Questions 51-75 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Paul stared out the window as the train he was on raced through the countryside. He noticed that the helo phone poles near the tracks seemed to fly by while the houses in the distance seemed to move slowly. This apparent difference in apples of movement in known as
(A) texture gradient
(B) motion parallex
(C) stroboscopic motion
(D) the phi phenomenon
(E) relative speed
texture gradient
In vision, the goal of accommodation is
(A) to focus the image on the retina
(B) to maximize the amount of light that gets through the pupil
(C) to decrease the size of the blind spot
(D) to protect the lens
(E) to help the eyes rotate
to focus the image on the retina
Farnaz randomly selected 50 new mothers to interview out of the 362 new mothers who gave birth in Random City’s Central Hospital during the summer of 2011. What is Farnaz’s population?
(A) new mothers in Random City hospitals
(B) new mothers in urban areas in the United States
(C) new mothers throughout the world
(D) the 50 new mothers with whom Farmaz speaks
(E) the 362 new mothers at Central Hospital that summer
the 50 new mothers with whom Farmaz speaks
Sabrina finds a strong, negative correlation between hours spent meditating and reported stress levels. Her findings indicate that
(A) if a person meditates daily, she or he will not experience any stress
(B) people who meditate a lot tent to have high stress levels
(C) meditation lower stress levels in humans
(D) people with lower stress levels meditate more than people with high stress levels
(E) the failure to meditate is a major cause of stress in humans
people with lower stress levels meditate more than people with high stress levels
In the early 20th century in the United States which of the following perspectives was more prominent?
(A) biological
(B) behaviorist
(C) psychoanalytic
(D) gestalt
(E) cognitive
behaviorist
In which of the following groups would you expect to find the greatest standard deviation in IQ scores?
(A) the graduating class of Princeton University
(B) a special program for children who suffer from extreme mental retardation
(C) elementary school students in a large public school system
(D) the entering class of an elite preparatory school in India
(E) girls who attend a small, single-sex , private school
elementary school students in a large public school system
Which of the following is a hormone?
(A) dopamine
(B) endorphins
(C) insulin
(D) GABA
(E) acetylcholine
insulin
Gonzo raised his hand to answer his teacher’s question. Which part of his nervous system most directly allowed him to perform this behavior?
(A) parasympathetic
(B) somatic
(C) autonomic
(D) sympathetic
(E) central
somatic
Which part of the brain is most important in regulating an animal’s sex drive?
(A) amygdala
(B) hypothalamus
(C) pituitary gland
(D) medulla
(E) hippocampus
hypothalamus
5 year old Olivia has never been outside of her neighborhood in New York City. Walking home from school one day, Olivia saw a cow standing in the middle of the cement ball field. Go recognize the cow, Olivia most likely had to rely on
(A) signal detection theory
(B) perceptual set
(C) bottom up processing
(D) difference threshold
(E) brightness constancy
bottom up processing
After staring at a painting of a red and yellow parrot in a birdcage for a full minute, Sauk turns his gaze to an empty bird cage painted on a white wall. What will he see in the empty cage?
(A) the red and yellow parrot
(B) a red and green parrot
(C) a green and blue parrot
(D) a blue and yellow parrot
(E) nothing, just an empty cage
a green and blue parrot
In Tolman’s experiment on latent learning, latent learning was shown by
(A) the rats who performance declined steadily throughout the trails
(B) the rats whose progress improves steadily throughout the trials
(C) the rats whose progress improved markedly once a rewards was introduced
(D) the rats whose progress declines markedly after a reward was introduced
(E) the rats whose progress never improved significantly
the rats whose progress improved markedly once a rewards was introduced
According to the contingency theory of classical conditioning,
(A) stronger URs result in better learning
(B) the more pleasant the CR, the more likely it will be learned
(C) the more times you pair a CS and US, the stronger the conditioning that will result
(D) people learn beat when the US precedes the CS
(E) strength of conditioning depends on the extent to which the CS reliably predicts the US
strength of conditioning depends on the extent to which the CS reliably predicts the US
Which statement about memory is true?
(A) people can correctly gauge the accuracy of their memories
(B) children initially have accurate memories of their first few years of life but forget them as they age
(C) older people are worse at all types of memory tasks than are younger people
(D) memories are like stored video images
(E) there is no one place in the brain where memories are stored
there is no one place in the brain where memories are stored
Kelsey is an attractive twenty-something with many friends. She is struggling to make a name for herself in Hollywood as an actress. Although she gets enough work to support herself, she does mostly commercials and small roles in minor films. Abraham Maslow would say that Kelsey is still thriving to meet her need
(A) to self-actualiza
(B) for safety
(C) for esteem
(D) to belong
(E) for power
for esteem
When a newborn baby is sleeping, which reflex will be elicited by a sudden noise or touch?
(A) Babinski
(B) plantar
(C) rooting
(D) Moro
(E) grasping
Moro
Kate, a newborn baby probably likes to look at
(A) her cousin’s toy robot
(B) pastel colored blocks
(C) her stuffed sheep
(D) cartoons on television
(E) her own face
her own face
Roscoe works for a nasty and abusive boss but tells everyone what a wonderful woman she is. Psychoanalysts would say that Roscoe is using which of the following defense mechanisms?
(A) displacement
(B) reaction formation
(C) projection
(D) sublimation
(E) intellextualization
reaction formation
In a normal distribution, approximately what percentage of people’s scores fall between the “z” scores of -2 and +2?
(A) 25
(B) 50
(C) 75
(D) 82
(E) 95
95 percent
The typical age of onset for schizophrenia is
(A) at birth
(B) during childhood
(C) during young adulthood
(D) during middle age
(E) after age 70
during young childhood
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