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TEST 1: Multiple Choice Direction: Choose the best answer from the choices given for each item by encircling the appropriate letter of your chosen answer.

1. This is any observable action or reaction of a living creatures, such as when say or do something, and is done through subtle changes in the brain brought about by electrical activity. a. Psychology b. Sociology c. Behavior
2. According to Psychologists, these are aspects of our mental life, our thoughts, memories, mental images, reasoning and all aspects of the human mind. a. Cognitive process b. Structuralism c. Functionalism
3. He conceived and developed a method of psychotherapy known as psychoanalysis. a. John B. Watson b. B.F Skinner c. Sigmund Freud
4. This approach focused entirely on subjective^ experiences. a. Psychoanalytic perspective b. Phenomenological perspective c. Cognitive perspective
5. The approach that relates manifested behavior to biochemical and bioelectrical events taking place within the body. a. Biological perspective b. Cognitive perspective c. Psychodynamic perspective
6. This is a branch of Psychology dealing with the physiological basis of human behavior which focused on brain centers and the pharmacological effects of hormones and drugs to behavior. a. Abnormal psychology b. Physiological psychology c. Developmental psychology
7. The science of behavior and the cognitive processes. a. Sociology b. Psychology c. Histology
8. He is considered as the father of psychology. a. Wilhelm Wundt b. Sigmund Freud c. B.F Skinner
9. A recent development is psychology championed by psychologist John B. Watson, Edward Thorndike and B.F Skinner a. Psychoanalysis b. Behaviorism c. Functionalism
10. This type of muscles are also called “smooth” because it lacks striations. a. Striated muscle b. Cardiac muscle c. Visceral muscle
11. These are branch-like fibers the project from the cell body of a neuron which receive impulses from other neurons and whose Greek root word means “tree”. a. Neurites b. Dendrites c. Dendron
12. The neurons are found within the CNS and transfer messages between different parts of the CNS. a. Motor neurons b. Sensory neurons c. Interneurons
13. This nervous system extends from the spinal cord sends messages to and from different muscles, glands, and sense organs throughout the body. a. Central Nervous System b. Peripheral Nervous System c. Human Nervous System
14. This is a group of structures which are involved in emotions. a. Cerebral cortex b. Limbic system c. Reticular information
15. A part of the brain stem that plays a crucial role in arousal and attention and also screens impulses coning into the brain.

a. Cerebellum b. Medulla oblongata c. Reticular information

16. A structure located in the Diencephalon which acts as a relay station for impulses to and from the cerebral cortex. a. Thalamus b. Hypothalamus c. Corpus callosum
17. A lobe in the cerebral cortex which has functions such as controlling muscle movement and speech, and contain the primary motor cortex. a. Temporal lobe b. Frontal lobe c. Occipital lobe
18. A lobe in cerebral cortex where functions for the processing and vision is performed, and contain the primary visual cortex and visual association areas. a. Parietal lobe b. Frontal lobe c. Occipital lobe
19. This, along with its association areas, plays an important role in the perception of hearing. a. Broca’s area b. Primary auditory cortex c. Wernicke’s area
20. Changes in expressions and experiences, and in behaviors and attitude towards other. a. Physical b. Development c. Emotional
21. Development takes place in discrete stages. a. Accommodation b. Stage theories c. Assimilation d. Adaptation
22. The person fits new information into existing mental representations. a. Assimilation b. Tabula Rasa c. Nature d. Cohort effects
23. Humans have no skills or knowledge when they were born. a. Cross sectional studies b. Evolutionary readiness c. Tabula Rasa d. Longitudinal studies
24. Changes in the capacity to reason about an action’s rightness or wrongness that occurs with age. a. Physical development b. Emotional development c. Moral development d. Intellectual development
25. The growing understanding of their own mental states and those of others. a. Attention-planning b. Memory c. Theory of mind d. Formal operations
26. Our lack of a self-concept before about age 2 results in few memories before age 3 or 4. a. Script b. Infantile amnesia c. Metacognition d. Socialization
27. Environment prevents socializations. a. Psychosocial dwarfism b. Autonomy-doubt c. Script d. Theory of mind
28. Have learned the rules of right and wrong and will think before acting. a. Intuitive vs, guilt b. Autonomy vs. self-doubt c. Trust vs. mistrust d. Ego- integrity vs. despair
29. Infants are born with a set of preprogrammed behavior the elicit parental care and increases the child’s chance of survival. a. Measuring attachment b. Ethological theory of attachment c. Emotional development d. Temperament
30. When motivation is higher you will remember information longer and you will continue to perform behavior without external reinforces. a. Rate of learning b. Level of activity c. Resistance to extinction d. Growth needs
31. Behavior directed toward the goal of harming another human being who wishes to avoid such treatment. a. Frustration b. Aggression c. Sexual d. Achievement
32. Theory of Abraham Maslow.

a. Psychosexual stages of development b. Hierarchy of needs c. Inferiority complex d. Theory of moral development

33. The blocking of an ongoing goal-directed behavior. a. Eating b. Aggression c. Motivation d.Frustration
34. Is a complex reaction involving both physiological and cognitive changes in response to a situation that is perceived as personally significant. a. Emotion b. Motivation c. Aggression d. Frustration
35. An emotion provoking stimuli that creates internal arousal. a. James-Lange Theory b. Cannon-Bard Theory c. Schater-Singer Theory d. Opponent-Process Theory
36. We often label an emotions as resulting from outside of ourselves when it is an internal event. a. Lateralization of emotions b. Limbic system c. Misattributing arousal d. Hormones
37. Located in the midbrain. a. Hypothalamus b. Left hemisphere c. Limbic system d. Hormones
38. The movement of various body posture or the movement of body parts. a. Body language b. Gesture c. Mood d. Memory
39. Non-verbal cues involving body posture or the movement of body parts. a. Body language b. Deception c. Emotion d. Memory
40. Behavior performed because of the expected reward that will result. a. Intrinsic reward b. Extrinsic reward c. Arousal d. Drive

TEST 2: Matching Type Direction: Match items in Group A to those in Group B by writing the appropriate letter on the space provided.

1. Transduction
2. Perceptions
3. Sensations
4. Somatosensory System
5. Mechanoreceptors
6. Synapse
7. Olfaction
8. Tactile Agnosia
9. Primary Visual Cortex
10. Primary Visual Cortex
11. Occipital Lobe
12. Visual association
13. Thermoceptors
14. Spinothalamic tract
15. Photoreceptor cells
16. Irises
17. Pupils
18. Conversion disorder
19. Cornea
20. Retina a. The inability by a person to recognize based on tough or feeling b. It is the process in which a sense organ changes. or transforms, physical energy into electrical signals c. They are meaningful sensory experiences the result after the brain combines hundreds of sensations. d. It is a complex set of parallel point-point connections from the body surface to the brain. e. It is critical for recognizing faces, shapes and objects that damage to this area results in difficulties in rec- cognition. f. Connection of fibers for conscious perception from spine to the thalamus. g. Located at the back of the occipital lobe, it receives electrical signals from receptors in the eyes and transforms those signals into meaningless basic visual sensations. h. Located next to the primary visual cortex, it transforms basic sensations such as lights, colors and textures into visual perceptions. i. A disorder characterized by the presence of one or more neurological symptoms such as paralysis or blindness that cannot be explained by a known medical disorder. j. The part of the eye that receive compress and intensity a beam of light it receives. k. The part of the eye that allow enough light to go through the pupil so that we can perceive images and features. l. An array of photoreceptors cells at the back of the eye ball that is made up of one type of rods, three types if cones, each of which is turned to respond to one of the three primary colors. m. The skin’s sensors for tactile sensation and muscles movements. n. These are skin sensors for the temperature that generate impulses with changes in the environment. o. It is located at the back of the brain and works to process visual information, including seeing colors, perceiving and recognizing objects, animals and people. p. It is the sense of smell q. One of the forms of energy to which our sensory organs B M D Q A P G H E O F N K J F I J L C B