1) what does piaget call the process of changing or modifying a schema in response to
environmental factors?
a.assimilation
b.accommodation
c.maturation
d.conservation
2) ted has suffered from schizophrenia for the last 10 years. he has several negative
symptoms and has not responded favorably to traditional antipsychotics. in deciding on
an appropriate therapy, his psychiatrist would be wise to suggest:
a.family therapy
b.a newer antipsychotic, such as clozapine
c.an older antipsychotic, such as haloperidol
d.training in expressed emotion
3) research suggests that infants younger than 18 months:
a.cannot remember events for longer than 24 hours
b.have little recall of any stimuli not relevant to their immediate needs
c.can remember some things for several weeks
d.remember stimuli or events directly associated with caregivers but little else
4) when lisa is turned away for employment because of her weight, this incident is an
example of:
a.prejudice
b.discrimination
c.ingroup/outgroup bias
d.self-fulfilling prophecy
5) evan was born prematurely. because he may stop breathing for temporary periods
while asleep, he is given oxygen at night to compensate for his lowered oxygen levels
and sleep disruption during these episodes. it is likely that evan has:
a.sleep apnea
b.sleep apraxia
c.narcolepsy
d.insomnia
6) monkeys with low levels of serotonin have been found to:
a.have poor social skills and engage in self-destructive behavior
b.pick fights with much larger monkeys
c.engage in self-destructive behavior
d.have poor social skills and pick fights with much larger monkeys
7) when van goes to college, he resolves to be a good student even though being on the
college football team will absorb a lot of his time and is important to him. when he
thinks about what has happened at the end of his day, he usually winds up thinking
about football. he has to make an effort to shift his thoughts to what happened in his
classes. you could predict that van will find it much easier to fulfill his football
obligations than his academic obligations, because of:
a.attitude accessibility
b.cognitive dissonance
c.implicit attitudes
d.explicit attitudes
8) regarding visual illusions, which of the following statements is most accurate?
a.illusions are largely irrelevant to understanding normal perceptual processes.
b.illusions help reveal normal perceptual processes.
c.most visual perception is actually illusory.
d.illusions show that perception is mostly a bottom-up process.
9) which of the following is an example of sexual dimorphism?
a.differences in cognitive functioning between men and women
b.existence of homosexuality
c.changes in the size of the corpus callosum in left-handers versus right-handers
d.hermaphrodite syndromes
10) dr. z., a mad scientist, wants to create a human population that is completely
submissive and trusting so he can take over the world. to accomplish this
transformation, he should increase humans secretion of the hormone:
a.oxytocin
b.norepinephrine
c.testosterone
d.peptide
11) the first psychologists to emphasize the organizing processes underlying perception
were the _____ psychologists.
a.structural
b.psychodynamic
c.gestalt
d.cognitive
12) jaleesas dad often said, do what you want, jaleesa; i dont care. as a result, jaleesa
felt she lacked direction and never had any clear rules. according to freudian theory,
jaleesas dad had very little impact on the development of jaleesas:
a.id
b.aggression instinct
c.superego
d.pleasure principle