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Psychology Quiz

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Which professional specialty focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders?
A. biological psychology
B. personality psychology
C. clinical psychology
D. social psychology


What is the procedure where neither the subject or the experimenter knows which group is receiving which treatment?

A. double-blind procedure

B. single-blind procedure

C. random selection

D. random assignment


Which of the following subfields of psychology conducts applied research?
A. developmental
B. social
C. personality
D. clinical


Chemical messengers produced by the endocrine glands are called___.

A. antagonists

B. neurotransmitters

C. hormones

D. enzymes


Which perspective would focus on the extent to which different styles of parenting are encouraged among various ethnic communities?
A. cognitive
B. psychodynamic
C. social-cultural
D. biological


Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of

A. thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

B. behavior and mental processes.

C. conscious and unconscious mental activity.

D. observable responses to the environment.


Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate:
A. learning and memory
B. pain and pleasure
C. muscle movements
D. sleep, moods/emotions


A person has a stroke on her occipital lobe.  What might happen to her?
A. reduced planning abilities
B. deafness
C. coma
D. blindness


Which of the following is considered the fundamental building block of the nervous system?

A. nucleus

B. neuron

C. synapse

D. dendrite


The purpose of the myelin sheath is to:

A. receive signals from neurons, muscles, or sense organs

B. wrap around and insulate an axon

C. protect the nucleus of the cell body

D. drain dangerous electricity away from the brain


Dr. Winkle conducts basic research on the systematic changes in intelligence associated with aging. It is most likely that Dr. Winkle is a(n) ________ psychologist.
A. biological
B. social
C. developmental
D. industrial-organizational


A relatively psychologically active type of sleep when most of a person’s dreaming takes place; voluntary muscles are inhibited, making the person move very little.

A. Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep

B. Non-REM Sleep


The left hemisphere of the brain specializes in which of the following?

A. visual-spatial perception

B. language

C. face recognition

D. music


Broca’s Area is found in the __.
A. Right frontal lobe
B. temporal lobe
C. occipital lobe
D. left frontal lobe


The two major divisions of the nervous system are the

A. brain and spinal cord

B. central and somatic nervous system

C. sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system

D. central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.


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