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Psych Exam #3
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/11/2008

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The psychological experience is controlled by...
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blood/sugar levels
glucoreceptors in the brain
the VMN
the LH
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Schacter's experiments comparing obese people with normal people indicate that...
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obese people are plate cleaners and are more affected by the taste of food.
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These may influence the "arousability" of the human female.
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hormones
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Hedonistic theories of motivation claim that people...
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avoid pain and pursue pleasure.
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Ward's research on prenatal stress effects shows that male rats exhibit...
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elevated feminine behavior and reduced masculine behavior.
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A somewhat surprising finding from Stanley Schacter's laboratory was that overweight people are...
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less willing to perform labor or undergo pain to obtain food.
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Simon LeVay's research comparing the brains of homosexual and heterosexual men shows that...
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their brains are different in several hypothalamic nuclei.
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A woman undergoes an operation to have both ovaries removed. Will she still be interested in and able to engage in the same sexual activities?
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Yes, because her sexuality is determined by much more than hormonal levels.
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Which psychologist was interested in distinguishing the difference between smart children and children that would have problems in school?
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Binet
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If you took the same IQ test once a month for 6 months and got the same score each time, you would conclude that the test was...
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reliable.
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In Terman's long term study of gifted children, he found that success in adult life was strongly associated with...
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personality factors such as self confidence, goal oriented behavior, and perseverance.
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If a man is castrated in adulthood, this would only block...
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activational effects of testosterone.
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Women may experience higher-than-normal levels of sexual arousal during the...
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middle of their menstrual cycle.
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Field studies of long-term viewing of violence on television suggest that...
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long-term viewing appears to increase aggressive behavior, but the evidence is not definitive.
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A 20-year old with a mental age of the average 12-year old would have an IQ of...
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60.
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Identical twins that are reared apart tend to...
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have IQs that are more similar than fraternal twins reared together.
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Prenatal progesterone exposure in human females...
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promotes aggressive attitudes and behaviors.
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Skeel's research is important because it showed that...
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a stimulating environment can raise intellectual functioning.
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Arthur Jensen attributes observed differences in the IQs of blacks and whites to...
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genetic influences.
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Concordance research with identical twins suggest that...
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there may be a genetic cause for lesbianism and homosexuality.
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In Harlow's research, the only "monster" mother that the infant monkey rejected was the one which...
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contained ice water in its veins.
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Research such as Project Washoe is useful because it...
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investigates the evolutionary continuity of the ability to communicate.
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The first intelligence measure developed by Binet and Simon was intended to...
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identify children who could benefit from special academic instruction.
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Important criticisms of intelligence testing is that they...
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measure achievement
may be culturally biased
can be used unfairly to deny people access to certain opportunities
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Men are more likely to fantasize dominance themes, while women are more likely to report submission themes...
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TRUE
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A person's genetic endowment places limits on the extent to which the brain develops and intelligence may develop.
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TRUE
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If these are absent, the fetus may become a female.
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androgens
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Children who are in the early phases of the preoperational stage cannot master...
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conservation.
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Although Piaget's theory has been proven to be a useful one, it has been criticized on the grounds that...
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it underestimates the intellectual sophistication of children and adolescents.
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Television viewing by children detracts from their reading achievement.
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FALSE
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What drive is not based on homeostasis?
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sex
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The glucostatic hypothesis asserts that hunger occurs when the amount of...
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glucose in the blood is low.
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Women who take oral contraceptives...
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show little fluctuation in sexual interest across the menstrual cycle.
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The single most important predictor of homosexuality is...
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the report of homosexual feelings long before the first homosexual experience.
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Darwin argued that emotional expressions in people and in non-human animals are...
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innate.
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The idea that the experience of emotion is preceded by physiological arousal is called the...
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James-Lange theory of emotion.
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Drives cannot be...
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directly measured.
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During a single meal, eating will stop after eating a relatively nutritious food, but will continue for a longer time if the food is not very nutritious.
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TRUE
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