GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION GRADED A+ STUDY GUIDE

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION GRADED A+
STUDY GUIDE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
1. Psychology is the scientific study of:
A. Behavior and mental processes
B. Only the brain
C. Only emotions
D. Only memory
Answer: A
Rationale: Psychology studies behavior and mind.

2. The main goal of psychology is to:
A. Understand and explain behavior
B. Treat only physical illness
C. Replace medicine
D. Study only animals
Answer: A
Rationale: It explains human behavior scientifically.

3. Structuralism focuses on:
A. Basic components of consciousness
B. Behavior only
C. Memory only
D. Intelligence only
Answer: A
Rationale: Early school analyzing mental structure.

4. Functionalism studies:
A. Purpose of mental processes
B. Brain anatomy only
C. Genetics only
D. Reflexes only
Answer: A
Rationale: Focus on function of mind.

5. Behaviorism emphasizes:
A. Observable behavior

, B. Dreams only
C. Thoughts only
D. Genetics only
Answer: A
Rationale: Focus on measurable behavior.

6. Cognitive psychology studies:
A. Thinking and mental processes
B. Only behavior
C. Only emotions
D. Only instincts
Answer: A
Rationale: Mental processing focus.

7. Humanistic psychology focuses on:
A. Personal growth and self-actualization
B. Animal behavior
C. Brain damage
D. Genetics only
Answer: A
Rationale: Human potential theory.

8. Psychoanalysis was developed by:
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Skinner
C. Watson
D. Piaget
Answer: A
Rationale: Founder of psychoanalysis.

9. Conscious mind refers to:
A. Awareness of current thoughts
B. Dreams only
C. Unconscious instincts
D. Reflex actions
Answer: A
Rationale: Awareness state.

10. Unconscious mind contains:
A. Hidden thoughts and desires

, B. Only memories
C. Only skills
D. Only behavior
Answer: A
Rationale: Freud’s concept.

11. Id operates on:
A. Pleasure principle
B. Reality principle
C. Moral principle
D. Logic principle
Answer: A
Rationale: Immediate gratification.

12. Ego operates on:
A. Reality principle
B. Pleasure principle
C. Instinct principle
D. Random principle
Answer: A
Rationale: Balances id and reality.

13. Superego represents:
A. Moral standards
B. Impulses
C. Instincts
D. Reflexes
Answer: A
Rationale: Internal moral guide.

14. Classical conditioning was discovered by:
A. Ivan Pavlov
B. Skinner
C. Freud
D. Bandura
Answer: A
Rationale: Learning through association.

15. Operant conditioning was developed by:
A. B.F. Skinner