Psychology 129 Midterm 1

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1) melinda is an extremely successful surgeon. which of gardners multiple intelligences

does she therefore possess in abundance?

a.verbal and logical/mathematical

b.spatial and kinesthetic

c.spatial and interpersonal

d.logical/mathematical and interpersonal

2) while a child watches, you hide a cheerio under one of two cups in front of her. the

first three times you hide it under the blue cup; the fourth time, you hide it under the red

cup. she still looks for the cheerio under the blue cup. this child has not yet fully

comprehended:

a.differences in color

b.assimilation

c.accommodation

d.object permanence

3) angelique told her boyfriend she was tired of cooking. secretly, angelique hoped her

boyfriend would make dinner for her. she said: did you want me to make you nice

tonight? instead of saying make you rice tonight. this example illustrates that:

a.the superego is sometimes stronger than the ego when we balance the needs of the self

and others

b.contents of the unconscious mind can become conscious

c.the libido is sometimes stronger than the pleasure principle in social situations

d.selfish behavior is often unintentional

4) angelica believes that hair salons have better shampoo than grocery stores, so she

buys shampoo from salons only. she reads in consumer reports that there is no

difference between shampoos available in the two places. given what you know about

heuristics, you could predict that angelica has developed a(n) _____ about shampoo and

_____ change her buying behavior.

a.algorithm; will not

b.algorithm; will

c.heuristic; will

d.heuristic; will not

5) tasha has always been extremely dependent on others, even as an adolescent. when

asked her opinion, she seems not to know what she thinks or feels, and relies on others

to tell her. her extreme, lifelong dependency on others makes people uncomfortable and

causes them to avoid her. tashas disorder would be classified as:

a.axis i

b.axis ii

c.axis iii

d.axis iv

6) growth hormone (gh) is released primarily through the action of the:

a.cerebral cortex

b.hypothalamus

c.cerebellum

d.thalamus

7) which of the following psychologists are most closely associated with humanistic

psychology?

a.watson and skinner

b.allport and lewin

c.freud and jung

d.rogers and maslow

8) alejandro is lost in the woods and thinks he hears a bear. he climbs a tree to see if he

can find a way home. a week later, he tells his friend with absolute sincerity that he

climbed the tree to escape the bear. alejandro is experiencing:

a.confabulation

b.false recognition

c.absentmindedness

d.memory bias

9) i love independent cats because they are interesting, even though people find them

aloof. in this argument, the conclusion is _____, the premise is _____, the qualifier is

_____, and the counterargument is_____.

a.i love cats; cats are interesting; independent cats; people find cats aloof

b.cats are interesting; i love cats; interesting cats; people find cats aloof

c.people find cats aloof; cats are independent; interesting cats; i love cats

d.people find cats aloof; i love cats; independent cats; cats are interesting

10) by 2018, opportunities for psychology graduates are expected to:

a.decline slightly

b.remain constant

c.grow by 10 percent to 15 percent

d.increase by nearly 50 percent

11) your physician has prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (ssri) for your

depression, and it has relieved your symptoms. should you continue taking the drug

once you feel better?

a.no; now that your depression is gone, there is no need to continue.

b.no; the side effects associated with the drug will intensify.

c.yes; without the drug, you are more likely to relapse into depression.

d.yes; with most ssris there are serious withdrawal effects.

12) understanding how to serve a ball in tennis involves _____ memory, but actually

serving the ball involves _____ memory.

a.declarative; procedural

b.episodic; procedural

c.procedural; declarative

d.procedural; episodic

13) allie is afraid of her neighbors large dog. she then becomes afraid of any dog she

sees on the street, and eventually she fears even pictures of dogs or toy dogs. this

change in her fear of dogs represents:

a.second-order conditioning

b.generalization

c.discrimination

d.reconditioning

14) if getting $1 for every correct answer on this test makes you study harder, being

given $1 would be a form of:

a.positive reinforcement

b.negative reinforcement

c.positive punishment

d.negative punishment

15) the process by which an individual needs increasing amounts of the drug to achieve

the same psychological or physical effects is known as:

a.addiction

b.tolerance

c.sensitization

d.withdrawal

16) tommy has a long history of stealing, armed robbery, physical violence, and lying

and cheating to get out of trouble. today, the general consensus among researchers and

clinicians on dealing with a problem such as tommys is that:

a.both medication and extensive individual psychotherapy are necessary to treat this

disorder

b.an important solution is to focus on early intervention in childhood rather than

treatment later in life

c.a combination of treatments designed for borderline personality disorder and

depression would be most effective with this disorder

d.nothing can be done to help people with such a severe form of the disorder, even in

childhood

17) the difference between self-efficacy and achievement motivation is that

self-efficacy involves beliefs about _____, whereas achievement motivation involves

_____.

a.self-regulation; task motivation

b.self-regulation; personal goals

c.personal ability; personal goals

d.personal ability; task motivation