Vocabulary Quiz #1 Algernon

Fill in the blank: To become progressively worse is to ______.

• Deteriorate

• Introspective

• Proportional

• Tangible

What is the definition of 'shrew'?

• A small mammal

• A clever person

• A foolish person

• A lazy person

Fill in the blank: Something that can be touched or felt is ______.

• Tangible

• Vacuous

• Exigent

• Labyrinthine

Fill in the blank: Lacking ideas or intelligence is described as ______.

• Vacuous

• Proportional

• Tangible

• Shrew

Which word means 'lacking experience or sophistication'?

• Naive

• Introspective

• Exigent

• Cognition

What is the definition of 'conscious'?

• Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake (adjective)

• Of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware

• The scientific study of the human mind

• A surgeon specializing in surgery on the nervous system.

Which of the following best describes 'psychology'?

• Study of the mind

• Aware of surroundings

• Surgery on the nervous system

• Part of the mind not fully aware.

Fill in the blank: A 'neurosurgeon' is a surgeon specializing in surgery on the _______.

• A) heart

• B) nervous system

• C) digestive system

• D) respiratory system

What is progressive amnesia?

• A branch of mathematics

• A feeling of inadequacy

• A gradual worsening of memory

• A type of projective test.

Progressive amnesia is a gradual worsening of ________ that happens over time.

• mathematical skills

• memory

• feelings of inadequacy

• ink blot interpretation