Final Exam Review Part 2

Obesity increases the risk of:

Which of the following is NOT a measure of retention?

The incidence of serious psychological disorders has been doubly high among

The emotions of anger and fear involve similar:

Inflated views of self-importance are most characteristic of those with

People who blame victims of cancer for their medical misfortune best illustrate

Groupthink is fueled by a desire for

A 9-year-old with the mental age of an average 12-year-old was said to have an IQ

Flat affect and catatonia are symptoms most closely associated with

Schizophrenia is said to be acute when

Research suggests that beginning in the twenties and thirties:

Which trait is associated with a tendency to seek low levels of environmental stimulation?

Which of the following is true of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory?

The greatest number of deaths in the United States today results from:

Virtual reality exposure therapy is most similar to

The highest rates of depression occur in ________ countries among ________.

Learning the rules of syntax for a specific language best illustrates the acquisition of:

Down syndrome is a disorder of varying severity caused by:

Prejudice is a(n) ________; discrimination is a(n) ________.

Oxygen deprivation at the time of birth is a known risk factor for

The best way to increase the production of serotonin is to:

Xanax and Ativan are ________ drugs.

One component of emotional intelligence involves:

Breast feeding is associated with the release of:

Mindfulness meditation involves attending to our moment-to-moment experiences in a manner that

A person who can imagine many alternative uses of a paper clip best illustrates:

Which of the following is an important component of grit?

Explicit memory is to ________ as implicit memory is to ________.

In a collectivist culture, individuals are likely to avoid

Who is the best example of a Type B personality?

Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

Wernicke's area is typically located in the left ________ lobe.

The mass-killing shooters have several things in common, including that they tend to

The self-reference effect best illustrates the value of:

Answering practice test questions about text material you have studied is a strategy for:

Competition between individuals is most likely to be celebrated in cultures that promote

People who laugh a lot have exhibited a lower incidence of:

Free association is a method designed to

In studies with 3-year-olds, the early signs of antisocial behavior in children include

Depression increases the risk of death, especially death from:

Self-esteem is especially likely to be a predictor of happiness in cultures that value:

Narcissism is associated with

Fear-learning experiences can traumatize the brain by creating fear circuits within the

According to Freud, boys develop unconscious sex desires for their mother during the ___ stage.

Which of the following refers to a state that usually triggers a state of motivational arousal?

A sudden loss of memory is a symptom of

Left hemisphere damage to Wernicke's area is most likely to contribute to:

Freud believed that ________ are the “royal road to the unconscious".

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of what is commonly called intelligence?

The humanistic perspective emphasized the value of

Damage to the _____ would most likely interfere with a person's memory of how to play the piano

The use of mnemonics such as the peg-word system illustrates:

Conscious rehearsal of what you just heard a friend tell you requires:

Ruminating inwardly about why you are angry is likely to:

What grade do you think you will have in my class?

Stress hormones promote stronger memories by:

Which of the following has been suggested as an explanation for infantile amnesia?

Severely depressed individuals are especially likely to show reduced brain activity in the

People who are more likely to avoid romantic commitments

Psychoanalytic techniques are designed primarily to help patients

Encoding verbal information semantically involves:

By activating the amygdala, stress hormones promote

A loss of perceived control tends to result in:

The preservation of innovation best illustrates the survival value of

Damage to the hippocampus would most likely interfere with a person's ability to learn:

The happier Judie is, the more readily she recalls positive life experiences. This illustrates:

Lithium is often an effective ________ drug.

Feeling responsible for behavior that violates our conscience is most likely to contribute to

A highly anxious and insecure personality illustrates the Big Five trait dimension of

Social loafing is LEAST likely to be observed in

The amygdala boosts activity in the brain's memory-forming areas when stimulated by:

Freud suggested that the superego strengthens through the process of

Which emotion is expressed by brows drawn together and downward, eyes fixed, and mouth squarish

If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high degree of:

Alfred Adler was a neo-Freudian who proposed the concept of

Reversing the perspectives of actor and observer reduces ________ among observers.

Which procedure involves the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain?

The final exam in a calculus course would be an example of a(n) ________ test.

Many clinical psychologists have a Ph.D. degree, which indicates that they

Personality is best defined as an individual's

Work activities are most likely to foster happiness when they promote:

Which of the following disorders is more common among men than women?

The pleasure principle is to the ________ as the reality principle is to the ________.

According to Freud's theory, the behavior of a newborn is controlled by

Many suspect that EMDR may be therapeutic because of its similarity to

Among women, the stresses and demoralization of poverty are especially likely to precipitate

Damage to the ___ would most likely interfere with a person's ability to form new memories.

Consciously recalling that Lincoln was assassinated by Booth best illustrates

The DSM-5 does NOT

Happy infants and alert, energetic adults are likely to show high levels of activity in the:

Using the defense mechanism of projection, a person experiences an internal

A psychologist would use biofeedback to provide clients with information about their:

Oxytocin is a stress-moderating hormone released by:

Major depressive disorder is said to occur when signs of depression last at least

Self-actualized people, as described by Maslow, are LEAST likely to

After long-term potentiation has occurred

People's physical attractiveness is a good predictor of their

Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are called

Infants are first able to discriminate speech sounds during the ________ stage.

One good alternative to antidepressant drugs is

One explanation for the fundamental attribution error involves observers'

An intense fear of heights is not considered to be a psychological disorder unless it

The women's basketball team at the U of T improved in free-throw shooting after practicing:

A person who has agoraphobia is most likely to

Self-actualized people, as described by Maslow, are especially likely to

Those who demonstrate grit are especially likely to have a high level of:

The term catharsis refers to emotional:

The superego is the part of personality that

The most universally understood way of expressing emotion is through:

One would not observe unusually high rates of divorce in cultures that promote