1) on the basis of recent research, the phrase misery loves company would be more
accurate if it was:
a.misery loves miserable company
b.misery loves any company
c.misery loves reassuring company
d.misery loves happy company
2) one reason for a large increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism may
be:
a.the criteria for diagnosing autism has changed, making more children qualify as
autistic
b.there is an epidemic in that more children are developing autism
c.more children have better heath care and are getting vaccinations
d.there has been no increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism
3) which of the following facts have researchers not learned from studying the genetics
of psychological characteristics?
a.genes are specific to biological characteristics only.
b.specific single genes can be marked for specific abnormal physical characteristics.
c.sociability and intelligence are primarily genetic traits.
d.genes for psychological characteristics are likely connected with genes for biological
characteristics.
4) which of the following cells does not analyze neural impulses and transmit them to
the ganglion cells?
a.amacrine
b.vertical
c.bipolar
d.horizontal
5) norma is trying to decide which of four dresses to buy. for each dress, she carefully
considers the cost, appearance, and quality. she then ranks the dresses in order of
desirability and buys the most desirable one. normas decision is in accord with _____
theory, which is a _____ model of human decision making.
a.prospect; normative
b.expected utility; normative
c.prospect; descriptive
d.expected utility; descriptive
6) compared to the medical model of health, the biopsychosocial model:
a.includes more factors
b.ignores human biology
c.is rarely used in practice
d.is more simplistic
7) imagine you will be going to zambia on a field trip. the research on facial
expressions and emotion would suggest you should:
a.take care because the zambians will not be able to read your expressions
b.not assume that you are reading zambian expressions accurately
c.not worry much about misinterpretation of facial expressions
d.both a and b
8) when researchers document that a phenomenon is real by repeating a study done by
another scientist, they are engaging in:
a.meta-analysis
b.experience sampling
c.replication
d.correlational research
9) one consequence of suffering from persistent panic attacks is a(n):
a.increased risk of suicide
b.decreased risk of having other forms of anxiety disorder
c.decrease in amygdala functioning
d.increased risk of developing a more serious disorder, such as schizophrenia
10) longitudinal brain imaging studies indicate that in people with schizophrenia:
a.brain ventricles become smaller over time
b.the frontal and occipital lobes show a dramatic increase in activity
c.the amount of overall brain tissue is reduced
d.both the amygdala and hippocampus become almost inactive
11) the pain control gate is located in the:
a.thalamus
b.haptic receptors
c.spinal cord
d.frontal lobe
12) which of the following subfields of psychology is incorrectly matched with its
description?
a.neuroscienceexamines the relationship between the nervous system and behavior
b.cognitiveexamines how people grow and change from conception to death
c.experimentalexamines the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking
d.clinicaldeals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders
13) if someone wants to create an attitude that will last a long time, he or she should use
the _____ method of persuasion. if someone wants to create an attitude that will last
only a short time, she or he should use the _____ method of persuasion.
a.peripheral; central
b.central; peripheral
c.emotional; rational
d.rational; emotional
14) while you are at the movies, the person sitting next to you coughs so loudly that you
cannot hear part of an actors line. however, you believe that you have heard the entire
sentence, including the part masked by the cough. your perception is possible because
of:
a.long-term memory
b.sensory memory
c.iconic memory
d.maintenance rehearsal