1) the two basic approaches to treating mental illness are:
a.psychological and biological
b.psychopharmacology and behavior therapy
c.freudian therapy and client-centered therapy
d.behavior modification and cognitive therapy
2) why is b. f. skinners dream of solving all social problems through operant
conditioning impossible?
a.biology places constraints on our learning.
b.operant conditioning is not effective for learning.
c.operant conditioning does not apply to social learning.
d.operant conditioning does not take into account learning from classical conditioning.
3) which of the following statements concerning the adaptive nature of sleep is true?
a.sleep enables the brain to restore itself.
b.activity is limited during sleep, thereby reducing threats of harm.
c.sleep strengthens neural connections.
d.all of the above are true.
4) your friend suddenly looks shocked and says, what is that over there? your brain
would need to use your _____to locate the object, and your _____ to decide what itis.
a.dorsal stream; ventral stream
b.ventral stream; dorsal stream
c.occipital lobe; parietal lobe
d.parietal lobe; occipital lobe
5) the fertilized egg is known as the:
a.gamete
b.ovum
c.zygote
d.allele
6) trisha has experienced symptoms of panic disorder, such as spontaneous racing heart
and sweating palms, but does not experience a fear of danger or a feeling of impending
doom. which of the following therapies are likely to be most effective in preventing
another panic attack?
a.cognitive-behavioral therapy
b.rational-emotive therapy
c.relaxation training
d.an antidepressant
7) your roommate is achievement oriented, impatient, aggressive, and time-pressed.
your roommates behavior fits the:
a.type a behavior pattern
b.type b behavior pattern
c.gas pattern
d.glucocorticoid pattern
8) psychologists use the term personality primarily to refer to characteristics and
behaviors that:
a.are relatively stable over time and circumstances
b.show little variability across persons
c.naive observers attribute to others
d.stem from conscious intentions
9) animals that lack the gene needed to produce _____ become extremely obese.
a.glucose
b.ghrelin
c.leptin
d.androgen
10) according to watsons view, which is not necessarily considered accurate today, what
is the only valid indicator of psychological activity and why?
a.overt behavior, because it alone can be studied using the scientific method
b.self-report, because it is the most accurate measurement of subjective states
c.psychoanalysis, because individuals do not know the drives of their own subconscious
d.classical conditioning, because it demonstrates innate learning abilities
11) stimulus is to response as _____ is to _____.
a.environment; behavior
b.behavior; environment
c.behavior; mind
d.unconscious; conscious
12) a psychologist wants to create two groups that are as similar as possible at the
beginning of an experiment. to do this, she should use:
a.random sampling
b.random assignment
c.self-report methods
d.participant observation
13) the key to whether presentations of a stimulus will lead to sensitization or
habituation is:
a.whether the stimulus is potentially harmful
b.whether the stimulus is potentially rewarding
c.whether it is a sound
d.both a and b