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- 1. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhich of the following is not an important determinant when considering the effects of modeling on learning? a. the role of reinforcement b. the retention of the material modeled c. the sex of the model d. the functional value of the model's behavior e. the nature of the material being modeled
- 2. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptThe period in which a female of the species is sexually receptive is known as a. courting b. estrus c. gestation d. copulation e. menstruation
- 3. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhich of the following is NOT a morpheme? a. the "s" in "dogs" b. the "dog" in "dogs" c. the "ed" in "learned" d. the "ou" in "soup" e. the "bio" in "biology"
- 4. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhich of the following represents the correct order (from left to right) of Gestalt principles illustrated in the figure above? a. Closure, similarity, good continuation b. proximity, good proximity, similarity c. closure, similarity, proximity d. shapes, figures, figure ground e. proximity, similarity, closure
- 5. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptThe sound of a sizzling frying pan causes Rudollpho to salivate uncontrollably. The sound of the sizzling frying pan is a(n) a. unconditioned stimulus b. conditioned stimulus c. unconditioned response d. conditioned response e. neutral stimulus
- 6. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptErnst Weber introduced the notion of a. physiological zero b. response bias c. just noticeable difference d. motion parallax e. subliminal processing
- 7. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptDichotic listening tasks are used to study a. selective attention b. spontaneous recovery c. good continuation d. echoic memory e. habituation
- 8. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhich of the following is based on the principles of classical conditioning? a. token economies b. differential reinforcement c. systematic desensitization d. contingency management e. unconditional positive regard
- 9. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptwhich of the following can be inferred from most twin studies? a. differences between dizygotic twins are most likely the product of environmental factors b. differences between monozygotic twins are most likely the product of environmental factors c. differences between monozygotic and dizygotic twins are most likely the product of environmental factors d. differences between dizygotic twins are most likely the product of genetic factors e. differences between monozygotic twins are most likely the product of genetic factors
- 10. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptwhich of the following is commonly referred to as the father of developmental psychology? a. G. Stanley Hall b. Sigmund Freud c. Erik Erikson d. William James e. John Locke
- 11. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptif two individuals have the same phenotype, that means that they a. have the same genes for a particular trait b. have the same expressed traits for a particular trait c. possess the same number of chromosomes d. are both hybrids e. are genetically identical
- 12. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptEach of the following is true about z-scores EXCEPT a. the mean of a distribution of z-scores is 0 b. the standard deviation of a distribution of z-scores is 1 c. about 68% of scores fall between a z-score of -1 and a z-score of +1 d. about 96% of scores fall between a z-score of -2 and a z-score of +2 e. there is no correlation between z-scores and T-scores
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- 14. Open-ended30 seconds1 pta patient confides in his therapist that he is afraid to leave his house and spend time in populated areas for fear of having a panic attack and not being able to escape. Which of the following is the most appropriate diagnosis for this patient? a. generalized anxiety disorder b. agoraphobia c. panic disorder d. social anxiety disorder e. conversion disorder
- 15. Open-ended30 seconds1 pta social psychologist finds that subjects who drink coffee before viewing a videotape of a comedian find her to be funnier than subjects who did not drink coffee. These results best support a. the james-lange theory b. inoculation theory c. the cognitive-physiological theory of emotion d. social comparison theory e. social facilitation
- 16. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptthe door-in-the-face effect describes a process in which a. a person who complies with a small request is more likely to comply with a larger request b. a person who complies with a small request is less likely to comply with a larger request c. a person who complies with a small request and then refuses a larger request is judged less favorably than he was prior to complying with the smaller request d. a person who refuses a large request is more likely to comply with a smaller request
- 17. Open-ended30 seconds1 pta child's parents allow her to play video games only after she has completed all of her homework for the night. This reward system is consistent with a. the premack principle b. the Garcia effect c. observational learning d. systematic desensitization e. a token economy
- 18. Open-ended30 seconds1 pt"Give me a group of infants, and if I could control the world in which they are raised, I could predict which will become doctors and which will become sculptors." This statement is most likely based on a. the utilization of the methods of classical conditioning b. the Freudian explanation of human behavior c. the early behaviorist conception of the nature of human development d. a functionalistic emphasis on the adaptive nature of behavior e. a firm opposition to determinism
- 19. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptIf a patient is diagnosed as having a demyelinating disease, which of the following is likely to occur? a. faster nerve conduction times b. slower nerve conduction times c. retrograde degeneration and eventual cell death d. cortical brain lesions e. rerouting of nerve impulses
- 20. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptA 2-year-old who wants her bottle simply says "bottle". this is an example of a. schema b. holophrase c. neologism d. oversimplification e. heuristic
- 21. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptConrad found that subjects bad a fairly high error rate when asked to recall group of six letters, even when the letters were always drawn from a ten-letter pool that remained in view throughout the study. The error rate was found to be related to a. the sound of the letters involved b. the order of the letters involved c. whether the letters were upper case or lower case d. whether the letters were all vowels or consonants e. the number of previous presentations
- 22. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptThe main difference between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the California Personality Inventory (CPI) is that a. the CPI is more applicable to "normal" groups b. the MMPI is more applicable to "normal" groups c. the CPI is a projection test d. the MMPI is a protective test e. the CPI is based on the DSM-5
- 23. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptJung's archetypes include all of the following EXCEPT: a. persona b. shadow c. anima d. animus e. superego
