PSY 101 EXAM 1 |STRAIGHTERLINE

PSY 101 EXAM 1 |STRAIGHTERLINE Question 1 What does psychology have in common with all other sciences? c. It uses rigorous methods of observation. Question 2 According to studies of gender differences in emotion and social behavior, men are more likely to engage in d. physical aggression. Question 3 As light enters the eye, eventually it reaches the light-sensitive at the back of the second chamber of the eye. c. retina Question 4 One way to think about how we process color images is that the describes the events at the first level of neurons in the visual system, while the best describes the activities of neurons in the rest of the visual system. c. trichromatic theory; opponent-process theory Question 5 What differentiated Sigmund Freud from most of the other influential founders of psychology? d. Freud was a physician and treated psychological problems. Question 6 Essential body functions such as heartbeat, breathing, digestion, sweating, and sexual arousal are under the control of the d. autonomic nervous system. Question 7 Which division of the nervous system is composed of all the nerves that branch from the brain and spinal cord? a. peripheral nervous system Question 8 In general, studies of adopted children's IQs show them to be c. closer in IQ to their biological parents than to their adoptive parents. Question 9 In thinking about Mary (a female), a psychologist would tend to view Mary's gender role as being comprised of d. both masculine and feminine characteristics Question 10 If you are interested in understanding the structures of the brain that influence emotion, reasoning, speech, and other psychological processes, then you are interested in studying psychology from the perspective. c. neuroscience Question 11 The Gestalt principle of suggests that we perceive lines or patters that flow a smooth contour as being part of a single object. b. continuity Question 12 If a neurologist wants an extremely accurate image of a patient's brain, the neurologist would probably order a(n) c. MRI. Question 13 Visual stimuli that are close together are usually seen as belonging together; this is called b. proximity. Question 14 The degree of association between variables is expressed statistically as the b. correlation coefficient. Question 15 Which of the following is actually an example of how a gene might be expressed? b. Proteins are synthesized. Question 16 A danger in using the correlational strategy is that a. one might attribute causation between two events. Question 17