Final Exam Psych
INcentive theories of mitivation explain the desire of people to achieve goals in terms of: a. maintenacne of physiological equilibrim b. internal states of tensions that need to be resolved c. external stimuli that have the capacity to affect behavior d. tendencies that strike a balance between biological and social needs e. resoloution of cognitive dissonance
c
Of the follwoing, an evolutionary psychologist will most likley investigate the a. age of children when they speak their first woreds b. speed of an action potential c. reason why many ppeople have an innnate fear of the dark d. factors that make a persona feel accepted by others e. fearuters of a car that make it easeir for a person to operate
c
When Sophie reads her history assignments, she goes over them very carefully and tries to memorize each fact. emma, on the other hand, studies by trying to relate the new information to thngs she has experienced, been told about by others, or seen in movies and on television. Emma's performacnce on hisorty tests will probably be better than Sophie's due to differences in: a. retrograde amnesia b. selective attention c. levels of processing d. source monitoring e. clustering
c
What is the conrrecct chronological order of the follwing perspecives of psychology, from past to present? I behaviorism II psychoanalysis III structuralism IV humanism a. 1,2,3,4 b. 2,3,4,1 c. 1,4,3,2 d. 3,2,1,4 e. 3,2,4,1
d
Which of the follwoing supports the opponent-process theory of color vision? a. color constancy b. feature detection c. subractive color mixing d. afterimages e. parallel processing
d
Mary participates in an exercise programs because she experiences an increase in energy and feeligns of well-being at the end of each esxercise session. The bes texplanation for Mary's perseverance in the program is that exercise a. reduces her level of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) b. reudces her level of acetylcholine c, reduces her level of glutamine d. increases her level of teratogens e. increases her lefvel of endorphins
e