Marty is an artist. He does not like when people talk about the separate parts of his
pictures because he believes that looking at the complete picture is most important.
Marty’s opinion is similar to the ________ approach.
A.structuralist
B.behaviorist
C.Gestalt
D.psychoanalytic
The recent salted caramel fad most likely owes its popularity to the activation of which
two taste receptors?
A.umami and salty
B.salty and bitter
C.sweet and salty
D.sweet and sour
The first time you pick up your pet hamster it recoils in fear, but after a week of
handling, your hamster is not bothered anymore. What change came over your hamster
through the simple act of repetitive handling?
A.operant conditioning
B.learned helplessness
C.sensitization
D.habituation
Which of the following is closest to being the opposite of narcolepsy?
A.insomnia
B.REM behavior disorder
C.sleep apnea
D.somnambulism
If your leg were to become caught and squeezed in a bear trap, which sensation would
you be LEAST likely to experience?
A.warmth and cold
B.stretching and steady pressure
C.pain
D.continued vibration
In what way are internal validity and external validity different?
A.External validity relates to experimental control; internal validity relates to
generalization.
B.External validity relates to accuracy; internal validity relates to systematic error.
C.External validity relates to generalization; internal validity relates to experimental
control.
D.External validity relates to systematic error; internal validity relates to accuracy.
Suppose a researcher studying social anxiety in children uses a measure of “fidgeting”
that indexes hyperactivity instead of social anxiety. What type of validity is this
measure lacking?
A.construct
B.external
C.internal
D.operational
The neodissociation theory of hypnosis differs from the sociocognitive theory of
hypnosis in that it asserts:
A.social context plays a role.
B.hypnosis is an altered state.
C.hypnotized people are “faking it.”
D.hypnotism is a form of “flow.”
For much of its history, psychologists focused mostly on:
A.the brain.
B.disorders.
C.behaviors.
D.the mind.
Trying to understand the relationship between the actions of neurons and a thought is an
example of the connection between:
A.the brain and the mind.
B.nature and nurture.
C.genes and the mind.
D.the brain and emotion.
In the nervous system, each neuron communicates:
A.with one or two other neurons.
B.with a random subset of the other neurons.
C.selectively with many other neurons.
D.with all the other neurons in the nervous system.
In this pictorial depth cue, objects below the horizon that appear higher in the visual
field are perceived as being farther away, and objects above the horizon that appear
lower in the visual field are perceived as being farther away.
A.occlusion
B.relative size
C.familiar size
D.position relative to horizon
Your friend hands you a teddy bear and asks you to describe your sensations and
feelings connected to the teddy bear. In this example, you are engaging in:
A.psychoanalysis.
B.functionalism.
C.introspection.
D.free association.