Puberty
Teen Sexuality
Teen Behavior
Cognitive Development
Misc.
100
The _______ trend indicates that puberty is starting __________. a. medical; earlier. b. secular; earlier. c. medical; later. d. secular; later.
What is b. secular; earlier.
100
Which of the following aspects of long-term memory is “unlimited”? a. capacity b. duration c. both capacity and duration d. None of these
What is c. both capacity and duration
100
Which of the following is a technique for improving transfer of information to long-term memory? a. hierarchy b. visual imagery c. mnemonic devices d. All of these
What is d. All of these
100
Susan beat her husband’s car with a baseball bat, but says that she cannot remember anything about the crime. At the time of the hearing, she was fully aware of what was going on in the courtroom and was able to understand the legal proceedings. Susan is likely to be judged _______; her _______ is still questionable. a. guilty; competence b. competent; sanity c. sane; guilt d. guilty; sanity
What is b. competent; sanity
100
Flashbulb memories are likely to occur for ___________ events. a. positive emotional b. negative emotional c. distinctive d. All of these
What is d. All of these
200
The behavioral technique, developed by B. F. Skinner, which involves reinforcing successive approximations toward a final response, is called: a. chaining. b. shaping. c. training. d. behavior modification.
What is b. shaping.
200
Which effect is more enduring? a. primacy b. recency c. primacy and recency are equally enduring d. neither primacy nor recency has been convincingly demonstrated
What is a. primacy
200
Combining individual letters or numbers into larger units to increase the capacity of short-term memory is called: a. condensing. b. elaborating. c. chunking. d. collapsing.
What is c. chunking.
200
All of the following are components of anxiety responses, except: a. behavioral. b. cognitive. c. spiritual. d. physiological.
What is c. spiritual.
200
Research suggests that information learned in a depressed mood will be better recalled in a ____________ mood. a. depressed b. happy c. nervous d. None of these—mood congruent memory is an unreliable phenomenon
What is d. None of these—mood congruent memory is an unreliable phenomenon
300
___________ reinforcement produces more rapid learning whereas ___________ reinforcement produces behaviors that are more resistant to extinction. a. Continuous; partial b. Partial; continuous c. Variable-ratio; fixed-interval d. Variable-ratio; variable-interval
What is a. Continuous; partial
300
When you take notes in class and highlight portions of the text you are primarily engaging ______________ processing. a. effortful b. generative c. primacy d. recency
What is a. effortful
300
Which of the following best explains exceptionally good memory? a. practice b. meaningful associations c . efficient storage and retrieval systems d. All of these
What is d. All of these
300
Larry has a fear of cats. When he sees a cat, he stops in his tracks and hopes the cat will go in the other direction. If the cat comes toward him, he walks away from it as far as he can. He will not go over to a friend’s house if he knows that they have a cat. Larry has a. generalized anxiety disorder. b. specific phobia c. obsessive-compulsive disorder. d. posttraumatic stress disorder.
What is b. specific phobia
300
Posttraumatic stress disorder occurs in people who have: a. naturally high levels of anxiety. b. been exposed to at least one traumatic life event. c. too much serotonin. d. All of these
What is b. been exposed to at least one traumatic life event.
400
The procedure in which desirable behaviors are quickly reinforced with things such as points or gold stars that are later turned in for tangible rewards is called: a. token economy b. incentive programs. c. token economies and incentive programs. d. None of these
What is a. token economy
400
Information about frequency, spatial location, and sequence of events often enters memory through ____________ processing. a. generative b. consolidated c. automatic d. primacy
What is c. automatic
400
Your memory of your 5th birthday party would be an example of ___________ memory. a. associated b. episodic c. semantic d. procedural
What is b. episodic
400
People with panic disorder have panic attacks that occur: a. out of the blue. b. in response to a feared object. c. in social situations. d. if they are prevented from completing a compulsion.
What is a. out of the blue.
400
Emotionally, schizophrenics often display _______ affect. a. blunted b. flat c. inappropriate d. All of these
What is d. All of these
500
Tran volunteered to help her grandmother clean her house and do some yard work. Because of her assistance, Tran was given $20. This is an example of: a. positive reinforcement. b. negative reinforcement. c. aversive punishment. d. conditional reinforcement.
What is a. positive reinforcement.
500
Which of the following is more effective for transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory? a. maintenance rehearsal b. elaborative rehearsal c. maintenance rehearsal and elaborative rehearsal are equally effective. d. neither maintenance rehearsal nor elaborative rehearsal are effective
What is b. elaborative rehearsal
500
A retrieval cue is a(n) _____________ stimulus that activates information stored in long-term memory. a. internal b. external c. either internal or external d. None of these
What is c. either internal or external
500
In obsessive-compulsive disorder: a. compulsions reduce the anxiety associated with obsessions. b. obsessions are behaviors that a person feels compelled to do. c. compulsions are thoughts that a person has over and over. d. All of these
What is a. compulsions reduce the anxiety associated with obsessions.
500
During college, students will often encounter the point at which: a. their long-term memory has reached capacity. b. their long-term memory has reached the limit of its duration. c. their long-term memory has reached capacity and the limit of its duration. d. None of these—there is no limit to capacity or duration
What is d. None of these—there is no limit to capacity or duration
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