1) individuals with antisocial personality disorder:
a.are very responsive to treatment
b.are responsive to treatment if it is used before age 40
c.tend to improve after age 40 without therapeutic intervention
d.respond best to relationship-based psychotherapies, such as client-centered therapy
2) your roommate asks you which section of political science you are taking next
semester. you have just registered, and you confidently turn to tell her the section. you
are astonished to realize that you cannot remember. your memory lapse is an example
of:
a.change blindness
b.tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
c.blocking
d.absentmindedness
3) 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. breilands field of study?
a.sensation
b.psychophysics
c.perception
d.cognitive psychology
4) fayd is studying for his english literature exam. for each novel he has read for the
course, he tries to think of how the novel relates to his own life. this activity requires
that he really think about the themes and characters in the book. fayd is using the
mnemonic strategy of:
a.maintenance rehearsal
b.practice
c.chunking
d.elaborative rehearsal
5) remy the rat has lost his appetite and is losing so much weight that he is in danger of
dying. remy most probably has damage to the _____ region of the hypothalamus.
a.ventromedial
b.lateral
c.anterior
d.superior
6) which of the following is the name for the mutation in which moths become a darker
color as an adaptation to pollution?
a.industrial melanism
b.evolutionary coloration
c.color variation
d.genotypic melanism
7) the extensions of a neuron that receive messages from other neurons are the:
a.nerves
b.cell body
c.dendrites
d.axon terminal buttons
8) the strongest cross-cultural congruence in the identification of emotions seems to
involve _____, and the weakest seems to involve _____.
a.fear and disgust; happiness
b.happiness; fear and disgust
c.happiness and joy; fear and pain
d.fear and pain; happiness and joy
9) when a person eats an unhealthy diet despite knowing the negative consequences, but
rationalizes the behavior to decrease the anxiety he or she is experiencing, this behavior
is an example of:
a.conformity
b.cognitive dissonance
c.social norms
d.none of the above
10) if plotted on a graph, the correlation between stress and immune functioning would
be:
a.strong and positive
b.strong and negative
c.shaped like an inverted u
d.random
11) in problem solving, a person:
a.moves from a present state to a goal state
b.selects among a set of alternatives
c.evaluates a conclusion for validity
d.reasons from general to specific information
12) the miller analogy test uses analogies such as fingers are to hands as toes are to
_____ to predict:
a.academic performance
b.creativity
c.crystallized intelligence
d.both a and b
13) someone with a disorder such as _____ would be best helped by psychodynamic
therapy because _____.
a.schizophrenia; people with schizophrenia usually have histories of trauma and abuse,
and psychodynamic therapy helps people deal with these experiences
b.depression; depression is the result of traumatic childhood experiences, and
psychodynamic therapy helps people deal with these experiences
c.borderline personality disorder; psychodynamic therapy is focused on uncovering
interpersonal relationships and problems with childhood attachments
d.obsessive-compulsive disorder; psychodynamic therapy deals well with compulsions
and teaches clients how to extinguish maladaptive behavioral responses
14) which animal has unihemispherical sleep patterns?
a.monkey
b.shark
c.human
d.dolphin
15) javier and nancy decide to drive five hours to the lake for the day. javier is excited
about the trip because he always enjoys going to the lake. nancy is excited about the trip
because she always enjoys long drives. javier is using _____ reasoning; nancy is using
_____ reasoning.
a.inductive; deductive
b.deductive; inductive
c.deductive; deductive
d.inductive; inductive
16) lavonne is majoring in engineering, but she dislikes all of her engineering classes
and loves all of her government classes. one day, when lavonne is reading political
science to avoid reading engineering, she decides to change her major and become a
lawyer. lavonnes decision reflects which quality of emotions?
a.they increase the probability of survival and reproduction.
b.they provide cues to facilitate interpersonal dynamics.
c.they provide information about significant personal goals.
d.they increase the probability of avoiding immediate danger.