Test # 3

Which of the following best captures the findings of research that compared the cognitive performance of older and younger professors and non professors on various tasks

" use it or lose it"

which of the following describes the singer shatter theory of emotion?

A cognitive label allows us to interpret arousal

As disussed in lecture a game " would you rather" in which peeople are asked between two different scenarios would you rather smell like pickles for 12 hours or never be able to write with crayon, what stage of piagetes has she demonstrated?

A stage of formal operations

Which of the following describes the five factor model dimension of conscientsous?

A tendency to show discipline and aim for achievement.

which of the following has the correct sequence of the general adaptation syndrome from first to last?

Alarm- resistance- exhaustion

You see a stinger coming toward you as you are walking alone at night, you sense that there will be danger soon what is at work in your brain.

Anterior insula of your brain

Four year old darlene is exploring one day and she find a bottle of vitamins in a cabinet. They look just like candies she got for halloween what is she facing?

Assimilation

Hailys parents demand strict obedience backtalk is not allowed. Isabellas parents are more likely to reason and explain what has been going on. parenting styles are ?

Authorarian/ authoratative

Jay complains to his father that he wants more juice in his glass when he pours it into a taller one, jay has failed to understand which concept?

Conservation

Mark is a graduate student who is studying identity formation. He interviews a group of 5 year olds, 10 year olds and 15 year olds what type of study is this?

Cross sectional

According to erikson the challenge of intimacy vs isolation occurs when?

During young adulthood

Based on research discussed in class, if a peson transgresses against you and detects it uou are more likely to rate them as worthy of your trust in the future if they show facial expressions that indicate

Embarrassment

Liz is 5 years old, and she wants to show her independence and initiative by helping her mother when it is time for dinner but mom does not allow her to help what is she feeling?

Feelings of inferiority

Hariet is pregnant and the baby is moving and sleeping what stage is this?

Fetal stage

Pams self esteem is healthy, and she has a definite need for achievement. with respect to the big five personality factors, pam is most likely.

High in conscientiousness and low in neuoticism

In the research sustainability the authors found that they could get improvement on their main dependent variabkle without having to increase which of the following

Individual self efficacy

In class we discussed colvert and collegs ( 2008) Romanian orphanages.. what does it say about attachment?

It suggests that the deprivation of an attachment bond man have lasting effects across development.

We tend to like people we see again and again, this phenomenon is know as?

Mere exposure

which version of our own face do adults tend to prefer prefer?

Mirror image

What is a safe level of alcohol consumption for a pregnant woman?

None

Recall from lecture a study by lee, where children where asked to guess what was behind a curtain after a particular sound was made. Many kids reacted this way when confronted

Peeked when the researcher left the room, but denied it when asked, purposely guessed to conceal their own behavior.

As discussed in lecture what is the major difference between the ideas of jean piaget and rene bailargeron when it comes to object permanence?

Piaget claims that they dont develope this untill 4 months where ballgeron belives children can do this much earlier.

On monday jack anounces to his parents that he wants to be called jack, on wednesday he says he wants to drop out of school, on friday he wants to get a tattoo, erikson would say he is experiencing?

Role confusion

what is the definition of self efficacy?

The belief in ones ability to to achieve desired outcomes.

When an object touches baby geraldines palm, she closes her fist tightly around it if the object is lifted so is she what is she experiencing?

The grasping reflex

which of the following characteristics does not seem to be preferred universally?

Thinness

Based on harlows research with monkeys what is the most helpful thing to do for a frightened child?

Touch or hold her

As discussed in lecture what is the likely explanation for the gender difference in ballergons research?

Visual acuity develops earlier in girls, which could explain why they develope object permanance earlier.

Oliver aged four months is watching his older siblings play hide and go seek, he sees his sistser hide behind the bedroom door,which is partially open, when would oliver be most surprised?

When someone pushes the door fully open to the wall, he knows even though he can't see her her sister his standing behind the wall and would get stuck

Dewey just won the lottery three days ago, a year from now he will feel?

about how happy he is now

Martin seligman now proposes that psychological well being is most string correlated with 5 factors acronym called perm which is not one of them?

acceptance

Predjudice is an evaluation of other people based in their group, thus prejudice is a example of a

attitude

Birds of a feather flock together opposites attract, which of these sayings is most strongly supported by psychological research

birds of a feather flock together

In comparison to the basic emtion the secondary emotions have more?

cognitive appraisal

Which of the five is not one of the big 5 personality dimensions

creativity

Samantha is aged 12 months has irregular eating and sleeping habits, becomes very upset with changes in her environment, crying intensely to different stimuli

diffucult temperment

Lizzie and her caregiver are participating in ainsworth strange stituation task. lizzie doesnt interact much with her caregiver while they are in the room together but when the caregiver leaves the girl becomes upset and cries she is confused on how to act.

disorganized

Amanda is picking out a birthday gift for her father, she decides he should have an american girl doll,

egocentric thinking, prep operational

Grace is a 19 year old college sophomore she is living away from home for the first time and deciding on a major what phase of life is she in?

emerging adulthood

IN the experiements on sustainability, which was the dependent variable?

environmental action interation

In humans the sex hormones are

estrogren for women, and both for mena nd women.

According to research presented in class, people telling high stakes lies my give themselves way by:

facial signs of fear and disgust

The authors performed manipulation checks my measuring which of the following?

fear and efficacy.

Lee is in high school however he has given little though to politics buts says he is republican mainly becouse his parents say they are what stage of identity formation would this be?

foreclosure

In shacters and saigers classic experiment participants who didnt have an explanation for their arousal on the emotion expressed by the confederate, according to the interpretation what can we say about these participants?

misattributed their arousal

Dr. smidth studies the factors that activate and direct behavior towards ones goals, he studies what>?

motivation

Judith rich harris in her book. " The nurture assumption" proposed that adult personality as most strongly influenced by genetics and..

peer interaction

On hearing you describe mil grams resuls your friend remarks that the participants must have been really weak willed. This explanation of the paersons behavior reflects ___ attribution for the behavior of participants

person

In determining the cause of others behaviors, we overemphasize___ factors is the ___

person: fundamental attribution error

In part the impulsivity of adolescence reflects the fact that brain development occurs more slowly in the brains ___ than it is ___

prefrontal, limbic

The tat and the rorchact test are ___ of personality

projective

Dr. Ainsworth beleive sthat ones personality largly reflects internal unconsciousness forcses. dr ainsworth seems to be taking a ____ approach to psychology.

psychodynamic

According to maslow, our highest level need is the need for:

self actualization

The ___ emotional pathway involves __ the ___ does not.

slow, frontal love, fast

Culturally mandated appropriate time for such major life events as having children or buying a house would be?

social clock.

Your text states that group members will work harder if they feel that their own contributions to the group are known keeping group member conrtibutions identifiable may therefore guard against

social loafing

students participating in a group project may engage in___putting forth less individual effort when their indivudal contributions cant be picked out from those of others in the group

social loafing2

According to cognitive dissonance theory, which of the of the following individuals would be most lilely to rate an excellent concert as enjoyable

someone who waited 7 hours in the rain to get tickets

The notorious ******* study found that men from the ___ were most affected by being insulted and evidence of ___ levels of testosterone in their saliva.

south, higher

according to your text, arousal involvs mostly of the __ nervous system

sympathetic

Consider the flight or fight and teh tend and befriend response, of the two which are healtherir and is not assciated with the release of __

tend and befriend: cortisol

As discussed in class, health psychologists who study flossing propose that people dont routinely engange in this behavior because...

the benefits are far into the future

Relatively endearing characteristics that influence behavior in many situations are termed

traits

Which of the following freudian notions appears to have been supported in subsequent empirical research?

unconscious processes contribute importantly to thought and behavior

social and personality psychologists are least able to predict behavior when personality traits are ____ or when social situations are ___

weak, weak