1) remembering how to ride a bike is an example of which type of memory?
a.declarative
b.procedural
c.sensory
d.explicit
2) self-report questions in which the investigator provides answers from which the
respondent chooses are called:
a.closed-ended
b.observational
c.controlled
d.experimental
3) which of the following is an example of consciousness?
a.moment-by-moment subjective experience
b.paying attention to your surroundings
c.reflecting on your thoughts
d.all of the above
4) your textbook authors argue that although transcranial magnetic stimulation has
fewer side effects than electroconvulsive therapy for treating depression, it will never
fully replace the former because:
a.it is much more expensive to administer
b.the two approaches may work with different kinds of patients
c.patients prefer the latter
d.electroconvulsive therapy is effective with patients who have not responded to drug
treatments, whereas transcranial magnetic stimulation is not
5) hoanhs mother dies at age 40. hoanh grieves intensely for her. according to the tenets
of affective forecasting, in several months hoanh is likely to feel:
a.even more upset as the permanence of the loss sinks in
b.better as he realizes that her death has made him a stronger person
c.roughly the same as the healing process occurs slowly over time
d.better as he adjusts to the shock of her death
6) eriksons final stage of psychosocial adjustment takes place in:
a.childhood
b.adolescence
c.adulthood
d.old age
7) carina is trying to remember a word by looking for it in a dictionary. she knows it
starts with w and ends with d. for the second letter, she could work her way through the
alphabet, or she could start with e because that is the most frequently occurring letter in
english. if she tried every letter, carina would be using a(n) _____. if she starts with e,
carina would be using a(n) _____.
a.algorithm; heuristic
b.heuristic; heuristic
c.algorithm; algorithm
d.heuristic; algorithm
8) dr. lecap is taking brain scans of people while they do simple cognitive tasks. he
notices that the event-related potential (erp) waves of 20 participants occurred
significantly faster than the waves of the other 50 participants. dr. lecap could conclude
from this finding that the 20 people with faster erp waves were _____ than the 50
people with the slower waves.
a.more intelligent
b.more highly motivated
c.working harder and more intelligent
d.more highly motivated and working harder
9) if a researchers data are reliable:
a.they still might involve a high level of systematic error
b.it is very likely that they are also valid
c.there will be little chance of participant reactivity
d.measurements were probably culturally sensitive
10) the _____ is a communication system that influences thoughts, behaviors, and
actions via hormones.
a.somatic nervous system
b.sympathetic system
c.parasympathetic system
d.endocrine system
11) why do monozygotic twins have different phenotypes?
a.they have different genotypes.
b.they have nonshared environments.
c.they have the same environments but different genes.
d.they have only minor phenotypic variation across a few physical traits but no
differences in psychological traits.
12) most proposed designs for the vietnam war memorial involved statues of soldiers.
the winning design was a low black wall inscribed with the names of the dead. the
architect who submitted the winning design is clearly very high in sternbergs _____
intelligence.
a.analytical
b.practical
c.creative
d.emotional
13) the process of getting information out of memory storage is called:
a.encoding
b.rehearsal
c.retrieval
d.storage
14) the _____ capture(s) the incoming chemical signal while the _____ release(s) the
chemical signal.
a.terminal buttons; dendrites
b.dendrites; terminal buttons
c.cell body; axon
d.axon; cell body
15) in which stage of the stress response does the immune system fail?
a.alarm
b.resistance
c.exhaustion
d.specific stress
16) which of the following items are considered potential teratogens?
a.drugs
b.bacteria
c.viruses
d.all of the above
17) which of the following statements is not true of attachment?
a.attachment is important because it promotes survival.
b.attachment occurs in all animals, not just humans.
c.attachment can occur at any age and does not show the typical sensitive period.
d.behaviors that indicate the type of attachment include separation anxiety.
18) rotter argues that people differ in their locus of control, by which he means:
a.the degree to which they understand their circumstances
b.their preference for reinforcement techniques
c.the extent to which they believe their own efforts will lead to good outcomes
d.the extent to which they devalue their personal expectancies