PSY 100 Exam Ch. 1 - 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.1. A researcher focuses on the role of previous learning experiences
and on the role of rewards and punishments in shaping human behavior.
Which approach to psychology is this researcher using?
A. the behavioral approach
B. the psychodynamic approach
C. the humanistic approach
D. the cognitive approach: A
2.What organization publishes the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
?
A. American Psychological Association
B. American Psychiatric Association
C. American Medical Association
D. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: B
3.1. What area of the brain is most associated with arousal?
A. cerebral cortex
B. reticular activating system
C. hippocampus
D. temporal lobe: B
4.In the development of a human organism, when does the fetal period start?
A. one month
B. two months
C. three months
D. four months: B
5.On which axis of the
DSM
is medical disorders?
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV: C
6.Nerves that carry information from the brain and spinal cord to other
parts of the body are called
A. neural networks.
B. afferent nerves.
C. efferent nerves.
,PSY 100 Exam Ch. 1 - 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
D. neurotransmitters.: C
,PSY 100 Exam Ch. 1 - 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
7.A fertilized egg is called a(n)
A. zygote.
B. fetus.
C. infant.
D. ovum.: A
8.What level of awareness would be engaged for the average person
driving his or her car?
A. higher-level consciousness
B. automatic process
C. subconscious awareness
D. no awareness: B
9. is to bottom-up processing as is to top-down processing.
A. Perception; sensation
B. Sensation; perception
C. Audiology; ophthalmology
D. Ophthalmology; audiology: B
10.Completing a calculus test would be an example of
A. lower-level awareness.
B. an automatic process.
C. a controlled process.
D. metacognition.: C
11.An infant born between 38 and 42 weeks after conception is considered
A. a preterm infant.
B. a teratogen.
C. a full-term infant.
D. an embryo.: C
12.Ken went to the emergency room because he was short of breath, had
a rapid heart beat, was
sweating, and feared that he was having a heart attack and would die. When
the physician
examined Ken, she was unable to find anything physically wrong with him.
When she
questioned Ken further, he told her that these physical symptoms occurred
right before he was to
give an important presentation. Which of the following is a possible explana-
tion for Ken's
symptoms?
, PSY 100 Exam Ch. 1 - 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A. schizophrenia
B. bipolar disorder
C. panic disorder
D. generalized anxiety disorder: C
13.A psychologist is attempting to understand why certain physical charac-
teristics are rated as attractive. The psychologist explains that certain
charac- teristics have been historically adaptive, and thus are considered
attractive. This explanation is consistent with which of the following
approaches?
A. the sociocultural approach
B. the humanistic approach
C. the cognitive approach
D. the evolutionary approach: D
14.At what age do children usually begin to develop a theory of mind?
A. two years old
B. three years old
C. four years old
D. five years old: C
15.Harry Harlow studied monkeys who were raised with two "mothers,"
one made of wire and
one of terry cloth. What did he find?
A. The monkeys preferred whichever mother provided food.
B. The monkeys preferred the cloth mother, even when the wire mother
pro- vided food.
C. The monkeys preferred the wire mother, even when the cloth mother
pro- vided food.
D. The monkeys showed no preference between the two mothers.: B
16.A soldier who survived a bloody battle finds that she has recurrent
night- mares, avoids her
military friends, and jumps when she hears a loud noise. Based on these
symptoms, what
disorder does she most likely have?
A. major depressive disorder
B. generalized anxiety disorder
C. bipolar disorder
D. post-traumatic stress disorder: D
17.Your brain knows that you have stubbed your toe because
A. dopamine transfers that information to the brain.
1.1. A researcher focuses on the role of previous learning experiences
and on the role of rewards and punishments in shaping human behavior.
Which approach to psychology is this researcher using?
A. the behavioral approach
B. the psychodynamic approach
C. the humanistic approach
D. the cognitive approach: A
2.What organization publishes the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
?
A. American Psychological Association
B. American Psychiatric Association
C. American Medical Association
D. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: B
3.1. What area of the brain is most associated with arousal?
A. cerebral cortex
B. reticular activating system
C. hippocampus
D. temporal lobe: B
4.In the development of a human organism, when does the fetal period start?
A. one month
B. two months
C. three months
D. four months: B
5.On which axis of the
DSM
is medical disorders?
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV: C
6.Nerves that carry information from the brain and spinal cord to other
parts of the body are called
A. neural networks.
B. afferent nerves.
C. efferent nerves.
,PSY 100 Exam Ch. 1 - 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
D. neurotransmitters.: C
,PSY 100 Exam Ch. 1 - 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
7.A fertilized egg is called a(n)
A. zygote.
B. fetus.
C. infant.
D. ovum.: A
8.What level of awareness would be engaged for the average person
driving his or her car?
A. higher-level consciousness
B. automatic process
C. subconscious awareness
D. no awareness: B
9. is to bottom-up processing as is to top-down processing.
A. Perception; sensation
B. Sensation; perception
C. Audiology; ophthalmology
D. Ophthalmology; audiology: B
10.Completing a calculus test would be an example of
A. lower-level awareness.
B. an automatic process.
C. a controlled process.
D. metacognition.: C
11.An infant born between 38 and 42 weeks after conception is considered
A. a preterm infant.
B. a teratogen.
C. a full-term infant.
D. an embryo.: C
12.Ken went to the emergency room because he was short of breath, had
a rapid heart beat, was
sweating, and feared that he was having a heart attack and would die. When
the physician
examined Ken, she was unable to find anything physically wrong with him.
When she
questioned Ken further, he told her that these physical symptoms occurred
right before he was to
give an important presentation. Which of the following is a possible explana-
tion for Ken's
symptoms?
, PSY 100 Exam Ch. 1 - 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A. schizophrenia
B. bipolar disorder
C. panic disorder
D. generalized anxiety disorder: C
13.A psychologist is attempting to understand why certain physical charac-
teristics are rated as attractive. The psychologist explains that certain
charac- teristics have been historically adaptive, and thus are considered
attractive. This explanation is consistent with which of the following
approaches?
A. the sociocultural approach
B. the humanistic approach
C. the cognitive approach
D. the evolutionary approach: D
14.At what age do children usually begin to develop a theory of mind?
A. two years old
B. three years old
C. four years old
D. five years old: C
15.Harry Harlow studied monkeys who were raised with two "mothers,"
one made of wire and
one of terry cloth. What did he find?
A. The monkeys preferred whichever mother provided food.
B. The monkeys preferred the cloth mother, even when the wire mother
pro- vided food.
C. The monkeys preferred the wire mother, even when the cloth mother
pro- vided food.
D. The monkeys showed no preference between the two mothers.: B
16.A soldier who survived a bloody battle finds that she has recurrent
night- mares, avoids her
military friends, and jumps when she hears a loud noise. Based on these
symptoms, what
disorder does she most likely have?
A. major depressive disorder
B. generalized anxiety disorder
C. bipolar disorder
D. post-traumatic stress disorder: D
17.Your brain knows that you have stubbed your toe because
A. dopamine transfers that information to the brain.
