Psychological Processes and Behavior Quiz

Test your knowledge on classical conditioning, memory, neurotransmitters, and more. Explore cognitive psychology concepts in this quiz.

#1

Which theorist is associated with the concept of classical conditioning?

B.F. Skinner
Ivan Pavlov
Jean Piaget
Erik Erikson
#2

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following needs must be satisfied before an individual can progress to higher levels of motivation?

Esteem needs
Safety needs
Belongingness and love needs
Physiological needs
#3

Which psychologist proposed the theory of multiple intelligences, suggesting that intelligence is not solely based on linguistic and logical-mathematical abilities?

Albert Bandura
Howard Gardner
Abraham Maslow
Noam Chomsky
#4

According to Freud's psychosexual development theory, during which stage does a child experience pleasure from bowel and bladder elimination?

Oral stage
Anal stage
Phallic stage
Genital stage
#5

According to the concept of self-determination theory, which of the following is a basic psychological need?

Achievement
Autonomy
Competition
Material possessions
#6

What is the term for the process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information in memory?

Learning
Cognition
Memory consolidation
Information processing
#7

Which neurotransmitter is associated with mood regulation, sleep, and appetite?

Dopamine
Serotonin
GABA
Acetylcholine
#8

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which part of the mind operates on the pleasure principle?

Ego
Superego
Id
Conscious mind
#9

Which of the following best describes the concept of operant conditioning?

Learning by association between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus
Learning by observing others and imitating their behavior
Learning through reinforcement or punishment of voluntary behaviors
Learning through the association of stimuli that occur together in time
#10

What term refers to the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal factors while overlooking situational influences?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Confirmation bias
Groupthink
#11

Which brain structure plays a key role in emotional processing, particularly fear and aggression?

Amygdala
Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Thalamus
#12

What is the term for the tendency to recall the first and last items in a list more easily than those in the middle?

Serial position effect
Primacy effect
Recency effect
Encoding specificity

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