PSY1012
Which of the following categories was created by
Freud?
Anal fixation
Which of the following is NOT true?
Some forms of behavior are entirely based upon
environmental factors
What are the two common themes that run through
the last four chapters of our semester?
Constructs and factor analysis
When a 20-ounce soda falls out of a vending machine,
it makes a particular clunk/thud sound. What is the
role of the clunk/thud sound?
Secondary reinforcer
Which of the following processes is NOT involved in
the formal operational stage?
All of the above are involved in the formal operational
stage
If a set of cells in the visual cortex are designed to
specifically detect something such as the angle of a
line, then those cells are referred to as:
Feature detectors
What is one of the primary reasons early
psychologists moved away from the use of mazes to
study learning in rats? Maze experiments:
cause aggressive behavior that interferes with learning
,In the YouTube movie about panic attacks, what was
the reason the panic attacks started in the woman?
She was:
Exposed to a string of three personal tragedies
Which of the following processes IS involved in the
sensorimotor stage?
The development of object permanence
In which lobe did the man who thought he was god
have his epileptic seizures as shown in the YouTube
video about seizures and god?
Temporal
The most basic way in which to express an
understanding of the 19th century Gestalt concept is
to state that:
Everything in life must be understood within its context
Which of the following is NOT a recognized manner in
which chimeras are created?
All of the above are possible ways to form chimeras
Near-death experiences can be elicited through:
All of the above
The most likely content on an intelligence test is:
Grammar school math
Which of the following is NOT a category used to
identify abnormal behavior?
Aggression
Intelligence is ___.
A construct
The need to take increasing amounts of a drug to
produce the same effect is called:
Tolerance
, Which of the following is TRUE regarding the YouTube
Freud movie?
Freud was a technical support agent
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A person is unlikely to violate their own morals while under
hypnosis
Light waves have two primary characteristics that:
Are detected with separate receptors
What is currently the most popular Trait theory of
personality?
The Big Five
The shortest trace of a human voice stored in the
receptors of the ear is called ___ and lasts about ___
in duration.
Echoic memory; 0.1 seconds
A typical synaptic message sends neurochemicals
from a(n) ____ to a(n) ____.
Axon, dendrite
Sections of the brain
Which of the following refers to a savant?
Timmy plays Mozart on the piano at age 3
With respect to the overwhelming similarity in
behavior between males and females, how many
PAIRS of chromosomes are unisex (seen in both
males and females)?
22
What percentage of subjects delivered the highest
shock intensity in Milgram's experiment?
50%
Which of the following brain scan techniques would
be MOST useful in a psychological research