1) which of the following two anxiety disorders resemble each other the least?
a.social anxiety disorder and specific phobia
b.generalized anxiety disorder and specific phobia
c.panic disorder and agoraphobia
d.posttraumatic stress disorder and panic disorder
2) which of the following actions does not happen during sleep?
a.analyzing danger
b.controlling body movements
c.experiencing conscious awareness
d.finding comfortable positions
3) the processing of information by sensory systems without conscious awareness is
referred to as:
a.the smart unconscious
b.subliminal perception
c.split brain
d.none of the above
4) your friend james asks you to entertain his younger sister when she comes to visit
him at school. he tells you that his sister is great fun but quite shy. as a result, you
decide to take his sister to a concert rather than to a big party. in making this decision,
you used your:
a.episodic memory of things you had enjoyed in high school
b.semantic memory of things to do on campus
c.schemas in memory of people who are shy
d.autobiographical memories of visiting your older brother
5) participants in a psychology experiment are shown photographs that elicit three kinds
of emotional reactions: happiness, fear, or sadness. a week later, they are shown a series
of photographs and asked to identify which ones they had seen before. you could
predict that the best memory would be for the:
a.sad pictures
b.happy pictures
c.frightening pictures
d.happy and frightening pictures
6) dementia is a condition characterized by:
a.paranoia and a tendency to avoid others
b.deterioration of both behavior and cognitive abilities with age
c.psychological deterioration in the absence of any physiological change
d.death, usually before age 60
7) a remedial program that provided _____ to children resulted in a reduced likelihood
of _____ in the kids when they were tested 20 years later.
a.a better nutrition program; antisocial personality disorder
b.a better nutrition program; bipolar disorder
c.education opportunities; antisocial personality disorder
d.education opportunities; bipolar disorder
8) many soldiers returning from the war in iraq have suffered from posttraumatic stress
disorder (ptsd). however, your friend from high school who has returned from a
protracted active deployment seems to be coping well even though he had some truly
horrible experiences. how might you explain this difference with regard to the
biological and environmental contributions to behavior?
a.your friend may not have a genetic susceptibility for ptsd.
b.environment is not an important factor in determining behavior.
c.your friend inherited a genetic predisposition to ptsd.
d.soldiers experiences in iraq really are not as bad as people say.
9) the police have put an asian american suspect in a lineup of asian americans. the
identification is most likely to be accurate if the eyewitness is:
a.caucasian
b.asian american
c.african american
d.hispanic
10) in extraverts, the _____ is more active. in introverts, the _____ is more active.
a.bis; bas
b.bas; bis
c.prefrontal cortex; amygdala
d.amygdala; prefrontal cortex
11) the _____ does most of the focusing of the light onto the retina, and the _____
allows for more accuracy of focusing.
a.cornea; pupil
b.pupil; lens
c.lens; cornea
d.cornea; lens
12) dr. growe is reading an article reporting research in which psychologists
investigated the effect of group size on the conformity of group members. dr. growe is
most likely reading the journal of _____ psychology.
a.developmental
b.social
c.cultural
d.personality
13) in comparing the effects of psychotherapy and drug treatments on brain functioning
in depression, it has been found that:
a.the former has no detectable effects, whereas the latter can have dramatic effects
b.they both tend to have detectable brain effects
c.they both have effects but usually in very different areas of the brain
d.they have nearly identical effects, which suggests that they work via the same
mechanisms
14) as part of an experiment, amanda is seated in front of a blank computer screen. on
each trial, a line appears on the screen and then an object appears above the line. the
task is to name the object as rapidly as possible. the object is either presented alone or
within a scene. for example, a chicken may be presented alone or in a barnyard. people
are significantly faster at naming the object when it is presented in the scene. this result
is evidence for:
a.bottom-up processing in visual perception
b.top-down processing in visual perception
c.the role of context in figure-ground segmentation
d.a cognitive application of the gestalt laws
15) the effect of the botulism toxin on acetylcholine is to:
a.increase the amount of acetylcholine available
b.inhibit the release of acetylcholine from the terminal buttons
c.destroy acetylcholine within the synapse
d.prevent the production of acetylcholine in the vesicles
16) mr. lahore has hired four college students to paint his house. given what you know
about social loafing, which set of conditions is likely to produce the best work?
a.each student paints one room by himself.
b.all the students work together on each room.
c.the students work in two-person teams.
d.the students take turns painting and watching each other.