NCHS vs. CHS 2022 Quiz Smackdown!

Question 1

The diagram below is an example of what idea?

Accepted Answer

Drive-Reduction Theory

Question 2

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

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Manifest Content and Latent Content

Question 3

Getting a hug (after a response) is an example of what?

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Positive Reinforcement

Question 4

Which of the following tests is designed to predict a person's future performance?

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Aptitude Test

Question 5

According to Piaget, during what stage does a child lack object permanence?

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Sensorimotor

Question 6

All of the following are behavioral psychologists, EXCEPT:

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Jean Piaget

Question 7

Which part of the ear contains the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

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Middle Ear

Question 8

True or False: High reliability ensures a test's validity.

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False

Question 9

What is the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others agree with/share our beliefs and behavior?

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False Consensus Effect

Question 10

Which form of processing depends on our past experiences and expectations?

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Top-down processing

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a sympathetic division response?

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Pupils Contract

Question 12

A robin is a ______ of bird.

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Prototype

Question 13

A correlation coefficient of +.95 signifies...

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A strong, positive correlation

Question 14

Which stage of Freud's psychosexual stages is characterized by dormant sexual feelings?

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Latency

Question 15

What is a statement of the procedures used to make research variables specific and measurable?

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Operational Definition

Question 16

What is the incorporation of misleading information into one's memory of an event?

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Misinformation Effect

Question 17

In Pavlov's experiments, what is the conditioned stimulus?

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Sound of Bell/Tone

Question 18

Which theory of emotion states that arousal and emotion occur simultaneously?

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Cannon-Bard

Question 19

What is known as the "Aha!" moment?

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Insight

Question 20

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is...

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Morpheme

Question 21

The model below depicts Freud's idea of...

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Mind Structure

Question 22

The painting below purposely confuses figure and ground using what?

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Interposition

Question 23

A revoked driver's license is an example of what?

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Negative Punishment

Question 24

Which of the following are structures of the limbic system?

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Amygdala/Hypothalamus

Question 25

Which perspective focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information?

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Cognitive

Question 26

Which observation technique studies one person in depth in the hope of showing universal ideas?

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Case Study

Question 27

Which study compares people of different ages?

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Cross-Sectional Study

Question 28

Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think is known as...

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Linguistic Determinism

Question 29

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

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Red/Green, Yellow/Blue, White/Black

Question 30

The picture below is an example of what gestalt princple?

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Proximity

Question 31

What is the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network?

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Nervous System

Question 32

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior is...

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Modeling

Question 33

True or False: Aerobic exercise may alleviate depression and anxiety.

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True

Question 34

What is the name for the regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle?

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Circadian Rhythm

Question 35

A person limited in mental ability but has an exceptional specific skill has...

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Savant Syndrome

Question 36

According to Kohlberg, one obeys either to avoid punishment or gain rewards during which stage?

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Preconventional

Question 37

What is the fertilized egg that enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division?

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Zygote

Question 38

Which neurotransmitter enables muscle action, learning, and memory?

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Acetylcholine (ACh)

Question 39

What is the desire for someone to reach their maximum potential?

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Self-actualization

Question 40

The perception that one controls one's own fate is know as...

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Internal Locus of Control

Question 41

What is the central focal point in the retina, around which the eye's cones cluster?

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Fovea

Question 42

Which technique depicts brain activity by showing each brain area's consumption of radioactive glucose?

Accepted Answer

PET

Question 43

Which structure of the brain helps process explicit memories for storage?

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Hippocampus

Question 44

Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner's eight intelligences?

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Practical

Question 45

The diagram below depicts which theory of emotion?

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James-Lange

Question 46

Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and state is called...

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Declarative Memory

Question 47

Which personality type is competitive, impatient, ambitious, and stress-prone?

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Type A

Question 48

Which part of the neuron receives messages and conducts impulses toward the cell body?

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Dendrite

Question 49

The word 'but' has how many phonemes?

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3

Question 50

What determines the "color" of light?

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Wavelength

Question 51

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

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Late Adulthood (late 60s and up)

Question 52

What is the set of expected behaviors for males and for females?

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Gender Role

Question 53

What is the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response?

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Spontaneous Recovery

Question 54

Which concept helps explain many of our superstitious beliefs?

Accepted Answer

Illusory Correlation

Question 55

Organizing items into familiar, manageable units is called...

Accepted Answer

Chunking

NCHS vs. CHS 2022 Quiz Smackdown!

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NCHS vs. CHS 2022 Quiz Smackdown!

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