Peterson Practice Test

Question 1

Psychologists who look for similarities between species

Answer 1

Comparative Psychologists

Question 2

Psychologists that work with management and staff in the world of business

Answer 2

Industrial and organizational psychologists

Question 3

Theory that assumes the unconscious plays a major role in human behavior

Answer 3

Psychoanalytic

Question 4

Theorist who claimed that he could make any dozen healthy babies into anything he wished through conditioning

Answer 4

John Watson (extreme behaviorist)

Question 5

Activity within a cell is ___________; activity between cells is ___________.

Answer 5

electrical;chemical

Question 6

Our eyes must continually_________ in order to counteract the effects of sensory adaptation.

Answer 6

quiver

Question 7

Least efficient of the 5 senses.

Answer 7

Taste (depends on smell)

Question 8

movements of the head are detected by:

Answer 8

semicircular canals

Question 9

Our most vivid dreams occur during ____________

Answer 9

REM sleep

Question 10

Sleepwalking occurs during which stage of sleep?

Answer 10

Stage 4

Question 11

Delerium tremens “DTs” are associated with:

Answer 11

withdrawal from alcohol

Question 12

Important part of learning; underlies much of our learning

Answer 12

Experiential Knowledge