Additional Quiz B

A Short Quiz on Introduction to Psychology, Human Development and Intelligence

 

PART I - Items 1 - 10: MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the correct answer. Write the answer corresponding to the item number on your sheet of paper. Write the letter or text of the correct answer or both.

 

_____ 1. This method of research uses the questionnaire to obtain data from a sample of a population. This method is called:

 

A. clinical method

B. survey method

C. case-history method

D. experimental method

 

 

_____ 2. Phenomenological approach is to psychoanalysis as behaviorism is to:

 

A. stimulus-response psychology

B. gestalt

C. introspection

D. meditation

 

 

_____ 3. According to Erikson, this is the trait that a child is most likely to develop during the school age. This is the sense:

 

A. trust

B. industry

C. initiative

D. accomplishment

 

 

_____ 4. A science student obtained I.Q. scores of 125 and 128 in the same test that was administered on two different occasions. The test is said to be:

 

A. valid

B. reliable

C. not valid

D. not reliable

 

 

_____ 5. "To find partners in friendship, work and love" is a developmental task that arises during:

 

A. middle adulthood

B. late childhood

C. early adulthood

D. adolescence

 

 

_____ 6. Which item does not belong to the group?:

 

A. parasympathetic nervous system

B. emergency states

C. expenditure of body energy

D. sympathetic nervous system

 

 

_____ 7. A new graduate was tested six months after undergoing intensive training. Most likely, the test used was a (an):

 

A. personality test

B. intelligence test

C. aptitude test

D. achievement test

 

 

_____ 8. Structuralism deals with the conscious experience of sensation while psychoanalysis deals with:

 

A. external stimuli

B. cognitive processes

C. unconscious mental processes

D. none of the above

 

 

_____ 9. The infant is able to sit alone at:

 

A. 4 months

B. 5 months

C. 6 months

D. 7 months

 

 

_____10. Which item does not belong to the group?:

 

A. mode

B. mean

C. standard deviation

D. median

 

 

PART II - Items 11 - 15: SIMPLE ESSAY - Follow the instruction provided for each numbered item. Give concise, direct and complete answers.

 

11.-12. Differentiate the concept of development from the concept of maturation.

 

13.-15. Name three developmental tasks of the adolescence stage.

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS TO A SHORT QUIZ ON INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTELLIGENCE

 

CORRECT ANSWERS

 

PART I - <10 POINTS>:

1. (B - survey method)

2. (C - introspection)

3. (B - industry)

4. (B - reliable)

5. (C - early adulthood)

6. (A - parasympathetic nervous system)

7. (D - achievement test)

8. (C - unconscious mental processes)

9. (D - 7 months)

10. (C - standard deviation)

 

PART II - <5 POINTS>:

11.-12. Maturation refers to the systematic bodily changes that influence the individual's behavior and readiness to learn while development refers to the orderly changes in the individual's behavior as a result of maturation and experience.

13.- 15. "Accepting one's physique and accepting a masculine and feminine role; New relations with age-mates of both sexes; Emotional independence from parents and other adults; Selecting and preparing for an occupation; Developing intellectual skills and concepts necessary for civic competence; Desiring and achieving socially responsible behavior" <Birion, J., et. al.: 1994> /// <There are other developmental tasks for this stage.>

 

 

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