DARAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

DARAGA, ALBAY

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Preliminary Examination
Year:_________ Block:______

Name: ______________________________________________________________ Score: _________________

I. Multiple Choice: Read and understand each of the following statements/questions, and chose the item that
correctly answers the question/best completes the statement. Write only the letter corresponding to your choice.

___ 1. It is the branch of science that studies behavior of living organism with special attention to human
behavior.
a. Physiology c. Clinical Psychology
b. Psychology d. Sports Psychology
___ 2. The first group of people that study behavior.
a. Greeks c. Indians
b. Italians d. Europeans
___ 3. It refers to actions, thoughts, feelings, & motives that others cannot directly observed.
a. Science c. Mental Processes
b. Behavior d. None of the above
___ 4. This branch of Psychology deals with the application of psychological knowledge in the field of law
relating the study of human behavior.
a. Psychometric Psychology c. Legal Psychology
b. Therapy & Counseling d. Human Engineering
___ 5. In this field the Psychologist adopts the machine and processes them to replace the capabilities and
limitation of a human being.
a. Psychometric Psychology c. Legal Psychology
b. Therapy & Counseling d. Human Engineering
___ 6. He is the proponent of functionalism.
a. William James c. St. Agustine
b. Wilhelm Wundt d. Branford Titchener
___ 7. It is also called as the gray matter.
a. Cerebral Cortex c. Forebrain
b. Frontal Lobe d. Cerebrum
___ 8. This is a neuron reaction to either fire or not.
a. All or none law c. Action Potential
b. Depolarization d. Resting Potential
___ 9. Psychology as a helping profession trying to give solutions on what situation that an individual is facing.
This is one of the goals of Psychology.
a. Understand c. Influence
b. Predict d. Control
___ 10. Glial cell that is responsible for the production of insulation (myelin sheet) to neurons in the central
nervous system?
a. Ependymal cell c. Oligodendrocyte
b. Astrocyte d. Microglial

II. True or False. Write T if the statement is correct & F if it is incorrect. Write your answer on the space provided. NO
ERASURE.

_________ 1. Occipital Lobe is responsible in our decision-making.

_________ 2. Cerebrum is divided into two hemispheres.
_________ 3. Thalamus is the relay station where all incoming messages coming from the different parts of the body
passes through.
_________ 4. Low levels of dopamine cause schizophrenia.
_________ 5. Serotonin increases pleasure and reduces pain.
_________ 6. Hormones are chemical substances that carry information across the synaptic gap to next neuron.
_________ 7. Do not answer this item and item nos. 4 and 5. Leave it blank. Bonus.
_________ 8. Somatic Nervous System involve in proper functioning of the skeletal muscles.
_________ 9. Autonomic Nervous System involves in proper functioning of bodys internal organs.
_________ 10. Corpus Callosum connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
III. Directions: Match Column A,B, and C in order to come up with the right concept. Write the capital letters on the
space provided.
A. B. C.
STRUCTURALISM D. Wertheimer, Koffka, Kohler I. Emphasized the role of motive and cravings,
______ , ______ often hidden, & repressed in subconscious mind
FUNCTIONALISM E. Wundt, Titchener J. Emphasized that the subject matter of
______ , ______ psychology should be the objective observable
actions of the organism
BEHAVIORISM F. Watson, Skinner,Thorndike K. Emphasized that the mind is made up of
______ , ______ building blocks in various types of sensation &
perception.
Gestalt G. Freud, Sigmund L. Emphasized that the functions is the prime
______ , ______ importance.
Psychoanalytic H. James, Dewey M. Emphasized that perception is more than the
______ , ______ sum of its part.
IV. Crossed Word Puzzle. Write the correct answers in the box provided. NO ERASURE.
Down Clues
1. Provide the insulation (myelin) to
neurons in the central nervous system.
3. Contains at least 15 billion nerve cells
4. Latin word for study.
6. Part of brain that is responsible for
motor memory and coordination.
8. Means soul and mind.
10. Believes that human mind is composed
of atoms.

Across Clues
2. Sexual energy to survive.
5. Carries nerve impulses away from the cell
body.
7. Conduct nerve impulses towards the cell
body.
9. ____________ cord
11. Part of the brain that is responsible for
falling in love.
12. _________ sheet
13. Also called nerve cells.

V. Identification. Write your answers on the space provided each number.

________________________ 1. It is made up of the brain & the spinal cord.
________________________ 2. A kind of neuron that carry information to the brain.
________________________ 3. The tiny gaps between neurons.
________________________ 4. Also known as relay neuron or association neuron.
________________________ 5. Part of the peripheral nervous system that controls skeletal muscles.
________________________ 6. It is also called as the nerve cell.
________________________ 7. It is the part of the nervous system that integrates the information receives from, and
coordinates the activity of, all parts of the bodies.
________________________ 8. The space between the pre-synaptic neuron and post synaptic neuron.
________________________ 9. It is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cell that extends from the
brain.
________________________ 10. The central part of the neuron which contains the nucleus.

VI. Enumeration
A. Major Divisions of the Brain C. Different Lobes of the Brain (Give only two)
1._____________________________ 1._____________________________________
2._____________________________ 2._____________________________________
3._____________________________ D. Goals of Psychology
B. Main Divisions of Nervous System 1._____________________________________
1._____________________________ 2._____________________________________
2._____________________________ 3._____________________________________
 VII. Label the parts.
VIII. Essay (10 pts.)
Acquisition of grades in essay
Completeness 40 %
Clarity & Coherence 20 %
Grammar 20 %
Neatness & Order 10 %
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating
Explain the process of ACTION POTENTIAL.
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Sophocles God Bless!
Prepared by:
Ramon M. Montesor Jr.