TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA

PSYC 003 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

NAME: PERMIT NO.

SECTION/DAY/TIME: DATE:

I. Analogy Test

______ 1. Solving puzzles, assembling objects and completing pictures is to

performance intelligence; while Vocabulary, General information, arithmetic
and other language is to____________.
______ 2. Menopause is to women; _____________is to men.
______ 3. Adipsia is to no drinking; ____________is to excessive drinking.
______ 4. Microcephaly is to an extremely small skull or fails to grow; while
_______________ is to great enlargement of the head caused by cerebrospinal
fluid.
5. Food is to hunger; while water is to _______________.
6. Life instinct is to Eros; while is to Thanatos.
7. Estrogen is to female hormone; while _____________is to male
hormone.
8. Intrinsic Motivation is an obvious tangible reward; while _________ is
a particular tangible reward.
9. Security and Protection is to Safety; while Hunger and Thirst is to
_____________.
10. Comprehension is to __________; while evaluation is to Critical
Thinking skills.

II. True of False (20 points)

1. Cognitive Theories is defined as innate biological force

that predisposes someone to behave in a certain way when specific
environmental conditions are present.
2. The most studied motive is sex.
3. Pain serves as a sort of “early warning device” of
possible injury.
4. Freud points out that the hierarchy is dynamic.
5. Achievement is the capacity for learning certain
abilities.
6. Severe mental retardates can usually complete the first
three or four grades of elementary school but fails frequently and is
considered stupid by his teachers and fellow students.
7. Drive is defined as lack of something required for
optimal adjustment to the environment.
8. The stimulus-response theory is also known as the
theory of conditioning.
9. Comprehension pertains to the meaning and
understanding of remembered materials.
10. Law of Belongingness states that the strength of a
connection is determined by how often the connection is used.

III. Matching Type (10 points)

______ 1. Denotes the predisposition of Filipinos a. “suerte and malas”

_ to be loyal to the interest of his/her beliefs
 family.
______ 2. This means procrastination. b. “ningas cogon”
_
______ 3. Literally, this means shame, pride and c. “utang na loob”
_ personal dignity and honors all rolled into
one.
______ 4. Pertains to an intense enthusiasm d. “Hospitality”
_ found at the beginning of an endeavor
that gradually fades away.
______ 5. Literally denotes good luck and bad e. “mañana habit”
_ luck.
______ 6. The tendency to take things personally f. “Low Self-esteem”
_ leading to his inability to accept and
correct mistake.
______ 7. Denotes reciprocity and gratitude or a g. “hiya”
_ debt of honor.
______ 8. Denotes the welcome that Filipinos h. “submissiveness”
_ give to strangers and visitors especially
foreigners.
______ 9. This denotes the low self-worth of i. “familial nepotism”
_ Filipinos in comparison to authority.
______ 10. Refers to the innate tendency of j. “amor propio”
_ Filipinos to defer to the perceived
superior, just because they are superior
and can never be wrong.

IV. IDENTIFICATION

1. A Nobel Prize Winner who formulated the Classical

Conditioning Theory.
2. He gave birth to behaviorism.
3. This is a type of thinking that solves problems, simplifies
processes and creates better ways in doing things.
4. In layman’s term it is the art and science of correct thinking.
5. This theory states that people feel emotions first and then act
upon them and these actions include changes in muscular tension,
perspiration, etc.
6. He conceptualized the Hierarchy of Needs.
7. David _________ developed well-known intelligence scales,
such as the WAIS and the WISC.
8. It is defined as an innate biological force that predisposes
someone to behave in certain way.
9. He conceptualized the theory of Instrumental Conditioning.
10. This means putting parts together to form a new idea, notion
or concept.
11. It usually pertains to dreams and flight of imagination where
every whim is satisfied.
12. A physicist who developed a psychological approach called
Psychoanalysis.
13. This denotes the changes in facial expressions, body
movements and vocal expressions.
14. Based on the Hierarchy of Needs, what level does personal
growth and fulfillment is included.
15. Intelligent Quotient is equal to MA (Mental Age) divided by
_____________ times 100.
V. RECOGNIZING EMOTIONS (10 points)

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

VI. ESSAY (15 Points)

Explain the following sayings, 5 points each.

1. Watch your thoughts: They become your words.

Watch your words: They become your actions.
Watch your actions: They become your habits.
Watch your habits: They become your character.
Watch your character: It becomes your destiny.

2. One can never consent to creep, when one feels an impulse to soar.
3. You learn something every day if you pay attention.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.

~Thomas Jefferson