Freudian slips
Penelope studies how the structure and function of the nervous system is related to behavior. She is a ________.
A. social psychologist
B. developmental psychologist
C. biopsychologist
D. humanist
C. biopsychologist
Sleep apnea is defined by ________.
A. a sense of panic in the sufferer often accompanied by screams and attempts to escape
B. episodes during which a sleeper’s breathing stops
C. uncomfortable sensations in the legs during periods of inactivity or when trying to fall asleep
D. unwanted, disruptive motor activity and/or experiences during sleep
B. episodes during which a sleeper’s breathing stops
A correlation coefficient (r) can range from ________.
A. between 0 and +1
B. between –1 and +1
C. between –1 and 0
D. between 0 and +100
B. between –1 and +1
I am conducting an experiment on prejudice using the Implicit Association Test and photographs of people. However, I tell participants that the study is about judging good looking-ness, when it is not.
When participants are finished, they leave the experiment. In this example, I forgot to ________ in order to resolve the ________ in the study.
A. debrief participants; deception
B. debrief participants; sexist attitudes
C. pay participants; deception
D. pay participants; use of personal photos
A. debrief participants; deception
Individuals undergoing hypnosis ________.
A. can be coerced into harming themselves and others by a skilled hypnotist
B. have no memory of the events that occurred during the period they were hypnotized
C. usually do not have clear memories of the hypnotic experience and are not in control of their own behaviors
D. usually have clear memories of the hypnotic experience and are in control of their own behaviors
D. usually have clear memories of the hypnotic experience and are in control of their own behaviors
Which of the following is a forebrain structure?
A. hindbrain
B. cerebellum
C. frontal lobe
D. brainstem
C. frontal lobe
Cocaine is considered a ________ drug because it tends to increase overall levels of neural activity.
A. antipsychotic
B. depressant
C. hallucinogen
D. stimulant
D. stimulant
________ motivation arises from external factors or rewards (e.g., money, praise, awards)
A. extrinsic
B. habit
C. instinct
D. intrinsic
A. extrinsic
The facial ________ hypothesis states that facial expressions are capable of influencing our emotions.
A. feedback
B. mediation
C. reaction
D. response
A. feedback
We want to test a new medication for ADHD. One group would receive the new medication and the other group would receive a pill that looks exactly the same as the one that the others received, but it would be a placebo. Which is the "control group"?
A. the group that received the new medication
B. the group that receives the placebo pill
C. the group that has ADHD
D. the group that doesn't have ADHD
B. the group that receives the placebo pill
According to the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory of emotion, emotions consist of two factors: ________.
A. physiological and arousal
B. physiological and cognitive
C. stimulus and appraisal
D. time and fear
B. physiological and cognitive
Tesla crafts imitation dream catchers in her spare time. Her father constantly encourages her to sell them on eBay. When she finally agrees to sell them, she notices that while she still enjoys making the dream catchers, she no longer does it for fun—she does it to make money. This is an example of the ________ effect.
A. extrinsic
B. intrinsic
C. motivation
D. overjustification
D. overjustification
What does a negative correlation mean?
For example, if I say, happiness is negatively correlated with money, what would that mean?
A. people who have more money are happier.
B. people who have more money are less happy.
C. happiness causes people to earn less.
D. happiness causes people to earn more.
B. people who have more money are less happy.
Correlation is not causation.
True or false? Explain what this means.
True.
If something is correlated, say ice cream sales and shark attacks, it doesn't mean people eating more ice cream causes more sharks to attack.
It could be a third variable (hot weather) that causes both. [What is this third variable called?]
In the following sentence, identify the intrinsic motivation. Leela, age 16, attends free lectures at the community college because she loves to learn, she visits her grandmother to hear about her mother’s childhood, and she cooks dinner and cleans the house once a week to earn her allowance.
A. attending free lectures because she loves to learn
B. cleaning the house to earn her allowance
C. cooking dinner to earn her allowance
D. visiting her grandmother to hear about her mother’s childhood
A. attending free lectures because she loves to learn
Which of the following is an example of the overjustification effect?
A. Children are unable to justify why they play with toys until a researcher explains intrinsic motivation to them.
B. Children do not enjoy playing with learning toys until they find out they will be better at math after playing with the toys.
C. Children enjoy playing with toys more when they get to play with toys they have never seen before.
D. Children enjoy playing with toys until they are told they will get paid to play with toys. They may still play with toys to get paid, but they view it differently because they are getting paid.
D. Children enjoy playing with toys until they are told they will get paid to play with toys. They may still play with toys to get paid, but they view it differently because they are getting paid.
Which of the following exemplifies the unconditional positive regard component of humanistic therapy?
A. Xavier receives a hug from the doctor when he arrives on time; he does not get a hug when he arrives late.
B. Natasha is late for her therapy session and her therapist believes she did this because she unconsciously dislikes therapy.
C. Boris tells his therapist that that he needs stronger medication and his therapist prescribes it.
D. Abby tells her therapist that she tripped a small child who got in her way, and her therapist accepts this information without judgment.
D. Abby tells her therapist that she tripped a small child who got in her way, and her therapist accepts this information without judgment.
Which classification system is used by most mental health professionals in the United States of America?
A. Desperate Social and Mental Disorders
B. Determinants of Social Mental Disorders
C. Determining Statistical Manifestation of Disorders
D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
What is comorbidity?
A. co-occurrence of two disorders
B. having two causes for a single disorder
C. having two causes of death
D. mental disorder leading to death
A. co-occurrence of two disorders
Which of the following research designs will allow cause-and-effect conclusions?
A. survey
B. experimental
C. case study
D. correlational
B. experimental
Alcohol is considered a ________ because it tends to suppress central nervous system activity.
depressant
A major advantage of case studies in psychology research is ________.
A. large sample size
B. generalizability
C. detailed information
D. quick data collection
C. detailed information
A panic disorder is a type of ________disorder characterized by panic attacks, along with at least one month of worry about panic attacks or self-defeating behavior related to the attacks.
anxiety
I am researching whether the learning medium (zoom vs in person) affects students' final grades. In this example, the learning medium (zoom vs in person) is the ________ variable and students' final grades is the ________ variable.
A. control; experimental
B. dependent; independent
C. experimental; control
D. independent; dependent
D. independent; dependent
The frontal lobe contains:
A. Broca's area
B. Wernicke's area
C. amygdala
D. cerebellus
A. Broca's area