Q 1-33 Library Learning express

Which of the following is an example of inferential statistics?

• William uses a small sample of depressed people to predict mood changes in a large population of depressed people

• Charles interviews 300 schizophrenic patients

• Leslie notes the relationships between a psychology professor and the students in her class

• Janet gives participants a personality test both before and after they take a final exam

• Bill collects data from the students in his class to determine their volunteering behavior

Which of the following branches of psychology focuses in large part on unconscious processes that create psychological disorders?

• Functionalist

• Psychodynamic

• Behaviorist

• Structuralist

• Cognitive

Which of the following defines prevalence?

• The frequency with which a disorder occurs in a population

• The number of new cases of a disorder every year

• The number of psychotherapists per population unit

• The number of genes that influence a disorder

• The percentage of people who recover from a disorder in a given time period

When we read handwriting, we "fill in the gaps" of the missing parts of written letters. This "filling in" illustrates the Gestalt principle of ____.

• Closure

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Complexity

• Fulfillment

Which of the following is a committee whose goal is it determine the risk-benefit ratio of research conducted within an institution?

• The National Institute of health and Sciences

• The University Research Ethics Committee

• The Institutional Research Board

• The Deception Prevention and Amelioration Board

• The University Senate

Christina is experiencing nausea, a feeling of dread, and heart palpitations. She is most likely suffering from which of the following disorders?

• Dissociative amnesia

• Munchausen's syndrome

• Dissociative fugue

• Panic attack

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Which alternative correctly matches a term with its definition?

• Dependence – increased doses of a drug are required to produce the same

  effect

• Addiction – the need to use a drug regularly

• Dependence – negative experiences accompany reducing or stopping drug use

• Tolerance – increased doses of a drug are required to produce the same effect

• Withdrawal – the last stage during the use of a drug

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the central nervous system and the endocrine system?

• The endocrine and central nervous systems operate entirely independently.

• The endocrine system is contained within the central nervous system.

• The nervous system interacts with the endocrine system.

• The endocrine system is another name for the central nervous system.

• The central nervous system replaces the endocrine system.

Cross-sectional research designs provide information regarding _______. Longitudinal research designs provide information concerning ___________.

• age changes; age differences

• age similarities; age differences

• age differences; age similarities

• age changes; cohort effects

• age differences; age changes

Programmed instruction is based on the principles of ________ conditioning. The technique was developed and expanded by _________.

• Classical; Skinner

• Classical; Watson

• Operant; Watson

• Operant; Skinner

• Insight; Tolman