DC / AP Psychology Practice #2

Question 1

Which endocrine gland regulates body growth:

Accepted Answer

Pituitary

Question 2

Emphasizing moods may be indicative of seasonal affective disorder highlights the importance of

Accepted Answer

Biological rhythms

Question 3

Piaget is best known for his interest in the process of ____________ development.

Accepted Answer

Cognitive

Question 4

According to Erickson, isolation is to intimacy as role confusion is to:

Accepted Answer

Identity

Question 5

Marriage bonds are especially likely to endure when members of a couple:

Accepted Answer

Engage in more positive than negative interactions

Question 6

Which psychologist was most influential in shaping our understanding of cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

Jean Piaget

Question 7

Complete sensation in the absence of complete perception is best illustrated by:

Accepted Answer

Prosopagnosia

Question 8

The strengthening of synaptic connections facilitates the formation of:

Accepted Answer

Neural networks

Question 9

The detection and encoding of stimulus energies by the nervous system is called:

Accepted Answer

Sensation

Question 10

An impaired theory of mind is most closely associated with:

Accepted Answer

Autism

Question 11

The school of psychology that avoided the study of consciousness during the last century was:

Accepted Answer

Behaviorism

Question 12

The quick succession of briefly flashed images in a motion picture produces:

Accepted Answer

Stroboscopic movement

Question 13

Crystallized intelligence refers most directly to a person’s:

Accepted Answer

Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills

Question 14

We typically fail to consciously see that our noses are in our line of vision, illustrating:

Accepted Answer

Selective attention

Question 15

Kohlberg: Morality based on avoiding punishment and attaining rewards represents ___ morality

Accepted Answer

Preconventional

Question 16

An ability to reason hypothetically in a geometry class illustrates the __ stage of development

Accepted Answer

Formal operational

Question 17

One of the most consistently damaging teratogens is:

Accepted Answer

Alcohol

Question 18

There is very little relationship between the age of an adult and his or her:

Accepted Answer

Level of life satisfaction

Question 19

Research on left-handedness suggests that:

Accepted Answer

Genes play a role in handedness

Question 20

Certain birds forming attachments during a critical period very early in life is called:

Accepted Answer

Imprinting

Question 21

Sierra, a 28-year-old heroin addict, is pregnant. Her baby will be born:

Accepted Answer

A heroin addict

Question 22

Who emphasized that the whole may exceed the sum of its parts?

Accepted Answer

Gestalt psychologists

Question 23

The best evidence that 4-month-old infants possess a visual memory comes from research on:

Accepted Answer

Habituation

Question 24

Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the:

Accepted Answer

Medulla

Question 25

The occipital lobes are to _________________ as the temporal lobes are to ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Seeing ; hearing

Question 26

The powerful survival impulse that leads infants to seek closeness to caregivers is called:

Accepted Answer

Attachment

Question 27

Information travels from the spinal cord to the brain via:

Accepted Answer

Interneurons

Question 28

Seeing complete letters on a neon sign, even though some of the bulbs are out, illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Closure

Question 29

Nerves are neural cables containing many:

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Axons

Question 30

If a pregnant mother’s use of artificial sweetener harmed the fetus, the substance would be a

Accepted Answer

teratogene

Question 31

The symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome demonstrate that alcohol is a:

Accepted Answer

Teratogen

Question 32

Sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus are called:

Accepted Answer

Hallucinations

Question 33

A branch of psychology studying the changes that occur throughout the life cycle is called

Accepted Answer

Developmental psychology

Question 34

According to Erikson, trust is to ___________as identity is to ___________________.

Accepted Answer

Infancy ; adolescence

Question 35

1. A gestalt is best described as a(n)

Accepted Answer

Organized whole

DC / AP Psychology Practice #2

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DC / AP Psychology Practice #2

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