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Sixteen-year-old Bethany is becoming increasingly concerned about her use of marijuana on weekends. To reduce her use of this drug Bethany should

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A)  recognize that life is stressful and often beyond control. 
B)  be warned that marijuana interferes with female sexual functioning. 
C)  stop associating with friends who use marijuana. 
D)  recognize that drug use results from her own lack of social skills.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Suppose that people who watch a lot of violence on TV are also particularly likely to behave aggressively. This relationship would NOT necessarily indicate that watching violence influences aggressive behavior because

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A)  random sequences often don't look random. 
B)  association does not prove causation. 
C)  sampling extreme cases leads to false generalizations. 
D)  events often seem more probable in hindsight.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the muscle movements involved in speech is known as

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A)  Wernicke's area. 
B)  Broca's area. 
C)  the angular gyrus. 
D)  the reticular formation.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

After a mild stroke,Mr. McGeorge showed some signs of aphasia. What pattern of symptoms would lead you to believe the damage occurred primarily in (a)Broca's area,(b)Wernicke's area,(c)the angular gyrus.

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Question 5

When Celeste was unable to obtain her regular supply of heroin,she began to develop pain and an intense craving for the drug. Celeste was experiencing symptoms of

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A)  tolerance. 
B)  dissociation. 
C)  disinhibition. 
D)  withdrawal.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

The occipital lobes are to ________ as the temporal lobes are to ________.

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A)  hearing; sensing movement 
B)  seeing; sensing touch 
C)  seeing; hearing 
D)  speaking; hearingE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Sleep deprivation has been shown to

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A)  increase attentiveness to highly motivating tasks. 
B)  reduce hypertension. 
C)  diminish immunity to disease. 
D)  decrease narcolepsy.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

After sleeping for about an hour and a half,José enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to

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A)  be easily awakened. 
B)  have slower,more regular breathing. 
C)  have slower brain waves. 
D)  have very relaxed muscles.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

At its beginning,psychology focused on the study of

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A)  observable behavior. 
B)  consciousness. 
C)  abnormal behavior. 
D)  all of these factors.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Looking inward and reporting your immediate sensations,images,and feelings is called

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A)  cognitive neuroscience. 
B)  introspection. 
C)  behaviorism. 
D)  humanism.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Dr. Wolski does research on the potential relationship between neurotransmitter deficiencies and mood states. Which psychological specialty does Dr. Wolski's research best represent?

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A)  endocrinology 
B)  biological psychology 
C)  psychoanalysis 
D)  social psychologyE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

In an experimental study of the extent to which mental alertness is inhibited by sleep deprivation,alertness would be the

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A)  control condition. 
B)  independent variable. 
C)  experimental condition. 
D)  dependent variable.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

A professor constructs a questionnaire to determine how students at the university feel about nuclear disarmament. Which of the following techniques should be used in order to survey a random sample of the student body?

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A)  Every student should be sent the questionnaire. 
B)  Only students majoring in psychology should be asked to complete the questionnaire. 
C)  Only students living on campus should be asked to complete the questionnaire. 
D)  From an alphabetical listing of all students,every tenth (or fifteenth,e.g.) student should be asked to complete the questionnaire.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

In which type of research is a representative,random sample of people asked to answer questions about their behaviors or attitudes?

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A)  experimentation 
B)  the survey 
C)  the case study Dnaturalistic observationD) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

Question 15

Sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus are called

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A)  night terrors. 
B)  sleep spindles. 
C)  insomnia. 
D)  hallucinations.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Mrs. Roberts,who suffers from AIDS,has been given an ordinarily illegal drug at the university hospital. Considering her specific medical condition,it is likely that she has received

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A)  LSD. 
B)  cocaine. 
C)  marijuana. 
D)  heroin.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

The scientific attitude of humility is most likely to be undermined by

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A)  hindsight bias. 
B)  correlational evidence. 
C)  random assignment. 
D)  operational definitions.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Which of the following is most useful for helping survey researchers avoid false generalizations?

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A)  the case study 
B)  naturalistic observation 
C)  random sampling 
D)  operational definitionsE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 19

Responding to the argument that gender differences are often by-products of a culture's social and family structures,an evolutionary psychologist is most likely to point to

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A)  our great human capacity for learning. 
B)  the tendency of cultural arguments to reinforce traditional gender inequalities. 
C)  the infallibility of hindsight explanations. 
D)  all of these statements.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

According to evolutionary psychologists,behaviors that promote reproductive success are likely to be

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A)  socially prohibited. 
B)  genetically predisposed. 
C)  ecologically disruptive. 
D)  disease-producing.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Exam 1: Doing Social Psychology

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The occipital lobes are to ________ as the temporal lobes are to ________.

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The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the muscle movements involved in speech is known as

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In which type of research is a representative,random sample of people asked to answer questions about their behaviors or attitudes?

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Sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus are called

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According to evolutionary psychologists,behaviors that promote reproductive success are likely to be

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Sixteen-year-old Bethany is becoming increasingly concerned about her use of marijuana on weekends. To reduce her use of this drug Bethany should

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When Celeste was unable to obtain her regular supply of heroin,she began to develop pain and an intense craving for the drug. Celeste was experiencing symptoms of

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Mrs. Roberts,who suffers from AIDS,has been given an ordinarily illegal drug at the university hospital. Considering her specific medical condition,it is likely that she has received

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Suppose that people who watch a lot of violence on TV are also particularly likely to behave aggressively. This relationship would NOT necessarily indicate that watching violence influences aggressive behavior because

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At its beginning,psychology focused on the study of

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Which of the following is most useful for helping survey researchers avoid false generalizations?

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Dr. Wolski does research on the potential relationship between neurotransmitter deficiencies and mood states. Which psychological specialty does Dr. Wolski's research best represent?

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Looking inward and reporting your immediate sensations,images,and feelings is called

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A professor constructs a questionnaire to determine how students at the university feel about nuclear disarmament. Which of the following techniques should be used in order to survey a random sample of the student body?

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After sleeping for about an hour and a half,José enters a phase of paradoxical sleep. He is likely to

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Responding to the argument that gender differences are often by-products of a culture's social and family structures,an evolutionary psychologist is most likely to point to

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After a mild stroke,Mr. McGeorge showed some signs of aphasia. What pattern of symptoms would lead you to believe the damage occurred primarily in (a)Broca's area,(b)Wernicke's area,(c)the angular gyrus.

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