Unit 1 · Introduction to Psychology — remediated module

Introduction to Psychology — Unit 1: Introduction

Practice quiz: Unit 1

Five multiple-choice questions adapted from the course’s practice exam. There is no time limit and you may retake it as often as you like. Feedback appears under each question after you check your answer.

Source. Questions and answer wording are the authors’ (9.00 Exam 1, Spring 2010 practice exam, MIT OpenCourseWare, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US — questions 5, 6, 9, 23, and 25). The original exam also contains figure-based questions (label a brain diagram, a neuron cartoon) that cannot be presented accessibly as images; they are described in the case study and the figure-based questions were not carried into this quiz. Question numbering here is this page’s own.

Question 1. Injury to the orbitofrontal cortex in Phineas Gage primarily altered which capacity?
Question 2. The brain accounts for 2% of body mass and _____% of the body’s oxygen consumption.
Question 3. Injury to the human amygdala impairs recognition of what facial expression?
Question 4. An experiment is said to have construct validity if:
Question 5. _____ occur(s) when an investigator’s beliefs lead him or her to treat participants in a way that encourages them to produce the anticipated results.

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Where the answers come from

The answer key is the publisher’s own solutions document (9.00 Exam 1, Spring 2010 — solutions, MIT OpenCourseWare). The quiz code below verifies answers in the browser only; nothing is submitted anywhere, and no data leaves your device.