1) people who cannot tolerate the idea of being abandoned, who have highly negative
emotional reactions to relationship disruption, and who often act impulsively fit the
description of someone with:
a.borderline personality disorder
b.narcissistic personality disorder
c.bipolar disorder
d.dysthymia
2) the amygdala plays an important role in _____, whereas the hippocampus plays an
important role in _____.
a.fear or emotional reactions; spatial memory
b.emotions; automatic behaviors
c.spatial memory; fear or emotional reactions
d.automatic behaviors; emotions
3) attributions are our attempts to explain:
a.motives
b.traits
c.preferences
d.all of the above
4) cognitive structures that help us perceive, organize, process, and use information are
referred to as:
a.sensory memory
b.schemas
c.working memory
d.none of the above
5) how does prospective memory limit the cognitive resources available for other tasks?
a.it reduces the available capacity of working memory.
b.it interferes with retrieval from long-term memory.
c.it causes confusion in encoding items in short-term memory.
d.it disrupts information in sensory memory.
6) research has shown that memories can be distorted because of beliefs that people
already hold when the memory is formed. these earlier beliefs are part of cognitive:
a.nodes
b.schemas
c.biases
d.frames
7) with respect to its neurochemical effects, alcohol is rewarding because it activates
receptors for the neurotransmitter:
a.norepinephrine
b.dopamine
c.glutamate
d.acetylcholine
8) a larger volume of neuronal cell bodies in areas that support attentional control is
related to _____ intelligence but not to _____ intelligence.
a.general; emotional
b.emotional; general
c.crystallized; fluid
d.fluid; crystallized
9) dillon experiences low mood, crying, and sleep disturbance. he has a hard time
getting excited about anything. dillon would probably benefit from a drug that increased
activity in which neurotransmitter system?
a.monoamine system
b.glutamate system
c.peptide system
d.purine system
10) dante was sitting on a rock to rest during a hike. suddenly he felt immense pain and
looked down to see a snake had bitten him in the leg. he is now terrified of anything
that even resembles a snake. dante has developed a(n):
a.identification ability with regard to snakes
b.phobia of snakes
c.distrust of snakes
d.disinterest for snakes
11) according your text, physiologists david hubel and torsten wiesels nobel
prizewinning research on the function of visual cells in cats brains illustrates the value
of _____ in scientific research.
a.serendipity
b.replication
c.objectivity
d.abstraction
12) your roommate is hostile, very competitive, and pessimistic. on the basis of recent
research, which of the following health problems is your roommate most likely to
experience later?
a.cardiovascular disease
b.immune system failures
c.chronic infections
d.cancer
13) which of the following alternatives is the closest meaning to the term serendipitous?
a.erratic
b.unexpected
c.significant
d.systematic
14) as discussed in your textbook, the case of bruce, who was surgically and
hormonally reassigned to a female identity (brenda), illustrates that:
a.gender identity is not totally dependent on how one is treated
b.gender is highly changeable if biological changes are also made
c.how a person thinks about his or her gender identity is less important than that
persons biological sex
d.surgical reassignment to the other sex is usually successful
15) ayelet is trying to draw a picture of two people on opposite sides of a river. no
matter how carefully she tries to draw the two people the same size, the person who is
supposed to be on the distant side seems to be much taller than the person who is
supposed to be on the closer side. you could explain that the depth cue of _____ means
that she will need to draw _____ of the person who is to be seen as farther away.
a.relative size; a smaller image
b.relative size; a larger image
c.familiar size; a larger image
d.familiar size; a smaller image
16) which of the following psychologists is most closely associated with the concept of
the unconscious?
a.sigmund freud
b.b. f. skinner
c.wilhelm wundt
d.william james