1) kevin has been drinking heavily since his early teens. now, in his late 50s, he has
begun to experience significant memory effects and intellectual deterioration in addition
to the liver damage due to his heavy alcohol intake. kevin has most likely developed:
a.parkinsons disease
b.huntingtons chorea
c.korsakoffs syndrome
d.frozen addict disorder
2) amadi is listening to john play the guitar. when john plays a note, the vibrations of
the air are picked up by auditory receptors in his ear and sent to his brain. in amadis
brain, the information from the receptors is analyzed to produce the experience of a
musical note. the pickup of information by receptors in the ear is _____; the processing
to produce the experience of a musical note is _____.
a.sensation; perception
b.bottom-up processing; sensation
c.perception; sensation
d.top-down processing; bottom-up processing
3) which of the following disorders is probably least disruptive to daily life, and why?
a.panic disorder; because ones daily life is only minimally affected
b.generalized anxiety disorder; because the fearful feelings one has are usually mild and
of a short duration
c.specific phobia; because the feared object or situation can often be avoided
d.obsessive-compulsive disorder; because this disorder involves thoughts that are often
easy to ignore
4) trait theories of personality differ from psychodynamic and humanistic approaches in
that they:
a.focus more on description than explanation
b.generally have a more positive view of human nature
c.are less amenable to empirical investigation
d.are less parallel to our intuitive views of personality
5) akilas brother asks her if she knows the names of the capitals of texas and montana.
she instantly knows that the capital of texas is austin, and she does not know the capital
of montana. akila is using her _____ memory to retrieve _____ memories.
a.explicit; declarative
b.implicit; tacit
c.episodic; autobiographical
d.procedural; semantic
6) ivaylo goes skiing after many years away from the sport. what kind of memory
makes it possible for him to get back on the slopes without taking new skiing lessons?
a.declarative memory
b.episodic memory
c.explicit memory
d.procedural memory
7) two infants are adopted by the same family. research suggests that their personality
characteristics will be:
a.quite similar
b.similar to those of their same-sex adoptive parent
c.highly similar to their adoptive parents but not their biological parents
d.different from each other and different from their adoptive parents
8) imagine you are in the forest and come across a bear. which of the following
explanations best represents the james-lange theory of emotion?
a.im afraid because im shaking.
b.im shaking because im afraid.
c.my shaking must be due to fear because my house is on fire.
d.im shaking, and im afraid.
9) in smell, _____ are chemicals released by animals that cause physiological and
behavioral effects on other members of the same species.
a.odorants
b.hormones
c.pheromones
d.epithelia
10) growth hormone is released primarily through the actions of the _____ and is
released from the _____.
a.cerebral cortex; pineal gland
b.hypothalamus; pineal gland
c.cerebral cortex; pituitary gland
d.hypothalamus; pituitary gland
11) consider the pattern: xxy xxy xxy. people perceive this pattern as consisting of three
groups of three letters each. which gestalt principle accounts for this outcome?
a.similarity
b.good continuation
c.proximity
d.common region
12) mischel has argued that trait theories have difficulty predicting behavior because:
a.the typical trait measures have low reliability
b.our behavior is more responsive to situational variables than such theories assume
c.the traits thus far identified relate to conscious rather than unconscious motives
d.they depend on self-report rather than on objective measures of traits
13) of those who develop anorexia nervosa, what percentage eventually dies from the
disorder?
a.12 percent
b.10 15 percent
c.1520 percent
d.2535 percent
14) which of the following behavioral characteristics would tell you that a man you
know is suffering from antisocial personality disorder rather than some other
personality disorder?
a.he has a weak sense of self and does not like to be alone.
b.he shifts rapidly from one mood or emotion to another without any obvious reason.
c.he is uncaring toward others.
d.he engages in self-mutilation and is very manipulative of others.
15) babies generate their first words at around:
a.6 months
b.1 year
c.18 months
d.2 years
16) which of the following statements is accurate regarding a difference between
bipolar disorder and major depression?
a.depression is more common than bipolar disorder in the general population.
b.depression is more common in men, whereas bipolar disorder is more common in
women.
c.bipolar disorder is underdiagnosed, whereas depression is overdiagnosed.
d.most treatments for depression are behavior based, whereas most treatments for
bipolar disorder are cognition based.
17) one current view on self-enhancement suggests that:
a.easterners tend to self-enhance more than westerners
b.westerners tend to self-enhance more than easterners
c.easterners and westerners tend to self-enhance but in different ways
d.easterners and westerners tend to self-enhance about equally and do so similarly
18) the attitude of a large segment of the deaf community to cochlear implants is that
children should:
a.be given implants early enough to allow language development
b.be given implants after they have learned to sign
c.not be given implants in order to preserve deaf culture
d.be given implants only if they have hearing parents
19) ecstasy differs from amphetamines in that it _____ and _____.
a.increases dopamine release; decreases serotonin release
b.decreases dopamine release; increases serotonin release
c.increases dopamine release; decreases mdma release
d.decreases dopamine release; decreases mdma release
20) anita started to talk at 9 months and was speaking fluently by the time she was a
year old; she crawled at 13 months and was walking at 15 months. xenia started to talk
at 14 months and was speaking fluently just after her second birthday; she crawled at 10
months and was walking by her first birthday. one theory of childhood amnesia might
predict that _____ will have memories from an earlier age because of her _____.
a.anita; better linguistic capacity
b.anita; cognitive precocity
c.xenia; increased capacity to explore
d.xenia; higher level of motor skill