Chapter 8 & 9 Test

Which of the following is not an index score from the WAIS-IV?

Fluid Reasoning (FRI)

John is hanging out with a group of friends. According to the need to belong, which friend will pay the most attention to social information?

Jacob, who is shy and does not know very many people.

since anxiety can hurt test performance, Thatcher does relaxation exercises before a big exam. He is shocked when he does poorly on the exam. He would have been less surprised had he known about the relationship between physiological activation and performance, as described in

Yerkes-Dodson law

You are walking through the jungle and you see a very large snake. Which of the following explanations best represents the James-Lange theory of emotion?

You are afraid because you are shaking.

Which of the following is Not an example of an analogical representation?

a sign language gesture for "please"

Which emotion is related to perceiving threat?

anxiety

Shana wants to establish an exercise routine, but she really does not like to work out. If she decides to use incentives to motivate her exercising behavior, which of the following is Shana most likely to do?

buy herself a new pair of shoes after exercising every day for two weeks.

Ming is hiking around a lake to photograph it from a variety of angles, but she forgot to bring water with her. Soon, she cannot concentrate and goes back to her car to satisfy her thirst. Which of the following factors is most likely influencing Ming's behavior in this situation?

drive reduction

John really wants to become a doctor. He continues working toward his goal, despite the fact that he has trouble with the course work and has difficulty getting admitted to college and paying for his education. John's willingness to keep working toward his goal, despite the setbacks, is an indication that John has

grit

Ekman and colleagues found that several emotions at common to people around the world, including all of the following except

guilt

Mauricio does not get enough milk and begins to each chalk from his classroom to replace the missing calcium. Mauricio eating chalk in order to replenish the calcium in his body in an example of

homoeostasis

One day, Bill surprises his friend Ted by jumping out from behind a tree. Ted is startled and falls backward, hitting his head on a rock. The next day, Ted cannot stop eating and eats as much food as possible. Ted may have damaged the part of the brain called the

hypothalamus

Sandra is a nutritionist who knows that long term regulation of body fat primarily involves the hormone called

leptin

Vincent is a brilliant artist and is very satisfied with his achievements. However, he has little to eat, lives in poverty, and spends most of his time alone working on his art. Why would Vincent's life be problematic in terms of Maslow's need hierarchy?

lower needs must be met before higher needs

Jane is taking the Weshler Adult Intelligence Scales. Afterward, Jane says that she liked creating stories from different pictures and recreating patterns with blocks. It appears that Jane enjoyed the blank scales of the test.

performance

Ross is explaining the different theories of emotion to his younger brother. when describing the Schacter-Singer two-factor theory, he explains that a situation causes a

physiological response that is followed by a cognitive label.

Jalia reads the paper every day because she is intrinsically motivated. Jalia most likely reads the paper because

she feels a need to keep current with world events.

When re-creating Mischel's famous marshmallow delay-of gratification study. Art finds that children who successfully wait to eat the marshmallow are at least likely to

stare at the marshmallow