1) which of the following statements is not a view that evolutionary psychologists
would hold about human personality?
a.some traits evolved because of the advantages associated with having those traits.
b.human personality is based on both free will and biological processes.
c.having several different personality traits present in a community ensures that many
different tasks are accomplished.
d.traits provide information about desirable and undesirable qualities in potential mates.
2) insomnia can be a symptom of:
a.mania
b.depression
c.either depression or mania
d.neither depression nor mania
3) with respect to their relative functions, the endocrine and nervous systems:
a.act separately and are specialized
b.are interrelated; each system affects the other
c.are identical, but the nervous systems effects are more diffuse
d.have little to no overlap
4) fatima and andrew are going to see the third pirates of the caribbean movie. like the
first two movies in the series, this one stars johnny depp. fatima wants to see the movie
because she has enjoyed other movies starring johnny depp. andrew wants to go
because he enjoyed the first two pirates movies. fatima is using _____ reasoning;
andrew is using _____ reasoning.
a.inductive; deductive
b.deductive; inductive
c.deductive; deductive
d.inductive; inductive
5) which of the following conditions is an effect of chronic smoking?
a.liver failure
b.immune disorders
c.heart disease
d.brain tumors
6) seeing someone who is red in the face and ready to explode with anger might
indicate that the person:
a.has a hardy personality
b.has a type a personality
c.has a type b personality
d.is using emotion-focused coping
7) which of the following is not one of the four essential qualities of motivational states
emphasized in most general theories of motivation?
a.they are energizing.
b.they are directive.
c.they enable persistence.
d.they differ in their valence.
8) imagine you are participating in a friends psychology experiment. she asks you to
close your eyes and hold out your finger. she tells you that she will prick your finger
with a needle in the same place several times and then will start to prick other places.
your task is to tell her when you first feel the pin prick in a different place. she then
repeats the same process, but starts on your back. you might predict that the distance at
which you could first detect a pin prick in a new location would be:
a.much smaller on the finger than the back
b.much smaller on the back than the finger
c.approximately equal in the two places
d.a little bit smaller on the back than the finger
9) visual acuity reaches adult levels in a child:
a.within weeks after birth
b.at approximately 1 year
c.by the first grade
d.at about age 10
10) when white participants in a psychology study were shown pictures of black faces,
the _____ was/were immediately activated. with more time, the _____ was/were
activated.
a.frontal lobes; amygdala
b.amygdala; frontal lobes
c.prefrontal cortex; hippocampus
d.hippocampus; prefrontal cortex
11) len and maria just got married and have a wonderful sexual relationship. if their
marriage is typical of those in american culture, they can expect that:
a.their sex life will continue to improve over time
b.their frequency of sexual activity will fall steeply after the first year
c.lens interest in sex will remain high, but marias interest will increase
d.their frequency of sexual activity will decrease gradually over the first five years