According to Erikson, the issue of integrity vs. despair occurs at what time in one's life?

Late Adulthood (late 60s and up)

An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions is known as...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

What are the opposing retinal processes of the opponent-process theory?

Red/Green, Yellow/Blue, White/Black

According to Freud, what is the remembered storyline and underlying meaning of a dream?

Manifest Content and Latent Content

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1
Which perspective focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information?
Psychodynamic
Cognitive
Social-Cultural
Evolutionary
2
What idea is concerned with all of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves: 'Who am I?'
Self-Concept
Identity
Egocentrism
Role
3
What is the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network?
Endocrine System
Digestive System
Nervous System
Limbic System
4
According to Erikson, the issue of integrity vs. despair occurs at what time in one's life?
Toddlerhood (1-2 years)
Middle Adulthood ( 40s-60s)
Late Adulthood (late 60s and up)
Infancy (to 1 year)
5
What is the tendency of people to be helpful when already in a good mood?
Catharsis
Feel-good, do-good Phenomenon
Happiness Effect
Intrinsic Motivation
6
Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner's eight intelligences?
Practical
Linguistic
Interpersonal
Naturalist
7
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions is known as...
Phobia
PTSD
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
None of the Above
8
What is the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself?
Hindsight Bias
Adaptation-Level Phenomenon
Envy Theory
Relative Deprivation
9
The model below depicts Freud's idea of...
Confidence
Mind Structure
Intelligence
Body Structure
10
What is the set of expected behaviors for males and for females?
Gender Role
Gender-Typing
Gender Identity
Gender Schema Theory
11
Which part of the neuron receives messages and conducts impulses toward the cell body?
Cell Body
Axon
Myelin Sheath
Dendrite
12
Which approach to psychotherapy uses techniques from various forms of therapy?
transference
eclectic
interpretation
functionalism
13
Which concept helps explain many of our superstitious beliefs?
Illusory Correlation
Cause and Effect
Pattern Seeking
Overconfidence
14
Which of the following are structures of the limbic system?
Thalamus
Cerebellum
Amygdala/Hypothalamus
Medulla/Pons
15
Which theory of emotion states that arousal and emotion occur simultaneously?
Two-Factor
James-Lange
Schachter-Singer
Cannon-Bard
16
Getting a hug (after a response) is an example of what?
Shaping
Negative Reinforcement
Conditioning
Positive Reinforcement
17
What are the opposing retinal processes of the opponent-process theory?
Red/Green, Yellow/Blue, White/Black
Rods/Cones
Red/Green/Blue
Red/Yellow, Green/Bue, Black/White
18
What is the central focal point in the retina, around which the eye's cones cluster?
Pupil
Fovea
Optic Nerve
Ganglion Cell
19
What is the incorporation of misleading information into one's memory of an event?
Misinformation Effect
Imagination
Memory Construction
Amnesia
20
What determines the hue of light?
Intensity
Frequency
Wavelength
Amplitude
21
Which kind of drugs depress the activity of the CNS, reducing anxiety but impairing memory?
Stimulants
Barbiturates
Opiates
Hallucinogens
22
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of...
The Human Mind
Behavior and Mental Processes
Observable Behavior
Emotions
23
Which structure of the brain helps process explicit memories for storage?
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Thalamus
24
The basic defense mechanism that ejects anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories is...
Retrieval
None of the Above
Repression
Regression
25
What is a desire for significant accomplishment: for mastery of things, people, or ideas?
Satisfaction Motivation
Incentive
Extrinsic Motivation
Achievement Motivation
26
What is known as the "Aha!" moment?
Heuristics
Insight
Divergent Thinking
Confirmation Bias
27
Which form of processing depends on our past experiences and expectations?
Bottom-up processing
Top-down processing
Critical Thinking
Perception
28
A robin is a(n) ______ of a bird.
Prototype
categorization
Heuristic
Algorithm
29
Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think is known as...
Perception of Language`
Linguistic Determinism
Hindsight Bias
Language Construction
30
According to Freud, what is the remembered storyline and underlying meaning of a dream?
Latent Content and Matent Content
Sleep Apnea and Night Terrors
REM and Hypnosis
Manifest Content and Latent Content
31
What is a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity?
Attitude
Rooting Reflex
Temperament
Personality
32
The word 'but' has how many phonemes?
1
2
3
4
33
The diagram below is an example of what idea?
Incentive Theory
Homeostasis
Hierarchy of Needs
Drive-Reduction Theory
34
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare" is called...
Declarative Memory
Explicit Memory
Both B and C
Implicit Memory
35
What is the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response?
Acquisition
Generalization
Spontaneous Recovery
Extinction
36
True or False: High reliability ensures a test's validity.
False
True
37
Client-centered therapy falls under which perspective?
Active Listening
Humanistic
Behavioral
Psychodynamic
38
Which method of coping attempts to alleviate stress directly?
Problem-Focused Coping
Coping
Emotiong-Focused Coping
None of the Above
39
Who famously argued that the mind at birth is a blank slate- a "white paper?"
John Locke
Wilhelm Wundt
Plato
Socrates
40
Which study compares people of different ages?
Cross-Sectional Study
Case Study
Experiment
Longitudinal Study
41
Systematic desensitization is what kind of therapy?
Behavior
Active Listening
Exposure
Counterconditioning
42
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units is called...
Encoding
Chunking
Spacing
Processing
43
Which neurotransmitter enables muscle action, learning, and memory?
Acetylcholine (ACh)
Serotonin
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
44
An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is known as...
Character
Personality
Self-Esteem
Intelligence
45
The perception that one controls one's own fate is know as...
External Locus of Control
Learned Hopefulness
Internal Locus of Control
Personal Control
46
A correlation coefficient of +.95 signifies...
No Correlation
No Relationship
A strong, positive correlation
A weak, positive correlation
47
Asch's experiments exhibit what psychological concept?
Overconfidence
Cognitive Dissonance
Conformity
Hindsight Bias
48
Which part of the ear contains the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
Outer Ear
Middle Ear
Inner Ear
Cochlea
49
What is the study of paranormal activity?
Parapsychology
Psychokinesis
Scientific ESP
Psychology
50
Which of the following is NOT a sympathetic division response?
Heart Accelerates
Pupils Contract
Salivation Decreases
Digestion Inhibits
51
True or False: Depression is usually unaffected by stressful life events.
False
True
52
The painting below purposely confuses figure and ground using what?
Interposition
Relative Size
convergence
Texture Gradient
53
What is the name for the regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle?
Circadian Rhythm
Biological Rhythms
Social Clock
REM Sleep
54
Goal-oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals is
Task Leadership
Conditioning
Positive Coaching
Social Leadership
55
What is the fertilized egg that enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division?
Zygote
Uterus
Fetus
Embryo
56
According to Kohlberg, one obeys either to avoid punishment or gain rewards during which stage?
Preconventional
Conventional
Postconventional
Initiative vs. Guilt
57
False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders are...
schizophrenia
delusions
belief perseverance
hallucinations
58
According to Piaget, during what stage does one develop object permanence?
Preoperational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
Sensorimotor
59
True or False: Aerobic exercise may alleviate depression and anxiety.
True
False
60
Who concluded that the mind is separable from the body, and that knowledge is innate?
Socrates
William James
Wilhelm Wundt
Aristotle
61
Which of the following is NOT a projective test?
Themantic Apperception Test (TAT)
None of the Above
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Rorscharch Inkblot Test
62
Using someone's disposition to explain their behavior is one eample of the
Fundamental Attribution Error
Attitude
Reflection
Hindsight Bias
63
Which technique depicts brain activity by showing each brain area's consumption of glucose?
fMRI
EEG
PET
MRI
64
The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior is...
Learning
Mirroring
Observing
Modeling
65
People from which type of culture may act shy in new groups and are more easily embarrassed?
Collectivist
Individualistic
Western
Northern
66
A person limited in mental ability but has an exceptional specific skill has...
General Intelligence
None of the Above
Savant Syndrome
Specific Intelligence
67
Milgram's experiments had 'shocking' results of very high levels of...
Normative Social Influence
Obedience
Conformity
All of the Above
68
The application of psychological ideas and methods to optimize human behavior in workplaces is
Flow
Real-Life Psychology
Workforce Psychology
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
69
The picture below portrays what idea?
Grouping Principles
Depth Perception
Binocular Cues
Visual Cliff
70
The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is...
Syntax
Sematics
Phoneme
Morpheme
71
The body's resting rate of energy expenditure is...
Set Point
Basal Heart Rate
Psychology of Hunger
Basal Metabolic Rate
72
Which personality type is competitive, impatient, verbally-aggressive, and anger-prone?
Type 1
Type A
Type B
Type C
73
Which of the following states of consciousness are psychologically induced?
Hypnosis/Meditation
Food/Oxygen Starvation
Hallucinations/Dreaming
Daydreaming/Drowsiness
74
Which perspective emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people?
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
Humanistic
Cognitive
75
Which stage of Freud's psychosexual stages is characterized by dormant sexual feelings?
Phallic
Latency
Oral
Dormant
76
What are the threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes?
Chromosomes
DNA
Genes
Genomes
77
The diagram below depicts which theory of emotion?
James-Lange
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Two-Factor
Cannon-Bard
78
Which of the following tests is designed to predict a person's future performance?
Standardized Test
None of the Above
Achievement Test
Aptitude Test
79
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes are classified as...
Bipolar Disorders
Mood Disorders
Mania Disorders
Major Personality Disorders
80
Which observation technique studies one person in depth in the hope of showing universal ideas?
Experiment
Case Study
Survey
Longitudinal Study
81
Which of the following in NOT a "Big Five" personality trait?
Openness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
None of the Above
82
What illusion does the phi phenomenon create?
Texture Gradience
Speed
Distance
Movement
83
The picture below is an example of what concept?
None of the Above
Continuity
Connectedness
Proximity
84
What is a statement of the procedures used to define research variables?
Operational Defintion
Hypothesis
Basic Definition
Classical Definition
85
Stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others is known as...
Social Loafing
Deindividuation
Social Facilitation
Group Polarization
86
What is the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behavior?
Hindsight Bias
Illusory Correlation
Overconfidence
False Consensus Effect
87
According to Piaget, during what stage does one develop CONservation?
CONcrete Operational
Formal Operational
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
88
In Pavlov's experiments, what is the conditioned stimulus?
None of the Above
Food
Sound of Bell
Salivation
89
What is the complete genetic instructions for making an organism?
Genes
DNA
Genome
Neurons
90
True or False: Clients generally speak negatively of their therapists.
False
True
91
What are the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state?
Alpha
Hallucinations
Beta
Delta
92
True or False: Most major depressive episodes self-terminate.
True
False
93
What is the ability of produce novel and valuable ideas?
Confidence
Divergent Thinking
Intelligence
Creativity
94
A revoked driver's license is an example of what?
Operant Conditioning
Negative Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Negative Punishment

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