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1
Holding a predetermined belief about a group of people is referred to as
stereotyping
discrimination
self-justification
dissonance
2
Which Freudian construct is believed to protect us from anxiety by making memories go away?
pleasure principal
super ego
ego ideal
repression
3
Difficulty remembering new materials because of previously learned information
repression
proactive interference
cue-dependent forgetting
reconstruction
4
Which parenting style is characterized by high demands for obedience and low warmth?
authoritarian
authoritative
permissive
neglectful
5
Which best describes the placebo effect?
can be brought about by a person's expectations
found only in people in psychoanalysis
typically experienced by people in long-term therapy
can be induced by antipsychotic drugs
6
The belief that behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts is from which theory
humanistic
biological
behavioral
psychoanalytic
7
All of the following a projective tests EXCEPT
sentence completion tests
MMPI
inkblot tests
TAT
8
According to social learning theory, aggression is the result of which of the following?
post-conventional thought
modeling
displacement
death instinct
9
Learning that is not demonstrated at the time it occurs is called
conceptualization learning
latent learning
social learning
insight learning
10
Lithium carbonate is used to treat?
dissociative fugue
bipolar disorder
agoraphobia
anorexia nervosa
11
Certain phobias are more common than others. This is best explained by what concept:
stimulus generalization
stimulus discrimination
spontaneous recovery
biological preparedness
12
Which of the following explains jet lag?
disruption in circadian rhythm
increase in REM rebound
excessive amounts of NREM sleep
decrease in duration of alpha waves
13
People who habitually wash their hands numerous times before going to bed most likely have
a compulsion
an affective disorder
a phobia
a panic disorder
14
Pam gets $ for A's. Her parents are capitalizing on what?
extrinsic motivation
reactance
intrinsic motivation
instinctive needs
15
In developmental psychology, one plus of a cross-sectional study over longitudinal is:
controls for gender
controls for cognitive ability
requires comparatively little time
controls for cultural influence
16
Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?
valium
cocaine
peyote
marijuana
17
Negative afterimages are explained by
the trichromatic theory
opponent-process theory
color detection by rods
dichromatic color perception
18
John is usually nice, but gets stressed and becomes irritable. The Big 5 would say John is
high in conscientiousness
high in introversion
low in agreeablness
high in neuroticism
19
In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?
marked increase in muscle tone
decreased blood pressure and heart rate
correlated with dreaming
alternates with NREM in 30-minute cycle
20
In a right handed person, which ability is predominantly a function of the right hemisphere?
language comprehension
speech
spatial reasoning
writing
21
Experimental research differs from correlational research in that experimental research:
defines the strength of the relation
establishes a mathematical relation
may reveal a causal relation
allows for prediction
22
Receptors for olfaction are located
basical membrane of the cochlea
taste buds on the tongue
in the dermis
in the nasal cavity
23
A person who experiences long episodes of sadness and loss of interest in life might have
GAD
major depressive disorder
agoraphobia
specific phobia
24
The pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light?
brightness
saturation
hue
size
25
Which of the following explains the role of the thalamus in hunger?
acts with the endocrine system to control hunger
responds to environmental cues like the sight of food
monitors stomach contractions to determine extent of hunger
effective in triggering hunger but not depressing it
26
Hypothetical and deductive thinking are marks of which Piaget stage of cognitive development
conservation
formal operations
preoperational
concrete operations
27
students get about the same score on the second admin. of a test as they did on the first, its
normed
objective
reliable
valid
28
Information is relayed to the spinal cord or the brain by:
efferent neurons
T cells
Schwann cells
afferent neurons
29
In memory experiments on free recall, the recency effect refers specifically to the
diminished recall of items at the end
better recall of items at the end
better recall of items at the beginning
better recall of items at the middle
30
Which of the following is an example of discrimination learning?
dog trained to drool to a tone doesn't drool to any other
a dog still drools to a bell after ten trials of extinction
a four-year-old calls her aunt "mommy"
pigeon trained to peck red key sometimes pecks an orange one
31
Using a paper clip to unlock the door to your house is an example of avoiding:
inductive reasoning
syllogistic reasoning
deductive reasoning
functional fixedness
32
According to psychoanalytic theory, Tom's constant shoplifting suggests his _ is underdeveloped
ego
id
superego
defense mechanism
33
Neo-Freudian theories differ from Freud in that they are less likely to
emphasize the libido
emphasize the ego
call for the use of group therapy as a mode of treatment
account for cognitive development
34
Barbara is a talented architect. Which intelligence will she most heavily rely on?
spatial
naturalist
musical
linguistic
35
Which of the following is true about the blind spot in the eye?
causes by a bleaching of rhodopsin in the rods
caused by excess bipolar cells in retina
occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye
most apparent in low levels of light
36
In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior is?
control
hypothesis
placebo
dependent variable
37
Ethical principles created by the APA ensure human participants in research
keep the purpose of the research confidential
protected from physical and psychological harm
have not participated in similar research in the past
get paid for time and trouble
38
The function of dendrites is to
connect the cell body with the terminal branches
receive info from other neurons
secrete neurotransmitters to the post-synaptic neuron
provide energy for the synthesis of acetylcholine
39
Of the following, which is essential for operant conditioning to occur?
spontaneous recovery
partial reinforcement
a behavioral consequence
a stimulus substitution
40
A standardized test must have all of the following EXCEPT:
uniform instructions
multiple choice questions
criteria for scoring
reliabitiy
41
Alan goes to the doctor every few weeks thinking something is wrong. What is actually wrong?
anxiety disorder
personality disorder
somatoform disorder
mood disorder
42
Chomsky said understanding a sentence involves which transformation between structures?
perceptual to functional
symbolic to analytic
simple to complex
surface to deep
43
In some situations, the larger the number of bystanders, the less likely anyone will help.
antisocial behavior
diffusion of responsibility
altruims
ethnocentrism
44
The process by which group decisions may be distorted due to no different viewpoints present?
just-world hypothesis
pluralistic ignorance
groupthink
intellectualizing
45
One way to reduce intergroup conflict is to establish
superordinate goals
group polarization
bystander apathy
diffusion of responsibility
46
Electrodes are attached to the scalp while data is collected on the activity of the brain
EEG
MRI
CT
PET
47
When stimuli in a task occur in a predictable way, the processing of the first task is
contriolled
automatic
sequential
top-down
48
Immediately after firing, a neuron is incapable of responding to stimulation. What is this?
refractory period
action potential
threshold difference
depolarization
49
Money most often modifies people's behavior because it is a powerful
negative reinforcer
discriminative stimuls
conditioned stimulus
secondary reinforcer
50
Individuals are most likely to obey when demands are made by a
subordinate
legitimate authority
physically attractive individual
close friend
51
Which of the following characteristics is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?
decreased pain sensatio
vivid, distorted images not based on sensory input
improved memory function
slower bodily function
52
The feeling that you know someone's name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of
retrograde amnesia
serial position effect
tip of the tongue phenomenon
state-dependent memory
53
which would result from an injury to the medulla?
disruption of heartbeat and breathing
receptive aphasia
visual problems
issues regulating hunger
54
A trait that appears in an kid only when both parents have the gene for that trait is called:
polygenic
dominant
autosomal
recessive
55
a particular group of brain cells seems to provide a basis for observational learning are:
mirror neurons
efferent neurons
motor neurons
afferent neurons
56
The Gestalt principle that refers to the tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as whole is:
closure
proximity
motion parallax
figure-ground
57
The depletion of which neurotransmitter is closely associated with Alzheimer's disease?
GABA
acetylcholine
norepinephrine
dopamine
58
Which is an example of social facilitation?
student scores better on test w/ classmates not strangers
athlete performs better in front of a crowd than at practice
kid smiles more to family members than with strangers there
editor's productivity is better when given a private office