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Psychology Basics and Key Concepts

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Название дисциплин.

- Psychology
Специалность –BS
ФИО ответственный преп за тест – PhD Tileubayeva M.S.

1.What is science?
- the study of the human mind and behavior
- using one or more of your senses to gather information
- systematically observing natural events, then using those observations to develop laws and
principles.
-studies the human psyche
-the science of the soul}

2.What does psychology study?


- that studies the human psyche
- that studies the human
~ a property of highly organized matter, a function of the brain.
~ the highest stage of development of the psyche
~ brain function}

3.What language does psychology mean "the science of the soul"?":


~ Latin
~ Greek
~ Arab
~ Russian
~ Kazakh}

How many types of Mental Phenomena are there?:


~3
~6
~4
~ 5
~ 2}
4.Who founded the history of Psychology?:
~ William James
~ Philip George Zimbardo
~ Jonathan Kellerman
~ Wilhelm Wundt
~ Alan Edward Kazdin }

5.What year does the history of psychology begin as an experimental science?:


{~ 1879
~1900
~ 1855
~ 1880
~ 1780}

6.Where did V. M. Bekhterev organize a scientific laboratory?:


{~ Ukraine
~ Belarus
~ Russia
~ Kazakhstan
~ Germany}

7.What are the methods of psychological research?:


{~ observation, self-observation, experimental method, and hypothesis
~ needs, motives, attitudes, and goals
~ general, social, zoo
~ psyche, consciousness, unconscious
~ legal, military, medical}

8.What is the psyche?:


{~ the highest stage of development
~ short-term blackout, blocking of consciousness
~ a property of highly organized matter, a function of the brain.
~ one of the main operations of thinking;
~ actions that are implemented without direct participation.}

9.How many stages of psychology development are there?


{~ 3
~ 4
~6
~2
~ 5}

10.What is motivation?
~ the experience of desire or aversion (you want something, or want to avoid or escape
something);
~ a feeling such as happiness, love, fear, anger, or hatred, which can be caused by the situation
that you are in or the people you are with;
~ the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from
biological and environmental factors;
~ the action or process of classifying something;
~ a set of recurrent or periodic activities that interact to produce a result;}

11.Why motivation is important in teaching?


{~ Students get to participate in classroom;
~ All answers are correct
~ Students who are motivated by their teachers reach the highest levels of excellence in school;
~ Students will not want to be away from school if they are highly motivated;
~ Motivation in students makes all the difference in the world;}

12.One of the most important effects of motivating students is the use of ………
{~ stick and carrot method;
~ a positive classroom behavior system;
~ trial and error method;
~ method of punishment;
~ a negative classroom behavior system;}

13.Choose the appropriate words: A motivate educator will spend most of his energy pointing
out the ………. behaviors, rather than …….. behavior.
{~ High, middle;
~ Positive, negative;
~ Average, middle;
~ Pros, cons
~ Good, bad}

14.What kind of motivation do you know?


{~ Emotions and feelings;
~ Positive and negative;
~ Intrinsic and extrinsic;
~ High and middle;
~ High and low;}

15.What type of motivation comes from outside an individual?


{ ~ Extrinsic;
~ Intrinsic;
~ High;
~ Low;
~ All answers are correct;}

16.How is it called when someone is motivated by external factors?


{~ Intrinsic;
~ High;
~ Extrinsic;
~ Low;
~ Middle;}

17.What types of motivation which comes from inside an individual?


{~ Extrinsic;
~Low;
~High;
~ Intrinsic;
~All answers are correct;}
18.«When we are intrinsically motivated the reward is the activity / task we do» Which theory is
it?
{~ Operant Theory;
~ I.P. Pavlov’s theory;
~ Theory of motivation;
~ Theory of extrinsically motivated activities;
~ Wilhelm Wundt’s theory;}

19.Find out basic motivation process:


{~ Drives, emotions;
~ Needs, feelings;
~ Drives, needs, incentives;
~ Emotions, feelings, drives;
~ Incentives, personality, drives.}

20.Emotions are:
{~ An idea or belief, especially a vague or irrational one.
~ A direct experience in a specific period of time.
~ An emotional state or reaction.
~ A reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.
~ A set of facts and arguments used in support of a proposal.}

21.Feeling is:
{~ The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior
in a given context.
~ A single turn of a spiral or coil.
~ The mental characteristics or attitude of a person or group.
~ A rolling or revolving motion.
~ A personality trait, a relatively stable attitude to the world.}

22.What does literally “stimulus” mean when translated from Latin? :


{~ material incentives for a job well done;
~ a pointed stick, which animals are urged on;
~ coercion;
~ manipulation;
~ bait for animals, when it is necessary that they do something;}
23.The value of emotions in human life help to …:
{~ feel mentally and emotionally drained.
~ navigate what is happening, evaluating it from the standpoint of desirability or undesirability.
~ feel miserable and you want your enthusiasm back
~ maintain the momentum to ensure its accomplishment is another issue altogether.
~ drive you to accomplish goals.}

24.In the history of emotion in the late 19th century, the most influential theorists were:
{~ Albert Einstein
~ William James and Carl Lange
~ Marie Curie and Isaac Newton
~ Nikola Tesla and William James
~ Ada Lovelace and Carl Lange}

25. Modern American researcher C. Isard (“Human Emotions”) proposes to divide emotions into
{~ pleasure and displeasure.
~ positive and negative.
~ voltage and discharge.
~ excitation and inhibition.
~ fundamental and derivatives.}

26.The fundamental emotions includes:


{~ boring, sadness, shouting, sleeping.
~ interest, joy, surprise, grief, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, guilt.
~ love, curious, jealous, upset.
~ motive, emotion, laughing, fear.
~ happiness, weakness, grief, shy, terrify, like, hate.}

27. What year did the history of psychology begin as an experimental science?
{~ 1780
~ 1879
~ 1900
~ 1855
~1880}

28.An emotional reaction is defined :


{~ feelings by smiling, laughing, or indulging yourself.
~ the external expression of emotions.
~ related feelings feel elusive, try to take a look at other emotions or feelings are getting in the
way.
~ recover from a loss, breakup, change, or failure to achieve a goal.
~ a totally normal emotion.}

29.Studies have shown that the eyes and mouth of a person are:
{~ the hardest in emotional reactions.
~ the weakest in emotional reactions.
~ the most informative in emotional reactions.
~ the most unnecessary in emotional reactions.
~ the most helpful in emotional reactions.}
30.What part of the brain sends us hazard messages?
{~ Front
~ Thalamus
~ Tonsil
~ Sensory cortex
~ Back

31.What is this condition called when a person decides to do something?


{~ Actions
~ Decision
~Immanent volition
~ Physical actions
~ All answers are correct.}
32. Who is the founder of structuralism in psychology?
~William James
~ Edward B. Titchener
~ Sigmund Freud
~ Carl Rogers
~ Gregory Bateson
33. Define description of extrovert :
{~ is often thought of as a quiet, reserved, and thoughtful individual
~ are energized people, enjoy a variety of tasks, sociable.
~ Realistic people who like to focus on the facts and details.
~ Is someone who senses things about people and their surroundings and their experiences
~ Tend to be organized and prepared, like to make and stick to plans.}
34. What is psychology? :
{~ It is a science that studies the behavior and mental processes of people and animals.
~ It is a science that studies the interconnection of living beings with the objective world.
~ It studies the person reflects with the surrounding world.
~ It is a science in which everything connected to animals.
~ It is a science that studies the behavior and mental processes of animals.}
35. What is a self-motivation?
~An individual combination of the most urgent needs for a particular person
~A process, when you want to satisfy the demands of others
~Our internal drive, which constantly encourages us to go ahead or go on
~This term refers to needs for things like clothing, love or food
~A gist of need, hope, encouragement of justice, satisfaction with the result of work.}
36. What is Humanistic Theory?
~It is when humans have only two basic drives: Eros and Thanatos
~Humans are driven to achieve their maximum potential and will always do so unless obstacles
are placed in their way
~it is based on how people behave, taking into attention their views and perceptions
~People are driven to maintain a certain level of encouragement in order to feel comfortable
~it is based on balancing internal needs that make people act in accordance with their goals.}

37. What is a motivational profile?


{~It stores information about the knowledge, academic progress, skills, experience, and interests
of people
~It is an individual combination of the most and the least urgent needs for a particular person
`~It is a professional introduction and aims to inform people.
~It is designed to be an overview of your business and the business plan.
~It is profile, where others can see your achievements.}

38. What does «Communication» mean:


{~ It means “common, shared with everyone” in Latin.
~ It is "breath, spirit, soul" and-logia, "study of" or "research"
~ It means "to stir up"
~ It is a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.
~They are instinctive or intuitive feelings as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge.}

39. What is a conflict?


{~ Agreement between two or more people
~ Misunderstanding between two or more people
~ War between one or more people
~ Meeting between three or more people
~ Peace between one or more people}
40. What is extrinsic motivation?
{~ Unlike intrinsic motivation, which arises from within the individual, extrinsic motivation is
focused purely on outside rewards.
~ People engage in activities that they might normally not find terribly enjoyable or rewarding in
order to earn a wage.
~Refers to behavior that is driven by external rewards such as money, fame, grades, and praise.
~ Psychological forms of extrinsic motivation can include praise and public acclaim.
~ An actor might perform in a role in order to obtain attention and acclaim from his audience.}

41. Who classified personality on the basis of physique?


{~Hippocrates
~E. Kretschmer
~I. Pavlov
~T. Cook
~B. Teplov}
42. A healthy lifestyle is …
{~Obesity, skipping breakfast.
~Eating between meals
~Sleeping too much
~Observance of rules of hygiene, absence of bad habit
~Sleeping too little}

43. What is stress?


{~ it is kind of the process by which we appraise and we cope with the environmental threats and
challenges.
~ the resistance to deformation of a material while under a load
~ a sheathed structure consisting of a plexus of bundles of nerve fibers
~ form of in-depth talk therapy that aims to bring unconscious or deeply buried thoughts and
feelings to the conscious mind so that repressed experiences and emotions, often from childhood,
can be brought to the surface and examined.
~ set of theories and therapeutic techniques related to the study of the unconscious mind, which
together form a method of treatment for mental-health disorders.}
44. Psychoanalysis was found by:
{~ William James
~ B.F.Skinner
~ Jean Piaget
~ Sigmund Freud
~ John Anderson}
45. What theory is best known by Erik Erikson?:
{~ The Stages of Psychosocial Development
~ Psychosexual Theory of Development
~ Theory of Self Actualization
~ The Hierarchy of Needs
~Theory of moral development}
46. What psychological theory is Abraham Maslow best known for?:
{~ Cognitive Developmental Theory
~ The Hierarchy of Needs
~ Psychosexual Theory of Development
~ The Stages of Psychosocial Development
~ Theory of moral development}

47.What are the levels of The Hierarchy of Needs, starting with the most basic?:
{~ safety, physiological, love/belonging, self-esteem, self-actualization
~ physiological, safety, love/belonging, self-esteem, self-actualization
~ love, education, employment, success, retirement
~ hope, will, purpose, competence, fidelity, love, care, wisdom
~ safety, physiological, retirement, success}
48. What is health?
{~is combination of physical, mental, emotional and social well-being.
~a companent of mental health.
~ with people to build satisfying relationships.
~Indicators of growth and development of the organism.
~Helps determine how we handle stress,relate to others and make choices. }

49. What is an emotion?


{~ it is a science that studies the experiences that are established extrasensory, introspectively.
~ scientific discipline that studies the laws of occurrence, development and functioning of the
human psyche and mental activity
~ Emotions are biological states associated with the nervous system
~ it is the process of stimulating people to actions to accomplish the goals.
~ emotions are broad field that encompasses the study of human thought, behavior,
development}
50. What is emotional intelligence?
{~ emotional intelligence is the ability to make emotions work against you.
~ emotional intelligence is the ability to identify, understand, and manage emotions.
~ emotional intelligence is controlling the emotions of others
~ a branch of biological science that deals with the functioning of the nervous processes of the
brain.
~ a science that studies the experiences and psychological states that are established
extrasensory, introspectively.}

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