1) hayley has a snake phobia. she has always avoided situations in which she may
encounter a snake, and she will even avoid viewing pictures of them. if hayleys
therapist approaches her problem from a behavioral perspective, he may use:
a.thought prevention
b.exposure therapy
c.reaction-prevention therapy
d.rational-emotive behavior therapy
2) the antisocial personality is extremely difficult to treat because of the:
a.patients tendency to lie
b.patients lack of concern for the consequences of his or her actions
c.patients lack of concern for the rights of others
d.all of the above
3) according to the evolutionary hypothesis of dreaming, which of the following
statements does not describe a function of dreams?
a.dreams serve as a means to simulate threatening events to allow people to rehearse
coping strategies.
b.dreams help people develop adaptive strategies to increase survival.
c.dreams may be the result of unconscious processing of freudian slips.
d.dreams may involve practicing resolution of negative emotions.
4) the memory enhancement that occurs when the situations during encoding and recall
match is called _____ memory; the memory enhancement that occurs when the internal
states during encoding and recall match is called _____ memory.
a.context-dependent; state-dependent
b.semantic; episodic
c.episodic; semantic
d.state-dependent; context-dependent
5) when researchers study multiple groups and report the means for each group, they
are reporting:
a.descriptive statistics
b.median values
c.variability
d.standard deviations
6) if the wicked witch of the east flew down and struck you with retrograde amnesia,
you would be _____ to form new memories and _____ to remember events before the
witch.
a.unable; unable
b.able; unable
c.able; able
d.unable; able
7) experiencing many self-reported negative events has an effect on health. which of the
following bodily responses is correlated with experiencing more negative life events?
a.decreased hpa activity
b.increased lymphocyte activity
c.increased antibody production
d.decreased antibody production
8) people who lack empathy for their victims, who do things just for fun even if they
are dangerous, and who tend to seek immediate gratification:
a.cannot be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder
b.can be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder if they have shown a persistent
pattern of antisocial behavior across their lives
c.can be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder if their problems become so
serious that they begin committing crimes
d.can be diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder but not with antisocial
personality disorder
9) attachment is all of the following except:
a.adaptive
b.a building block of social life
c.transient
d.present in nonhuman animals
10) fraternity hazing is an example of deindividuation causing people to behave in
uncharacteristic ways. suppose a fraternity event that is to involve hazing is moved into
a room with a wall of mirrors. what effect would you expect that change to make in the
event, and why?
a.it would decrease hazing by making the members more self-aware.
b.it would increase hazing by providing a sense of an audience.
c.it would decrease hazing by making members feel watched.
d.it would increase hazing by posing a challenge to self-esteem.
11) most behavioral geneticists are primarily interested in:
a.mapping the human genome
b.discovering how genes control psychological but not biological behaviors
c.proving that genes have a stronger influence on behavior than does environment
d.discovering the degree of genetic and environmental influence on psychological
phenomena
12) genes are components of:
a.rna
b.dna
c.natural sugars
d.protein
13) dr. lee is interested in models of how concepts are represented. she believes that
concepts are characterized by lists of features that define them. which model does dr.
lee most likely favor?
a.prototype model
b.defining attribute model
c.exemplar model
d.visual image model
14) a major source of cultural bias in iq tests is that members of different cultures may:
a.understand english with different degrees of sophistication
b.have different levels of knowledge of american culture
c.be evaluated differently by the people giving and scoring the test
d.both a and b
15) according to kohlberg, in which stage of moral reasoning are moral judgments
based on how well they conform to rules of law and order or focus on others
disapproval?
a.preconventional
b.conventional
c.postconventional
d.concrete operational
16) which of the following psychological treatments appears to have the most research
support in terms of large-scale treatment studies of adolescent depression?
a.group behavior therapy
b.behavior therapy
c.cognitive-behavioral therapy
d.brief psychodynamic therapy
17) alex is happily married. he is likely to _____ than his single friend, joe.
a.go to the doctor less
b.live longer
c.earn more
d.both b and c