1) if a political candidate wants to create a positive image that will convince people to
contribute throughout a long campaign, the candidate should use campaign materials
that:
a.feature endorsements from prominent people
b.involve short emotional attacks on the opponent
c.use catchy slogans and attention-grabbing graphics
d.present well-argued descriptions of the candidates positions
2) which of the following would not be an effect of growth hormone?
a.increased intelligence
b.increased bone strength
c.increased strength
d.increased muscle mass
3) the psychological approach that emphasizes the role of the environment in
influencing behavior is:
a.behaviorism
b.humanism
c.psychoanalytic
d.none of the above
4) research has shown that, in predicting the behavior of those we know, we:
a.are more accurate in predicting their observable behavior than in predicting our own
observable behavior
b.tend to predict that their behavior will be more negative than it actually is
c.are less accurate in predicting their observable behavior than in predicting our own
observable behavior
d.are unable to perform above chance in our predictions
5) according to research conducted by richard nisbett, _____ tend to be _____ in their
thinking.
a.western cultures; holistic
b.eastern cultures; holistic
c.both western and eastern cultures; holistic
d.both western and eastern cultures; analytic
6) srimoyee and richa, who are college seniors, are reminiscing about their high school
prom. srimoyee enjoyed the prom, but it was not particularly important to her. for richa,
the prom was a very significant event. that was the night her boyfriend told her that he
was going to break up with her because he had been secretly involved with richas best
friend for quite a while. you would expect that srimoyee would have trouble _____ the
prom and richa would have trouble _____ the prom.
a.remembering; remembering
b.forgetting; forgetting
c.forgetting; remembering
d.remembering; forgetting
7) a lobotomy for a psychotic disorder is:
a.the treatment of choice
b.typically used if other approaches have failed
c.useful with schizophrenia but not depression
d.no longer in general use as a therapeutic intervention for psychosis
8) people who are biracial tend to be _____ attractive because their faces _____.
a.less; have incompatible features
b.more; are more symmetrical
c.less; look unfamiliar to most people
d.more; seem more average
9) why does stereotype threat reduce performance?
a.it decreases the capacity of short-term memory.
b.it disorganizes information in long-term memory.
c.it biases encoding from sensory memory.
d.both a and c are correct.
10) being deprived of sleep for two to three days does not hinder a persons _____
performance, but does affect _____ performance.
a.athletic; mundane task
b.mundane task; complex task
c.mundane task; athletic
d.athletic; complex task
11) people stop responding to unchanging stimuli because:
a.unchanging stimuli convey little information
b.such stimuli can no longer be detected
c.the stimuli exceed peoples attentional capacity
d.peoples resources are needed elsewhere
12) phenotype refers to the:
a.genetic information carried by a cell
b.physical or behavioral characteristics actually expressed
c.results of a genetic mutation
d.probability of a gene being expressed
13) martha knows she can succeed at getting into medical school. she says, all i have to
do is figure out how other people got in, select the strategies i can successfully use, and
then implement my plan. martha is showing high levels of:
a.self-esteem
b.external locus of control
c.internal locus of control
d.openness to experience
14) long-term potentiation (ltp) has also been demonstrated to function outside the
hippocampus. what brain structure uses ltp for fear-specific learning?
a.amygdala
b.septum
c.thalamus
d.basal ganglia
15) a self-report technique that might require a respondent to retrieve a great deal of
information from memory involves:
a.experience sampling
b.stimulus judgments
c.psychophysical assessments
d.open-ended questions
16) based on your texts discussion of scientific inquiry, the goals of psychological
science include each of the following except:
a.explaining behavior and mental processes
b.controlling the causes of behavior and mental processes
c.synthesizing behavior and mental processes
d.predicting behavior and mental processes