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| The Theory that emphasizes the importance of unconscious mental processes in shaping feelings, thoughts, and behaviors is called... |
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| "You don't know what she thinks, but you know how she acts." This statement characterizes which approach? |
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| Gestalt psychologists believed that... |
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| The whole is greater than the sum of its parts |
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| The scientific study of mental processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning, is called... |
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| Mike wants to know how many licks it takes to get to the center of his all day sucker. He tells his friends that "one full gyration of the tongue around the outer surface of the lollipop" is what constitutes a "lick". In an informal way, Mike is offering an... |
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| Operational definition for the property he wants to measure |
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| The tendency for a measure to produce the same result whenever it is used to measure the same thing is known as... |
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| A bathroom scale always weighs 150 pounds no matter who steps on it. As an operational definition of weight, the scale lacks... |
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| Dr. Gomez is investigating a new drug designed to reduce anxiety. Patients with an anxiety disorder are treated with either the drug or a sugar pill (placebo) for some time, and Dr. Gomez records their anxiety levels at weekly appointments. If a double-blind procedure was used... |
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| Dr. Gomez would not know which patients actually received the drug |
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| In the number sequence 3 6 1 1 9, which number is the median? |
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| A college dean is interested in measuring the research productivity of the seven members of the Psychology department. The dean obtains the number of publications for each faculty member. They are as follows: 5, 10, 15, 15, 20, 25, and 180. If the dean wants to describe these data, which measure of central tendency would paint a misleading picture of the research productivity of the department? |
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| increases in illegal drug use are associated with a higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. This is most clearly an example of... |
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| What is the only way to determine a causal relationship between two variables? |
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| What is the biggest flaw in natural correlation research? |
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| A causal relationship can never be inferred |
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| In an experiment, researchers exposed half the children to 2 hours of violence on television every day for a month and made sure the other half saw no violence on tv at all. At teh end of the month, they measured the level of aggressiveness in the children. What is the independent variable? |
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| Amount of violence watched on television |
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| A researcher wants to assess the effects of varying amounts of alcohol on ratings of perception of friendliness.In this experiment, the dependent variable is... |
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| Ratings of perceived friendliness |
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| A woman was interviewed at great length and detailed observations about her behavior were made. What was being used to gather data? |
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| The ethical principle of _____ means that research participants are given enough information about a study to make a reasonable decision about whether or not to participate. |
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| The ethical principle of _____ means that participants must be told the true purpose and nature of an experiment after it is over. |
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| The James-Lange theory of emotion asserts that you would not experience ____ without first experiencing _____. |
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| Emotion; Physiological Activity |
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| According to Schachter and Singer, the emotion experienced by participants who were injected with adrenaline and then exposed to a confederate of the experimenter who acted giddy was due to... |
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| The participant interpreting the arousal as happiness |
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| You are captured by a group of people who have never contacted the outside world, cannot read or write, and are pointing sharp spears at you. What is your best way of communicating that you are not threat? |
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| All of the following are features of instinctive behavior EXCEPT: |
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| Reinforcement is necessary for its occurrence |
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| Jerry is feeling sad. His roommate Bob has just learned of the facial feedback hypothesis. To help Jerry feel better, he tells Jerry to: |
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| Force a smile every few minutes |
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| Eric is struggling to make enough money to shelter and clothe his family. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Eric is attempting to meet his... |
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| Safety and Security Needs |
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| Holly is a severely underweight seventh-grader who nonetheless believes she is fat. It is likely that Holly is suffering from... |
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| Gisela is anorexic. It is likely that she can be described by all of the following EXCEPT... |
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| A survival strategy used by our ancestors to avoid starvation was... |
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| Storing excess calories as fat |
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| During the ____ phase of the human response cycle, there is increased blood flow to the sexual organs |
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| Which of the following statements about human sexual activity is TRUE? |
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| The sexual refractory period is longer for men than for women |
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| America's most pernicious and pervasive eating-related problem is... |
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| When the lateral hypothalamus is destroyed, rats will... |
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| Starve to death in a cage full of food |
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| The early roots of psychology are firmly planted in physiology and in... |
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| Karen received a PhD in psychology and now treats psychological disorders. Which type of psychologist is Karen? |
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| Which mental health professionals assist people in dealing with work/career issues, life changes, and common crises? |
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| Liz is the CEO of a major company. Liz is fearful of how her employees are going to react to downsizing and reorganization in the company. She decides to contact an ____ psychologist to help her employees. |
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| Industrial/Organizational |
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| What is the difference between a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist? |
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| A psychiatrist is a medical doctor, whereas a clinical psychologist is a PhD |
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| "B" and "P" differ in the way they are produced by a human speaker. As such, they are both examples of... |
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| A child may refer to her teddy-bear as "bear" rather than recognizing that everybody else's teddy-bear and real bears are also "bears". |
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| The word teratogen refers to the... |
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| Agent that can damage the process of development |
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| Seven month old Jose is given a kind of cracker that he has never eaten before. He promptly puts it in his mouth and eats it. According to Piaget, he is demonstrating... |
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| Jean Piaget called the idea that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible... |
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| Children in the concrete operational stage will say that_____________when the same amount of juice is poured into two different containers |
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| Both glasses have the same amount |
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| Elsa and Ariela were discussing what might happen if the U.S. were to elect a woman as president. It is likely they are in the _______ stage of cognitive development. |
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| When placed in a cage with a terry-cloth "mother" and a wire "mother" equipped with a feeding nipple, rhesus monkeys... |
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| Spent more time hanging on the soft cloth mother, even though the wire mother provided nourishment |
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| Newly hatched ducklings and goslings follow the first moving object to which they are exposed. According to Konrad Lorenz, the hatchlings are showing... |
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| In the strange situation, 1 year old Mei Ling mildly protests her mother's departure, seeks interaction with her mother when the two are reunited, and is readily comforted by her mother. Mei Ling is showing a ____ attachment style. |
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| For Lawrence Kolberg, moral development unfolds in the following sequence: emphasis on ____, then emphasis on ____, and finally, emphasis on ____. |
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| Consequences; Social Roles; Ethical Principles |
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| The identical twin of a gay man has a 50% chance of being gay, but the fraternal twin of a gay man only has a 15% chance of being gay. This suggests that... |
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| Genetic factors play a large role in influencing sexual orientation in men |
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| According to Erik Erikson, the major task of adolescence is... |
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| Developing a sense of self in relationship to others and to one's own internal thoughts and desires |
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| For most people, cognitive abilities are at their sharpest in... |
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