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110 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 110
Q: Which term represents judgments about why people do what they do?
Perceptions
Attributions
Functionalism
Fundamental Attribution Error
Term 2 of 110
Q: Regarding the etiology of mental illness, which theory proposes that a person's expectations
and interpretations create and sustain emotional reactions?
The right hemisphere
The psychodynamic model
The cognitive model
Cognitive bias
Term 3 of 110
Q: You frequently see Leon on the corner near of a busy intersection. Leon talks a lot, but often
his sentences are illogical and rambling. He has accused people who walk by him of spying on
him and reporting him to government scientists. What type of disorder is Leon most likely
experiencing?
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety disorder
Psychotic disorder
Schizophrenia
,Term 4 of 110
Q: Which American psychologist founded a school of psychology that stressed the role of the
environment in human behavior and championed the role of free will?
Freud
William James
NOT John B. Watson
The Frequency Of The Neural Impulse
Decision Making And Planning
Term 5 of 110
Q: Imagine that a natural disaster has occurred, leaving many homes destroyed. In talking with
friends about the event, one of your friends says that, although it's unfortunate that so many
people lost their homes, they probably deserved it since they chose to live in such a disaster-
prone area. Your friend's explanation for the disaster makes which cognitive mistake?
fundamental attribution error
social loafing
group polarization
the frontal lobe
Term 6 of 110
Q: What must occur for information to move to long-term storage?
Script
Rehearsal
Implicit Memory
Recall
,Term 7 of 110
Q: A famous twin study linked intelligence to genes. Researchers found
identical twins raised together had differing iqs
group polarization
fraternal twins raised together showed no iq correlation
identical twins raised apart exhibited a high IQ correlation
Definition 8 of 110
The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence
of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of
improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the
Nazis.
Functionalism
Euthenics
Social Darwinism
Eugenics
Term 9 of 110
Q: Frank has just been laid off from his job at Yellow Tech. His company laid off about 10% of the
staff. A similar company, Rose Industries, in a nearby town laid off about 15% of its staff recently.
While talking with a friend, Frank explains, "I was laid off, but it had nothing to do with my
performance, Yellow Tech is just facing a changing market. Rose Industries, on the other hand, laid
off employees because they weren't doing enough to make the company succeed." What
cognitive mistake is Frank making in his explanation?
actor-observer bias
social loafing
self-serving bias
fundamental attribution error
, Term 10 of 110
Q: Lithium is most often prescribed to treat which of the following mental disorders?
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
Anxiety disorder
Psychotic disorder
Term 11 of 110
Q: Which of the following therapeutic treatments is used to treat phobias and related disorders,
such as obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Flooding
Shaping
Counterconditioning
Reversibility
Term 12 of 110
Q: Antonio had a stroke occurred in the left lobe of his brain. Which of the following might he
experience?
Loss of vision in the right eye
Increased sensitivity in the left arm
Difficulty moving the right leg
Enhanced coordination in both legs
110 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 110
Q: Which term represents judgments about why people do what they do?
Perceptions
Attributions
Functionalism
Fundamental Attribution Error
Term 2 of 110
Q: Regarding the etiology of mental illness, which theory proposes that a person's expectations
and interpretations create and sustain emotional reactions?
The right hemisphere
The psychodynamic model
The cognitive model
Cognitive bias
Term 3 of 110
Q: You frequently see Leon on the corner near of a busy intersection. Leon talks a lot, but often
his sentences are illogical and rambling. He has accused people who walk by him of spying on
him and reporting him to government scientists. What type of disorder is Leon most likely
experiencing?
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety disorder
Psychotic disorder
Schizophrenia
,Term 4 of 110
Q: Which American psychologist founded a school of psychology that stressed the role of the
environment in human behavior and championed the role of free will?
Freud
William James
NOT John B. Watson
The Frequency Of The Neural Impulse
Decision Making And Planning
Term 5 of 110
Q: Imagine that a natural disaster has occurred, leaving many homes destroyed. In talking with
friends about the event, one of your friends says that, although it's unfortunate that so many
people lost their homes, they probably deserved it since they chose to live in such a disaster-
prone area. Your friend's explanation for the disaster makes which cognitive mistake?
fundamental attribution error
social loafing
group polarization
the frontal lobe
Term 6 of 110
Q: What must occur for information to move to long-term storage?
Script
Rehearsal
Implicit Memory
Recall
,Term 7 of 110
Q: A famous twin study linked intelligence to genes. Researchers found
identical twins raised together had differing iqs
group polarization
fraternal twins raised together showed no iq correlation
identical twins raised apart exhibited a high IQ correlation
Definition 8 of 110
The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence
of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of
improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the
Nazis.
Functionalism
Euthenics
Social Darwinism
Eugenics
Term 9 of 110
Q: Frank has just been laid off from his job at Yellow Tech. His company laid off about 10% of the
staff. A similar company, Rose Industries, in a nearby town laid off about 15% of its staff recently.
While talking with a friend, Frank explains, "I was laid off, but it had nothing to do with my
performance, Yellow Tech is just facing a changing market. Rose Industries, on the other hand, laid
off employees because they weren't doing enough to make the company succeed." What
cognitive mistake is Frank making in his explanation?
actor-observer bias
social loafing
self-serving bias
fundamental attribution error
, Term 10 of 110
Q: Lithium is most often prescribed to treat which of the following mental disorders?
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
Anxiety disorder
Psychotic disorder
Term 11 of 110
Q: Which of the following therapeutic treatments is used to treat phobias and related disorders,
such as obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Flooding
Shaping
Counterconditioning
Reversibility
Term 12 of 110
Q: Antonio had a stroke occurred in the left lobe of his brain. Which of the following might he
experience?
Loss of vision in the right eye
Increased sensitivity in the left arm
Difficulty moving the right leg
Enhanced coordination in both legs
