Psych Exam MC

Identify a true statement about sociology

A) It is also known as social psychology

B) It is interested in human social behaviour on the group level

C) it focuses on how individuals socialize in groups

D) it focuses on how a person’s behaviour is influenced by other

B

Which of the following is true of person perception?

A) It refers to an individuals opinions and beliefs about people, objects, and ideas

B) It refers to the process by which individuals evaluate their thoughts, feelings, behaviours, and abilities in relation to those of others

C) It refers to the processes by which individuals use social stimuli to form impressions of others

D) It refers to the tendency to see oneself primarily as an object in the eyes of others

C

Greg yells at his wife. He later apologizes to her and says that he has an unusually rough day at work. According to attribution theory, Greg is attributing his behavior to

A) Internal Causes

B) Unstable Causes

C) Experimental causes

D) predictable causes

B

Despite evidence to the contrary, Denise thinks she is smarter than most people in her class. Denise’s unfounded attitude about herself is an example of a(n)

A) Positive illusion

B) altrustic idea

C) fundamental attribution error

D) stereotype

A

Hugh buys a new calculator for $125 from the PaperMills store. A week later he sees an ad from another store, seling the same calculate for %65. Hugh feels badly about having wasted so much money on the calculator but justifies his actions by saying that the other store has poor quality. In the context of attitudes, Hugh’s statements reflects an attempt to reduce his

A) cognitive dissonance

B) Informational influence

C) self perception

D) absentmindedness

A

____ is the process by which an inidivudal evaluates their thouhghts, feelings, behaviours, and abilities in realtion to those of others

A) social contagion

B) social facilliation

C) social comparison

D) social loafing

C

Based on the elements of persuasion as identified by Carl Hovland, which of the following is true of the communicator?

A) it refers to the medium used to get the message across

B) it refers to the audience or target of a message

C) it refers to the person doing the persuading

D) it refers to the final aspect of persuasion

C

Unlike the foot-in-the-door stradegy of persuasion, the door-in-the-face techniques involes

A) quoting a price lower than the intended price for an item or service, and then stating the intended price

B) making the biggest pitch first and then making a smaller demand

C) Creating a relationship with a customer by getting the customer to agree first with a small offer

D) using the principle of inoculation

B

Robert, a 9-year-old boy, loves watching wrestling on TV. One night he uses several of the aggressive wrestling moves on his little brother. Which of the following theories best explains Robert’s behaviour

A) observational learning

B) frustration-aggression theory

C) identity crisis

D) cognitive dissonance

A

____ is the personality trait most strongly associated with prosocial behaviours

A) prejudice

B) extraversion

C) Egoism

D) Agreeableness

D

Which of the following is true of Stanley Milgram’s Obedience experiment?

A) The experimenter played an impartial role in determining whether the teacher punished the learner

B) each participant had equal opportunity of being assignedd the role of either the Teacher or Learner
C) the Teacher had the role of punishing the learner for wrong responses

D) The learner readily learned the tasks for fear of being punished

C

Mickey is a popstar. His live stage performances are better than his studio-recorded songs. Mickey explains that he performs better on a live stage because the presence of the audience increases his enthusiasm to perform. Mickey’s improved performance in the presence of an audience best illustrates the concept of

A) social contagion

B) social facilitation

C) groupthink

D) deindividualization

B

In the context of group identity, which of the following statements is true of prejudice?

A) it refers to the impaired group decision making that occurs when making the right decision is less important than maintaining group harmony

B) It is the tendency to favour one’s ones outgroups over ones ingroups

C) it refers to the solidification and further strengthening of an individual’s position as a consequence of a group discussion or interaction

D) it is an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual based on the individuals’ membership in a particular group

D

Which of the following statements is true of groupthink?

A) it refers to the tendency for a group decision to be riskier than the average decison made by the inidivudual

B) it refers to the solidification and further strengthening of an individuals position as a consequence of a group discussion or interaction

C) it refers to the impaired group decision making that occurs when making the right decision is less important than maintaining group harmony

D) it is an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual based on the individuals’ membership in a particular group

C

In the context of close relationships, which of the following is true of affectionate love?

A) it is the type of love that has strong components of sexuality and infatuation that predominae in the later stages of love

B) it is also called romantic love

C) it is the type of love that occurs when individuals desire to have the other person near and have a deep caring affection for the person

D) it is also called passionate love

C

Megan talks to a group of adolscents about safer sex practicess to help them optimize their physical and mental well-being. Megan is most likely interested in

A) human factors and ergonomics

B) organizational and personelle psychology

C) forensics psychology

D) health promotion

D

Samoa wants to increase their body strength. They believe that they can sucessfully increase their bodys strength by regularly going to the gym. They decide to go to the gym four times per week and they’ve even gotten some of their friends to go with them. This scenario best relfects the theory of

A) reasoned action

B) planned behaviour

C) health promotion

D) changed behaviour

A

In the context of the stages of change model, identity the stage that is exemplified by an individual who says “Problem? I dont have a problem”

A) Action/willpower

B) Contemplation

C) determination

D) percontemplation

D

Faith is a compulsive gambler and gambles frequently regardless of whether she wins or loses. She realizes that she needs to change in order to avoid losing all her money. She revaluates her behaviour and analyzes the impact is has had on her social and personal relationships. However, she is not ready to give up gambling. What stage is she in?

A) precontemplation

B) action

C) contemplation

D) determination

C

Harry has not had a drink for over six months now. To help him overcome his alcohol abuse he has joined a running club. Initally, he had some difficulty in being regular at the club, but he no longer needs to consciously engage in running. It has become a part of his healthy lifestyle. in the context of the stages of change model, Harry is most likely in the

A) precontemplation stage

B) contemplation

C) termination

D) maintanance

D

Through the stages of change model can be applied to many behaviors including exercise, dieting, and cigarette smoking. It has been criticized because

A) Does not apply to safer sex practices

B) Ignores that people frequently relapse

C) Only accounts for short term changes behaviour

D) Does not allow for people to move between stages in a non-sequential order

D

Sammy has been experiencing stress for months as e is in a bad relationship and worries that he will lose his job. As a result of this stress, Sammy is more likely to

A) start smoking and give up his diet

B) Stop smoking and start dieting

C) take up running with his neighbor

D) join a yoga or meditation group

A

Ryan is sad because his partner broke up with him. Ryans parents assures him that he has a lot of desirable traits and that he will find someone new soon. Which of the following benefits of social support does this scenario illustrate

A) Tangible Assistance

B) Information

C) Emotional Support

D) Implementation intentions

C

When a rat is first placed in an overcrowded cage, it will most likely enter the ____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome

A) Curious

B) Alarm
C) Resistance

D) Exhaustion

B

If the body’s all-out effort to combat stress fails and it persists, the individual moves into the ___ stage of the general adaptation syndrome

A) resistance

B) exhaustation

C) Alarm

D) Coping

B

Maria’s partner was diagnosed with leukemia. Instead of dealing directly with the stress of this news, Maria decided to sign her partner and herself up for a cruise. in this scenario, Maria engaged in ___ coping

A) problem-focused

B) objective-focused

C) task-focused

D) emotion-focused

D

Which of the following statements is true of the association between relgious activities and health and well-being

A) Religous faith is most associated with longevity in least religous nations

B) the social connections promoted by religous activity can forestall anxiety and depression.

C) weekly religous attendance is associated with smoking and excessive drinking

D) the social connections promoted by religous activity can increase isolation and loneliess

B

In the context of coping with stress, emotion-focused coping will be most beneficial when

A) a person’s car breaks down

B) a person loses someone close

C) a person has a difficult test the next day

D) a person catches the flu

B

Which of the following statements is true of the strategies for coping successfully in stressful situations?

A) Positive emotion can help individuals devise a variety of possible solutions and allow them to make creative connections

B) percieving problems as threats rather as challanges helps in resolving the problems quickly and effectively

C) Having a grim view of what lies ahead tends to help people engage constructively with potentially threatening information

D) A single coping strategy often works better than multiple coping strategies when one is experiencing stressful life events

A

A person who tries to quit smoking by using the cold turkey approach

A) pairs unpleasant consequences with an undesirable behavior

B) takes antipsychotic drugs

C) abruptly stops smoking without making any major lifestyle changes

D) uses nicotine substitutes

C

Which of the following individuals is most likely to benefit from the technique of questioning the evidence in cognitive therapy?

A) Linda, who states she can never be happy alone after her divorce

B) Ben, who states that he becomes anxious in social gatherings

C) Jesse, who is depressed that he has been fired from his job as a photojournalist

D) Olga, who states that it is her fault that her boyfriend ended their relationship

A

In the context of psychological factors implicated in depressive disorders, identify a true statement about an optimistic attributional style

A) it means blaming oneself for negative events and expecting the negative events to recur in the future

B) Opti-mists typically make internal attributions for bad things that happen

C) it relates to outcomes such as low rates of depression, less distress, and decreased suicide risk in a variety of samples

D) Optimists typically explain negative events as having a global and stable causes and believe that these causes are unspecific

C

Dr Sharma’s job is to assist employees who are recovering from an injury or illness in getting back to work. Her job includes evaluating employees’ abilities, provide feedback and training on adapative techniques and facilitate their sucessful return to work. Dr Sharma is most likely a(n)

A) psychiatrist

B) school psychologist

C) social worker

D) occupational therapist

D

Jane has hydrophobia— an irrational fear of water. If her therapist uses a systematic desensitization technique to treat her phobia, which of the following is most likely to be part of her therapy?

A) Identifying unconscious motives

B) experiencing unconditional positive regard

C) narrating dreams

D) learning relaxation techniques

D

When Sam’s partner broke up with him, he became extremly distresssed and angry. He began to drink heavily and use substances in order to cope with his emotions. On several occasions, he has even threatened to kill himself if his partner did not awnser his calls. Sam is most likely to be diagnosed with

A) BPD

B) OCD

C) Schizotypical personality disorder

D) antisocial personality disorder

A

Clients in cognitive therapies are most likely to gain insight about

A) their past experiences

B) the automatic thoughts that underlie their problems

C) the factors that underlie their behavioral problems

D) their childhood experiences

B

Alex cannot control his impulse to wash his hands every five minutes. He washes his hands almost 100 times a day because he is terrified of being contaminated by germs. If alex does not wash his hands, he experiences overwhelming anxiety. Alex is most likely to be diagnosed with

A) social phobia

B) OCD

C) PTSD

D) generalized anxiety disorder

B

When compared with psychoanalysts from the past, contemporary psychoanalysts place less emphasis on

A) conscious thoughts

B) current relationships

C) sex

D) early childhood experiences

C

Who may benefit the most from electroconvulsive therapy?

A) Alan, who has OCD

B) Frederic who has generalized anxiety disorder

C) Brad who is acutely depressed and thinking about suicide

D) Byron who has panic attacks

C

Dr Billings is a therapist who specializes in psychoanalysis. The type of techniques that she is likely to use would include

A) free association, dream interpretation, transference, and extensive interpretation

B) teaching clients to replace their fears systematically with more relaxed responses

C) systematic desensitization and token economies

D) prescribing strong medication that will reduce the clients anxiety so that the client can learn to relax

A

Sikri lives in a small village in Malaysia. According to the locals, he has a mental disorder. He experiences uncontrolled outbursts of anger and has attacked many people during these fits of rage. His family claim he’s emotionally withdrawn before these attacks. He has

A) taijin kyofusho

B) anorexia nervosa

C) koro

D) amok

D

Alison had severe injuries from a brutal attack by a dog when she was a child. Following the attack she experiences an overwhemlimg sense of fear and paralysis every time she sees a dog. The fear is so intense that is keeps Alison from leaving her house. Alison believes that as long as she is inside her house, the chances of her encountering a dog are slim. She has:

A) social anxiety disorder

B) specific phobia

C) OCD

D) generalized anxiety disorder

B

Each time Harry feels anxious, he compulsively pulls at his hair from the scalp or eyebrows which has partially made him bald. He is most likely to be diagnosed with

A) hoarding disorder

B) trichotillomania

C) excoriation

D) body dysmorphic disorder

B

John, an alcoholic, does not have much money but requires help to overcome his drinking problem. He should contact a

A) board-certified psychiatrist

B) self help support group

C) humanistic therapist

D) counselling psychologist

B

Which of the following statements is true of DID

A) In DID one identity dominates at one time and another takes over at another time

B) Individuals with DID have two or more ambiguous personalities with overlapping memories and behaviours.

C) the majority of individuals who have sexually abused develop DID

D) the vast majority of individuals with DID are men

A

Which of the following statements is true of tranquillizers?

A) they reduce anxiety by making individuals calmer and less excitable

B) They work by binding to the receptor sites of neurotransmitters that become inactive during anxiety

C) They work primarily by regulating mood

D) they are unlikely to have hazardous effects on individuals taking the medication

A

Which of the following statements is true of abnormal behaviour?

A) Abnormal Behaviour typically involves personal distress over a relatively short period of time

B) Abnormal behaviour conforms to what is considered acceptable in a culture or society

C) Atypical behaviour is the only criterion that needs to be present for behaviour to be labelled “abnormal”

D) Abnormal behaviour intereferes with a person’s ability to function effecitvely in the world

D

In the context of psychological Disorders, which of the following statements is true of risk factors?

A) They are characteristics, experiences, or exposures that increase the likelihood of a person developing a disorder

B) They are unassociated with the development of a disorder

C) the correlation of a risk factor with the development of a disorder implies causation

D) A person with a risk factor for a disorder necessarily develops the disorder

A

Identify a true statement about psychotherapy

A) it is a nonmedical process

B) it alters aspects of bodily function

C) it focuses on biological causes

D) it can only be administered by psychiatrists

A

In the context approached to psychotherapy, cognitive therapies are more ____ when compared with humanistic therapies

A) non-directive

B) directive

C) focused on providing insights

D) focused on unconscious motivations

B

Which of the following do humanistic therapies emphasize?
A) the concept of transference

B) past experiences

C) conscious thoughts

D) illness rather than self-fulfilment

C

Which of the following is true of autism spectrum disorder?

A) the behavioral differences caused by ASD is varied

B) specific parenting styles produce ASD

C) vaccines play an important role in causing ASD

D) Barbiturates are typically used to cure ASD

A

Alex has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. Which of the following might have played a role in the development of his disorder?

A) He has very sensitive parents

B) He is ambitious and has low self esteem

C) He has respiratory system abnormalities

D) He suffered a head injury as a child

A

Who among the following most likely has OCD?

A) Mike who has manipulative skills and attributes unusual meaning to certain life events

B) Jin, who is dramatic, lively, and flirtatious

C) Aroon, who shows high conformity to moral codes and is extremely organized in daily life

D) Sia, who engages in excessive self-criticsm

C

Janet, a professor, discusses a case study with her students about a man named Roy who has a psychological disorder. The case study says that Roy often feels that he is being followed by international spies who are plotting to kidnap him. He laos makes little sense when he talks and displays unusual body movements. This is describing

A) amaxophobia

B) DID

C) dissociative amnesia

D) schizophrenia

D

Following her divorce last week, Vanessa tells Naomi, her cognitive therapist, that she cant imagine life without her partner. Naomi asks her to imagine the life she led prior to her marriage. What technique did Naomi use?

A) Turning adversity to advantage

B) Decatastrophizing

C) Reattribution

D) Questioning the evidence

D

Abigail has noticed that Rose, her roommate, experiences extreme shifts in her moods and behaviour. She feels that she is unusually energetic and optimistic even thought she has not been sleeping much. She is also highly distracble and delusional. This period of euphoria has lasted more than a week and is in sharp contrast to the depression and fatigue exhibited in the previous semester. Rose is most likely to be diagnosed with

A) bipolar disorder

B) hypomania

C) ADHD

D) persistent depressive disorder

A

In therapy, Landon admits that he has been struggling with addiction and confesses to making mistakes that he deeply regrets. His therapist tells him “You’re a good person, but your actions are not” According to humanistic therapies, his therapist is demonstrating

A) Transference

B) validation

C) genuineness

D) reframing

C

Chas has been on antipsychotic medication for several weeks now. As a consequence, he will possibly experience the side effect of

A) fatigue

B) loss of sleep

C) involuntary muscle movement

D) excessive sleep

C

One risk factor for developing a specific phobia is

A) having a parent who has a psychological disorder, even if that disorder is not a specific phobia

B) having decreased level of lactate

C) over-generalization of feared cues

D) repeated checking behaviors to reduce generalized anxiety

A

___ perspectives on personality emphasizes that personality is primarily unconscious

A) humanistic

B) psychodynamic

C) social cognitive

D) trait

B

At the center of Sergio’s research is the question “if young girls begin to mimic and display qualities that are primarily associated with men, will they be accepted or rejected by their peers and family members?” He is most likely conducting his research study based on

A) social role theory of gender development

B) physiological approach to gender development

C) evolutionary theory of gender development

D) genetic approach to gender development

A

Whenever Olivia watches a TV commerical featuring food, she feels a strong desire to eat. These feelings of hunger stimulate Olivia to go to the kitchen to search for food. Olivia’s behaviour can be studied by conducting resrarch in the area of

A) intuition

B) motivation

C) Sensation

D) Perception

B

Priyanka has noticed that her weight remains relatively stable even though her daily exercise habits fluctuate slightly from week to week. Despite her occasional indulgences in desserts and some days when she skips her workout, her weight does not seem to deviate much. What biological concept explains this?

A) set point

B) metabolic adaptation

C) calorific regulation

D) homeostatic maintenance

A

Jude is constantly worried. He avoids meeting new people and avoids new situations. he gets ancious is his routine is distubed and indulges in self-pity. According to the five factor model of personality, Jude is most likely to rate high on

A) neuroticism

B) extraversion

C) agreeableness

D) openness

A

The moment Jenna walks into the classroom, Ryan realizes that his heard is beating faster than usual. He wonders where he is infactuated with her. The reaction is best explained by

A) James-Lange theory

B) Cannon-Bard Theory

C) Drive Reduction Theory

D) Two-factor theory

A

Rachel has a pessimistic attitude. She worried incessantly about things and can never seem to see the positive side of life. According to the biolgocal perspective, Rachel’s attitude can best be explained by low levels of

A) glutamate
B) serotonin

C) dopamine

D) adrenaline

B

In a now classic experiment, when a balloon was inflated and passed through a tube to the stomach, what did they find?

A) The hormone insulin helps digest food

B) stomach fails to tell the brain about the amount of nutrients present in foods

C) there is a close association between stomach contractions and hunger

D) rich food takes longer to stop hunger than the same volume of water

C

Identify a true statement about the circumplex model of emotions

A) it aids in arranging emotional states in an organized fashion

B) it is based on the dimensions of relatedness and autonomy

C) it excludes dimensions related to the valence and arousal level of emotions

D) it is limited to describing three emotional states- happiness sadness fear

A

On a personality questionnaire that aims to assess hostility among women aged 25-40, researchers have included the items “I react strongly when someone gets in my way”. The questionnaire requires respondents to indicate the extent to which they agree with these two statements. These items would be considered to have

A) inter-rater reliability

B) face validity

C) empiricism

D) test-retest reliability

B

Which of the following is true of comprehensive sex education?

A) it discourages students from delaying sexual activity and practicising abstinence

B) it involves providing students with completely knowledge about sexual behaviour, birth control, and the use of condoms in protecting against STIS

C) it emphasizes that any sexual behaviour outside of marriage is harmful to individuals of any age

D) it increases the incidence of sexual intercourse and is less likely to reduce the risk of adolescent pregnancy and STIs than abstinence only program

B

Sophia tends to make hasty decisions. She gets distracted easily and makes decisions without thinking about the consequences. As a result, her long-term goals get affected. Which of the following is true of Sophia?

A) she deals well with temptation

B) she has a high level of self-regulation

C) she has a tendency to delay gratification

D) she is an impulsive individual

D

Darin had a car accident in which his brother and another passenger were killed. Even though Darin was drivng he survived the accident with only a few bruises However he is unable to recall the details related to this accident. In this context of Freud’s defence mechanisms, Darin’s inability to recall the accident best illustrates

A) displacement

B) rationalization

C) sublimination

D) repression

D

Which of the following is true of the hormone leptin?

A) it helps play a role in glucose control by initating hunger when sugar levels are low

B) it helps start the digestion of food

C) it influences eating by inhibiting the production of a neurotransmitter in the hypothalamus that induces eating

D) it decreases energy expenditure or metabolism

C

Which of the following is true of optimum arousal theory?

A) it emphasizes the Cannon-Bard theory

B) It states that performance is best under conditions of high arousal than moderate arousal
C) it rejects the idea that the human body tends to maintain a steady state

D) It focuses on the Yerkes-Dodson law

D

Identify a true statement about gender differences in sexuality

A) Women report having more sexual partners than men

B) Compared with men, women are less likely to identify as bisexual

C) men are more likely than women to have had sexual experiences with same and opposite sex partners

D) compared with men, women tend to show more changes in their sexual patterns and sexual desires over their lifetime

D

While watching a movie, Dipti experiences a range of emotions from the joy of seeing a family reunion to the sadness of her favourite character dying. The pleasent and unplesant emotions she experiences are known as emotional ___

A) valence

B) arousal

C) drive

D) dysregulation

A

Identify a true statement about differences in sexual development

A) they are congenital conditions (present at birth)

B) they are acquired, rather than cognetial, conditions

C) they were formly known as gender identity disorders

D) they are sexual variances that feature recurrent sexually arousing fantasies

A

Marcus grew up in a family where academic achivement was highly valued. His parents often showed more affection and approval when he received top grades but they showed dissapointment or were less affectionate when his grades fell. As an adult, Marcus feels anxious about any form of evaluation and often links his self worth to his successes and failures. Which concept from Carl Rogers’ humanistic approach best explains Marcus’s belief that he must meet certain standards to earn affection and regard?

A) conditions of worth

B) self actualization

C) self efficacy

D) congruence

A

In the context of Freud’s stages of psychosexual development, which of the following statements best indictes that 30 year old Gayle is fixated at the oral stage?

A) Gayle is overtly flirtatous

B) Gayle is extremely messy and disorganized

C) Gayle loves bathroom humor

D) Gayle is addicted to smoking cigarettes

D

In the context of Adler’s individual psychology __ refers to an individuals attempt to overcome imagined or real inferiorities or weaknesses by developing one’s own abilities

A) repression

B) sublimation

C) fixation

D) compensation

D

According to Mischel’s Cognitive Affective Processing System (CAPS) perspective for personality, which of the following statements best represent personality?

A) personality is fixed set of traits that predict behaviour across all situations
B) Personality involves cognitive and affective components interacting wit hspecific situational contexts to produce behaviour

C) personality is shaped by an individuals free will and innate drive towards personal growth

D) personality can be fully understoof by examining an individuals past behaviours without considering situational contexts

A

Liam wants to conduct research on the unconscious motives that lie behind the behaviour of those addicted to drugs. In this case which of the following personality assesment methods is Liam most likely to use?

A) a self report

B) psychobiography

C) brain imaging

D) a projective test

D

James was required to attend a conference with his supervisor on Sunday. Even though he told James to make a note of it in his diary, James did not do so. On the day of the conference, James was talking to a friend who mentioned a conference she attended and he was reminded of the conference he was supposed to attend. This illustrates ___ memory

A) procedural

B) event-time prospective

C) time-based prospective

D) autobiographical

B

According to Piaget, children’s thought in the preoperational stage is egocentric. This statement refers to

A) a sensorimotor need for self stimulation such as thumb sucking

B) young children’s exaggerated interest in colour

C) the difficulty in percieving things from another person’s POV

D) the difficulty to realize that things continue to exist even when they are not visble

C

Which illustrates benefit finding?

A) After losing her job, Ming starts to feel hopeless and believes she will never find a job as good as the one she lost

B) Following a severe illness, Raj reflects on his life and realizes that his health brought him closer to his family and made him appreciate his life

C) Sarah after failing an important exam, ignores the result and focuses on other subjects where she performs better

D) Kobe experiences a car accident and as a result becomes very cautious about driving

B

Juan, an infant, is physically active and energetic. He also tends to withdraw from new situations and has difficulty adapting to new situations. Which of the following types of temperament is Juan exhibiting.

A) easy

B) difficult

C) slow-to-warm-up

D) aversive

Repression is an example of

A) tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

B) anterograde amnesia

C) motivated forgetting

D) memory decay

C

Which of the following is a similarity between the Stadford Binet and Wechsler scales?

A) both are considered low on reliability but high on validity

B) both provide measures of spearman’s G

C) both measure intelligence by comparing a persons mental age and chronological age

D) both fail to predict academic performance

B

Jeremy visits a new coffee shop. Even though the arrangement of seats and counters at this coffee shop is different from every other coffee shop he has been to, he automatically knows that he must stand in line in front of the counter and get his sugar and cream from the counter on the side. Jeremy has a(n) for how coffee shops work.

A) prototype

B) frame

C) script

D) archetype

C

In class, Dr Bianchi is doing an in class demonstration. They flash an image on the screen for a fraction of a second and then asks their students to describe what they saw

A) iconic memory

B) echoic memory

C) short-term meory

D) implicit memory

A

You are reluctant to apply Erikson’s theory to all people because you recognize that some people

A) face unique challenges such as women and people with disabilities

B) are too old to apply to them

C) only have one important challenge at each phase of their life

D) are raised by single parents

A

When cognitive psychologists use the computer as ananology to explain the relationship between cognition and the brain, cognition is described as the computers

A) screen

B) firewall

C) hard drive

D) software

D

Alex, a nurse, often helps people in need and contributes to charity. He helps other people without expecting any benefit in return. His friend Maria reasons that he is a nice person because of his noble deeds and not because of his job. Which of the following principles of moral foundation does Maria use in her judgement?

A) Purity

B) Loyalty

C) Authourity

D) Fairness

A

Recalling the names of players of a famous hockey team is an example of

A) iconic memory

B) implicit memory

C) declarative memory

D) procedural memory

C

Identify a true statement about heuristics

A) they are more time consuming than other types of strategies

B) They gurantee the right solution to a problem

C) they aid in narrowing down the possible solutions to a problem

D) they are intermediate goals that lead to one possible solution for a problem

C

Dan, who often travels in airplanes, experiences a sudden fear of flying after he hears news about an airplane crash. In this case, Dan’s experience demonstrates

A) confirmation bias

B) the availability heuristic

C) the hindsight bias

D) timing bias

B

Charley tells you that 17 out of the 30 students enrolled in his English class scored exactly 62 points on the last exam. Conceptually, this is the same as saying

A. the mean for that particular English exam was 62 points

B. the median for that particular English exam was 62 points

C.the standard deviation for that particular English exam was 62 points

D. the mode for that particular English exam was 62 points

D

The fact that researchers focus their attention on findings that are unlikely to have occurred by chance illustrates which of your text's unifying themes?

A.Our experience of the world is highly subjective.

B.Psychology is empirical.

C.Behavior is determined by multiple causes.

D. Psychology is theoretically diverse.

B

Theories permit researchers to move from

A.	understanding to application
B.	concept to description
C.	application to control
D.	description to understanding

D