1) claude bouchard conducted research on the effects of overfeeding on weight gain and
found that identical twins were similar in the amount of weight they gained. this study
provides evidence for which of the following statements?
a.environment plays an important role in weight gain.
b.being an identical twin is stressful and therefore likely to cause weight gain.
c.weight gain is inevitable for most people if they overeat.
d.genes play an important role in weight gain.
2) what disorder may call for the corpus callosum to be surgically removed?
a.dementia
b.epilepsy
c.brain damage
d.alzheimers
3) when jodi walks from the sunlight into a dark theater, her _____ causes her _____ to
enlarge.
a.iris; pupil
b.iris; lens
c.eye muscles; lens
d.eye muscles; pupil
4) synaptic pruning is:
a.the brains way of doing away with synaptic connections that are not being used
b.a process induced by teratogens that negatively affects development
c.a process that occurs in all brain areas at the same time
d.a process that is detrimental to normal brain development
5) group therapy increased in use after world war ii because:
a.it was particularly effective in dealing with anxiety and depression related to combat
situations
b.the number of people needing therapy far exceeded the number of available therapists
c.group therapy best mimicked an organized military context
d.it was found to be the best empirically validated treatment available at that time
6) jason is involved in a personality research study, and he is asked to sort cards labeled
with personality characteristics into different piles. the piles represent which
characteristics describe jason very well, somewhat well, and not at all well. the
assessment given to jason is very similar to the:
a.california q-sort
b.thematic apperception test
c.neo inventory
d.rorschach inkblot test
7) joaquim has experienced a relatively severe left hemisphere stroke. as a result, he has
been diagnosed with an inability to identify faces and understand what is spoken to him.
the location of his stroke is most likely within the:
a.frontal lobe
b.parietal lobe
c.temporal lobe
d.occipital lobe
8) if a researcher believes that participants in a single group will score very differently
from one another on a task, that researcher can find out if that is true by looking at the:
a.mean
b.median
c.correlation coefficient
d.standard deviation
9) relationships play an important role in the lives of people with depression. for
example, evidence suggests that:
a.parenting factors can cause depression
b.the loss of a loved one is a particularly important contributing factor in depression
c.people who are unmarried are five times as likely to be depressed than married people
d.when people become depressed, their friends become closer to them and offer
increasing levels of support
10) which of the following problems does not affect either people who have depression
or people who have bipolar disorder?
a.sleep disturbance
b.periods of catatonic immobility
c.extreme moods
d.periods of extreme sadness
11) students frequently learn the big five personality model by using the acronym
ocean, where each letter of the word corresponds to the first letter of one of the factors
(openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism). these students
are using:
a.hierarchies
b.linkage
c.chunking
d.primitive features
12) which of the following is not included in the diagnostic and statistical manual axis i
diagnosis, used for clinical disorders?
a.personality disorders
b.dissociative disorders
c.schizophrenia
d.mood disorders
13) one of the important differences between drugs and cognitive-behavioral therapy
(cbt) in the treatment of anxiety disorders is that:
a.drugs are more effective
b.relapse is more likely with cbt
c.cbt is more cost-effective
d.cbt has longer-lasting effects
14) which of the following things have been found to cause dementia?
a.hiv infection
b.alcohol
c.small strokes
d.all of the above
15) which of the following does not increase the stability of an attitude?
a.the personal relevance of the attitude
b.the ease with which the attitude can be accessed from memory
c.the values expressed by the attitude
d.the specificity of the attitude
16) reiko is studying for finals and has not slept for almost two days. she finally realizes
she is exhausted and goes home from the library to sleep. reikos exhaustion is a(n)
_____, and going home to sleep is a(n) _____.
a.goal; incentive
b.incentive; goal
c.need; drive
d.drive; need
17) tara has had many negative experiences over which she had little control. for
example, her parents were divorced, her brother became a drug user, and her husband of
10 years left her for another woman. at this point, tara has given up trying to make her
life better because she believes she can do nothing to improve her circumstances. taras
attitude may lead her to develop:
a.panic disorder
b.major depression
c.generalized anxiety disorder
d.borderline personality disorder
18) for weeks, niesha has had a cut on her hand that has not healed. according to
evidence presented in the text, what can she do to increase her skins healing?
a.eat less fat and sugar
b.increase the number of hours she spends in prayer
c.do aerobic exercise regularly
d.practice zen meditation
19) which of the following conditions is a preventable birth defect?
a.down syndrome
b.fetal alcohol syndrome
c.hemophilia, a genetic bleeding disorder
d.mental retardation