Psych 201 Fanal (swenson)

A birth- order effect seems to play a role in sexual orientation among a. men who are right handed b. women who are right handed c. men who are not right handed d. both men and women who are not right handed

Sleep deprivation increases level of the HUNGER- AROUSING HORMONE _____ and decreases levels of the HUNGER- SUPPRESSING HORMONE ____. a. melatonin; oxytocin b. serotonin; dopamine c. ghrelin; leptin d. epinephrine; norepinehrine

A descriptive technique for obtaining the self- reported attitudes or behaviors of a representative sample of the population is known as a.naturalistic observation b.natural selection c. a case study d. a survey

Diego, a 25- year- old law student, is heterosexual; his brother Alejandro, a 21- year- old college senior, is homosexual. The brothers obviously differ in their ____. a. gender identity b. sexual response cycle c. sexual orientation d. refractory period

A clinical psychologist carefully investigates a client's current life situation and his physical, social- cultural, and educational history. Which research method is the psychologist using? a. the survey b. the case study c. the experimentation d. naturalistic observation

The vast majority of neurons in the body's nervous system are ____. a.free radicals b. interneurons c. motor neurons d. sensory neurons

Adolescence extends from ___. a. the beginning of concrete operations to the end of formal operations b. 12 to 15 years of age c. the beginnings of sexual maturity to independent adulthood d.the beginning to the end of the growth spurt.

A woman who experiences distress due to a persistent inability to reach a sexual climax during prolonged sexual intercourse is most likely suffering from ____. a. androgyny b. a paraphilia c. a refractory period d. female orgasmic disorder

Physical exercise in later promotes ____ in the hippocampus, a brain region that is important for memory. a. a reduction of myelin b. the shortening of telomeres c. the process of neurogenesis d. reduced mirror neuron activity

A boy who exhibits traditionally masculine interests and behavior patterns demonstrates ____. a. androgyny b. secondary sex characteristics c. the fraternal birth- order effect d. gender typing

A belief that adult personality is completely determined in early childhood would be most relevant to the issue of a. stability and change b. objective permanence and stranger anxiety c. conventional and postconventional morality d. concrete and formal operations

When 10-year-old children repeatedly practice the precise motor skills involved in texting, the cortical areas directly controlling these motor skills are likely to develop more complex a. telomeres b. neural networks c. object permanence d. formal operations

Females who have experienced stress related to father absence, sexual abuse, or insecure attachment experience ___ earlier than average. a. gender identity b. a refractory period c. a gender typing d. menarche

The part of the central nervous system that carries sensory information to your brain and motor- control information to your body parts is the ____. a. pituitary gland b. pancreas c. spinal cord d. reticular formation

Dr. Straub is investigating the psychological, biological, and behavioral factors that create heart disease. He is most likely a ____. a. personality psychologist b.cognitive psychologist c. clinical psychologist d. health psychologist

Cognitive neuroscience studies relationships between ___. a. natural selection and behavior tendencies b. childhood memories and psychological disorders c. thought processes and brain functions d. philosophy and physiology

When their attention is focused on a task such as reading, people are less likely to ___ when their mind is wandering a. tap their fingers b. touch their face c. blink their eyes d. scratch their arms

Before children are 9, their dreams seem more like a slide show and less like an active story in which the dreamer is an actor. This best illustrates that the content of dreams reflects children's a. latent content b. change blindness c. night terrors d. cognitive development

The American psychological Association's ethics code urges investigators to ____. a. avoid the use of monetary incentives in recruiting people to participate in research. b. forewarn potential research participants of the exact hypotheses that the research will test. c. avoid the manipulation of independent variables in research involving human participants d. explain the research to the participants after the study has been completed

The age at which people are expected to leave home, get a job, and marry has changed dramatically in wallonia over the past 60 years. Developmentalists would say that the country's ___ has been altered. a. social clock b. critical period c. object permanence d. temperment

Research on the sexual response cycle indicates that a. men and women experience an equally long refractory period following orgasm b. women undergo a decrease in physiological arousal more slowly if they have experienced orgasm than if they have not c. enough sperm may be released prior to male orgasm to enable conception d. during the resolution phase, sexual excitement increases in women but decreases in men.

The scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a willingness to a. perceive order in random events b. avoid questions that can't be scientifically tested c. recognize the errors in our own ideas d. respect political beliefs that contradict our own.

Gay men are ___ likely to have been smothered by maternal love than heterosexual men. Boys growing up in a father- absent home are ____ likely to be gay than boys growing up with their father present in the home. a. more; no more b. no more; more c. more;more d. no more; no more

Julio feels comfortable assuming directive leadership roles but also enjoys being a good team player in supportive roles that require sensitivity to the needs of other. Julio best illustrates a. secondary sex characteristics b. gender typing c. androgyny d. a paraphilia

People's moral judgements are most likely to seem unrestrained by normal emotions if they have suffered damage to their a. cerebellum b. somatosensory cortex c. corpus callosum d. frontal lobes

Our biologically rooted temperament most clearly helps from our enduring a. genome b. personality c. social identity d. epigenetic marks

Recognizing the process of maturation helps us to understand the absence of a. secure attachments b. bladder control among 2 year olds c. self- esteem among kindergarten students d. moral behavior among adolescents

Midori wants to find out ho students reacted to a proposed tuition hike at her school. She sends a questionnaire to every fifteenth person in the school's alphabetical listing of all currently enrolled students. Midori used the technique of a. random assignment b. naturalistic observation c. replication d. random sampling

Research suggests that the fraternal birth-order effect may be a result of a. paraphillic disorder b. refractory periods c. maternal immune system d. gender typing

One early influence of prenatal testosterone is on the organism's a. sexual scripts b. natural selection c. gender schemas d. brain development

Males have ___ and females have ___ a. one X chromosome; one Y chromosome b. one Y chromosome; one X chromosome c. one X chromosome; two X chromosomes d. one Y chromosome; two Y chromosome

Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce a. narcolepsy b. epileptic seizures c. neural plasticity d. sleep apnea

The release of hormones by the adrenal glands is most likely to trigger a. a reduction of blood pressure b. the fight or flight response c. REM rebound d. neurogenesis

The selective loss of unused neurons and their connections is called a. pruning b. imprinting c. conversation d. accommodation

Some people worry that psychology is potentially dangerous because a. psychological knowledge can be used for destructive purposes b. psychologists generally believe that people are not personally responsible for their actions c. psychological research necessitates performing stressful experiments on people d. psychological research typically violates personal privacy rights

Which portion of the cerebral cortex is located nearest the top of the head just behind the frontal lobes? a. occipital lobes b. cerebellum c. parietal lobes d. limbic system

Dr. Vazquez helps people make career choices by assisting them in identifying their strengths and interests. Dr. Vasquez is most likely a a. biological psychologist b. counseling psychologist c. cognitive psychologist d. social psychologist

The personality theorist, Sigmund Freud, was an Austrian a. chemist b. physician c. theologian d. politician

Shelley has not had enough sleep in the past week. She is at an increased risk of having a driving accident because her lack of sleep diminishes her a. lateralization b. REM rebound c. attentional focus d. hypnagogic sensations

When working an occasional night shift, people 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 a. neurogenesis b. selective attention c. the circadian rhythm d. hypnagogic sensations

An electrical signal that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the a. synapse b. myelin sheath c. action potential d. EEG

A physical or verbal behavior intended to harm a person's social standing or relationship constitutes a. exhibitionism b. a refractory period c. a paraphilia d. relational aggression

Six of the children in Mr. Meyer's class were born on exactly the same day. This strikes him as astonishing and improbable. In this instance, he should be reminded that a. random sequences of events often don't look random b. events often seem more probable in hindsight c. sampling extreme cases leads to false generalizations d. correlation does not prove causation

Both the researchers and the participants in a memory study are ignorant about which participants have received a drug that is supposed to improve memory and which have received a placebo. This investigation involves the use of a. naturalistic observation b.random sampling c. the double- blind procedure d. replication

Alzheimer's disease is most closely linked to the deterioration of neurons that produce a. dopamine b. acetylcholine c. epinephrine d. ednorphins

The ability to simultaneously draw one shape with the right hand a different shape with the left hand is most characteristic of those whose ____ has been cut. a. somatosensory cortex b. reticular formation c. corpus callosum d. motor cortex

When you question whether anecdotal evidence can be generalized to all people, you are engaging in a. naturalistic observation b. a biopsychosocial approach c. random assignment d.critical thinking

Studies conducted for the sake of building psychology's base of knowledge are most clearly examples of a. the testing effect b. replication c. basic research d. positive psychology

Those who prefer to express a blend of traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine psychological characteristics demonstrate a. a bisexual orientation b. an intersex condition c. a paraphilia d. androgyny

Twelve year old Migdalia insists on wearing very feminine looking clothes because she wants to appear lady like. This best illustrates the influence of. a. the Y chromosome b. androgyny c. refractory periods d. gender typing

Little Yvonne will approach and play with unfamiliar anumals only if her mother first reassures her that it is safe to do so. This best illustrates the survival value of a. conservation b. attachment c. egocentrism d. authoritarian parenting

A man who consistently reaches sexual climax before he or his sexual partner wishes is experiencing a. erectile disorder b. a paraphilia c. premature ejaculation d. spermarche

With repeated exposure to any erotic stimulus, our emotional response often lessens. This best illustrates a. gender typing b. exhibitionism c. habituation d. androgyny

There is very little relationship between the age of an adult and his or her a. risk of neurocognitive disorder b. ability to recall meaningless information c. level of life satisfaction d. risk of accidental physical injury

Compared with rats in an impoverished environment, rats housed in enriched environments showed a dramatic increase in the number of their a. genomes b. schemas c. synapses d. teratogens

High school girls who have the most affectionate relationships with their mothers also tend to a. have the most intimate relationships with girlfriends b. have somewhat less intimate relationships with girlfriends c. take longer than normal to establish their own independence and separate identity d. have difficulty forming intimate relationships with boys

Mrs. Wilson is 78 years old and over the past few years she has become increasingly susceptible to bouts of pneumonia. This can most clearly be attributed to a. an impaired theory of mind b. a weakening immune system c. role confusion d. neurogenesis

The heart begins to beat during the ___ period of prenatal development a. embryonic b. fetal c. zygotic d. ovular

The hindsight bias refers to people's tendency to a. dismiss the value of replication b. reject any ideas that can't be scientifically tested c. believe that they would have foreseen the outcome of past events d. overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions

Avoiding physical punishment is to ___ morality as respecting the laws of society is to ___ morality. a. conventional; postconventional b. preconventional; postconventional c. conventional; preconventional d. preconventional; conventional

Erikson suggest that the adolescent search for identity is followed by a developing capacity for a. competence b. intimacy c. autonomy d. trust

Aging cells may die without being replaced due to the shortening of a. critical periods b. teratogens c. schemas d. telomeres

Research on human flourishing is the major focus of a. the psychodynamic perspective b. positive psychology c. naturalistic observation d. behavior genetics

The first major issue that emerges in debates over experimenting on animals centers around the a. usefulness of studying biological processes in animals b. ethics of placing the well-being of humans above that of animals c. obligation to treat information about individual animals with confidentiality d. need to obtain the informed consent of animals used in research

Aaron cried when his mother left him in the church nursery. He was not reassured or comforted by her return a short while later. Aaron showed signs of a. egocentrism b. autism spectrum disorder c. conservation d, insecure attachment

With the approach of night, our body temperature begins to drop. This best illustrates the dynamics of a. all or none response b. circadian rhythm c. latent content d. REM rebound

When looking someone to whom they can confide their personal worries,men and women usually turn to a. men b. women c. someone of the same gender as themselves d. either men or women, depending on who is available

Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere is called a. narcolepsy b. neurogenesis c. paradoxical sleep d. inattentional blindness

In a test of the effects of sleep deprivation on problem- solving skills, research participants are allowed to sleep either 4 or 8 hours on each of three consecutive nights. This research is an example of a. naturalistic observation b. survey research c. a case study d. an expirement

Giving half the members of a group a true psychological finding and the other half an opposite result is an easy way to show the impact of a. the placebo effect b. confounding variables c. hindsight bias d. the double-blind procedure

Oxytocin is a hormone released by the a. pancreas b. thyroid gland c. pituitary gland d. adrenal gland

When a person speaks, brain waves and bloodflow are especially likely to reveal increased activity in the a. hypothalamus b. left hemisphere c. amygdala d. right hemisphere

Masters and Johnson identified orgasm as the ____ stage of the sexual response cycle. a. first b. second c. third d. fourth

The personalities of adopted children a. are very similar to the personalities of the other children in their adoptive families b. are very similar to the personalities of their biologically related siblings c. are not very similar to the personalities of their adoptive parents d. are more similar to the personalities of their caregiving adoptive parents than to the personalities of their biological parents

If children sense that their parents are trustworthy and predictable, this indicates a. maturation b. egocentrism c. secure attachment d. object permanence

More than in other mammalian females, the sexual drive in human females is responsive to their ____ levels. a. estradiol b. estrogen c. serotonin d. testosterone

After sleeping for about an hour and a half, Jose enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to a. be easily awakened b. have slower, more regular breathing c. have slower brain waves d. have very relaxed muscles

A human egg contains ___ chromosome and a human sperm contains ___ a. a Y; either an X or a Y b. either an X or Y; an X c. an X; either an X or a Y d. either an X or a Y; a Y

Hormones are the chemical messengers of the a. autonomic nervous system b. endocrine system c. limbic system d. reticular formation

Anger is the toxic core of a. an external locus of control b. the Type A personality c. an internal locus of control d. the Type B personality

The way slot machines reward gamblers with money best illustrates a. spontaneous recovery b. partial reinforcement c. generalization d. shaping

Mindfulness meditation practices have been shown to a. reduce binge eating b. reduce lymphocyte production c. increase alcohol abuse d. increase information overload

B.F. Skinner's work elaborated what E.L. Thorndike had called a. shaping b. observational learning c. the law of effect d. latent learning

Orexin is an ___ hormone secreted by the ____ a. appetite arousing; hypothalamus b. appetite- suppressing; hypothalamus c. appetite- arousing; stomach d. appetite- suppressing; stomach

In Pavlov's experiments on the salivary conditioning of dogs, the US was a. a tone b. salivation to the sound of a tone c. food placed in the dog's mouth d. salivation to the food in the mouth

Research has linked women's obesity to their risk of late- life a. muscular dystrophy b. narcissism c. multiple sclerosis d. cognitive decline

A lack of conscious memories of your first three years of life best illustrates a. deja vu b. repressed memory c. infantile amnesia d. the serial position effect

Israelis living in nonreligious collective settlements were found to have ___ than those living in religiously othodox collective settlements a. shorter life spans b. better emotion- focused coping skills c. higher lymphocyte levels d.better problem - focused coping skills

The third phase of the general adaptation syndrome is characterized by a. resistance b. exhaustion c. an alarm reaction d. a tend- and - befriend response

When grocery shopping with his mother, 4-year-old Hakim sometimes throws temper tantrums if his mother refuses his requests for a particular snack food. Parent- training experts would suggest that his mother should a. threaten to punish hakim if he continues his tantrums b. offer to buy the snack food hakim wants only if he quiets down and behaves himself c. continue shopping while ignoring Hakims tantrums d. return any snack foods that are already in her cart to the store shelves

Compared with European- American students, Asian-American students express slightly more ___ regarding their future performance, which may help explain their impressive academic achievements a. relaxation b. unrealistic optimism c. external locus of control d. pessimism

using both verbal and nonverbal cues, people find it most difficult to detect a. angry expressions b. sad expressions c. deceiving expressions d. fearful expressions

A partial reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses is a _____ schedule a. fixed-ratio b. variable- ratio c. fixed- interval d. variable- interval

After reading a newspaper report suggesting that drunken driving might have contributed to a recent auto accident, several people who actually witnessed the accident began to remember the driver involved as traveling more recklessly than was actually the case. This provides an example of a. proactive interference b. state- dependent memory c. automatic processing d. the misinformation effect

In the 1920s, Walter Cannon discovered that emotion- arousing incidents trigger an outpouring of ___ from the adrenal glands a. stress hormones b. oxytocin c. lymphocytes d. seratonin

On the basis of Maslow's hierarchy of needs we would be LEAST likely to predict that a a. starving person might abandon her religious beliefs to obtain food b. teacher with high- self esteem might seek a career change to use his or her abilities more fully c. successful business executive might show greater concern for his or her family relationships than for becoming president of his or corporation d. prisoner might choose to die by a hunger strike rather than betray his or her country

The title of a song is on the tip of Gerard's tongue, but he cannot recall it until someone mentions the songwriters name. Gerard's initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by a. encoding failure b. automatic processing c. retrieval failure d. repression

Judy found that her party guests ate less from a very large plate of cupcakes that were cut in half rather than whole. This best illustrates the important of a. facial feedback effect b. settling point c. serving size d. social facilitation

Repeatedly saying the word me puts people in a better mood that repeatedly saying you. This best illustrates a. ostracism b. narcissism c. social facilitation d. facial feedback effect

To understand how we form and retrieve memories, psychologist have developed a. The SQ3R technique b. information processing models c. the peg word system d. a flashbulb memory

Julie surprised her unsuspecting roommate Jan by yelling "boo" as Jan walked into their darkened room where Julie was hiding. Before she consciously recognized the "boo" as a silly prank, Jan experienced an immediate surge of fear, resulting from the routing of the unexpected sensory input through her thalamus directly to the a. hippocampus b. hypothalamus c. cerebellum d. amygdala

Activation of the sympathetic nervous system a. increases respiration and increases salivation b. increases respiration and decreases salivation c. decreases respiration and decreases salivation d. decreases respiration and increases salivation

To retain newly introduced facts in our working memory, it is important to engage in a. motivated forgetting b. proactive interference c. rehearsal d. automatic processing

Garcia and Koelling's studies of taste aversion in rats demonstrated that classical conditioning is influenced by a. cognitive processes b. biological constraints c. continuous reinforcement d. latent learning

After attending group therapy sessions for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Karen mistakenly remembered details from others' traumatic life stoires as part of her own life history. This best illustrates the dangers of a. proactive interference b. mood-congruent memory c. implicit memory d. source amnesia

Most of the TV shows that 9-year-old Fred watches involve violence. This is most likely to lead Fred to a. react with a sense of distress at the sight of two children fighting on the school playground. b. perceive the injuries of victims of violence as less severe c. be more inhibited about personally starting a fight on the school playground d. overestimate the pain and injury experienced by victims of violent crime

Which of the following has been found to reduce the social pain that accompanies social rejection? a. epinephrine b. orexin c. acetaminophen d. ghrelin

Shaping is procedure in which reinforcers are a. designed to be vicariously experienced b. gradually increased to prevent a loss of intrinsic motivation c. used to guide actions closer and closer to a desired behavior d. given on a variable- ratio schedule to enhance extrinsic motivation

Evidence that organisms most readily learn behaviors favored by natural selection best illustrates the importance of a. vicarious reinforcement b. extrinsic motivation c. conditioned reinforcers d. biological constraints

Research has shown that neck-level spinal cord injuries reduce the intensity of certain emotional experiences. This finding most supports a. the Cannon- Bard theory b. Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory c. the James Lange Theory d. Drive- reduction theory

To explain why, when we have unlimited access to various tasty foods, we tend to overeat and gain weight, some researchers use the term ___ to indicate a person's base weight level a. chain migration b. basal metabolic rate c. spillover effect d. settling point

We encode implicit memories by means of a. recall b. repression c. automatic processing d. the peg-word system

If bears find insects after they move decaying logs, they more frequently move decaying logs. This most clearly indicates that finding insects is a a. reinforcement b. respondent behavior c. spontaneous recovery d. classically conditioned habit

The inability to recall which numbers on a phone are not accompanied by letters is most likely due to a. encoding failure b. the spacing effect c. retroactive interference d. source amnesia

Alison's classmates make a point of ignoring her and they purposely exclude her from any of their after-school social events. Their treatment of Alison most clearly illustrates a. ostracism b. narcissism c. self-transcendence d. chain migration

In one experimentm frustrated participants with ___ stuck more pins in a voodoo doll that represented their romantic partner a. HIV infections b. Type B personalities c. an internal locus of control d. low self-control energy

Social networking sites are mostly ___ our connections with people we already know. Face-to-face conversations with family and friends appears to be a ___ predictor of life satisfaction than electronic networking a. strengthening; worse b. weakening; better c. strengthening; better d. weakening; worse

B lymphocytes release antibodies that fight ___; T lymphocytes release antibodies that fight ___ a. bacterial infection; viral infections b. heart attacks; strokes c. NK cells; cancer cells d. HIV; AIDS

Rats most easily learn to associate ___ with becoming sick a. loud sounds b. bright lights c. novel tastes d. high- pitched noises

Rodents who experienced inescapable restraint were more prone to developing cancer if they had previously received implanted a. natural killer cells b. T lymphocytes c. macrophages d. tumor cells

A full month after Usha hears her mother read her a list of 12 different farm animals, Usha is most likely to remember the animals ____ of the list a. at the beginning and end b. at the end c. at the beginning d. in the middle

Remembering how to solve a puzzle without any conscious recollection that you can do so best illustrates ___ memory. a. working b. flashbulb c. implicit d. sensory

Those who experience significant daily hassles such as perceived discrimination and unreachable goals are especially likely to experience a. the tyranny of choice b. low blood sugar levels c. reduced physical health d. an internal locus of control

Research on stressful life events indicates that a. those who live a relatively peaceful, monastic life actually suffer a higher than average rate of heat attacks b. widowed people are at an increased risk of death in the week following their partner's death c.survivors of a natural disaster are immunized against stress and have fewer long - term health problems d. all of these statements are true

Echoic memory refers to a. the encoded meanings of words and events in long-term memory b. a vivid memory of an emotionally significant even c. the automatic retention of incidental information about the timing and frequency of events d. a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli

Obesity is defined as a. a body weight 10 percent higher than one's normal set point b. a regular daily consumption of over 3000 calories c. a body mass index of 30 or more d. a basal metabolic rate 30 percent lower than average for people of similar height

Dan and Joel, both 4 year olds, have been watching reruns of " Superman" on television. Joel's mother recently found the boys standing on the garage roof, ready to try flying. What best accounts for the boys' behavior? a. delayed reinforcement b. observational learning c. immediate reinforcement d. classical conditioning

Spontaneous recovery refers to a. learning that had occurred earlier but had not been expressed because of lack of incentive b. an organisms tendency to respond spontaneously to stimuli similar to the CS as though they were the CS c. return of a response after punishment has been terminated d. reappearance after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response

A sea slug releases more serotonin in order to promote the process of ___ necessary to learn a classically conditioned association. a. chunking b. neurotransmission c. proactive intereference d. conscious awareness

According to the James- Lange theory we experience emotion ___ we notice our physiological arousal. According to the Cannon-Bard theory we experience emotion ___ we become physiologically aroused a. before;before b. before;after c. after; at the same time as d. at the same time as; after

The famous Ebbinghaus forgetting curve indicates that how well we remember information depends on a. how long ago we learned that information b. the nature of our mood during encoding and retrieval c. whether the information is part of our implicit or explicit memory d. whether the information was personally meaningful

Mrs. Schneider frequently tells his children that it is important to wash their hands before meals, but he rarely does so himself. Experiments suggest that his children will learn to a. practice and preach the virtues of cleanliness b. practice cleanliness but not preach its virtues c. neither practice nor preach the virtues of cleanliness d. preach the virtues of cleanliness but not practice the cleanliness

Correlational studies show that prolonged viewing of televised violence ___ increased aggression a. inhibits b. causes c. is unrelated to d. predicts

Watson and Rayner's study of Little Albert demonstrated how specific fears a. can interfere with the process of learning b. can be used as negative reinforcers c. are acquired through observational learning d. may be learned through classical conditioning

When people are asked to recall a list of words they had earlier memorized, they often replace some of the words on the original list with similar byt more familiar words. This best illustrates the effects of a. implicit memory b. source amnesia c. encoding meaning d. state- dependent memory

Which of the following factors has been found to be clearly related to feelings of general happiness or life satisfaction? a. being well educated b. having children c. having a meaningful religious faith d. being physically attractive

Elevated levels of stress hormones most clearly contribute to developing a. Source amnesia b. Iconic memories c. repressed memories d. flashbulb memories

Haley's parents bought her a used bicycle for her birthday. She was thrilled until she learned that her best friend received a brand new bicycle for her birthday. Haley's declining satisfaction illustrates a. relative deprivation b. the adaptation- level phenomenon c. learned helplessness d. emotion-focused coping

Resistance to stress is greatest during ___ of the general adaptation syndrome a. Phase 1 b. Phase 2 c. Phase 3 d. Phase 4

Effortful processing most clearly requires a. iconic memory b. implicit memory c. flashbulb memory d. working memory

As you are waiting to be interviewed for a job, your heart rate, body temperature, and breathing rate begin to increase. These physiological changes are produced by activation of the ___ nervous system a. parasympathetic b. sympathetic c. somatic d. central

Ten distinct and basic emotion were identified by a. William James b. Charles Darwin c. Stanley Schachter d. Caroll Izard

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be considered important for effective student instruction using electronic adaptive quizzing? a. respondent behavior b. immediate reinforcement c. operant behavior d. shaping

Laura and Tom dont think using a condom will have any impact on whether laura gets pregnant. Their lack of perceptiveness best illustrates the dangers of a. emotion-focused coping b. the tend-and-befriend response c. the general adaptation syndrome d. an external locus of control

The role of learning in motivation is most obvious from the influence of a. drives b. set points c. arousal d. incentive

Which of the following BEST explains why stress heightens vulnerability to batcterial and viral infections? a. stress hormones speed up the " hardening" of the arteries b. stress hormones facilitate the depositing of cholesterol and fat around the Heart. c. Stress hormones suppress the activity of the immune system d. stress hormones trigger the release of Oxytocin

The right frontal cortex is more active than the left frontal cortex when people experience a. pride b. joy c. disgust d. love

A child's learned fear at the sight of hypodermic needles is a(n) a. conditioned response b. unconditioned stimulus c. conditioned stimulus d. unconditioned response

After stockbrokers who lived alone had adopted a cat or dog, they were able to face stress with less ___ than their counterparts without pets. a. blood pressure increase b. emotion focused coping c.production of lymphocytes d. problem focused coping

Highly durable memories can often be retrieved from ___ memory into ____ memory a. sensory; working b. working; sensory c. working; long-term d. long- term; working

A fixed- interval schedule of reinforcement is one in which a response is reinforced only after a(n) a. unpredictable time interval has elapsed b. specified time interval has elapsed c. specified number of responses has been made d. unpredictable number of responses has been made

The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the ___ effect a. serial position b. misinformation c. retrieval practice d. spacing

As a child, Andre dreamed that he was chased and attacked by a ferocious dog. Many years later, he mistakenly recalled that this had actually happened to him. Andre's false recollection best illustrates a. mood-congruent memory b. proactive interference c. implicit memory d. source amnesia

Bryson was encouraged by a supportive network of friends following a serious business setback. Research suggests that this social support was likely to improve Brysons health by reducing his a. blood pressure b. NK cell count c. oxytocin levels d. internal locus of control

Because Mr Hataki praises his students only for very good answers to his questions, his students have stopped participating in class. Mr. Hataki needs to understand the value of a. generalization b. modeling c. shaping d. latent learning

The autonomic nervous system regulates the ___ that accompany(ies) different emotions. a. conscious experiences b. expressive behaviors c. physiological arousal d. settling point

Whenever he feels sexually jealous, David is flooded with painful memories of instances when he thought his girlfriend was flirting with other men. David's experience best illustrates a. source amnesia b. retroactive interference c. mood-congruent ( state dependent) memory d. the misinformation effect

Eating foods that boost levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin serves to a. reduce tense feelings b. increase ghrelin secretions c. reduce self-esteem d. increase bodily arousal

Lenor is calmly focusing all of her attention on noticing and accepting her own sensations an emotions as they occur on a monent-t0-moment basis. Lenore is best illustrating a. the general adaptation syndrome b. an external locus of control c. the tend-and- befriend response d. mindfulness meditation