1) a researcher that wants to get a sense of overall levels of electrical brain activity
would use:
a.pet scans
b.mri imaging
c.transcranial magnetic stimulation
d.eeg recordings
2) a(n) _____ is a specific, testable prediction about the result that, if the theory is
correct, will support the theory.
a.replication
b.hypothesis
c.experiment
d.all of the above
3) personality disorders are:
a.easy to treat with the right drug interventions
b.more responsive to treatment than other clinical disorders
c.more responsive to cognitive-behavioral treatment than some disorders
d.very difficult disorders to treat
4) shannon has a biology exam next week. to be sure that she really knows the material,
she should:
a.cram the night before the test
b.test herself on the material
c.make up multiple-choice questions
d.use maintenance rehearsal
5) if you observed babies in many different cultures just as they were beginning to use
language, you would find that:
a.the stages they go through in acquiring language depend very much on the culture in
which they are being raised
b.children use only words they have heard from other children
c.the first words being used identify objects or are simple action words
d.the rate at which they acquire language depends on the culture they grow up in
6) information processing views the brain as _____ and the mind as _____.
a.a program; a data port
b.structure; function
c.hardware; software
d.a program; input
7) _____ attitudes influence feelings and behavior on an unconscious level.
a.implicit
b.explicit
c.both a and b
d.none of the above
8) theories of general intelligence, like gardners theory, see intelligence as being
expressed in areas such as math and language. the important difference in gardners
theory is that the intelligences:
a.are correlated
b.are biological
c.are independent
d.differ quantitatively
9) as a participant in a psychology experiment, michael is shadowing a physics passage
in his right ear while hearing a novel being read in his left ear. michael wants to get
done so he can go home and watch the big game. if a sentence giving the score in the
game is inserted into the passage from the novel, michael is most likely to:
a.shadow the right ear material and attend to the left ear material
b.shadow the right ear material and ignore the left ear material
c.shadow the left ear material and ignore the right ear material
d.shadow the left ear material and attend to the right ear material
10) tom has often been in trouble with the justice system, appearing in court more than
20 times for instigating fights, stealing cars, or robbery. tom seems to have no empathy
for his victims, and has even laughed when talking about stealing from or hurting them.
tom would likely be diagnosed with:
a.multiple identity disorder
b.amoral apathy syndrome
c.antisocial personality disorder
d.narcissistic personality disorder
11) what was the important difference between the test of mathematical ability
conducted by mehler and bever and that conducted by piaget?
a.mehler and bever used candy and thus increased the childrens motivation.
b.piaget expected the children to be able to write their answers, not verbalize them.
c.the children in piagets study had no previous math experience.
d.the children in mehler and bevers study had previously attended preschool.
12) research on the effects of exercise has shown that it can have beneficial effects on:
a.cognition
b.memory
c.depression
d.all of the above