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Best example of Sternberg's practical intelligence...
A child becomes an accomplished dancer
A club president devises a way to publicize important events
A student gets high scores on the SATs
A student composes a new song
2
An example of explicit memory is...
Remembering the time you were flung off a horse
Remembering how to ride a bike
Speaking your native language
Buttoning a shirt
3
A sales clerk at a bakery waiting for the next customer to arrive
fixed ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable interval
variable ratio
4
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences include Bodily-kinesthetic intelligences. Examples of this behavior would include:
Conjuring mental images, noticing subtle differences among similar objects.
Playing a musical instrument, composing musical work.
Reading other’s moods, Detecting other’s underlying intentions.
Dancing, playing basketball, performing pantomime.
5
At what age is the onset of schizophrenia most typical
early 20s
puberty
mid 30s
late 40s
6
Lana learns how to be goalie as her coach gradually rolls the ball faster at parts the goal
token economy
law of effect
behavior shaping
higher-order conditioning
7
An example of an illusory correlation
Ice cream consumption increasing in hot weather
Increase in studying increases overall grades
Breaking a mirror gives you 7 years of bad luck
Couple conceiving after adoption
8
Which statement best represents the relationship between performance and arousal
too little or too much arousal is harmful to performance
performance continually decreases as arousal increases
performance is best at low and high levels of arousal
performance steadily increases as arousal increases
9
What percent of people score between 70 and 130 on the WISC (M: 100, SD:15)
68
50
95
84
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the limbic system plays an important role in
maintaining balance
regulating emotion
planning for the future
processing sensory information
11
4YO Kate sits right in front of all the other kids to watch a magician. According to Piaget,
Kate lacks object permanence
Kate has a lack of conservation
Kate cannot reason hypothetically
Kate is demonstrating egocentrism
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learned helplessness is most likely to be directly related to
an external locus of control
the self-serving bias
unconditional positive regard
the Oedipus complex
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A writer is paid for every article completed
variable ratio
Variable interval
fixed ratio
Fixed Interval
14
What is an example of belief perseverance?
Doing your homework even though you don't want to
Shoplifting even though you know it is wrong
Changing your music taste to agree with the group
Believing in ghosts even though given proof they are not real
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Selling cookies door to door
Variable interval
fixed ratio
variable ratio
Fixed Interval
16
A child is rewarded if they are sitting correctly after every two minutes goes by
Fixed Interval
Variable interval
variable ratio
fixed ratio
17
Which of the following has been linked to a deficit of dopamine
major depressive disorder
autism
Alzheimer's disease
Parkinson's disease
18
People who are easily hypnotizable are likely to score highly on which Big 5 trait
neuroticism
extraversion
openness
conscientiousness
19
When running for class president, Edy puts pictures of herself everywhere. Why might this help
central route persuasion
deindividuation
mere-exposure effect
foot-in-the-door phenomenon
20
Lewis Terman equated giftedness with __________?
higher order thinking
Work completion
High IQ
Creativity
21
Checking your mailbox for mail which comes daily at 3 PM
variable ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable interval
fixed ratio
22
Waiting for an important email
fixed ratio
variable ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable interval
23
Intelligence researchers like Gardner and Sternberg argue that schools focus too much on
environmental factors that influence intelligence
nonessential subjects like art and music
traditional and analytical subjects and methods
meeting the needs of students with disabilities
24
Delusions and hallucinations are most characteristic of
schizophrenia
antisocial personality disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder
dissociative identity disorder
25
In Kohlberg's Preconventional Stage of Moral Development, what guides our behavior
Being Accepted and Being Seen as Obeying Rules
Making and Keeping Promises
Societal Checks and Balance
Avoiding Punishment and Obtaining Rewards
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An owl hunting for mice in a forest
fixed ratio
Variable interval
variable ratio
Fixed Interval
27
The fact that our ears are located on opposite sides of our head best helps us with
sensory adaptation
hearing high frequencies
detecting absolute threshold
sound localization
28
Trying to complete a telephone call when the line is busy
fixed ratio
variable ratio
Variable interval
Fixed Interval
29
10 YO Genna underwent a right hemispherectomy. What action best shows her neuroplasticity
solving a logic problem
understanding what was said to her
moving her left hand
speaking aloud
30
Vance's psychiatrist diagnoses him with bipolar disorder. Which medication would he prescribe
SSRIs
benzodiazepines
lithium
L-Dopa
31
Waiting for clothes to come out of washing machine that takes 32 minutes
Variable interval
fixed ratio
Fixed Interval
variable ratio
32
An EEG of Cyrus after he has been asleep for about an hour would show primarily
sleep spindles
delta waves
alpha waves
beta waves
33
Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve shows that forgetting occurs most often
After one week
immediately after learning
One hour after learning
After one month
34
Bandura's Bobo doll experiment evidenced the importance of __________ in social learning
latent learning
sublimation
modeling
mirror neurons
35
Dan is a toddler who avoids eye contact and resists to changes to routine. He shows symptoms of
mental retardation
Down syndrome
autism spectrum disorder
fetal alcohol syndrome
36
According to Kohlberg, in order to reason at the postconventional level, people must
have been exposed to good, moral role models
believe in God
resolve the integrity vs. despair conflict
be able to take another person's perspective
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A musician who signs a recording contract stops playing for fun. This is best explained by
latent learning
the overjustification effect
social learning theory
the law of effect
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A rat is rewarded for the first correct response after every 30 seconds
Fixed Interval
fixed ratio
variable ratio
Variable interval
39
Reading a job description written with masculine pronouns, people think of the employee as male
principle of continuity
linguistic relativity hypothesis
gender schema theory
the social role hypothesis
40
Representative Heuristics has been linked to
how easily examples come to mind
representative bias
racial profiling
category membership
41
For every ten words spelled correctly a child gets a star by their name on a bulletin board
Variable interval
Fixed Interval
variable ratio
fixed ratio
42
Which theory would assert that a key motivation for people is spreading their genetic material
psychodynamic
evolutionary
cognitive
humanistic
43
An example of functional fixedness is what?
making pancakes for dinner
not being able to solve a math problem
making a prom dress out of duct tape
using a quarter as a screw driver
44
Erikson's initiative vs. guilt stage is most closely related to Freud's
latency period
oral stage
phallic stage
anal stage
45
What number will tell Matt whether his research is statistically significant
a standard deviation of 4 or more
a mean that is the same as the median
a correlation coefficient close to .75
a probability of chance less than 5%
46
Which of the following models of personality is the least deterministic
humanistic
evolutionary
biological
psychodynamic
47
A librarian gives a prize for every five books students read. Her schedule of reinforcement is
fixed ratio
variable interval
continuous
fixed variable
48
Restarting your printer over and over but failing to notice it is out of paper demonstrates
low experiential intelligence
a mental set
belief perseverance
divergent thinking
49
Which part of the brain is "newest" in an evolutionary sense
cerebellum
pons
cerebral cortex
hypothalamus
50
Which of the following is found in Jung's model of the collective unconscious
repressed memories
inferiority complexes
functional fixedness
archetypes
51
What area of psychology focuses on subjective well-being, optimism, self-esteem, and happiness
positive psychology
psychometrics
health psychology
social psychology
52
Slot machines are based on this schedule
Variable interval
variable ratio
Fixed Interval
fixed ratio
53
Runners in a park increase their speed when another runner comes into view. This illustrates
disinhibition
social facilitation
social roles
conformity
54
An example of Face Validity is
Test will predicts participants future success
Vocabulary tests uses vocabulary words
Measuring vocabulary through reading comprehension
Measure math by writing essay
55
if the College Board left out questions about neuroscience on the AP exam, the test would lack
predictive validity
split-half reliability
content validity
test-retest reliability
56
example of retroactive interference
not remembering your roomates new number, b/c old one is interferring
not remembering your roomates old number, b/c new one is interfering
not remembering anything.
remembering your roomates new number but not their old one
57
Stanford-Binet intelligence scale measures
•Ratio of chronological age to mental age and height
•Ratio of chronological age to mental age and gender
•Ratio of chronological age to mental age
Ratio of chronological age to mental age and weight
58
When Jake is late to basketball practice his coach makes him run laps. Jake is not late again
modeling
negative reinforcement
positive reinforcement
positive punishment
59
When Susie went to prom with Dan, Max channeled his feelings of frustration into artwork
displacement
reaction formation
projection
sublimation
60
After a natural disaster Faye says, "Serves them right for not having better warning systems."
Barnum effect
self-serving bias
false consensus effect
just world bias
61
which structure is part of the inner ear
malleus (hammer)
auditory canal
tympanic membrane
basilar membrane
62
_ A fisherman turning over rocks looking for worms
Fixed Interval
fixed ratio
variable ratio
Variable interval
63
Kohlberg’s theory of moral development was criticized by Gilligan as being
simplistic
gender biased
deterministic
ethnocentric
64
In a class of 25 students, all but 2 score between 82 and 94. The 2 scores of 47 and 55 are
variances
outliers
normally distributed
modes
65
Which one of the following is an example of Charles Spearman's general intelligence?
Marley has a perfect driving record, therefore he is a good race car driver
Sara is good at playing sports, therefore she does not play soccer well.
Terry is a professional baker, therefore she great barista as well.
Ben is a fast computer typist, therefore he plays the piano well.
66
which of the following statistics provides most information about how spread out a data set is
range
standard deviation
mean
median
67
Pat is laughing because she just won the lottery. Sal thinks she is a fun person. Sal's opinion
is influenced by the fundamental attribution error
is influenced by the norm of reciprocity
is influenced by the self-serving bias
is influenced by the just world hypothesis
68
What is an example of why it is important to have predictive validity/ criterion validity?
to take the ACT/ SAT and do well on it
to get into a good college
to have good grades
to predict who will pass the exam and who will need more assistance
69
patients who are described as "split brain" have had what structure removed
hippocampus
medulla oblongata
corpus callosum
prefrontal cortex
70
What theory of emotion are cognitive psychologists likely to support
social facilitation theory
opponent process theory
Schachter two-factor theory
James-Lange theory
71
which disorder would respond best to cognitive behavioral therapy
schizophrenia
bipolar disorder
major depressive disorder
dissociative identity disorder
72
After studying for weeks and taking an AP exam, Conrad gets the flu. What theory explains this
Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory
James-Lange theory of emotion
Selye's general adaptation syndrome
Yerkes-Dodson law
73
Harlow's rhesus monkey experiment illustrated
the danger of separating babies from their natural parents
that language is a uniquely human skill
that primates can make and use tools
the importance of physical contact to development
74
What kind of personality theorist would be most interested in the results of the MMPI
psychoanalytic
humanistic
biological
trait
75
Frequent flyer program in which one gets a free flight after a specific number of miles are flown
Fixed Interval
fixed ratio
Variable interval
variable ratio
76
Ani believes she is capable of succeeding in nursing school. Her mindset is associated with
a strong superego
high self-efficacy
low self-esteem
an extraverted personality
77
Waiting for an elevator to arrive
variable ratio
Fixed Interval
fixed ratio
Variable interval
78
Priming (example)
Remembering your name
Reading the word "pitcher," after you just read the word "curveball"
Typing a telephone number you were just given
Every time you hear "sorry for the interruption," you stand and say a praye
79
An American's prototype of a chair is most likely to include
four legs and a seat
pens, pencils, and a computer
a desk and/or table
an armchair, chairlift, and wheelchair
80
Elizabeth Loftus' research on wording and misinformation effects on memory best demonstrate
the reconstructive nature of memory
the rate at which people forget information
the role of the hippocampus in memory
the serial position effect
81
in the nature vs. nurture debate, nature is most closely associated with
culture
family
environment
temperament
82
A dolphin is given a fish after it jumps through a hoop six times
fixed ratio
Variable interval
variable ratio
Fixed Interval
83
en route
to the visual cortex, information from the eyes' retinas crosses at the
fovea
feature detectors
optic chiasm
optic nerve
84
One group receives an ad for 99% fat free milk; the other for 1% fat milk. What being tested
representativeness heuristic
confirmation bias
framing effects
inattentional blindness
85
Which best summarizes the results of Tolman's latent learning experiment
reinforcement had little impact on the rats' performance
rats that received punishment ran the maze faster
rats who explored the maze first ran faster when reinforced
rats that were continually reinforced ran the maze faster
86
Lara is attracted to Craig but can't stand his friends and family. Her conflict is classified
approach-avoidance
avoidance-avoidance
she does not have a conflict
approach-approach