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1 / Sigmund Freud developed an innovative
procedure for treating people with psychological
problems, which he called
c / Psychoanalysis
2/ Which of the following groups of psychologists would
be most likely to focus on individual uniqueness,
freedom, and potential for growth as a person?
Humanists
3/ The psychologist who proposed that the study of
consciousness should be replaced by the study of
behavior was
John B. Watson
4/ A psychologist whose major interest focuses on how
behavior changes as a function of age would probably be
considered a ___ psychologist
developmental
5/ The major event that influenced the development of
psychology as a profession was
D. World War II.
6/ Decision-making, reasoning, problem solving and
language are topics most likely to be studied by _____
psychologists
Cognitive
7/ which is not among the goals of scientific psychology
9/ any measurable conditions, events, characteristics,
or behaviors that are controlled or observed in a study
Variables
10/ Dr. Dobbins wants to study attachment patterns in
single-parent families. The first step in her scientific
investigation would be to
Formulate a testable hypothesis
11/ A group of researchers wanted to determine if people
will eat more food in a room with red paint and red
decorations than in a room that is decorated blue. Half
the participants in this study ate in a red room and half
ate in a blue room. The researchers then measured how
much food was consumed in each of the two rooms. In
this study, the independent variable was
the color of the decorations in the room
12/ 16. David and Alexandra both take part in a
research study that is investigating the effects of sleep
deprivation on reaction time. David is kept awake for 24
hours straight, while Alexandra follows her normal
sleep routine. In this study, David is part of the
b. experimental group
1.
13/ As an adult ages, his/her physical strength declines. The
relationship between age and physical strength is a
2.
negative correlation
14/ You are sitting on a park bench in a major
metropolitan area from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and you note the
number of people who walk by, whether or not they litter,
and their gender. You are engaging in ____.
naturalistic observation
15/ The primary reason for the ethical dilemmas
psychologists encounter regarding the use of deception in
research reflects concerns
A. about the possibility of inflicting harm on human
subjects.
16/ Dr. Dickison is investigating the link between social
support networks and grades in school. Students in
research his classes are required to complete survey
forms related to this research. If a survey form is not
completed by the end of the semester a student's grade is
reduced by 10 points. In this case, some researches might
argue that Dr. Dickinson's violates the ethical principle of
voluntary participation
17/ Which of the following statements is MOST
accurate?
B. The American Psychological Association has developed
strict ethical guidelines for research involving animals.
18/ the cells od the nervous system that do the work of
receiving, integrating, and transmitting information are
the
neurons
19/ the carriers of genetic information in the form of
dna are the
chromosomes
20/ If you could tape-record your thoughts, you would
find:
c. an endless flow of ideas that constantly shifts and
changes
21/ the EEG pattern associated with normal, waking,
alert states is
beta
22/ The 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and
many other species.
Circadian rhythms
23/ awakened while he was experiencing rapid eye
movements. He probably will report that he
was dreaming
24/ According to Sigmund Freud, conscious and
unconscious processes are different:
Levels of Awareness
25/ If you were to lie down under a tree and relax, but not
fall asleep, your dominant brain wave pattern would
MOST likely consist of:
alpha waves
26/ Research has shown that people who work on a
rotating shift schedule are ____ to have accidents and be
_____ productive than people who do not work on a
rotating shift schedule.
more apt; less
27/ Nathaniel's wife cannot sleep through the night. She
claims that her husband seems to stop breathing in his
sleep and then suddenly jerks awake, gasping for breath.
This not only disturbs his sleep, it also awakens her. It is
likely that Nathaniel:
c. has sleep apnea
28/ According to research evidence on dream content, a student
would most likely dream about
falling from the top of a tall building on campus
29/ If a college student who is struggling to keep from
flunking out of school dreams of winning the "student of
the year award," this dream would be MOST consistent
with which theory of dreaming?
wish fulfillment
30/ classical conditioning a type of learning in which
an organism comes to associate stimuli. A neutral
stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus (US)
begins to produce a response that anticipates and
prepares for the unconditioned stimulus. Also called
Pavlovian or respondent conditioning.
31/ Nancy has a headache; she takes some aspirin, and
the headache goes away. Nancy is more likely to take
aspirin again. This is an example of
negative reinforcement.
32/ when a response is strengthened because it is followed by
the presentation of a rewarding stimulus
Positive reinforcement
33/ Tammy finds writing papers to be a very aversive task. As a
result, she always checks out the requirements for all her classes
before she registers and never takes classes that require term
papers. Tammy's behavior is an example of
an unconditioned response
34/ Pavlov found that meat powder placed on a dog's
tongue will make the dog salivate. In Pavlov's terms, the
meat powder is:
an unconditioned stimulus
35/ One Saturday, Clayton was sitting at home when the
telephone rang. A local company was making
promotional calls and told Clayton he had just won a
$500 gift certificate. He felt a rush of excitement at the
thought of what he could do with $500. Now Clayton
finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring, he feels a
little surge of excitement. In this example, the
conditioned response is
the surge of excitement that Clayton feels whenever he
hears a telephone ring
36/ when an individual has a phobia, the irrational fear
and anxiety that the person experiences is a
conditioned response
37/ Skinner
Demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat those
response that are followed by favorable consequences.
38/ which of the following is word should be easiest to
remember using visual imagery ?automobile
39/ The memory system that has an almost unlimited
storage capacity is
long-term memory
40/ unusually vivid and detailed recollections of
momentous events are called
flashbulb memories
41/ contains general knowledge that is not tied to the
time when the information was learned
semantic memory
42/ Which of the following is not one of the three basic classes
of problems
problems of probability
43/ When solving problems containing numerical information
you should start by figuring out which information is
relevant to the problem
44 You
have a pair of pliers and a bag of nuts in the shell.
You are lamenting the fact that you can"t shell the nuts
because you do not have a nutcracker. Your inability to
perceive the pliers as a makeshift nutcracker
demonstrates __________ on your part
functional fixedness
45/ research shown that when consumers have a very
high number of products to choose from,the ars
likely to purchase no items
46/ the belief that event is more likely to occur if it has
not occurred recently is consistent with the
gambler’s fallacy
47/ The correlation between IQ scores and vocational
success is BEST described as
moderately positive.
48/ In which of the following cases is the correlation
between IQ scores the lowest?
Non-twin siblings reared apart
49/ The BEST evidence supporting the role of genetic
factors in intelligence is provided by studies that
compare
identical and fraternal twins.
50/ If environment affects intellighence, you should
predict that the IQs of children who stay in understaffed
orphanages willl
gradually decline as they get older