Question 1

Both antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs alter the activity of the nervous system by

Accepted Answer

A)  preventing sodium ions from crossing neuron membranes. 
B)  altering the ratio of neurons to glia. 
C)  increasing the ability of glucose to enter neurons. 
D)  altering transmission at synapses. 
A)  preventing sodium ions from crossing neuron membranes. 
B)  altering the ratio of neurons to glia. 
C)  increasing the ability of glucose to enter neurons. 
D)  altering transmission at synapses.

Question 2

Which of the following could be an operational definition of a dream?

Accepted Answer

A)  any sensory experience during sleep 
B)  a measurable period of rapid eye movements and a particular EEG pattern 
C)  a visual experience during sleep 
D)  the manifestation of an unconscious thought, revealed during sleep 
A)  any sensory experience during sleep 
B)  a measurable period of rapid eye movements and a particular EEG pattern 
C)  a visual experience during sleep 
D)  the manifestation of an unconscious thought, revealed during sleep

Question 3

Below are four pairings of an investigator with an area of research. Which pairing is NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ebbinghaus--social and moral development 
B)  Skinner--operant conditioning 
C)  Pavlov--classical conditioning 
D)  Piaget--cognitive development 
A)  Ebbinghaus--social and moral development 
B)  Skinner--operant conditioning 
C)  Pavlov--classical conditioning 
D)  Piaget--cognitive development

Question 4

If tolerance to a drug injection is based on classical conditioning, what procedure would lead to the extinction of the tolerance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Administer electric shocks whenever the person attempts to take an injection. 
B)  Take injections of a large amount of the drug as frequently as possible. 
C)  Wait a long time between one injection and the next. 
D)  Go through the injection procedure without the drug itself. 
A)  Administer electric shocks whenever the person attempts to take an injection. 
B)  Take injections of a large amount of the drug as frequently as possible. 
C)  Wait a long time between one injection and the next. 
D)  Go through the injection procedure without the drug itself.

Question 5

Which of the following qualifies as an operational definition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Depression is a condition of unhappiness with a feeling of helplessness and worthlessness. 
B)  Conscientiousness is the percentage of assignments one finishes before the time they are due. 
C)  Retrograde amnesia is the loss of memories for events that happened prior to some trauma. 
D)  Self-actualization is the achievement of one's full potential as a human being. 
A)  Depression is a condition of unhappiness with a feeling of helplessness and worthlessness. 
B)  Conscientiousness is the percentage of assignments one finishes before the time they are due. 
C)  Retrograde amnesia is the loss of memories for events that happened prior to some trauma. 
D)  Self-actualization is the achievement of one's full potential as a human being.

Question 6

Which of the following conditions is most frequently treated with the drug L-DOPA?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parkinson's disease 
B)  Dissociative identity disorder 
C)  Huntington's disease 
D)  Korsakoff's syndrome 
A)  Parkinson's disease 
B)  Dissociative identity disorder 
C)  Huntington's disease 
D)  Korsakoff's syndrome

Question 7

Which of the following is a prominent behaviorist?

Accepted Answer

A)  A. Maslow 
B)  B. F. Skinner 
C)  P. W. Herman 
D)  S. Freud 
A)  A. Maslow 
B)  B. F. Skinner 
C)  P. W. Herman 
D)  S. Freud

Question 8

The representativeness heuristic most closely resembles the social psychological phenomenon of

Accepted Answer

A)  conformity. 
B)  groupthink. 
C)  stereotypes. 
D)  self-serving bias. 
A)  conformity. 
B)  groupthink. 
C)  stereotypes. 
D)  self-serving bias.

Question 9

An experimenter presents a CS followed by a UCS and measures the occurrence of CRs. What kind of process is the experimenter studying?

Accepted Answer

A)  classical conditioning 
B)  cognitive dissonance 
C)  operant conditioning 
D)  group polarization 
A)  classical conditioning 
B)  cognitive dissonance 
C)  operant conditioning 
D)  group polarization

Question 10

Which of the following psychologists is paired correctly with a theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Skinner-behaviorism 
B)  Piaget-psychoanalysis 
C)  Freud-Gestalt psychology 
D)  Pavlov-cognitive dissonance 
A)  Skinner-behaviorism 
B)  Piaget-psychoanalysis 
C)  Freud-Gestalt psychology 
D)  Pavlov-cognitive dissonance

Question 11

Sometimes someone with a mental disorder will show improvement without therapy. This is termed

Accepted Answer

A)  spontaneous remission. 
B)  spontaneous recovery. 
C)  automatic processing. 
D)  selective attention. 
A)  spontaneous remission. 
B)  spontaneous recovery. 
C)  automatic processing. 
D)  selective attention.

Question 12

A psychologist shows a child two glasses of water, equally full and of the same shape and size. Then she pours the water from one of the glasses into a taller, thinner glass and asks "Now which glass has more water?" The psychologist is apparently testing the child's concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  object permanence. 
B)  conservation. 
C)  episodic memory. 
D)  paired-associates learning. 
A)  object permanence. 
B)  conservation. 
C)  episodic memory. 
D)  paired-associates learning.

Question 13

What is the connection between obesity and genetics?

Accepted Answer

A)  We know that there is a genetic component to obesity, although social and cultural factors are also important. 
B)  Social and cultural factors account for obesity; there is no genetic influence. 
C)  Obesity has been traced to a gene on the X chromosome. 
D)  Obesity has been traced to a gene that controls the sense of smell. 
A)  We know that there is a genetic component to obesity, although social and cultural factors are also important. 
B)  Social and cultural factors account for obesity; there is no genetic influence. 
C)  Obesity has been traced to a gene on the X chromosome. 
D)  Obesity has been traced to a gene that controls the sense of smell.

Question 14

The first psychology laboratory was set up by

Accepted Answer

A)  Jung. 
B)  Wundt. 
C)  Piaget. 
D)  Erikson. 
A)  Jung. 
B)  Wundt. 
C)  Piaget. 
D)  Erikson.

Question 15

Herman Ebbinghaus was a pioneer in the study of

Accepted Answer

A)  personality. 
B)  the asymmetric functioning of the two hemispheres of the brain. 
C)  depth perception. 
D)  memory. 
A)  personality. 
B)  the asymmetric functioning of the two hemispheres of the brain. 
C)  depth perception. 
D)  memory.

Question 16

Which psychologists are most likely to believe that "the whole is more than the sum of its parts"?

Accepted Answer

A)  behaviorists 
B)  psychoanalysts 
C)  Gestalt psychologists 
D)  transactional analysts 
A)  behaviorists 
B)  psychoanalysts 
C)  Gestalt psychologists 
D)  transactional analysts

Question 17

Unsurelock the detective knows that one of 20 suspects has committed a crime. He proposes to administer a lie-detector test to all 20 and to arrest anyone who fails the test. Which error of thinking has he made?

Accepted Answer

A)  He has failed to distinguish between a hypothesis and a prototype. 
B)  He has used the availability heuristic. 
C)  He has used the representativeness heuristic. 
D)  He has overlooked the base-rate information. 
A)  He has failed to distinguish between a hypothesis and a prototype. 
B)  He has used the availability heuristic. 
C)  He has used the representativeness heuristic. 
D)  He has overlooked the base-rate information.

Question 18

When the corpus callosum is cut during a surgical procedure to help some severe epileptic patients, the result is

Accepted Answer

A)  the hippocampus can no longer emit useful hormones. 
B)  the two hemispheres of the brain can no longer communicate directly with each other. 
C)  usually schizophrenia. 
D)  an inability to remember events which occurred recently. 
A)  the hippocampus can no longer emit useful hormones. 
B)  the two hemispheres of the brain can no longer communicate directly with each other. 
C)  usually schizophrenia. 
D)  an inability to remember events which occurred recently.

Question 19

A child who is in Piaget's sensorimotor stage would probably be in which of Erikson's eight ages of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  identity vs. identity diffusion 
B)  industry vs. inferiority 
C)  generativity vs. stagnation 
D)  basic trust vs. mistrust 
A)  identity vs. identity diffusion 
B)  industry vs. inferiority 
C)  generativity vs. stagnation 
D)  basic trust vs. mistrust

Question 20

A polygraph is a device used to measure

Accepted Answer

A)  depth of hypnosis. 
B)  individual action potentials. 
C)  emotional reactions. 
D)  memory. 
A)  depth of hypnosis. 
B)  individual action potentials. 
C)  emotional reactions. 
D)  memory.

Exam Extenssion: S 1-16--Final Examination

Both antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs alter the activity of the nervous system by

Which of the following could be an operational definition of a dream?

Below are four pairings of an investigator with an area of research. Which pairing is NOT correct?

If tolerance to a drug injection is based on classical conditioning, what procedure would lead to the extinction of the tolerance?

Which of the following qualifies as an operational definition?

Which of the following conditions is most frequently treated with the drug L-DOPA?

Which of the following is a prominent behaviorist?

The representativeness heuristic most closely resembles the social psychological phenomenon of

An experimenter presents a CS followed by a UCS and measures the occurrence of CRs. What kind of process is the experimenter studying?

Which of the following psychologists is paired correctly with a theory?

Sometimes someone with a mental disorder will show improvement without therapy. This is termed

A psychologist shows a child two glasses of water, equally full and of the same shape and size. Then she pours the water from one of the glasses into a taller, thinner glass and asks "Now which glass has more water?" The psychologist is apparently testing the child's concept of

What is the connection between obesity and genetics?

The first psychology laboratory was set up by

Herman Ebbinghaus was a pioneer in the study of

Which psychologists are most likely to believe that "the whole is more than the sum of its parts"?

Unsurelock the detective knows that one of 20 suspects has committed a crime. He proposes to administer a lie-detector test to all 20 and to arrest anyone who fails the test. Which error of thinking has he made?

When the corpus callosum is cut during a surgical procedure to help some severe epileptic patients, the result is

A child who is in Piaget's sensorimotor stage would probably be in which of Erikson's eight ages of development?

A polygraph is a device used to measure

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