Which of the following is NOT characteristic of REM sleep?
A.increased brain activity
B.body paralysis
C.dreaming
D.delta waves
What does it mean for a theory to be falsifiable?
A.It should not be necessary to collect data to address the theory.
B.It should be based on an extensive literature review.
C.It should be the simplest of competing theories.
D.It should be possible to prove the theory incorrect.
Lassandra takes a sip of cola. “Sweet … cold, wet, tingly … slightly bitter,” she reports.
Lassandra is engaging in:
A.functionalism.
B.free association.
C.psychoanalysis.
D.introspection.
The fact that a variety of thoughts come to mind even as you are engaged in the activity
of taking this exam exemplifies psychologist William James’s concept of:
A.sea of ideas.
C.river of thoughts.
B.ports of call.
D.stream of consciousness.
One of the four main goals of science is explanation. The main goal of scientists
addressing this goal is to explain:
A.why a behavior occurs.
B.the steps of the scientific method.
C.how data collection works.
D.why a researcher wants to study a behavior.
The psychologist Shepard Siegel recommends that treatment for drug addiction
involves exposing addicts to certain drug cues, such that subsequent exposures no
longer produce drug cravings. What behavioral process is implicated in this
recommendation?
A.craving
B.withdrawal
C.extinction
D.phobias
Which of the following is an example of a psychologist who is studying behavior?
A.Dr. Wick, who studies how certain smells can trigger certain feelings
B.Dr. Woods, who studies patterns of neural activity related to drug use
C.Dr. Paul, who studies the thought processes involved in decision making
D.Dr. Hull, who studies the facial expressions of relationship partners during a fight
What do we mean when we say that inferential statistics allow researchers to make
generalizations?
A.Measures of central tendency like the mean, median, and mode are generalizations
about data.
B.Inferential statistics remove error/bias, so generalizations are easier to make.
C.Knowing how likely findings are to occur indicates whether results reflect true
differences in a population.
D.Meta-analyses allow researchers to generalize findings from one study to many.
Rich brought his wife a bouquet of flowers. She can tell the difference between the
lilies and the lilacs most likely because of the:
A.extremely large olfactory bulb that humans possess.
B.neural projections to her amygdala.
C.activity of a specific olfactory receptor.
D.pattern of activity of her olfactory receptors.
After split-brain surgery, a picture of a chair is shown to the right hemisphere of a
patient. When asked what she saw, the patient states she saw ________, and when given
a pencil she draws ________.
A.a chair; nothing
B.nothing; a chair
C.a chair; a chair
D.nothing; nothing
After using a recreational drug at a party, Fawn became energetic, talkative, and lively.
Which of the following drugs is mostly likely to produce these effects?
A.alcohol
B.heroin
C.cocaine
D.marijuana
Taj is writing a paper on global warming. He only includes research findings that
support his own beliefs about global warming because he thinks that all the
contradictory findings must be the result of flawed research. This is an example of:
A.misunderstanding or not using statistics.
B.hindsight bias.
C.a failure to accurately judge source credibility.
D.the confirmation bias.
The nature in the nature/nurture debate refers to either ________ factors affecting
human psychological development.
A.biological or behavioral
B.behavioral or environmental
C.biological or environmental
D.formal or natural
Dr. Breiland examines the relationship between the physical properties of light, such as
its amplitude and wavelength, and humans’ perception of color. Which of the following
terms most accurately describes Dr. Breiland’s field of study?
A.sensation
B.psychophysics
C.perceptual constancy
D.cognitive psychology
Emily has created an individualized program to teach coping strategies to each child
with learning disabilities. Emily is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.
A.school
B.developmental
C.counseling
D.cognitive