1) who would be most likely to agree with the statement, psychologists should study
that which is observable?
a.cognitive psychologist
b.behavioral psychologist
c.developmental psychologist
d.industrial/organizational psychologist
2) if working through unconscious conflicts is central to healthy personality in freuds
theory, then _____ is central to healthy personality in rogers person-centered theory.
a.recognizing ones value expectancies
b.viewing oneself with unconditional love and acceptance
c.developing a healthy level of extraversion
d.reducing ones level of psychoticism
3) aspergers syndrome is:
a.a form of autism that involves severe intellectual impairment
b.the childhood precursor to obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults
c.a form of high-functioning autism
d.a form of autism characterized by hyperactivity
4) golf course owners put their sprinklers on a _____ schedule so that people can know
when they can play on the course without getting wet.
a.fixed
b.variable
c.ratio
d.continuous
5) psychological science is the study of:
a.the mind
b.the brain
c.behavior
d.all of the above
6) how does the transmission of cultural memes relate to learning?
a.they can be learned by reinforcement, by association, or by observation.
b.they are useful economic models for explaining behavior.
c.they are innate and reflexive.
d.they operate only after consequences.
7) giacomo has used crystal methamphetamine for a while. to feel the effects of the
drug, he now needs to take a couple of lines instead of just one. which term best
describes giacomos experience?
a.tolerance
b.dependence
c.withdrawal
d.addiction
8) which of the following phenomena is not an environmental factor that influences
schizophrenia?
a.dysfunctional family
b.possibly viruses
c.genetic predisposition
d.urban environment
9) which of the following phenomena does not provide evidence supporting the
dissociation theory of hypnosis?
a.brain imaging studies that show evidence of different brain activation patterns during
hypnosis
b.data showing faster color naming during a stroop test in subjects who were given a
posthypnotic suggestion that they would be seeing meaningless symbols rather than
actual words
c.data showing that individuals typically act as they think a hypnotized person should
act, even if their belief regarding hypnosis is incorrect
d.data from a study in which individuals were given a posthypnotic suggestion to feel
disgust over a certain word and then reported feeling disgust at that word
10) when using shaping, it is important to reinforce:
a.the first behavior the animal performs
b.the last behavior the animal performs
c.both the first and last behavior the animal performs
d.successive approximations of the desired behavior
11) this personality disorder is characterized by a lack of empathy and of remorse:
a.histrionic personality disorder
b.borderline personality disorder
c.antisocial personality disorder
d.schizoid personality disorder
12) when conditioning occurs due to the pairing of a neutral stimulus with a
conditioned stimulus (cs), resulting in a cs-cs learned association, this process is known
as:
a.stimulus generalization
b.second-order conditioning
c.additive conditioning
d.an experimental error
13) fowsia and ahmed live in somalia, and anna and frank live in the united states.
based on what you have learned about personality, you can safely assume that _____
will show more gender-based differences in personality.
a.neither couple
b.fowsia and ahmed
c.anna and frank
d.this question cannot be answered, because no research in personality has been
conducted in africa.
14) the storage phase of information processing lasts:
a.a fraction of a second
b.several seconds
c.several minutes
d.variable amounts of time
15) mikhail is a high achiever in the fields of math and science. according to spearmans
theory of general intelligence (g), mikhails performance in literature and history:
a.should not be very good
b.may be completely unrelated
c.should be fairly average
d.should also be very good
16) who is likely to pay the most attention to social information?
a.nabil, who is outgoing and has many friends
b.susanne, who is shy but has several close friends
c.akemi, who has few close friends but belongs to many social groups
d.jacob, who is shy and does not know very many people
17) being hostile or depressed has been found to:
a.cause autoimmune disorders
b.predict greater risk for heart disease
c.stop the general adaptation syndrome from occurring
d.increase lymphocyte production
18) according to watson, children are born as a blank slate, or tabula rasa. which of the
following characteristics should a child then possess from birth?
a.the potential for cognition, but not the experiences necessary to use cognitive thought
b.basic reflexes through which he or she can have sensory experiences
c.associations between action and effect
d.the ability to free associate through nonverbal response