.
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
.
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
.
Behaviors such as texting and driving home would be considered…
.
| explicit memories | ||
| automatic processing | ||
| implicit memories | ||
| working memory |
.
10 points
.
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
.
Cramming has actually been shown to be an effective method of learning new information.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Mood can be a retrieval cue.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
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 |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Everything psychological is simultaneously biological
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Brain plasticity allows us to adapt to new environments
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Researchers use all of the following except which to study the brain?
.
| EEG | ||
| PET | ||
| EKG | ||
| MRI |
.
10 points
.
Which of the lobes controls planning and judgment?
.
| parietal lobe | ||
| temporal lobe | ||
| occipital lobe | ||
| frontal lobe |
.
10 points
.
Which lobe of the brain tells you if someone touches your arm?
.
| parietal lobe | ||
| frontal lobe | ||
| occipital lobe | ||
| temporal lobe |
.
10 points
.
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
.
We only use 10% of our brain.
.
True
.
False
.
Chapter 5
.
If our sensory system receives information from the environment, this is called:
.
| absolute threshold | ||
| difference threshold | ||
| perception | ||
| sensation |
.
10 points
.
When our brain organizes and interprets sensory information that is called:
.
| difference threshold | ||
| perception | ||
| sensation | ||
| absolute threshold |
.
10 points
.
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
.
Which receptor in the eye is responsible for perceiving color?
.
| optic nerve | ||
| rods | ||
| cones |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Which of the following is NOT a touch sensation?
.
| wetness | ||
| pain | ||
| pressure | ||
| temperature |
.
10 points
.
Researchers have been able to replicate ESP effects under controlled conditions.
.
True
.
False
.
Chapter 8
.
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
.
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
.
Fast, automatic, unreasoned thinking refers to which of the following?
.
| framing | ||
| intuition | ||
| algorithm | ||
| insight |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Animals have language skills that are similar to and can exceed humans.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Intelligence is heritable.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Developmental psychologists study:
.
| physical changes | ||
| cognitive changes | ||
| social changes | ||
| all of the above |
.
10 points
.
Nature is our __________ and nurture is our __________.
.
| genetic inheritance; our experiences | ||
| stages; continuity | ||
| our experiences; our genetic inheritance | ||
| continuity; stages |
.
10 points
.
Which of the following would not be a teratogen:
.
| diabetes | ||
| nicotine | ||
| rubella virus | ||
| cocaine |
.
10 points
.
Our emotional reactivity and the intensity of that emotional response is called:
.
| temperament | ||
| personality | ||
| maturation | ||
| conception |
.
10 points
.
Stranger anxiety develops shortly after infants develop what cognitive skill?
.
| accommodation | ||
| object permanence | ||
| attachment | ||
| assimilation |
.
10 points
.
What is the transition period from childhood to adulthood?
.
| adolescence | ||
| puberty | ||
| attachment | ||
| assimiloation |
.
10 points
.
What is the marker for the beginning of adolescence?
.
| puberty | ||
| formal reasoning | ||
| maturation of the frontal lobe | ||
| age 13 |
.
10 points
.
Who proposed the eight stages of psychosocial tasks we must achieve for healthy psychological development?
.
| Freud | ||
| Vygotsky | ||
| Erikson | ||
| Piaget |
.
10 points
.
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
.
People over the age of 65 report as much happiness and satisfaction with life as younger people do.
.
True
.
False
.
Chapter 4
.
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
.
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
.
Which of the following influence development?
.
| sex chromosomes | ||
| sex hormones | ||
| both of the above |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Which hormone drives men’s sexuality?
.
| estrogen | ||
| testosterone | ||
| papilloma | ||
| petocin |
.
10 points
.
Which of the following is most associated with women’s sexuality?
.
| estrogen | ||
| papilloma | ||
| testosterone | ||
| petocin |
.
10 points
.
Erotic material can trigger sexual arousal in:
.
| men | ||
| women | ||
| both men and women | ||
| neither men nor women |
.
10 points
.
Sexual orientation is associated with mental health.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Rates of teen intercourse vary between cultures and eras.
.
True
.
False
.
.
What is the goal in drive-reduction theory?
.
| self-actualization | ||
| physiological need | ||
| homeostasis | ||
| incentives |
.
10 points
.
Our memory of when we last ate can influence our experience of hunger.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Twins and adoptions studies indicate genetics does not influence body weight.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Social isolation can put us at risk for mental and physical health issues.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
People with narcissism are socially inactive.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Emotions are based only on bodily arousal.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Emotions have both physical and cognitive components.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
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
.
Which of the following help us to detect emotions?
.
| body movements | ||
| facial expressions | ||
| voice tones | ||
| both b & c | ||
| all of the above |
.
10 points
.
Which group are better at reading emotional cues and expressing emotion?
.
| men and women equally | ||
| men | ||
| women |
.
Chapter 11
.
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
.
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
.
Solomon Asch’s study demonstrated the existence of which principle:
.
| social loafing | ||
| social facilitation | ||
| obedience | ||
| conformity |
.
10 points
.
Stanley Milgram’s famous study demonstrated the principle of:
.
| conformity | ||
| social facilitation | ||
| obedience | ||
| social loafing |
.
10 points
.
Which of the following is not a component of prejudice?
.
| beliefs | ||
| predispositions | ||
| laws | ||
| emotions |
.
10 points
.
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
.
We tend to fall in love with people for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
.
| differences | ||
| proximity | ||
| physical attractiveness | ||
| similarity |
.
10 points
.
If we experience an unselfish regard for other people, then we are experiencing:
.
| passionate love | ||
| altruism | ||
| equitable relationships | ||
| companionate love |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of schizophrenia?
.
| inappropriate emotional expression | ||
| haunting memories | ||
| disorganized speech | ||
| delusions |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Epigenetics helps us to understand psychological disorders.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Anorexia nervosa is a condition in which individuals attempt to control their weight through binging and purging.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Mental disorders most frequently associated with violence.
.
True
.
False
.
Chapter 14
.
The treatment that involves treating psychological disorder with medications and other biological treatments is:
.
| eclectic approach | ||
| psychotherapy | ||
| biomedical therapy |
.
10 points
.
The treatment for psychological disorders that uses interactions between a trained therapist and a client is:
.
| eclectic therapy | ||
| psychotherapy | ||
| biomedical therapy |
.
10 points
.
Psychodynamic therapy focuses on childhood experiences and unconscious feelings.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Behavior therapies assume that problem behaviors are the problem.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Disassociative disorder is different from multiple personality disorder.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
One aim of group therapy is to provide help to more people with less cost.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Psychotherapy outcome research has found that people who remain untreated often improve.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Our lifestyle influences our brain and body, which affects mental health.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Drug therapy is the most widely used biomedial therapy.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Antidepressant drugs depress the central nervous system activity.
.
True
.
False
.
.
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
.
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
.
Behaviors such as texting and driving home would be considered…
.
| explicit memories | ||
| automatic processing | ||
| implicit memories | ||
| working memory |
.
10 points
.
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
.
Cramming has actually been shown to be an effective method of learning new information.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Mood can be a retrieval cue.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
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 |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Everything psychological is simultaneously biological
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Brain plasticity allows us to adapt to new environments
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Researchers use all of the following except which to study the brain?
.
| EEG | ||
| PET | ||
| EKG | ||
| MRI |
.
10 points
.
Which of the lobes controls planning and judgment?
.
| parietal lobe | ||
| temporal lobe | ||
| occipital lobe | ||
| frontal lobe |
.
10 points
.
Which lobe of the brain tells you if someone touches your arm?
.
| parietal lobe | ||
| frontal lobe | ||
| occipital lobe | ||
| temporal lobe |
.
10 points
.
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
.
We only use 10% of our brain.
.
True
.
False
.
Chapter 5
.
If our sensory system receives information from the environment, this is called:
.
| absolute threshold | ||
| difference threshold | ||
| perception | ||
| sensation |
.
10 points
.
When our brain organizes and interprets sensory information that is called:
.
| difference threshold | ||
| perception | ||
| sensation | ||
| absolute threshold |
.
10 points
.
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
.
Which receptor in the eye is responsible for perceiving color?
.
| optic nerve | ||
| rods | ||
| cones |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Which of the following is NOT a touch sensation?
.
| wetness | ||
| pain | ||
| pressure | ||
| temperature |
.
10 points
.
Researchers have been able to replicate ESP effects under controlled conditions.
.
True
.
False
.
Chapter 8
.
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
.
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
.
Fast, automatic, unreasoned thinking refers to which of the following?
.
| framing | ||
| intuition | ||
| algorithm | ||
| insight |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Animals have language skills that are similar to and can exceed humans.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Intelligence is heritable.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Developmental psychologists study:
.
| physical changes | ||
| cognitive changes | ||
| social changes | ||
| all of the above |
.
10 points
.
Nature is our __________ and nurture is our __________.
.
| genetic inheritance; our experiences | ||
| stages; continuity | ||
| our experiences; our genetic inheritance | ||
| continuity; stages |
.
10 points
.
Which of the following would not be a teratogen:
.
| diabetes | ||
| nicotine | ||
| rubella virus | ||
| cocaine |
.
10 points
.
Our emotional reactivity and the intensity of that emotional response is called:
.
| temperament | ||
| personality | ||
| maturation | ||
| conception |
.
10 points
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Stranger anxiety develops shortly after infants develop what cognitive skill?
.
| accommodation | ||
| object permanence | ||
| attachment | ||
| assimilation |
.
10 points
.
What is the transition period from childhood to adulthood?
.
| adolescence | ||
| puberty | ||
| attachment | ||
| assimiloation |
.
10 points
.
What is the marker for the beginning of adolescence?
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| puberty | ||
| formal reasoning | ||
| maturation of the frontal lobe | ||
| age 13 |
.
10 points
.
Who proposed the eight stages of psychosocial tasks we must achieve for healthy psychological development?
.
| Freud | ||
| Vygotsky | ||
| Erikson | ||
| Piaget |
.
10 points
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What do we call the period of development between the age of 18 to the mid-twenties?
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| young adulthood | ||
| adolescence | ||
| emerging adulthood | ||
| puberty |
.
10 points
.
People over the age of 65 report as much happiness and satisfaction with life as younger people do.
.
True
.
False
.
Chapter 4
.
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
.
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
.
Which of the following influence development?
.
| sex chromosomes | ||
| sex hormones | ||
| both of the above |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Which hormone drives men’s sexuality?
.
| estrogen | ||
| testosterone | ||
| papilloma | ||
| petocin |
.
10 points
.
Which of the following is most associated with women’s sexuality?
.
| estrogen | ||
| papilloma | ||
| testosterone | ||
| petocin |
.
10 points
.
Erotic material can trigger sexual arousal in:
.
| men | ||
| women | ||
| both men and women | ||
| neither men nor women |
.
10 points
.
Sexual orientation is associated with mental health.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Rates of teen intercourse vary between cultures and eras.
.
True
.
False
.
.
What is the goal in drive-reduction theory?
.
| self-actualization | ||
| physiological need | ||
| homeostasis | ||
| incentives |
.
10 points
.
Our memory of when we last ate can influence our experience of hunger.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Twins and adoptions studies indicate genetics does not influence body weight.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Social isolation can put us at risk for mental and physical health issues.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
People with narcissism are socially inactive.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Emotions are based only on bodily arousal.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Emotions have both physical and cognitive components.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
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
.
Which of the following help us to detect emotions?
.
| body movements | ||
| facial expressions | ||
| voice tones | ||
| both b & c | ||
| all of the above |
.
10 points
.
Which group are better at reading emotional cues and expressing emotion?
.
| men and women equally | ||
| men | ||
| women |
.
Chapter 11
.
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
.
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
.
Solomon Asch’s study demonstrated the existence of which principle:
.
| social loafing | ||
| social facilitation | ||
| obedience | ||
| conformity |
.
10 points
.
Stanley Milgram’s famous study demonstrated the principle of:
.
| conformity | ||
| social facilitation | ||
| obedience | ||
| social loafing |
.
10 points
.
Which of the following is not a component of prejudice?
.
| beliefs | ||
| predispositions | ||
| laws | ||
| emotions |
.
10 points
.
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
.
We tend to fall in love with people for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
.
| differences | ||
| proximity | ||
| physical attractiveness | ||
| similarity |
.
10 points
.
If we experience an unselfish regard for other people, then we are experiencing:
.
| passionate love | ||
| altruism | ||
| equitable relationships | ||
| companionate love |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of schizophrenia?
.
| inappropriate emotional expression | ||
| haunting memories | ||
| disorganized speech | ||
| delusions |
.
10 points
.
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
.
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
.
Epigenetics helps us to understand psychological disorders.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Anorexia nervosa is a condition in which individuals attempt to control their weight through binging and purging.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Mental disorders most frequently associated with violence.
.
True
.
False
.
Chapter 14
.
The treatment that involves treating psychological disorder with medications and other biological treatments is:
.
| eclectic approach | ||
| psychotherapy | ||
| biomedical therapy |
.
10 points
.
The treatment for psychological disorders that uses interactions between a trained therapist and a client is:
.
| eclectic therapy | ||
| psychotherapy | ||
| biomedical therapy |
.
10 points
.
Psychodynamic therapy focuses on childhood experiences and unconscious feelings.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Behavior therapies assume that problem behaviors are the problem.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Disassociative disorder is different from multiple personality disorder.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
One aim of group therapy is to provide help to more people with less cost.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Psychotherapy outcome research has found that people who remain untreated often improve.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Our lifestyle influences our brain and body, which affects mental health.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Drug therapy is the most widely used biomedial therapy.
.
True
.
False
.
10 points
.
Antidepressant drugs depress the central nervous system activity.
.
True
.
False
.
