Quiz Mark 10" Psychology - General Psychology

1

What is the main advantage of personality inventories over projective tests and interviews?

2

Through measuring infant perception, Robert Frantz was able to study the __________.

3

Every participant in an experiment has an equal chance of receiving one of the treatments. This is called

4

Which of the following statements reflects a criticism that has been leveled against the Implicit Association Test?

5

A child at the age of nine months would be expected to be in the ____ stage of language development.

6

The goals of psychology are to

7

Human beings may have all of the physical structures necessary for the presence of a pheromone system, but there is no compelling evidence that we actually use that system

8

When adults are surprised by a loud noise, they often show the startle reflex. In infants, the same reflex is called the __________ reflex.

9

The information-processing model of memory was first proposed by which researchers?

10

A) Discuss three functions of sleep. b) Describe the consequences of being sleep deprived. c) Name and explain three of the six sleep disorders

11

Jeremy is watching a TV program that portrays violence as an acceptable way of dealing with problems. This message may

12

Preoccupation with doubt or uncertainty and preoccupation with fear of doing something

13

Self-perception theory states that people:

14

Hiroko speaks English with her friends, Japanese only with her grandmother, and either Japanese or English with her parents, depending on the situation. This phenomenon is known as bilingual __________.

15

In adapting to a new culture, the pattern that involves adopting the new culture as your own and having frequent contact with its members is known as

16

Helping to guide clients to a deeper understanding of the origins of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors is the goal of psychodynamic and humanistic therapies, both of which are considered therapies

17

How do typical antipsychotic drugs work?

18

People in Western cultures are more concerned with how their behavior will affect their personal goals. Which of the following dimensions reflects this personality?

19

The section of the brain responsible for interpreting the visual information in the primary visual cortex is called the __________.

20

The placenta:

21

Everyone agrees, that the number of items that ___________ can handle at any one time is small

22

Which of the following best expresses the relationship between sexual desire disorder and sexual aversion?

23

Freud's ideas provided the foundation for ______

24

Sound energy is transformed from airborne vibrations to bone conduction at the

25

Who defined the subject matter of psychology as being a conscious experience as that experience is dependent on the person who is actually experiencing it?

26

The need to associate with other people is based upon all of the following EXCEPT the desire

27

Current research finds that younger adults can hold __________ items in short-term (working) memory if they do not use any type of retention strategy.

28

Similarity is the tendency to perceive ________

29

Darla is 4 years old. The intelligence test that would most likely be used to determine her IQ is the ___.

30

Jarratt is above average in weight and is obsessed with thoughts of weight, food, and eating. As a result, he often feels guilt, shame, self-contempt, and anxiety that can only be reduced through purging the food from his body. Jarratt's behavior fits that of a person who is

31

The creation of a schizophrenia spectrum most directly suggests that

32

Nervous system activation is reflected most directly in which component of emotions?

33

In one study cited in the textbook, participants counted passes while watching a video of a basketball game (Neisser, 1979). The researchers recorded whether participants noticed a woman walk across the screen with an umbrella. This study was intended MOST specifically to demonstrate:

34

In addition to describing and explaining mental processes and behavior, psychology also attempts to ________ these phenomena

35

According to the stages-of-memory model, what happens when we actively think about something that we have previously learned?

36

A hospital patient is diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia because she is having both delusions and hallucinations. What type of symptoms are these?

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