1) when a researcher joins a social group and talks to the members in order to study that
group, the approach is referred to as:
a.a self-report method
b.participant observation
c.experience sampling
d.response performance
2) the fact that more antidepressants have been prescribed to adolescents in recent
decades while the adolescent suicide rate has gone down provides evidence that:
a.there is a correlation between antidepressant use in adolescents and lower suicide
rates
b.antidepressants directly reduce suicide risk
c.antidepressants are the treatment of choice for adolescent depression
d.other forms of therapy are not as effective as antidepressants, at least for adolescents
3) scott is having a difficult time with his classes. he tries to keep from becoming
anxious about his grades by going to movies and parties with his friends. however, scott
is frequently irritated and gets sick often. which of the following factors is probably
contributing to scotts mood problems and illnesses?
a.he is using a problem-focused coping strategy.
b.he is using an emotion-based coping strategy.
c.he is using a primary appraisal coping strategy.
d.he is using a positive reappraisal strategy.
4) gervase is staring at the blades of his ceiling fan, searching for inspiration for a paper
that he is writing. when he turns off the fan, he is very surprised that the blades appear
to be rotating in the opposite direction. to reassure gervase that he is not hallucinating,
you could tell him about:
a.stroboscopic motion
b.motion aftereffects
c.compensatory motion
d.motion parallax
5) infantile amnesia refers to the observation that:
a.infants quickly forget stimuli they have seen recently
b.infants repress any sexual images
c.adults are unable to remember things that occurred to them before about the age of 3
d.we can remember what occurred in infancy but not why it occurred
6) in contrast to insight therapies, behavioral therapy:
a.sees maladaptive behavior as the problem to be treated
b.attempts to uncover the underlying conflict that gives rise to the maladaptive behavior
c.trains patients to express their emotions
d.focuses on the whole person
7) hannah is having dinner at a mexican restaurant. when she tries the three kinds of
sauces to see how hot they are, she is assessing _____ differences. when she compares
the taste of her margarita to the taste of her friends mexican beer, she is assessing a
_____ difference.
a.qualitative; qualitative
b.qualitative; quantitative
c.quantitative; quantitative
d.quantitative; qualitative
8) while recent research provides support for the existence of what freud called defense
mechanisms, these mechanisms are now viewed as:
a.unimportant to mental functioning
b.psychologically costly to their user
c.strategies employed by the id rather than the ego
d.largely serving to protect our self-esteem
9) why do people sometimes fail to remember an uncommon word, but have a feeling
that it is on the tip-of-the-tongue?
a.interference from words similar in sound
b.blocking
c.both a and b
d.persistence
10) makena is starting her first job as a teacher. to effectively motivate her students, she
ought to develop a policy for rewards in which she:
a.rewards all activities to develop a high baseline level of motivation
b.rewards only those activities that are not inherently interesting
c.does not use rewards, so she can develop intrinsic motivation
d.rewards only inherently interesting activities to build interest in school