1) thabo is about to take the admissions exam for law school. he knows that anxiety can
hurt test performance, so he deliberately makes himself very relaxed before going into
the exam. he proceeds through the exam very calmly, without feeling rushed or
pressured. he is shocked when time is called before he finishes. he would have been less
shocked had he known about:
a.hulls drive theory
b.the yerkes-dodson law
c.cannons theory of homeostasis
d.maslows hierarchy of needs
2) dr. bellasouva gives 500 students a battery of standardized tests. he analyzes the
results to see which kinds of skills allow good performance on different parts of the
exam. what approach is dr. bellasouva using toward the study of intelligence?
a.biological
b.analytical
c.psychometric
d.cognitive
3) if a researcher asks a group of participants to record their thoughts or feelings at
random times of the day, the best approach would be to use:
a.correlational research
b.experimental research
c.longitudinal data
d.experience sampling
4) your text suggests that during psychologys history, research with animals has been
especially important in the area of:
a.learning
b.development
c.memory
d.personality
5) which of the following statements best captures historical trends in the cognitive
approach in psychology?
a.in the 1970s, cognitive psychology emphasized the mind; today, it focuses mostly on
behavior.
b.in the 1970s, cognitive psychology emphasized the mind; today, it focuses mainly on
the brain.
c.in the 1970s, cognitive psychology emphasized the brain; today, it focuses on the
mind along with the brain.
d.in the 1970s, cognitive psychology emphasized the mind; today, it focuses on both the
mind and the brain.
6) joannas boyfriend, kyle, has been arrested for robbery. joanna believes that kyle was
with her all that day. however, a teacher claims that joanna was on a field trip. if the
police had an fmri scanner, they could evaluate joannas memory. if joannas memory is
accurate, then her recalling the day of the robbery should activate:
a.the areas of the brain involved in telling the truth
b.the same areas as other memories of being with kyle
c.different areas than remembering the field trip
d.both b and c
7) after cautiously walking home and arriving safely from her late-night class, selma
notices her heart rate slows, as does her breathing. this automatic return to a normal
state is due to the activity of the:
a.somatic nervous system
b.sympathetic system
c.parasympathetic system
d.endocrine system
8) based on an inquiry by the fda, about how many adolescents out of 100 could be
expected to experience serious suicidal thoughts while being treated with prozac?
choose the best answer.
a.0
b.4
c.25
d.50
9) alex sees a girl stealing a candy bar in a convenience store. when the police question
him, alex says the thief was wearing a red shirt. later in the interrogation, the officer
asks what candy the girl in the blue shirt stole. months later, when alex testifies in court,
he describes the girl as having worn a blue shirt. alexs testimony at the trial shows the
influence of:
a.suggestibility
b.cryptomnesia
c.source misattribution
d.the sleeper effect
10) research in this area has shown that earlier research in psychophysics ignored the
key variable of human judgment.
a.webers law
b.psychoacoustics
c.psychophysiology
d.signal detection theory
11) sammy was brought to the hospital because he had been exhibiting some strange
behaviors and recently stated he had been hearing voices. when the doctor met him,
sammy was talking in nonsensical sentences and had a very hard time following the
doctors simple directions. in addition, his hair was uncombed, and he wore dirty,
mismatching clothes. the doctor took notes about all these details of sammys behavior
and appearance. the doctor was performing:
a.a subjective, personal assessment
b.a mental status exam
c.something doctors call the quick-check approach
d.a structured behavioral assessment
12) _____ states that the more intense the original stimulus, the greater the change in
intensity required to produce a just noticeable difference.
a.matching law
b.webers law
c.signal detection theory
d.sensory adaptation
13) julie needs to buy a new dishwasher. she consults the consumer reports ratings
online and finds out what the best buy would be. then she finds out that her neighbor
has that dishwasher and asks him what he thinks. the neighbor says that the dishwasher
is terrible. if julie decides, based on one persons opinion, not to buy the dishwasher
despite the good ratings, julie is:
a.using scientific reasoning
b.being influenced by an anecdotal report
c.using deductive reasoning
d.using syllogistic reasoning
14) this type of love develops slowly over time in a relationship:
a.companionate
b.passionate
c.romantic
d.friendship
15) aldo cannot get the answer to a chemistry problem, even after sitting at his desk for
an hour. he gets up and goes for a walk. suddenly, the answer comes to him, even
though he appears to have stopped thinking about it for a while. this phenomenon is
called:
a.insight learning
b.latent learning
c.cognitive map learning
d.economic principled learning