1) in response to stress, the adrenal glands release cortisol as well as two
neurotransmitters, _____, which activate the sympathetic nervous system.
a.dopamine and serotonin
b.norepinephrine and epinephrine
c.acetylcholine and antihistamine
d.norepinephrine and serotonin
2) which of the following statements about categorization is a problem for the defining
attribute model?
a.all attributes are equally important.
b.it is difficult to specify defining attributes.
c.category membership is not all-or-none.
d.categories cannot be well specified by attributes alone.
3) which of the following individuals is most likely to be hypnotized easily?
a.suzanne, who scores high on the suggestibility screening test
b.mark, who scores low on the suggestibility screening test
c.ann, who is easily distracted
d.chen, who shows low imaginative skills
4) while you are on a boat, the captain exclaims, look, theres a dolphin! what part of
your processing stream allows you to locate the dolphin?
a.the ventral stream
b.the dorsal stream
c.the spatial stream
d.the perceptual stream
5) samir is conducting a correlational study, and he cannot determine whether one
variable causes another. one reason for this indetermination is that the additional
variables that he did not study could influence the variables he did study. this result
reflects the problem with:
a.selection bias
b.response accuracy
c.the third variable problem
d.the occurrence of random error
6) dr. johannson is going to give a speech arguing for stricter emissions standards for
cars. for his speech to be the most persuasive to an environmental group, he should use
_____ arguments. for his speech to be the most persuasive to a group of automobile
manufacturers, he should use _____ arguments.
a.one-sided; balanced
b.balanced; one-sided
c.emotional; rational
d.rational; emotional
7) as a friend gives you her new address over the phone, you realize that you do not
have a pen to write it down. approximately how long do you have to find a pen before
her address will vanish from your short-term memory?
a.about half a minute
b.several minutes
c.less than half a second
d.less than 1 second
8) after itohan was in a serious car accident she could remember everything that had
happened to her before the accident, but she could not form new memories. itohan most
likely has _____ amnesia.
a.anterograde
b.retrograde
c.source
d.childhood
9) fatima received an overall score of 132 on an iq scale. this number means that her
score was higher than _____ percent of the population.
a.95
b.68
c.53
d.50
10) remembering that he needed to pick up milk on the way home from work, jon is
using his _____ memory system.
a.implicit
b.procedural
c.prospective
d.explicit
11) which of the following potential questions for an iq test would show the least
cultural bias?
a.filling in a missing word
b.finding the next shape in a sequence
c.completing an analogy problem
d.doing an arithmetic problem
12) roel watches a spoof of the news on the daily show. the next week, he describes the
event in the spoof as having really happened. roels false belief that the news story was
true is an example of:
a.absentmindedness
b.cryptomnesia
c.suggestibility
d.the sleeper effect
13) if your infant was securely attached to you, as defined by ainsworth, when placed in
the strange-situation test he would:
a.explore the room and the objects in it
b.stay very close to you for support
c.be fearful of any stranger who came in
d.not be distressed if you left the room
14) linnea said that she had dreams about what she was going to wear and what pencil
to bring to class. what type of sleep was she probably in?
a.non-rem
b.rem
c.luna
d.scn
15) jodi is looking out the window of a train. she first looks at the people standing by
the track watching the train go by. her gaze then shifts to the houses at a distance from
the tracks. as a result of _____, the people seem to move by _____ than the houses.
a.motion perspective; more slowly
b.motion perspective; more quickly
c.motion parallax; more slowly
d.motion parallax; more quickly
16) darius has volunteered to work 2 hours a week as a tutor. he tells the volunteer
coordinator that he cannot do more. gradually, he agrees to add an extra hour here and
there, until finally he is tutoring 12 hours a week. darius has gotten into this situation
through the:
a.foot-in-the-door technique
b.low-balling strategy
c.door-in-the-face technique
d.gradual acquiescence strategy
17) cameron has an inner ear infection. in addition to the pain in his ear, cameron is
most likelyto:
a.develop double vision
b.have trouble locating himself in space
c.lose his appetite
d.feel dizzy
18) a new batman movie comes out. you have loved all the other batman movies, so
you suspect you will like this one, and you decide to see it. you have used:
a.heuristic decision making
b.problem solving
c.deductive reasoning
d.inductive reasoning