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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
