Psychology revision Exam Questions
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What is psychology? - ✔✔The study of the human mind and functions, particularly the
behaviours
What do psychologists do? - ✔✔Psychologists help diagnose and treat mental health
disorders.
What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist - ✔✔Psychologists
cannot prescribe medication and do not require a referral. Psychiatrist often treat more
rare and dangerous conditions than psychologists
What is the difference between science and pseudoscience - ✔✔Science is required to
pass a test multiple times in various conditions and be reviewed by multiple people
more than once. Pseudoscience is often a speculation made by skeptics
What is learning? - ✔✔Knowledge gained through study, experience or teachings.
Name the 10 basic emotions - ✔✔Joy, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt,
shame, fear, guilt, interest or excitement
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,What are the specialisations of psychology? give examples - ✔✔organisational (works
with organisations, works in offices and workplaces), community( works in schools and
universities), clinical (works at schools, workplaces, private practise), sport (works with
sporting teams and organisations), forensic (works in a court room), educational (works
in schools), neuropsychology (works generally in hospitals)
What is a hypothesis? - ✔✔a prediction of the independent variables on the dependant
variables
What is the difference between operant conditioning and classical conditioning? -
✔✔Operant conditioning is when you condition someone with punishment
What is an independent variable? - ✔✔what you use to test
What is a dependent variable? - ✔✔what is being tested
What are extraneous variables? - ✔✔uncontrollable variables that can effect the
independent and dependant variables
Name the divisions of the Nervous System? - ✔✔CNS- Brain and Spinal cord PNS-
somatic and AUTONOMIC- parasympathetic and sympathetic
What is the function of the frontal lobe? - ✔✔problem solving, motion and speaking
What is the function of the parietal lobe? - ✔✔sensation and reading
What is the function of the occipital lobe? - ✔✔vision and colour
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, What is the function of the temporal lobe? - ✔✔hearing, language and memory
What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and give examples -
✔✔intrinsic is the want to do something because it makes you happy and extrinsic is to
do it for benefit only
Explain a neuron - ✔✔dendrites, neuron, axon is covered by myelin sheath, axon
terminals
Name the different types of psychological research methods - ✔✔interview, natural
observation, case study, survey, experiment, laboratory observation
What is the difference between perception and sensation? - ✔✔you sense before you
perceive. Sensation is physical perception is mental
Name the ethical rules of conducting a research or when interviewing a person -
✔✔notify the participants, acquire consent, allow participants to reject, withdraw and
acknowledge confidentiality, debrief the participants especially if using deceit
Describe each of Egan's 5 counselling micro skills - ✔✔open stance, mirroring, maintain
eye contact, lean forward when showing empathy, listen and question
What are the roles of the left and right hemisphere of the brain? - ✔✔left controls right
and visa versa, left is responsible for problem solving, logic, language, mathematics,
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What is psychology? - ✔✔The study of the human mind and functions, particularly the
behaviours
What do psychologists do? - ✔✔Psychologists help diagnose and treat mental health
disorders.
What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist - ✔✔Psychologists
cannot prescribe medication and do not require a referral. Psychiatrist often treat more
rare and dangerous conditions than psychologists
What is the difference between science and pseudoscience - ✔✔Science is required to
pass a test multiple times in various conditions and be reviewed by multiple people
more than once. Pseudoscience is often a speculation made by skeptics
What is learning? - ✔✔Knowledge gained through study, experience or teachings.
Name the 10 basic emotions - ✔✔Joy, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt,
shame, fear, guilt, interest or excitement
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,What are the specialisations of psychology? give examples - ✔✔organisational (works
with organisations, works in offices and workplaces), community( works in schools and
universities), clinical (works at schools, workplaces, private practise), sport (works with
sporting teams and organisations), forensic (works in a court room), educational (works
in schools), neuropsychology (works generally in hospitals)
What is a hypothesis? - ✔✔a prediction of the independent variables on the dependant
variables
What is the difference between operant conditioning and classical conditioning? -
✔✔Operant conditioning is when you condition someone with punishment
What is an independent variable? - ✔✔what you use to test
What is a dependent variable? - ✔✔what is being tested
What are extraneous variables? - ✔✔uncontrollable variables that can effect the
independent and dependant variables
Name the divisions of the Nervous System? - ✔✔CNS- Brain and Spinal cord PNS-
somatic and AUTONOMIC- parasympathetic and sympathetic
What is the function of the frontal lobe? - ✔✔problem solving, motion and speaking
What is the function of the parietal lobe? - ✔✔sensation and reading
What is the function of the occipital lobe? - ✔✔vision and colour
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, What is the function of the temporal lobe? - ✔✔hearing, language and memory
What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and give examples -
✔✔intrinsic is the want to do something because it makes you happy and extrinsic is to
do it for benefit only
Explain a neuron - ✔✔dendrites, neuron, axon is covered by myelin sheath, axon
terminals
Name the different types of psychological research methods - ✔✔interview, natural
observation, case study, survey, experiment, laboratory observation
What is the difference between perception and sensation? - ✔✔you sense before you
perceive. Sensation is physical perception is mental
Name the ethical rules of conducting a research or when interviewing a person -
✔✔notify the participants, acquire consent, allow participants to reject, withdraw and
acknowledge confidentiality, debrief the participants especially if using deceit
Describe each of Egan's 5 counselling micro skills - ✔✔open stance, mirroring, maintain
eye contact, lean forward when showing empathy, listen and question
What are the roles of the left and right hemisphere of the brain? - ✔✔left controls right
and visa versa, left is responsible for problem solving, logic, language, mathematics,
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