1) the concept of a sensitive period for language learning in humans means that:
a.if language is not learned by a certain age, it will never be learned
b.first languages can be learned at any age, but second languages must be acquired by
middle adulthood
c.if a first language is not learned by a certain age, language acquisition will become
more difficult
d.vocabulary can be learned at any age, but there is a small window during
development when grammar can be acquired
2) people who suffer from depression are affected primarily by _____; people who
suffer from bipolar disorder are affected primarily by _____.
a.both mania and low mood; either mania or low mood
b.low mood; mania
c.low mood; low mood and mania
d.low mood; hallucinations and delusions
3) when driving on the freeway, you notice that the bushes at the side of the road appear
to be passing very quickly. in the distance you can see a very tall tree, and you notice
that it takes half an hour to drive past it. what depth cue is causing this speed
discrepancy?
a.motion parallax
b.compensatory movement
c.stroboscopic movement
d.changes in linear perspective
4) researchers monitor changes in blood oxygen level when they record brain activity
using:
a.an eeg recording
b.a pet scan
c.transcranial magnetic stimulation
d.an fmri
5) hebbian learning, or alterations in synaptic connections as a result of learning, has
been summed up in the saying: cells that fire together, _____.
a.learn forever
b.learn together
c.wire together
d.form a tether
6) approximately what proportion of the cerebral cortex has been estimated to be
involved in vision in some way?
a.10 percent
b.25 percent
c.50 percent
d.75 percent
7) the law school admissions test (lsat) is designed to measure someones ability to think
logically. this ability is predictive of success in law school and as a practicing attorney.
the lsat is a(n) _____ test.
a.aptitude
b.achievement
c.general ability
d.standardized
8) to create hostility and prejudice between two groups of boys for his study, sherif:
a.had the groups compete with each other
b.told each group negative things about the other group
c.started a fight between members of the two groups
d.clearly favored one group over the other
9) almost all empirical psychology studies that rely on sampling, hypothesis testing, and
statistical analysis rely on the concept of _____ to generalize findings to a population.
a.inductive reasoning
b.deductive reasoning
c.heuristic decision making
d.algorithmic decision making
10) cases of dissociative identity disorder:
a.are much more common in males
b.are caused by faking on the part of the patient
c.have no known causes or antecedents
d.have increased dramatically in the past 30 years
11) when researchers report a measure of central tendency, they might present:
a.the standard deviation
b.the median
c.inferential statistics
d.the correlation coefficient
12) which of the following disorders is least determined by biological factors and is
more often determined by many interacting factors?
a.bipolar disorder
b.major depression
c.seasonal affective disorder
d.schizophrenia