Question 51 1 / 1 pointMax, an early researcher in psychology,
was interested in how the mind worked. He attempted to break
experiences down into its component parts. Max was most likely
a:Question options:a) structuralist.b) behaviorist.c)
psychoanalyst.d) functionalist.
Question52 1 / 1 pointEmil Kraepelin was the first to
describe “dementia praecox,” the mental disorder now known as
_____________.Question options:a) major depressive disorderb)
bipolar disorderc) Munchausen’s syndromed) schizophrenia
Question 53 1 / 1 pointWhich of the following fields is
considered a “parent” of the discipline of psychology?Question
options:a) Philosophyb) Literaturec) Chemistryd) Physics
Question 54 1 / 1 pointIn the 1870s the first laboratories in
psychology were opened in _____________.Question options:a)
Germanyb) Austriac) the United Statesd) China
Question 55 1 / 1 pointJulie is a psychologist and she is
conducting research on the effect of talking on a hands-free cell
phone while driving. Based on this information we can say that
Julie is a(n) ______________ psychologist.Question options:a)
developmentalb) evolutionaryc) cognitived) educational
Question 56 1 / 1 pointAccording to evolutionary psychology,
language and science are examples of _____________.Question
options:a) softwiringb) by-products of adaptationc) chance
mutationsd) natural selection
Question 57 1 / 1 pointAccording to the view of mind-body
dualism:Question options:a) the mind and the body refer to the same
entity.b) the mind controls the body.c) the soul is the confluence
of mind and body.d) the mind and the body are controlled by our
genetic makeup.
Question 58 1 / 1 point______________ philosophy emphasizes
the interdependence of body and mind.Question options:a) Easternb)
Gestaltc) Developmentald) ClinicalQuestion 59 1 / 1 pointThe point
of view that human behavior is solely the result of ______________
appears to be a very Western, very North American idea.Question
options:a) natureb) inborn tendenciesc) nurtured) geneticsQuestion
60 1 / 1 pointWhich of the following topics is most likely to be
studied by a developmental psychologist?Question options:a) Are
people who interact extensively with other people via Facebook more
or less outgoing than those who do not?b) What is the effect of
gender on interest and participation in social networking sites?c)
What is the effect of talking on a hands-free cell phone while
driving?d) How much of people’s personality is reflected in their
Facebook profiles?
Question 61 1 / 1 pointMore than just about any other area of
psychology, ______________ psychology lends itself to a rich set of
research questions regarding electronic interactions.Question
options:a) cognitiveb) positivec) sociald) clinicalQuestion 62 1 /
1 pointWhich of the following is true about behavioral
measures?Question options:a) Behavioral measures provide more
objective measurements because they come from a trained outside
observer.b) Behavioral measures are not very time-intensive.c)
Behavioral measures are more susceptible to social desirability
bias than are self-report measures.d) Under this measure, people
cannot modify their behavior even if they know they are being
observed.Question 63 1 / 1 pointJessica wants to conduct a study
about differences in jealousy between men and women. She asks 400
college men and women a series of questions about hypothetical
scenarios of partner infidelity.What is Jessica’s sample?Question
options:a) Women in the collegeb) The 400 college men and women
chosenc) Men and women in the United Statesd) Men in the United
States
Question 64 1 / 1 pointThe advantage of naturalistic
observation is:Question options:a) it is easy to administer to
large numbers of participants.b) it allows the researcher to ask
people directly or indirectly what they think, feel, or have
done.c) it gives researchers a look at real behavior in the real
world.d) it allows the psychologist to control the conditions and
demonstrate cause-and-effect relationships between
variables.Question 64 1 / 1 pointThe major limitation of the
correlational approach is:Question options:a) it influences the
behavior of the participants via the experimenter’s knowledge of
who is in which condition.b) it does not establish whether one
variable actually causes the other or vice versa.c) people do not
always accurately report their true thoughts or feelings.d) the
probability of social desirability bias is extreme.
Question 65 1 / 1 pointWhich of the following indicates the
magnitude and the direction of the relationship between two
variables?Question options:a) An experimentb) Confounding
variablesc) A random assignmentd) Correlation coefficientsQuestion
66 1 / 1 pointDr. Bischer is conducting a study to determine if men
who wear a new type of soccer uniform made from a specially
designed fabric will perform better in soccer matches. She recruits
a professional soccer team to participate. She randomly assigns
half of the men to wear the new-material uniforms made in the color
blue and the other half to wear old-material uniforms made in the
color red. Although the men know of the uniform test, they are not
told which of the uniforms is made from the new material. They are
asked to wear their assigned uniforms and score as many goals as
possible in a practice game against one another. Dr. Bischer is
noting the number of goals scored. Ultimately, the men who are
wearing the old uniforms score more goals and therefore win the
game. Dr. Bischer speculates that the new uniforms are not more
beneficial to performance than the old uniforms, but she will rerun
her study a few more times.What is the independent variable in Dr.
Bischer’s study?Question options:a) The men who did not know their
roles in the studyb) The type of uniform worn—old or new materialc)
The number of goals scoredd) Trying to score as many goals as
possible
Question 67 1 / 1 pointIn a study on sugar consumption and
activity level, an artificial sweetener would be an appropriate
____________.Question options:a) pseudoscopeb) noceboc) ipsatived)
placeboQuestion 68 1 / 1 pointA graph of frequency scores is known
as a ____________.Question options:a) correlationb) contingency
tablec) distributiond) tabulationQuestion 69 1 / 1 point5% is the
most frequent choice made by psychological researchers and is
referred to as the ____________.Question options:a) statistical
inferenceb) probability-levelc) varianced) standard deviation
Question 70 1 / 1 pointThe ____________ is calculated by
adding all the numbers together and dividing by the number of
scores in the series.Question options:a) standard deviationb)
meanc) mediand) modeQuestion 71 1 / 1 pointThe feeling of being in
love is attributed to:Question options:a) subjective
consciousness.b) objective consciousness.c) psychic
consciousness.d) intelligence.
Question 72 1 / 1 pointThe limited capacity to process
information that is under conscious control refers to:Question
options:a) encoding.b) reasoning.c) chunking.d) attention.
Question 73 1 / 1 pointSusanne is in an unresponsive
condition though she can open her eyes. This suggests that she is
in a ________ state.Question options:a) hemiplegicb) quadriplegicc)
vegetatived) catatonic
Question 74 1 / 1 pointWhich of the following tests is used
to study sustained attention?Question options:a) Raven’s
Progressive Matrices Testb) Stanford-Binet Testc) Continuous
Performance Test (CPT)d) Stroop Test
Question 75 1 / 1 pointWhich of the following is
true?Question options:a) The less hippocampal activation shown
during high-wave sleep, the worse the person performs on the task
the next day.b) The more hippocampal activation shown during
high-wave sleep, the better the person performs on the task the
next day.c) The more hippocampal activation shown during slow-wave
sleep, the better the person performs on the task the next day.d)
The more hippocampal activation shown during slow-wave sleep, the
worse the person performs on the task the next day.
Question 76 1 / 1 pointEEG studies of people suffering from
narcolepsy reveal:Question options:a) protracted REM sleeping
patterns.b) absence of sleep spindles.c) abnormality in sleep
spindles.d) normal REM sleeping patterns.
Question 77 1 / 1 pointWhy are women more likely to be
affected by insomnia?Question options:a) They are more prone to
sleep less than two to four hours a day for two weeks or more.b)
Women are more likely to consume alcohol.c) They are less likely to
cope with medical conditions.d) They are more likely to be iron
deficient.
Question 78 1 / 1 pointWhich of the following holds true with
regard to hypnosis?Question options:a) Hypnotized people are in
reality awake.b) Hypnotized people have voluntary control over
their own behavior.c) Hypnotized people are in reality asleep.d)
Hypnotized people retain critical faculties of mind.
Question 79 1 / 1 pointWhat did research by neuroscientist
Amir Raz and colleagues reveal?Question options:a) Highly
hypnotizable people had more activity in the areas of the brain
that normally process word meaningb) Less hypnotizable people were
able to suppress the Stroop effectc) Highly hypnotizable people had
less activity in the areas of the brain that normally process word
meaningd) Both the highly hypnotizable and less hypnotizable people
could remain resistant and show the same activity in the areas of
the brain that normally process word meaning,
Question 80 1 / 1 pointA synthesized form of the derivative
of the grain fungus ergot is:Question options:a) cocaine.b) LSD.c)
marijuana.d) ecstasy.
Question 81 1 / 1 pointThe legally permitted limit for the
amount of alcohol consumption in the United States is ________
BAC.Question options:a) 0.1b) 0.08c) 0.05d) 0.03
Question 82 1 / 1 pointIf one hires a mathematician to change
tires, what is the employer doing?Question options:a) Promoting
one’s strengthsb) Giving them a projective testc) Not harnessing
one’s strengthsd) Encouraging one’s organizational
citizenshipQuestion 83 1 / 1 pointWhich of the following is true as
it relates IQ tests and selecting employees.Question options:a) IQ
tests are strong predictors of job satisfactionb) IQ tests are best
used to predict employee productivity in highly specialized jobs
like medical personnel, military, and private industryc) IQ tests
are good for predicting the productivity of employees who require
considerable time to learn job skillsd) IQ tests are strong
predictors of employee productivity in jobs requiring little
skillQuestion 84 1 / 1 pointWhen employees are appraised positively
for friendliness and not on work productivity, it is safe to say
the appraisal contains this type of bias?Question options:a)
Leniency biasb) Halo biasc) Severity biasd) Recency biasQuestion 85
1 / 1 pointPenny has advanced social skills, is highly optimistic
about her future, and a very attractive young lady. What profession
does she have a chance of being successful?Question options:a)
Dentistryb) College professorc) Militaryd) Entrepreneur
Question 86 1 / 1 pointWhich of the following is a behavioral
approach to conserving natural resources?Question options:a)
Reducing one’s gas bill for conservation practicesb) Giving one a
cash rebate for buying an auto hybridc) Getting paid for recycling
aluminum cans and bottlesd) All of the aboveQuestion 87 1 / 1
pointDefendants who have which of the following are at greater risk
of being convicted, independent of the factors of the case.Question
options:a) Minority ethnic group statsb) Blue collar workerc)
Uneducatedd) All of the aboveQuestion 88 1 / 1 pointMany
prehistoric cultures had ______________ that treated mental
disorders by performing rituals to drive out the evil spirits that
were thought to be the causes of such disorders.Question options:a)
shamansb) laggardsc) huntersd) chiefsView FeedbackQuestion 89 1 / 1
pointQuestion options:a) examines how thought and behavior change
and show stability across the life span.b) considers what makes
people unique as well as the consistencies in people’s behavior
across time and situations.c) focuses on the treatment of mental,
emotional, and behavioral disorders.d) considers how the real or
imagined presence of others influences thought, feeling, and
behavior.Question 90 1 / 1 pointCommon sense, rather than the
scientific method, is used by:Question options:a) folk
psychologists.b) clinical psychologists.c) research
psychologists.d) social psychologists.Question 91 1 / 1
pointDevelopmental psychology explores:Question options:a) how we
perceive information, how we learn and remember, how we acquire and
use language, and how we solve problems.b) the links among brain,
mind, and behavior.c) the relationship between bodily systems and
chemicals and their relationship to behavior and thought.d) how
thought and behavior change and show stability across the life
span.Question 92 1 / 1 pointPsychology is most accurately defined
as the _____________.Question options:a) study of people in terms
of large-scale social forces and with a focus on groups rather than
individualsb) scientific study of human culture and originsc)
scientific study of thought and behavior . d) study of people
through description and analysis of past events and
artifactsQuestion 93 1 / 1 pointPsychoanalysis assumes that the
unconscious blocking, or repression, of disturbing thoughts and
impulses—especially ______________ impulses—is at the heart of all
maladaptive adult behavior.Question options:a) sexual and
aggressiveb) illogical and depressivec) depressive and unethicald)
aggressive and unethicalQuestion 94 1 / 1 point______________
psychologists strive to understand people who are psychologically
healthy, happy, and compassionate.Question options:a) Cognitiveb)
Developmentalc) Clinicald) PositiveView FeedbackQuestion 95 1 / 1
pointWhat modern view of psychological disorders developed at the
end of the 1800s?Question options:a) Psychological disorders have
an underlying physical cause and thus should be treated by physical
means.b) Psychological disorders are actually thought disorders,
rather than instances of spirit possession caused by witchcraft.c)
Psychological disorders are mood disorders and should be treated by
psychoanalysis.d) Psychological disorders are a form of illness
that should be diagnosed and treated.Question 96 1 / 1 pointIn
which of the following approaches to psychology was introspection
the primary research method used to understand thoughts and
behavior?Question options:a) Psychophysicsb) Structuralismc)
Empiricismd) BehaviorismQuestion 97 1 / 1 pointWhich of the
following terms refers to inherited solutions to ancestral problems
that have been naturally selected because they directly contribute
in some way to reproductive success?Question options:a) Circular
logrollingb) Differential selectionc) Adaptationd)
SatisficingQuestion 98 1 / 1 pointAs compared to babies of
uninfected mothers, babies whose mothers fought off infectious
diseases when they were pregnant were _____________.Question
options:a) less likely to engage in peer conflicts as childrenb)
more likely to develop schizophreniac) less likely to develop major
a depressive disorderd) more likely to develop advanced language
skillsQuestion 99 1 / 1 pointAccording to the nature-only view, who
we are comes from:Question options:a) environmental forces.b)
introspection and analysis.c) our experiences.d) inborn tendencies
and genetically based traits.Question 100 1 / 1 pointIn psychology,
the idea that the mind and the body are separate entities is
referred to as:Question options:a) nature through nurture.b)
mind-body dualism.c) evolutionary theory.d) cogito ergo sum.
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