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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of: | behavior and mental processes. |
| The biopsychosocial approach approach provides an understanding of social-cultural influences integrated with the lager framework of: | multiple levels of analysis. |
| Clinical psychologists are most likely to be involved in: | providing therapy to troubled people. |
| The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a(n): | psychiatrist. |
| The hindsight bias refers to people's tendency to: | exaggerate their ability to have foreseen the outcome of past events. |
| A questioning attitude regarding psychologist' assumptions and hidden vales best illustrates: | critical thinking. |
| A hypothesis is a(n): | testable prediction that gives direction to research. |
| In which type of research is a representative random sample of people asked to answer question about their behaviors or attitudes? | the survey. |
| psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a research method know as: | naturalistic observation. |
| Correlation refers to the extent to which two variables: | vary together. |
| Illusory correlation refers to: | the perception of a relationship between two variables that does not exist. |
| Which of the following methods is most helpful for revealing cause-effect relationships? | the experiment. |
| In which type of research would an investigator manipulate one factor in oder to observe its effect on some behavior or mental process? | experimentation. |
| To minimize the extent to which outcome differences between experimental and control groups can be attributed to placebo effects, researchers make use of: | the double-blind procedure. |
| Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in order to: | reduce the likelihood of any preexisting differences between groups of participants. |
| In a psychological experiment, the potentially causal factor that is manipulated by the investigator is called the _____ variable. | independent. |
| In a psychological experiment, the factor that may be influenced by the manipulated experimental treatment is called the _____ variable. | dependent. |
| The Sq3R study method emphasizes the importance of: | reviewing material. |
| Dendrites are branching extensions of: | neurons. |
| An axon is: | the extension of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body. |
| The speed at which a neural impulse travels is increased when the axon is encased by a(n): | myelin sheath. |
| A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the: | action potential. |
| Information is carried from the central nervous system to the body's tissues by: | motor neurons. |
| Hormones are the chemical messengers of the: | endocrine system. |
| If your ____ is destroyed, the left side of your brain could not be control the movements of your right hand. | brainstem. |
| Which brain structure receives information from all the senses except smell? | thalamus. |
| The "little brain" attached to the rear of the brainstem is called the: | cerebellum. |
| The motor cortex is located in the _____ lobes. | frontal. |
| The most extensive regions of the brain, which enable learning and memory. are called the: | association areas. |
| The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the muscle movements involved in speech is known as: | Broca's area. |
| After Paul's serious snow-skiing accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebral cortex in Wernicke's area. Because of the damage, Paul is most likely to experience difficulty in: | understanding what other are saying. |
| The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is know as brain: | plasticity. |
| The corpus callosum is a wide band of axon fibers that: | transmits information between the cerebral hemispheres. |
| A behavior geneticist would be most interested in studying hereditary influences on: | personality traits. |
| DNA is a complex: | molecule. |
| A segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a specific protein is called a: | gene. |
| The genome is the complete: | set of genetic material in an organism's chromosomes. |
| An infant's temperament refers most directly to its: | emotional excitability. |
| Evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of: | natural selection. |
| The reproductive advantage enjoyed by organisms best suited to a particular environment is known as: | natural selection. |
| Those who study cultural influences on behavior are most likely to highlight the importance of: | norms. |
| Personal space refers to: | the distance we like to maintain between ourselves and other people. |
| Individualism is to collectivism as ____ is to _____ . | independence:; interdependence |
| Genger role refers to: | a set of expected behaviors for males and females. |
| Gender identity refers to: | the sense of being male or female. |
| Social learning theorists emphasize that: | Observation and imitation play a crucial role in the gender-typing process. |
| Children's tendency to classify behavior and personality traits in terms of masculine and feminine categories is most direct relevance to: | gener schema theory. |
| A teratogen is a(n): | substance that can cross the placental barrier and harm an unborn child. |
| Maturation refers to: | biological growth proceses that are relatively uninfluenced by experience. |
| Which psychologist was most influential in shaping our understanding of cognitive development? | Jean Piaget |
| Cognition refers to: | the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. |
| According to Piaget, schemas are: | people's conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences. |
| Incorporating new information into existing theories is to ____ as modifying existing theories in light of new information is to _____. | assimilation; accommodation. |
| Which of the following represents the correct order for Piaget's stages of cognitive development? | sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational |
| At about 8 months of age, infants develop a fear of strangers because they can't assimilate unfamiliar faces into their: | schemas. |
| In a pleasant but unfamiliar setting, infants with a secure maternal attachment are most likely to: | use their mothers as a base from which to explore the new surroundings. |
| Adolescence extends from: | the beginning of sexual maturity to independent adulthood. |
| One argument against the death penalty for 16- and 17-year-olds is that maturation of the ___ lags behind maturation of the ___. | frontal lobe; limbic system. |
| The ability to think logically about hypothetical situations is indicative of the ____ stage of development. | formal operational. |
| Piaget is to cognitive development as Kohlberg is to ____ development. | moral. |
| Even though smoking marijuana would reduce the pain associated with her chronic medical condition, Juanita believes it would be morally wrong because it is prohibited by the laws of her state. Kohlberg would suggest that Juanita demonstrates a(n): | conventional |
| According to Erikson, isolation is to intimacy as role confusion is to: | identity. |
| Which of the following terms refers to a person's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills? | crystallized intelligence. |
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