Psych 101: Quizzes

The endocrine system consists of

glands

When "executive" and "subordinate" rats received simultaneous electric shocks, the ________ rat was subsequently more likely to develop ________.

"subordinate"; ulcers

Professor Stewart wrote a very positive letter of recommendation for a student despite having doubts about her competence. Which theory best explains why he subsequently began to develop more favorable attitudes about the student's abilities?

cognitive dissonance theory

According to Cynthia Belar (2008), psychologists providing supportive counseling to emergency room staff after a catastrophic event (i.e. a severe natural disaster) would best be described as the intersection of what two concepts?

Healthcare Providers x Intervention

Ksana insists that her boyfriend's car accident resulted from his carelessness. Her explanation for the accident provides an example of

a dispositional attribution

Professor Carter observes and records the behavior of grocery shoppers as they select items to purchase. Which type of research is Professor Carter using?

naturalistic observation

While listening to operatic solos, musicians process the lyrics and the tunes in separate brain areas. This most clearly illustrates the functioning of different

neural networks.

A picture of a dog is briefly flashed in the left visual field of a split-brain patient. At the same time a picture of a boy is flashed in the right visual field. In identifying what she saw, the patient would be most likely to

verbally report that she saw a boy.

The participants in Philip Zimbardo's simulated prison study

were so endangered by their role-playing experience that the study was discontinued. became a cohesive unit when they pursued superordinate goals.

In the context of debates over the origins of ideas, nature is to nurture as ________ is to Locke

Decartes

The early school of psychology that used introspection was known as

Structuralism

An axon transmits messages ________ the cell body and a dendrite transmits messages ________ the cell body.

away from; toward

Which region of the brain appears to have the oldest evolutionary history?

brainstem

In a study of factors that might affect memory, research participants were assigned to drink either an alcoholic or a nonalcoholic beverage prior to completing a memory test. Those who drank the nonalcoholic beverage were assigned to the ________ group.

control

After breaking up with her boyfriend, Kathy alleviated her stress by avoiding contact with her ex-boyfriend and by planning recreational activities with her best girlfriend. Kathy's behavior best illustrates

emotion-focused coping

Natural, opiatelike neurotransmitters linked to pain control are called

endorphins

A negative correlation between people's work-related stress and their marital happiness would indicate that

higher levels of marital happiness are associated with lower levels of work-related stress.

The limbic system structure that regulates hunger is called the

hypothalamus

The macrophage and lymphocytes are major agents of the

immune system

The ________ is a measure of ________.

median; central tendency

Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the

medulla

Which hormone enables contractions associated with birthing and milk flow during nursing?

oxytocin

In drug-treatment studies, double-blind procedures minimize outcome differences between experimental and control conditions that could be attributed to

placebo effects

Focusing on the extent to which personality is influenced by motives outside our own awareness is most relevant to the ________ perspective.

psychodynamic

The release of epinephrine and norepinephrine ________ blood pressure and _______ blood sugar levels.

raises; raises

Every twenty-fifth person who subscribed to a weekly news magazine was contacted by market researchers to complete a survey of opinions regarding the magazine's contents. The researchers were applying the technique known as

random sampling

Edward Titchener was concerned primarily with the study of

sensory experiences

Bonnie pedals an exercise bike at her health club much faster when other patrons happen to be working out on nearby equipment. This best illustrates

social facilitation

Drugs that block the reuptake of serotonin will thereby increase the concentration of serotonin molecules in the

synaptic gaps

Marilyn judges her professor's strict class attendance policy to be an indication of his overcontrolling personality rather than a necessity dictated by the limited number of class sessions in a course that meets only once a week. Her judgment best illustrates

the fundamental attribution effect