1) which of the following does not characterize borderline personality disorder?
a.social phobia
b.weak sense of self
c.self-mutilation
d.emotional instability
2) which of the following sequences accurately reflects the order in which light
stimulates cells early in the visual processing of an image?
a.rods and cones → bipolar cells → ganglion cells
b.rods and cones → ganglion cells → bipolar cells
c.bipolar cells → rods and cones → ganglion cells
d.ganglion cells → rods and cones → bipolar cells
3) according to piaget, in which learning process do we place a new experience into an
existing schema?
a.assimilation
b.accommodation
c.maturation
d.conservation
4) dynamic systems theory refers to the view that development is:
a.a self-organizing process
b.nonemergent
c.based on inconsistent interactions between a child and the environment
d.both b and c
5) which of the following phenomena does memory bias not result from?
a.the human tendency to exaggerate successes.
b.the human tendency to minimize failures.
c.the human tendency to have consistent beliefs.
d.the human tendency to accurately report events.
6) panic disorder is best treated by:
a.helping clients more realistically assess the danger of panic attacks
b.neuroleptic drugs
c.self-disclosure; for example, by writing in a diary
d.insight therapy, such as brief psychodynamic therapy
7) regarding the concept of addiction, which statement most nearly captures your texts
position?
a.physical dependence is necessary for addiction.
b.both physical and psychological dependence are necessary for addiction.
c.physical dependence is sufficient for addiction.
d.psychological dependence is sufficient for addiction.
8) what is an unconditioned stimulus?
a.a learned response
b.a reflexive action to a biologically relevant situation
c.something that elicits a learned response
d.something that elicits an unlearned response
9) andie, alex, josh, and matthew are waiting to get flu shots. getting shots does not
bother andie and alex, but it makes josh and matthew nervous. josh is most likely to
want to wait:
a.by himself
b.with all three of the other people
c.only with matthew
d.only with andie and alex
10) people become full fairly quickly when they have only one type of food to eat
because of:
a.ease of self-regulation
b.classical conditioning
c.sensory-specific satiety
d.habituation of taste receptors
11) annabeth is almost an hour late to meet keir for dinner. at the entrance to the
restaurant, she scans the room to see where he is sitting. her _____ enables her to
recognize keir, and her _____ registers his mood and makes her cautious in approaching
him.
a.fusiform gyrus; amygdala
b.occipital lobe; thalamus
c.fusiform gyrus; thalamus
d.occipital lobe; amygdala
12) sydney has been asked about her life satisfaction. to answer the question, she
reflects on how she feels right now, and right now she is in a positive mood. according
to the affect-as-information theory, sydney will most likely respond that:
a.she cannot answer without thinking for a while about all aspects of her life
b.she is generally unhappy with her life
c.she is generally happy with her life
d.it is not possible to know how she will respond
13) which of the following statements is accurate regarding newer and older editions of
the diagnostic and statistical manual?
a.older editions used a multiaxial system for classifying disorders, but newer editions
do not.
b.observable symptoms have been used to classify mental disorders in both the newer
and older editions.
c.observable symptoms have not been used to classify mental disorders in either the
newer or older editions.
d.newer editions use a multiaxial system for classifying disorders, but older editions did
not.
14) according to research, which of the following traits is found by personality research
on sex differences to be higher in men than women?
a.attentive
b.assertive
c.thrill seeking
d.neurotic