test #1

The physiological changes associated with the fight-flight response are caused by the (blank) nervous system

Sympathetic

Imagine you ger caught cheating on a yest, and you feel your hands trembling. Which apprasial are you most likley to make?

A Harm/loss apprasial

The stress-fighting hormone released from the pituitary gland is called:

ACTH

Just before her turn to play piano recital, Naomi feels her heart rate accelerationg and her face flushng. According to Selye, Naomi is in what stage of general adaption to stress?

Alarm

Which of the following situations describes an approach-aviodance conflict??

Anna must decide whether to buy a used car that is in her price range but has several mechanical problems

A basic assumption underlying the evolutionary appraoch to sexual attraction is that men seek potential mates who..

Appear fertile

Rob has taught his dog to roll over on comand by rewarding the dog with food whenever she exhibits the appropriate action. Robs approach to teaching his dogs tricks is similar to which psychological perspective?

Behavioral

You are taking a course in which the instructor keeps telling you rhat tests and quizzes are opportunities tp demonstrate your understanding of the material. The instructor is attempting to elicit what kind of apprasial?

Challenge apprasial

Which of the following situations poses an approach-approach conflict for a person who listens only to classical music?

Choosing to study with one of two friends, both of whom listen to classical music while stidying.

Although paul seems bright and capable to his parents and friends, he has been failing school. Paul agrees to speak with a psychologist, who suggests that his problems stem from interbal processes such as unrealistic expectations and negative thinking. The psychologist veiw is typical of which models of behavior?

Cognitive

Introspection as practiced by early structuralists is best illustrated by which of the following behaviors?

Describing ones immidiate sensations while looking at a rose

During stress our pupils...

Dialate

Stuctrualist focused on (blank), whereas functionalists focused on (blank)

Elements of the mind, adaptability of the mind

Who conducuted pioneering work on the cuntural bias of intelligence tests?

George Sanchez

Todd has been "stressed-out" for so long, that he has developed an ucler. Todd must be in what stage of general adaption syndrome

Exhaustion

A person who believes that chance and luck are major factors in ouur lives is probably:

Exhibiting and exteral locus of control

Suppression of the immune system can occur when:

Expiriencing stress, our fight or flight responses activate, corticoids and catecholatmins are produced

You are research subject in an experiment. A computer next to you measures your physologial arousal.you notice that there is a sensor attached to you palm. WHat must this computer be measuring?

Galvanic skin response

A person whose control, commtiment, and challenge enable him or her to handle stressful situations would be considered to possess the stress- reduction trait of:

Hardiness

The part of the brian that is initially activated when a situation is appraised as threatning is the:

Hypothlamus

Cognitive theorists emphasize the..

Impact of rewards and ounishments

Jerry is fond of saying "I am the master of my domain. My future is what i choose it to be". Jerrys statmentillistratse the concept of:

Internal locus of control

In the early years of psychology a research participant might have been asked to observe carefully and systematically his concious expirince. What method would the participants be using?

Introspection

What part of the body realeases glycogen 9blood sugar) to provie a source of energy durinf stress?

Liver

A biological perspective of a mental disorder may suggest that:

Mental disorders can often be traced to brain dysfunction

research in the field of positive psychology is msot supportive of whihod the following conclusions?

Perception of control is related to sense of well-being

In psychology, Gestalt principles are used to explain

Perceptual prganization

Dr.Howarth is studying a personality test and has concluded that the test is invailed. He is most liklet a spealist in:

Psychometrics

Leisals cognitive reactions to her stress-filled life have resulted in her central nervous systems slowing down her endocrine system. Which area of psychology would be most likley to study Leisals condition?

Psychoneruroimmunology

Kevin is an emercengy room nurse who experience a great deal of stress.He has developed stomach problems that cause him great pain. His doctor has diagnosed an ulcer. In this example, the ulcer may be a:

Psychosomatic

Melvin a server at a restaurant, is in the middle of a lunch rush. he is completing orders, serving customers, and seating. he has adapted to this level of stress and is coping. which of the following terms identifies a stage in Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome that Melvin is currently experiencing?

Resistance

The research are of psychology most likley to study stereotypes, group behavior, and aggresion is:

Social Psychology

By explaining perceptual phenomena like the phi phenomena (apparent motion), Gestalt researchers gave psychology the idea that:

The wholeis more than the sum of its part

The (blank) releases epinephrine in the fight-flight response

adrenal medulla

A man who is on a diet loves desserts. When offered a dessert, the man will probably expirience an (blank) conflict

approahch- avoidance

Tina is feeling worn out and exhausted. She is expiriencing what kind of situational stressor?

burnout

Freud believed that an examinitaion of ones (blank) would give insiht into the adult personality and adult prblems.

childhood relationships wiht parents

According to Wilhelm Wundt,the focus of scientific psychology should be the studt of...

conscious experience

The debate over whether development occurs gradually,without discernible shfits, or through a serirs of disticnt stages termed.

continuity vs. discontunity

which of the following would an industrial-organizational psychologist be LEAST likley to study

coporate profibilaty

Exposure to stressors decreases the effectivness of lymphocytes in the blood stream, which perform the function of..

defending the body from virus

Changes in self-esteem through puberty and adolescence would be studied by what type of psychologist

developmental

One major objection to the early skinnerian approach to psychologu is that it

did not take into account internal thoughts and feelings

Of the following a behavioral psychilogist is most lilkley to the study...

effect of the taken economies on estabishing social skills aomong children with emotional disturbances

If wilhem Wundt asked you to report your sensations and perceptions by looking inward, you would be engaging in:

introspection

Three kinds of primary appraisials, according to Lazarus, are:

irrelevent, possitive, and stessful

A potentionally disturbing situation that we appraise as having significant impat on our lives

major life event.

In their discussions of the process of development, the advocates of nature in the nature-nurture controversy emphasize which of the folowing?

maturation

Behavior is to mental processes as (blank) is/are to (blank)

observable, not directly observable

Lazarus has concluded that is stressful situations, our anxious feelings arise from:

our apprasial of the situation

Which of the following, an evolutionary psychologist will most likley investiagate the..

reason why many people have an innate fear of dark

and evolutionary psychiligist would explain thta humans desire social interactions, soccial acceptance, and social affliation due to a need for..

survival