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Psychological Concepts and Behavior Quiz

#1

Which psychological concept refers to the tendency to seek out and favor information that confirms our existing beliefs or ideas?

Confirmation bias
Explanation

Confirmation bias: Tendency to favor information confirming existing beliefs.

#2

In classical conditioning, what term describes the diminishing response to a stimulus if it is presented repeatedly without reinforcement?

Extinction
Explanation

Extinction: Diminished response to a stimulus without reinforcement.

#3

Which neurotransmitter is primarily associated with pleasure and reward?

Dopamine
Explanation

Dopamine: Associated with pleasure and reward.

#4

Who proposed the stages of psychosocial development, including trust vs. mistrust and industry vs. inferiority?

Erik Erikson
Explanation

Erik Erikson: Proposed stages of psychosocial development.

#5

Which type of reinforcement involves the removal of an aversive stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior?

Negative reinforcement
Explanation

Negative reinforcement: Removing aversive stimulus to increase behavior.

#6

In the Stanford prison experiment, who was the principal investigator?

Philip Zimbardo
Explanation

Philip Zimbardo: Principal investigator of the Stanford prison experiment.

#7

Who developed the concept of the hierarchy of needs, which suggests that individuals are motivated to fulfill basic needs before progressing to higher-level needs?

Abraham Maslow
Explanation

Abraham Maslow: Developed hierarchy of needs.

#8

Which area of the brain is primarily associated with emotions such as fear and aggression?

Amygdala
Explanation

Amygdala: Associated with fear and aggression.

#9

Who is known for his research on obedience to authority, particularly the Milgram experiment?

Stanley Milgram
Explanation

Stanley Milgram: Known for obedience to authority research, Milgram experiment.

#10

Which of the following is a symptom of major depressive disorder?

Persistent sadness
Explanation

Persistent sadness: Symptom of major depressive disorder.

#11

Which theory of motivation suggests that behavior is driven by the desire to fulfill innate biological needs?

Drive reduction theory
Explanation

Drive reduction theory: Behavior driven by fulfilling innate biological needs.

#12

What term is used to describe the tendency for individuals to perform better on tasks when in the presence of others?

Social facilitation
Explanation

Social facilitation: Improved performance in presence of others.

#13

What term is used to describe the phenomenon where individuals conform to a group's decision despite personally disagreeing with it?

Groupthink
Explanation

Groupthink: Conforming to group decisions despite personal disagreement.

#14

What concept in psychology suggests that individuals have the tendency to attribute their own actions to external factors while attributing others' actions to internal factors?

Self-serving bias
Explanation

Self-serving bias: Attributing own actions to external factors.

#15

What term refers to the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors while attributing failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias
Explanation

Self-serving bias: Attributing successes to internal factors.

#16

Who developed the theory of multiple intelligences, which includes linguistic, logical-mathematical, and spatial intelligence?

Howard Gardner
Explanation

Howard Gardner: Developed theory of multiple intelligences.

#17

Which psychological perspective emphasizes the importance of unconscious processes and childhood experiences in shaping behavior?

Psychoanalytic perspective
Explanation

Psychoanalytic perspective: Emphasizes unconscious processes and childhood experiences.

#18

What term describes the tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional factors and underestimate the impact of situational factors when explaining other people's behavior?

Fundamental attribution error
Explanation

Fundamental attribution error: Overestimating dispositional factors in explaining behavior.

#19

Which type of memory is responsible for storing information about events we have personally experienced?

Episodic memory
Explanation

Episodic memory: Stores personal experiences.

#20

What term describes the process of maintaining information in memory through rehearsal and repetition?

Maintenance rehearsal
Explanation

Maintenance rehearsal: Maintaining information through rehearsal.

#21

Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five personality traits?

Introversion
Explanation

Introversion: Not a Big Five personality trait.

#22

What phenomenon in memory refers to the improved recall of information when the context at encoding and retrieval are the same?

Context-dependent memory
Explanation

Context-dependent memory: Improved recall with matching context at encoding and retrieval.

#23

What is the term for the mental shortcut that involves making judgments or decisions based on information that is easily accessible or readily available?

Availability heuristic
Explanation

Availability heuristic: Judgments based on easily accessible information.

#24

What term refers to the tendency for individuals to perform worse on tasks when in the presence of others due to a fear of evaluation?

Social loafing
Explanation

Social loafing: Decreased performance due to fear of evaluation in a group.

#25

What concept in psychology suggests that individuals experience a conflict between their moral principles and their actions?

Moral distress
Explanation

Moral distress: Conflict between moral principles and actions.

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