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

Late Adulthood (late 60s and up)

Which of the following is NOT a projective test?

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

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

Manifest Content and Latent Content

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

Red/Green, Yellow/Blue, White/Black

The application of psychological ideas and methods to optimize human behavior in workplaces is

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

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

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