Exam 2 Review

Question 1

What makes someone less prone to death anxiety?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 2

What is Theory of Mind?

Accepted Answer

Recognizing that others have different perspectives and goals than you

Question 3

Which of the following is not an example of symbolic immortality?

Accepted Answer

Heaven

Question 4

What is an example of a proximal defense?

Accepted Answer

Saying COVID-19 is just the flu

Question 5

Discrepancies between the real and ought self cause what?

Accepted Answer

Anxiety

Question 6

When reminded of death we become less attached to our worldviews

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

What was an implication of Darwin&#x27;s theory that he struggled with?

Accepted Answer

Philosophical materialism

Question 8

What is philosophical materialism?

Accepted Answer

Everything that exists is physical and follows the laws of physics

Question 9

Children are natural dualists

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

What did Mendel discover?

Accepted Answer

How traits are passed down

Question 11

Humans purposely choosing and selecting for specific variations/features is called...

Accepted Answer

Artificial selection

Question 12

How can the ideas of creolization be applied to religion?

Accepted Answer

Children raised without a religion spontaneously create religious beliefs

Question 13

What was Darwin&#x27;s prototypical scene?

Accepted Answer

An earthquake

Question 14

What happened to the peppered moths during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The darker colored moths survived and passed on their genes

Question 15

Darwin frequently referred to his theory as evolution

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

What is a better indicator of life satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

The distance between the real self and undesired self

Question 17

What are internalized beliefs compared to?

Accepted Answer

A boulder

Question 18

What is Object Relations Theory?

Accepted Answer

Formation of working models of relationships

Question 19

What did Becker say about self-esteem?

Accepted Answer

You need a cultural basis to achieve it

Question 20

What is mortality salience?

Accepted Answer

Reminders of death

Question 21

What part of the brain is the Reptilian brain?

Accepted Answer

The brain stem

Question 22

What is mental time travel?

Accepted Answer

The ability to remember past events and imagine possible future events

Question 23

What is survival of the fittest?

Accepted Answer

Some species are better suited to the environment and survive over others

Question 24

What is a distal defense?

Accepted Answer

Affirming to worldviews to see yourself as a person of value

Question 25

What are internalized beliefs?

Accepted Answer

Our not-to-be-questioned fixed beliefs

Question 26

On average when do men say they&#x27;re at their worst?

Accepted Answer

Dealing with concerns about their identities

Question 27

Where is the status of the internal milieu processed?

Accepted Answer

Autonomic nervous system

Question 28

In a study, when Rutgers were reminded of death they were more likely to vote for who in the 2004 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

President Bush

Question 29

What are the steps of natural selection?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 30

Butterflies having differences in color despite being the same species is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

Natural variation

Question 31

What can test the emergence of the objective self?

Accepted Answer

Diamond and Circle

Question 32

What test is used to uncover attitudes on implicit beliefs?

Accepted Answer

Implicit Association Test

Question 33

Which self develops the ability to link feelings with the environment?

Accepted Answer

Core self

Question 34

According to the Triune brain theory, what part of the brain makes us human?

Accepted Answer

Neomammalian

Question 35

The persistence of a variation so it can be passed onto future generations is called what?

Accepted Answer

Retention

Question 36

Discrepancies between the real and ideal self cause what?

Accepted Answer

Depression

Question 37

We think of our ideal self in terms of ...?

Accepted Answer

Roles

Question 38

What did Kierkegaard say are the two emotions we experience when we realize that we exist?

Accepted Answer

Awe and dread

Question 39

What does the internal milieu maintain?

Accepted Answer

Homeostasis and psychological survival

Question 40

Whose discovery help support Darwin&#x27;s theory?

Accepted Answer

Gregory Mendel

Question 41

What did Darwin’s theory imply about the soul?

Accepted Answer

The soul did not play a role in evolution

Question 42

In addition to the roles of natural variability and natural selection in the process of evolution, it&#x27;s important that

Accepted Answer

Traits influence function so that changes alter the likelihood of survival

Question 43

What is confirmation bias?

Accepted Answer

Looking for or interpreting evidence that confirms one’s existing beliefs

Question 44

The symbolic self is the self we refer to

Accepted Answer

True

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