METRO-DAGUPAN COLLEGES

Serafica Street, Mangaldan, Pangasinan

PSYCHOLOGY
Midterm Examination

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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Encircle the letter of the best answer. NO ERASURES.
2. NO CHEATING!
3. Pray before you answer. Good luck and God bless. 

“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” ~ Wayne LaPierre

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter of

the correct answer.
1. Which of the following is not part of the soul? 9. This is the method used in Psychoanalysis.
a. Head a. Introspective Analysis
b. Lungs b. Observation of Stimuli
c. Heart c. Free Association
d. Diaphragm d. Phenomenology

2. According to him, the brain merely performs 10. Which of the following is the highest point of
minor mechanical processes as a gland. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
a. Aristotle a. Physiologic Needs
b. Archimedes b. Self-Esteem
c. David c. Love and Belongingness
d. Plato d. Self-Actualization

3. He is known as the “Father of Medicine.” 11. The German word “gestalt” can be translated to
a. Democritus the following words, EXCEPT:
b. Hippocrates a. Form
c. Galen b. Committee
d. Plato c. Organization
d. Configuration
4. He contributed his Theory of the Dependence of
Human Temperament on physiologic factors. 12. The following are the three basic elements of
a. Democritus consciousness, EXCEPT:
b. Hippocrates a. Memory
c. Galen b. Feelings
d. Plato c. Sensations
d. Images
5. According to the Theory of the Dependence of
Human Temperament, which of the following 13. The year of birth of Psychology.
vital juices have high levels if a person is a. 1899
optimistic and social? b. 1898
a. Blood c. 1879
b. Phlegm d. 1889
c. Black bile
d. Yellow bile 14. The Father of Experimental Psychology
a. James Angell
6. According to the Theory of the Dependence of b. John Watson
Human Temperament, which of the following c. Abraham Maslow
vital juices have high levels if a person is relaxed d. Wilhelm Wundt
and peaceful?
a. Blood 15. This is a word that literally means “spirit,”
b. Phlegm “mind,” or “soul.”
c. Black bile a. Psychos
d. Yellow bile b. Psyche
c. Logos
7. According to the Theory of the Dependence of d. Logic
Human Temperament, which of the following
vital juices have high levels if a person is 16. A study about how and why people behave, feel,
melancholic? or think the way they do.
a. Blood a. Psychology
b. Phlegm b. Psychiatry
c. Black bile c. Criminal psychology
d. Yellow bile d. Physiology
17. Who defined psychology as the science that
8. This is known as the birthyear of psychology studies behavior and mental processes?
a. 1849 a. Morgan
b. 1859 b. Silverman
c. 1869 c. Hilgard
d. 1879 d. Schlesinger
18. Who defined psychology as a scholarly 28. These are observable behavior or responses
discipline, a science, and a profession? depicted in the forms of actions.
a. Morgan a. Overt behavior
b. Silverman b. Covert behavior
c. Hilgard c. Conscious behavior
d. Schlesinger d. Unconscious behavior

19. Who defined psychology as the study of human 29. Dreaming is an example of what kind of
beings – how they behave, how they feel, how behavior?
they think, how they adjust or fail to adjust, how a. Overt behavior
they get along with one another, and how they b. Covert behavior
become the individuals that they are? c. Voluntary behavior
a. Morgan d. Involuntary behavior
b. Silverman
c. Hilgard 30. The continuous beating of the heart is what kind
d. Schlesinger of behavior?
a. Overt behavior
20. Males have a higher number of successful b. Covert behavior
suicides than females. c. Conscious behavior
a. True d. Unconscious behavior
b. False
c. Partially true 31. These are unobservable behavior which leads to
d. Partially false certain actions.
a. Overt behavior
21. Males have a higher number of suicide attempts b. Covert behavior
than females. c. Conscious behavior
a. True d. Unconscious behavior
b. False
c. Partially true 32. This is behavior that you are fully aware of
d. Partially false doing.
a. Overt behavior
22. According to him, the mind or soul is distinct b. Covert behavior
and is God-given. c. Conscious behavior
a. Aristotle d. Unconscious behavior
b. Archimedes
c. David 33. Solving a math problem is what kind of
d. Plato behavior?
a. Simple behavior
23. Also known as the Stimulus-Response b. Complex behavior
Psychology c. Conscious behavior
a. Structuralism d. Unconscious behavior
b. Behaviorism
c. Functionalism 34. Behavior that require only a small number of
d. Humanism neurons to perform.
a. Simple behavior
24. He defined psychology as the science that studies b. Complex behavior
behavior and mental processes. c. Conscious behavior
a. Munn d. Unconscious behavior
b. Hilgard
c. Morgan 35. Behavior that require more number of neurons
d. Silvermann to function.
a. Simple behavior
25. He is known as the “Father of Scientific b. Complex behavior
Psychology.” c. Conscious behavior
a. William James d. Unconscious behavior
b. Wilhelm Wundt
c. Sigmund Freud 36. This term means “breath” or “spirit”
d. Hippocrates a. Logos
b. Philos
26. Psychology was first scientifically studied in c. Psyche
what country? d. Sophia
a. Austria c. Germany
b. Russia d. USA 37. He was known as the “Father of Medicine”
a. Hippocrates
27. What are actions or activities of the individual as b. Schleisinger
matters of psychological study. c. Pythagoras
a. Thinking d. Thales
b. Feeling
c. Behavior 38. The ff. are the goals of Psychology, EXCEPT:
d. Crime a. To control behavior
b. To understand behavior
c. To describe behavior
d. To instruct behavior
39. This is also known as the inkblot test. 48. This is done by data obtained from experiments
a. Rembrandt and from administration of standardized
b. Rorscach measures of evaluation. These data are
c. Roberts interpreted according to statistical procedures.
d. Rango a. Descriptive method
b. Experimental method
40. This is an area of Psychology that studies all c. Systematic method
aspects of development including learning, d. Statistical method
sensation and perception, language, and
emotion, among other behavior processes from 49. This area of psychology is concerned with how
conception to old age. people in groups interact with one another.
a. Clinical a. Personality
b. Experimental b. Community
c. Counseling c. Social
d. Developmental d. Forensic

41. This is a type of observation wherein several 50. This is a method that is more commonly applied
observers, working in shifts, can watch and to people with psychological problems.
record everything a person does from morning till a. Naturalistic
night. b. Descriptive
a. Naturalistic Observation c. Systematic
b. Scientific Observation d. Clinical
c. Systematic Observation
d. Conscious Observation 51. This area of psychology involves work within the
legal, judicial, and correctional systems.
42. You are enrolled as a student in Metro-Dagupan a. Clinical psychology
Colleges because you have a certain goal that you b. Personality psychology
want to achieve. What kind of behavior is this? c. Forensic psychology
a. Voluntary behavior d. Developmental psychology
b. Involuntary behavior
c. Rational behavior 52. This is concerned with the examination of
d. Irrational behavior variables that explain how individuals develop
and maintain their individual characteristics.
43. Sisa killed her husband because she became a. Clinical psychology
insane. What kind of behavior is this? b. Personality psychology
a. Voluntary behavior c. Forensic psychology
b. Involuntary behavior d. Developmental psychology
c. Rational behavior
d. Irrational behavior 53. When you want to compare the behavior of the
Grade 7 class to the Grade 8 class of the MDC
44. Sneezing is an example of what kind of Productivity High School, what kind of
behavior? psychology are you applying?
a. Voluntary behavior a. Educational psychology
b. Involuntary behavior b. Personality psychology
c. Rational behavior c. Industrial psychology
d. Irrational behavior d. Social psychology

45. This is a method of psychological study that
involves description of the behavior using words,
numbers, or both.
a. Descriptive method
b. Systematic method
c. Clinical method
d. Statistical method
46. This is done by several observers, working in
shifts, can watch and record everything a person
does from morning till night.
a. Neutral observation
b. Naturalistic observation
c. Systematic observation
d. Clinical observation
54. This area applies psychological knowledge to the
problems of business and industry.
a. Educational psychology
b. Personality psychology
c. Industrial psychology
d. Social psychology
55. This studies all aspects of development including
learning, sensation and perception, language,
and emotion, among other behavior processes
from conception to old age.
a. Clinical psychology
b. Personality psychology
c. Forensic psychology
d. Developmental psychology

47. The inkblot test is what kind of method of
psychological study?
a. Neutral observation
b. Naturalistic observation
c. Systematic observation
d. Clinical observation
56. The focus of this area is on mental health in the
community rather than the individual patient.
a. Clinical psychology
b. Personality psychology
c. Community psychology
d. Social psychology
57. This involves the study of development and the 67. The following are effects of the activation of the
motivational and emotional aspects of children’s sympathetic nervous system, EXCEPT:
behavior with the end in view of knowing how a. dilates the pupils
learning takes place. b. stimulating the activity of the intestines
a. Educational psychology c. stimulates the sweat glands
b. Personality psychology d. dilates the blood vessels in large muscles
c. Industrial psychology
d. Social psychology 68. These are chemical messengers that carry an
inhibitory or stimulating message from one
58. This includes the study and treatment of neuron to another across the space between
personality disorders as well as breakdown in them.
behavior. a. Hormones
a. Clinical psychology b. Neurons
b. Personality psychology c. Neurotransmitters
c. Community psychology d. Epinephrine
d. Social psychology
69. A portion of the hindbrain that controls
59. The following are parts of the Central Nervous autonomic functions such as breathing,
System, EXCEPT: digestion, heart and blood vessel function,
a. Autonomic Nervous System swallowing and sneezing.
b. Brain Stem a. Midbrain
c. Spinal Cord b. Medulla oblongata
d. Brain c. Pons
d. Cerebellum
60. This is responsible for storing short term
memory. 70. This framework focuses on an individual’s
a. Frontal Lobe current behaviors and problems in relation to
b. Parietal Lobe shared human experiences.
c. Occipital Lobe a. Psychobiological
d. Temporal Lobe b. Developmental
c. Behavioral
61. Broca’s Area, which controls speech is found in d. Humanistic
the _____________.
a. Frontal Lobe 71. This framework focuses on biological processes
b. Parietal Lobe and their relation to human behavior.
c. Occipital Lobe a. Psychobiological
d. Temporal Lobe b. Developmental
c. Behavioral
62. Melanie is seeing images that nobody else could d. Humanistic
see. What part of her brain may be affected?
a. Frontal Lobe 72. This is the most superior part of the brain.
b. Parietal Lobe a. Cerebrum
c. Occipital Lobe b. Cerebellum
d. Temporal Lobe c. Diencephalon
d. Brain Stem
63. It receives and relays sensory information and
plays a role in memory and mood regulation. 73. Jose had a stroke. He cannot remember his
a. Hypothalamus name or the name of his wife and children. What
b. Thalamus part of his brain could be affected?
c. Limbic System a. Frontal Lobe
d. Cerebrum b. Parietal Lobe
c. Occipital Lobe
64. The part of the brain stem that connects the d. Temporal Lobe
cerebral cortex to the medulla oblongata.
a. Midbrain 74. The doctor asked Portia if she has finished
b. Medulla oblongata eating her lunch. She replied “I’m 12 years old.”
c. Pons What part of her brain may be affected?
d. Cerebellum a. Frontal Lobe
b. Parietal Lobe
65. It causes aggressive responses when stimulated. c. Occipital Lobe
a. Hypothalamus d. Temporal Lobe
b. Amygdala
c. Hippocampus 75. Its function is to bring the body back from the
d. Brain stem emergency status that the sympathetic nervous
system puts it into.
66. It converts short-term memory to long-term a. Autonomic Nervous System
memory. b. Peripheral Nervous System
a. Hypothalamus c. Sympathetic Nervous System
b. Amygdala d. Parasympathetic Nervous System
c. Hippocampus
d. Brain stem 76. If epinephrine is released into the blood stream,
what system is activated?
a. Autonomic Nervous System
b. Peripheral Nervous System
c. Sympathetic Nervous System
d. Parasympathetic Nervous System
 77. This is also known as the Master Gland. 81. The main organs of sexual intercourse for male
a. Thalamus and female
b. Hypothalamus a. Penis and Vagina
c. Hippocampus b. Labia and Penis
d. Amygdala c. Ovaries and Testes
d. Clitoris and Penis
78. If this part of the brain is removed, there will be
decreased anger, fear, and even sexual 82. This is where fertilization of the sperm cell and
responses. egg cell occurs
a. Thalamus a. Uterus
b. Hypothalamus b. Vagina
c. Hippocampus c. Fallopian tubes
d. Amygdala d. Clitoris

79. It is also called the Emotional Brain. 83. This is a coiled tube in the testes approximately
a. Thalamus 20 feet long where sperm matures
b. Hypothalamus a. Vas deferens
c. Diencephalon b. Ejaculatory duct
d. Limbic System c. Seminal vescicles
d. Epididymis
80. This is the highly sensitive erectile tissue on the
female genitalia 84. This is the mixture of secretions from the male
a. Labia majora reproductive organs
b. Clitoris a. Sperm
c. Labia minora b. Menstruation
d. Vulva c. Semen
d. Testosterone

85. This contracts or relaxes depending on the

external temperature.
a. Testes
b. Scrotum
c. Prostate Gland
d. Penis

II. FILL IN THE BLANKS.

Name No. Function

Olfactory I Provides for the sense of ______________________. Sensory

II Responsible for transmitting the special sensory information for sight.

III It innervates the muscles that move the eyeball and upper eyelid. Motor

IV It supplies only one muscle of the eye: the superior oblique.

The largest cranial nerve. Composed of three large branches: the ophthalmic (V1,
sensory), maxillary (V2, sensory) and mandibular (V3, motor and sensory)
V Both
branches. V3 controls muscles of mastication. Sensory for head/neck, sinuses,
meninges, & external surface of tympanic membrane

VI Contract the lateral rectus which results in abduction of the eye.

VII Supplies the muscles of facial expression.

A sensory nerve that conducts two special senses: hearing (audition) and balance
VIII
(vestibular).

Functions: innervates the Stylopharyngeus muscle (elevates the larynx during

IX swallowing), Parotid Gland (saliva secretion), and sensation for Carotid Body,
posterior one-third tongue & internal surface of tympanic membrane.

This nerve has the longest course. It wanders from the brain stem through organs in
X
the neck, thorax and abdomen.

XI Innervates two muscles – the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius.

Responsible for motor innervation of the vast majority of the muscles of the tongue
XII
(except for palatoglossus).

Prepared by: Maria Krisia Fae R. de Asis, RN, LPT, MPA, RCRIM