PSYC 2313 Final Exam

In Milgram's study approximately what percentage of participant administered up to the highest shock level

2/3

When long-term treatments are needed for chronic illness noncompliance with medical advice occurs

50% of the time

As ice cream consumption increases so does the incidence I'm drowning this relationship is an example of

A positive correlation

Highly active antiretroviral therapy which became popular in the mid-1990s significantly links in the lives of people living with which chronic health condition

AIDS

Research on physical activity and stress suggest that ________ yields the most positive effects

Aerobic exercise

Involves a person's judgment that his or her goals can be achieved and refer to believe that successful plans can be crafted to reach to goal

Agency, pathways

Most experimental studies do not support the catharsis hypothesis and instead find that

Aggression is due to frustration

Gender-role socialization occurs through

All of these

Monique is in the first family life cycle stage she is

An unattached young adult between families

A pattern in which one scores high on measures of both masculinity and femininity is called

Androgyny

Which component of type a behavior seems to be most responsible for the increased rate of heart attacks

Anger and hostility

Suppose you read a Newspaper article about the link between depression and heart disease knowing the research present it in this chapter the relationship can be explained by which of the following

Any of these explanations are possible

Generally which kind of internal conflict tends to be the most stressful

Approach-avoidance

Parents with Munchaunsen's syndrome:

Are trying to adopt the sick role

Hazan and shaver found that like infants in the attachment relationships adults fall into the following three categories in their love relationships

Avoidant, anxious-ambivalent, secure.

In Ellis' ABCs, which aspect determines whether a person interprets the behavior using catastrophic thinking or reasonable optimism?

Belief system

Suppose that you see a student who always runs up in front of women in order to open the heavy steel doors for them he remarks that those doors are so heavy that I would never want a woman to her her self trying to open one this is an example of

Benevolent sexism

Ernest is deeply sad he does not eat much he does not seem to want to take care of himself and believes his life's work is useless he talked about suddenly deciding to write a book and even seem to stay up an entire week writing Ernest probably has

Bipolar disorder

Often cited as an issue in the workplace, a person may become physically and emotionally exhausted, cynical, and have low self-efficacy. This state is called:

Burnout

A popular ice cream shop in town is most well known for their endless amount of flavors determined to experience this delicious phenomenon for herself Sarah excitedly arise at the ice cream shop one Friday night hi however after staring at the different 48 flavors for 10 minutes

Choice overload

On the way to work Brice went to a new coffee house that the barista told him that they were several different ways that his morning cup of coffee could be prepared according to research it is most reasonable to expect that he will experience

Choice overload

All of the following are dimensions of the attributional process except

Cognition versus affect

Which of the following statements regarding cohabitation is true

Cohabitation before marriage is associated with higher divorce rates overall

Occurs when people yield to social pressure in their public behavior even though their private believes have not changed

Compliance

Refers broadly to the use of relatively healthful strategies for managing stressful events

Constructive coping

A relationship that has all three components of Sternberg triangular theory of love is called

Consummate love

You and your partner are on a date after forgetting your anniversary and spilling a glass of wine on your partner she yells great job making our anniversary special idiot you find a way to ruin everything

Contempt

Imagine your best friend took Duckworth and colleagues grit scale she mentioned that she scored high on grit as a result it would most likely your friend would act in which of the following ways

Continued effort toward a long-term goal despite experiencing adversity

Psychological stress can lead to neurological symptoms such as paralysis, blindness, or even seizures. What is this called?

Conversion disorder

In her Ted talk Kelly McGonigal discusses to hormones that are released in response to stress the first leaves to negative health outcomes while the second buffers people from the negative effects of stress

Cortisol, oxytocin

Which of the following is NOT true of cohabitation before marriage

Couples who cohabitate before marriage are more likely to break up during the first year of marriage than couples who do not cohabitate before marriage

Defense mechanisms work primarily through

Distorting reality so it does not seem so unpleasant and threatening

Which strategy would be least effective if I was trying to break a bad habit

Distract myself from the behavior

In general women's friendships are more likely to focus on where as men's friendships tend to be based on

Emotional intimacy, shared interests

Which of the following is not considered a key element of the traditional male role

Emotional sensitivity with women

The videos you watch on arranged marriage showed relationships were people Mary within the same culture or social group what is this called

Endogamy

A psychological researcher is best able to draw conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships by using which of the following research methods

Experiment

According to your text, the two main types of research methods in psychology are

Experimental, correlational

This is the tendency to explain others behavior as a function of dispositional rather than situational factors

Fundamental attribution error

The clip from friends in which Ross tries to get his son to play with more gender typical toys rather than his Barbie illustrates parents important role in what process

Gender role socialization

Julia is very passionate about running and has spent many months training for an upcoming marathon despite a few minor injuries along the way she has persevered and working toward her go Julia would most likely be described as having

Grit

All of the following are potential disadvantages of dating apps except

Harder to self-disclose

People with low self-esteem

Have an unclear view of the self

Which of the following is true of self-esteem

Having self-esteem is more common in individualistic cultures

Rather than necessarily prompting the onset stress is usually related to the course of this disease

Heart disease

The leading cause of death in North America is

Heart disease

Divorce rates for second marriages are

Higher than those for first marriages

The tendency to marry someone who has personal characteristics similar to ones own is called

Homogamy

A male staff member consistently makes disparaging comments about the physical appearance of female employees this is an example of

Hostile sexism

This coping strategy discussed in your book is unique because it can be adaptive for maladaptive depending on how it is used

Humor

Which of the following is not a criterion for abnormal behavior

Inconsistent behavior

What kind of attribution are we most likely to make about a person who does something bad (for example in the experimental philosophy clip we watched what attribution do people generally make when the CEO agrees to harm the environment rather than help it)

Intentional

Helena often used humor to point out her faults in shortcomings it is most likely that her use of humor

Is highly adaptive

Which drug was developed in a laboratory later used in psychotherapy in formed the basis of the religion found it by Harvard psychologist Dr. Timothy Leary

LSD

In your reaction assignment from chapter 14 you read Ally's blog detailing her to recent episodes of what psychological disorder

Major depressive disorder

The blog post our men really funnier than women found that on average

Men are funnier than women

According to the research in your book, which of the following is NOT very important in determining one's happiness?

None of these are very important

Endogamy refers to the tendency

Of people to marry within their social group

Which of the following is not true regarding the challenges to traditional views of marriage

People are not as interested in monogamous relationships now

Which of the following has cause much of the increase in the proportion of single adults

People marrying at a later age

The video on attraction with your senses explained how natural chemical signals associated with smell provide genetic information about a mate what are these chemical signals called

Pheromones

When a person must continue to take a drug in order to avoid with drawl illness the person has developed

Physical dependence

The current USDA food guidelines take the shape of which (quite appropriate) object

Plate

General adaptation syndrome, a model of the body's nonspecific response to stress, includes all of the following phases except:

Plateau

If you choose to look on the bright side of a bad situation you're using which constructive coping strategy

Positive reinterpretation

Hallucinations and delusions are classified as of schizophrenia

Positive symptoms

Many people experience great loss (E.G., family, friends, cherished possessions) after a natural disaster at this dress may lead some to mental health issues but others feel that they learn from the experience and become a better person this ladder phenomenon is called

Post traumatic growth

Many people experience great loss after a natural disaster this stress may lead son to mental health issues but others feel that they learn from the experience and actually become an even better person this latter phenomenon is called

Posttraumatic growth

What kind of stressor is associated with scoring the final goal to win the game

Pressure to perform

We discussed conformity in Asch's Line study and Milgram's obedient study considering the difference between informational conformity and normative conformity how would you characterize the conformity most often found in these studies

Primarily normative influence in both Asch study and milgram study

Ramon recently lost his job. He has been searching online for job openings. Which type of constructive coping tactic is Ramon using?

Problem focused

According to your book, which of the following is a consequence (rather than a source) of stress?

Psychosomatic disease

If a supervisor tells a subordinate that he can keep his job only if he submits to sexual request this is considered

Quid pro quo harassment

All of the following are true of defensive attributions except

Rational/logical attribution

Which of the following is very important to overall happiness?

Relationship satisfaction

All of the following are maladaptive coping strategies except

Releasing pent-up emotions through journaling

Which two characteristics of behavior define habits

Repeated, stable context

Which of the following is the correct order of the three steps in friendship repair rituals

Reproach, remedy, acknowledgement

Is a positive trait that is a persons ability to recover to baseline following some traumatic life event

Resilience

Which of the following is not a factor influencing the nature of initial encounters between two people

Resource exchange

Which of the following types of drugs are the most dangerous

Sedatives

Which of the following is NOT a type of constructive coping described in your text?

Self-focused

Which of the following is NOT an essential component of emotional intelligence?

Separating emotion from thought

What is the most preventable cause of death in the US?

Smoking

Suppose your professor reports that across all of her classes over the past 10 years she found a -.63 correlation between number of absences and final exam score this to statistic means that

Students who were absent more frequently attended the score lower on the final exams and those who are absent less frequently

Suppose a political candidate makes a change to his message in order to include more recent scientific data. Which of the following persuasion tactics as he most likely using

Taking the central route to persuasion

Which of the following is the usual result when white participants play the shooter game that we played

They are less likely to shoot armed white men and more likely to shoot unarmed black men

How are the couple in the theybies video raising their two children with regards to gender identity

They were raising both children as gender neutral

Which type of self-esteem is generally measured in studies

Trait

According to your textbook which of the following is not one of the three types of self perceptions people have that make up their self-concept

Unrealistic

Are men or women more likely to commit suicide

Women are more likely to attempt suicide but men are more likely to complete suicide

We often hear that it is especially important to make a good first impression would psychological research agree why or why not

Yes because your first impression biases the way that person will interpret any additional information about you in the future

According to the ego depletion model if you use self control resources to resist temptation now

You may have a hard time resisting the next temptation

Smoking cigarettes has a number of known negative side effects tar and lung cancer causing a fax black in his teeth etc. vaping is becoming popular because it minimizes dangerous smoke inhalation but consumers should still be wary about all of the following except

vaping has long-term negative health effects similar to cigarettes