Hypnotic responsiveness is

greater when people are led to expect it

What is the correct sequence in the transmission of a neural impulse?

dendrite, cell body, axon, synapse

Which of the following was NOT found in Harlow's socially deprived monkeys?

they showed abnormal physical development

When a difference between two groups is statistically significant, it means that

it is not likely to be due to chance variation

Temperament reers to a person's characteristic

emotional reactivity and intensity

I am a rat whose cortex is lighter and thinner than my littermates. What happened to me?

you were raised in a deprived environment

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Hypnotic responsiveness is
greater when people are led to expect it
generally greater in men
the same in all people
generally greater in women
2
What is the correct sequence in the transmission of a neural impulse?
synapse, axon, dendrite, cell body
dendrite, cell body, axon, synapse
axon, dendrite, cell body, synapse
dendrite, axon, cell body, synapse
3
The scientific study of thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating.
behavioral psychology
personality psychology
psychodynamic psychology
cognitive psychology
4
This parenting style is most effective for raising confident, independent, sociable children.
permissive
authoritarian
authoritative
resilient
5
A set of scores most representative of a population would be a sample with a relatively
large range
large standard deviation
small standard deviation
small range
6
Our ideas about our own and others' thoughts, feelings and perceptions
theory of mind
egocentrism
schema
object permanence
7
Initial stage of conditioning in which a new response is established & gradually strengthened.
shaping
spontaneous recovery
acquisition
primary reinforcement
8
I am a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen that produces euphoria and social intimacy.
cocaine
MDMA
LSD
THC
9
Uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer images of structures in the brain
PET scan
EEG
MRI
CT Scan
10
Giving your dog a cookie each time he fetches the paper is an example of
secondary reinforcement
classical conditioning
partial reinforcement
operant conditioning
11
After a nail gun wound to your head, you become irritable, dishonest and profane. What's up?
frontal lobe damaged
parietal lobe damaged
occipital lobe damaged
temporal lobe damaged
12
Our short-term memory is limited to approximately ________ items.
7
10
2
3
13
A person claiming to be able to read another's mind is claiming to have the ESP ability of
precognition
clairvoyance
psychokinesis
telepathy
14
Teenagers often misread emotions because they use me instead of frontal lobe to interpret them.
hypothalamus
amygdala
thalamus
medulla
15
Information is maintained in short-term memory only briefly unless it is
iconic
encoded
rehearsed
retrieved
16
Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency?
median
mean
mode
range
17
The part of the human brain most like that of a fish is the
brainstem
limbic system
right hemisphere
cortex
18
I am 14 months old and fearful of strangers. Which of Piaget's stages am I in?
sensorimotor
formal
concrete
preoperational
19
In operant conditioning, this occurs when a response is no longer reinforced.
discrimination
learned helplessness
generalization
extinction
20
The vibrations of the eardrum are amplified by three tiny bones located where?
cochlea
basile membrane
inner ear
middle ear
21
Which of the following would be most affected by a few extreme scores?
mean
range
median
mode
22
The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes
schema
maturation
heritability
genome
23
Which of these methods does NOT belong with the others?
experiment
survey
naturalistic observation
case study
24
The ability to distinguish the CS from similar stimuli that does not signal a response is
discrimination
latent learning
generalization
learned helplessness
25
Piaget's stage in which we develop the ability to think logically about abstract propositions.
formal
preoperational
post-conventional
concrete
26
I"m a chemical messenger that influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion. Who am I?
glutamate
a hormone
dopamine
acetylcholine
27
The ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field
relative motion
retinal disparity
sensory adaptation
perceptual constancy
28
Which of the following is classified as a depressant?
marijuana
methamphetamine
LSD
alcohol
29
In Pavlov's experiment with dogs, the meat served as a
UR
CR
US
CS
30
The cochlea is to the ear as the ____________ is to the eye.
iris
fovea
retina
lens
31
New learning that interferes with previous knowledge
proactive interference
retroactive interference
persistence
echoic memory
32
You can find me in the temporal lobe. What am I?
visual cortex
amygdala
motor cortex
auditory cortex
33
Which of the following was NOT found in Harlow's socially deprived monkeys?
they had difficulty mating
they showed extreme fear or aggression of other monkeys
they showed abnormal physical development
the females were abusive mothers
34
My sibling and I developed from a single fertilized egg. Who are we?
same-sex fraternal twins
dizygotic twins
opposite-sex identical twins
monozygotic twins
35
When a difference between two groups is statistically significant, it means that
it is statistically real but not practically significant
it is not likely to be due to chance variation
all of the above are true
it is probably the result of sampling variation
36
What is the mode: 8, 2, 1, 1, 3, 7, 6, 2, 0, 2?
1
2
7
3
37
Layer of fatty tissue on axon that helps speed neural transmission.
dopamine
acetylcholine
myelin sheath
endorphin
38
Figure is to ground as ________ is to ________.
top; bottom
night; day
cloud; sky
sensation; perception
39
Sleep spindles predominate during which stage of sleep?
Stage 3
Stage 4
REM sleep
Stage 2
40
Which of the following is typically controlled by the left hemisphere?
spatial reasoning
perceptual skills
word recognition
the left side of the body
41
You can find me in the frontal lobe. What am I?
Wernicke's area
sensory cortex
auditory cortex
motor cortex
42
Temperament reers to a person's characteristic
behaviors
attitudes
emotional reactivity and intensity
role-related traits
43
If it's difficult keeping your balance after a blow to the back of your head, what is damaged?
thalamus
hypothalamus
cerebellulm
medulla
44
Epinephrine and norepinephrine are ____ that are released by the _____ gland.
neurotransmitters; thyroid
hormones; adrenal
hormones; pituitary
neurotransmitters; pituitary
45
A person's accumulation of stored information that generally increases with age.
fluid intelligence
crystallized intelligence
concrete intelligence
artificial intelligence
46
In an experiment to determine the effects of attention on memory, memory is
dependent variable
confounding variable
control condition
independent variable
47
I"m a relatively fast-acting chemical messenger that affects mood, hunger, sleep and arousal.
norepinephrine
acetylcholine
dopamine
serotonin
48
What is likely damaged if you can't speak in meaningful sentences?
Wernicke's area
Broca's area
the angular gyrus
the hippocampus
49
A response that leads to the removal of an unpleasant stimulus is one being
positively reinforced
punished
negatively reinforced
extinguished
50
Researchers use these to ensure they can repeat their work
operational defintions
double-blind procedures
random assignment
control groups
51
I am a rat whose cortex is lighter and thinner than my littermates. What happened to me?
You suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome
You were born prematurely
you were raised in an enriched environment
you were raised in a deprived environment
52
What is the mean? 2, 3, 7, 6, 2, 4, 5, 5, 2
3
5
6
4
53
THC is the major active ingredient in
nicotine
MDMA
marijuana
cocaine
54
Repression is an example of
a memory trace
encoding failure
motivated forgetting
memory decay
55
Which is the correct sequence in the transmission of a simple reflex?
sensory neuron, interneuron, sensory neuron
sensory neuron, interneuron, motor neuron
interneuron, sensory neuron, motor neuron
interneuron, motor neuron, sensory neuron
56
Studies demonstrate that learning causes permanent neural changes in the _____ of neurons.
myelin
synapses
dendrites
cell bodies
57
Frequency is to pitch as _____ is to ______.
wavelength; loudness
amplitude; loudness
amplitude; intensity
wavelength; intensity
58
If chromosomes are the "chapters" of heredity, the "words" are the
DNA
genes
molecules
genomes
59
Which type of word processing--visual, acoustic or semantic-results in the greatest retention?
acoustic
visual
all are equally beneficial
semantic
60
If shoe size and IQ are negatively correlated, which of the following is true?
People with small feet have high IQs
IQ is unpredictable based on shoe size
People with large feet have high IQs
People with small feet have low IQs
61
The term critical period refers to
the initial 2 hours after a child's birth
prenatal development
the preoperational stage
a restricted time for learning
62
If a person with a head injury has difficulties staying awake, what was likely damaged?
cerebellum
reticular formation
corpus callosum
thalamus
63
Believing emotions are best understood as being determined by heredity, learning & culture is
psychodynamic perspective
evolutionary perspective
biopsychosocial perspective
biological perspective
64
Kinesthesis involves
membranes within the cochlea
the body's sense of balance
the bones of the middle ear
information from the bones, ears, tendons and joints
65
Voluntary movements, such as writing with a pencil, are directed by
somatic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
autonomic nervous system
66
Adds to psychology's knowledge base
behaviorism
clinical research
basic research
applied research
67
The father of modern psychology.
Freud
James
Watson
Wundt
68
Learning w/o reinforcement; only becomes apparent when there is incentive to demonstrate it.
acquisition
spontaneous recovery
manifest learning
latent learning
69
Why is it that when we stare at an object each eye receives a slightly different image?
relative motion
linear persective
retinal disparity
interposition
70
Study of how humans and machines interact
structuralism
functionalism
applied research
human factors psychology
71
Memory for skills is called
prime memory
explicit memory
implicit memory
declarative memory
72
Brain research technique that involves monitoring brain's use of glucose is called the
MRI
EEG
fMRI
PET scan
73
The sleep cycle is approximately ______ minutes.
90
30
75
50
74
The visual cortex is located in the
parietal lobe
occipital lobe
temporal lobe
frontal lobe
75
A depiction of the relationship between two variables by means of a graphed cluster of dots
central tendency
range
standard deviation
scatterplot
76
Which of the following professionals would have a medical degree?
Clinical Psychologist
Personality Psychologist
Psychiatrist
Organizational Psychologist
77
Genes are the perpetuation of individuals as memes are to the perpetuation of what?
intimacy
culture
gender type
roles
78
I outnumber neurons in the brain and help remove excess neurotransmitters. Who am I?
stem cell
myelin sheath
hormone
glial cell
79
Acetylcholine (ACh) is most likely to be found
at junctions between interneurons
in all of these locations
at the junction between sensory neurons and muscle fibers
at the junction between motor neurons and muscle fibers
80
The false perception of a relationship between two events when none exists
confirmation bias
negative correlation
illusory correlation
hindsight bias
81
Each cell of the human body has a total of
46 chromosomes
23 chromosomes
46 genes
23 genes
82
Which is the correct order of stages of prenatal development?
embryo, fetus, zygote
zygote, embryo, fetus
zygote, fetus, embryo
embryo, zygote, fetus
83
Perceptual error in which we fail to see an object when our attention is directed elsewhere is
sensory adaptation
transduction
perceptual adaptation
inattentional blindness
84
The effect of a drug that is an antagonist is to
cause the brain to stop producing certain neurotransmitters
mimic a particular neurotransmitter
disrupt a neuron's all-or-none firing pattern
block a particular neurotransmitter
85
The retina's point of central focus which contains only cones
pupil
fovea
blind spot
lens
86
Of the following, parents are most likely to influence their children's
temperament
faith
emotional reactivity
personality
87
Which would be best for determining whether alcohol impairs memory?
experiment
survey
case study
naturalistic observation
88
Stranger anxiety develops soon after
a theory of mind
the concept of conservation
egocentrism
the concept of object permanence
89
I am a cell in the thalamus that is excited by red and inhibited by green. I am a(n)
opponent-process cell
bipolar cell
feature detector
cone
90
The term gestalt means
sensation
grouping
perception
whole
91
The end of menstruation is called
the midlife crisis
menarche
generativity
menopause
92
The size of the pupil is controlled by the
retina
iris
cornea
lens
93
List the order of lobes from front of brain toward back, then down the skull & back to front
frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital
frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital
frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal
94
The gland that regulates body growth is the
adrenal
pituitary
thyroid
hypothalamus
95
My stage theory of moral development was based on how people reasoned about ethical dilemmas
Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lawrence Kohlberg
Harry Harlow
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Freud's name for the "true meaning" of our dreams
latent content
manifest content
wish fulfillment
hallucinations
97
Nerve fibers that enable communication between right and left hemispheres.
corpus callosum
association areas
reticular formation
parietal lobes
98
The receptor of the eye that functions best in dim light is the
fovea
rod
cone
bipolar cell
99
Which of the following is NOT recommended as a strategy for improving memory?
encoding meaningful associations
speed reading
distributed study
active rehearsal
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The ability to simultaneously process the pitch, melody and meaning of a song.
sensory adaptation
dual processing
generalization
parallel processing

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