APS review

Question 1

The study of fossil remains is called archaeology. True or False

Answer 1

FALSE

Question 2

Charles Darwin’s greatest discoveries occurred on the Great Britain Islands. True or False

Answer 2

FALSE

Question 3

Interpreting and manipulating ideas and mental images to obtain information is commonly referred to as the cognitive process. True or False

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

Adolescence is considered to be a time of “high risk” because of the immature corpus callosum.

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

Higher order conditioning, extinction and experimental neuroses are terms relating to B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning theory. True or False

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

The term “gender” refers only to the anatomical (physical) differences between males and females. True or False

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

Experimental neuroses is associated with Ivan Pavlov’s research. True or False

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

Carolus Linnaeus is responsible for discovering the theory of Species Classification. True or False

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

The earliest behaviour guidelines that are assigned to humans are gender roles. True or False

Answer 9

TRUE

Question 10

According to Noam Chomsky, there is evidence that suggests the existence of a grammar gene. True or False

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

what is the earliest form of communication:

Answer 11

A) body gestures

Question 12

Skinner supported _______ while Chomsky supported the ______ in an attempt to understand language development.

Answer 12

B) nurture, nature

Question 13

Nature is related to ________ as nurture is related to _________.

Answer 13

C) heredity, environment
OR
E) none of the above

Question 14

According to Freud, our repressed impulses present themselves through:

Answer 14

D) a and B

Question 15

Excluding from consciousness a feeling or thought that causes anxiety, shame or guilt can best be described as:

Answer 15

C) repression

Question 16

According to Manufacturing Design, on average the percentage of television commercials
which last in a human’s mind after 24 hours is:

Answer 16

A) 5%

Question 17

According to Freud, when we dream which theory does he use to explain this concept?

Answer 17

D) Psychoanalytical

Question 18

A subject may become confused when it is exposed to too many stimuli, this is known as:

Answer 18

D) experimental neuroses

Question 19

Subliminal messages are processed by our:

Answer 19

C) subconscious/unconscious

Question 20

Freud believed the mind consisted of three aspects, which he called the id, ego and superego. In order, those are also known as:

Answer 20

B) pleasure principle, reality principle, moral principle

Question 21

Approximately what percentage of human DNA is the same as that of chimpanzees?

Answer 21

E) 98%

Question 22

In Freudian theory, which part of our mind would most closely be associated with our
conscience?

Answer 22

C) the superego

Question 23

The common elements of a stereotype include:

Answer 23

E) all of the above

Question 24

Linguistics is the study of:

Answer 24

A) language

Question 25

Diffusion of responsibility is

Answer 25

B) the tendency for bystanders to believe that the responsibility to act is shared with all those who are present

Question 26

Which of the following theorists came to this conclusion in their research in relation to the causes of aggression? “The more realistic the violence, the more effect it has on the viewer.”

Answer 26

C) L. Huesmann

Question 27

All teenagers are rebellious. You are a teenager. You are rebellious. This is an example of ________ reasoning:

Answer 27

B) deductive

Question 28

Looking at the early theorists and their interpretations of why we dream, this theorist believed the function of dreams was to dissipate vapours that rise from the stomach after we eat.

Answer 28

B) Aristotle

Question 29

Acts as the relay centre, handling incoming and outgoing signals falls under this section of the human brain.

Answer 29

C) thalamus

Question 30

According to this theory, language is acquired through rewards and punishments.

Answer 30

B) learning theory

Question 31

In 1924 _________ confirmed proof of human evolution by discovering the fossil of a child in South Africa that was over 2 million years old.

Answer 31

D) Raymond Dart

Question 32

The “best” thinkers are said to be _________, that is they use both sides of their brain to solve problems.

Answer 32

A) bilateral

Question 33

According to Manufacturing Desire, advertising began as early as the 12 th century with this Form.

Answer 33

C) town crier

Question 34

This newly discovered evidence suggests a small “hobbit” like species which inhabited the earth as recently as 12,000 years ago.

Answer 34

A) homo floresiensis

Question 35

The American Psychiatric Association has agreed upon a system for classifying abnormal symptoms. This document is known as the:

Answer 35

B) APA

Question 36

The earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old, when broken down so the age of the earth is represented by an hour consisting of 60 minutes, modern homosapiens have been around for:

Answer 36

C) 5 seconds

Question 37

The largest section of the human brain is the:

Answer 37

E) cerebral cortex

Question 38

In chronological order, identify the correct sequence of evolutionary periods.

Answer 38

D) australopithecus africanus, homo habilis, homo erectus, archaic homo sapiens

Question 39

According to the video entitled “The Truth about Violence” aggression is “hard wired” into our brains for:

Answer 39

E) all of the above

Question 40

In relation to the topic of media violence, effects of violent visual imagery include:

Answer 40

E) b and c

Question 41

One of the earliest forms of communication was the Biami tribe in New Guinea.

Answer 41

B) False

Question 42

A _________ can best be described as a bridge of fibers passing information between the two cerebral hemispheres.

Answer 42

C) corpus callosum