Exam 2 Moodle Multiple Choice

In the course syllabus, the course objectives include _____________. a. Information Literacy (Critical Thinking) and Integrated Learning b. Integrated Learning (Combining my knowledge of psychology, biology, and social contexts) c. Psychological Memorization (Remembering the definitions of psychological terms) d. Critical Thinking (Examining the evidence for and against a position)

a. Information Literacy (Critical Thinking) and Integrated Learning

​Although Orlando never experiences intense cravings for nor withdrawal symptoms from nicotine, he typically has one cigarette in the evening to relieve the stress of his day. Orlando most likely has developed a(n) ____ for nicotine. a. psychological dependence b. addiction c. drug tolerance d. physical dependence

a. psychological dependence

Which example best illustrates catastrophizing?​ a. ​Kiwane is taking his Psych 100 final and keeps thinking throughout the test that he is failing and will never get into law school. b. ​Silas is nervous about the MCAT and decides to take a Stanley Kaplan study course to prepare. c. ​Daniella's mother is ill, and Daniella feels guilty for not being home to take care of her. d. ​Colette can't stop thinking about the way she embarrassed herself at a party last night.

a. ​Kiwane is taking his Psych 100 final and keeps thinking throughout the test that he is failing and will never get into law school.

Near the end of the semester, Gina shows signs of exhaustion. She is pulling all-nighters to finish papers and projects while working part-time and visiting her ailing grandmother. As a result, she becomes more vulnerable to illness. Hans Selye would refer to Gina's resulting illness as ____.​ a. ​a disease of adaptation b. ​posttraumatic stress disorder c. ​a maladaptive coping outcome d. ​functional fixedness

a. ​a disease of adaptation

Baby Fedelia discovers a red chili-pepper on the floor and calls it "candy." After she puts the chili-pepper in her mouth, she realizes that it is not at all like candy. According to Piaget, this experience will most likely result in ____.​ a. ​accommodation b. ​object permanence c. ​conservation d. ​assimilation

a. ​accommodation

​Betty was initially taking a psychoactive drug to help her lose weight and stay awake in class. Unfortunately, she has begun to experience restlessness and sleeplessness. Betty is experiencing the effects of prolonged use of ____. a. ​an amphetamine b. ​caffeine c. ​opium d. ​cocaine

a. ​an amphetamine

Grandma Burns lived to the age of 102. To better understand how she lived a long life, you ask your family physician. Your physician is least likely to cite which factor of her life trajectory as a key to her longevity?​ a. ​being introverted as a child b. ​having positive self-perceptions in middle adulthood c. ​being a woman d. ​having a group of genes that inhibit aging

a. ​being introverted as a child

​Duncan is addicted to heroin and has to keep increasing his dosage to get the same effects. This effect of addiction is called ____. a. ​drug tolerance b. ​psychoactive dependence c. ​psychological independence d. ​habituation

a. ​drug tolerance

Damon has an average memory, and he is trying to keep a seven-digit phone number in his short-term memory. This number is likely to be ____.​ a. ​encoded acoustically rather than semantically b. ​too long for him to keep in short-term memory c. ​forgotten after one second if it is unrehearsed d. ​remembered if Damon's levels of acetylcholine are low

a. ​encoded acoustically rather than semantically

After working a stressful job for years, Kyle has developed high blood pressure and an ulcer. In which stage of the general adaptation syndrome would Selye place Kyle?​ a. ​exhaustion b. ​resistance c.​attack d. ​alarm reaction

a. ​exhaustion

Bridgett and Timothy are in their thirties and are interested in starting a family because they want children to carry on the traditions and ideals of their families after they are no longer alive. According to Erikson, Bridgett and Timothy may be dealing with the crisis of ____.​ a. ​generativity b. ​industry c. ​intimacy d. ​autonomy

a. ​generativity

According to the encoding specificity principle, which retrieval cue would work best for the sentence, "The dog ate the bone?"​ a. ​hungry animal b. ​you have heard it before c. ​contains five words d. ​it's a sentence

a. ​hungry animal

Curly and Moe are questioned by the police about a car accident they witnessed just a couple of hours ago. Curly is asked how fast the Ford was going when it smashed into the stop sign. Moe is asked how fast the Ford was going when it hit the sign. All else being equal, Moe will most likely remember that the Ford was going ____.​ a. ​slower than the speed Curly remembered b. ​faster than the speed Curly remembered c. ​the same speed that Curly remembered d. ​over the speed limit

a. ​slower than the speed Curly remembered

When Rudolph is under stress, he usually begins to feel mildly depressed and anxious. When Vermetta is under stress, she has difficulty remembering the phone numbers she uses every day and misplaces objects around the house. How do Rudolph's and Vermetta's responses to stress differ?​ a. ​Rudolph's response is emotional; Vermetta's is behavioral. b. ​Rudolph's response is emotional; Vermetta's is cognitive. c. ​Rudolph's response is behavioral; Vermetta's is cognitive. d. ​Rudolph's response is physical; Vermetta's is behavioral.

b. ​Rudolph's response is emotional; Vermetta's is cognitive.

Achmed claims that men are more aggressive than women because in the past, being aggressive increased men's reproductive chances. Clarisse argues that this difference is a result of men being rewarded and women being punished for being aggressive. Achmed is taking the ____ approach, while Clarisse is taking the ____ approach to understanding aggressiveness.​ a. ​behavioral; biological b. ​evolutionary; behavioral c. ​humanistic; biological d. ​biological; behavioral

b. ​evolutionary; behavioral

Emily is very controlling and never allows her daughter, Jill, to initiate any activities. According to Erikson, eventually Jill will most likely experience ____ when she tries to act independently.​ a. ​mistrust b. ​guilt c. ​role confusion d. ​stagnation

b. ​guilt

​After taking a drug, Jerald has what he describes as an out-of-body experience. With repeated use, this drug could cause damage to memory-related structures, such as the hippocampus. Jerald is likely taking____, which is a(n) ____ drug. a. ​GHB; CNS depressant b. ​ketamine; hallucinogenic c. ​heroin; opiate d. ​MDMA; CNS stimulating

b. ​ketamine; hallucinogenic

Benjamin is a researcher studying ways to decrease the negative impact of stress on patients who have tested HIV-positive. Benjamin is probably in the field of ____.​ a. ​psychobiology b. ​psychoneuroimmunology c. ​cognitive psychology d. ​neurological psychology

b. ​psychoneuroimmunology

In the course syllabus, the course objectives include _____________. a. Generic Literacy (learning how to sound out words to read aloud) b. Psychological Memorization (Remembering the definitions of psychological terms) c. Information Literacy (Critically thinking about scientific literature and ethically citing sources) and Integrated Learning d. Integrated Learning (Combining my knowledge of psychology, biology, and social contexts)

c. Information Literacy (Critically thinking about scientific literature and ethically citing sources) and Integrated Learning

In the course, we practiced the following course objectives (listed in the syllabus) through finding, reading, critically thinking, and citing research in professional journals, called ______________ , as well as combining biopsychosocial approaches to understand different ways of coping with stress, called _____________: a. Psychological Memorization; Integrated Learning b. Integrated Learning; Information Literacy c. Information Literacy; Integrated Learning d. Psychiatric Learning; Information Literacy

c. Information Literacy; Integrated Learning

Students applied the information from readings and lectures on learning theory to better understand the how to address medication adherence. This exercise helped students with _________________, a student learning objective for our course. a. Behavioral adaptation b. Information literacy c. Integrated Learning d. Psychological memorization

c. Integrated Learning

Harlow's studies with two artificial mothers concluded that ____.​ a. ​infant monkeys are more attached to caregivers who provide food than to caregivers who provide comfort b. ​females isolated at birth from all social contact still develop into good mothers c. ​infant monkeys were motivated by the need for contact and comfort d. ​monkeys were able to successfully overcome maternal separation and being socially isolated for years

c. ​infant monkeys were motivated by the need for contact and comfort

Matthew has just taken a drug that acts very similarly to the body's own endorphins. This drug is most likely to be ____. a. ​marijuana b. ​alcohol c. ​opium d. LSD

c. ​opium

Heinz's wife is very ill and will die without treatment. Unfortunately, the only drug that can help her is very rare and much too expensive for Heinz to afford. If Heinz is presented with an opportunity to steal the drug, his postconventional moral reasoning would lead him to conclude that he ____.​ a. ​should steal the drug because his wife will repay him later b. ​should steal the drug because it is his duty as a husband c. ​should steal the drug because life is more important than property d. should not steal the drug because he will be jailed

c. ​should steal the drug because life is more important than property

​Alcohol and heroin are similar in that both ____. a. ​change perceptual experiences and allow you to experience hallucinations b. ​produce headaches, rapid heartbeat, and insomnia c. ​slow down mental and physical activity d. ​heighten and increase the activity of the central nervous system

c. ​slow down mental and physical activity

Glen has reached Kohlberg's fifth stage of moral reasoning. According to the textbook, if he is given the opportunity to cheat on a test, what will he do?​ a. ​He will not cheat under any circumstances. b. ​He will almost definitely cheat. c. ​He will be "pushed" up to the sixth stage and will not cheat. d. ​He may cheat, depending on the circumstances.

d. ​He may cheat, depending on the circumstances.

Brian is trying to remember the colors of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Brian decides to use the acronym ROYGBIV, which contains the first letter of each of the colors' names. Brian is using ____ to remember the colors.​ a. ​semantic coding b. ​decomposition c. ​the method of loci d. ​a mnemonic strategy

d. ​a mnemonic strategy

Harlow's studies with two artificial mothers concluded that ____.​ a. ​infant monkeys are more attached to caregivers who provide food than to caregivers who provide comfort b. ​monkeys were able to successfully overcome maternal separation and being socially isolated for years c. ​females isolated at birth from all social contact still develop into good mothers d. ​infant monkeys were motivated by the need for contact and comfort

d. ​infant monkeys were motivated by the need for contact and comfort

Alexander learns the names of all fifty states of the United States while he is in a very happy mood. Later, while he was in a sad mood, he can remember only twenty of the states. However, when Alexander was again happy, he can remember all fifty states. The principle that best explains this memory effect is ____.​ a. ​melancholic inhibition b. ​context-specific memory c. ​positive facilitation d. ​mood congruency

d. ​mood congruency

Matthew has just taken a drug that acts very similarly to the body's own endorphins. This drug is most likely to be... a. ​LSD b. ​marijuana c. ​alcohol d. ​opium

d. ​opium

​Dr. Kosmo van Nostrand studies how psychoactive drugs affect the brain by crossing the blood-brain barrier. This is known as the study of ____. a. ​social neuroscience b. ​phenomenology c. ​object relations d. ​psychopharmacology

d. ​psychopharmacology

Research demonstrates that people who view their marriage as _____ are less likely than other married people to have developed harmful plaque in their coronary arteries.​ a. ​unstable b. ​a mix of ups and downs c. ​socially isolating d. ​supportive

d. ​supportive