1) which of the following individuals is most likely to use marijuana for a medicinal
purpose?
a.an alzheimers patient for memory loss
b.a schizophrenic to reduce fearful hallucinations
c.an alcoholic to reduce the withdrawal symptoms
d.a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy to reduce nausea
2) using a task in which an infant moved a mobile by kicking, researchers found that
over the first 18 months of life:
a.memory is good and relatively stable
b.children cannot remember anything
c.children fail to see a relationship between kicking and mobile movement
d.children develop the ability to remember an event for several weeks
3) based on your texts discussion of cultural influences on taste, which of the following
statements is most accurate?
a.culture influences taste preferences.
b.culture has little influence on taste preferences.
c.culture is less important than genetics when it comes to taste preferences.
d.culture is more important than genetics when it comes to taste preferences.
4) the pharmacological treatment of antipsychotics are best used to treat:
a.depression
b.mania
c.schizophrenia
d.bipolar disorder
5) in conditioning birds and rats, you find that it is easier to condition birds with
vision-relevant stimuli than with taste-relevant stimuli, and it is easier to condition rats
with taste-relevant stimuli than with vision-relevant stimuli. these results are true
because:
a.unlike rats, birds rely on vision more than taste for food selection
b.birds are the only species that lack the ability for learned food aversions
c.unlike rats, birds have no taste buds
d.birds and rats evolved separately
6) people are most likely to adopt a problem-focused coping strategy when they
perceive the stressors as:
a.positive
b.negative
c.controllable
d.uncontrollable
7) which of the following is not considered a form of meditation?
a.zen
b.yoga
c.transcendental meditation
d.hypnosis
8) the auditory neurons extending from the _____ reach out with their axons to the
primary auditory cortex (a1) in the _____.
a.thalamus; parietal lobe
b.thalamus; temporal lobe
c.parietal lobe; thalamus
d.temporal lobe; thalamus
9) _____ measures assess personality through self-report questionnaires.
a.projective
b.nomothetic
c.objective
d.idiographic
10) the premack principle explains why:
a.shaping desirable behaviors leads to accurate conditioning
b.a favored activity can be used to reinforce a less favored activity
c.reward is preferred to punishment for effective learning
d.the law of effect works