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Which belief illustrates situational attribution? - ANSWER When a vehicle suddenly
moves in front of another car, the driver must have had an emergency.
Which type of therapy is based on the belief that an individual's interpretation of events is
what causes unhappiness, rather than unhappiness being caused by the actual events? - AN-
SWER Rational-emotive therapy
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals called
neurotransmitters. What is the function of the neurotransmitter serotonin? - ANSWER It
affects mood.
A firefighter hears the station alarm each time a fire is reported. Later, while fighting the fire,
the firefighter's heart is racing. According to Pavlov, which learned association is most likely
to develop in this scenario? - ANSWER The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a sim-
ilar way to the alarm as to the fire.
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's fight-or-flight re-
sponse? - ANSWER Sympathetic nervous system
According to Freud, which concept is a component of the id? - ANSWER Pleasure princi-
ple
During a college's spirit week, students are arbitrarily assigned to two teams for a series of
competitive activities. Two friends are placed on separate teams and find their friendship
strains during the competition. Which phenomenon accounts for this strain? - ANSWER
Outgroup bias
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, Researcher Abraham Maslow claims that people strive to satisfy certain needs as they ap-
proach self-actualization. Which perspective is most closely associated with this view? - AN-
SWER Humanistic
Loto has been approached by a member of his social club to volunteer one day a week at the
local food bank, a charity that the club has decided to support. Loto is busy with his home
and family but realizes that helping will increase his feelings of giving to the community and
enhance how members of the club may view him. He decides to make the time in his sched-
ule for this volunteer effort. What is this an example of, in terms of altruism? - ANSWER
Social exchange theory
Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder? - ANSWER Social phobia
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory? - ANSWER Hippocampus
What does the hippocampus influence? - ANSWER Memory
A child's parents want to teach their child to use the toilet by using positive reinforcement.
Which schedule of positive reinforcement would be most helpful to parents wanting to
achieve rapid learning? - ANSWER The parents should use a continuous reinforcement
schedule because it can produce rapid learning.
Franco has been away from his hometown in Italy for more than 30 years, but he can still
paint it from memory with impressive accuracy. Which memory is Franco using? - AN-
SWER Long-term memory
A farmer drives a truck full of feed for cattle into a field. The farmer honks the horn when
driving into the field. On the third day, the farmer drives into the field and honks the horn,
and the cattle start moving toward the truck. Which theorist is associated with studying this
type of behavior? - ANSWER Ivan Pavlov
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Which belief illustrates situational attribution? - ANSWER When a vehicle suddenly
moves in front of another car, the driver must have had an emergency.
Which type of therapy is based on the belief that an individual's interpretation of events is
what causes unhappiness, rather than unhappiness being caused by the actual events? - AN-
SWER Rational-emotive therapy
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals called
neurotransmitters. What is the function of the neurotransmitter serotonin? - ANSWER It
affects mood.
A firefighter hears the station alarm each time a fire is reported. Later, while fighting the fire,
the firefighter's heart is racing. According to Pavlov, which learned association is most likely
to develop in this scenario? - ANSWER The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a sim-
ilar way to the alarm as to the fire.
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's fight-or-flight re-
sponse? - ANSWER Sympathetic nervous system
According to Freud, which concept is a component of the id? - ANSWER Pleasure princi-
ple
During a college's spirit week, students are arbitrarily assigned to two teams for a series of
competitive activities. Two friends are placed on separate teams and find their friendship
strains during the competition. Which phenomenon accounts for this strain? - ANSWER
Outgroup bias
1
, Researcher Abraham Maslow claims that people strive to satisfy certain needs as they ap-
proach self-actualization. Which perspective is most closely associated with this view? - AN-
SWER Humanistic
Loto has been approached by a member of his social club to volunteer one day a week at the
local food bank, a charity that the club has decided to support. Loto is busy with his home
and family but realizes that helping will increase his feelings of giving to the community and
enhance how members of the club may view him. He decides to make the time in his sched-
ule for this volunteer effort. What is this an example of, in terms of altruism? - ANSWER
Social exchange theory
Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder? - ANSWER Social phobia
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory? - ANSWER Hippocampus
What does the hippocampus influence? - ANSWER Memory
A child's parents want to teach their child to use the toilet by using positive reinforcement.
Which schedule of positive reinforcement would be most helpful to parents wanting to
achieve rapid learning? - ANSWER The parents should use a continuous reinforcement
schedule because it can produce rapid learning.
Franco has been away from his hometown in Italy for more than 30 years, but he can still
paint it from memory with impressive accuracy. Which memory is Franco using? - AN-
SWER Long-term memory
A farmer drives a truck full of feed for cattle into a field. The farmer honks the horn when
driving into the field. On the third day, the farmer drives into the field and honks the horn,
and the cattle start moving toward the truck. Which theorist is associated with studying this
type of behavior? - ANSWER Ivan Pavlov
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