1) qiaohui never needed to study in high school. when she gets to college, she finds that
she needs to study. she decides that she will go to the library and study for 6 hours
every night after dinner. after two days, her plan falls apart and she goes back to not
studying much. qiaohui might have been more successful had she _____, because
_____ help people reach goals.
a.gradually increased her study time; small steps
b.studied in her room; fewer distractions
c.rewarded herself for studying; intrinsic motivations
d.both a and b
2) according to your textbook, those who are likely to liver longer and have better
health are characterized by:
a.an emotion-focused approach to coping
b.rumination
c.seeking out information
d.social support
3) based on the principle of regression to the mean, if leshaun received an award for
academic excellence in grade 7, but never received awards before that point, how is he
likely to perform in grades 812?
a.he will perform about the same as in grade 7.
b.he will perform much worse than in grades 17.
c.he will perform about the same as in grades 16.
d.his performance will gradually get better and better throughout grades 812.
4) research by this psychologist showed that infant monkeys preferred a surrogate
mother made of soft cloth that could not give milk to a surrogate mother made of
barbed wire that could give milk. who was this psychologist?
a.konrad lorenz
b.sigmund freud
c.harry harlow
d.jean piaget
5) when the i thinks about the me, this capacity is referred to as:
a.self-awareness
b.self-schema
c.self-esteem
d.self-concept
6) schizophrenia is found more often among poorer people. this phenomenon is
evidence that _____ factors are important in mental disorders.
a.cognitive
b.evolutionary
c.sociocultural
d.biological
7) based on what you know about the prevalence rates of smoking, where would you
expect to find the most lung cancer deaths in the next 20 years?
a.urban cities in the united states
b.rural communities in the united states
c.china
d.france
8) what is an unconditioned response?
a.a learned pairing between two stimuli
b.a nervous system reflex
c.an unlearned, automatic behavior to a stimulus
d.something that elicits an automatic behavior
9) merle is very good at learning new things, but does not have a lot of general
knowledge. sue is the oppositeshe knows lots of things but is not very good at learning
to do new things. thus merle is higher in _____ intelligence than sue, but sue is higher
in _____ intelligence than merle.
a.crystallized; fluid
b.fluid; crystallized
c.fluid; creative
d.general; crystallized
10) in an accident, shuchun has received damage to his prefrontal cortex. this condition
is likely to cause shuchun to have a lessened ability to:
a.eat sufficiently to maintain body weight
b.avoid eating excessively
c.taste sweetness and saltiness
d.taste hot flavors
11) trey, a teaching assistant, is recording grades for a large introductory psychology
class. where would social facilitation theory suggest he ought to work, to make the best
progress?
a.in the library, at a table with people who are studying
b.alone in his room or alone in his office
c.in his office, with other teaching assistants who are also recording grades
d.at a coffee shop, with many other people talking