1) your roommate, who is very overweight, has an identical twin whom you have never
met and who lived with an adoptive family while growing up. given what you know
about genetic and environmental factors in weight status, you would:
a.be unclear about the weight status of the twin
b.guess that the twin had a similar weight status to his adoptive family members
c.ask for more information on the attitudes of the adoptive parents toward being
overweight
d.guess that the twin is likely to be overweight
2) if you have an advanced degree in clinical psychology, which of the following
actions can you not perform in most states?
a.have a private practice
b.conduct long-term psychotherapy
c.prescribe drugs for mental health problems
d.work in a hospital setting
3) the rescorla-wagner model of the cognitive components of conditioning states that
the strength of the conditioned stimulus-unconditioned stimulus association depends on
how _____ the unconditioned stimulus is.
a.rewarding
b.evolutionarily significant
c.fearful
d.unexpected
4) as cited in your textbook, one reason to use categories in diagnosing
psychopathology is that a category:
a.aids in investigations of the etiology of different disorders
b.allows psychologists to see if the person has a mild form of the disorder or an extreme
form of it
c.reflects how the disorder workseither a person has the disorder or does not have it
d.creates a highly unique case study of the persons illness
5) lucia is recently divorced. she goes to lunch with her two closest friends and tells
them that while she is sad, she is also optimistic that she will find another, better,
relationship. lucia most likely had a(n) _____ attachment to her parents as a child.
a.secure
b.avoidant
c.disorganized
d.anxious-ambivalent
6) a hormone that has recently been shown to play an important role in mother/infant
attachmentis:
a.testosterone
b.oxytocin
c.epinephrine
d.norepinephrine
7) chemical substances that carry messages from one neuron to the next are called:
a.agonists
b.neurotransmitters
c.enzymes
d.none of the above
8) using the scientific method to discover psychological principles is an example of:
a.inductive reasoning
b.deductive reasoning
c.heuristics
d.framing
9) obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder are both
characterized by:
a.compulsive behaviors
b.chronic arousal of the parasympathetic nervous system
c.damage to the prefrontal cortex
d.fear in the absence of real danger
10) makena has recently started taking an antidepressant that increases levels of
serotonin. you might expect that she will start to:
a.experience less pleasure from sex
b.have more interest in sex
c.experience more pleasure from sex
d.have less interest in sex
11) heritability can best be understood:
a.in the way it applies to individuals
b.as a population estimate
c.as a way to understand variations between genetic groups
d.as the absolute value for calculating the relative influence of genes on behavior
12) imagine that your college or university has a number of campus dogs that roam
freely. you decide to test whether students have similar views of the personalities of
these animals. research suggests that:
a.students will project their own personality traits onto the dogs
b.most students will agree that the dogs have individual personalities, but there will be
big differences in the traits attributed to them
c.owners of the dogs will rate the dogs personalities as less positive than will
nonowners
d.there will be a very high level of agreement regarding the personality traits displayed
by the dogs
13) sameer is mixing paint. he starts with a very deep green paint and then gradually
adds white paint. sameer is _____ of the green paint.
a.changing the hue
b.increasing the saturation
c.decreasing the saturation
d.changing the simultaneous contrast
14) what type of thinking allows us to decide quickly because, in using it, we do not
consider all the evidence before making a decision?
a.heuristics
b.algorithms
c.insight
d.forecasting
15) a man leaves his apartment to go to the library, and he turns back several times to
make sure the door is locked. frequently, he cleans the apartment even when it is not
dirty. the man is likely suffering from:
a.generalized anxiety disorder
b.agoraphobia
c.obsessive-compulsive disorder
d.panic disorder