Taking a random sample from a population ensures that...

each member has an equal chance of being selected

With regard to language, Noam Chomsky proposed that...

humans have a language acquisistion device

According to Freud, the id strives mainly to...

attain gratification of its desires

According to Asch what is the relationship between conformity and group size?

conformity increases until group of 3 , then levels off

Experiments differ from other types of research in that...

experiments attempt to show cause and effect

The most commonly employed measures of personality ask people to...

fill out questionnaires about their own personality

Kohlberg posited that the lowest level of moral development involved...

focus on the consequences of actions to self

People who suffer from antisocial personality disorder are most likely to...

evidence a lack of sensitivity to others

Hubel and Weisel won the Nobel prize for their work on ...

feature detectors in the visual cortex

Someone with an internal locus of control is likely to believe that...

hard work and effort result in benefits for the individual

Why are siblings close in age more similar in intelligence that siblings far apart in age?

environment influences intelligence

One important contribution of contemporary research on intelligence has been to...

de-emphasize the importance of traditional academics

Sociobiologists believe that people are motivated to...

ensure the survival of their genes

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1
Taking a random sample from a population ensures that...
the sample will contain an equal number of males and females
experimenter bias wil be eliminated
the impact of confounding variables will be minimized
each member has an equal chance of being selected
2
When UM rejected Jeb, he said it was too cold up there. What defense mechanism is he using?
projection
rationalization
regression
sublimation
3
Why does a baby move to place your finger in his/her mouth when you stroke his/her cheek?
rooting reflex
plantar reflex
feeling reflex
Babinsky reflex
4
With regard to language, Noam Chomsky proposed that...
language can't be learned after the critical period is over
nurture has great influence than nature
humans have a language acquisistion device
children learn language through shaping
5
What schedule should Greta use to teacher her new bulldog a trick the quickest?
coninuous
variable interval
variable ratio
fixed ratio
6
Transduction in the ear takes place in the...
ossicles
tympanic membrane
semicircular canals
cochlea
7
According to Freud, the id strives mainly to...
protect the person with defence mechanisms
ensure the individual is acting morally
attain gratification of its desires
mediate between the ego and superego
8
The fatty tissue that speeds up neural transmission is known as...
dendrites
myelin
adipose
nodes of Ranvier
9
Why could Tray only remember the first and last questions after finishing his algebra final?
retrograde amnesia
anterograde amnesia
serial-position effect
stress of the exam
10
What style parents enforce strict rules and allow no questioning?
authoritative
permissive
democratic
authoritarian
11
Humanistic psychologists emphasize the importance of ...
attributional style
free will
observable behavior
unconscious thoughts
12
All of the following have hallucinogenic properties except for...
marijuana
cocaine
angel dust
LSD
13
A negative ECT is...
phobic disorders
memory loss
sleeplessness
violent outbursts
14
Damage to which part of the brain would most likely result in auditory difficulties?
temporal lobe
cerebellum
parietal lobe
amygdala
15
Studies of prosocial behavior show that bystanders are less likely to offer help when?
the weather is good
dire aid appears necessary
others are not helping
they are alone
16
According to Asch what is the relationship between conformity and group size?
conformity increases until group of 3 , then levels off
More people in the group, the greater conformity
no relationship exists between group size and conformity
conformity goes up as group size drops to 9, then huge drop
17
Loss of interest in one's daily activities is a symptom of...
depression
hypochondriasis
ADHD
panic disorder
18
Experiments differ from other types of research in that...
the dependent variable is manipulated by the experimenter
an experiment minimizes ethical concerns
experiments attempt to show cause and effect
only an experiment can prove a hypothesis
19
Bobby kicks sister Tammy's doll under the bed, she retrieves it. Piaget's explanation of her?
egocentrism
conservation
concrete operations
object permance
20
What kind of psychologist would be most likely to use the TAT?
biomedical
psychoanalyst
behaviorist
humanistic
21
Light therapy is most common used in the treatment of...
seasonal affective disorder
generalized anxiety
panic disorder
dissociative amnesia and fugue
22
The first step in in the information processing theory of memory is...
attention
retrieval
storage
encoding
23
Freud would say obsession with control and order has roots in which psychosexual stage?
phallic
oral
latency
anal
24
The most commonly employed measures of personality ask people to...
monitor their pulse, blood pressure, and diet
log thoughts and action over a long period of time
fill out questionnaires about their own personality
interpret ambiguous shapes and pictures
25
Which of the following is a primary enforcer?
money
water
music
praise
26
What is the first stage of Hans Seyle's general adaptation syndrom?
observation
resistance
alarm
activation
27
Kohlberg posited that the lowest level of moral development involved...
breaking rules if they're unjust
blindly following the law
doing whatever one's peer group advised
focus on the consequences of actions to self
28
Which of the following would not characterize a person in the concrete operational stage?
appreciating conservation
understanding reversibility
believing in artificialism
solving class-inclusion problems
29
Which is evidence that hypnosis is a form of divided consciousness?
somnambulism
lucid dreaming
hidden-observer effect
free-running rhythms
30
After an emergency situation, which part of the nervous system returns the body to homeostasis?
parasympathetic
somatic
sympathetic
central
31
Dana saw the word dophin, but read the word dolphin. Why?
bottom-up processing
template-matching theory
top-down processing
prototype-matching theory
32
Seligman theorized that learned helplessness is associated with which disorder?
conversion
bipolar
unipolar depression
OCD
33
People who suffer from antisocial personality disorder are most likely to...
evidence a lack of sensitivity to others
view themselves as loners
suffer from delusions
experience a change in eating and sleeping habits
34
Hubel and Weisel won the Nobel prize for their work on ...
the elements of the reflex arc
feature detectors in the visual cortex
influence of pheromones on human behavior
specialized taste cells on the tongue
35
Psychogenic amnesia is classified as...
mood disorder
somatoform disorder
dissociative disorder
schizophrenic disorder
36
Charities that send free address labels are hoping people will contribute money because of...
foot-in-the-door
door-in-the-face
social facilitation
norms of reciprocity
37
Kohler's work with apes had to do with what type of learning?
latent
classical conditioning
insight
observational
38
Someone with an internal locus of control is likely to believe that...
nature has already decided who will prosper and who won't
luck plays are large role in success or lack of success
hard work and effort result in benefits for the individual
other's opinions should not affect his/her own actions
39
Why are siblings close in age more similar in intelligence that siblings far apart in age?
younger siblings make better grades
genetics influences intelligence
old siblings tend to be smarter than young
environment influences intelligence
40
Social psychologists are the most likely group to study...
how memory works
ways to increase workplace effeciency
the use of heuristics
attitude formation
41
Which theory of motivation explains why Eddie gets irritable after hours without a smoke?
drive reduction
Malsow's hierarchy of needs
incentive rewards
evolutionary
42
Which kind of psychotherapy is criticized due to a long and expensive course of treatment?
Gestalt therapy
rational emotive therapy
ecclectic therapy
psychoanalysis
43
What kind of memory is Misty using while thinking of winning the spelling be?
eidetic
episodic
implicit
procedural
44
One important contribution of contemporary research on intelligence has been to...
reaffirm belief that intelligence is fixed, not changable
suggest that intelligence is context-free
de-emphasize the importance of traditional academics
utilize more sophisticated statistical methods
45
Term for groups taking more extreme positions on issues that the individuals actually do.
in-group bias
group polarization
deindividuation
groupthink
46
People classified as Type A are most susceptible to which health problems?
heart disease
cancer
addictions
pulmonary disorders
47
The DSM is a tool psychologist use to...
diagnose mental illness
assess intelligence
analyze research findings
measure personality
48
What process did researchers use to create the theory that there are 5 main personality traits?
inferential statistics
applied research
hypothesis testing
factor analysis
49
Which of the following chemicals would be most likely found in the synapse?
norephinephrine
estrogen
insulin
thyroxin
50
Taking medicine to relieve a headache is an example of...
classical conditioning
negative reinforcement
positive reinforcement
latent learning
51
Sociobiologists believe that people are motivated to...
surpass other members of the species
ensure the survival of their genes
avoid mental tension
maintain a peak arousal level
52
Juanita is 12 and according to Stanford-Binet has a mental age of 15. What is her IQ?
75
125
80
100
53
Which part of the brain is most instrumental in decision making?
hippocampus
frontal lobe
hypothalamus
cerebellum
54
REM sleep is also known as...
deep sleep
quiet sleep
paradoxical sleep
beta sleep
55
"I goed to the circus" is an example of...
telegraphic speech
syntax
overgeneralization
babbling
56
Erikson: A 2 year old is most likely to resolve which conflict?
industry v. inferiority
autonomy v. shame and doubt
initiative v. guilt
trust v. mistrust
57
Deciding between going to a fun party and risking seeing the Ex there is what issue?
approach - approach
avoidance - avoidance
approach - avoidance
complex approach - avoidance
58
A man who reports that he is seeing things that, in fact, are not there is experiencing...
sensory confusion
delusions
compulsions
hallucinations
59
Claire sat on the windy prairie, hair in her face, not thinking to use a blade of grass. Why?
an algorithm
a heuristic
functional fixedness
mental set
60
At rest, the charge inside a neuron is approximately _____ millivolts.
+50
-50
0
-70
61
Why are people more fearful of flying that data states they should be?
cognitive dissonance
framing effect
recency effect
availability heuristic
62
A common somatic treatment for depression is...
SSRIs
prefrontal lobotomy
ECST
benzodiazepines
63
Trait theorists are mainly critized for...
asserting the personality is fixed at birth
underestimating the importance of situational factors
overlooking important gender differences
overemphaszing the importance of behavior
64
Bandura's Bobo doll experiment is most closely associated with which term?
modeling
maturation
instincts
abstract learning
65
Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby are best know for their work on ...
attachment
intelligence
parenting styles
adult development
66
Aphagia (starvation) will result from continually stimulating...
pineal glands
ventromedial hypothalamus
adreneal glands
lateral hypothalamus
67
A shortage of which neurotransmitter has been linked to depression?
acetylcholine
serotonin
dopamine
epinephrine
68
If the results of a study are statistically significant...
a perfect correlation exists between variables
the study has been replicated three or more times
the methodology was flawed
the results probably didn't happen by chance
69
The practice test you are currently taking is an example of ...
achievement test
personality test
aptitude test
standardized test
70
Which is the highest level in Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
esteem needs
physiological needs
self-actualization
belongingness needs
71
A valid test of artistic ability ...
rewards the people that have studied art the longest
identifies those people who had the best artistic training
is normed based on the perfomance of a standardized sample
is meant to show aptitude rather than achievement
72
Which kind of graph would plot the correlation between height and weight of people?
bar graph
pie chart
histogram
scatter plot
73
The part(s) of the body with the most sensory receptors is (are) the...
thighs
lips
neck
feet
74
Photoreceptors synapse with...
ganglion cells
bipolar cells
rods and cones
the optic nerve
75
James-Lange theory states that _____ immediately precedes recognition of emotion.
a physiological change
cognitive appraisal
memories of similar situations
observation of the stimulus
76
Motion pictures are a series of still pictures in rapid succession. What is this illusion?
the phi phenomenon
the autokinetic effect
stroboscopic motion
false-motion effect
77
What research would involve children that are 3, 6, 9, and 12 years of age?
observational
cross-sectional
longitudinal
life-span
78
If Ramon scored 100 on a test with a standard deviation of 10 and a mean of 80 is z score is?
0
-0.8
+0.8
+2
79
Systematic desensitization is based on which principle?
modelling
aversive conditioning
use of a token economy
counter conditioning
80
Karen's interview was difficult due to incoherent speech and several made-up words. Diagnosis?
conversion disorder
autism
schizophrenia
agorophobia
81
One theorized cause of eating disorder is...
hypothalamic failure
societal emphasis on thinness
unstable set point
rising rate of divorce
82
Stefan was a math wiz in school, now helping his granddaughter, he is slower, but right. Why?
crystallized intelligence
fluid intelligence
IQ
creativity
83
Milgram found the level of shock inflicted by participants could be reduced by...
enabling the participant to see the learner during the study
having the experimenter present
introducing the learner prior to the experiment
scripting the responses of the experimenter
84
The capacity of our short-term memories is approximately _____ items.
three
seven
nine
five
85
What kind of therapy might involve the analysis of transference?
behavioral
social-cognitive
psychoanalysis
humanistic
86
Over which functions does the right hemisphere of the brain have the most control?
right side movements
language
art and music appreciation
logical reasoning
87
Which of the following types of sensory information is not processed by the thalamus?
visual
olfactory
gustatory
auditory
88
Which is the order of the sexual response cycle per Masters and Johnson?
excitement, plateau, orgasm, and refraction
plateua, excitement, orgasm, and resolution
excitement, orgasm, plateau and refraction
arousal, orgasm, plateau and refraction
89
Gestalt psychologist emphasize the importance of...
the whole
attention
behavior
hormones
90
The brain scan that is essentially a series of X-rays is...
CAT scan
MRI scan
EEG scan
PET scan

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