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1. Identify the conditioned response. Five year old Ethan is…
1.
Identify the conditioned response. Five year old Ethan is watching a thunderstorm from his window. A huge bolt of lightning is followed by a tremendous thunderclap, and Ethan jumps at the noise. This happens several more times. There is a brief lull and then another lightning bolt. Ethan jumps in response to the bolt.
Thunder
Watching
Lightning
Jumping
2.
What is the standard reference manual used to diagnose all mental disorders?
MDR
WOMD
DSM-IV
DRM
3.
Howard Gardner proposed that the domains of intelligence can be expanded to include musical aptitude, kinesthetic intelligence, and the capacity for insight into oneself, others, or the natural world.
True
False
4.
The study of cognitive processes in animals is called ……………………
5.
A _____personality disorder is characterized by someone who believes everyone is out to get them.
antisocial
narcissistic
depression
paranoid
6.
A given social position that is governed by a set of norms for proper behavior.
Social Hierarchy
Role
None of the above.
Social norm
7.
A positive effect of conformity is that it allows for society to run smoothly.
True
False
8.
Heavy drug abuse changes the brain which makes addiction more likely.
True
False
9.
Candidate Carmine spends $4 million to make sure his name is seen and heard frequently, and to repeat unverified charges that his opponent is a thief. What psychological processes is he relying to win? (Check all that apply)
Cognitive Dissonance
Validity Effect
Familiarity Effect
Coercive Persuasion
10.
What are two symptoms of group think? (Check all that apply)
Pressure to conform
Individualism
Self censorship
Non-conformity
11.
What are two common barriers to reasoning? (Check all that apply)
the need to be right
dissonance
laziness
perception
12.
Which are effective ways to influence attitudes? (Check all that apply)
repitition
pressure tactics
scare tactic
association with a good feeling
endorsement
13.
What was dissociative identity order previously known as?
Multiple Personality Disorder
schizophrenia
Paranoid personality disorder
Split personality disorder
14.
The following are symptoms for what disorder? reliving trauma, detachment from others, lack of concentration
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
agoraphobia
Post traumatic stres disorder
social anxiety
15.
A ____personality disorder is characterized by someone who lacks remorse, does not care about others.
narcissistic
depression
anti-social
paranoid
16.
Intelligence tests developed between World War I and 1960 favored city children over rural ones, middle class over poor, and white over nonwhite.
True
False
17.
A psychological function of prejudices allows the target group to be used as a scapegoat.
True
False
18.
Identify the conditioned stimulus. Five year old Ethan is watching a thunderstorm from his window. A huge bolt of lightning is followed by a tremendous thunderclap, and Ethan jumps at the noise. This happens several more times. There is a brief lull and then another lightning bolt. Ethan jumps in response to the bolt.
lightning
thunder
jumping
watching
19.
A concept is a mental category that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions or qualities having common properties.
True
False
20.
Standardized questionnaires requiring written responses and that usually include scales on which people are asked to rate themselves are
Objective tests
Projective tests
21.
After a child learns to fear spiders, she also responds with fears to beetles, ants, and other crawling bugs.
extinction
counterconditioning
stimulus generalizatioin
stimulus discrimination
22.
Name three of the theories of the causes schizophrenia. (Check all that apply)
Neurotransmitter abnormalitites
Adolescent abnormalities in brain development
Structural brain abnormalities
Genetic Predispositions
Prenatal abnormalities
23.
What are the three flaws in diagnosing multiple personalities? (Check all that apply)
Influence in the media
Is it a fake disorder?
Pressure and suggestions by clinicians
Flaws in underlying research
24.
Identify which of the following is NOT a commonly used secondary reinforcer.
An A on an exam
Quarters spilling from a casino machine.
A piece of candy
A winner’s blue ribbon
25.
How many stages of reflective thought are there?
5
6
7
8
26.
Addiction patterns vary according to ___and the ___. (Check all that apply)
social environment
different states
cultural practices
genes
27.
Fear/scare tactics are more effective when message provide specific information about how to avoid danger.
True
False
28.
In the theory of cognitive dissonance, tensions that occur when you believe you have made a bad decision are known as
Conformation bias
post decision dissonance
justification of effort
29.
Some animals have been taught sign language in order to communicate.
True
False
30.
Identify three possible explanations of depression. (Check all that apply)
attachment
cognitive
social
acquired
viral
31.
You are more inclined to take responsibility when you are in an environment that encourages independent thinking.
True
False
32.
Mood disorders involve disturbances in all of the following: (Check all that apply)
behavior
cognition
motor skills
emotion
33.
Which would be an example of obsessive compulsive disorder?
counting to ten before entering a doorway every time you enter a doorway
checking multiple times to make sure you shut off the lights.
washing your hands multiple times
All of the above.
34.
External influences have no bearing on a person’s decision.
True
False
35.
An example of a projective test is
ASVAB Test
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Perception Test
Rorschach Inkblot Test
36.
The higher the birth parents’ IQ scores, the higher the child’s score is likely to be.
True
False
37.
You want your 2 year old to ask for water with a word instead of a grunt. You should give her water when she says “wa-wa” as a positive reinforcement.
True
False
38.
Rules that regulate social life, including explicit laws and implicit cultural conventions.
Social hierarchy
None of the above
Role
Social norm
39.
The following are symptoms for what disorder? unwanted worries, restlessness, jittery, disturbed sleep
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Agoraphobia
+Obsessive compulsive
generalized anxiety disorder
40.
.Most people do not show evidence of reflective thinking until their mid-late _____, if at all.
20’s
30’s
40’s
50’s
41.
A factory worker’s mouth waters whenever the noon bell rings, signaling his lunch break. One day, the bell goes haywire and rings every half hour. By the end of the day, the worker has stopped salivating to the bell.
stimulus discrimination
counter conditioning
stimulus generalization
conditioning
42.
An integrated mental network of knowledge, beliefs, and expectations concerning a particular topic or aspect of the world.
Cognitive Schema
Mental image
Concept
Proposition
43.
____ consists of a negative stereotype and a strong unreasonable dislike or hatred of a group.
Discrimination
none of the above
Ethnocentrism
Prejudice
44.
About what proportion of the people in Milgram’s obedience study administered the highest level of shock?
One-half
One-Third
One- Quarter
Two-thirds
45.
A person who is bipolar is said to have episodes ranging from depression to mania.
True
False
