Exam 1 Review

1. Exam 1 Review PSYC 2000

2. Naturalistic observations are conducted in order to: • Describe behavior • Predict behavior • Explain behavior • Control behavior

3. Which of the following is NOT one of Psychology’s three main levels of analysis? • Developmental • Social-cultural • Biological • Psychological

4. After watching their favorite team lose a game, Emma and her friends commented to each other about how they had always known this loss was inevitable. Psychologists call this: • Overconfidence • The false consensus effect • The hindsight bias • An illusory correlation

5. Dr. Lee’s research explores how children’s intellectual development is affected by environmental and genetic factors. He is most likely a(n) _________ psychologist. • Behavioral • Behavioral genetic • Evolutionary • Neuroscience

6. Dr. Anderson conducts and experiment to see whether distracting sounds affect digit recall. Of the 40 girls and boys in the experiment, half are exposed to distracting sounds during the visual presentation of digits while the other half is not. In this experiment, what is the dependent variable? • The presence of distracting sounds or not • The age of the children • The gender of the children • Digit recall

7. Which of the following is the best way to generate a random sample of students for a research study? • mail out a questionnaire that students could voluntarily complete and return • stand by the door of the library and ask people who pass by to answer your questions • offer extra credit for students in a particular classroom who choose to participate • use a table of random numbers to pick participants from a student listing

8. The peripheral nervous system consists of: • Association areas • The spinal cord • Sensory and motor neurons • The reticular formation

9. After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner. It is most probable that she suffered damage to her: • Amygdala • Angular gyrus • Cerebellum • Corpus callosum

10. Which of the following is “normal” behavior for a person with frontal lobe damage? • not much decline in memory or intelligence • irritability and other personality changes • poor judgment • ALL of these are commonly seen in frontal lobe damage

11. Antidepressants such as Prozac target which neurotransmitter? • Serotonin • Glutamate • Dopamine • ACh

12. Which technique is most useful for seeing which regions of the brain are most active while a person reads a poem? • EEG • PET • MRI • fMRI

13. A split-brain patient’s right hemisphere is presented with a key. How is she most likely to respond? • Say the word “key” • Select a key from a group of objects presented to her left hand • Select a key from a group of objects presented to her right hand • She will not be able to say “key” or pick out a key from a group of objects with either hand

14. While out for a bike ride, you can think about what you’ll make for dinner rather than concentrate on how to operate the bicycle. This illustrates: • Parallel processing • Sigmund Freud’s concept of the unconscious • The function of delta waves • Somnambulism

15. Staying up especially late on weekends is most likely to have an influence on: • Narcolepsy • Sleep apnea • The circadian rhythm • Seasonal affective disorder

16. Carrie’s EEG shows sleep spindles. Which stage of sleep is she in? • Stage 1 • Stage 2 • Stage 3 • REM

17. A modern theory of dreams suggests that dreams help us to fix the day’s experiences into memories. This is known as the ______________ theory of dreams • Information processing • Physiological function • Activation-synthesis • Cognitive developmental

18. Two individuals are most likely to differ in personality if they are: • Fraternal twins who were raised together • Identical twins who were raised apart • Fraternal twins who were raised apart • Identical twins who were raised together

19. Defining one’s identity in terms of one’s self is most closely associated with: • Personal space • Individualism • Temperament • Collectivism

20. The fact that perceptions involve more than the sum of our sensations best illustrates the importance of: • Interposition • Retinal disparity • Visual capture • Top-down processing

21. Rather than saying a person is “colorblind,” it would be more accurate to say that the person: • Has a blind spot • Lacks red- or green-sensitive cones • Is experiencing an overstimulation of the red- and green-sensitive cones • Has an excessive of blue-sensitive cones

22. The cochlea is found in the: • Middle ear • Inner ear • Outer ear • Stirrup

23. As a professional chef, which of the following sensations would you rely on most? • Hearing • Seeing • Balance • Smell

24. Which of the following cues might be most helpful in deciding whether the field goal is successful? • Linear perspective • Phi phenomenon • Interposition • Relative size

25. After hearing that Bryce had served a prison sentence, Janet began to perceive his friendly behavior as insincere and manipulative. This best illustrates the impact of: • Perceptual sets • Visual capture • Bottom-up processing • Sensory adaptation

26. Who is ready for the first tailgate of the season? • ME MEME! • Nah, not my thing • What is a tailgate?