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Degree FINAL EXAM Feb. / 2018
Name______________________________________ Sex______ ID No_________________ Study Center________
Exam center ____________Department ______________Term _______A. Year_______ Phone N._________
General Psychology: Course No. (PSGY-243)
Assignment is a requirement
Time Allowed: 1:50
Total Mark: 70%
PART-I: WRITE “TRUE” FOR THE CORRECT STATEMENT AND “FALSE” FOR INCORRECT
STATEMENT ON THE SPACE PROVIDED. (10%)
____ 1. Negative reinforcement occurs when something of negative value is removed
____ 2. Shaping is the process of teaching a complex behavior
____ 3. Industrial and organization psychology is a branch of psychology
____ 4. Historical events and geographical feathers are examples of verbal information
____ 5. Educational psychologists work with children and adolescents in school
PART II: MATCH THE RESPONSES UNDER “B” TO THE PREMISES UNDER “A” (10%)

Column A Column B

__ 1. Describe how we organize and construct A. Intellectual skill

places of information in meaning full wholes B. Psychology
__ 2. The opposite of generalization C. Sensation
__ 3. Its concern is about behavioral development D. Physiological psychology
over the entire lifespan E. Clinical psychologists
__ 4.state facial expression communication F. Bottom up
__ 5. Consists of recognizing and processing G. Happiness
information and processing information H. Developmental psychology
about the individual components I. Discrimination
__ 6.Work with psychiatrists in a hospital J. Gestalt laws of organization
__ 7.it looks for explanations of behavior in the K. The law of readiness
physiological structures of human and animals
__ 8.the process by which an organisms sense
organs respond to stimulus
__ 9. A body of knowledge that can be applied to
help/solve a Varity of human problems
__ 10. It is ability to master symbols

PART III: CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER AMONG THE ALTERNATIVES AND WRITE THE
LETTER OF YOUR CHOICE ON THE SPACE PROVIDED. (30%)
__ 1. ____Stated that readiness is like an army sending scouts ahead of a train
A. The law of exercise B. The law of effect C. The law of readiness D. A and B
__ 2. The first psychologists and father of experimental psychology is _________
A. Charles Darwin B. Wilhelm james C. Wilhelm wundt D. Abraham Maslow
__ 3.____is guided by a higher level of knowledge
A. Bottom-up B. Top-Down C. A and B D. None of the above
__ 4. ____is self fulfillment in which people realize their highest potential
A. Safety nedd B. physiological nedd C. Self actualization D. love and belonging

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General Psychology: Course No. (PSGY-243) Degree Feb. / 2018
Name_______________________________ Sex________ ID No_________ Center_______________
__ 5. ____is the function of endocrine glands
A. Regulate metabolism and growth B. Regulate absorption of nutrients
C. Regulate fluid balance and ion concentration D. All are correct
__ 6. Physiological needs based on body needs or tissue needs like____
A. Safety need B. Love and belonging C. Car and villa house
D. food, water avoidance of noxious stimulation
__ 7.Which one of the following is a research method in psychology
A. Experimental method B. observational method
C. Survey method D. All are correct
__ 8. Which one of the following is correct about the use of psychology ?
A. It assists in understanding other people B. it helps to understand oneself
C. A and B D. None of the above
__ 9. According to the view of _____________ mind is not made up of combination of single elements
A. Behaviorism B. Structuralism C. Functionalism D. None of the above
__ 10.According to the _______we organize and construct places of information in to meaning full wholes
A. Gestalt laws of organization B. Abraham Maslow’s theory
C. Features and analysis theory
__ 11.____ Is ability to master symbols and think properly using the symbols
A. Verbal information B. intellectual skills C. Motor skill D. A and B
__ 12.____is the process where by the brain interprets sensations giving information order and meaning
A. Response B. Sensation C. Perception D. A and B
__ 13.___are cluster of fibers at one end of fibers at one end of a neuron that receives messages from
other neurons
A. Neurons B. Axon C. Myelin sheath D. dendrites
__ 14.___ is the gap between to neurons through which chemical messages are communicated
A. Neurons B. Dendrites C. Synapse D. axon
__ 15. In psychology _________is an organisms ability to store retain and recall information
A. Memory and forgetting B. memory C. Short term memory D. Long-term memory
PART IV. FILL IN THE BLANK SPPACE (10%)
1. __________________ to enable us to walk strait and control body
2. _________________is the abilities of which involve muscular activities
3. _________________are chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to the
dendrites of a receiver neuron
4. ______________ refers to facts about events features
5. _______________ sates that objects which are close in space and tend to form a gestalt
PART V: COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS (10%).
1. List down major functions of the endocrine system

2. Define the term psychology

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General Psychology: Course No. (PSGY-243) Degree Feb. / 2018
Name_______________________________ Sex________ ID No_________ Center_______________
General Psychology:
Part I True/False
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
Part II matching
1. J
2. I
3. H
4. G
5. F
6. E
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. A
Part III Choice
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. B
Part IV
1. cerebellum
2. motor skill
3. neuron transmitter
4. verbal information
5. low of proximity
Part V essay
1. – list down major functions of the endocrine system
- Regulate metabolism and growth
- Regulate sorption of nutrients
- Regulate fluid balance and ion concentration
- Regulate the body’s response to stress
- Regulate sexual characteristics reproduction birth and lactation
2. Define the term psychology
- It is science of human and animal behavior it includes the application of this science to
human problem

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