An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions is known as...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Which of the following is NOT a projective test?

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

The application of psychological ideas and methods to optimize human behavior in workplaces is

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

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1
The word 'but' has how many phonemes?
3
1
2
4
2
Which perspective focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information?
Evolutionary
Psychodynamic
Social-Cultural
Cognitive
3
Which theory of emotion states that arousal and emotion occur simultaneously?
Schachter-Singer
Cannon-Bard
James-Lange
Two-Factor
4
Crediting primarily someone's disposition to explain their behavior is due to...
Reflection
Hindsight Bias
Fundamental Attribution Error
Attitude
5
Which observation technique studies one person in depth in the hope of showing universal ideas?
Survey
Longitudinal Study
Case Study
Experiment
6
Client-centered therapy falls under which perspective?
Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Behavioral
Active Listening
7
What is the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response?
Acquisition
Spontaneous Recovery
Extinction
Generalization
8
False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders are...
schizophrenia
hallucinations
delusions
belief perseverance
9
Who famously argued that the mind at birth is a blank slate- a "white paper?"
John Locke
Socrates
Plato
Wilhelm Wundt
10
An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions is known as...
Schizophrenia
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
PTSD
Phobia
11
Which personality type is competitive, impatient, verbally-aggressive, and anger-prone?
Type C
Type B
Type A
Type 1
12
Which of the following is NOT a projective test?
These are all projective tests
Themantic Apperception Test (TAT)
Rorscharch Inkblot Test
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
13
The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is...
Sematics
Syntax
Morpheme
Phoneme
14
Which perspective emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people?
Cognitive
Behavioral
Psychoanalytic
Humanistic
15
Which stage of Freud's psychosexual stages is characterized by dormant sexual feelings?
Latency
Phallic
Dormant
Oral
16
A robin is a ______ of bird.
categorization
Algorithm
Heuristic
Prototype
17
Which method of coping attempts to alleviate stress directly?
Problem-Focused Coping
Coping
Direct Objectification
Emotion-Focused Coping
18
What is a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity?
Temperament
Attitude
Rooting Reflex
Personality
19
According to Kohlberg, one obeys either to avoid punishment or gain rewards during which stage?
Conventional
Initiative vs. Guilt
Postconventional
Preconventional
20
Which of the following in NOT a "Big Five" personality trait?
Agreeableness
Openness
Extraversion
Excitability
21
What is the fertilized egg that enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division?
Embryo
Zygote
Uterus
Fetus
22
What is known as the "Aha!" moment?
Confirmation Bias
Divergent Thinking
Insight
Heuristics
23
True or False: High reliability ensures a test's validity.
True
False
24
Systematic desensitization is what kind of therapy?
Behavior
Counterconditioning
Exposure
Active Listening
25
Goal-oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals is
Social Leadership
Positive Coaching
Task Leadership
Conditioning
26
Stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others is known as...
Social Loafing
Social Facilitation
Group Polarization
Deindividuation
27
Which of the following are structures of the limbic system?
Cerebellum
Amygdala/Hypothalamus
Medulla/Pons
Thalamus
28
Milgram's experiments had 'shocking' results of very high levels of...
Social Loafing
Obedience
Conformity
Normative Social Influence
29
Which part of the neuron receives messages and conducts impulses toward the cell body?
Cell Body
Dendrite
Axon
Myelin Sheath
30
What is a desire for significant accomplishment: for mastery of things, people, or ideas?
Incentive
Satisfaction Motivation
Achievement Motivation
Extrinsic Motivation
31
A correlation coefficient of +.95 signifies...
No Correlation
A strong, positive correlation
No Relationship
A weak, positive correlation
32
The model below depicts Freud's idea of...
Confidence
Mind Structure
Body Structure
Intelligence
33
The perception that one controls one's own fate is know as...
External Locus of Control
Learned Hopefulness
Personal Control
Internal Locus of Control
34
What is the name for the regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle?
Social Clock
Circadian Rhythm
REM Sleep
Biological Rhythms
35
The basic defense mechanism that ejects anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories is...
Regression
Projection
Repression
Retrieval
36
The application of psychological ideas and methods to optimize human behavior in workplaces is
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Real-Life Psychology
Flow
Workforce Psychology
37
What is the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself?
Hindsight Bias
Relative Deprivation
Adaptation-Level Phenomenon
Envy Theory
38
Which concept helps explain many of our superstitious beliefs?
Overconfidence
Cause and Effect
Illusory Correlation
Pattern Seeking
39
True or False: Most major depressive episodes self-terminate.
True
False
40
Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner's eight intelligences?
Interpersonal
Practical
Naturalist
Linguistic
41
Which of the following tests is designed to predict a person's future performance?
Aptitude Test
Standardized Test
Achievement Test
AP Psych Exam
42
Which of the following is NOT a sympathetic nervous system response?
Pupils Contract
Salivation Decreases
Digestion Inhibits
Heart Accelerates
43
What is the central focal point in the retina, around which the eye's cones cluster?
Fovea
Pupil
Ganglion Cell
Optic Nerve
44
The diagram below depicts which theory of emotion?
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
James-Lange
Two-Factor
Cannon-Bard
45
The diagram below is an example of what idea?
Hierarchy of Needs
Homeostasis
Drive-Reduction Theory
Incentive Theory
46
A person limited in mental ability but has an exceptional specific skill has...
General Intelligence
Savant Syndrome
Idiotism
Specific Intelligence
47
People from which type of culture may act shy in new groups and are more easily embarrassed?
Collectivist
Northern
Individualistic
Western
48
What is the study of paranormal activity?
Psychokinesis
Parapsychology
Scientific ESP
Psychology
49
In psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material is known as...
psychotherapy
repression
resistance
transference
50
The painting below purposely confuses figure and ground using what?
Relative Size
Texture Gradient
convergence
Interposition
51
A revoked driver's license is an example of what?
Operant Conditioning
Negative Punishment
Negative Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
52
What is a statement of the procedures used to define research variables?
Classical Definition
Basic Definition
Hypothesis
Operational Defintion
53
Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes are classified as...
Mood Disorders
Bipolar Disorders
Major Personality Disorders
Mania Disorders
54
What are the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state?
Beta
Delta
Hallucinations
Alpha
55
Which approach to psychotherapy uses techniques from various forms of therapy?
interpretation
transference
eclectic
functionalism
56
The picture below portrays what experimental concept?
Depth Perception
Binocular Cues
Grouping Principles
Visual Cliff
57
What are the threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes?
Genes
Genomes
Chromosomes
DNA
58
Which neurotransmitter enables muscle action, learning, and memory?
Serotonin
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
Acetylcholine (ACh)
59
What is the incorporation of misleading information into one's memory of an event?
Memory Construction
Amnesia
Imagination
Misinformation Effect
60
Which study compares people of different ages?
Cross-Sectional Study
Case Study
Longitudinal Study
Experiment
61
What is the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network?
Endocrine System
Digestive System
Limbic System
Nervous System
62
The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior is...
Modeling
Learning
Observing
Mirroring
63
According to Erikson, the issue of integrity vs. despair occurs at what time in one's life?
Infancy (to 1 year)
Middle Adulthood ( 40s-60s)
Toddlerhood (1-2 years)
Late Adulthood (late 60s and up)
64
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of...
The Human Mind
Observable Behavior
Behavior and Mental Processes
Emotions
65
According to Piaget, during what stage does one develop object permanence?
Formal Operational
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operational
66
Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think is known as...
Language Construction
Linguistic Determinism
Hindsight Bias
Perception of Language`
67
What is the tendency of people to be helpful when already in a good mood?
Feel-good, do-good Phenomenon
Happiness Effect
Intrinsic Motivation
Catharsis
68
What is the ability of produce novel and valuable ideas?
Intelligence
Creativity
Confidence
Divergent Thinking
69
Which kind of drugs depress the activity of the CNS, reducing anxiety but impairing memory?
Opiates
Hallucinogens
Stimulants
Barbiturates
70
What are the opposing retinal processes of the opponent-process theory?
Red/Green/Blue
Red/Green, Yellow/Blue, White/Black
Rods/Cones
Red/Yellow, Green/Bue, Black/White
71
Which technique depicts brain activity by showing each brain area's consumption of glucose?
fMRI
PET
MRI
EEG
72
The body's resting rate of energy expenditure is...
Psychology of Hunger
Basal Metabolic Rate
Set Point
Basal Heart Rate
73
What is the complete genetic instructions for making an organism?
Genes
Genome
Neurons
DNA
74
In Pavlov's experiments, what is the conditioned stimulus?
Sound of Bell
Food
Salivation
Thunder
75
Which part of the ear contains the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
Inner Ear
Outer Ear
Middle Ear
Cochlea
76
What is the set of expected behaviors for males and for females?
Gender-Typing
Gender Role
Gender Schema Theory
Gender Identity
77
What idea is concerned with all of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves: 'Who am I?'
Self-Concept
Egocentrism
Role
Identity
78
True or False: Aerobic exercise may alleviate depression and anxiety.
False
True
79
What is the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behavior?
False Consensus Effect
Overconfidence
Illusory Correlation
Hindsight Bias
80
Which of the following states of consciousness are psychologically induced?
Daydreaming/Drowsiness
Food/Oxygen Starvation
Hypnosis/Meditation
Hallucinations/Dreaming
81
Getting a hug (after a response) is an example of what?
Conditioning
Positive Reinforcement
Shaping
Negative Reinforcement
82
Asch's experiments exhibit what psychological concept?
Conformity
Cognitive Dissonance
Overconfidence
Hindsight Bias
83
True or False: Depression is usually unaffected by stressful life events.
True
False
84
True or False: Clients generally speak negatively of their therapists.
True
False
85
The picture below is an example of what concept?
Proximity
Ubiquity
Connectedness
Continuity
86
According to Freud, what is the remembered storyline and underlying meaning of a dream?
REM and Hypnosis
Manifest Content and Latent Content
Latent Content and Matent Content
Sleep Apnea and Night Terrors
87
Which form of processing depends on our past experiences and expectations?
Bottom-up processing
Top-down processing
Perception
Critical Thinking
88
Who concluded that the mind is separable from the body, and that knowledge is innate?
Socrates
Aristotle
Wilhelm Wundt
William James
89
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units is called...
Spacing
Encoding
Chunking
Processing
90
What illusion does the phi phenomenon create?
Texture Gradience
Speed
Distance
Movement
91
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare" is called...
Implicit Memory
Explicit Memory
Undeclarative Memory
Flashbulb Memory
92
An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is known as...
Self-Esteem
Intelligence
Character
Personality
93
What determines the hue of light?
Intensity
Frequency
Wavelength
Amplitude
94
Which structure of the brain helps process explicit memories for storage?
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Amygdala

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