Question 1

Patients with prefrontal cortex damage make more risky choices than do non-brain-damaged individuals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

George smokes and drinks,and he is overweight,but he would be the first to tell you that he will outlive all of his friends at the bar.George's opinion illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A) the availability heuristic. 
B) optimism bias. 
C) the conjunction fallacy. 
D) the sunk-cost fallacy. 
A) the availability heuristic. 
B) optimism bias. 
C) the conjunction fallacy. 
D) the sunk-cost fallacy.

Question 3

Efforts to teach apes human language often focus on:

Accepted Answer

A) providing them with models of other species who have been taught language. 
B) training them to produce human speech sounds. 
C) careful observation of the apes' own speech systems. 
D) teaching them American Sign Language (ASL). 
A) providing them with models of other species who have been taught language. 
B) training them to produce human speech sounds. 
C) careful observation of the apes' own speech systems. 
D) teaching them American Sign Language (ASL).

Question 4

A heuristic is a well-defined sequence of steps that guarantees a solution to a problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

English speakers shown a timeline on a horizontal display make faster time judgements than those shown a timeline on a vertical display.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Babies typically start speaking in single words by 5 months of age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which statement about the babbling of deaf babies is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Deaf babies babble sounds they have never heard. 
B) Deaf babies babble sounds in the same order as that of hearing babies. 
C) Deaf babies babble earlier relative to the babbling of hearing babies. 
D) Deaf babies babble less relative to the babbling of hearing babies. 
A) Deaf babies babble sounds they have never heard. 
B) Deaf babies babble sounds in the same order as that of hearing babies. 
C) Deaf babies babble earlier relative to the babbling of hearing babies. 
D) Deaf babies babble less relative to the babbling of hearing babies.

Question 8

Brandon is unable to identify animals such as dogs and squirrels but can easily identify furniture such as chairs and tables.Brandon likely does NOT have:

Accepted Answer

A) damage to the front part of the right temporal lobe. 
B) a category-specific deficit. 
C) the ability to name tools. 
D) the ability to recognize human faces. 
A) damage to the front part of the right temporal lobe. 
B) a category-specific deficit. 
C) the ability to name tools. 
D) the ability to recognize human faces.

Question 9

A carpenter suffered a stroke and is now unable to recall the names of his tools.Which area of his brain is MOST likely damaged?

Accepted Answer

A) the lower left temporal lobe 
B) the region where the temporal lobe meets the parietal and occipital lobes 
C) the front of the left temporal lobe 
D) the left prefrontal cortex 
A) the lower left temporal lobe 
B) the region where the temporal lobe meets the parietal and occipital lobes 
C) the front of the left temporal lobe 
D) the left prefrontal cortex

Question 10

B.F.Skinner believed that all humans are born with an LAD (Leaning Acquisition Device).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Research on colour meaning with JB,who suffered progressive deteriorations in understanding the meaning of words,even though he performed well on many other perceptual and cognitive tasks,demonstrated that JB was able to:

Accepted Answer

A) verbally name colours presented to him. 
B) associate the name of a colour with a name of an object (e.g. ,a yellow banana). 
C) sort colour patches into piles of red,green,and blue. 
D) match a colour to the word of the colour. 
A) verbally name colours presented to him. 
B) associate the name of a colour with a name of an object (e.g. ,a yellow banana). 
C) sort colour patches into piles of red,green,and blue. 
D) match a colour to the word of the colour.

Question 12

The average 1-year-old has a vocabulary of _____ words.

Accepted Answer

A) 3 
B) 10 
C) 50 
D) 100 
A) 3 
B) 10 
C) 50 
D) 100

Question 13

Given that 1 in 10 babies is born with a vascular birthmark,what is the approximate probability of having a boy with a vascular birthmark?

Accepted Answer

A) 1% 
B) 2% 
C) 5% 
D) 10% 
A) 1% 
B) 2% 
C) 5% 
D) 10%

Question 14

Functional fixedness occurs when we:

Accepted Answer

A) tend to perceive the functions of objects as fixed or unchanging. 
B) persist in applying a large set of solutions to a wide range of problems. 
C) discover a "prime solution" that applies to several analogous problems. 
D) fix a problem by finding the correct solution. 
A) tend to perceive the functions of objects as fixed or unchanging. 
B) persist in applying a large set of solutions to a wide range of problems. 
C) discover a "prime solution" that applies to several analogous problems. 
D) fix a problem by finding the correct solution.

Question 15

Which statement BEST describes the relationship between logic and reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A) If people reason,they necessarily use logic. 
B) Logic is a necessary and sufficient cause of reasoning. 
C) Logic is a tool to evaluate reasoning. 
D) Logic frames the parameters in which reasoning can occur. 
A) If people reason,they necessarily use logic. 
B) Logic is a necessary and sufficient cause of reasoning. 
C) Logic is a tool to evaluate reasoning. 
D) Logic frames the parameters in which reasoning can occur.

Question 16

Functional fixedness occurs when the wrong past analogy is applied to a new goal state problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Learning to form the past tense of words:

Accepted Answer

A) does not require explicit awareness of grammatical rules. 
B) requires formal study of syntax provided by parents or schools. 
C) occurs through trial and error. 
D) begins at around age 5. 
A) does not require explicit awareness of grammatical rules. 
B) requires formal study of syntax provided by parents or schools. 
C) occurs through trial and error. 
D) begins at around age 5.

Question 18

Research has indicated that the right temporal lobe is MOST involved in:

Accepted Answer

A) insightful problem solving. 
B) means-ends analysis. 
C) impulsive choice. 
D) analogical problem solving. 
A) insightful problem solving. 
B) means-ends analysis. 
C) impulsive choice. 
D) analogical problem solving.

Question 19

Children overgeneralize the rules of the grammar that guide their spoken language,resulting in speech language errors.The predictability of these errors illustrates an important point regarding language development,namely that language development:

Accepted Answer

A) comes about mainly through imitating adult forms of speech. 
B) is primarily a matter of memorizing appropriate speech sounds and then repeating them. 
C) is a hit-or-miss enterprise;children acquire language largely through trial and error. 
D) is guided by implicit grammatical rules that children use to produce new sentences and verbal constructions they've never heard before. 
A) comes about mainly through imitating adult forms of speech. 
B) is primarily a matter of memorizing appropriate speech sounds and then repeating them. 
C) is a hit-or-miss enterprise;children acquire language largely through trial and error. 
D) is guided by implicit grammatical rules that children use to produce new sentences and verbal constructions they've never heard before.

Question 20

The best,or most typical,member of a category is called an exemplar.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Patients with prefrontal cortex damage make more risky choices than do non-brain-damaged individuals.

George smokes and drinks,and he is overweight,but he would be the first to tell you that he will outlive all of his friends at the bar.George's opinion illustrates:

Efforts to teach apes human language often focus on:

A heuristic is a well-defined sequence of steps that guarantees a solution to a problem.

English speakers shown a timeline on a horizontal display make faster time judgements than those shown a timeline on a vertical display.

Babies typically start speaking in single words by 5 months of age.

Which statement about the babbling of deaf babies is FALSE?

Brandon is unable to identify animals such as dogs and squirrels but can easily identify furniture such as chairs and tables.Brandon likely does NOT have:

A carpenter suffered a stroke and is now unable to recall the names of his tools.Which area of his brain is MOST likely damaged?

B.F.Skinner believed that all humans are born with an LAD (Leaning Acquisition Device).

Research on colour meaning with JB,who suffered progressive deteriorations in understanding the meaning of words,even though he performed well on many other perceptual and cognitive tasks,demonstrated that JB was able to:

The average 1-year-old has a vocabulary of _____ words.

Given that 1 in 10 babies is born with a vascular birthmark,what is the approximate probability of having a boy with a vascular birthmark?

Functional fixedness occurs when we:

Which statement BEST describes the relationship between logic and reasoning?

Functional fixedness occurs when the wrong past analogy is applied to a new goal state problem.

Learning to form the past tense of words:

Research has indicated that the right temporal lobe is MOST involved in:

Children overgeneralize the rules of the grammar that guide their spoken language,resulting in speech language errors.The predictability of these errors illustrates an important point regarding language development,namely that language development:

The best,or most typical,member of a category is called an exemplar.

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Patients with prefrontal cortex damage make more risky choices than do non-brain-damaged individuals.

George smokes and drinks,and he is overweight,but he would be the first to tell you that he will outlive all of his friends at the bar.George's opinion illustrates:

Efforts to teach apes human language often focus on:

A heuristic is a well-defined sequence of steps that guarantees a solution to a problem.

English speakers shown a timeline on a horizontal display make faster time judgements than those shown a timeline on a vertical display.

Babies typically start speaking in single words by 5 months of age.

Which statement about the babbling of deaf babies is FALSE?

Brandon is unable to identify animals such as dogs and squirrels but can easily identify furniture such as chairs and tables.Brandon likely does NOT have:

A carpenter suffered a stroke and is now unable to recall the names of his tools.Which area of his brain is MOST likely damaged?

B.F.Skinner believed that all humans are born with an LAD (Leaning Acquisition Device).

Research on colour meaning with JB,who suffered progressive deteriorations in understanding the meaning of words,even though he performed well on many other perceptual and cognitive tasks,demonstrated that JB was able to:

The average 1-year-old has a vocabulary of _____ words.

Given that 1 in 10 babies is born with a vascular birthmark,what is the approximate probability of having a boy with a vascular birthmark?

Functional fixedness occurs when we:

Which statement BEST describes the relationship between logic and reasoning?

Functional fixedness occurs when the wrong past analogy is applied to a new goal state problem.

Learning to form the past tense of words:

Research has indicated that the right temporal lobe is MOST involved in:

Children overgeneralize the rules of the grammar that guide their spoken language,resulting in speech language errors.The predictability of these errors illustrates an important point regarding language development,namely that language development:

The best,or most typical,member of a category is called an exemplar.

Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Methods in Psychology

Neuroscience and Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Memory

Learning

Emotion and Motivation

Intelligence

Development

Personality

Social Psychology

Stress and Health

Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Integrative Questions

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