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C04V Introduction to Psychology
LESSON 6 & 7 EXAM
Question 1There are three primary components to the
experiencing of any emotion. They are __________.
Question options:
conventional, preconventional, and postconventional
components
physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and cognitive
experience
conscious, preconscious, and unconscious components
alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
Question 2Thirteen-year-old Debbie is attempting to jump off
of the high diving board for the very first time. Though she does
not have a pathological fear of heights, the concept of jumping off
of a ten-meter board is very stressful for her. As she walks to the
edge of the board, her heart begins to pound and she gets goose
bumps on her skin. These responses refer to the __________
component of an emotion.
Question options:
expressive behavior
affective relay
cognitive experience
physiological arousal
Question 3Which of the following has been found by research
into having a social support system and physical health?
Question options:
Women who have social support systems are more likely to get
breast cancer screenings.
Men who do not have social support systems are more likely to
suffer from alcoholism.
Adolescent girls with social support systems are
paradoxically more likely to develop an eating disorder.
Adolescents who have social support systems are less likely
to engage in risky behavior, including drugs and unprotected sex.
Question 4Despite the fact that a prefrontal lobotomy can, in
fact, help to reduce the intensity of emotions, it also has the
side effect of __________.
Question options:
causing severe long-term memory loss
interrupting motor skills in the legs and feet
causing the hallucinations and delusions often associated
with schizophrenia
impairing a person’s ability to plan or manage their life
Question 5Which of the following can cause a genetic male to
develop female external genitalia?
Question options:
Klinefelter syndrome
androgen insensitivity syndrome
Wolffian androgynous syndrome
Müllerian atrophication syndrome
Question 6In the culture of India, a __________ refers to an
individual who occupies the “third gender,” and is neither a man
nor a woman.
Question options:
kathoey
hijra
winkte
koro
Question 7Jason’s wife, Mitzi, told him, “I think you should
know that I’m pregnant!” After he regained consciousness and got
some of the color back in his face, Jason started thinking about
what life would be like as a father, imagining all of the joys and
struggles that would be involved. Jason’s process of imagining how
he would feel about something that might happen in the future is
called affective __________.
Question options:
fantasizing
broadcasting
mulling
forecasting
Question 8 “Turn that frown upside down, mister!” Maybe you
heard this line from a grandparent at some point in your life.
Okay, if you are a girl, maybe it was “missy,” but you get the
point! According to the __________ hypothesis, smiling can, in
fact, cause you to become happier!
Question options:
myographic stimulation
facial feedback
positive muscular
masking
Question 9Given recent advances in our understanding of the
complexities of gender, which of the following courses of action
are doctors more willing to consider when dealing with an intersex
baby?
Question options:
Doctors are more willing to let parents decide which gender
they want their child to be, and then take the medical steps
necessary to make those changes occur.
Doctors are more willing to use hormones prior to birth to
allow intersex babies to develop normal genitalia on their own.
Doctors are more willing to use plastic surgery to adjust
intersex individuals’ genitalia shortly after birth.
Doctors are more willing to leave intersex individuals’
genitalia intact and unaltered.
Question 10What is the relationship between the terms “mood”
and “emotion?”
Question options:
A mood is part of an emotion, but an emotion is not part of a
mood.
An emotion is a response to a specific stimulus, while a mood
is a more general free-floating feeling that does not relate
directly to a stimulus.
An emotion is part of a mood, but a mood is not a part of an
emotion.
A mood has an affective component, while an emotion has an
expressive and a physiological component.
Question 11People with gender __________ disorder feel that
they were born into the body of the wrong sex and have a strong
identification with the opposite gender.
Question options:
development
identity
establishment
androgyny
Question 12Which of the following statements has research
found with regard to androgynous people?
Question options:
They have a greater likelihood of having a non-heterosexual
orientation.
They are highly functioning and effective because they do not
limit themselves to one set of gender rules.
They have greater difficulties in adolescence as a result of
peer teasing.
They are socially inept because they cannot relate
effectively to people of their own or the opposite sex.
Question 13Ross has been outside for the past four hours
mowing the lawn and doing yard work on a ninety degree day. He
comes inside and immediately begins downing glasses of water. After
he’s had three or four glasses, he stops drinking so quickly and
calms down a bit. Ross’s motivation to drink water is best
explained by Clark Hull’s __________ theory.
Question options:
extrinsic satisfaction
hedonic principle
drive-reduction
altruistic drive
Question 14Sarah runs track for her high school, and
generally runs the longer distances. She notices that even though
she experiences pain as the race continues, she can count on
eventually experiencing a brief break from the pain, called the
“runner’s high.” This is caused by the release of __________,
neurotransmitters that inhibit pain and stimulate the immediate
pleasure of rewards.
Question options:
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA.
dopamine
endorphins
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA.
Question 15The __________ system is to boys as the __________
system is to girls.
Question options:
Wolffian; Müllerian
Stausberg; Flynn
Müllerian; Wolffian
Flynn; Stausberg
Question 16Chastity and Shane are fraternal twins, born
seventeen minutes apart. They go through many of life’s trials and
tribulations together, but if their developmental schedules hold
true to average, Chastity will start going through her pubescent
development approximately ___________ her brother.
Question options:
the same time as
five years earlier than
three years later than
two years earlier than
Question 17The __________ law states that in general people
perform at their best when they experience a moderate level of
arousal; too little arousal will not motivate their best effort,
and too much arousal will interfere with their performance.
Question options:
Yerkes-Dodson
Wertheimer-Werth
Berman-Silverman
Shneidman-Farberow
Question 18The theorist who suggested that prior experiences
of a stimulus can cause an exposure effect that primes us to react
in a certain way to that stimulus in the future was __________.
Question options:
Stanley Schachter
Robert Plutchik
Jerome Singer
Robert Zajonc
Question 19When a child is conceived and has an XY chromosome
type, that child is genetically a boy. Which of the following
statements best reflects where his chromosomes came from?
Question options:
He got his X chromosome from Mom and his Y chromosome from
Dad.
He got his Y chromosome from Mom and the X chromosome from
Dad.
He got his XX chromosomes from Mom, but the XY chromosomes he
got from Dad were genetically dominant, and that is why he is going
to be a boy.
It is impossible to know which chromosome came from which
parent.
Question 20In most cases, what is the relationship between
gender and biological sex?
Question options:
In most cases, gender and biological sex are in vast
opposition.
Gender is only aligned with biological sex in cases of severe
psychological disorders.
Gender is only aligned with biological sex when a person is
homosexual.
In most cases, gender is aligned with biological sex.
Question 21The intense fear of having a panic attack in a
public setting or situation may lead to fear of crowds, unfamiliar
places, or situations from where escape may be difficult. This
condition, which often accompanies panic disorder, is called
__________.
Question options:
avoidant personality disorder
social anxiety disorder
agoraphobia
social phobia
Question 22The major precept of catharsis theory, the idea
that venting our emotions helps to deflate them, has found what
response in the research community?
Question options:
Research has not supported the idea that venting can decrease
rage, and in fact has found that venting can cause rage to
increase.
Research has found that catharsis is only useful for men,
since they get angry much more often than women.
Research has found that catharsis is only useful for
children, since they don’t have the vocabulary to express their
anger in other ways.
Research has found that catharsis is only useful for people
who live in individualistic cultures, and not those who live in
collectivist cultures.
Question 23
__________-focused coping is a coping strategy that involves a
person attempting to alleviate stress directly, either by
eliminating the source of a stressor or by changing the way he or
she behaves in stressful situations.
Question options:
Behavior
Emotion
Adaption
Problem
Question 24 Gene is
being trained in the ability to give a psychological __________,
which means to assign a label for a person’s mental disorder
assigned by identifying and classifying patterns of behavior.
Question options:
evaluation
prognosis
diagnosis
assessment
Question 25__________ coping is a coping strategy that
involves maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint and trying
not to think about a stressor.
Question options:
Repressive
Reframed
Anticipatory
Defensive
Question 26Angela has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She
is in her late teens, is experiencing her first psychotic episode,
and has been hospitalized. Her parents have given consent for
treatment with medications and intend to follow up with carefully
trained physicians and therapists to get psychotherapy, education,
and medication. If they are very conscientious about her care, and
if Angela is an active and willing participant in her own
treatment, she should be able to manage her illness and lead a
productive and happy life. This anticipated outcome of an illness
is called a __________.
Question options:
prediction
prognosis
concordance plan
treatment plan
Question 27Despite popular misconception, stress can actually
be good for you and serve positive functions. The stress that we
experience in response to positive events is called __________.
Question options:
adaptive stress
distress
eustress
positive stress
Question 28The mental and physical responses that we
experience when exposed to threatening or challenging events is
called __________.
Question options:
panic
stress
anxiety
terror
Question 29Aliya has been suffering from changes in her mood
recently. She goes from a “normal” mood state to a mildly elevated
mood where she seems to be more creative and energetic. She is
still able to function when these elevations in mood occur, but
they do seem odd given her history of being a very even and level
person. Aliya is experiencing bouts of __________.
Question options:
mania
rapid cycling
dysthymia
hypomania
Question 30
Compared to other alternative medicine techniques like acupuncture
and meditation, how effective is biofeedback at helping to reduce
stress?
Question options:
Biofeedback is far more effective than meditation, but less
effective than acupuncture.
Biofeedback is not significantly more effective, and it
requires expensive equipment.
Biofeedback, acupuncture, and meditation are all rather
ineffective.
Biofeedback is far less effective than meditation and
acupuncture.
Question 31What is the relationship between perceived control
and the experience of stress?
Question options:
Research has not revealed any relationship between stress and
perceived control.
Stress and control are directly related, meaning that the
more control we perceive we have, the more stress we tend to
experience.
The perception that one has control over a situation helps
reduce the stress caused by that situation.
Experiencing stress in a given situation lowers our
perception of the control we have over that stressor.
Question 32A sense of powerlessness underlies the theory of
learned helplessness and its contribution to the symptoms of
depression. This theory was researched and explained by __________.
Question options:
Martin Seligman
Aaron Beck
Paul Glasser
Fritz Perls
Question 33Almost __________% of Americans report
experiencing frequent stress, with the same number reporting
occasional stress in their live
Question options:
95
70
55
40
Question 34Which of the following is one of the criteria for
defining a mental disorder as spelled out in the DSM-IV-TR?
Question options:
The disturbances involve short-term, acute distress.
The disturbances are best explained by poverty, prejudice, or
other social forces.
The disturbances are viewed by mental health professionals as
harmful, deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional.
The disturbances have a rapid onset and are a marked change
from recent functioning.
Question 35Which of the following areas of the brain have not
been shown to have unusually high activity in people who suffer
from obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Question options:
the basal ganglia
the striate nuclei
parts of the limbic system
the frontal lobe
Question 36__________ coping is a coping strategy that
involves facing a stressor directly and working to overcome it.
Question options:
Reactive
Emotion-focused
Problem-focused
Rational
Question 37Steve is constantly nervous and worried. He cannot
identify what it is that makes him upset, and he has difficulty
sleeping and occasional stomach problems. The best diagnosis for
Steve would be __________.
Question options:
generalized anxiety disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder
phobic disorder
panic disorder
Question 38Louanne has been having difficulties with stress
lately, so she goes to a therapist who talks her through the
process of alternately tensing and relaxing different muscle groups
in her body. Then they work on proper breathing technique. The goal
of these exercises, which are collectively called __________
therapy, is to help relieve tension and stress.
Question options:
relaxation
dynamic muscle
peace induction
biofeedback
Question 39Which of the following is not a type of strategy
for alleviating the effects of stressors?
Question options:
emotional approaches
cognitive approaches
social approaches
behavioral approaches
Question 40Jennifer has learned that her boss is very unhappy
with her performance on a recent project. She also knows that the
company has been in trouble lately, and that people are in danger
of losing their jobs. Which of the following would be the best
example of a rational coping response from Jennifer?
Question options:
Jennifer goes to her boss, discusses the deficits in her
performance, and gets feedback on how to improve.
Jennifer makes sure to avoid seeing her boss, because if she
cannot be found than she cannot be fired.
Jennifer scrambles to get coworkers who are friends to agree
to “share” the blame for the deficient work, so that everyone can’t
be fired at once.
Jennifer takes a day off, works on the project at home to try
to improve it, and then hopes to submit it without her boss
realizing that she redid the work.
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