the life span
- C.
Depend on the resolution of the Oedipal complex
- D.
Involve the investment of the libido at each stage
- 21.According to the text, the two larger purposes for measuring traits are to
- A.
Predict and understand behavior
- B.
Predict and change behavior
- C.
Modify and judge behavior
- D.
Judge and justify behavior
- 22.Mike's prototypical woman is sensitive and intelligent. Mike's idealized image of a woman is his
- A.
Unconscious compensation
- B.
Animus
- C.
Anima
- D.
Feminine persona
- 23.The assumptinon that everything a person does has a specific cause is called
- A.
Psychological deterimination
- B.
Mental causality
- C.
Psychic determinisim
- D.
Libidinal functionalism
- 24.A military general who only speaks of strategy and refrians from using terms such as killing and causalities to describe war is demonstrating the defense mechanism called
- A.
Denial
- B.
Intellectualization
- C.
Reaction formation
- D.
Repression
- 25.Ricardo likes to drive fast cards and enjoys bungee jumping and going to nosiy nightclubs. According to Eysenck's theory, it is likely that Ricardo is a(n) ______ whose ARAS causes him to be chronically ______.
- A.
Neurotic; overstimulated
- B.
Neurotic; understimulated
- C.
Extravert; overaroused
- D.
Extravert; underaroused
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