1) ruth has weighed 130 pounds all her adult life. during her recent pregnancy, she
gained 10 pounds. within a few months, ruths weight returned naturally to 130 pounds.
for ruth, 130 pounds was a(n) _____, and her body went back to it through a process of
_____.
a.optimal weight; equilibrium
b.set-point; equilibrium
c.set-point; homeostasis
d.optimal weight; homeostasis
2) your best friends favorite hamster died while you and a new neighbor were there. the
most vivid memory of the event will be _____ because _____.
a.yours; you have the best perspective
b.the neighbors; she was totally unbiased
c.your friends; she was emotionally involved
d.the neighbors; she was getting new information
3) in terms of gender differences in personality:
a.women and men are most similar in personality in industrialized countries such as the
united states
b.women tend to be more agreeable and more neurotic than men
c.women tend to be more extraverted and more open to experience than men
d.more data has been collected on men, so it is difficult to compare personalities across
genders
4) when everyone in her class stated that they liked to dance, jill reported liking it too,
even though she dislikes it. this incident is an example of:
a.social norms
b.conformity
c.ingroup/outgroup bias
d.all of the above
5) one primary goal of psychotherapy is to:
a.assess a persons dreams
b.change behavioral patterns
c.improve communication skills
d.none of the above
6) aggression may be influenced by:
a.culture
b.the amygdala
c.serotonin
d.all of the above
7) when a person incorrectly remembers the time, place, person, or circumstances
involved in a memory, he or she is experiencing:
a.absentmindedness
b.cryptomnesia
c.source misattribution
d.the sleeper effect
8) based on what you know about gender and depression, what should therapists pay
attention to when working with people who are depressed?
a.they should be sensitive to female and male clients multiple work and family
responsibilities.
b.they should be sensitive to female clients multiple work and family responsibilities
and sensitive to male reluctance to discuss their own depression.
c.they should be careful to treat male and female clients equally, regardless of personal
history or personal characteristics.
d.they should treat clients who have the same genderplus ethnic background and sexual
orientationas themselves, so that client and therapist can easily build rapport.
9) if the planet was attacked by a strange virus that caused people to lose the use of
their frontal lobes, people would:
a.lose their self-awareness
b.become excessively fearful of other people
c.become narcissistic and self-focused
d.become more organized in their behavior
10) why do humans sleep at night instead of during the day?
a.there is most danger at night, when we cannot see well.
b.there is least danger at night, so we are safe to sleep.
c.our bodies, particularly our eyes, are not capable of functioning properly at night.
d.there is no reason; it just became habitual in humans.
11) as people get older, their crystallized intelligence _____ decline and their fluid
intelligence _____ decline.
a.will not; will
b.will; will not
c.will; will
d.will not; will not
12) dr. henry gives a lecture on personality. she notes that personality is adaptive to the
environment, functions in a unique and whole system that is different for every person,
and is based on psychological systems. her view of personality:
a.is somewhat outdated
b.is based on research by sigmund freud
c.is consistent with that of gordon allport
d.has more in common with carl jung than with gordon allport
13) evidence from cross-cultural research shows that there is _____ support for the
five-factor theory and that _____.
a.little; researchers are trying to come up with new ways to measure personality
b.much; some cultural differences also emerge
c.little; only three factors are needed to fully explain personality across cultures
d.much; researchers are developing new ways to use projective tests to measure the five
factors
14) what happens when the action potential reaches the terminal button?
a.the signal terminates, or ends.
b.the signal causes the vesicles to release neurotransmitters.
c.the terminal button sends it down the axon.
d.the signal causes reuptake of neurotransmitters in the synapse.