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Which of these is an example of a type of implicit memory?

Procedural

Which of the following is not one of the big five personality traits?

Self-reliance

What is the average age of onset for schizophrenia?

18-25

The presence of testosterone in the first weeks of pregnancy prevents female organs from developing in the embryo. If testosterone is not received, female organs will develop even if a Y chromosome is present. What receptor is necessary for testosterone to be received in the body?

5-alpha reductase

By definition, what percentage of the population has an IQ of less than 100?

50%

Around what age does object permanence develop?

6 months old

What is a control group?

A group of subjects in an experiment that receives no treatment or a placebo treatment

What is the term used to describe the idea that dreams are the result of the cerebral cortex interpreting and organizing random flashes of brain activity?

Activation synthesis

Which of the following is true of a woman that is red-green color blind if her husband has normal vision?

All of her male children will be red-green color blind

What area of the brain is known as the emotional center, and is responsible for emotional reactions such as fear?

Amygdala

Damage to Wernicke's area will result in which of the following?

An aphasia in which language comprehension is limited, and so speech thereafter will be nonsensical and difficult to follow

Which of the following is not a common symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?

Anxiety stemming from a traumatic injury

Which of the following is NOT an axis of the DSM used for diagnosis?

Axis 1: assessment of insanity

Which DSM-IV axis includes all personality disorders?

Axis II

Which psychologist is most commonly associated with humanistic psychology?

Carl Rodgers

Who proposed the law of effect?

Edward Thorndike

Which one of these is not one of Erik Erikson's stages in his theory of psychosocial development?

Generativity vs. despair

Which personality disorder is characterized by attention-seeking behavior and extreme emotionality?

Histrionic personality disorder

What is context-dependent memory?

Information is best remembered if it is encoded and recalled in the same location

Who is responsible for approving research conducted on humans?

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

People with this type of control tend to respond to internal states and desires and tend to view success as a result of personal efforts. Which of the following terms is being described?

Internal locus of control

Which one of the following children is displaying preconventional thought?

Kevin decides not to skip class because he will get in trouble with the principal

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates an approach-approach motivational conflict?

Kevin wants to enroll in Woodshop and Drama next semester, but only has room in his schedule for one

Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?

Knowing the capital of New York

Who developed the theory that the concept of morality is established in three stages?

Lawrence Kohlberg

"Preconventional" is a stage in __________ theory of __________ development.

Lawrence Kohlberg's . . . moral

Which of the following is an example of the fundamental attribution error?

Mark is tripped in the hallway and assumes the other person deliberately tried to trip him

Which of the following is NOT an example of a projective test?

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

What compound surrounds the axons of white matter neurons?

Myelin

How does prosopagnosia affect the intake of information?

One's ability to recognize faces is impaired

What kind of statistical test would be used to determine if there is a linear relationship between two variables?

Pearson correlation

Which one of these teaching strategies was not a method employed by Skinner for his box experiment?

Placebo

What does a delta wave on an EEG scan signify?

Slow wave sleep, or non-rapid-eye-movement sleep

Albert Bandura was famous for championing which learning theory?

Social learning

Which pioneer of social psychology conducted a famous conformity experiment requiring subjects to match lines?

Solomon Asch

The James-Lange theory refers to which of the following?

The hypothesis that in response to environmental changes, a physiological change happens first, which then prompts an emotion

Milgram's famous shock experiment demanded obedience from its participants and demonstrated the existence of what psychological phenomena?

The power of authority

Which of the following is not one of the four stages of Martin Hoffman's theory of empathy development?

Theory of Mind

Do people change or stay the same throughout the different developmental stages of life?

They change, though their most basic dispositions do not change

You are reading a sign. Only half of the letters are present, yet you are still able to guess what the sign should say if it were complete. What is this called?

Top-down processing

What is the name of the theory in linguistics that suggests that some rules of grammar are hard-wired into the brain, and manifest without being taught?

Universal theory

When do action potentials occur?

When sodium ions enter the neuron to make the membrane potential more positive

Stereotypes related to gender and women's capabilities could cause __________ in their career advancement.

a glass ceiling effect

Kevin correctly identifies a blue jay, a cardinal, and an oriole as birds, as they are all small and can fly. However, he is surprised to learn that an ostrich is also a bird. This can be explained by Kevin's use of __________.

a representativeness heuristic

What types of disorders have salts of lithium been used to treat?

bipolar disorders

Which is not a type of anxiety disorder?

depression

Elizabeth Loftus' "Lost in the Mall" Study aimed to examine the creation of __________.

false memories

John's parents give him $5 for allowance every time he finishes doing 2 loads of laundry. This is an example of which kind of reinforcement schedule?

fixed ratio

Which treatment modality advocates unconditional positive regard for the client?

humanistic

Is insanity a medical or legal term?

legal

Which one of these concepts is not a part of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

motivation

Leptin is a hormone released by fat cells that functions to __________.

regulate appetite

Molly identifies as bisexual. This is an expression of Molly's __________.

sexual orientation

Body dysmorphic disorder and pain disorders are both examples of __________.

somatoform diseases


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