1) specific knowledge regarding important events during world war ii is an example of:
a.crystallized intelligence
b.fluid intelligence
c.generative intelligence
d.applying intelligence
2) how might behavioral techniques help treat phobias?
a.by removing the central nucleus of the amygdala
b.by conditioning a new unconditioned stimulus to the conditioned response, thus
removing the initial conditioning
c.by systematically desensitizing the threat through the introduction of new conditioned
responses
d.by punishing unwanted conditioned responses to the phobic unconditioned stimulus
3) engaging in primary appraisal allows us to:
a.probably engage in secondary appraisal instead
b.enact coping behaviors only for stimuli that are relevant
c.often be emotionally aroused
d.have difficulty expressing our emotions
4) which of the following statements is central to the applied behavioral analysis
approach to the treatment of autism?
a.it is used by professionals rather than parents.
b.it is intended to be used for short periods of time.
c.it is based on operant conditioning principles.
d.the treatment typically begins when children enter a structured school setting.
5) clinical psychologists work with:
a.individuals with severe mental illness
b.individuals with daily stressors
c.marital and family concerns
d.career advice
6) when people are aware of being observed, they might change their behaviors. this
phenomenon illustrates:
a.variability
b.experimenter expectancy
c.random assignment
d.reactivity
7) ted has a severe form of schizophrenia that has affected him since age 18. he has
progressively deteriorated in functioning since onset. compared with people who have
more mild cases of schizophrenia, neuroimaging of teds brain would reveal that his:
a.amygdala is enlarged
b.corpus collusum has a serious blockage
c.brain volume is clearly reduced
d.serotonin system is highly overactive
8) the diathesis-stress model of mental disorders focuses on:
a.cultural factors in mental disorders
b.the interaction between parenting style and life stress
c.stress as the primary cause of mental disorders
d.the interaction between underlying predispositions and stressors
9) demarco has been diagnosed as being in a minimally conscious state. which of the
following behaviors is demarco most likely to exhibit?
a.higher levels of consciousness, including the ability to identify his family members
b.deliberate movements, such as following a pencil with his eyes
c.opening and closing his eyes, but with no awareness of his surroundings
d.no eeg brain activity
10) gambling on a slot machine involves rewards on a _____ schedule.
a.fixed interval
b.fixed ratio
c.variable interval
d.variable ratio
11) a(n) _____ is the minimum intensity of sensory stimulation required before the
sensation is detected 50 percent of the time.
a.absolute threshold
b.minimum threshold
c.difference threshold
d.sensory adaptation
12) tyresia is experiencing a depressive episode and undergoes cognitive therapy to
treat her symptoms. if she were in therapy with aaron beck, she would most likely be
asked to challenge her negative thoughts about:
a.herself and her upbringing
b.herself, her situation, and the future
c.her future as a successful human being
d.her skills and assets
13) which emotion is an infant capable of expressing at birth?
a.joy
b.disgust
c.pain
d.all of the above
14) sam has to buy his girlfriend something for her birthday. one of the main reasons
that sam could forget to do this is _____ due to _____.
a.absentmindedness; decay
b.transience; chunking
c.absentmindedness; shallow encoding
d.transience; shallow encoding
15) a friend describes having had therapy for a fear of snakes in which she was first
asked to think about snakes, then shown pictures of them, and finally, several sessions
later, given the opportunity to actually pick up a snake. her therapist is using:
a.overload techniques
b.exposure techniques
c.distraction
d.modeling
16) the fact that people used to engage in _____ means that _____.
a.trepanning; people have always sought ways to treat mental disorders
b.prefrontal lobotomies; people have always sought ways to punish those with mental
disorders
c.ritualistic cleansing; people have always sought ways to treat mental disorders
d.electroconvulsive therapy; people have always sought ways to punish those with
mental disorders
17) the approach that would be least useful in identifying how a specific region of the
brain functions with a person engaged in a given task would be a(n):
a.eeg recording
b.mri
c.fmri
d.pet scan
18) in a classic science fiction novel, alien pods grow into exact duplicates of people.
the people then die, and the duplicates take their places. the family members of the
replaced people are sure that these people are not their relatives, but no one believes
them. the family members feel exactly like people suffering from:
a.tasacks syndrome
b.capgras syndrome
c.tourettes syndrome
d.korsakoffs syndrome
19) according to piaget, a 4-year-old is probably at the _____ stage of development.
a.preoperational
b.sensorimotor
c.concrete operational
d.formal operational