Question 1

The _____ allows information transduced from light waves projected onto the left half of each _____ to be processed in the left hemisphere of the brain.

Accepted Answer

A) thalamus;retina 
B) thalamus;iris 
C) corpus callosum;retina 
D) corpus callosum;iris 
A) thalamus;retina 
B) thalamus;iris 
C) corpus callosum;retina 
D) corpus callosum;iris

Question 2

Emotional reappraisal is similar to the coping strategy of:

Accepted Answer

A) repressive coping. 
B) reframing. 
C) rational coping. 
D) sublimation. 
A) repressive coping. 
B) reframing. 
C) rational coping. 
D) sublimation.

Question 3

Research has indicated that there is a _____ between temperature and instances of aggression during professional baseball games.

Accepted Answer

A) positive correlation 
B) negative correlation 
C) direct causal relationship 
D) causal and inverse relationship 
A) positive correlation 
B) negative correlation 
C) direct causal relationship 
D) causal and inverse relationship

Question 4

Subjecting rats to extreme sleep deprivation results in severe weight loss,indicating impairments of _____ functioning.

Accepted Answer

A) hippocampal 
B) prefrontal cortex 
C) hypothalamus 
D) basal ganglia 
A) hippocampal 
B) prefrontal cortex 
C) hypothalamus 
D) basal ganglia

Question 5

Worrying about insomnia may actually make the brain more sensitive to signs of sleeplessness,further exacerbating the problem and illustrating _____.Thus,when persons cannot sleep,they should get out of bed and go do something else.Further,the bed should be reserved only for sleeping,and not for reading books,doing homework,eating,or watching television.If persons do these things and only lie down in bed when they are sleepy,behaviourists would state that,over time,the bed will become a(n)_____ for sleep.

Accepted Answer

A) homeostasis;unconditioned stimulus 
B) ironic processes of mental control;discriminative stimulus 
C) a conditioned compensatory response;conditioned stimulus 
D) the diathesis-stress model;reinforcer 
A) homeostasis;unconditioned stimulus 
B) ironic processes of mental control;discriminative stimulus 
C) a conditioned compensatory response;conditioned stimulus 
D) the diathesis-stress model;reinforcer

Question 6

The Big Five trait of _____ is associated with brain regions in the _____ lobes involved in self-regulation,planning,and decision making.

Accepted Answer

A) agreeableness;frontal 
B) extraversion;temporal 
C) conscientiousness;frontal 
D) openness to experience;temporal 
A) agreeableness;frontal 
B) extraversion;temporal 
C) conscientiousness;frontal 
D) openness to experience;temporal

Question 7

Every time the rat presses the right lever,it receives one pellet.When the rat presses the left lever,70% of the time it receives nothing and 30% of the time it receives five pellets.The rat's lever pressing is being _____,reinforced and prospect theory predicts that the rat's will prefer to press the _____ lever.

Accepted Answer

A) positively;right 
B) negatively;right 
C) positively;left 
D) negatively;left 
A) positively;right 
B) negatively;right 
C) positively;left 
D) negatively;left

Question 8

A behavioural explanation of repressive coping strategies might focus on the _____ such behaviour produces.

Accepted Answer

A) conditioned responses 
B) positive reinforcement 
C) negative reinforcement 
D) unconditioned responses 
A) conditioned responses 
B) positive reinforcement 
C) negative reinforcement 
D) unconditioned responses

Question 9

The dangers associated with labelling persons with having a mental disorder is related to the social psychology phenomenon of:

Accepted Answer

A) conformity. 
B) stereotype threat. 
C) deindividuation. 
D) cognitive dissonance. 
A) conformity. 
B) stereotype threat. 
C) deindividuation. 
D) cognitive dissonance.

Question 10

B.F.Skinner studied rats' behaviour that was _____ motivated.

Accepted Answer

A) intrinsically 
B) extrinsically 
C) implicitly 
D) explicitly 
A) intrinsically 
B) extrinsically 
C) implicitly 
D) explicitly

Question 11

Common assays used to determine if infants are attending to objects study a form of:

Accepted Answer

A) procedural memory. 
B) classical conditioning. 
C) primary reinforcement. 
D) implicit learning. 
A) procedural memory. 
B) classical conditioning. 
C) primary reinforcement. 
D) implicit learning.

Question 12

The statistical technique used to uncover core dimensions of intelligence and _____ is _____.

Accepted Answer

A) personality;factor analysis 
B) extraversion;matched-samples correlations 
C) long-term memory;factor analysis 
D) moral development;matched-samples correlations 
A) personality;factor analysis 
B) extraversion;matched-samples correlations 
C) long-term memory;factor analysis 
D) moral development;matched-samples correlations

Question 13

By modern scientific standards,which philosopher would have the LEAST difficulty resolving the mind-body problem?

Accepted Answer

A) Plato 
B) Hobbes 
C) Socrates 
D) Descartes 
A) Plato 
B) Hobbes 
C) Socrates 
D) Descartes

Question 14

The diathesis-stress model of mental illness is most related to the concept of:

Accepted Answer

A) heritability. 
B) epigenetics. 
C) the third-variable problem. 
D) external validity. 
A) heritability. 
B) epigenetics. 
C) the third-variable problem. 
D) external validity.

Question 15

One consequence of the memory sin of _____ is that it often _____ self-esteem.

Accepted Answer

A) transience;increases 
B) misattribution;decreases 
C) suggestibility;decreases 
D) bias;increases 
A) transience;increases 
B) misattribution;decreases 
C) suggestibility;decreases 
D) bias;increases

Question 16

A person who demonstrates reduced sensitivity to stimuli in the band of fibers enervating the hindbrain termed the _____ might be more likely to be _____.

Accepted Answer

A) reticular formation;anxious 
B) reticular formation;outgoing 
C) corpus callosum;altruistic 
D) corpus callosum;neurotic 
A) reticular formation;anxious 
B) reticular formation;outgoing 
C) corpus callosum;altruistic 
D) corpus callosum;neurotic

Question 17

By today's standards,Milgram's study on obedience is considered unethical because:

Accepted Answer

A) participants were exposed to shocks that were painful and possibly harmful. 
B) participants were physically forced to continue with the experiment. 
C) deception resulted in an increased risk of psychological stress. 
D) it is never permissible to deceive participants. 
A) participants were exposed to shocks that were painful and possibly harmful. 
B) participants were physically forced to continue with the experiment. 
C) deception resulted in an increased risk of psychological stress. 
D) it is never permissible to deceive participants.

Question 18

The moral intuitionist approach to understanding morality is BEST understood within which domain of psychology?

Accepted Answer

A) psychodynamic 
B) social 
C) cognitive 
D) humanistic 
A) psychodynamic 
B) social 
C) cognitive 
D) humanistic

Question 19

A tenet of cognitive behaviour therapy with which B.F.Skinner would NOT agree is that it:

Accepted Answer

A) is problem focused. 
B) is action orientated. 
C) focuses in part on modifying irrational thought. 
D) sometimes uses artificial incentive systems to modify behaviour. 
A) is problem focused. 
B) is action orientated. 
C) focuses in part on modifying irrational thought. 
D) sometimes uses artificial incentive systems to modify behaviour.

Question 20

A behaviourist would conceptualize the prisoner's dilemma as a situation in which person A's decision to cooperate with person B:

Accepted Answer

A) could produce mutual reinforcement or maximal punishment for person A. 
B) could result in either a large reinforcement for only person A or a small mutual punisher. 
C) will result in either a small or a large negative reinforcer for person A. 
D) will result in either a small or a large positive reinforcer for person A. 
A) could produce mutual reinforcement or maximal punishment for person A. 
B) could result in either a large reinforcement for only person A or a small mutual punisher. 
C) will result in either a small or a large negative reinforcer for person A. 
D) will result in either a small or a large positive reinforcer for person A.

The _ allows information transduced from light waves projected onto the left half of each _ to be processed in the left hemisphere of the brain.

Emotional reappraisal is similar to the coping strategy of:

Research has indicated that there is a _____ between temperature and instances of aggression during professional baseball games.

Subjecting rats to extreme sleep deprivation results in severe weight loss,indicating impairments of _____ functioning.

The Big Five trait of _ is associated with brain regions in the _ lobes involved in self-regulation,planning,and decision making.

A behavioural explanation of repressive coping strategies might focus on the _____ such behaviour produces.

The dangers associated with labelling persons with having a mental disorder is related to the social psychology phenomenon of:

B.F.Skinner studied rats' behaviour that was _____ motivated.

Common assays used to determine if infants are attending to objects study a form of:

The statistical technique used to uncover core dimensions of intelligence and _ is _.

By modern scientific standards,which philosopher would have the LEAST difficulty resolving the mind-body problem?

The diathesis-stress model of mental illness is most related to the concept of:

One consequence of the memory sin of _ is that it often _ self-esteem.

A person who demonstrates reduced sensitivity to stimuli in the band of fibers enervating the hindbrain termed the _ might be more likely to be _.

By today's standards,Milgram's study on obedience is considered unethical because:

The moral intuitionist approach to understanding morality is BEST understood within which domain of psychology?

A tenet of cognitive behaviour therapy with which B.F.Skinner would NOT agree is that it:

A behaviourist would conceptualize the prisoner's dilemma as a situation in which person A's decision to cooperate with person B:

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Exam 17: Integrative Questions

The _____ allows information transduced from light waves projected onto the left half of each _____ to be processed in the left hemisphere of the brain.

Emotional reappraisal is similar to the coping strategy of:

Research has indicated that there is a _____ between temperature and instances of aggression during professional baseball games.

Subjecting rats to extreme sleep deprivation results in severe weight loss,indicating impairments of _____ functioning.

The Big Five trait of _____ is associated with brain regions in the _____ lobes involved in self-regulation,planning,and decision making.

A behavioural explanation of repressive coping strategies might focus on the _____ such behaviour produces.

The dangers associated with labelling persons with having a mental disorder is related to the social psychology phenomenon of:

B.F.Skinner studied rats' behaviour that was _____ motivated.

Common assays used to determine if infants are attending to objects study a form of:

The statistical technique used to uncover core dimensions of intelligence and _____ is _____.

By modern scientific standards,which philosopher would have the LEAST difficulty resolving the mind-body problem?

The diathesis-stress model of mental illness is most related to the concept of:

One consequence of the memory sin of _____ is that it often _____ self-esteem.

A person who demonstrates reduced sensitivity to stimuli in the band of fibers enervating the hindbrain termed the _____ might be more likely to be _____.

By today's standards,Milgram's study on obedience is considered unethical because:

The moral intuitionist approach to understanding morality is BEST understood within which domain of psychology?

A tenet of cognitive behaviour therapy with which B.F.Skinner would NOT agree is that it:

A behaviourist would conceptualize the prisoner's dilemma as a situation in which person A's decision to cooperate with person B:

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The _ allows information transduced from light waves projected onto the left half of each _ to be processed in the left hemisphere of the brain.

The Big Five trait of _ is associated with brain regions in the _ lobes involved in self-regulation,planning,and decision making.

The statistical technique used to uncover core dimensions of intelligence and _ is _.

One consequence of the memory sin of _ is that it often _ self-esteem.

A person who demonstrates reduced sensitivity to stimuli in the band of fibers enervating the hindbrain termed the _ might be more likely to be _.