Exam 1 Practice PSYC 2301

What are psychology’s three main levels of analysis?

• Biological, psychological, and social-cultural

• Evolutionary, psychodynamic, and social-cultural

• Experimental, naturalistic observation, and correlational

• Behaviorism, structuralism, and functionalism

A testable prediction that specifies which results would support the theory and which results would disconfirm it is known as a(n) ​ (a)  

• hypothesis
• operational definition
• hindsight bias
• organized observation

Which part of the cortex is involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking?

• Motor cortex

• Corpus callosum

• Somatosensory cortex

• Association areas

Researchers have found that monkeys and humans with amygdala damage become less fearful of strangers. Which statement best generalizes the results of this study?

• The amygdala plays a role in fear and aggression.

• Human fear and aggression are localized in the amygdala.

• Study participants who display less fear are likely to have amygdala damage.

• The amygdala’s primary function in the brain is the processing of fear and aggression.

Surveys have shown that many people believe we use only 10 percent of our brain. What evidence debunks this false claim?

• Electrically probing an association area won’t trigger an observable response.

• Animals and humans with damage to association areas display particular impairments.

• Complex brain functions reside in precise brain areas.

• It is not possible to map the functions of association areas.

Lack of sleep can also make you gain weight by ​ ​ (a)  

• increasing the production of ghrelin
• decreasing the production of ghrelin
• increasing the production of leptin
• decreasing the production of cortisol

Researcher Ronald Siegel noted that, after consuming THC, “pigeons wait too long to respond to buzzers or lights that tell them food is available for brief periods; and rats turn the wrong way in mazes.” From these findings, what can we generalize about the effects of THC?

• THC impairs visual perception and suppresses appetite.

• THC impairs learning and memory.

• Consuming THC makes it hazardous to operate a motor vehicle.

• THC is mildly hallucinogenic.

What did Harry Harlow and Margaret Harlow find when they studied monkeys?

• Attachment derives from an association with nourishment.

• Attachment derives from an association with the smell of the mother.

• Attachment derives from bodily contact.

• Attachment derives from an association with the voice (sound) of the mother.

Studies show that positive feelings tend to grow after midlife, and negative feelings tend to subside. All of the following (true) findings support this conclusion EXECPT:

• brain scans of older adults show less responsiveness to negative events.

• older adults remember the good more than the bad events of their lives.

• older adults are more attentive to positive news.

• older adults are happiest when not alone.

Which cognitive and social-emotional disorder is marked by social deficiencies and repetitive behaviors?

• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

• Conduct disorder

• Social anxiety disorder