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Psych midterm review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In order, the sequence of steps in the SQ3R method is:

a)

survey, review, question, read, reflect

b)

review, question, survey, read, reflect

c)

question, review, survey, read, reflect

d)

survey, question, read, review, reflect

2.

Which perspective emphasizes the learning of observable responses?

a)

behavioral

b)

social-cultural

c)

neuroscience

d)

cognitive

3.

Your roommate announces that her schedule permits her to devote three hours to studying for an upcoming quiz. You advise her to:

a)

spend most of her time reading and rereading the text material

b)

space study time over several short sessions

c)

focus primarily on her lecture notes

d)

cram for three hours just before the quiz

4.

In an experiment to determine the effects of exercise on motivation, exercise is the:

a)

intervening variable

b)

independent variable.

c)

dependent variable

d)

dependent variable

5.

Theories are defined as:

a)

testable propositions

b)

factors that may change in response to manipulation

c)

statistical indexes

d)

principles that help to organize, predict, and explain facts

6.

If shoe size and IQ are negatively correlated, which of the following is true?

a)

People with large feet tend to have high IQs

b)

People with small feet tend to have high IQs

c)

People with small feet tend to have low IQs

d)

IQ is unpredictable based on a person’s shoe size

7.

Damage to _____ will usually cause a person to lose the ability to comprehend language.

a)

the angular gyrus

b)

Broca’s area

c)

Wernicke’s area

d)

frontal lobe association areas

8.

Which of the following is typically controlled by the right hemisphere?

a)

language

b)

learned voluntary movements

c)

arithmetic reasoning

d)

perpetual tasks

9.

Chemical messengers produced by endocrine glands are called:

a)

agonists

b)

neurotransmitters

c)

hormones

d)

enzymes

10.

The receptor of the eye that functions best in dim light is the:

a)

fovea

b)

cone

c)

bipolar cell

d)

rod

11.

Frequency is to pitch as _____ is to _____.

a)

wavelength; loudness

b)

amplitude; loudness

c)

wavelength; intensity

d)

amplitude; intensity

12.

What kind of processing refers to how our knowledge and expectations influence perception?

a)

Top-down

b)

Bottom-up

c)

Parapsychological

d)

Human factors

13.

Circadian rhythms are the:

a)

brain waves that occur during Stage 4 sleep

b)

muscular tremors that occur during opiate withdrawal

c)

regular body cycles that occur on a 24-hour schedule

d)

brain waves that are indicative of Stage 2 sleep

14.

Jill dreams that she trips and falls as she walks up the steps to the stage to receive her college diploma. Her psychoanalyst suggests that the dream might symbolize her fear of moving on to the next stage in her life – a career. The analyst is evidently attempting to interpret the _____ content of Jill’s dream:

a)

manifest

b)

latent

c)

dissociative

d)

overt

15.

A PET scan of a sleeping person’s brain reveals increased activity in the visual and auditory areas. This most likely indicates that the sleeper:

a)

has a neurological disorder

b)

is in REM sleep

c)

suffers from narcolepsy

d)

is not truly asleep

16.

The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a _______ schedule.

a)

fixed-ratio

b)

variable-ratio

c)

fixed-interval

d)

variable-interval

17.

After watching coverage of the Olympics on television recently, Lynn and Susan have been staging their own “summer games.” Which of the following best accounts for their behavior?

a)

classical conditioning

b)

latent learning

c)

shaping

d)

observational learning

18.

A cognitive map is a (n):

a)

mental representation of one’s environment.

b)

sequence of thought processes leading from one idea to another

c)

set of instructions detailing the most effective means of teaching a particular concept

d)

biological predisposition to learn a particular skill

19.

Our short-term memory span is approximately _______ items.

a)

22

b)

16

c)

9

d)

7

20.

Syntax refers to the:

a)

sounds in a word

b)

rules for grouping words into sentences

c)

rules by which meaning is derived from sentences

d)

overall rules of language

21.

When he was 8 years old, Frank was questioned by the police about a summer camp counselor suspected of molesting children. Even though he was not, in fact, molested by the counselor, today 19-year-old Frank “remembers” the counselor touching him inappropriately. Frank’s false memory is an example of which “sin” of memory?

a)

blocking

b)

transience

c)

misattribution

d)

suggestibility