Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Chronic sleep deprivation can affect attention and short-term memory.
B.Animal studies show that extended sleep deprivation may compromise the immune
system and lead to death.
C.Microsleeps may occur with severe sleep deprivation.
D.The cognitive effects of sleep deprivation are most likely permanent.
While driving to a store, your mind wanders, and you are surprised to find that you
have arrived. This experience supports the idea that:
A.automatic processes need awareness.
B.automatic processes do not need awareness.
C.awareness needs automatic processes.
D.awareness does not need automatic processes.
When Jodi walks from the sunlight into a dark theater, her ________ causes her
________ to enlarge.
A.iris; pupil
B.iris; lens
C.cornea; lens
D.cornea; pupil
Penny consumes a recreational drug. She finds that she is extremely sensitive to what is
going on around her, too vigilant in fact. The drug Penny consumed seems to enhance
the activity of the neurotransmitter:
A.serotonin.
B.GABA.
C.norepinephrine.
D.glutamate.
A group of policymakers are working to address issues of public safety in a residential
neighborhood by increasing police presence. Which of the four primary goals of science
are they addressing?
A.description
B.control
C.prediction
D.explanation
Imagine you are part of the chain of activity on a production line. Your boss, who in his
previous career was a neuroscientist, calls you an agonist. What would he be implying?
A.that you completely halt production
B.that you interfere with production
C.that you take stuff out of the process that is defective
D.that you facilitate production
Which of the following is a correct explanation for why the hindsight bias exists?
A.Once we know the outcome, we pretend we knew it was going to happen to make
ourselves feel better.
B.Once we know the outcome, we reinterpret old evidence to make sense of that
outcome.
C.Before we know the outcome, we ignore evidence that contradicts what we believe.
D.Before we know the outcome, we have too much evidence to consider to make an
accurate prediction.
Taste receptor cells are to the gustatory system as:
A.hair cells are to the auditory system.
B.thalamic cells are to the olfactory system.
C.ganglion cells are to the visual system.
D.the pain gate is to haptic perception.
The attentional focus mechanism suggested by gate control theory relies on the notion
of what kind of processing?
A.temporal coding
B.place coding
C.bottom-up
D.top-down
To remember more information, _____ can be used to organize information into
meaningful units.
a.cognitive maps
b.chunking
c.networks of association
d.mnemonics
Occasionally, Jon will fall asleep while working with a customer. Jon is experiencing
which sleep disorder?
A.sleep apnea
B.insomnia
C.narcolepsy
D.paradoxical sleep
Which level of analysis in psychology is correctly matched with an example?
A.biological-testing how men and women differ in negotiations
B.individual-examining how large and small groups compromise during negotiations
C.social-studying what personality traits make one a better negotiator
D.cultural-exploring how the country in which one grows up impacts negotiation skills
What is NOT likely part of the pathway that pheromone information travels to the
brain?
A.pheromone receptors
B.amygdala
C.prefrontal cortex
D.thalamus
The thalamus receives nearly all sensory information before relaying it to the cortex.
What is the one sensation that is the EXCEPTION to this rule?
A.smell
B.sight
C.sound
D.taste
A drug company wants to create an advertisement for a new antidepressant drug. Using
your knowledge of source credibility, which of the following advertisements would be
most persuasive?
A.an ad that features a celebrity on the set of his or her new pirate movie
B.an ad that features an actor portraying a doctor
C.an ad that features the CEO of the drug company
D.an ad that features a famous person who has struggled with depression
Which psychologist would be most dismayed by the emphasis on mental processes in
modern psychology?
A.Sigmund Freud
B.Wilhelm Wundt
C.Edward Titchener
D.John Watson
Which of the following is NOT associated with receiving lower test scores?
A.taking notes on a laptop during class
B.surfing the Internet on a laptop during class
C.sitting next to someone who is taking notes on a laptop during class
D.sitting next to someone who is surfing the Internet on a laptop during class
Isaac is trying to decide how often shark attacks happen. He quickly remembers all the
shark attack shows he saw on television last week, so he decides that they must be
common. Isaac’s overestimation of the rate of shark attacks is an example of:
A.the hindsight bias.
B.taking mental shortcuts.
C.the self-serving bias.
D.failing to accurately judge source credibility.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the difference between
associative and nonassociative learning?
A.Associative learning requires a conscious linking of two events together, whereas
nonassociative learning does not.
B.Associative learning requires both cognition and behavior, whereas nonassociative
learning requires only behavior.
C.Associative learning occurs with multiple stimuli, whereas nonassociative learning
occurs with only one stimulus.
D.Associative learning can generalize to other contexts, whereas nonassociative
learning cannot.
Preeti tried a new drug. She noticed that her mood was improved, but she was also
restless, had an elevated heart rate, and had trouble sleeping several hours later. The
drug was most likely a:
A.stimulant.
B.narcotic.
C.psychedelic.
D.depressant.