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Chapter 7
QUESTION 1
Which of the following is defined as the persistnce of learning over time, through the encoding, storage and retrieval of memory?
| memory | ||
| long-term memory | ||
| short-term memory | ||
| sensory memory |
10 points
QUESTION 2
Which of the following refers to the processing of information outside of conscious awareness?
| sensory memory | ||
| short-term memory | ||
| automatic processing | ||
| working memory |
10 points
QUESTION 3
Behaviors such as texting and driving home would be considered…
| explicit memories | ||
| automatic processing | ||
| implicit memories | ||
| working memory |
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QUESTION 4
Which of the following pieces of memory would you not process automatically?
| Where your bed and dresser are in your room | ||
| A new acquaintances address | ||
| The location of your PSY110 classroom | ||
| How to spell your name |
10 points
QUESTION 5
Cramming has actually been shown to be an effective method of learning new information.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 6
Mood can be a retrieval cue.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 7
Which of the following brain structures is responsible for temporarily holding memories until they can be moved to storage?
| basal ganglia | ||
| frontal lobe | ||
| cerebellum | ||
| hippocampus |
10 points
QUESTION 8
Which of the following brain structures is most involved with you learning motor movements such as how to ride a bike?
| brain stem | ||
| basal ganglia | ||
| frontal lobe | ||
| hippocampus |
10 points
QUESTION 9
If you have to take a foreign language at Valpo and you took a foreign language in high school, you would benefit from taking the same language at Valpo as you did in high school because you would benefit most from which of the following?
| Recall | ||
| Relearning | ||
| Recognition |
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QUESTION 10
This very multiple choice question, which is asking you to identify previously learned material, requires you to make use of which of the following skills?
| relearning | ||
| recall | ||
| recognition |
Chapter 2
QUESTION 1
Neurons are…
| basic building blocks of the nervous system | ||
| extensions of the cell body that receive messages | ||
| extensions of the cell body that send messages | ||
| a nerve impulse |
10 points
QUESTION 2
Everything psychological is simultaneously biological
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 3
Brain plasticity allows us to adapt to new environments
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 4
The nervous system consists of…
| the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous systems | ||
| the brain and spinal cord | ||
| the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system |
10 points
QUESTION 5
Neurotransmitters…
| include serotonin and dopamine and affect behaviors and emotions | ||
| are electrical impulses in the brain | ||
| the form of communication between motor neurons and sensory neurons | ||
| are natural opiates released in response to pain |
10 points
QUESTION 6
Researchers use all of the following exceptwhich to study the brain?
| EEG | ||
| PET | ||
| EKG | ||
| MRI |
10 points
QUESTION 7
Which of the lobes controls planning and judgment?
| parietal lobe | ||
| temporal lobe | ||
| occipital lobe | ||
| frontal lobe |
10 points
QUESTION 8
Which lobe of the brain tells you if someone touches your arm?
| parietal lobe | ||
| frontal lobe | ||
| occipital lobe | ||
| temporal lobe |
10 points
QUESTION 9
How do we create a split brain?
| By surgically connecting the right and left hemispheres of the brain | ||
| By inhibiting dual processing | ||
| By severing the corpus callosum |
10 points
QUESTION 10
We only use 10% of our brain.
True
False
Chapter 5
QUESTION 1
If our sensory system receives information from the environment, this is called:
| absolute threshold | ||
| difference threshold | ||
| perception | ||
| sensation |
10 points
QUESTION 2
When our brain organizes and interprets sensory information that is called:
| difference threshold | ||
| perception | ||
| sensation | ||
| absolute threshold |
10 points
QUESTION 3
If we want to define a stimulus as subliminal, what is the percent of time we would perceive it?
| less than 50% | ||
| 100% | ||
| more than 50% | ||
| never |
10 points
QUESTION 4
Which receptor in the eye is responsible for perceiving color?
| optic nerve | ||
| rods | ||
| cones |
10 points
QUESTION 5
If it is dark out, our eyes make use of what receptors to help us to see – especially in our periphery.
| optic nerve | ||
| cones | ||
| rods |
10 points
QUESTION 6
Which of the following would not be a good example of sensory adaptation?
| Bill puts on more cologne even though he already did because he can’t smell it | ||
| Pat gets into the hot tub slowly because it is hot, but the water quickly cools. Pat is surprised when Alex, who is just getting in, comments on how hot the water is. | ||
| Stacy does not notice the airplanes that fly over her apartment regularly | ||
| People with anosmia do not perceive the smells in their environment |
10 points
QUESTION 7
When we look at the world around us, we process color, movement, form and depth. This processing is called:
| dual processing | ||
| Gestalt processing | ||
| parallel processing | ||
| visual processing |
10 points
QUESTION 8
Dylan looks out his dad’s fourth floor office window and wonders why there are a bunch of matchbox cars outside. He asks if he can go play with them. We can conclude that Dylan is missing which perceptual ablity:
| size constancy | ||
| shape constancy | ||
| monocular cues | ||
| binocular cues |
10 points
QUESTION 9
What effect does experience have on how we perceive the world?
| None, we all perceive the world similarly | ||
| It guides our perceptual interpreations | ||
| It allows us to see depth and movement |
10 points
QUESTION 10
Which of the following is NOT a touch sensation?
| wetness | ||
| pain | ||
| pressure | ||
| temperature |
10 points
QUESTION 11
Researchers have been able to replicate ESP effects under controlled conditions.
True
False
Chapter 8
QUESTION 1
What is the term for how we simplify and order the world around us using mental groupings of similar objects, events or ideas?
| prototypes | ||
| framing | ||
| concepts | ||
| cognition |
10 points
QUESTION 2
When I am struggling to come up with a solution to a problem, occasionally I have a a sudden inspiration that allows me to solve my problem. This is referred to as:
| heuristic | ||
| framing | ||
| insight | ||
| algorithm |
10 points
QUESTION 3
Fast, automatic, unreasoned thinking refers to which of the following?
| framing | ||
| intuition | ||
| algorithm | ||
| insight |
10 points
QUESTION 4
When I am in class and giving a lecture, I am most frequently using which area of the brain to produce language?
| Wernicke’s area | ||
| Broca’s area | ||
| hypothalamus | ||
| corpus callosum |
10 points
QUESTION 5
When someone in class asks me a question and I have to understand what they are saying to me, I am most using which area of the brain?
| Wernicke’s area | ||
| basal ganglia | ||
| Broca’s area | ||
| corpus callosum |
10 points
QUESTION 6
If I believe that people have innate abilities that can be fostered in particular areas of intelligence, such as math or music, then I would most agree with which theorist?
| Sternberg | ||
| Gardner | ||
| Freud | ||
| Dr. Abraham |
10 points
QUESTION 7
Animals have language skills that are similar to and can exceed humans.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 8
Intelligence is heritable.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 9
In what areas do we see differences in intellectual ability between males and females (choose all that apply).
| overall intelligence | ||
| spatial reasoning | ||
| overall math |
10 points
QUESTION 10
To what do we attribute the observable differences between males and females in intelligence (e.g. language, emotion detection)? Choose all that apply.
| evolution | ||
| culture | ||
| biology | ||
| test bias |
Chapter 3
QUESTION 1
Developmental psychologists study:
| physical changes | ||
| cognitive changes | ||
| social changes | ||
| all of the above |
10 points
QUESTION 2
Nature is our __________ and nurture is our __________.
| genetic inheritance; our experiences | ||
| stages; continuity | ||
| our experiences; our genetic inheritance | ||
| continuity; stages |
10 points
QUESTION 3
Which of the following would not be a teratogen:
| diabetes | ||
| nicotine | ||
| rubella virus | ||
| cocaine |
10 points
QUESTION 4
Our emotional reactivity and the intensity of that emotional response is called:
| temperament | ||
| personality | ||
| maturation | ||
| conception |
10 points
QUESTION 5
Stranger anxiety develops shortly after infants develop what cognitive skill?
| accommodation | ||
| object permanence | ||
| attachment | ||
| assimilation |
10 points
QUESTION 6
What is the transition period from childhood to adulthood?
| adolescence | ||
| puberty | ||
| attachment | ||
| assimiloation |
10 points
QUESTION 7
What is the marker for the beginning of adolescence?
| puberty | ||
| formal reasoning | ||
| maturation of the frontal lobe | ||
| age 13 |
10 points
QUESTION 8
Who proposed the eight stages of psychosocial tasks we must achieve for healthy psychological development?
| Freud | ||
| Vygotsky | ||
| Erikson | ||
| Piaget |
10 points
QUESTION 9
What do we call the period of development between the age of 18 to the mid-twenties?
| young adulthood | ||
| adolescence | ||
| emerging adulthood | ||
| puberty |
10 points
QUESTION 10
People over the age of 65 report as much happiness and satisfaction with life as younger people do.
True
False
Chapter 4
QUESTION 1
Which of the following terms is defined as the socially influenced characteristics by which people define men and women?
| gender | ||
| sex | ||
| social norms | ||
| puberty |
10 points
QUESTION 2
Which of the following terms is defined as the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male and female?
| sex | ||
| puberty | ||
| maturation | ||
| gender |
10 points
QUESTION 3
Which of the following influence development?
| sex chromosomes | ||
| sex hormones | ||
| both of the above |
10 points
QUESTION 4
Which of the following terms is defined as how others expect us to act based on being male or female?
| gender typing | ||
| gender role | ||
| gender identity |
10 points
QUESTION 5
Which of the following terms is defined as our own sense of being male or female or some combination of the two?
| gender identity | ||
| gender role | ||
| gender typing |
10 points
QUESTION 6
Which hormone drives men’s sexuality?
| estrogen | ||
| testosterone | ||
| papilloma | ||
| petocin |
10 points
QUESTION 7
Which of the following is most associated with women’s sexuality?
| estrogen | ||
| papilloma | ||
| testosterone | ||
| petocin |
10 points
QUESTION 8
Erotic material can trigger sexual arousal in:
| men | ||
| women | ||
| both men and women | ||
| neither men nor women |
10 points
QUESTION 9
Sexual orientation is associated with mental health.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 10
Rates of teen intercourse vary between cultures and eras.
True
False
Chapter 9
QUESTION 1
What is the goal in drive-reduction theory?
| self-actualization | ||
| physiological need | ||
| homeostasis | ||
| incentives |
10 points
QUESTION 2
Our memory of when we last ate can influence our experience of hunger.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 3
Twins and adoptions studies indicate genetics does not influence body weight.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 4
Social isolation can put us at risk for mental and physical health issues.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 5
People with narcissism are socially inactive.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 6
Emotions are based only on bodily arousal.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 7
Emotions have both physical and cognitive components.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 8
The physical changes our body has when we experience fear and anger are very similar to the body changes we experience with sexual arousal.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 9
Which of the following help us to detect emotions?
| body movements | ||
| facial expressions | ||
| voice tones | ||
| both b & c | ||
| all of the above |
10 points
QUESTION 10
Which group are better at reading emotional cues and expressing emotion?
| men and women equally | ||
| men | ||
| women |
Chapter 11
QUESTION 1
When we see someone trip over a raised piece of sidewalk and fall (without getting hurt), we often think to ourself “what a klutz” as we laugh at them. Social psychologists would attribute this tendency to ignore the environmental factors behind behavior to:
| attitudes | ||
| fundamental attribution error | ||
| central route persuasion | ||
| conformity |
10 points
QUESTION 2
If you change your views based on new information I share in class, then you have engaged in which of the following:
| fundamental attribution error | ||
| informational social influence | ||
| peripheral route persuasion | ||
| normative social influence |
10 points
QUESTION 3
Solomon Asch’s study demonstrated the existence of which principle:
| social loafing | ||
| social facilitation | ||
| obedience | ||
| conformity |
10 points
QUESTION 4
Stanley Milgram’s famous study demonstrated the principle of:
| conformity | ||
| social facilitation | ||
| obedience | ||
| social loafing |
10 points
QUESTION 5
Which of the following is not a component of prejudice?
| beliefs | ||
| predispositions | ||
| laws | ||
| emotions |
10 points
QUESTION 6
If we blame someone who is poor for being poor because they just didn’t try hard enough, then we have justified our beliefs using:
| outgroup bias | ||
| the just-world phenomenon | ||
| prejudice | ||
| ingroup bias |
10 points
QUESTION 7
We tend to fall in love with people for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
| differences | ||
| proximity | ||
| physical attractiveness | ||
| similarity |
10 points
QUESTION 8
If we experience an unselfish regard for other people, then we are experiencing:
| passionate love | ||
| altruism | ||
| equitable relationships | ||
| companionate love |
10 points
QUESTION 9
Which of the following situations would make us most likely to help someone who has been hurt?
| when it is not an emergency so we don’t feel the same level of pressure to help | ||
| when others are around and we want to make a good impression | ||
| when we are the only person around so no one else is available to help | ||
| when we are the oldest person in the group so we feel responsible |
10 points
QUESTION 10
Which of the following is a good way to resolve conflict between two groups?
| create a self-fulfilling prophecy situation | ||
| create shared goals that require them to work together to be successful | ||
| use mirror-image perceptions |
Chapter 13
QUESTION 1
What qualifies behavior as a psychological disorder?
| Clinically significant disturbances in cognition | ||
| Clinically significant disturbances in emotion | ||
| Behavior or thoughts that interfere with daily life | ||
| Behavior outside of the norm |
10 points
QUESTION 2
If you believe that psychological disorders come from the interaction of biological, psychological, and social circumstances, then you would agree with which of the following:
| biopsychosocial approach to understanding psychological disorders | ||
| the medical model of understanding psychological disorders | ||
| the epigenetic model for understanding psychological disorders |
10 points
QUESTION 3
If you have an anxiety disorder in which your anxiety escalates into episodes of dread then you have:
| a phobia | ||
| panic disorder | ||
| obsessive-compulsive disorder | ||
| generalized anxiety disorder |
10 points
QUESTION 4
If you have a mood disorder in which you experience both depression and mania, you would be diagnosed with:
| chronic depression | ||
| post-traumatic stress disorder | ||
| major depressive disorder | ||
| bipolar disorder |
10 points
QUESTION 5
Which of the following is not a characteristic of schizophrenia?
| inappropriate emotional expression | ||
| haunting memories | ||
| disorganized speech | ||
| delusions |
10 points
QUESTION 6
If you experience repetitive thoughts and actions that lead to dysfunctional behavior, you could be diagnosed with:
| post-traumatic stress | ||
| obsessive-compulsive disrder | ||
| generalized anxiety disorder | ||
| bipolar depression |
10 points
QUESTION 7
If you have an irrational fear or avoidance of a specific object, activity or situation, you could be diagnosed with:
| schizophrenia | ||
| phobia | ||
| mania | ||
| post-traumatic stress |
10 points
QUESTION 8
Epigenetics helps us to understand psychological disorders.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 9
Anorexia nervosa is a condition in which individuals attempt to control their weight through binging and purging.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 10
Mental disorders most frequently associated with violence.
True
False
Chapter 14
QUESTION 1
The treatment that involves treating psychological disorder with medications and other biological treatments is:
| eclectic approach | ||
| psychotherapy | ||
| biomedical therapy |
10 points
QUESTION 2
The treatment for psychological disorders that uses interactions between a trained therapist and a client is:
| eclectic therapy | ||
| psychotherapy | ||
| biomedical therapy |
10 points
QUESTION 3
Psychodynamic therapy focuses on childhood experiences and unconscious feelings.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 4
Behavior therapies assume that problem behaviors are the problem.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 5
Disassociative disorder is different from multiple personality disorder.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 6
One aim of group therapy is to provide help to more people with less cost.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 7
Psychotherapy outcome research has found that people who remain untreated often improve.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 8
Our lifestyle influences our brain and body, which affects mental health.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 9
Drug therapy is the most widely used biomedial therapy.
True
False
10 points
QUESTION 10
Antidepressant drugs depress the central nervous system activity.
True
False
