1) which of the following statements best describes the path of optic nerve impulses in
the brain?
a.impulses from the left eye travel to the right side of the brain; impulses from the right
eye travel to the left side of the brain.
b.impulses from the left eye travel to the left side of the brain; impulses from the right
eye travel to the right side of the brain.
c.impulses from the left half of each eye travel to the right side of the brain; impulses
from the right half of each eye travel to the left side of the brain.
d.impulses from the left half of each eye travel to the left side of the brain; impulses
from the right half of each eye travel to the left side of the brain.
2) asking an eyewitnesses how tall or how short the suspect was could result in:
a.repressed memories
b.confabulation
c.suggestibility
d.cross-ethnic identification
3) early in the twentieth century, dr. walter freeman treated mental patients by
performing:
a.a hemispherectomy
b.a basal ganglia ablation
c.a lobotomy
d.germline therapy
4) learning that takes place in the absence of reinforcement is known as:
a.economic learning
b.nonoperant conditioning
c.cognitive acquisition
d.latent learning
5) jen is a college student who was diagnosed with depression last year; subsequently,
she was given a prescription for prozac. this year, she is studying abroad in india, and in
order not to become depressed again, she has kept taking her medicine. it is slightly
more likely that she will say to her indian doctor that she is experiencing _____ because
_____.
a.depression; she wants the right prescription
b.depression; the disorder is more culturally accepted as a normal part of life in
non-western countries
c.strain and tension; being depressed carries a social stigma in india
d.strain and tension; the medical establishment in india does not see depression as a
mental health problem
6) prashanth is participating in a psychology experiment in which he is asked to
gradually shrink the image of a square on his computer screen until he can see that it is
smaller than a second square on the screen. prashanth is trying to create a _____ in
order to allow measurement of a _____.
a.just noticeable difference; absolute threshold
b.psychophysical difference; absolute threshold
c.just noticeable difference; difference threshold
d.psychophysical difference; difference threshold
7) humanism, championed by maslow and rogers, changed therapy by:
a.developing new techniques for questioning and listening to patients
b.giving rise to greater use of imagery in therapy
c.examining illogical cognitive processes
d.using drug therapies to lessen symptoms
8) if you trained a rat to fear a flashing light by pairing it with a painful electric shock,
what would be the conditioned stimulus?
a.flashing light
b.electric shock
c.fear
d.extinction
9) the school of behaviorism was based on the belief that:
a.anything can be learned by any living organism
b.animals and humans are born with the potential to learn just about anything
c.behavior is conditioned, unlike cognitions of the mind
d.animals learn via behavioral principles, whereas humans learn via cognitive principles
10) it would not be possible for a researcher to study creativity in an experiment if the
researcher:
a.had to rely on inferential statistics
b.did not account for the directionality problem
c.did not create an operational definition to measure creativity
d.did not measure event-related potential
11) according to kohlberg, in which stage of moral reasoning are moral judgments
based on complex reasoning about abstract principles and the value of all life?
a.preconventional
b.conventional
c.postconventional
d.concrete operational
12) which of the following disorders involves a serious lack of meaningful social
contact with other people?
a.attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
b.obsessive-compulsive disorder diagnosed in childhood
c.autism
d.borderline personality disorder
13) confabulation occurs when a young child:
a.deliberately lies
b.recalls an event with made-up memories as well as accurate memories
c.uses his or her imagination rather than recalling an actual event
d.cannot remember where she or he learned something
14) if ivan pavlov had never conducted his classical conditioning studies, therapists
might never have developed:
a.exposure therapy
b.cognitive therapy
c.insight therapy
d.dialectical behavior therapy
15) diane is experimenting with the lighting she will use at a rock concert. when she
lights the stage blue, she is flooding it with _____ wavelengths of light. if she wants to
change the stage to look red, she will need to shift the light to include _____
wavelengths. to change from red to green, she will need to move to _____ wavelengths.
a.long; medium; short
b.long; short; medium
c.medium; long; short
d.short; long; medium
16) which of the following parts of a neuron integrates information from other neurons?
a.axon
b.synapse
c.cell body
d.dendrite
17) barlow, among many other clinical and research psychologists, has argued that:
a.psychologists should make greater use of evidence-based treatments
b.the research community should be more open to alternative treatments, even if the
treatments have little validation
c.treatment techniques should be developed in the real world rather than in the
psychological laboratory
d.psychological theory is the most important aspect of developing new treatments
18) miryam has been playing the violin since she was a child. she loves violin and
practices frequently. when she is 15 years old, her violin teacher tells her that she is
quite talented and he wants her to enter a major competition for which she must practice
3 hours a day. though miryam usually practices more than 3 hours, she suddenly finds
that she enjoys playing less and has to force herself to practice. one theory of
motivation would suggest that miryams sudden loss of interest could be due to reduced
feelings of competence because:
a.she no longer feels that she is choosing to practice
b.she is afraid of not doing well at the competition
c.the competition is now more important than the music
d.playing has become work, not pleasure
19) for a research study on the origins of gender differences, participants took a short
math test. the researcher told the experimental group, women perform as well as men
on this math test. the control group was given no information about gender differences
on the task. the short math test was then administered to both groups. based on
stereotype threat, what are the most likely findings?
a.in the experimental group, women performed as well on the task as men.
b.in the experimental group, women performed better on the task than men.
c.men and women in both the experimental and control groups performed equally well
on the task.
d.in the control group, women performed better on the task than men.