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This is a Unit quiz created for students in the first semester of Psychology.

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 111

Sample Question
It refers to the consistency in a method of assessment.

Reliability

Validity

Functional analysis

Gender Com Exam 1

Questions: 54 | Attempts: 24

Sample Question
Essentializing masculinity describes the enactment of psychological and social dominance over women and other men

True

False

Piliavin Et Al

This quiz will ask questions on Piliavin et al's 'Subway Samaritan' experiment.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 119

Sample Question
What is altruism?

A desire to do good without expecting any rewards

A desire to do good because a reward will be given

Not having a desire to do good due to the costs of helping

Not helping a victim in an emergency situation

Psychology Milgrams Study

My psychology quiz

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 15

Sample Question
What was the highest voltage on the shock generator in milgrams study ?

450 V

300 V

400 V

425 V

Social Approach Quiz!!-psychology-jack Ritson

Quiz on social approach- psychology, like it says in the title

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 51

Sample Question
What was the aim of milgrams study

To see if people will obey to an authority figure

To see how much people will help in emergency situations

To see if people accept and confrom to social roles

Milgram Psychology Quiz

This quiz contains 10 questions on Milgrams Study of obedience to authority that took place in 1963.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 12

Sample Question
What was the maximum level of voltage that the shock generator reached?

445v

350v

400v

450v

Psychology

My quiz is about the three studies: 1) Milgram 2) Pilivain 3) Reicher & Haslam

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 18

Sample Question
In milgran's study how many participants went up to 300V?

87.5%

65%

100%

72%

Psychology - The Social Approach.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 8

Sample Question
In this method of experiment, the IV studied is naturally occuring (like gender, genetic disorders, etc)

Naturalistic (Quasi)

Field

Laboratory

Psychology Quiz

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 27

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What study does the cost-reward model apply to?

Piliavin et al

Reicher & haslam

Milgram

Zimbardo

Psychology Quiz

Questions: 4 | Attempts: 9

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The aim of Milgram's study was to measure the level of obedience of participants when pressured by authority figures?

True

False

Psychology Quiz

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 8

Sample Question
Which type of experiment is it where the IV is minipulated in a controlled environment?

Field experiment

Lab experiment

Natural experiment

Psychology.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 80

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The aim of milgrams study was to investigate what level of obedience would be shown when participants were told by an authority figure to administer electric shocks to another person.

True

False

Psychology

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 11

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What does the developmental approch look at?

How our minds process information from the enviroment

Looks at out relationships with our parents and how we develop into adults

How our brains work

Looks at mental illnesses

Psychology Quiz

A few questions on various topics we have studied in psychology.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 11

Sample Question
What do 'Buffers' do?

Stop us from feeling positive emotions

Protect us from feeling negative emotions

Help us to do positive things

Psychology Quiz

Quiz on everything learnt so far on the Social Approach

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 7

Sample Question
What was Milgram's 'Behavioural Study of Obedience' inspired by?

The Egyptians

The Teletubbies

The Nazis

The Russian Communists

Psychology - Oliviak

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 11

Sample Question
Drinking alcohol a day before an exam will affect performance levels on the exam: one tailed hypothesis or two tailed?

One tailed

Two tailed

Both

Psychology Quiz

Everything we have learnt soo far

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 22

Sample Question
What was Milgrams aim of his study?

To investigate the level of obedience participants would show when an authority figure told them to tickle another person

To investigate the level of obedience participants would show when an authority figure told them to administer skittles to another person

To investigate the level of obedience participants would show when an authority figure told them to administer electric shocks to another person

To investigate the level of obedience participants would show when an authority figure told them to shock another person

Psychology As

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 15

Sample Question
Which city was Piliavin's study carried out in?

London

Madrid

New York

Chicago

Psychology Quiz

A psychology quiz on everything learned so far; the social approach and introduction to research methods.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 17

Sample Question
The Developmental Approach looks at:

How biology affects our behaviour

How we develop into adults

Our "unconscious mind"

How groups in society influence our behaviour

Psychology

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 16

Sample Question
What is Obedience?

Obedience is the ability to look after yourself in social situations

Obedience is serving as a waiter at a restaraunt

Obedience is following commands or requests from certain people

Obedience can not be defined

Psyc 341 Quiz 3

Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer.

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 52

Sample Question
The view that memory is widely distributed throughout the brain as expressed by Squire, is illustrated by a rat's learning of a maze in which ________, ________ and ________ information is separately processed and localized. (Chapter 9).

Organic, inorganic; conceptual

Systematic, motor; contextual

Operant, classical; conditional

Neurological, neuro-cognitive; visual

Visual, spatial; olfactory

Information Processing 3 (memory)

There are 10 questions in this quiz, there is no time limit and all the questions within it are based on the content supplied in chapter 3. This quiz is the last of the information processing quizzes. Good luck!

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 20

Sample Question
What are the characteristics of the short term sensory store (stss)?

Large capacity and retains information for a long period of time

Small capactiy and retains information for a short period of time (up to a second)

Large capactiy and retains information for a short period of time (up to a second)

Small capacity and retain information for a long period of time

Psychology

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 6

Sample Question
Select the common characteristics of the 2 main types of groups (formal and informal)

School

Leader

Norms/Rules

Communication

Society

Equality

Goals/Ideas

United

Ranking system

Interaction

Responsibility

Psyc Test Karar

Questions: 64 | Attempts: 62

Sample Question
4. Social exclusion and rejection are said to “hurt.” Which of the following is TRUE about this statement?

A. Only the anterior singulate area was shown to be activated.

B. People cannot regulate the pain of ostracism.

C. This is a figure of speech, and there is no reason to believe it actually hurts.

. None of the above is true.

Psychology Vocab- Chapter 1

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 10

Sample Question
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Psychology

Biological Perspective

Functionalism

Introspection

Psychology Quiz 3

Psychology vocab #3

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 14

Midterm Exam Cj663

This exam covers materials presented since the begining of the semester.

Questions: 4 | Attempts: 28

Psychology Quiz Chapters 1-8

This is an extra credit assignment for Mr. Mohl's A.P. Psychology class to create a 25 question quiz on chapters 1-8.

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 48

Sample Question
What term is used to describe a systematic observation of one's own conscious experience?

Cognition

Observationalism

Behaviorism

Structuralism

Introspection

Psychology

Basic college Psychology terms.

Questions: 3 | Attempts: 335

Sample Question
Scientific study of behavior and mental procsss.

Humanistic Perspective

Critical Thinking

Nature-Nurture

Psychology

Psychology Unit 2 Test

Good Luck Everyone!

Questions: 35 | Attempts: 31

Psychology 101: The Brain

This is a quiz to test your knowledge about the basic anatomy and physiology of the human brain.

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 157

Psychology Quiz Ch 3

Psychology ch 3

Questions: 51 | Attempts: 35

Sample Question
The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50 percent of the time it is present is called________.

Absolute threshold

Just noticable difference

Sensation

Sensory adaptation

Psych 111 Practice Test

A practice test for Psych 111's first test (Chapters 1 and 2). Meant for personal, private use only.

Questions: 48 | Attempts: 338

Sample Question
Critical thinking is:

Questioning everything you read or hear and refusing to believe anything you have not seen for yourself

Criticizing the way other people think

Becoming an authority on everything so you don't need to rely on other's judgements

Using specific thinking skills to reach reasonable conclusions

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