Chapters 1 & 2 Review
Multiple Choice Test # 1
Which philosopher most clearly rejected the idea that the mind is separable from the
body?
a. Plato
b. Socra
tes
c. Aris
totle
d. Desca
rtes
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1. a. Plato2. b. Socrates3. c. Aristotle4. d. Descartes
Compared with the structuralists, early behaviorists were much less likely to focus on the study of:
a. smilin
g.
b. screaming.
c. fighting.
d. thinkin
g.
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1. a. smiling.2. b. screaming.3. c. fighting.4. d. thinking.
3. Debates as to whether alcohol abuse is biologically determined or culturally
influenced are most relevant to the issue of:
a. nature versu
s nurtu
re
b. corre
lation versus c
au...
c. behavior v
ersus m
enta...
d. structu
ralism ve
rsus f
...
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1. a. nature versus nurture2. b. correlation versus
causation.3. c. behavior versus
mental processes.4. d. structuralism versus
functionalism.
Understanding why the fear of darkness may have contributed to the survival of our human ancestors is most relevant to
the ________ perspective.
a. behav
ioral
b. cognitive
c. evolutionary
d. psych
odynamic
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1. a. behavioral2. b. cognitive3. c. evolutionary4. d. psychodynamic
Stacey suggests that because children are more impulsive than adults, they will
have more difficulty controlling their anger. Stacey's prediction regarding
anger management exemplifies
an hypothesis.
b. the hindsig
ht bias.
c. ill
usory co
rrelation.
d. the fa
lse co
nsensus e
f...
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1. an hypothesis.2. b. the hindsight bias.3. c. illusory correlation.4. d. the false consensus
effect.
Which method offers the most reliable way of assessing whether athletic performance
is boosted by caffeine consumption?
a. the su
rvey
b. the ca
se st
udy
c. th
e experim
ent
d. naturalisti
c obse
rvation
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1. a. the survey2. b. the case study3. c. the experiment4. d. naturalistic
observation
In an experimental study of the extent to which mental alertness is inhibited by sleep
deprivation, alertness would be the:
a. contro
l condition.
b. independent v
ariable.
c. experim
ental condition.
d. dependent v
ariable
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1. a. control condition.2. b. independent variable.3. c. experimental
condition.4. d. dependent variable
Edward Titchener used the research method known as:
a. SQ3R.
b. psych
oanalysis.
c. in
trosp
ection.
d. masse
d practice
.
e. natural se
lection
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1. a. SQ3R.2. b. psychoanalysis.3. c. introspection.4. d. massed practice.5. e. natural selection
Which school of psychology was most clearly concerned with the adaptive value of complex
mental processes
a Structu
ralism
b. behavioris
m
c. psych
oanalys
is
d. functi
onalism
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1. a Structuralism2. b. behaviorism3. c. psychoanalysis4. d. functionalism
Psychological theories:
a. orga
nize sc
ientific obs..
.
b. explain obse
rved facts
.
c. generate hyp
otheses.
d. do all o
f the above.
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1. a. organize scientific observations.
2. b. explain observed facts.
3. c. generate hypotheses.
4. d. do all of the above.
Which research method runs the greatest risk of collecting evidence that may be
unrepresentative of what is generally true?
a. naturalisti
c observa
tion
b. the ca
se st
udy
c. experim
entation
d. the su
rvey
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1. a. naturalistic observation
2. b. the case study3. c. experimentation4. d. the survey
Surveys are most likely to indicate that reckless behavior and self-control are
a. independent v
ariables.
b. positi
vely co
rrelat
ed.
c. dependent v
ariables.
d. nega
tively co
rrelated
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1. a. independent variables.
2. b. positively correlated.3. c. dependent variables.4. d. negatively correlated
A tendency to notice and remember instances in which our premonitions of disaster are
subsequently followed by harmful events is most likely to contribute to:
a. random assi
gnment.
b. the hindsig
ht bias.
c. ill
usory co
rrelations.
d. the place
bo effect.
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1. a. random assignment.
2. b. the hindsight bias.3. c. illusory correlations.4. d. the placebo effect.
Researchers control factors that might influence a dependent variable by means of:
A. random assi
gnment.
b. replic
ation.
c. naturalis
tic observa
tion.
d. operational
definitions.
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1. A. random assignment.2. b. replication.3. c. naturalistic
observation.4. d. operational
definitions.
In an experimental study of the effects of dieting on weight loss, dieting
would be the:
a. contro
l condition
b. independent v
ariable.
c. operational d
efinition.
d. dependent v
ariable.
e. place
bo
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1. a. control condition2. b. independent variable.3. c. operational
definition.4. d. dependent variable.5. e. placebo
An axon transmits messages ________ the cell body and a dendrite transmits messages ________ the cell
body.
a. away fro
m; toward
b. away f
rom; away fro
m
c. to
ward; away fro
m
d. toward; to
ward
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1. a. away from; toward2. b. away from; away
from3. c. toward; away from4. d. toward; toward
Depressed mood states are linked to ________ levels of serotonin and
________ levels of nor epinephrine.
a. low; lo
w
b. high
; high
c. lo
w; high
d. high
; low
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1. a. low; low2. b. high; high3. c. low; high4. d. high; low
A drug that blocks the reuptake of a particular neurotransmitter is called a(n):
a. opiat
e.
b. antagonist
.
c. glutamate.
d. agonist
.
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1. a. opiate.2. b. antagonist.3. c. glutamate.4. d. agonist.
The peripheral nervous system consists of:
a. asso
ciation areas.
b. the sp
inal cord.
c. th
e reticu
lar form
ation.
d. senso
ry and m
otor ...
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1. a. association areas.2. b. the spinal cord.3. c. the reticular
formation.4. d. sensory and motor
neurons.
The autonomic nervous system most directly controls:
a. speech
production.
b. thinkin
g and m
emory.
c. st
omach co
ntracti
ons.
d. move
ment of th
e arm...
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1. a. speech production.2. b. thinking and
memory.3. c. stomach
contractions.4. d. movement of the
arms and legs.
Research has suggested that a reward deficiency syndrome may contribute to
a. inso
mnia.
b. alco
holism.
c. sc
hizophrenia.
d. Park
inson's d
isease
.
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1. a. insomnia.2. b. alcoholism.3. c. schizophrenia.4. d. Parkinson's
disease.
In which of the following parts of the brain would a lesion most likely result
in aphasia
a. corpus c
allosu
m
b. amygd
ala
c. hyp
othalamus
d. Wernick
e's area
e. cerebellu
m
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1. a. corpus callosum2. b. amygdala3. c. hypothalamus4. d. Wernicke's area5. e. cerebellum
Drugs that block the reuptake of serotonin will thereby increase the concentration of
serotonin molecules in the:
a. axon te
rminals.
b. synap
tic gaps.
c. glia
l cells.
d. endocri
ne glands.
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1. a. axon terminals.2. b. synaptic gaps.3. c. glial cells.4. d. endocrine
glands.
In stressful situations, the sympathetic nervous system ________ the arteries of the circulatory
system and ________ the pupils of the eyes.
a. contra
cts; d
ilates
b. dila
tes; contra
cts
c. co
ntracts
; contra
cts
d. dila
tes; dila
tes
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1. a. contracts; dilates2. b. dilates; contracts3. c. contracts; contracts4. d. dilates; dilates