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1) in new york city, it might be a dress shoe. in texas, it could be a cowboy boot. in
florida, it might be a sandal. in montana, it could be a hiking boot. each of these is a(n)
_____ of the shoe category for the culture of that city.
a.exemplar
b.prototype
c.schema
d.representation
2) one example of a prosocial behavior is:
a.doing favors
b.offering assistance
c.paying compliments
d.all of the above
3) as pippa threads a needle, her eyes rotate inward. she knows the needle is close
enough to perform the task by virtue of the depth cue termed:
a.convergence
b.disparity
c.occlusion
d.parallax
4) if a researcher wants to make a judgment as to whether the data from her sample
would be like data in the population, she would use:
a.correlation coefficients
b.measures of central tendency
c.inferential statistics
d.meta-analysis
5) freuds pleasure principle may explain why:
a.animals prefer to eat sweets
b.we have sex to reproduce
c.people self-regulate
d.sour foods are considered delicacies
6) sally is having a very hard time losing weight and keeping it off because she feels
hungrier the more weight she loses. this condition is most likely due to the effects of:
a.insulin
b.glucose
c.ghrelin
d.hunger pangs
7) which of the following are symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder?
a.nightmares
b.flashbacks
c.intrusive thoughts
d.all of the above
8) a central assumption of the cognitive-behavioral model of mental disorders is that:
a.mental dysfunction is an outgrowth of cultural mediation between thoughts and
behaviors
b.the family context is the most important factor
c.abnormal behavior is learned
d.internal conflicts between unconscious and conscious conflicts are the primary causes
of mental illness
9) which of the following constructs is most clearly related to reflected appraisal?
a.self-schema
b.self-esteem
c.self-concept
d.self-knowledge
10) when people view a face that is displaying an emotion, which part is most important
in determining how the viewers perceive the emotion?
a.forehead
b.eyes
c.nose
d.mouth
11) safia feels less stressed when she can talk to her friends about her job difficulty. it is
helpful for her to know that people care about her. this best describes:
a.eustress
b.the buffering hypothesis
c.conformity
d.the social networking hypothesis
12) the idea that the consequences of our actions determine the likelihood they will be
performed in the future underlies:
a.operant conditioning
b.classical conditioning
c.the rescorla-wagner model
d.the social learning model
13) in the brain of someone who suffers from parkinsons disease, what is happening to
the neurons involved with dopamine activity?
a.they are dying off.
b.they are overproducing dopamine.
c.they are blocked for reuptake.
d.they are rapidly multiplying.
