Ap psych mod 8 test
An altered state of consciousness in which people experience fantastic images and often feel separated from their bodies is most closely associated with the use of:
LSD
Which of the following is a psychedelic drug?
LSD
After Carlos had been asleep for about an hour and a half, his heart began to beat faster, his breathing became fast and irregular, and his closed eyes began to dart back and forth. Carlos was most likely experiencing:
REM sleep
At 3 o'clock in the morning, John has already slept for 4 hours. As long as his sleep continues, we can expect an increasing occurrence of:
REM sleep
Mr. Dutoit was asked by his psychotherapist to look at some ambiguous pictures and make up a story about each. Mr. Dutoit was most likely taking the:
TAT
Alpha waves are associated with:
a relaxed but awake state
According to Bandura, reciprocal determinism involves multidirectional influences among:
behaviors, internal personal factors, and environmental events
Reaction formation refers to the process by which people:
consciously express feelings that are the opposite of unacceptable unconscious impulses
Which neo-Freudian theorist emphasized that personality development is strongly influenced by feelings of inferiority?
Adler
Repeated use of an opiate:
decreases the brain's production of endorphins
One of the immediate effects of Ecstasy is:
dehydration
The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep are called:
delta waves
The branch of psychology that focuses on physical, mental, and social changes during the life cycle is called:
developmental psychology
Three hours after going to sleep, Shoshanna's heart rate increases, her breathing becomes more rapid, and her eyes move rapidly under her closed lids. Research suggests that Shoshanna is:
dreaming
Freud believed that ________ were the "royal road to the unconscious."
dreams
Three month old Andrew was startled by the first ring of a telephone, but with each subsequent ring he seemed to react less. This illustrates the process of:
habituation
LSD is most likely to produce:
hallucinations
After sleeping for about an hour and a half, José enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to:
have very relaxed muscles
According to psychanalytic theory, the part of the personality that strives for immediate gratification of the basic drives is the:
id
When 2-year-old Matthew was told he would get no dessert until he finished the food on his plate, he threw his plate on the floor in a temper tantrum. Freud would have suggested that Matthew was unable to resist the demands of his:
id
Freud suggested that the superego develops through the process of:
identification
Johnny wants to see if stapling his psychology test paper several times will increase his psychology test scores. In this study, the number of staples in his paper is the ______________ variable, and the test score is the ________________ variable.
independent; dependent
Shane, a straight-A student, remembers dreaming that he failed an important chemistry test. According to Freud, Shane's account represents the ________ content of his dream.
manifest
By the 1960s, the study of consciousness had been revived by psychologists' renewed interest in:
mental processes
Compared to adults, children are ______ likely to experience night terrors and ______ likely to experience sleepwalking.
more; more
Agonists mimic the activity of:
neurotransmitters
In reporting effects of alcohol consumption on self-consciousness, researchers would specify exactly how they measure self-consciousness. They are thereby providing a(n):
operational definition
Mark typically responds to stress in a calm and thoughtful manner. Chandler usually becomes agitated. The reactions of Mark and Chandler indicate that each has a distinctive:
personality
Brenda has never cheated on a psychology test, but she often does so on chemistry tests. She recently stole some merchandise from a local store, but she also returned a lost billfold along with $28 to its rightful owner. Walter Mischel would have suggested that this pattern of behavior should make psychologists more cautious about emphasizing the consistency of:
personality traits
Walter Mischel's studies of college students' conscientiousness revealed only a modest relationship between a student being conscientious on one occasion and being similarly conscientious on another occasion. According to Mischel, this should make psychologists more cautious about emphasizing the consistency of:
personality traits
Buster spends a good deal of time bragging about his numerous sexual exploits. Freud would have suggested that he is fixated at the ______ stage.
phallic
Unpleasant withdrawal symptoms are indicative of:
physical dependence
Just prior to awakening Chinua from a hypnotic state, the therapist told him that during the next few days he would feel nauseous whenever he reached for a cigarette. Chinua's therapist was attempting to make use of:
posthypnotic suggestion
Rona was asked by her psychotherapist to describe what she saw in 10 ambiguous inkblots. Rona was most likely responding to a(n) ________ test.
projective
Tests that present ambiguous stimuli designed to uncover hidden personality dynamics are called ________ tests.
projective
The major reason for the unreliability of the Rorschach inkblot test is the fact that:
psychologists often do not agree on how to score the results of this test
The defense mechanism in which self-justifying explanations replace the real, unconscious reasons for actions is
rationalization
Randy's substandard academic performance is both a result and a cause of his feelings of academic inferiority. This best illustrates the importance of:
reciprocal determinism
Four year old Timmy has not wet his bed for over a year. However, he starts bed-wetting again soon after his sister is born. His behavior best illustrates:
regression
Although Camile has detailed memories of her high school experiences, she remembers very little about the boyfriend who abruptly broke off their marriage engagement. According to psychoanalytic theory, it appears that Camile is using the defense mechanism of:
repression
Survivors' memories of Nazi death camp experiences most clearly challenge Freud's concept of:
repression
Although Brad frequently cheats on classroom tests, he justifies his behavior by erroneously thinking that most other students cheat even more than he does. His mistaken belief best illustrates:
self-serving bias
Athletes often attribute their losses to bad officiating rather than their own performance. This best illustrates:
self-serving bias
In national surveys, most business executives say they are more ethical than their average counterpart. This best illustrates:
self-serving bias
The tendency to accept more personal responsibility for one's successes than for one's failures best illustrates:
self-serving bias
According to Freud, the part of personality that represents our sense of right and wrong and our ideal standards is the:
superego
Carl Jung emphasized the importance of ________ in personality functioning.
the collective unconscious
It has been found that night terrors:
typically occur during NREM-3 sleep