1) as discussed in your textbook, the fact that monkeys tend to experience fear if fear is
displayed by other monkeys suggests that:
a.a biological predisposition to be generally anxious may exist
b.situational factors play a role in anxiety development
c.higher-order cognition plays a role in anxiety development
d.temperament is especially important in anxiety development
2) jos, who is 7 years old, takes the stanford-binet test and scores at the level of a
9-year-old. joss intelligence quotient would be _____, and jos would be considered
_____ in intelligence.
a.128; above average
b.77; below average
c.128; below average
d.77; above average
3) cataline is from zimbabwe in africa. wakako is from japan. which person is likely to
rate herself higher on agreeableness?
a.cataline
b.wakako
c.both will rate themselves equally high
d.both will rate themselves equally low
4) amnesia is caused by all of the following except:
a.brain injury
c.disease
b.coma
d.trauma
5) one issue that an institutional review board is likely to concern itself with is:
a.systematic error
b.directionality problems
c.relative risk
d.experimenter expectancy
6) according to your textbook, which of the following statements represents the clearest
evidence that classifying mental disorders into categories is problematic?
a.there are sometimes vast differences between the kinds of professionals who use the
diagnostic and statistical manual for making diagnoses.
b.classifying disorders into categories causes people to find an excuse for their
problems.
c.classifying disorders into categories often leads to theorizing about the causes of a
disorder.
d.people with different sets of symptoms can be diagnosed with the same disorder.
7) which of the following statements is true of theories in science?
a.good theories lead to a number of testable hypotheses.
b.a good hypothesis will support a number of different theories.
c.good theories are likely to be supported by research findings.
d.both a and c are true.
8) what do we call the neurons on the receiving side of a synaptic cleft?
a.postsynaptic neurons
b.presynaptic neurons
c.interneurons
d.excitatory neurons
9) if you wanted your dog to stop barking unnecessarily, which of the following is the
best possible approach?
a.a positive reinforcer when the dog is barking
b.a negative reinforcer when the dog is barking
c.a positive punishment when the dog is quiet
d.a negative reinforcer when the dog is quiet
10) jayden has just received a large bill for his recent surgery and a letter from his
insurance company denying coverage for the surgery. jayden has no idea how he will
pay the doctors bill, and he feels angry and helpless. according to the
cognitive-neoassociationistic model, jayden is most likely to respond to his mail
aggressively if he:
a.was watching a violent movie when the mail arrived
b.has had previous bad experiences with his insurance company
c.feels as though he has very few options in the situation
d.believes that the insurance company is discriminating against him
11) the psychologists most likely to work in business are _____ psychologists.
a.organizational
b.clinical
c.experimental
d.developmental
12) gerardos old girlfriend used to cheat on him. he knew when she was being
unfaithful because she would be gone a lot, claiming that she needed to work. when his
new girlfriend tells him that she has a lot of work to do and will not be able to see him
as much right now, he assumes she is seeing another man. gerardos suspicions result
from his:
a.insight
b.emotional heuristic
c.mental set
d.affective forecasting
13) laden has a memory of being given a wonderful teddy bear. she believes she is
remembering her second birthday, but she cannot remember for sure. the earliest
birthday she could be remembering is her _____ because until that time her _____ lobes
were too immature.
a.third; frontal
b.third; temporal
c.fifth; frontal
d.fifth; temporal
14) esther dreams that she is flying. esthers psychoanalyst suggests that such a dream
represents a hidden desire for sexual intercourse. which of the following statements is
true?
a.flying is a symbol.
b.flying is the latent content.
c.sexual intercourse is the manifest content.
d.esther wishes to fly.
15) sandra is a very emotional person. she becomes even more emotional when she is
pregnant with her first child. a psychologist is counseling her about the effects of being
highly stressed and distraught during her pregnancy. which of the following effects is a
possible result of sandras highly emotional state on her baby?
a.her stress may affect the fetus via exposure to high levels of stress hormones.
b.her stress levels will impair future thyroid functioning in the fetus, resulting in growth
difficulties.
c.her stress may expose the fetus to high levels of testosterone, resulting in high
aggression.
d.there are no known effects on fetus development.
16) imagine you are paying for something at a store and the clerk gives you too much
change. if you are operating at the conventional level of moral development, you are
likely to:
a.buy candy with the money
b.give the money back because it will make the clerk very happy with you
c.keep the money because it will make you happy
d.give the money back because it does not rightfully belong to you
17) which of the following psychologists is most closely associated with the school of
structuralism?
a.sigmund freud
b.b. f. skinner
c.edward titchener
d.william james
18) why is critical thinking important in evaluating psychological research?
a.researchers deliberately lie about their findings.
b.there might be significant limitations to the findings.
c.biology is the most important factor in behavior, and knowing all the elements of the
biological causes for behaviors is impossible.
d.there is always only one clear explanation and the researchers may not have found it.