Psychology 100 Midterm Lecture Quiz Question Pool

According to Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and reliable is referred to as

basic trust.

According to Piaget, a person develops an awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived during the stage.

sensorimotor

According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to

reason abstractly.

According to Piaget, interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas is called

assimilation.

An integrated understanding of successful aging in terms of appropriate nutrition, family support, and an optimistic outlook is most clearly provided by

a biopsychosocial approach.

Carlise is a sensitive, loving mother who consistently satisfies her infant daughter’s needs. According to Erikson, Carlise’s daughter is likely to

form a lifelong attitude of basic trust toward the world.

Children’s anxiety over separation from parents peaks at around months and then gradually declines.

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Compared with authoritarian parents, authoritative parents are likely to be

more responsive.

Conscious recall of lasting memories most directly depends on the childhood maturation of the

hippocampus.

During the early teen years, reasoning is often self-focused as teens begin imagining what others are thinking about them. This is called

an imaginary audience.

Neglectful parents are especially likely to be

uninvolved.

One of the three major concerns of developmental psychology involves a focus on

continuity and stages.

Responsive parents provide to their children.

a secure base and a safe haven

Some mothers feed their infants when they show signs of hunger, whereas others fail to respond predictably to their infants’ demands for food. These different maternal feeding practices are most likely to contribute to differences in infant

attachment.

A critical period is a length of time early in life during which

exposure to certain experiences is needed for proper development.

Adolescents ask, “Who am I as an individual?” When adults are asked “Who are you?” their answer is related to a large extent to their

work.

Adolescents begin to use abstract reasoning skills when they achieve the intellectual summit that Piaget called

formal operations.

Adolescents have a tendency to take risks because

their brains are biased toward immediate rewards.

Developmental psychology is defined as

the branch of psychology that systematically focuses on the physical, cognitive, and social changes that occur throughout the human life span.

Zian can’t decide what he wants to do with his life. He has tried several different jobs but has been fired for lack of effort each time. According to Erikson, Zian best illustrates

role confusion.

Which of the following is a form a credibility as discussed in class?

Shared beliefs

What is more important in contributing to credibility?

Perceived Expertise

When it comes to credibility attractiveness means beauty.

False

Having similar believes as you gives someone a higher level of credibility.

True

As discussed in class, what represents overall success in college?

Graduate

As discussed in class, an outer-directed focus on success…

tends to be most dominate in American culture

If my definition of success in college is defined as graduating, which of the following is most helpful in achieving that goal?

Limit the number of friends you have as friends can be a real distraction

Defining self-worth as a central figure in success is an example of an outer directed success model.

False

High status individuals lead happier and healthier lives.

False

A positive correlation indicates

a direct relationship in which two sets of scores increase together or decrease together.

Assessing how well one variable predicts another variable is to as detecting cause-effect relationships between different variables is to .

correlational research; experimental research

Behaviorists dismissed the value of

introspection.

Being randomly assigned to the experimental group in a research project involves being assigned

to that group by chance.

Dr. Packwood is examining Twitter messages among teens from around the world as part of her research project. This is an example of how modern technology has improved research using

naturalistic observation.

Giving half the members of a group some purported psychological finding and the other half an opposite finding is an easy way to demonstrate the impact of

the placebo effect.

In the following definition of psychology, the science of behavior and mental processes—what is the key word?

science

Psychologists’ personal values and goals

can bias their observations and interpretations.

Putting a scientific attitude into practice requires humility as well as

curiosity and skepticism.

Replication of a research study is most likely to be facilitated by

operational definitions.

Suppose that people who see a lot of violent movies are also more likely to be aggressive. This relationship would NOT necessarily indicate that watching violent movies increases aggressive behavior, because

association does not prove causation.

Theories in psychology can be tested with research.

confirmatory

To determine whether students’ intelligence scores are related to their later professional achievements, researchers would most likely employ

case studies.

Which major force in psychology emphasized unconscious thought processes?

psychoanalytic psychology

Which of the following is a statistical measure of both the direction and the strength of a relationship between two variables?

a correlation coefficient

Which two research designs often show that one trait or behavior tends to correlate with another?

naturalistic observation and survey

Who reported that partisan bias exists in both liberals and conservatives at identical levels?

Peter Ditto

Which of the following is an evidence-based method that draws on observation and experimentation?

empirical approach

Which of the following is NOT a reason that misinformation can spread through social media?

Psychologists can use preregistration to publicly communicate their hypotheses online.

The case study is a research method in which

a single individual or group is studied in great depth.

A biological psychologist would be most interested in conducting research on the relationship between

neurotransmitters and depression.

A neuroscientist wants to show that stimulating a brain region of a normally calm dog could make it act aggressively. The neuroscientist should stimulate the dog’s

amygdala.

At the age of 10 months, Jane suffered brain damage as a result of a serious auto accident. Fortunately, Jane’s brain recovered because is strongest in early childhood.

neuroplasticity

Auditory stimulation is processed in the lobes.

temporal

Communication that takes place among distinct brain areas and neural networks is referred to as

functional connectivity.

Compared to humans, computers more readily perform some tasks requiring great speed. This is because even the top speed of a neural impulse is about times slower than the speed of electricity through a wire.

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DNA is a complex made up of two strands connected in a double helix.

molecule

Hormones are the chemical messengers of the

endocrine system.

In transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the of a single neuron.

dendrites to the cell body to the axon

Melinda is a returning college student. She took 10 years off when she had her first child and is now finishing course requirements for her bachelor’s degree. She has noticed that many of her classmates are much younger than she is and that they miss many classes and talk about “partying” frequently. This may be because their are not yet completely developed.

frontal lobes

Professor Miranda studies how evolution, culture, and daily experiences influence human behavior. He is applying

the biopsychosocial approach.

The capacity of a brain area to develop new as it adjusts to damage is known as neuroplasticity.

neural pathways

The endocrine system consists of the

glands and fat tissue that secrete hormones.

Evolutionary psychologists are most likely to suggest ….

children are more likely to be valued by their biological fathers than by their stepfathers.

Evolutionary psychology is most likely to emphasize that human adaptiveness to a variety of different environments has contributed to

reproductive success.

Evolutionary psychology is most likely to emphasize that our adaptive flexibility in responding to different environments contributes to our

fitness.

As discussed in class, emotional resilience is …..

an ability to respond to stressful, unexpected or crisis situations

Which of the following is a key phrase used by emotional resilient people?

I can get through this.

Emotionally resilient people, are …..

are willing to no longer let a transgression control their lives.

Emotionally resilient people ….

find things to be grateful for.

An analysis of 15 studies showed that the THC in joint(s) was enough to produce psychiatric symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and anxiety.

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Conscious experience arises from

synchronized activity across the brain.

A dream is best described as

a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind.

According to Freud, the dreams of adults can be traced back to

erotic wishes.

Exposure to bright light causes the

pineal gland to decrease the production of melatonin.

Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus is called

selective attention.

Near-death experiences are

often accompanied by visions of bright lights.

Production of the human growth hormone necessary for muscle development is most strongly associated with

deep sleep.

Researchers have found that adolescents who sleep a night are at an increased risk of depression.

5 or fewer hours

The possibility that our mental state might have a direct impact on our actions was most clearly dismissed by

behaviorists.

Thinking and memory improve as we approach our daily peak in

circadian arousal.

When pulling an all-nighter to study for an exam, students often feel groggiest in the middle of the night but experience new energy around the time they normally would wake up. This best illustrates the impact of

the circadian rhythm.

Which of the following is bad advice for a person trying to overcome problems falling asleep?

Drink a glass of wine 15 minutes before bedtime.

Which of the following is NOT a known consequence of sleep deprivation?

decreased blood pressure

Who is most likely to have a violent dream tonight?

Brandon, who watched a scary movie before going to bed

According to Alan McEvoy a predatory “hook up culture” ….

devalues commitment.

According to Alan McEvoy which of the following is NOT a reason people stay in unhealthy relationships.

High self-worth

According to Alan McEvoy, a toxic romance is characterized by frequent and intense conflicts with one’s partner, and the chronic experience of negative emotions. Which of these feelings are NOT representative of this statement.

Lack of guilt

According to Alan McEvoy, which of the following are signs of "Just Not That Into You."

has multiple relationships simultaneously

According to the lecture from Dr. Alan McEvoy, what three words are most critical when it comes to developing a relationship?

Avoid Control Freaks