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1
What is a "trial" in memory research?
a test of a theory
a memory test
a presentation of stimulus materials to a subject
a controlled study of forgetting
2
What is the lexical component of text processing?
orthographic processing
so-called "word attack"
recognizing individual letters
accessing an internal dictionary
3
Which is NOT true of Tinbergen and Lorenz, the founders of classic ethology?
they gave many young scholars assistance
they started as comparative psychologists
they died within a year of each other
they worked together before and after World War II
4
What are "two types of mental imagery" pointed out by researchers?
"internal" and "external"
"pictures" versus "space"
"higher" and "lower"
right hemisphere and left hemisphere
5
What do the ossicles accomplish?
equalizing pressure between the middle and outer ear
collecting sound
amplifying vibrations
transducing sound to nerve impulses
6
Which would be categorized as a "leading question" when interviewing somebody under hypnosis?
Do you remember the face of the intruder?
What do you remember?
Did the robber seem nervous?
What did you do last night?
7
When would serial learning definitely be needed?
memorizing a grocery list
memorizing names of people you met only once
memorizing the turns to get through a crowded city
memorizing the meanings of traffic symbols for a driver's test
8
Visualization, as used by athletes, was said to work a bit like...
differential reinforcement
self-hypnosis
"negative punishment"
shaping: the method of successive approximations
9
In the pursuit rotor task, a subject must...
watch hands in a mirror
judge whether a dot of light is moving or still, in a darkened room
keep a wand on a little metal dot
shoot through a hole which turns
10
What is true of NON-REM sleep, in contrast to REM sleep?
no mental activity
total relaxation of muscles below the neck
slower and more regular breathing
desynchrony or "noise" on the EEG
11
Skinner liked to show curves from 3 different species, after which he said..
it "didn't matter" which species produced the curve
the "Scala Naturae" was upheld
laws of learning differed for different species
species seemed to differ mainly in speed of learning
12
Which is NOT a typical symptom of mania?
persistence
a "flight of ideas"
intense emotions
bursts of activity
13
What is the relationship of genes to chromosomes?
there are many chromosomes on each gene
there are about 20,000 genes per chromosome
they are the same thing
there are about 46 genes per chromosome
14
What is typical of the schizoid personality disorder?
rambling speech
delusions
multiple personality
voluntary loneliness
15
In the technique called free association, clients...
relate dream objects to emotional themes
respond quickly with the first thing that comes to mind
experience abreaction
mingle in a group
16
Why did Adler call sublimation "the healthy defense mechanism"?
it is the result of higher education
it protects the ego from damage
it benefits humanity
it provides a harmless but pleasant change of mood and emotion
17
A drawback of the yes/no method of recognition testing is that..
it makes recognition into a matter of probabilities
different people require different levels of confidence before saying "yes"
it eliminates the effects of experience
it forces people to make a choice
18
Critics of Freudian psychoanalysis maintain that this form of therapy...
does not put enough emphasis on sex
is too quick to be effective
can be harmful by tolerating or encouraging transference
is good mostly for treating phobias
19
PET scans...
have not lived up to early expectations
are not quite as good as thermograms at showing detail
often use labeled glucose
show only brain structures, not areas of activity
20
Bilateral symmetry...
is common in the animal kingdom
is unique to humans
is apparently involved in the sense of equilibrium or balance
is found only in old world primates, including humans
21
To Ellis, an "irrational" idea is typically...
indisputable
an "emotional truth"
unrealistic or untrue
repressed
22
Most psychologists agree hypnosis involves...
hypersuggestibility
synchronization of brain waves
the locus coeruleus
eye fatigue
23
What does it mean to say a definition is reliable?
there are no confounded variables
you can measure the same thing again and get the same results
it means what you think it means
it can be used to make accurate predictions
24
When we make the "fundamental attribution error" we blame somebody's misfortunes on...
an evil leader
historical factors
their personal qualities
factors beyond their control
25
What is Pavlovian conditioning, in a nutshell?
any influence upon learned behavior by reflexes
modification of behavior by reinforcement
learning from the effects of behavior
an anticipatory biological response
26
What is the emphasis of health psychology?
helping people "unlearn" their sicknesses
helpful stimulation of the immune system
so-called "disease personalities"
promoting healthy lifestyles and behavior
27
What is a "chunk," in short term memory?
a hierarchy
a partial memory, not complete
a "magic number" which aids retrieval
a single organized thing or item
28
Psychodynamic therapies typically emphasize...
a warm, supportive relationship between therapist and client
correcting irrational thoughts
analyzing problems as CERs
events from the individual's past
29
How did Freud describe the super-ego?
it
the primary process
the agent of adaptation
an internalization of parental values
30
You had a car crash; now all cars scare you. —————— is occurring.
discrimination
generalization
extinction
secondary reinforcement
31
Flavell asked children if they ever forgot anything. 30% said they did not. This showed a deficiency in..
conservation
memory
language
metacognition
32
What does "autonomic" mean?
automatic
regenerative
isolated
emotional
33
By the 1920s a new definition of psychology had gained favor. Psychology was said to be the science of...
Philosphy
Mind
Computers
Behvaior
34
Which is the following is not regarded as a spectrum disorder?
bipolar disorder
OCD
general level of adaptive functioning
depression
35
What is a lucid dream?
a dream where you know you are dreaming
a dream with unusually clear meaning
a type of nightmare
what Pieron called a "limpid" dream
36
What does it mean to say a definition is reliable?
there are no confounded variables
it means what you think it means
you can measure the same thing again and get the same results
it can be used to make accurate predictions
37
How can something intended as a punisher actually function as a reinforcer?
if punishment is actually desired by the child
if shaping is used
if frequency of the "punished" behavior goes up
if it comes too late after the behavior
38
Using Jung's theory, a "wild man" professional wrestler would be seen as an expression of...
the id
the "wild man" archetype
the anima
displacement
39
The James-Lange or "body reaction" theory of emotion says...
you react with your body first, then you feel emotion
you feel emotion, then a bodily reaction
emotion is adrenalin plus context
the somatic nervous system is the seat of emotion
40
In observational research there are no...
variables
experimental manipulations
operational definitions
statistical tests
41
Historically, AI was distinguished from cognitive psychology in what way?
AI was considered by many scientists as more subjective
AI did not care about how humans did something
AI used neuroscience
AI was the more common approach in psychology departments
42
What is myopia?
degeneration of the retina
a problem focussing the visual image
too much pressure in the vitreous humor
strain in eye muscles
43
According to the "sleeper effect" you might read an article in a tabloid by a newspaper checkout line, then...
say that you had dreamed the information
remember more of it the next day
forget where you read it, while remembering the information
buy a product mentioned 4 or 5 times in the article
44
Bandura had to teach himself, part of the time, in high school. He said this helped to teach him the power of...
the ego
self-efficacy
social organization
reinforcement
45
Hospice care usually occurs..
in hospitals
at home
in a special clinic
only when there is a chance of recovery from illness
46
A person with a low set-point eats a very rich meal. What normally happens next?
the set point is raised for a day or two
nausea
body temperature rises
body temperature falls
47
A cognitive psychologist is most likely to be interested in..
research involving some medicine or placebo
memory and perception
observational research
therapy research
48
Which is NOT among typical checklist items for self-diagnosis of alcoholism?
repeated problems such as arrests
hiding alcohol for personal consumption
lack of ability to "hold one's liquor"
dependence or need
49
Berscheid and colleagues discovered that better looking people are commonly assumed to be...
corrupt
better in a variety of ways
less intelligent
immoral
50
What is "inoculation" in the context of persuasion and attitude change?
a high-fear technique
planting an idea which will be built upon later to create attitude change
attacking a communicator's credibility
having people rehearse resistance to an idea
51
In the obedience experiment, teachers were ____________ the apparent suffering of the learner.
skeptical about
indifferent toward
calmly curious about
distressed by
52
A tone which predicts a puff of air elicits an eyeblink. What is the puff of air?
the UCS
the CS
the UCR
the CR
53
What is "hill-climbing" in the context of the General Problem Solver (GPS) program?
taking steps toward a goal
"going against the grain" or being stubborn
treating each sub-problem as a distinct goal
choosing the more difficult path
54
What can chimps and other great apes do, using sign language?
consistently form grammatical, novel expressions
label or name objects
converse as well as the average 5 year old
express irony and metaphor
55
Which behavior is common in situations of motivational conflict?
depression
vacillation
"voodoo death"
lethargy or sleepiness
56
Rogers said that despite the variety of problems seen by a counseling psychologist...
it all boils down to negative self-talk
there was, at root, only one problem: "Who am I, really?"
the whole concept of "problems" was wrong
nobody is ever "cured"
57
Classic desensitization as invented by Wolpe involves a "fear hierarchy" which is really...
a diagram showing control relationships between various emotions
a list of increasingly fearsome experiences
an "in vivo" form of the therapy
a collection of typical phobic stimuli such as spiders and snakes
58
The "need for cognitive consistency" can also be described as a need for...
"congruity"
social support
"optimal complexity"
"stimulus-seeking"
59
Evidence from brain scans shows...
evidence of hallucinations, but not illusions
evidence of both illusions and hallucinations
evidence of illusions, but not hallucinations
no sign of either hallucinations or illusions, showing they are imagined
60
Green afterimages after staring at red objects is evidence for..
color blindness
two colors signaled by the same channel
two channels of information
two types of rod receptor
61
Piaget's studies of "conservation" trace the development of...
internal representation or "knowledge"
sensory-motor activity
object constancy
perception
62
What is "source degradation"?
disbelief in a leader
a gradual weakening of a message stimulus
forgetting where a message came from
attacking the source of a message
63
Which of the following is NOT part of the famous Alcoholics Anonymous approach?
disciplined or controlled drinking, such as one per day
group support
calling on a Higher Power
admitting powerlessness over the drug
64
What is a typical symptom of psychosis?
hallucinations
an obsession with cleanliness
heart palpatations
nightmares
65
An axonal arborization looks somewhat like...
a grape arbor, according to Cajal
a dendritic tree
a corn stalk
a cake of many layers
