1) the link between working memory and attention is most likely due to:
a.processing speed
b.storage capacity
c.processing strategies
d.maintaining attention
2) if culture y places a high value on conformity, when might people in culture y be
likely to use self-enhancement?
a.only rarely
b.to show that they conform to the group
c.in ways that make them stand out from the crowd in nonconforming ways
d.only if it allows them a promotion at work
3) delusions are a positive symptom and social isolation is a _____ symptom; both are
associated with _____.
a.negative; schizophrenia
b.positive; schizophrenia
c.positive; bipolar disorder
d.negative; bipolar disorder
4) fast, short desynchronized brain waves are an indication of:
a.alertness
b.epilepsy
c.seizure
d.hypertension
5) if someone asks you who is running for president, you will answer from your _____
memory. if someone asks who you plan to vote for, you will answer from your _____
memory.
a.episodic; semantic
b.semantic; episodic
c.procedural; explicit
d.explicit; procedural
6) kyle was raised in a vegan family. before he goes to college, his mother tells him that
it will probably be impossible for him to maintain a healthy vegan diet in a college
dorm and that eating a healthy diet is more important in that situation than eating a
vegan diet. kyles mom is trying to protect him from experiencing the unpleasant effects
of:
a.conflicting implicit and explicit attitudes
b.overcoming socialization
c.extinguishing a conditioned attitude
d.cognitive dissonance
7) people want admirable personality characteristics in their _____ and physical
attractiveness in their _____.
a.friends; friends
b.friends; lovers
c.friends and lovers; lovers
d.friends and lovers; friends and lovers
8) after hurricane katrina, many people became afraid during rainstorms, even when it
was unlikely that a storm would become serious. these people were experiencing the
phenomenon known as:
a.harm risk
b.phobic fear
c.irrational fear
d.dread risk
9) crystallized intelligence is to fluid intelligence as:
a.abstract is to concrete
b.general is to specific
c.fact is to analogy
d.young is to old
10) assiyah, a therapy client, believes she is an unattractive person. her therapist told
her: go to a social gathering and ask out five different men. assiyah did this, and each
man agreed to go on a date with her. her belief that she was unattractive then changed.
her therapist is using _____ with assiyah.
a.rational analytic therapy
b.cognitive-behavioral therapy
c.emotion recognition therapy
d.insight therapy
11) an institutional review board is likely to conclude that there are no troublesome
ethical issues associated with which of the following types of study?
a.research in a controlled study in a laboratory
b.surveys on topics such as experiences of sexual abuse
c.naturalistic observation of the conditions in which people are likely to litter in public
d.experiments on learning simple lists of words when the experimenter has deceived
participants about the purpose of the study
12) in light of aschs work on conformity, you could predict that obedience in the
milgram study would have decreased greatly under which of the following conditions?
a.the learner is more similar to the teacher.
b.a confederate helps administer the shocks.
c.a confederate refuses to administer the shocks.
d.the experimenter criticizes the learner.
13) according to your text, the ancient chinese philosopher confucius emphasized each
of the following psychological topics except:
a.human development
b.interpersonal relations
c.intelligence
d.education
14) tricyclics, though very effective in relieving depression, often result in:
a.life-threatening elevations in blood pressure
b.manic episodes
c.sleepiness and weight gain
d.mild delusional episodes
15) jason is fascinated by his physics course; he gets excited every time he walks into
class. however, jason has always considered himself someone who does not like
science, so he does not recognize that his excitement is due to the class. instead, he
decides that he must be attracted to his lab partner. jasons misattribution of his arousal
is compatible with which theory of emotion?
a.cannon-bard
b.james-lange
c.two-factor
d.cerebral symmetry
16) according to your text, amiable skepticism is an important element in a type of
reasoning called:
a.scholarly inquiry
b.nay-sayerism
c.analytic argumentation
d.critical thinking
17) tyronne really disliked the latest hit song when he first heard it. he would grimace
every time it was played on the radio. after hearing the song many times, he is surprised
to realize that he has come to like it. tyronne is experiencing:
a.resolution of cognitive dissonance
b.the mere exposure effect
c.an implicit attitude
d.peripheral persuasion
18) comparisons across cultures regarding when children achieve particular
developmental milestones indicate that:
a.culture plays a role in when children achieve developmental milestones
b.crawling occurs at the same age in all cultures
c.the achievement of developmental milestones shows a consistent general pattern
across cultures
d.no generalizations can be made regarding the process of human development without
taking culture into account