1) false memories occur because:
a.everyone is absentminded
b.people have memory biases
c.consolidation is an imperfect process
d.encoding is a selective process
2) the system of rules that determine how words are combined into phrases and how
phrases are used to make sentences is called:
a.morphemes
b.phonemes
c.syntax
d.language
3) navario is refusing to do his homework because he wants to go out to play. his
mother tells him he is not allowed to play until the homework is finished. his mother is
using:
a.positive punishment
b.biological preparedness
c.the premack principle
d.the principle of shaping
4) jaime has generalized anxiety disorder. her psychiatrist gives her a psychotropic
medication. the most likely action of this drug is to _____ activity.
a.increase gaba
b.increase dopamine
c.decrease norepinephrine
d.decrease serotonin
5) when sinead meets perry, she really likes him. when he tells her that he is on the
university basketball team, she decides that he must not have many intellectual or
academic interests. sineads views are based on:
a.personal prejudices
b.group stereotypes
c.attributional biases
d.cognitive deductions
6) research suggests that the average adult smoker, compared to the nonsmoker:
a.can plan to live about a decade less
b.underestimates the number of people who smoke
c.did not try cigarettes until college
d.overestimates the number of health problems he or she has
7) georgina has fallen while rock climbing and sustained damage to her primary visual
cortex. which psychological functions would you expect to see impaired in georgina as
a result of her injury?
a.perception
b.categorization
c.categorization and imagery
d.perception and imagery
8) according to the dissociation theory of hypnosis, people under hypnosis:
a.merely act out what they believe is expected of them
b.take on a role of following directions of the hypnotist simply to gain attention
c.experience a trancelike state in which there is separation or dissociation from
conscious awareness
d.enter a dreamlike or rem-like state of consciousness
9) object permanence is a childs awareness that:
a.the mass of an object does not change when its shape changes
b.objects exist even when you cannot see them
c.broken objects can be repaired
d.objects that cannot be seen may be similar to those that can
10) karls grandmother, who came from poland, died when he was three. he can
remember very little about her. in fact, he has no conscious memories of the wonderful
polish food she used to cook. one day, karl walks by a polish restaurant and is flooded
with memories of his grandmother. the food served as a _____ for karls memories of his
grandmother.
a.mnemonic
b.mental image
c.frame
d.retrieval cue