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General Psychology deals with the skills related to the organization of behavior and the main psychological functions through which individuals interact with the environment and create process representations of the environment and him/herself (perception, emotion, motivation, memory, learning, thinking and reasoning, language and communication).

General Psychology Practice Test
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1. ______ thinking goes from general principles to specific facts
2. The first intelligence test was designed by two French men
3. Most people categorize most rapidly at the _____ level of hierarchy
4. The relatively permanent memory system that holds vast amount of information for a long period of time
5. According to Spearman, what does ‘g’ stand for?
6. Who proposed the 16 basic dimensions of normal personality and devised a questionnaire to measure them?
7. A perceptual set that causes one to become hung up on wrong solutions or remain blind to alternatives is called
8. Which of the measures of retention is considered the most sensitive?
9. Allport’s idea that the traits around which someone organizes their life are called _____ traits.
10. Albert Bandura was a proponent of which perspective of personality?
11. A syllogism is a form of
12. If it is demonstrated that an intelligence test discriminates against certain ethnic groups, then it can be said that the test
13. Fluid intelligence is
14. The id, ego and superego can be best characterized as
15. Encoding information from its sound
16. Availability heuristic is not
17. In the formula for IQ, CA stands for
18. Eyesenck originally developed ___, a highly researched factor theory of personality.
19. Which test provides scores for verbal IQ, performance IQ, verbal comprehension, working memory, perceptual organization and processing speed?
20. The duration of short term memory is approximately
21. A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
22. Which of the following is the first step in problem solving?
23. This person studied the effects of misinformation and false memories
24. The leading cause of mental retardation is believed to be
25. Which of the following can be said to be true of language?

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