Name: Score:
211 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 423
Gender and Aggression stereotype:
students with higher high school gpas tend to have higher college gpas
men are more aggressive than women
selective attention
divergent thinking
Term 2 of 423
Sensitive to different wavelengths of light and are the mechanism through which we perceive
different colors
Cone cells
Carl Jung
ossicles
incentives
Term 3 of 423
People who cannot perceive any color usually because their retinas lack cones
Cross-sectional design
France
Monochromats
possible selves
,Term 4 of 423
In problem solving, the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the
options for solutions
transduction
Divergent thinking
Selective attention
Discrimination
Term 5 of 423
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of:
conscious and unconscious mental activity
behavior and mental processes
introspection
social psychology
Term 6 of 423
Based on research, which of the following seems true about the specialized functions of the
right and left hemispheres?
Most complex activities emerge from the integrated activity of both hemispheres
Each hemisphere operates independently without any interaction
The right hemisphere controls all motor functions exclusively
The left hemisphere is solely responsible for emotional processing
,Term 7 of 423
The distinction between manifest content and latent content is central to ________ theory of
dreams
Freud's wish-fulfillment
Activation-synthesis theory
Jung's archetypal theory
Cognitive theory of dreams
Term 8 of 423
Brain areas involved in the process of encoding
Sensorineural deafness
Temporal lobes and prefrontal cortex
*most people would act the same way, given the same situation
*the person acted the same way in similar situations in the past
*the person doesn't act the same way in other situations
Concept formation
Term 9 of 423
the entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles
State-dependent learning
Electromagnetic radiation
Concept formation
Primary effect
, Term 10 of 423
Transduction occurs through the movement of the _______________ _______________ in the inner ear.
Learning disability
Subliminal perception
circadian rhythm
semicircular canals
Term 11 of 423
Similar items will be perceived in groups
Prosocial behavior
Sociology
Implicit Memory
Law of Similarity
Term 12 of 423
The occipital lobes are to ________ as the temporal lobes are to ________.
tasting; feeling
thinking; remembering
seeing; hearing
touching; smelling
Term 13 of 423
A 12-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an
average 9-year-old was said to have an IQ of:
75
Retroactive Interference
preoperational
congenital insensitivity to pain (or congenital analgesia)
211 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 423
Gender and Aggression stereotype:
students with higher high school gpas tend to have higher college gpas
men are more aggressive than women
selective attention
divergent thinking
Term 2 of 423
Sensitive to different wavelengths of light and are the mechanism through which we perceive
different colors
Cone cells
Carl Jung
ossicles
incentives
Term 3 of 423
People who cannot perceive any color usually because their retinas lack cones
Cross-sectional design
France
Monochromats
possible selves
,Term 4 of 423
In problem solving, the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the
options for solutions
transduction
Divergent thinking
Selective attention
Discrimination
Term 5 of 423
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of:
conscious and unconscious mental activity
behavior and mental processes
introspection
social psychology
Term 6 of 423
Based on research, which of the following seems true about the specialized functions of the
right and left hemispheres?
Most complex activities emerge from the integrated activity of both hemispheres
Each hemisphere operates independently without any interaction
The right hemisphere controls all motor functions exclusively
The left hemisphere is solely responsible for emotional processing
,Term 7 of 423
The distinction between manifest content and latent content is central to ________ theory of
dreams
Freud's wish-fulfillment
Activation-synthesis theory
Jung's archetypal theory
Cognitive theory of dreams
Term 8 of 423
Brain areas involved in the process of encoding
Sensorineural deafness
Temporal lobes and prefrontal cortex
*most people would act the same way, given the same situation
*the person acted the same way in similar situations in the past
*the person doesn't act the same way in other situations
Concept formation
Term 9 of 423
the entire spectrum of waves initiated by the movement of charged particles
State-dependent learning
Electromagnetic radiation
Concept formation
Primary effect
, Term 10 of 423
Transduction occurs through the movement of the _______________ _______________ in the inner ear.
Learning disability
Subliminal perception
circadian rhythm
semicircular canals
Term 11 of 423
Similar items will be perceived in groups
Prosocial behavior
Sociology
Implicit Memory
Law of Similarity
Term 12 of 423
The occipital lobes are to ________ as the temporal lobes are to ________.
tasting; feeling
thinking; remembering
seeing; hearing
touching; smelling
Term 13 of 423
A 12-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an
average 9-year-old was said to have an IQ of:
75
Retroactive Interference
preoperational
congenital insensitivity to pain (or congenital analgesia)
