1) most people with schizophrenia are diagnosed with the disorder in young adulthood
(around 2030 years of age). recent studies show that as children they:
a.were almost indistinguishable from their peers
b.showed more abnormal social behaviors compared to their peers
c.had difficulty learning language
d.showed excessive motor activity
2) jurors are listening to an eyewitness describe a murder. research on eyewitness
testimony suggests that the jurors will be:
a.good at judging the accuracy of the testimony
b.good at judging accuracy if the witness has detailed information
c.poor at judging accuracy if the witness lacks confidence
d.poor at judging the accuracy of the testimony in general
3) physical dependence on a drug is referred to as:
a.tolerance
b.withdrawal
c.addiction
d.dependence
4) the size of an objects retinal image is _____ correlated with _____.
a.negatively; the amount of attention we pay to it
b.negatively; its distance
c.positively; the amount of attention we pay to it
d.positively; its distance
5) human beings have evolved as social animals who live in groups. as a consequence,
we have also evolved mechanisms to:
a.detect danger from within ones own group
b.distinguish members of ones own group
c.integrate into other groups when needed
d.both a and b
6) what do contemporary psychologists generally believe with respect to the
relationship between the mind and the brain? how does the modern view relate to
descartes position?
a.contemporary psychologists believe that consciousness exists in the brain. this view
contrasts with descartes dualism.
b.contemporary psychologists believe that consciousness exists in the brain. this view
accords with descartes dualism.
c.contemporary psychologists believe that consciousness is separate from the brain. this
view contrasts with descartes dualism.
d.contemporary psychologists do not believe that consciousness exists. this view
contrasts with descartes dualism.
7) in daily life, _____ is more common than _____.
a.syllogistic reasoning; deductive reasoning
b.schematic reasoning; syllogistic reasoning
c.inductive reasoning; deductive reasoning
d.deductive reasoning; inductive reasoning
8) song and prakash are both taking a very difficult and quite boring class in symbolic
logic. song is taking the class because she thought it would be interesting; prakash is
taking the class because it is required for his major. mia asks them both what the class is
like. based on cognitive dissonance theory, you could predict that song would say it is
_____ and prakash would say it is _____.
a.terrible; terrible
b.terrible; pretty interesting
c.pretty interesting; pretty interesting
d.pretty interesting; terrible
9) when people look at faces of people of their own race there is more activation of the
_____ than when they look at faces of people of other races.
a.frontal cortex
b.medial temporal cortex
c.parietal face area
d.fusiform face area
10) in terms of alternative therapies for depression, some patients with depression
respond to _____, whereas for patients with severe and difficult-to-treat depression,
_____ can be very helpful.
a.regular aerobic exercise; twice-daily doses of st. johns wort
b.changes in diet; lithium
c.regular aerobic exercise; electroconvulsive therapy
d.changes in diet; dialectical therapy
11) arianna has stopped washing her hair, going to the grocery store, going to work, and
talking to people. some people think she must be suffering from a mental disorder. does
her behavior fit the criteria needed to be diagnosed with a disorder?
a.no; her behavior may be odd, but it is adaptive for her.
b.no; although her behavior deviates from the norms of her culture.
c.yes; her behavior is clearly causing her personal distress.
d.yes; her behavior is maladaptive.
12) recently, in florida, a 7-year-old girl was found to have suffered much of the same
types of neglect and abuse that genie suffered, as described in your text. given the
florida girls age, you would expect that she:
a.will also not recover, as the brain is set in infancy and cannot be changed
b.might have slightly more recovery than genie because the florida girl is quite a bit
younger than genie was when she was found
c.is likely to completely recover because the brain is not set until the teen years
d.unlike genie, will definitely recover because we are much better at repairing the brain
today
13) symptoms of autism:
a.appear around age 4
b.can be seen as early as age 1
c.vary greatly, depending on the sex of the child
d.include a pronounced interest in social stimuli
14) which of the following statements is not a theory suggested to explain gender
differences in alcohol consumption?
a.women do not metabolize alcohol as quickly, and they consume less to get the same
psychoactive effect as men get.
b.women may be as likely to drink, but they hide it better.
c.drinking by men is more socially acceptable.
d.women are less likely genetically to have an addictive personality.
15) jonah and elias are participants in a research study. one task involves reading an
ambiguous story, which participants can interpret in a variety of ways. jonah interprets
the story as threatening. elias, however, interprets the story as comical. what
conclusions can you draw about the personalities of jonah and elias?
a.jonah probably tends to experience excessive anxiety, whereas elias does not.
b.elias probably tends to disregard others feelings, whereas jonah is highly sensitive to
others feelings.
c.jonah and elias probably have opposing personality disorders.
d.elias probably tends to experience mood dysfunction, but jonah does not.
16) why is memory not a perfect record of everything we see and experience?
a.we need to remember details of events.
b.it would take up too much of our limited long-term memory storage.
c.attention is limited.
d.neural networks are too limited.