General Psychology Test 1 Review
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 replication. the double-blind procedure. naturalistic observation. random sampling.
CORRECT ANSWER random sampling.
Differences between two samples are LEAST likely to be statistically significant if the samples are _______ and the standard deviations of the samples are _______. small; large small; small large; large large; small
CORRECT ANSWER small;large
Hallucinations similar to those that accompany the near-death experience can be produced by the dopamine reward system. disinhibition. endorphins. oxygen deprivation.
Correct! oxygen deprivation.
The peripheral nervous system consists of endocrine glands. interneurons. sensory and motor neurons. the spinal cord.
Correct! sensory and motor neurons.
Hindsight bias leads people to perceive psychological research outcomes as unpredictable. inexplicable. unsurprising. unlikely.
Correct! unsurprising.
Which sleep disorder is most likely to be accompanied by sleepwalking and sleeptalking? sleep apnea insomnia narcolepsy night terrors
Correct! Night terrors
Many research participants who were focused on repeating a spoken list of words failed to notice a change in the identity of the person reciting the words. This best illustrated dual processing. change deafness. the cocktail party effect. the popout phenomenon.
Correct! change deafness.
Which of the following psychoactive drugs produces the quickest and most powerful rush of euphoria? barbiturates cocaine alcohol marijuana
Correct! cocaine
The neural activation theory provides a physiological explanation for dreaming. narcolepsy. the circadian rhythm. sleep apnea.
Correct! dreaming
The autonomic nervous system most directly controls thinking and memory. bladder contractions. movement of the arms and legs. speech production.
Correct Answer bladder contractions.
Ahmed has five sisters who are 3, 3, 5, 9, and 10 years of age. The number "5" represents the ________ of the sisters' ages. range mean mode median
Correct Answer median
The release of ________ to muscle cell receptors triggers muscle contractions. adrenaline dopamine ACh serotonin
Correct! ACh
If someone were to flip a coin six times, which of the following sequences of heads (H) and tails (T) would be most likely? H H H T T T All of these sequences would be equally likely. H T T H T H T T H H T H
Correct! All of these sequences would be equally likely.
A drug molecule that increases the release of a neurotransmitter into the synaptic gap is a(n) opiate. glutamate. agonist. steroid.
Correct! agonist.
When people were shown happy and angry faces, their ________ was found to activate in response to the angry faces. basal ganglia hypothalamus thalamus amygdala
Correct! amygdala
Parallel processing involves the processing of many aspects of a problem in a sequential order. at the same time. at a conscious level. in a balanced manner.
Correct! at the same time.
Dr. Brooks seeks to account for the substance abuse of her therapy clients in terms of their abusive home environments, their limited sense of life purpose, and the altered functioning of their neurotransmitter systems. Dr. Brooks is most clearly using a(n) ________ approach to understanding addictive behaviors. behavioral psychoanalytic biopsychosocial neural activation
Correct! biopsychosocial
In a well-controlled experiment, researchers seek to minimize random assignment. confounding variables. informed consent. replication.
Correct! confounding variables.
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. experimental correlational survey control
Correct! control
Which of the following is a stress hormone that stimulates the body to make fat? cortisol leptin orexin melatonin
Correct! cortisol
Considering the credibility of one's sources of information is most indicative of critical thinking. overconfidence. intuition. hindsight bias.
Correct! critical thinking.
The ability to consciously recognize and name the color of an object while we simultaneously and unconsciously monitor the object's shape and movement illustrates the popout phenomenon. dual processing. change blindness. blindsight.
Correct! dual processing.
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in speaking? temporal occipital parietal frontal
Correct! frontal
People who claim to have been abducted by space aliens—often shortly after going to bed—commonly recall being floated off their beds. It is most likely that they have incorporated ________ into their memories. hypnagogic sensations sleep apnea narcolepsy sleep spindles
Correct! hypnagogic sensations
In an experimental study of the effects of dieting on weight loss, dieting would be the control condition. independent variable. dependent variable. placebo.
Correct! independent variable.
Following massive damage to his frontal lobes, Phineas Gage was most strikingly debilitated by auditory hallucinations. irritability. memory loss. muscle spasms.
Correct! irritability.
Depressed mood states are linked to ________ levels of serotonin and ________ levels of norepinephrine. low; high low; low high; low high; high
Correct! low; low
Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the amygdala. cerebellum. medulla. hippocampus.
Correct! medulla.
The visual cortex is located in the association areas. parietal lobes. temporal lobes. occipital lobes.
Correct! occipital lobes.
Jamie and Lynn were sure that they had answered most of the multiple-choice questions correctly because "the questions required only common sense." However, they each scored less than 60% on the exam. This best illustrates hindsight bias. critical thinking. overconfidence. chance-related explanation.
Correct! overconfidence.
