1) if you hold a pencil in your teeth, forcing you to raise the edges of your lips into a
sort of smile, you will _____, as predicted by the _____.
a.begin to feel happy; facial feedback hypothesis
b.begin to feel happy; canon-bard model
c.not feel any differently than you did before; facial feedback hypothesis
d.not feel any differently than you did before; circumplex model
2) rhianna and michael are going on a first date. he shows up in jeans and a t-shirt,
whereas she shows up in an elegant dress. rhianna is upset because she thinks michaels
casual dress meant that he did not think enough of her to want to look good. she might
be comforted if she knew that she and michael probably have conflicting _____ of a
date.
a.concepts
b.exemplars
c.prototypes
d.schemas
3) psychology researchers approached people who were standing in line to bet on a
horse race, and they asked each person which horse he or she planned to bet on and
why. another researcher asked those people the same questions after they had placed the
bet but before the race had begun. given your knowledge of social psychology, you
could predict that after placing the bet, people would be _____ about their chosen horse
because of _____.
a.more positive; postdecisional dissonance
b.less positive; attributional bias
c.more positive; buyers remorse
d.less positive; sunk cost fallacy
4) according to your textbook, most contemporary trait theorists:
a.continue to place a strong emphasis on unconscious processes
b.believe behavior is jointly determined by situations and personality traits
c.emphasize specific rather than general personality traits
d.have failed to respond to mischels critique of trait theory generally
5) leonardo da vinci identified many monocular (pictorial) depth cues, including _____,
in which a near object blocks an object that is farther away.
a.occlusion
b.relative size
c.familiar size
d.linear perspective
6) ivy and peng have decided to try the new thai restaurant. ivy is glad to go there
because she likes all thai food. peng is happy to go there because he has eaten in three
other thai restaurants and enjoyed the food. ivy is using _____ reasoning; peng is using
_____ reasoning.
a.inductive; deductive
b.deductive; inductive
c.deductive; deductive
d.inductive; inductive
7) approximately how many teenagers who start smoking will continue smoking into
adulthood?
a.10 percent
b.30 percent
c.50 percent
d.80 percent
8) your texts discussion of recent work with stem cells suggests that this research is
exciting because it promises to _____ plasticity during development.
a.exploit
b.reverse
c.disconfirm
d.eliminate
9) you have conducted a large study examining children who carry a gene linked to
depression, have experienced severe environmental trauma, or both. based on your
knowledge regarding the interaction between environment and genetics, who is most
likely to show signs of depression later in life?
a.those who showed early signs of depression
b.those who carried the gene linked to depression
c.those who showed both early signs of depression and carried the depression-linked
gene
d.none of the children would be predicted to more likely develop depression
10) shanaia has recently been treated with antidepressants and is engaging in intensive,
long-term therapy in an inpatient setting. the therapy emphasizes reducing self-harming
behaviors, improving coping skills, exploring past traumatic experiences, and
developing self-respect. this combination is the best form of therapy available for her
disorder. shanaia has:
a.severe depression
b.bipolar disorder
c.borderline personality disorder
d.obsessive-compulsive disorder
11) according to the defining attribute model, which of the following is the most
important feature of the category horse?
a.it can gallop.
b.it can bear live young.
c.it can breathe.
d.they are all equally important features.
12) prozac and cognitive-behavioral therapy have both been found to be effective in
treating social phobias. why should cognitive-behavioral therapy be preferred to
prozac?
a.cognitive-behavioral therapy is more cost-effective.
b.cognitive-behavioral therapy has more immediate effects than prozac.
c.prozac has some disagreeable side effects, such as increased anxiety symptoms.
d.prozac has some disagreeable side effects, such as sexual dysfunction.
13) political commentators often stress the importance of a candidates appearing
presidential, a quality that characterizes past presidents but is not equated with any one
of them. which theory of categorization could best explain this concept of being
presidential?
a.defining attributes
b.exemplar
c.prototype
d.schema
14) chiamaka has curly black hair and dark skin and is an excellent musician. kara has
straight red hair and white skin and is great at basketball. approximately what
percentage of their genetic code is the same?
a.10 percent
b.49 percent
c.99 percent
d.55 percent
15) dr. heinz, a therapist, views personality in terms of freuds ideas. which of the
following techniques would dr. heinz be least likely to use with someone?
a.the rorschach inkblot test
b.the thematic apperception test
c.the california q-sort
d.dream analysis
16) kwamie has broken his wrist. his friend, sam, has taken him to the er. while they are
waiting, sam starts an argument with kwamie about the presidential election. while they
are arguing, kwamie is feeling very little pain. this result has most likely occurred
because:
a.anger is incompatible with the experience of pain
b.kwamie ignored the pain to make his points
c.focusing on the argument closed the pain gate
d.kwamies nerve fibers thickened as a physical symptom of anger
17) people find it very easy to put on a button-down shirt but much harder to list the
steps involved in putting on that shirt. this difference suggests that _____ memory is
more useful in getting dressed than _____ memory.
a.declarative; procedural
b.procedural; declarative
c.episodic; semantic
d.semantic; episodic