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1
Which of the following is not one of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?
Postoperational
Sensorimotor
Concrete operational
Formal operational
2
The right occipital lobe receives visual information from
Entire retina of the right eye
Entire retina of both eyes
Entire retina of the left eye
Right half of both retinas
3
Introspection, a research tool used by early psychologists, is a technique which involves
Machines designed for cognitive analysis
Correlational analysis
Self examination of mental processes
Survey methodology
4
Which of the following best explains the longitudinal research method?
Assess changes in a small group at diff. intervals over time
Following a small group of people until they die
Comparing groups of various ages for a long time
Comparing a large group of foreigners
5
Research has shown that the optimal arousal level of an individual performing a given task is
Level at which the person feels least comfortable
Related to task difficulty
Level at which the person feels most comfortable
Unrelated to task difficulty
6
The overjustification effect has led some psychologists to question the value of
Locus of control theory
Extrinsic motivation
Set point theory
Framing
7
Blinking in response to a puff of air directed to your eye is a(n)
Unconditioned response
Conditioned stimulus
Unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
8
Experiments show that infants register the strongest preference for which visual stimuli?
Animals
Geometric shapes
Bright colors
The human face
9
A physical stimulus is converted into a neural impulse through the process known as:
Transference
Transposition
Transduction
Transition
10
For most people, speech functions are primarily localized in the...
Occipital lobe
Left cerebral hemisphere
Right cerebral hemisphere
Cerebellum
11
Which of the following concepts refers to the structure & organization of a sentence?
Semantics
Morpheme
Phoneme
Syntax
12
According to the biological perspective, psychological disorders result from...
Brain abnormalities
Lack of positive self-regard
Distorted thinking
Dysfunctional societal views
13
The thalamus processes information for all of the following senses EXCEPT
Vision and touch
Smell
Taste
Hearing
14
The coiled tube in the inner ear that contains the auditory receptors is called the...
Oval window
Ossicle
Cochlea
Semicircular canal
15
What is the act of reverting to childish behaviors?
Rationalization
Regression
Reaction formation
Repression
16
Which of the following is considered to be a possible cause of the misinformation effect?
Source confusion
Inadequate encoding
Proactive interference
Priming
17
Sarah gets a speeding ticket and her parents take her car away. This is an example of...
Positive reinforcement
Negative punishment
Negative reinforcement
Positive punishment
18
Joe looks at the stars at night. Since it is dark, he uses which cells in the eye to see?
Retina
Rods
Fovea
Cones
19
In which of the following situations is help least likely to be received?
The help need has been preceded by a model of helping
Several people see the need for help
The help need has been preceded by a model of helping
There is only one person who sees the help need
20
Mary scores at the 87th percentile. In testing, this means:
87% of those taking the test were equal to or below her
13% of those taking the test were below her
87% of those taking the test were above her
13% of those taking the test were equal to her
21
A starving rat will lose all interest in food if what part of its brain is destroyed?
Ventromedial hypothalamus
Ventromedial thalamus
Lateral hypothalamus
Lateral thalamus
22
During the manic phase of a bipolar disorder, individuals are most likely to experience...
Schizophrenia
High self-esteem
Visual or auditory hallucinations
Uncontrollable grief and despair
23
Which of the following is an example of a fixed-interval reinforcement schedule?
Getting a reward for good behavior once in a while
Being paid by the week
When a dog gets a treat every time it sits on command
Being paid for each time-share you sell
24
Memory for automatic activities, such as bike riding and handwriting, is known as:
Declarative memory
Procedural memory
Semantic memory
Sensory memory
25
A brain tumor that results in obesity would most likely be located in the...
Left frontal lobe
Area of the hypothalamus
Base of the brain stem
Somatosensory cortex
26
Humanistic psychology has been most closely associated w/ an emphasis on the importance of...
External locus of control
Positive self-concept
Reciprocal determinism
Free association
27
Damage to the cerebellum would most likely result in which of the following problems?
Aphasia
A loss of motor coordination
A loss of vision
Increased agression
28
A test that is valid must
Be normed on a random sample
Be reliable
Have scores that fit a normal curve
Predict future behavior
29
People with a narcissistic personality disorder are likely to be preoccupied with:
their own self-importance
delusions of persecution
an irrational fear of people
physical symptoms of distress
30
From the perspective of Erik Erikson, why are life stages important?
None of the above
Each signals a new stage of cognitive development
Each involves a crisis or dilemma
Each is an expression of biological programming
31
Which of the following will NOT increase behavioral and mental activity?
Benzedrine
Amphetamines
Barbiturates
Caffeine
32
What is the basis of Thorndike’s Law of Effect?
practice alone produces learning
In addition to reinforcement, there must be reward
Something learned w/ reinforcement can never be extinguished
In addition to practice, there must be reinforcement
33
Which type of intelligence would be most important in answering trivia questions?
Practical
Fluid
Creative
Crystallized
34
Which of the following parts of the brain are most active in decision-making?
Cerebral cortex
Reticular formation
Corpus callosum
Hypothalamus
35
Interference theory and decay theory are contrasting ideas to explain what memory process?
Dreaming
Encoding errors
Forgetting
Mental imagery
36
Which of the following is considered to be a psychotic disorder?
Schizophrenia
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
37
What is social loafing?
Working harder in groups than individually
Playing when expected to be working
A democratic process for group interaction
Working harder individually than in groups
38
In Sigmund Freud's view, the role of the ego is to...
Mediate among the id and reality
Serve the demands of the superego
Serve the demands of the unconscious
Mediate among the id, the superego, and reality
39
What type of study involves watching participants to see how they behave?
Case Study
Experiment
Interview
Naturalistic Observation
40
Someone diagnosed as agoraphobic would most likely be:
Afraid of learning
Afraid of being trapped in an enclosed space
Demonstrating delusions of grandeur
Afraid of public places
41
To determine whether a cause-effect relationship exists b/w two variables a researcher must use
An experimental approach
A correlational study
Descriptive statistics
Naturalistic observation
42
Damage to or removal of what part of the brain can cause anterograde amnesia?
Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
43
An antisocial personality disorder is most likely to be characterized by:
A persistent, irrational fear of people
Disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity
Delusions of grandeur
Lack of feelings of guilt
44
What will most likely be influenced by staying up especially late on weekends?
Narcolepsy
Circadian rythm
REM rebound
Lucid dreaming
45
In psychology, Gestalt principles are used to explain...
Stimulus-detection thresholds
Statistical probabilities
Perceptual organization
Altered states of consciousness
46
The conditioned stimulus gets its meaning from its association with the:
Generalized stimulus
Unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned response
Unconditioned response
47
Wolfgang Kohler considered a chimpanzee's sudden solving of a problem evidence of...
Insight
Learning
Instinct
Modeling
48
Which linguist is most closely associated with the concept of universal grammar?
Chomsky
Lorenz
Wernicke
Broca
49
Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency that psychologists use?
Validity
Mode
Mean
Standard deviation
50
Large, slow brain waves called Delta waves are
most
associated with which stage of sleep?
Stage 4
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
