IT's All About Psychology Quiz

43 Questions | By Gpradelet | Updated: Mar 18, 2022 | Attempts: 724

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These are questions from various Psychology chapters. This quiz is created to help me study for my final exam. This is the True and False section.

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1.

PSYCHOLOGY is considered a field that scientifically studies humans.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
2.

Of the two basic kinds of psychologists, those that treat patients and clients are APPLIED PSYCHOLOGISTS.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
3.

The COGNITIVE APPROACH says that learning is the main cause of humans behaving as they do.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
4.

According to the BIOPSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH, the physical system is considered to be the main cause of behavior.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
5.

B.F. SKINNER was famous behaviorist who focused on observable behavior.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
6.

Advanced language development is difficult to achieve beyond a certain critical period.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
7.

Older parents are more likely to abuse their children than teenage parents.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
8.

All children have the same maturation rate.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
9.

Humans have the longest developmental period of any creature.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
10.

Girls have a more steady growth cycle than boys.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
11.

Each parenting style has fairly predictable effects on children.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
12.

Most ninth and tenth graders are in the period of middle adolescence.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
13.

puberty is influenced by the adrenal glands.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
14.

the gonads and pituitary glands do not influence sexual maturation.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
15.

hormones are glands that have an effect on sexual maturation.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
16.

early and late maturers are both about one and one-half years or more off of the average maturer.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
17.

anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder which involves excessive dieting.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
18.

in a social contract, people agree to something because they believe it is in everyone’s best interest.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
19.

generally, a father’s behavior contributes more to a child’s tendency to be delinquent than the behavior of the mother.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
20.

There is a strong relationship between lack of achievement in school and delinquent behavior.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
21.

being an early or late maturer can increase conflicts with parents.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
22.

Lawrence Kohlberg felt everyone operates on the formal operation level.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
23.

people who live by their own principles, no matter what the consequences, are operating on the conventional level of moral reasoning.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
24.

both sexes experience puberty at the same time.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE
25.

cognitive abilities affect moral reasoning.
- A.
  
  TRUE
- B.
  
  FALSE