1) dr. haverford suggests to her patient that the patients mood problems stem from
serotonin dysregulation, but mentions nothing about social or behavioral factors related
to mood. dr. haverford is using which approach to understanding the patients problems?
a.the intradisciplinary model
b.the behaviorist model
c.the single stratum model
d.the medical model
2) a study used brain imaging on women solving math problems. group a was reminded
that women usually perform poorly in math. group b was not. the scans of the two
groups showed that group a showed:
a. similar brain activity as group b
b. more brain activity in the areas involved in learning math
c. more brain activity in the areas involved in social and emotional processing
d. less brain activity in the areas involved in social and emotional processing
3) the nodes of ranvier are:
a.unmyelinated portions of an axon
b.the bulblike endings of axons
c.receptor sites on dendrites
d.myelinated portions of an axon
4) when the drug ritalin is given to children who have attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, it:
a.dramatically increases positive behaviors while slightly reducing negative ones
b.increases positive behaviors while leaving negative ones relatively unaffected
c.slightly increases positive behaviors while dramatically reducing negative ones
d.reduces arousal and hyperactivity but has little effect on specific, overt behaviors
5) one example of an automatic process is:
a.walking
b.taking a test
c.driving in stormy weather
d.threading a needle
6) trevor is scratching his head, trying desperately to solve a verbal analogy as part of a
standardized entrance examination; sienna, meanwhile, is giving an oral presentation in
a political science class. which of the following statements best describes the relative
activity of the brains two hemispheres in these two students?
a.for trevor, the left hemisphere is more active than the right. for sienna, the two
hemispheres are equally active.
b.the two hemispheres are equally active for both students.
c.the left hemisphere is more active than the right for both students.
d.the right hemisphere is more active than the left for both students.
7) the individuals with borderline personality disorder who have the best prognosis are:
a.those who have received drug interventions
b.those treated on an outpatient rather than an inpatient basis
c.those who have gone through dialectical behavior therapy
d.those who have received cognitive therapy
8) emotional coping strategies:
a.generally work better over the short term than over the long term
b.are usually better than problem-focused strategies in various situations
c.work best in the face of a controllable stressor
d.are counterproductive in most situations
9) dawn is a nurse on the psychiatric ward of a hospital. when patients are first admitted
to the hospital, she observes whether they make eye contact, what their overall mood is,
the kinds of thoughts they are experiencing, and whether they have noticeable tremors.
dawn, therefore, uses ___ to initially evaluate her patients need for treatment.
a.the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
b.the thematic apperception evaluation
c.the multidimensional assessment tool
d.a mental status exam
10) makena and her husband have always had a good sexual relationship. however,
after she started taking antidepressants, makena started losing interest in sex. the most
likely reason is:
a.enhanced functioning of serotonin
b.lower levels of estrogen
c.lower levels of oxytocin
d.higher levels of testosterone
11) the behavior of participants in milgrams obedience studies is distressing. why might
it also be adaptive?
a.a propensity for violence can aid in surviving threats.
b.a willingness to follow orders increases group coherence.
c.following orders allows a more effective group response to threat.
d.accepting authority confers higher status and access to mates.
12) terror management theory predicts that people will act in ways that enhance their
self-esteem when:
a.other people evaluate them positively
b.they behave in self-consistent ways
c.they are reminded of sickness and death
d.others around them have low self-esteem
13) maternal hormones:
a.have little effect on a fetuss development because the fetus is isolated from the
mothers blood supply
b.can affect physical development, such as the time at which a child will walk, but not
mental variables, such as iq
c.can have important effects on variables such as intellectual development
d.have an effect on a fetuss development only in the first trimester
14) beaus mother and father each carry a dominant gene for brown eyes and a recessive
gene for blue eyes. the probability that beaus eyes are blue is:
a.0.75
b.0.50
c.1.00
d.0.25
15) sherri has obsessive-compulsive disorder and has been in treatment with a
psychoanalyst for the past 10 years. although she does not feel that she is making
progress with her therapist, she believes that the money and time already spent justify
sticking around and seeing if she will ever experience recovery from the disorder. sherri
is showing use of the:
a.sunk costs fallacy
b.lose-lose cognitive strategy
c.justifiable excuse behavior pattern
d.smoking gun effect
16) at what age will a baby have a nearly adult level of auditory perception?
a.1 week
b.1 month
c.6 months
d.12 months
17) in general, placebo treatments for depression have been found to have:
a.little to no effect on mental health functioning
b.a small but consistent effect on mental health functioning
c.an effect equivalent to most forms of therapy
d.a larger effect than most forms of therapy
18) what is the name of the developmental stage that occurs from approximately 2
weeks after conception to approximately 2 months?
a.zygote
b.embryo
c.fetus
d.infant
19) what is believed to have happened to little albert?
a.albert spent the rest of his life fearful of all white objects.
b.albert was later diagnosed with clinical depression.
c.albert died of meningitis at age 6.
d.albert eventually committed suicide as a teenager.
20) gregor mendels discovery of the transmission of dominant and recessive genetic
characteristics occurred during which time period?
a.early 1700s
b.mid-1800s
c.about 1900
d.mid-1950s