Psychology Exam test questions and
answers graded A+
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of
A) conscious and unconscious mental activity
B) observable responses to the environment
C) behavior and mental processes
D) maladaptive and adaptive behaviors - ANS✅✅C
The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a
A) clinical psychologist
B) personality psychologist
C) developmental psychologist
D) psychiatrist - ANS✅✅D
The occipital lobes are to _____ as the temporal lobes are to _____.
A) hearing; sensing movement
B) seeing; sensing touch
C) seeing; hearing
D) speaking; hearing - ANS✅✅C
The motor cortex is located in the _____ lobes.
A) occipital
B) temporal
C) frontal
D) parietal - ANS✅✅C
The auditory hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia are most closely linked with
the activation of areas in their
A) motor cortex
B) parietal lobes
, C) temporal lobes
D) hypothalamus - ANS✅✅C
Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's abilities to
A) solve arithmetic problems
B) copy drawings
C) recognize faces
D) recognize familiar melodies - ANS✅✅A
Which lobes of the brain receive the input that enables you to feel someone scratching your back?
A) parietal
B) temporal
C) occipital
D) frontal - ANS✅✅A
The sensory cortex is most critical for our sense of
A) sight
B) hearing
C) touch
D) smell - ANS✅✅C
A hypothesis is a(n)
A) observable relationship between specific independent and dependent variables
B) testable prediction that gives direction to research
C) set of principles that organizes observations and explains newly discovered facts
D) unprovable assumption about the unobservable processes that underlie psychological
functioning. - ANS✅✅B
The case study is a research method in which
A) a single individual is studied in great depth
B) a representative sample of people are questioned regarding their opinions or behaviors
answers graded A+
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of
A) conscious and unconscious mental activity
B) observable responses to the environment
C) behavior and mental processes
D) maladaptive and adaptive behaviors - ANS✅✅C
The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a
A) clinical psychologist
B) personality psychologist
C) developmental psychologist
D) psychiatrist - ANS✅✅D
The occipital lobes are to _____ as the temporal lobes are to _____.
A) hearing; sensing movement
B) seeing; sensing touch
C) seeing; hearing
D) speaking; hearing - ANS✅✅C
The motor cortex is located in the _____ lobes.
A) occipital
B) temporal
C) frontal
D) parietal - ANS✅✅C
The auditory hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia are most closely linked with
the activation of areas in their
A) motor cortex
B) parietal lobes
, C) temporal lobes
D) hypothalamus - ANS✅✅C
Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's abilities to
A) solve arithmetic problems
B) copy drawings
C) recognize faces
D) recognize familiar melodies - ANS✅✅A
Which lobes of the brain receive the input that enables you to feel someone scratching your back?
A) parietal
B) temporal
C) occipital
D) frontal - ANS✅✅A
The sensory cortex is most critical for our sense of
A) sight
B) hearing
C) touch
D) smell - ANS✅✅C
A hypothesis is a(n)
A) observable relationship between specific independent and dependent variables
B) testable prediction that gives direction to research
C) set of principles that organizes observations and explains newly discovered facts
D) unprovable assumption about the unobservable processes that underlie psychological
functioning. - ANS✅✅B
The case study is a research method in which
A) a single individual is studied in great depth
B) a representative sample of people are questioned regarding their opinions or behaviors
