Test 2 INCORRECT Answers General Psychology
Which of the following is true of the biological impact of social isolation?
NOT It is associated with a reduction in the expression of an oxytocin receptor gene.
Which of the following is not a likely explanation of the Flynn effect in many cultures?
NOT The rates of many childhood diseases have fallen over time.
Jill Bolte-Taylor, the neuroscientist who had a stroke and lost mental language experienced __________ as a result of her stroke.
NOT a quiet mind
evidence suggests that decay _________.
NOT accounts for the majority, NOT occurs for all memories ans=might be poor characterization
Which of the following is true of stressful experiences early in life?
NOT adding a vasopressin antagonist, ans=all options
According to Sacks, which of the following are TRUE regarding syntesthetes?
NOT all options
According to the hidden brain episode, evidence exists that the placebo effect does not necessarily require __________.
NOT all options
Language forms part of the foundation of ___________.
NOT all options
The Placebo Radiolab episode uses the story of the efficacy of a shamanic practice involving feathers and biting the cheek to suggest __________.
NOT all options
The development of the language at the school for special education in Nicaragua suggests that ________ is/are necessary for abstract thought.
NOT all options
We use ________ analogies to conceptualize time
NOT all options
Which of the is the most accurate characterization of psychoactive drugs?
NOT all options
Which of the following is definitely true?
NOT all options (inattentional)
Which of the following is a neurotransmitter that is part of the neural system associated with the experience of love?
NOT all, ans=oxytocin
The first placebo-controlled trial was an evaluation of whether ________.
NOT animal magnetism requires belief
Anna is telling Joy all about Maya's recent engagement. Because they share _______________, Anna assumes that Joy knows a little about Maya and George and doesn't need to tell about who they are. If Anna were speaking to someone else, she may need to include more details.
NOT audience design
Which of the following is most likely to be a component of the rest of the options below?
NOT awe NOT interest
The first placebo-controlled study of surgery evaluated the efficacy of _____________.
NOT brain surgery
The mind-body problem refers to the idea that
NOT conscious experience is separate from the physical experience
An important implication of Ebbinghaus' work is that studying should be _______.
NOT constant, like a full time job ans=spaced out over time
What type of cognitive ability is tested by the Remote Associates Test (RAT)?
NOT convergent thinking
The author of the "Secrets of a Mind Gamer" article, and the memory researcher that he worked with, Anders Ericsson, can be described in Carol Dweck's terms as having a _________ mindset
NOT deliberate practice or mnemonic
Bilingualism can ___________ certain cognitive skills
NOT facilitate Ans=all?
If attention is like a spotlight, then sustained attention (vigilance) is a _____ spotlight, while selective listening is a ________ spotlight.
NOT focused;broad
The concept of Liget (High Voltage) is an example of words influencing ___________.
NOT gender perception, NOT all options
Which of the following involve intention and control?
NOT high awareness states
Who determines "Big-C" Creativity?
NOT historians looking back on the creative work decades later
What does the strategy to remember names from the BBC article have in common with the strategy described in "Secrets of a Mind Gamer"?
NOT imagery ans=all options
According to the hidden brain episode, evidence exists that the placebo effect requires ___________.
NOT interaction with a trusted health care provider
linguistic relativity leads to __________ behavioral effects.
NOT large or small
Which of the following statements is true?
NOT meditation has been associated with enhanced emotional and attentional control
Which of the following cannot be modified?
NOT none, ans=memory capacity
When a researcher accidentally influences how participants behave, this effect is referred to as:
NOT participant demand
Which of the following involve intention and control?
NOT priming
Which of the following types of memory may have an unlimited capacity and duration?
NOT procedural or implicit ans=long term??
What are the two essential characteristics of most Eastern forms of meditation?
NOT relaxed attention and insight
Which of the following is both a strength and a weakness of Emotional Intelligence?
NOT self-report measures are the only way to measure EL
Why do sex differences in aggression exist?
NOT sex differences in aggression exist due to the different levels of androgens and estrogens in males and females
As established by Ebbinghaus and others, forgetting over time is not monotonic. Forgetting is _______ over the first few minutes and hours and then _____ over subsequent decades
NOT slow;fast
Mesmer and other mesmerists eventually began to "magnetize" trees, and subsequently these magnetized trees were able to cure people of al the problems that mesmerists were able to help people with. Which of the following would most likely enhance the curative properties of a magnetized tree?
NOT the patient should not be present when the tree is initially magnetized.
If visual information conflicts with other information, we usually
NOT trust input from other senses, like auditory input.
Shadowing and articulatory suppression impair _________.
automatic processing
Which of the following is associated with dreaming?
sleep that, in terms of brain waves, is deep and relaxed
Who determines "little-c" creativity?
the intended audience of the creative work
