1) across most of the anxiety disorders, it has been shown that the best treatment
approach typically is:
a.the use of drugs specifically developed to deal with the disorder
b.the use of psychotherapy or some variant of it
c.the use of appropriate drugs in combination with some kind of psychological
treatment
d.cognitive-behavioral therapy
2) according to your textbook, which of the following statements is not a reason
spirituality may contribute to overall well-being?
a.members of faith communities gain physical and social support.
b.faith gives people a sense of purpose and meaning in their lives.
c.many religions have strict rules that people feel compelled to follow.
d.many religions support healthy behaviors.
3) the area of science that focuses on studying the working brain is called:
a.psychological science
b.biological science
c.psychobiological science
d.neuroscience
4) dao has been studying all day for her organic chemistry final. on the way home, she
stops at the mall and buys a great dress on impulse. when dao tells her husband, he is
annoyed, but he decides that she was just reacting to the stress of the exam. daos
husband was making a _____, a response that suggests they are a(n) _____ couple.
a.distress-reducing attribution; happy
b.partner-enhancing attribution; happy
c.personal attribution; unhappy
d.situational attribution; unhappy
5) object agnosia provides support for the idea that there are two separate streams of
analysis of visual information because it shows that:
a.both streams are necessary for perception
b.damage to one stream produces partial dysfunction in the other
c.damage to the ventral stream still allows spatial perception
d.damage to the ventral stream still allows object perception
6) why was little albert not counterconditioned, or systematically desensitized, for his
acquired fear of rats?
a.once learned, a phobia is permanent.
b.systematic desensitization has been shown to be ineffective for treating fear.
c.his mother removed him from the study.
d.the scientific community considered the experiment unethical and ended it abruptly.
7) since curare interferes with acetylcholine functioning, we would assume it is a(n):
a.agonist
b.antagonist
c.substance that destroys neurons with acetylcholine receptors
d.toxin released by neurons that binds to acetylcholine receptors
8) when xavier is looking for a book to buy, he takes recommendations from the staff at
the local bookstore. even though he sometimes winds up with a book that he does not
like, he keeps using the staff recommendations because his strategy is a(n) _____ that
_____.
a.algorithm; usually works
b.heuristic; usually works
c.algorithm; is easy
d.heuristic; is easy
9) one criticism that is made of many experimental studies in psychology is that:
a.human behavior is almost impossible to study scientifically
b.human behavior is seldom related to animal behavior
c.experimental studies are conducted in artificial, laboratory settings
d.it is very difficult to separate the effects of independent and dependent variables
10) what factor distinguishes the degree of similarity in identical twins versus dizygotic
twins over time?
a.nothing; both types of twins become less similar over time.
b.identical twins raised together become less similar while nonidentical twins raised
together become more similar over time.
c.identical twins become more similar over time.
d.fraternal twins become more similar over time, whereas identical twins become less
so.
11) penny consumes a recreational drug. she finds that she is almost too sensitive to
what is going on, too vigilantalmost paranoid, in fact. the drug penny consumed seems
to enhance the activity of the neurotransmitter:
a.serotonin
b.gaba
c.norepinephrine
d.endorphin
12) your professor believes that behavior is strongly affected by emotions and by
expectations about what might happen in the future. in addition, events in the
environment affect ones current expectations and emotions. from a theory of personality
perspective, your professor is acting most like a _____ theorist.
a.psychodynamic
b.cognitive-social
c.humanist
d.trait