#1
Which of the following is an example of non-verbal communication?
Speaking loudly
Making eye contact
Using complex vocabulary
Using hand gestures
#2
In psychology, what does the acronym 'OCD' stand for?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Oppositional Conduct Disorder
Onset of Cognitive Dysfunction
Overactive Cognition Disturbance
#3
Who proposed the theory of classical conditioning?
B.F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
Albert Bandura
#4
Which neurotransmitter is often associated with feelings of pleasure and reward?
Serotonin
Dopamine
Acetylcholine
Norepinephrine
#5
Who developed the social learning theory, which emphasizes the importance of observing and modeling behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others?
Sigmund Freud
Carl Rogers
Albert Bandura
Erik Erikson
#6
Which area of psychology focuses on how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others?
Social psychology
Developmental psychology
Cognitive psychology
Clinical psychology
#7
What is the term for the process of learning through the association of a neutral stimulus with a naturally occurring stimulus?
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Observational learning
Social learning
#8
Who proposed the hierarchy of needs, which suggests that human needs are arranged in a hierarchy from basic physiological needs to higher-level psychological needs?
Abraham Maslow
Erik Erikson
Carl Rogers
B.F. Skinner
#9
What is the term for the tendency to favor information that confirms our preexisting beliefs?
Confirmation bias
Cognitive dissonance
Hindsight bias
Availability heuristic
#10
What does the 'fight or flight' response refer to?
A defense mechanism in psychology
An automatic physiological reaction to a perceived threat
A coping mechanism for stress
A type of aggression behavior
#11
Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting human behavior?
Genetics
Culture
Socioeconomic status
Time of day
#12
Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning?
A child receiving a sticker for completing their homework
A dog salivating at the sound of a bell
A student studying for an exam to avoid failing
A person feeling anxious in a crowded space
#13
What is the term for the tendency to conform to the group's decision despite personal objections?
Obedience
Compliance
Conformity
Group polarization
#14
Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for emotional processing?
Cerebellum
Hypothalamus
Amygdala
Frontal cortex
#15
Which psychological concept involves the tendency to overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate the influence of situations in explaining behavior?
Self-serving bias
False consensus effect
Actor-observer bias
Trait attribution bias
#16
What is the term for the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions to give meaning to their environment?
Selective attention
Perceptual organization
Cognitive dissonance
Perception
#17
What is the term for the tendency to give greater weight to the more recent events when making decisions or judgments?
Recency effect
Primacy effect
Availability heuristic
Anchoring bias
#18
Which of the following best describes the bystander effect?
The tendency for individuals to perform better on simple tasks when in the presence of others
The phenomenon where individuals in a group are less likely to offer help to a victim when others are present
The tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors while attributing others' actions to internal factors
The tendency for individuals to conform to a group's decision despite personal objections
#19
What is the primary function of the prefrontal cortex in the brain?
Regulating body temperature
Processing visual information
Decision making and complex cognitive behavior
Regulating heart rate and breathing
#20
Which theory of emotion proposes that physiological arousal precedes the experience of emotion, and the emotion experienced is determined by the interpretation of the arousal?
James-Lange theory
Cannon-Bard theory
Two-factor theory
Schachter-Singer theory
#21
In the context of perception, what is the term for the tendency to fill in gaps in perception and to perceive a pattern or form even when it is incomplete?
Gestalt principles
Sensory adaptation
Depth perception
Perceptual constancy
#22
Which of the following best describes the concept of cognitive dissonance?
The tendency to conform to a group's decision despite personal objections
The discomfort experienced when holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes
The tendency to overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate the influence of situations in explaining behavior
The tendency to attribute one's own behavior to external factors while attributing others' behavior to internal factors
#23
Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five personality traits?
Openness
Neuroticism
Assertiveness
Conscientiousness
#24
What is the term for the tendency to attribute success to internal factors while attributing failure to external factors?
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Self-serving bias
False consensus effect
Fundamental attribution error
#25
What is the term for the tendency to attribute our own behavior to external, situational factors, while attributing others' behavior to internal, dispositional factors?
Fundamental attribution error
Social facilitation
Stereotyping
Groupthink