Test Bank Questions

NOTE: Although Psychology, 10e, and the accompanying Test Banks have been revised to
reflect the diagnostic and label changes in DSM-5, these questions have not been altered because
the terminology used in the questions matches that used in the videos, and their terminology has
not changed.

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1.Which of the following questions was the basis for structuralism, one of the early schools
of psychology?
What does the mind do?
How does the mind influence behavior?
How is the mind grounded in material substancenamely the brain?
What is the structure of the mind?

A)
B)
C)
D)

2.(Video: Why do people help? Explaining behavior) To Mike and John, Tina was a
casual acquaintance.
stranger.
close friend.
cousin.

A)
B)
C)
D)

3.(Video: Why do people help? Explaining behavior) Mike described his and John's
decision to help Tina as a product of
the social-responsibility norm.
empathy.
instinct.
the models that their parents had provided.

A)
B)
C)
D)

4.(Video: Postpartum psychosis: The case of Andrea Yates) Andrea was trained as a
________ and was ________ in high school.
legal secretary; a violinist
nurse; valedictorian of her class
physical therapist; student council president
school social worker; a basketball player

A)
B)
C)
D)

5.(Video: Postpartum psychosis: The case of Andrea Yates) The film suggests that
________ percent of new mothers experience some form of the baby blues.
10
25
50
75
6.(Video: Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology: Psychology in the workplace)
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C)
D)

Organizational psychology takes psychological theories and principles and applies them
to the workplace, focusing on
the social context in which employees behave at work.
employee well-being.
employee performance and organizational efficiency.
all of these things.

A)
B)
C)
D)

7.(Video: Research methods) If different researchers obtain consistent results from testing a
hypothesis, the results are said to be
valid.
manipulated.
reliable.
randomly assigned.

A)
B)
C)
D)

8.(Video: Brain Transplants in Parkinson's patients) Dopamine is projected to the basal

ganglia from neurons in which region?
hypothalamus
hippocampus
locus coeruleus
substantia nigra

A)
B)
C)
D)

9.(Video: Brain Transplants in Parkinson's patients) The patient, as a result of transplant

surgery, was once again able to ________ despite Parkinson's disease.
play the piano
play tennis
swim laps
read poetry aloud

A)
B)
C)
D)

10.(Video: Correlation and causation) Random assignment is important in an experiment

because
otherwise participants will not know the parameters of the experiment.
the two groups will be the same on average for all variables.
participants can opt into the group they want.
the two groups will be different enough that the third-variable problem will be
eliminated.

11.(Video: Experimental design) The control group is identical to the experimental group in
all aspects except
A)
demographics.
B)
experience with violent video games.
C)
manipulation of the independent variable.

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treatment by the experimenter.

A)
B)
C)
D)

12.(Video: Experimental design) Differences in the competitive reaction time task were
assessed using
analysis of variance.
T-tests.
regression analysis.
hierarchical linear modeling.

A)
B)
C)
D)

13.(Video: Does self-confidence intimidate others?) The study results show how perceived
judgments of the ________ of another influence our behavior in a game of ________.
competence; skill
competence; chance
age; skill
age; chance

A)
B)
C)
D)

14.(Video: Does self-confidence intimidate others?) The narrator concludes that our
judgments about who we take on are made more on ________ than on ________.
age; ability
gender; competence
instinct; logic
reason; emotion

A)
B)
C)
D)

15.(Video: Does self-confidence intimidate others?) The research participants in this study
are identified as
students.
unskilled workers.
professional gamblers.
prison inmates.

A)
B)
C)
D)

16.(Video: Schachter's affiliation experiment) Which of the following proverbs comes

closest to Schachter's hypothesis?
Misery loves company.
Opposites attract.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Love conquers all.

17.(Video: Schachter's affiliation experiment) The dependent variable in the Schachter

experiment was
A)
fear.

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C)
D)

the desire to affiliate.

the need for self-esteem.
electric shock.

A)
B)
C)
D)

18.(Video: Schachter's Affiliation Experiment) College women expressed the greatest desire
to affiliate with others after they experienced
deindividuation.
group polarization.
the reduction of cognitive dissonance.
the threat of painful electric shocks.

A)
B)
C)
D)

19.(Video: Schachter's affiliation experiment) In testing his hypothesis, Schachter

manipulated the
gender of the research participants.
level of electric shock.
status of the experimenter.
degree of fear in his research participants.

A)
B)
C)
D)

20.(Video: Ethics in animal research: The sad case of Booee the chimp) According to the
narrator, Booee became a participant in research on
cancer.
heart disease.
hepatitis.
allergies.

A)
B)
C)
D)

21.(Video: Ethics in animal research: The sad case of Booee the chimp) Sixteen years after
leaving his trainer, it is clear that Booee has retained his ability to
play the harmonica.
use sign language.
solve simple mathematical puzzles.
use complex grammar.

A)
B)
C)
D)

22.(Video: Death of a subject: The ethics of mental health research) Joseph's family claimed
that he was
told not to tell his family about the drug trial.
never asked to provide informed consent.
incapable of providing informed consent.
a willing participant in the drug trial.
23.(Video: Death of a subject: The ethics of mental health research) The bioethicist

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B)
C)
D)

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B)
C)
D)

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B)
C)
D)

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B)
C)
D)

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B)
C)
D)

interviewed on the video maintains that

hospitals don't discriminate among patients in drug trials.
the poor, the elderly, and the sick are vulnerable to becoming guinea pigs.
poor patients are poor subjects for criminal trials.
experimental drug trials should be discontinued.
24.(Video: Death of a subject: The ethics of mental health research) Which best summarizes
the defense of experimental drug trials such as the one described in the video?
Only patients with the most severe disabilities qualify for drug trials.
Drug trials produce income for hospitals.
Informed consent is an out-of-date practice.
Without aggressive tests of new drugs, improved medication will never enter the
market.
25.(Video: Ethics in human research: Violating one's privacy) The program notes that
residents of Iceland seem fascinated with the study of
genocide.
psychological disorder.
cancer and heart disease.
genealogy.
26.(Video: Ethics in human research: Violating one's privacy) Most residents of Iceland
believe that
the benefit of deCODE's research outweighs the risk of harm to individual citizens.
their parliament was wrong in giving deCODE access to medical records.
deCODE's research has little personal or social significance.
protecting confidentiality is more important than understanding the genetic basis for
illness.
27.(Video: The neuron: Basic units of communication) Which of the following is true of the
neuron?
It is the basic unit in the brain.
It is the basis of all emotions, thoughts, and behavior.
It has the basic function of conducting electrical and chemical information.
It has all of these properties.

28.(Video: Neural communication: Impulse transmission across the synapse) Chemicals

released into the synaptic gap between two neurons are called
A)
stimulants.
B)
hormones.
C)
neurotransmitters.

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barbiturates.

A)
B)
C)
D)

29.(Video: Neural communication: Impulse transmission across the synapse) The ________
of one neuron may receive messages from the ________ of many other neurons.
axons; dendrites
dendrites; axons
stimulants; cell bodies
cell bodies; stimulants

A)
B)
C)
D)

30.(Video: Neural communication: impulse transmission across the synapse) The human
nervous system is composed of billions of neurons that communicate
by electrical impulses.
by actual physical contact.
from one dendrite to another dendrite.
from one axon to another axon.

A)
B)
C)
D)

31.(Video: Neural Communication) An excitatory postsynaptic potential ________ a target

neuron, and an inhibitory postsynaptic potential ________ a target neuron.
depolarizes; depolarizes
hyperpolarizes; hyperpolarizes
depolarizes; hyperpolarizes
hyperpolarizes; depolarizes

A)
B)
C)
D)

32.(Video: Chemically induced hallucinations: Studies of anesthetic drugs) Ketamine is

a hormone.
an anesthetic drug.
one of the brain's natural neurotransmitters.
a form of marijuana.

A)
B)
C)
D)

33.(Video: Chemically induced hallucinations: Studies of anesthetic drugs) Ketamine

produces
hallucinations.
depression.
insomnia.
antisocial conduct.

34.(Video: Chemically induced hallucinations: Studies of anesthetic drugs) Franz

Vollenweider's research indicates that ketamine affects
A)
the output of the pituitary gland.
B)
the hypothalamus and appetite hormones.

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D)

the adrenal glands' release of epinephrine and norepinephrine.

communication between nerve cells.

A)
B)
C)
D)

35.(Video: Parkinson's disease: A case study) Parkinson's disease is most notably marked by
deteriorated mental ability.
loss of muscle control.
loss of impulse control.
loss of vision.

A)
B)
C)
D)

36.(Video: Parkinson's disease: A case study) At times, the medication that Dale received for
Parkinson's disease produced
uncontrollable, wild movement.
temporary paralysis.
insomnia.
dizziness.

A)
B)
C)
D)

37.(Video: Treating Parkinson's disease: Deep brain electrode implantation) Just before
surgery, Dale is given
his regular Parkinson's medication.
a general anesthetic that puts him to sleep.
a tranquilizer.
no medication.

A)
B)
C)
D)

38.(Video: Treating Parkinson's disease: Deep brain electrode implantation) The surgery is
successful in improving Dale's
vision.
hearing.
muscle control.
ability to empathize with other people.

A)
B)
C)
D)

39.(Video: The runner's high) The effect of the runner's high is produced
during mild exercise.
only after vigorous training.
especially in females.
almost immediately.

40.(Video: The runner's high) An evolutionary explanation of runner's high is that those
who felt rewarded by the exercise involved in chasing and being chased
A)
felt superior to natural predators.
B)
produced more natural opiates.

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D)

were likely to run faster and harder and thus to survive.

built stronger physiques.

A)
B)
C)
D)

41.(Video: The runner's high) Natural opiates called ________ numb pain receptors and
reduce pain messages to the brain.
endogenous opioids
endorphins
morphine
pituitary opiates

A)
B)
C)
D)

42.(Video: The central nervous system: Spotlight on the brain) Which part of the brain deals
with abstract thinking, planning, executive control, and judgment, the qualities that make
us most human?
occipital lobe
temporal lobe
parietal lobe
frontal lobe

A)
B)
C)
D)

43.(Video: Understanding neuroscience methods: ERP) By 20 months of age, differences

between words an infant understands and ones she doesn't understand can be identified in
temporoparietal regions of both hemispheres.
temporoparietal regions of the left hemisphere.
orbitofrontal regions of the right hemisphere.
orbitofrontal regions of the left hemisphere.

A)
B)
C)
D)

44.(Video: Understanding neuroscience methods: ERP) Changes in brain activation in

response to language listening seem to be driven by
brain maturation.
neuronal myelination.
vocabulary knowledge.
motor development.

A)
B)
C)
D)

45.(Video: Compulsive gambling and the brain's pleasure center) The medication used to
treat Theodore is normally used to treat
depression.
anxiety.
drug addiction.
hypertension.
46.(Video: Compulsive gambling and the brain's pleasure center) The video indicates that

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B)
C)
D)

obsessions have their basis in

early childhood experiences.
the evolutionary process of natural selection.
a history of sexual abuse.
altered brain structure.

A)
B)
C)
D)

47.(Video: Compulsive gambling and the brain's pleasure center) In an attempt to replace the
thrill he once associated with gambling, Theodore
flies a helicopter.
takes up bowling.
tries skydiving.
buys a race car.

A)
B)
C)
D)

48.(Video: Rewiring the brain) What part of the brain normally interprets information from
the eyes?
amygdala
reticular formation
visual cortex
thalamus

A)
B)
C)
D)

49.(Video: Rewiring the brain) BrainPort enables blind persons to use their ________ to see.
ears
nose
fingers
tongue

A)
B)
C)
D)

50.(Video: Rewiring the brain) To help blind persons to see, BrainPort uses the area of the
brain normally devoted to
touch.
balance.
smell.
taste.

A)
B)
C)
D)

51.(Video: The split brain: Lessons on cognition and the cerebral hemispheres) The two
hemispheres of Joe's brain were severed to control his
depression.
schizophrenia.
epileptic seizures.
antisocial conduct.

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B)
C)
D)

52.(Video: The split brain: Lessons on cognition and the cerebral hemispheres) Based on his
study of split-brain patients, Gazzaniga believes that the
right hemisphere is more intelligent than the left.
left hemisphere is more intelligent that the right.
right and left hemispheres are equal in intelligence.
right and left hemispheres are equal in verbal ability.

A)
B)
C)
D)

53.(Video: The split brain: Lessons on cognition and the cerebral hemispheres) The left
hemisphere is inferior to the right hemisphere in
language.
problem-solving ability.
hypothesis testing.
recognizing visual patterns.

A)
B)
C)
D)

54.(Video: Language and brain plasticity) The nuclear physicist's loss of language was the
result of
a head injury in an automobile accident.
viral encephalitis.
a stroke.
a loss of oxygen to the brain during heart surgery.

A)
B)
C)
D)

55.(Video: Language and brain plasticity) The program states that the nuclear physicist has
suffered severe damage to the ________ of his brain.
left hemisphere
right hemisphere
reticular formation
limbic system

A)
B)
C)
D)

56.(Video: Mapping the brain through electrical stimulation) The electrical stimulation of the
brain is conducted while the patient
is hypnotized.
is awake.
experiences REM sleep.
is under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs.

A)
B)
C)
D)

57.(Video: Mapping the brain through electrical stimulation) Electrical stimulation of the
brain indicates that
all regions of the brain are highly sensitive to pain.
all regions of the brain are involved in speech.
various brain regions have particular functions.
we typically use only about 10 percent of our neural capacity.

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B)
C)
D)

58.(Video: Planning, life goals, and the frontal lobe) Michael's explanation for why he
continued gambling, even though he was suffering losses, was that he
was playing with the experimenter's money rather than his own.
was certain he would eventually recoup his losses.
was not aware that he was losing.
had lost his capacity to act rationally.

A)
B)
C)
D)

59.(Video: Planning, life goals, and the frontal lobe) Michael's response to his injury is
marked by
deep depression.
little awareness of how it has transformed him.
post-traumatic stress syndrome.
unexplained euphoria.

A)
B)
C)
D)

60.(Video: The split brain: Lessons on language, vision, and free will) Joe underwent brain
surgery to control
depression.
dissociative identity disorder.
Parkinson's disease.
epileptic seizures.

A)
B)
C)
D)

A)
B)
C)
D)

61.(Video: The split brain: Lessons on language, vision, and free will) After having split
brain surgery, Joe can verbally report words that are presented
to his right hemisphere.
to his left hemisphere.
to both his right and left hemispheres.
to his left hemisphere if the words are single syllables and to his right hemisphere if
the words have multiple syllables.
62.(Video: The split brain: Lessons on language, vision, and free will) According to the
program, our ________ very likely provides the basis for our sensation of free will.
right hemisphere
brainstem
left hemisphere
corpus callosum
63.(Video: Achieving hemispheric balance: improving sports performance) In studying
success in sports, researchers have found, for example, that the key to good putting in
golf is

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B)
C)
D)

for the left hemisphere to become more active.

for the right hemisphere to become quieter.
to keep your feet close together.
to achieve a state of balance between the two cerebral hemispheres.

A)
B)
C)
D)

64.(Video: Brain and behavior: Phineas Gage revisited) Franz Joseph Gall, who believed
that different faculties or traits are located in distinct parts of the brain, thought bumps
in the skull could reveal these different traits. His theory is known as
phrenology.
reaction formation.
self-transcendence.
naturalistic observation.

A)
B)
C)
D)

65.(Video: Brain plasticity: rewiring the visual cortex) In an experiment, a young woman
volunteered to wear a blindfold for four days. During that time, she learned Braille. After
the four days, an MRI showed that when her index finger was stimulated, her
parietal lobes were activated.
temporal lobes were activated.
visual cortex was activated.
brain showed no reorganization.

A)
B)
C)
D)

66.(Video: Neuroimaging: assessing what's cool) Steve Quartz is studying the brain's
reaction to products the person considers cool. His theory is that the brain reacts
differently when a person is looking at these products. Which method does Quartz use to
study brain activity?
electroencephalography
neuroimaging with MRI scans
a double-blind procedure
an all-or-none response

A)
B)
C)
D)

67.(Video: The brain's reward center) Drug addiction seems to be connected to the brain's
reward center. ________ is one of the most powerful neurotransmitters at work in the
brain's reward pathway.
Acetylcholine
Serotonin
Dopamine
Glutamate
68.(Video: Brain Imaging) A simulated MRI scan of the brain indicates that looking at a grid
of black and white lines produces the most activity in the central areas of the ________
lobe.

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B)
C)
D)

occipital
temporal
frontal
parietal

A)
B)
C)
D)

69.(Video: Brain Structure) Which of the following areas of the human brain contains the
greatest amount of brain tissue?
hypothalamus
frontal lobes
amygdala
occipital lobes

A)
B)
C)
D)

70.(Video: Self-stimulation in rats) The electrode stimulates which brain region?

the lateral hypothalamus
the nucleus accumbens
the dentate gyrus
the fusiform cortex

A)
B)
C)
D)

71.(Video: Self-stimulation in rats) The rat presses the lever for the reward
continuously, at a variable rate.
continuously, at a constant rate.
three times only.
one time only.

A)
B)
C)
D)

72.(Video: Self-Stimulation in Rats) The rat in this video is rewarded by pressing a lever that
triggers electrical stimulation of its
amygdala.
cerebellum.
hypothalamus.
sensory cortex.

73.(Video: Attention) Cell-phone use while driving is dangerous because

we think we're attending to everything that we want to notice, but we probably
aren't.
B)
our intentional and working memory and visual our capacities are limited.
C)
any time we're attending to two or more tasks at the same time, there are costs.
D)
of all of these reasons.
A)

74.(Video: Automatic skills: Disrupting a pilot's performance) In comparison to the less

experienced pilot, the veteran finds that

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B)
C)
D)

counting backward is more disruptive to his performance.

counting backward is less disruptive to his performance.
describing what he is doing is more disruptive to his performance.
describing what he is doing is less disruptive to his performance.

A)
B)
C)
D)

75.(Video: Automatic skills: Disrupting a pilot's performance) This study was designed to
examine the impact of a(n) ________ task on a(n) ________ task.
motor; verbal
quantitative; qualitative
analytical; holistic
conscious; unconscious

A)
B)
C)
D)

76.(Video: Blindsight: Seeing without awareness) The visual cortex is located in the
________ of the brain.
front
back
left but not the right side
right but not the left side

A)
B)
C)
D)

77.(Video: Blindsight: Seeing without awareness) Although he is unaware of moving

lights in his right visual field, Graham correctly reports the direction of their movement
________ percent of the time.
60
70
80
90

A)
B)
C)
D)

78.(Video: Blindsight: Seeing without awareness) The parts of the brain that enable
consciousness and our ability to communicate that awareness are located in the
frontal lobes.
visual cortex.
cerebellum.
corpus callosum.

A)
B)
C)
D)

79.(Video: Visual attention: Piecing things together) Daniel Simons refers to the
phenomenon portrayed in his experiment as
selective inattention.
illusory drift.
attentional blindness.
change blindness.

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B)
C)
D)

80.(Video: Visual attention: Piecing things together) Research indicates that ________
percent of research participants fail to see the change in experimenters.
55
66
75
90

A)
B)
C)
D)

81.(Video: Visual attention: There's a gorilla on the court) How many people in the group
notice the gorilla during the first viewing?
most
about half
only a few
none

A)
B)
C)
D)

82.(Video: Visual attention: There's a gorilla on the court) Which term best describes the
phenomenon illustrated by the video?
experiential perception
attentional vision
selective attention
visual awareness

A)
B)
C)
D)

83.(Video: Consciousness and artificial intelligence) COG is a humanoid robot. One of the
questions being asked about COG is whether one day it could be capable of
consciousness.
having an action potential.
having a reticular formation.
experiencing inattentional blindness.

A)
B)
C)
D)

84.(Video: Neisser's Selective Attention Test) In this test of attention, viewers are shown
images of men in black or white shirts who are passing
into a prison.
plates of food.
basketballs.
the scene of a robbery.

A)
B)
C)
D)

85.(Video: Sleep: Why we sleep) Dreams are most intense during which stage of sleep?
stage 1 sleep
stage 2 sleep
stage3 sleep
REM sleep

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B)
C)
D)

86.(Video: Circadian rhythms) In mammals, the circadian clock is located in the

hypothalamus.
adrenal gland.
cerebellum.
hippocampus.

A)
B)
C)
D)

87.(Video: Circadian rhythms) The most important factor for the timing of the circadian
clock is
social interaction.
regular exercise.
a good night's sleep.
sunlight exposure.

A)
B)
C)
D)

88.(Video: The effect of sleep deprivation: Three brave souls) The volunteers stay awake by
consuming coffee and tea.
engaging in physical exercise.
making phone calls to friends.
playing musical instruments.

A)
B)
C)
D)

89.(Video: The effect of sleep deprivation: Three brave souls) After the second sleepless
night, tests indicate that the participants
are severely depressed.
are almost euphoric.
are no longer alert.
have little appetite.

A)
B)
C)
D)

90.(Video: The effect of sleep deprivation: Three brave souls) After 12 hours of sleep, two of
the three participants
are back to normal in their level of alertness.
are still unable to complete the driving test successfully.
remain in micro sleep.
show signs of anxiety and depression.

A)
B)
C)
D)

91.(Video: Sleep terror disorder) According to the program, night terrors affect ________
percent of all children.
3
9
15
25

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B)
C)
D)

92.(Video: Sleep terror disorder) Research suggests that night terrors

are the same as nightmares.
are predictive of insomnia in adulthood.
are not a sign of psychological disturbance.
have their basis in a traumatic experience in infancy.

A)
B)
C)
D)

93.(Video: Sleep terror disorder) Night terrors occur

during a phase of deep sleep.
just before awakening in the morning.
while the victim is having a dream.
just before the child falls asleep at night.

A)
B)
C)
D)

94.(Video: Sleep and sleeplessness: The current scene) According to this clip, inadequate
sleep has been linked to
hypertension and a weakened immune system.
heart attacks and cancer.
ulcers and kidney disease.
muscle loss and cirrhosis.

A)
B)
C)
D)

95.(Video: Sleep and sleeplessness: The current scene) Modafinal has been approved by the
FDA to treat the sleep disorder of
sleep terrors.
insomnia.
sleep apnea.
narcolepsy.

A)
B)
C)
D)

96.(Video: Narcoleptic dogs) Like humans, dogs can suffer from narcolepsy. This disorder
results in
sudden attacks of overwhelming hunger.
sudden attacks of overwhelming sleepiness.
nightly episodes of insomnia.
temporary inability to breathe.

A)
B)
C)
D)

97.(Video: Hypnosis: Medical and psychological applications) This program indicates that
hypnosis can be effective in
curing cancer.
preventing heart disease.
reducing pain.
helping people to remember painful experiences from their childhood.

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B)
C)
D)

98.(Video: Hypnosis: Medical and psychological applications) Research indicates that about
________ of all doctors now refer patients for hypnosis when they believe it is
appropriate.
one-third
one-half
two-thirds
three-quarters

A)
B)
C)
D)

99.(Video: Hypnosis: Medical and psychological applications) This video shows virtual
reality hypnosis being used with
pregnant women in labor.
burn victims.
cancer victims.
AIDS victims.

100.(Video: Hypnosis: An altered mental state?) In the clip's opening, Spiegel reports that
those under hypnosis experience significantly less
A)
anxiety.
B)
depression.
C)
hostility.
D)
stuttering.
101.(Video: Hypnosis: An altered mental state?) Spiegel reports that the hypnotic state is
similar to
A)
falling into a very deep sleep.
B)
entering the imagined world of a play or movie.
C)
having a very vivid dream.
D)
being a good subject in a psychology experiment.
102.(Video: Experimenting with alcohol and drugs) These teens feel that the main reason
teens may experiment with drugs and alcohol is
A)
peer pressure.
B)
an internal desire to conform.
C)
rebellion against authority.
D)
depression.
103.(Video: Experimenting with alcohol and drugs) These teens feel that doing drugs as a
response to boredom is
A)
a bad reason for doing so.

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C)
D)

an inevitable consequence of teen life.

a good way to make things more fun.
really the only reason anyone does drugs.

104.(Video: The medical use of marijuana) The program notes that California was the first
state to legalize the medical use of marijuana
A)
for people who are seriously ill.
B)
if prescribed by a doctor.
C)
only in cases when death is imminent.
D)
for people in wheelchairs.
105.(Video: The medical use of marijuana) Angel began taking marijuana
A)
as a recreational user.
B)
after her prescribed pain-killing drugs made her sick.
C)
when she first became ill.
D)
after being admitted to the hospital.
106.(Video: The medical use of marijuana) Drug czar John Walters argues that the claims
about the beneficial effects of marijuana are
A)
unrealistic.
B)
false.
C)
unsubstantiated.
D)
proven, but the drug is still harmful.
107.(Video: The nature and abuse of Ecstasy [MDMA]) The clip shows that, in addition to
ingesting the drug Ecstasy, some users
A)
inject it directly into the bloodstream.
B)
liquefy and drink it.
C)
inhale it.
D)
absorb it through the skin.
108.(Video: The nature and abuse of Ecstasy [MDMA]) One user describes the effect of the
drug as the equivalent of
A)
an hour long orgasm.
B)
a roller coaster ride.
C)
a month-long Hawaiian vacation.
D)
a sumptuous seven-course dinner.
109.(Video: Behavior genetics) If the heritability of intelligence is 50 percent, this means
A)
your intelligence is 50 percent genetic.

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C)
D)

genetic influence explains 50 percent of the observed variation among people.

you and your genetic siblings will have the same intelligence.
that all of these statements are correct.

110.(Video: 100 years old and counting: Psychological and biological factors) The program
indicates that one important characteristic of people who live to 100 is having
A)
an unassertive personality.
B)
interesting activities.
C)
an introverted personality.
D)
a Type A personality.
111.(Video: 100 years old and counting: Psychological and biological factors) 101-year-old
Alva loves
A)
spinach.
B)
ice cream.
C)
roasted almonds.
D)
chocolate.
112.(Video: 100 years old and counting: Psychological and biological factors) Researchers
Thomas Perls and Louis Kunkel report that they have
A)
identified the specific genes responsible for longevity.
B)
identified the chromosome region that contains the gene or genes for longevity.
C)
have ruled out any genetic basis for long life.
D)
identified the cultural basis for differences in longevity around the world.
113.(Video: Nature versus nurture: Growing up apart) Jerry and Mark share the career of
A)
dentistry.
B)
truck driving.
C)
firefighting.
D)
plumbing.
114.(Video: Nature versus nurture: Growing up apart) Jerry and Mark suggest that their
similarities are due to shared
A)
family environments.
B)
genes.
C)
social norms.
D)
cultural values.
115.(Video: Designer babies?) Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was specifically
designed to help parents have children who were free of

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A)
B)
C)
D)

a deadly genetic disorder.

a predisposition to criminal behavior.
Intellectual disability.
drug addiction.

116.(Video: Designer babies?) When Renee's embryos were examined for the Tay-Sachs
gene, ________ were found to be free of the disease.
A)
two of four
B)
two of five
C)
three of four
D)
three of five
117.(Video: The nature-nurture issue) The idea of the blank slate assumes that we are shaped
by
A)
our genes.
B)
nurture.
C)
unconscious drives and motives.
D)
the process of natural selection.
118.(Video: The nature-nurture issue) According to Pinker, the notion that humans are blank
slates can foster
A)
Nazism.
B)
drug abuse.
C)
social engineering.
D)
sexual promiscuity.
119.(Video: Evolutionary psychology) The usefulness of evolutionary psychology is its
ability to
A)
generate hypotheses about current behaviors by looking at the past.
B)
solve the nature versus nurture debate.
C)
explain how we adapt to situations.
D)
provide concrete explanations for behavior.
120.(Video: Evolutionary psychology and sex differences) Steven Pinker states that an
important difference between men and women in their
A)
vocabulary.
B)
intelligence.
C)
happiness.
D)
sexuality.

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121.(Video: Evolutionary psychology and sex differences) Helena Cronin suggests that as a
science, psychology does NOT seek to explain
A)
how we ought to live.
B)
how our minds work.
C)
our important motives.
D)
the biological basis of behavior.
122.(Video: Evolutionary psychology and sex differences) In his own life, Steven Pinker has
made a conscious decision NOT to
A)
become overweight.
B)
have children.
C)
drink alcohol.
D)
drive an expensive car.
123.(Video: Openness to casual sex: A study of men versus women) When the woman
experimenter asked male strangers to have sex with her ________ of them agreed.
A)
one-quarter
B)
one-half
C)
three-quarters
D)
all
124.(Video: Openness to casual sex: A study of men versus women) When the woman asked
men to have coffee with her, ________ of them agreed.
A)
one-quarter
B)
one-half
C)
three-quarters
D)
all
125.(Video: Activity, exercise, and the brain) In a research study, one group of adult rats was
placed in an enriched environment, the other group in individual barren laboratory
cages. The researchers found that, compared to the brains of the deprived rats, those of
rats living in enriched environments
A)
were smaller.
B)
had fewer neural connections.
C)
had greater blood supply.
D)
were the same.
126.(Video: Gender development) As brute strength becomes increasingly irrelevant to power
and status
A)
gender roles will increasingly converge.
B)
women will become the more dominant gender.

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D)

men and women will continue to be very dissimilar, due to biology.

woman won't strive for employment in traditionally male occupations.

127.(Video: Are today's girls academically superior to boys?) According to Thompson, girls
now outperform boys
A)
in elementary and middle school, but not later.
B)
at all levels of formal education.
C)
beginning in middle school.
D)
in high school and college, but not graduate school.
128.(Video: Are today's girls academically superior to boys?) The experience of Franklin
Goodman is highlighted because he
A)
provides extra support in a coeducational setting.
B)
encourages girls to succeed in athletics as well as academics.
C)
coaches as well as teaches.
D)
does not allow boys with poor grades to participate in sports.
129.(Video: Are today's girls academically superior to boys?) According to the video, boys lag
behind girls academically
A)
and therefore also earn less money in the job market.
B)
but gender balance exists in the workplace after school.
C)
but continue to outpace women on the career front.
D)
but make up for this in later life because of athletic success.
130.(Video: Sexual identity goes awry) What was the initial reaction of therapists when the
child said she felt she was gay?
A)
They considered the possibility.
B)
They said it was just a phase.
C)
They believed the girl was lying.
D)
They recommended that she see a gender disorder specialist.
131.(Video: Sexual identity goes awry) How did the school community eventually react to the
situation?
A)
They grudgingly provided a small degree of support.
B)
She was sent to a special school for transgendered children.
C)
They continued to be hostile to her situation.
D)
They became supportive and accommodated her.
132.(Video: Sexual identity goes awry) What precipitated the child's desire for surgery?
A)
her new boys' haircut

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C)
D)

the development of secondary female sex characteristics

friendships with other, similar children
the completion of hormone therapy

133.(Video: The art of listening: Males versus females) According to the narrator, sex
differences in brain size:
A)
suggest that males may be slightly more intelligent than females.
B)
suggest that females may be slightly more intelligent than males.
C)
are directly associated with average differences in body size.
D)
explain males' greater physical aggression.
134.(Video: The art of listening: Males versus females) According to this program, males
typically process sound with the
A)
left side of the brain.
B)
right side of the brain.
C)
left side of the brain if they have a heterosexual orientation and right side of the
brain if they have a homosexual orientation.
D)
left side of the brain if they are left-handed and right side of the brain if they are
right-handed.

A)
B)
C)
D)

135.(Video: Prenatal development) The development of the fetus can be affected by

heavy alcohol use.
smoking.
poor nutrition.
all of these things.

136.(Video: Prenatal animation) After fertilization the egg divides into ________ cells and
then into ________ cells.
A)
2; 8
B)
4; 8
C)
3; 4
D)
2; 4
137.(Video: Prenatal animation) The development of the _______ is apparent before the
development of the ________.
A)
hair; fingers
B)
genitals; eyes
C)
eyes; genitals
D)
nose; arms

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138.(Prenatal brain development: From conception to birth) About 48 weeks after

conception, the two hemispheres of a human fetus' brain begin to emerge. These areas
control complex behaviors, problem solving, and memories and are called the
A)
hindbrain.
B)
cerebral cortex.
C)
cerebellum.
D)
pineal gland.
139.(Video: Testing Competency in the Newborn) The heart rate, respiration, and other vital
signs of a newborn's physical health are assessed using the
A)
Apgar scale.
B)
electroencephalograph.
C)
Rorschach Inkblot Test.
D)
PET scan.
140.(Video: Reflexes in the Newborn) Healthy newborns demonstrate the Babinsky reflex
when
A)
liquid is placed in their mouths.
B)
the bottoms of their feet are stroked.
C)
an object is placed in their hands.
D)
their cheeks are stroked.
141.(Video: Cognitive development) According to Piaget, at which stage do children become
capable of true logical thought?
A)
sensorimotor
B)
preoperational
C)
concrete operational
D)
formal operational
142.(Video: Morelli's strange situation test) Most infants are categorized as being either
________ or ________ attached to their mothers.
A)
securely; insecurely
B)
firmly; loosely
C)
affectionately; disaffectionately
D)
organizationally; disorganizationally
143.(Video: Morelli's Strange Situation Test) Researchers typically monitor an infant's
reactions in a strange situation test in order to assess whether the baby is
A)
egocentric.
B)
securely attached.
C)
gender typed.

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autistic.

144.(Video: Morelli's strange situation test) Data suggest that around ________% of infants
are securely attached.
A)
20
B)
50
C)
80
D)
90
145.(Video: Today's overscheduled children) Alvin Rosenfeld reports that one outcome of
hyperparenting is that children
A)
do poorly in school work.
B)
become overly competitive and even aggressive.
C)
have no time to imagine.
D)
develop a poor self-image.

A)
B)
C)
D)

146.(Video: Today's overscheduled children) One parent maintains that scheduled activities
promote more efficient study habits.
promote social sensitivity.
foster parent-child bonds.
keep children off the streets and out of trouble.

147.(Video: Today's overscheduled children) Parents express concern that if their children are
left unsupervised they will
A)
not be safe.
B)
become too aggressive while interacting with their peers.
C)
fail to do their homework.
D)
develop poor relationships with parents and siblings.
148.(Video: Theory of mind: Taking the perspective of others) The program indicates that
before the age of ________ children are unable to assume the perspective of another.
A)
3
B)
4
C)
5
D)
6
149.(Video: Theory of mind: Taking the perspective of others) The narrator suggests that the
ability to take the perspective of another is a matter of
A)
socialization.
B)
formal schooling.

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D)

brain development.
practice in playing specific games.

150.(Video: The two faces of autism) James being interested only in what others can do for
him is a sign of
A)
the inability to form social relationships.
B)
severe language impairment.
C)
a lack of imagination.
D)
the fact that autism is a spectrum of disorders.
151.(Video: The two faces of autism) The most severe cases of autism are marked by
________ of language.
A)
a complete absence
B)
the incoherent use
C)
a difficulty in the understanding
D)
a delay in the processing
152.(Video: The two faces of autism) The lack of imagination characterized by autism results
in the
A)
lack of a cure for the disorder.
B)
inability to role-play.
C)
inability to use language effectively.
D)
use of gibberish when frustrated.
153.(Video: Childhood Disorder: Understanding Autism) Autism is characterized by a wide
range of problems. Which of the following is a common symptom of people with autism?
A)
hallucinations
B)
delusions
C)
difficulties in social relationships
D)
intellectual disability
154.(Video: Cognitive development: overcoming attentional inertia) A 3-year-old child is
asked to place picture cards in one of two piles depending on the color or shape of the
picture. When given a new rule for sorting, she continues to use the old rule, even though
she seems to understand the new one. This is due to
A)
attentional inertia.
B)
object permanence.
C)
concrete operational thinking.
D)
crystallized intelligence.

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155.(Video: The scale errors) An infant girl tries to slide down a doll-size model of a slide,
and a young boy repeatedly tries to get into a small toy car. Their behavior is an example
of
A)
the caf call illusion.
B)
scale errors.
C)
Piaget's conservation-of-number test.
D)
the Heinz dilemma.
156.(Video: The strange situation and attachment) In experiments, mothers leave their infants
alone for three minutes, and researchers observe the infants' behavior. These are called
________ experiments.
A)
strange situation
B)
social clock
C)
object permanence
D)
crystallized intelligence
157.(Video: Body Part Counting System) In the unique 27 body part counting system used by
the Oksapmin people of Papua New Guinea, the number 1 is represented by the
A)
thumb of one hand.
B)
big toe of one foot.
C)
the elbow of one arm.
D)
the nose.
158.(Video: Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial DevelopmentTrust versus Mistrust) Erik
Erikson believed that whether children will develop a sense of trust during the first stage
of psychosocial development depends primarily on their
A)
forming a sense of identity.
B)
successfully achieving a sense of independence from other family members.
C)
receiving predictable caregiving from adults.
D)
feeling that they are as competent as most others in their peer group.
159.(Video: Harlow's Studies on Dependency in Monkeys) A baby monkey runs directly to an
artificial cloth mother when exposed to
A)
a rat.
B)
a Teddy bear.
C)
a mechanical robot.
D)
its own biological mother.
160.(Video: Object Permanence) A 10-month-old boy is shown looking for a toy airplane
where he originally found it rather than where he last observed it being hidden. This
illustrates

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A)
B)
C)
D)

the mere exposure effect.

insecure attachment.
the A not B error.
fixation.

161.(Video: Stranger Anxiety) The fear of strangers that babies commonly display reaches its
peak at about ________ months of age.
A)
2
B)
4
C)
6
D)
12
162.(Video: Echo boomers: Understanding today's college students) Parents who attempt to
micromanage their college students are called
A)
helicopter parents.
B)
zombies.
C)
robotic parents.
D)
bulldozers.
163.(Video: Echo boomers: Understanding today's college students) Pediatrician Mel Levine
believes that the current college generation suffers from
A)
an inferiority complex.
B)
a lack of empathy and social sensitivity.
C)
groupthink that stifles initiative.
D)
an inability to enjoy life in the present.
164.(Video: Echo boomers: Understanding today's college students) In the final scene, a
college man describes his generation as
A)
stressed.
B)
magnificent.
C)
workaholic.
D)
perfect.
165.(Video: Teen boys: Emerging sexuality) The video states that ________ acts as an
important force in the development of male sexuality during the teen years.
A)
estrogen
B)
insulin
C)
adrenaline
D)
testosterone

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166.(Video: Teen boys: Emerging sexuality) One expert in development suggests that male
and female sexual attitudes are most different during
A)
childhood.
B)
the teen years.
C)
early adulthood.
D)
middle adulthood.
167.(Video: Teen girls: Emerging sexuality) Research indicates that the ________ in girls
produce a weak form of ________ at about eight years of age.
A)
ovaries; estrogen
B)
adrenal glands; estrogen
C)
ovaries; testosterone
D)
adrenal glands; testosterone
168.(Video: Teen girls: Emerging sexuality) In contrast to other animals, human females do
not
A)
produce testosterone.
B)
produce estrogen.
C)
have a specific time of heat.
D)
have predictable periods of fertility.
169.(Video: Teen girls: Emerging sexuality) The program concludes that ________ is the key
hormone in women's sex drive.
A)
estrogen
B)
testosterone
C)
insulin
D)
epinephrine
170.(Video: Do adolescents lack empathy?) The Harvard researchers found that ________
percent of the adolescents they studied failed to interpret facial expressions of fear
correctly.
A)
25
B)
50
C)
75
D)
100
171.(Video: Do adolescents lack empathy?) According to the researcher, the frontal lobes of
the adult brain
A)
inhibit or help control the rest of the brain.
B)
enable the adult to experience more positive than negative emotion.
C)
can lead adults to misunderstand the feelings of adolescents.

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play little role in their interpretation of emotion.

172.(Video: Moral thinking and emotion: a challenging dilemma) When people are faced with
moral dilemmas or inner conflict, brain scans indicate the ________ is active.
A)
occipital lobe
B)
anterior cingulate
C)
sympathetic nervous system
D)
amygdala
173.(Video: Moral development: the Heinz dilemma) Lawrence Kohlberg studied the
development of moral reasoning. In his experiments, he asked children, adolescents, and
adults questions about the Heinz dilemma. This is a story about
A)
a baby with stranger anxiety, who is afraid of his grandmother.
B)
a child with no theory of mind.
C)
a man who stole medicine to save his wife's life.
D)
identical twins separated at birth.
174.(Video: Alzheimer's Family Case Study, Clip A) In an early stage of Alzheimer's, the
woman being described started putting all her valuables
A)
in the closet.
B)
in the refrigerator.
C)
inside her socks.
D)
under the mattress.
175.(Video: Alzheimer's Family Case Study, Clip A) One woman says the first time she knew
that something was wrong was when her mother
A)
couldn't remember where she went to high school.
B)
didn't know how old she was.
C)
seemed unaware that the woman was her daughter.
D)
asked about her own father, who had died many years earlier.
176.(Video: Alzheimer's Family Case Study, Clip B) One sign that the woman with
Alzheimer's disease has regressed physically is that she
A)
can only eat soft food with a plastic spoon.
B)
drinks out of a sippy cup.
C)
requires wheelchair to move around.
D)
can no longer hold her knitting needle.
177.(Video: Alzheimer's Family Case Study, Clip B) The old woman's response to questions
about shopping was to

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A)
B)
C)
D)

stick out her tongue.

fall asleep.
reminisce about Bloomingdale's.
sing.

178.(Video: Alzheimer's disease) The average cost of caring for a victim of Alzheimer's
disease, from first diagnosis to death, is
A)
$782 thousand.
B)
$526 thousand.
C)
$174 thousand.
D)
$112 thousand.
179.(Video: Alzheimer's disease) One of the defining characteristics of Alzheimer's disease is
________ in the brain.
A)
the presence of amyloid plaques
B)
the absence of the neurotransmitter dopamine
C)
a severed corpus callosum
D)
damage to the occipital lobes
180.(Video: Alzheimer's disease) Alzheimer's disease was first identified as a real disease in
A)
1822.
B)
1894.
C)
1907.
D)
1936.
181.(Video: Healthy aging: The power of positive thinking) The video reports that ________
Americans live lonely, dependent lives in nursing homes.
A)
500,000
B)
1 million
C)
1.6 million
D)
3.6 million
182.(Video: Healthy aging: The power of positive thinking) Anita reports anger when, at age
65, she
A)
was labeled as old by her grandchildren.
B)
received her Medicare card.
C)
was told to retire by her employer.
D)
was told she was eligible for social security benefits.
183.(Video: Healthy aging: The power of positive thinking) Dr. Robert Butler states that, if

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A)
B)
C)
D)

we could put it into a pill, ________ would be our first longevity medicine.
love
optimism
social support
physical exercise

184.(Video: Old age: Thinking and moving at the same time) The study examines how aging
changes
A)
how we allocate our mental resources.
B)
how we solve complex mathematical problems.
C)
our personalities.
D)
how we relate to other people.
185.(Video: Old age: Thinking and moving at the same time) Baltes reports that the design of
his study was shaped by his observations of older people
A)
in nursing homes.
B)
at sporting events.
C)
in the Swiss Alps.
D)
in large metropolitan settings.
186.(Video: Old age: Thinking and moving at the same time) The study measured how well
people could simultaneously
A)
walk and chew gum.
B)
talk and think.
C)
memorize and ride a bicycle.
D)
walk and memorize.
187.(Video: Aging and memory: studying Alzheimer's disease) People in the very early stages
of Alzheimer's
A)
experience a decline in all cognitive functioning.
B)
have problems forming new memories.
C)
lose some of their senses of sight, hearing, and touch.
D)
show an increase in neural activity.
188.(Video: The development of tangles and plaques in Alzheimer's disease) Neurons need
long chains of molecules for their nourishment. TAU is a protein that keeps these chains
stable. In Alzheimer's disease, the TAU
A)
starts to curl and tangle.
B)
increases in width.
C)
grows stronger.
D)
turns into RNA.

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189.One proposed method for preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease is to

A)
decrease dopamine levels.
B)
decrease levels of beta amaloid.
C)
increase GABA.
D)
increase serotonin.
190.(Video: The man who cannot recognize faces) A car accident damaged
A)
a part of Lincoln's brain.
B)
Lincoln's optic nerve.
C)
the retina in both of Lincoln's eyes.
D)
Lincoln's spinal cord.

A)
B)
C)
D)

191.(Video: The man who cannot recognize faces) Lincoln fails to recognizes the face of
Julie Andrews.
Hillary Clinton.
Marilyn Monroe.
Eleanor Roosevelt.

192.(Video: The man who cannot recognize faces) Lincoln's failure to recognize faces is
accompanied by
A)
an ability to see any moving object.
B)
an ability to distinguish between different species of animals.
C)
an ability to read and follow a map.
D)
None of these deficiencies. Lincoln's inability is limited to the recognition of human
faces.
193.(Video: Vision: How we see) Which physical dimension of light waves is responsible for
how we see color?
A)
length
B)
amplitude
C)
purity
D)
electromagnetic spectrum
194.(Video: Depth Cues) Observers of the Moon's path across the sky see the Moon as
_______ and the path as _______ than reality.
A)
larger; higher
B)
larger; lower
C)
smaller; higher
D)
smaller; lower

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195.(Video: Depth Cues) This video represents a ________ explanation of the Moon illusion.
A)
stereoscopic
B)
bilateral asymmetry
C)
depth processing
D)
ocular distortion
196.(Video: Depth Cues) When the Moon is high in the sky, it appears ________ than when it
is just above the horizon.
A)
less round
B)
more distant
C)
dimmer
D)
smaller

A)
B)
C)
D)

197.(Video: Mller-Lyer illusion) The illusion is embodied in what setting?

a ticket window
a zoo
a railroad station
a jungle gym

198.(Video: Mller-Lyer illusion) As the vertical line moves from left to right, it appears to
________ but in reality it ________.
A)
grow longer; stays the same length
B)
stay the same length; grows longer
C)
grow shorter; stays the same length
D)
stay the same length; grows shorter
199.(Video: Mller-Lyer Illusion) In the Mller-Lyer illusion, the line enclosed in an outwardpointing arrowhead is perceived as ________ than the line enclosed in an inwardpointing arrowhead.
A)
closer
B)
straighter
C)
darker
D)
longer
200.(Video: Visual information processing: Elementary concepts) Another name for the
primary visual cortex is the
A)
striate cortex.
B)
parietal cortex.
C)
entorhinal cortex.

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longitudinal cortex.

201.(Video: Visual information processing: Elementary concepts) Hubel and Wiesel

discovered neurons in cats that fired in reaction to a black dot only when it was
A)
located in a particular region of space.
B)
of a particular size.
C)
appearing alternately in multiple locations.
D)
moving in a particular direction.
202.(Video: Seeing world upside down) In the course of the week Tracy demonstrates the
capacity to
A)
fly an airplane with a copilot next to her.
B)
easily pick an object from the investigator's hand when held at different locations.
C)
write her name.
D)
ride a motorcycle down a busy street.
203.(Video: Seeing world upside down) When Tracy removes the glasses after seven days,
she reports
A)
seeing the world in motion.
B)
a strong sense of renewed personal control.
C)
sudden depression.
D)
seeing the world upside down.
204.(Video: A variety of visual illusions) As a mask of Charlie Chaplin's head is rotated, the
nose in the hollow back of the mask seems to be sticking out. In fact, it is sticking in.
This illusion happens because
A)
of retinal disparity.
B)
of your vestibular sense.
C)
we experience perceptual constancy.
D)
a hollow face is so unlikely our brain refuses to see it that way.

A)
B)
C)
D)

205.(Video: The visual cliff) The visual cliff is used to determine if infants
can crawl backward.
have object permanence.
show stranger anxiety.
are naturally afraid of heights.

206.(Video: Hearing: From vibration to sound) Tiny hair cells, which trigger impulses in
adjacent nerve cells, are found in the
A)
eardrum.

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C)
D)

cochlea.
auditory nerve.
auditory cortex.

207.(Video: Losing one's touch: Living without proprioception) The clip suggests that
________ people in the world have no proprioception.
A)
fewer than 15
B)
1 out of 1,000
C)
1 out of 10,000
D)
1 out of 1,000,000
208.(Video: Losing one's touch: Living without proprioception) The man in the clip is the
only victim of the condition who has
A)
overcome the depression inevitably associated with it.
B)
lived more than three decades with the disability.
C)
regained his mobility.
D)
regained the capacity to speak.

A)
B)
C)
D)

209.(Video: Coping with pain) Pain is typically assessed by

asking patients to rate their pain on a scale of 1 to 10.
measuring patients' heart rate and blood pressure.
observing whether patients can care for their own basic needs.
how much pain medication a patient requests.

210.(Video: Coping with pain) Pamela Palmer, director of UCSF's Pain Management Center,
suggests that doctors might be more sensitive to their patients' pain if they
A)
had better ways of treating it.
B)
not so overworked.
C)
had experienced serious pain themselves.
D)
had a better support staff.
211.(Video: Coping with pain) Bob, the former physical education instructor and baseball
coach, is successfully treated for his pain with
A)
acupuncture.
B)
biofeedback.
C)
physical therapy.
D)
an implanted pump.
212.(Video: Pickpockets, placebos, and pain: The role of expectations) The magician's ability
to remove wristwatches without being detected illustrates

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B)
C)
D)

the organizing tendencies in perception.

how touch is our dominant sense.
the constancies in perception.
how our awareness focuses on only a limited aspect of all we experience.

213.(Video: Pickpockets, placebos, and pain: The role of expectations) Researcher Tony
Dickenson's experiment demonstrates
A)
how expectations influence our experience of pain.
B)
how pain focuses our attention.
C)
the interaction of our visual, auditory, and kinesthetic senses.
D)
how men and women interpret pain stimuli differently.
214.(Video: Pickpockets, placebos, and pain: The role of expectations) In Dickenson's
experiment, the pain stimulus is delivered in the form of
A)
heat.
B)
cold.
C)
electric shock.
D)
burning chemicals on the tongue.
215.(Video: Phantom limb sensation) Which of the following is an accurate description of the
phantom limb phenomenon?
A)
The phenomenon appears to be a result of nerve damage.
B)
The sensation of the phantom limb is rarely specific.
C)
Some phantom limb patients actually attempt to use the missing limb.
D)
The phenomenon inevitably disappears in time.
216.(Video: Phantom limb sensation) Angela's reporting of hand sensations when her face is
touched indicates
A)
the rigidity of the function of brain areas.
B)
that the brain restructures itself after certain kinds of damage.
C)
that pain is confined to the area where it is felt.
D)
that bodily signals are not sent to specific brain areas.
217.(Video: Supertasters) The program indicates that about one in ______ people are
supertasters.
A)
three
B)
four
C)
five
D)
six

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218.(Video: Supertasters) Supertasters seem to be particularly sensitive to ________ tastes.

A)
sweet
B)
sour
C)
bitter
D)
salty
219.(Video: Supertasters) This program suggests that our degree of sensitivity to taste is
A)
innate.
B)
culturally conditioned.
C)
learned within the family setting.
D)
age specific.
220.(Video: Synesthesia: The man who tastes words) The program suggests that synesthesia is
a product of
A)
genetic but not environmental influence.
B)
environmental but not genetic influence.
C)
both genetic and environmental influences.
D)
brain damage early in life.
221.(Video: Synesthesia: The man who tastes words) As James travels to Jamie Ward's
laboratory, he reports the associations he experiences between the names of ________
and tastes.
A)
strangers
B)
railway stations
C)
family members
D)
vehicles of transportation
222.(Video: Synesthesia: The man who tastes words) The associations that James has formed
between words and tastes are of foods that he tasted in
A)
adulthood.
B)
adolescence.
C)
childhood.
D)
school but not at home.
223.(Video: The Red Hot chili-eating contest: Sensitivity to taste) The narrator reports that
he ate only three chili peppers because he
A)
was distracted by the crowd.
B)
had very little practice eating this kind of food.
C)
is a supertaster.
D)
dislikes the taste of all vegetables.

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224.(Video: The Red Hot chili-eating contest: Sensitivity to taste) Paul Rozin suggests that
people are attracted to unpleasant activities because of a need
A)
for thrills.
B)
to relieve guilt over past misdeeds.
C)
to make pleasant activities seems even more enjoyable.
D)
for social approval.
225.(Video: The Red Hot chili-eating contest: Sensitivity to taste) Paul Rozin indicates that
people continue to pursue unpleasant activities as long as they feel
A)
accepted by others.
B)
safe.
C)
superior to others.
D)
they are achieving something socially significant.
226.(Video: Classical conditioning: Pavlov and his legacy) According to Robert Epstein's
example of classical conditioning, which involved getting a speeding ticket, his
nervousness upon seeing a police officer or car is an example of a(n) ________ response.
The police officer or car is an example of a ________ stimulus.
A)
unconditioned; neutral
B)
unconditioned; conditioned
C)
conditioned; neutral
D)
conditioned; conditioned
227.(Video: Classical conditioning and the immune system: Combating Lupus) One of the
side effects that Merritt suffered from use of the steroid drug was
A)
temporary blindness.
B)
weight loss.
C)
hair loss.
D)
memory loss.
228.(Video: Classical conditioning and the immune system: Combating Lupus) Merritt's
mother suggests that her daughter's heart attack was due to
A)
clogged arteries produced by initial steroid use.
B)
a weakened immune system.
C)
a genetic predisposition to congestive heart failure.
D)
too much involvement in school sports.
229.(Video: Overcoming fear) About how many years has it been since Bill has ridden in an
elevator?
A)
1

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C)
D)

3
8
12

230.(Video: Overcoming fear) Which of the following most accurately describes the treatment
Bill is receiving?
A)
challenge therapy
B)
social therapy
C)
exposure therapy
D)
operant conditioning
231.(Video: Pavlov's discovery of classical conditioning) Pavlov's original aim was to
discover
A)
whether a dog could learn.
B)
what caused dogs' saliva to flow.
C)
the effect of an unexpected stimulus on digestion.
D)
whether a dog could discriminate between two very similar stimuli.
232.(Video: Pavlov's discovery of classical conditioning) Pavlov called the dog's salivation to
the metronome
A)
a conditioned stimulus.
B)
a delayed response.
C)
an artificial reflex.
D)
a conditioned reflex.
233.(Video: Pavlov's Discovery of Classical Conditioning) In this filmed recreation of
Pavlov's famous studies, Pavlov conditions a dog to salivate to the sound of
A)
running water.
B)
a crying baby.
C)
a ticking metronome
D)
another barking dog.
234.(Video: Watson's Little Albert) Little Albert's fear of a rabbit is shown as a generalization
of his previously conditioned response to a
A)
pigeon.
B)
spanking.
C)
rat.
D)
thunderstorm.
235.(Video: Operant conditioning: Learned behaviors) Something that deters us from

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B)
C)
D)

repeating a behavior in the future, such as an electric shock or a parking ticket, is an

example of a
positive punishment.
positive reinforcement.
negative punishment.
negative reinforcement.

236.(Video: Thorndike's puzzle box) Thorndike observed that cats learned to escape the
puzzle box through
A)
insight.
B)
operant conditioning.
C)
trial and error.
D)
observational learning.
237.(Video: Thorndike's puzzle box) Thorndike's studies with the puzzle box led him to
formulate the law of
A)
effect.
B)
closure.
C)
insight.
D)
conditioning.
238.(Video: Thorndike's Puzzle Box) By learning to repeat responses that facilitate escape
from a puzzle box, cats demonstrate what Thorndike called
A)
spontaneous recovery.
B)
the law of effect.
C)
classical conditioning.
D)
latent learning.
239.(Video: The research of Carolyn Rovee-Collier: learning and memory in preverbal
infants) In an experiment on infant learning, Carolyn Rovee-Collier ties a ribbon to an
infant's ankle to see if the infant
A)
can roll over onto its belly.
B)
can get the ribbon off.
C)
starts to cry when it sees the mobile move.
D)
learns that kicking makes the mobile move.
240.(Video: B. F. Skinner Interview) In this filmed interview, B. F. Skinner claims that a
variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement contributes to
A)
classical conditioning.
B)
eating disorders.
C)
latent learning.

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pathological gambling.

241.(Video: Cognitive Maps) In this video, ________ are shown to rely on cognitive maps in
locating the nearly invisible water sources in their desert habitat.
A)
wolves
B)
camels
C)
elephants
D)
prairie dogs
242.(Video: Do violent games teach people to be violent?) David Walsh indicates that the
brain wiring of the prefrontal cortex is not complete until the
A)
late teens.
B)
early twenties.
C)
late twenties.
D)
early thirties.
243.(Video: Do violent games teach people to be violent?) An additional factor that made
Devin Moore at risk for criminal behavior was his
A)
early upbringing.
B)
alcohol dependence.
C)
genetic makeup.
D)
depression.
244.(Video: Bandura on social learning with clips from original experiment) In Bandura's
Bobo doll study, children watched a film of an adult acting aggressively. Then when left
alone in a playroom, the children
A)
often started to cry.
B)
acted the same as children who had not see the film.
C)
were more likely to play with guns and act aggressively.
D)
were fearful of anyone or anything in the room.
245.(Video: Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment) In Bandura's classic Bobo doll experiment,
children learned ________ behavior simply by observing the actions of an adult.
A)
aggressive
B)
patient
C)
greedy
D)
fearful
246.(Video: Models of memory) The component of working memory that is involved with
words and the sounds of words is the

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A)
B)
C)
D)

central executive.
phonological loop.
visuospatial sketchpad.
general mental workspace.

247.(Video: Memory in everyday life) Residents of an assisted living community describe

finding residents wandering the halls aimlessly, not recalling where they are or how they
got there, as
A)
a common experience of the residents there.
B)
a common nightmare of the residents there.
C)
a single experience that they cannot forget.
D)
an unavoidable side effect of getting older.
248.(Video: Memory in everyday life) One woman recommends ________ to keep one's mind
alert in advancing age.
A)
entering trivia contests
B)
doing crossword puzzles
C)
playing bridge
D)
getting plenty of sleep
249.(Video: An amazing memory) The clip suggests that there are about ________ true
savants in the world.
A)
50
B)
500
C)
5000
D)
50,000
250.(Video: An amazing memory) According to the video, people who experience strokes
sometimes show improved
A)
empathy.
B)
artistic abilities.
C)
vocabulary.
D)
motor skills.
251.(Video: An amazing memory) Daniel reports that, shortly after the interviewer leaves, he
will be unable to remember the interviewer's
A)
tie.
B)
suit.
C)
face.
D)
dominant personality traits.

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252.(Video: Clive Wearing: Living without memory) How does Clive characterize his
dreams?
A)
Flashes. Bursts of experience.
B)
Distant sights on a faraway shore.
C)
Extremely vivid.
D)
No dreams. Nothing at all.
253.(Video: Clive Wearing: Living without memory) Clive describes his experience as a
constant feeling of
A)
being slapped in the face.
B)
living in a dream world.
C)
having just awakened.
D)
playing charades.
254.(Video: Clive Wearing: Living without memory) Clive's diary entries indicate that he
repeatedly feels as if he has
A)
lost his ability to communicate orally.
B)
just awakened for the first time.
C)
lost his memory of his wife Deborah.
D)
been dreaming about his childhood.
255.(Video: A pill for forgetting) According to the video, the drug propranolol has been used
to treat
A)
high blood pressure and schizophrenia.
B)
high blood pressure and stage fright.
C)
antisocial personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
D)
obsessive-compulsive disorder and stage fright.
256.(Video: A pill for forgetting) Propranolol seems to weaken memories of traumatic events
by
A)
acting as a tranquilizer.
B)
making people more distractible.
C)
weakening the effect of adrenaline.
D)
causing people to more actively seek out social support.
257.(Video: A pill for forgetting) Critics have argued against the use of propranolol to weaken
painful memories because
A)
the drug is known to cause cancer.
B)
the drug causes more general forgetfulness.
C)
painful memories can be growth-producing.

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there are more effective drugs that produce the same benefits with fewer side effects.

258.(Video: Living without memory) After his memory loss, George developed a strong
interest in
A)
watching professional baseball.
B)
playing tennis.
C)
attending the theater.
D)
listening to classical music.
259.(Video: Living without memory) Val describes the new pager as a(n) ________ in her and
George's life.
A)
intruder
B)
third person
C)
adopted child
D)
long-lost relative
260.(Video: Enhancing memory: the role of emotion) Participants in a study were shown a
variety of slides. The people who then immediately placed their arm in ice water were
better able to remember the slides with emotional content. This is likely because
________ enhances memory.
A)
the stress hormone response
B)
the all-or-none response
C)
inattentional blindness
D)
the body's rhythms
261.(Video: Memory loss: a case study) If there is damage to a particular part of the brain,
new memories cannot be created. The part of the brain involved in creating new
memories is the
A)
reticular formation.
B)
medulla.
C)
thalamus.
D)
hippocampus.
262.(Video: Memory retrieval) When you are happy, you easily recall a memory that you
encoded when you were happy. This is known as
A)
the encoding specificity principle.
B)
state-dependent retrieval.
C)
the tip-of-the tongue state.
D)
all of these things.

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263.(Video: A journey into memory) The conversation between Nick and Amber includes
references to Nick's desire to travel and work for the
A)
Peace Corps.
B)
United States Department of State.
C)
Central Intelligence Agency.
D)
United States Army.
264.(Video: A journey into memory) Daniel Schacter refers to the memory distortion in which
our current knowledge, beliefs, and feelings affect our recall of past events as
A)
congruence.
B)
bias.
C)
reconstruction.
D)
retroactive inhibition.
265.(Video: Retrieval: a journey into memory) A young woman disappears mysteriously and
her father recalls their last conversation. His memory of their last conversation
A)
remains constant like a flashbulb memory.
B)
gradually changes and becomes more positive.
C)
fades very quickly.
D)
is biased by the serial position effect.
266.(Video: Aging and Memory) In attempting to remember to press a key on a computer
keyboard, older adults did not perform as well as younger adults when the task involved
A)
time-based retrospective memory.
B)
time-based prospective memory.
C)
event-based retrospective memory.
D)
event-based prospective memory.
267.(Video: Creating false memories: A laboratory study) After a week of being asked about
the false photo, what percent of students recalled having had a hot-air balloon ride?
A)
15
B)
35
C)
50
D)
75
268.(Video: Creating false memories: A laboratory study) MaryAnne Garry explicitly states
that viewing memory as a ________ is a mistake.
A)
tape or video recording
B)
musical composition
C)
abstract painting
D)
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269.(Video: How intelligent are animals?) The researcher who was lost in a dense fog and
then shown to safety by a family of whales believes these animals are capable of
A)
American Sign Language.
B)
concept formation.
C)
empathy.
D)
calculus.
270.(Video: How intelligent are animals?) The famous orangutan known as Fu Manchu is an
honorary member of the American Association of
A)
Locksmiths.
B)
College Professors.
C)
Architects.
D)
Philosophers.
271.(Video: Can chimpanzees plan ahead?) The researcher suggests that Pansy's capacity to
plan ahead reflects a very active
A)
left brain hemisphere.
B)
right brain hemisphere.
C)
prefrontal lobe system.
D)
amygdala.
272.(Video: Can chimpanzees plan ahead?) The researcher concludes that chimpanzees can
plan ahead several
A)
days.
B)
weeks.
C)
months.
D)
years.
273.(Video: Problem solving in genus Corvus [crows, ravens, and magpies]) This video
demonstrates how a bird utilizes a ________ to retrieve ________.
A)
hooked wire; an earthworm
B)
sharp stick; an earthworm
C)
hooked wire; a basket of food
D)
sharp stick; a basket of food
274.(Video: Problem solving in genus Corvus [crows, ravens, and magpies]) This video
demonstrates an animal's ability to solve problems through
A)
concept formation.
B)
insight.

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D)

a heuristic.
an algorithm.

275.(Video: Problem solving in genus Corvus [crows, ravens, and magpies]) If a crow
realizes there is food in a long cylinder, it will
A)
use problem solving to get the food out.
B)
give up and fly away.
C)
simply stare at the cylinder.
D)
make a lot of noise to attract attention.
276.(Video: Genes and personality: understanding Williams syndrome) People with Williams
syndrome have an appealing elfin face and are extraordinarily affectionate, but they have
great difficulty with visual-spatial tasks. Williams syndrome is a
A)
rare genetic disorder.
B)
common genetic disorder.
C)
rare disorder caused by environmental factors.
D)
common disorder caused by environmental factors.
277.(Video: Learning language: language development in infants and toddlers) Language
Development in Infants and Toddlers) Infants begin to babble when they are
A)
born.
B)
about 1 month old.
C)
about 4 months old.
D)
about 1 year old.
278.(Video: Chomsky's View of Language Development) Chomsky argued that the aspect of
language most likely to have a biological basis is not so much the meaning of individual
words as the ________ we use in putting words together.
A)
language accents
B)
algorithms
C)
mental sets
D)
grammar
279.(Video: Gleason's Wug Test) The Wug Test illustrates that children can apply ________
to nonsense words.
A)
telegraphic speech
B)
grammatical rules
C)
algorithms
D)
heuristics

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280.(Video: Animal language) Honeybees communicate the location of food sources by

A)
buzzing.
B)
flying in patterns.
C)
pushing other bees.
D)
dancing.
281.(Video: Animal language) Researchers at Georgia State University taught Kanzi, a(n)
________, to communicate.
A)
gorilla
B)
bonobo
C)
dolphin
D)
orangutan
282.(Video: Teaching language to chimpanzees) Sue Savage-Rumbaugh believes that
chimpanzees demonstrate language comprehension skills that are equal to a child who is
A)
1 to 2 years old.
B)
3 to 4 years old.
C)
4 to 5 years old.
D)
5 to 7 years old.
283.(Video: Teaching language to chimpanzees) The Georgia State University researchers
conclude that
A)
chimpanzees are sharply limited in their capacity to solve novel problems.
B)
we humans and our ape cousins both have brains that can acquire language as part of
a natural upbringing.
C)
in contrast to humans, our ape cousins do not have the capacity to acquire grammar,
an important feature of language.
D)
many different species of animals have the capacity to acquire the fundamentals of
human language.
284.(Video: Learning through visualization: A gymnast acquires new skills) Rebecca's initial
method of learning her routine involves
A)
watching it done by someone else, then practicing.
B)
practicing each step in isolation.
C)
shifting the amount of weight she uses at each step.
D)
sketching out the moves, then practicing.
285.(Video: Learning through visualization: A gymnast acquires new skills) Rebecca's
alternative method, visualization, involves
A)
picturing each move in her mind, then trying that move.
B)
repeatedly rehearsing the entire sequence in her brain.

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D)

picturing the moves in her mind as she performs.

imagining being successful before each attempt.

286.(Video: Learning through visualization: A gymnast acquires new skills) Scientific

research suggests that imagining a physical activity creates ________ that aid in the
physical completion of the activity.
A)
brain images
B)
muscular memories
C)
neural pathways in the brain
D)
behavioral conditioning
287.(Video: Savant art skills: In autism and dementia) Jonathan draws pictures of
A)
landscapes but not people.
B)
animals but not people.
C)
expressive faces.
D)
places he has visited in the past.
288.(Video: Savant art skills: In autism and dementia) Before Audrey was diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease, she had demonstrated
A)
some aptitude for drawing but not for painting.
B)
a strong interest in paint-by-number projects.
C)
no evidence of painting ability.
D)
significant musical ability.
289.(Video: Savant art skills: In autism and dementia) People suffering from both autism and
Alzheimer's disease show damage to the
A)
right side of the brain.
B)
left side of the brain.
C)
visual cortex of the brain.
D)
corpus callosum.
290.(Video: Savant musical skills) In addition to limited mental ability, Derek experiences the
challenge of
A)
deafness.
B)
being mute.
C)
blindness.
D)
partial paralysis.
291.(Video: Savant musical skills) Derek's music teacher reveals that Derek
A)
cannot speak clearly.

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C)
D)

cannot cut his own food.

cannot count.
does not experience pain.

292.(Video: Pros and cons of intelligence tests) Who is generally credited with inventing the
modern IQ test?
A)
Alfred Binet
B)
Lewis Terman
C)
David Wechsler
D)
Howard Gardner
293.(Video: Pros and cons of intelligence tests) One disadvantage of the Stanford-Binet IQ
test was that
A)
it was overly difficult.
B)
scores were unaffected by cultural variation.
C)
it only accounted for certain types of abilities.
D)
females were not allowed to take it.
294.(Video: Locking away the feebleminded: A shameful history) The eugenics movement
assumed that intelligence is
A)
genetic.
B)
a product of early parenting.
C)
a product of schooling.
D)
changeable through physical or psychological intervention.
295.(Video: Locking away the feebleminded: A shameful history) According to the video,
the eugenics movement had its beginnings in
A)
Nazi Germany.
B)
France.
C)
China.
D)
the United States.
296.(Video: Locking away the feebleminded: A shameful history) Red cherry day was a day
of
A)
physical abuse.
B)
special treats.
C)
hard work in the cherry orchard.
D)
visitation by relatives.
297.(Video: Psychologist Ellen Winner discusses gifted children) Ellen Winner believes

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A)
B)
C)
D)

giftedness is inborn. Evidence for this includes the fact that

early practice leads to giftedness.
children show unusual signs of giftedness at a very young age.
gifted adopted children have gifted adopted parents.
giftedness skips a generation.

298.(Video: Hothouse babies: mother tries to teach her two-year-old multiplication (pushing
children to perform tasks beyond their level) Research suggests if a mother tries to teach
her 2-year-old daughter multiplication,
A)
the girl's neural pathways might be strengthened.
B)
the girl will certainly learn to multiply by the time she is 3 years old.
C)
the girl might suffer permanent emotional harm.
D)
the girl will likely have math anxiety in grade school.
299.(Video: What is motivation?) Which is NOT considered one of the three characteristics of
motivation?
A)
intensity
B)
persistence
C)
activation
D)
desire
300.(Video: What is motivation?) In addition to studying humans in an achievement context,
researchers have commonly studied ________ in their efforts to lean about motivation?
A)
depressed dogs
B)
anxious mice
C)
hungry rats
D)
frightened monkeys
301.(Video: Hunger and eating) Which hunger-arousing hormone is secreted by an empty
stomach?
A)
insulin
B)
sugar glucose
C)
blood glucose
D)
ghrelin
302.(Video: Eating and weight gain: A role for fidgeting) Data indicated that Jeff's fidgeting
accounted for ________ of his calorie burn.
A)
one-quarter
B)
virtually all
C)
three-quarters
D)
one-half

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303.(Video: Eating and weight gain: A role for fidgeting) Which statement best summarizes
the conclusion of the study?
A)
Exercise plays little role in weight control.
B)
Simple body movement can help control body weight.
C)
Basic body metabolism is a crucial factor in weight gain.
D)
Fidgeting combined with diet can control weight.
304.(Video: Eating and weight gain: Genetic engineering) John Clapham reports that DNP
could produce weight loss of up to ________ pounds a week.
A)
2
B)
3
C)
5
D)
7
305.(Video: Eating and weight gain: Genetic engineering) Genetic alteration of the mouse
A)
increased its rate of metabolism.
B)
decreased its rate of activity.
C)
increased its level of physical aggression.
D)
decreased its body temperature.
306.(Video: Sexual dysfunctions and their treatments) The term the weekender is used to
describe
A)
Levitra.
B)
Viagra.
C)
Cialis.
D)
PT-141.
307.(Video: Sexual dysfunctions and their treatments) This program does NOT explore the
use of ________ to treat sexual dysfunction.
A)
a pill
B)
a nasal spray
C)
a cream
D)
psychotherapy
308.(Video: Sexual dysfunctions and their treatments) The program indicates that drugs such
as Viagra are now being used to
A)
treat other psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression.
B)
enhance erectile quality.
C)
treat premature ejaculation.

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D)

increase female fertility.

309.(Video: The mind-body connection) Oxytocin receptors are present in parts of the brain
that are involved in emotion and its autonomic control, including the
A)
amygdala.
B)
limbic system and brainstem.
C)
cerebral cortex.
D)
frontal lobes.
310.(Video: The mind-body connection) In some women, the experience of positive emotions,
particularly those associated with relationships, is accompanied by ________ oxytocin.
A)
the disappearance of
B)
decreased levels of
C)
a surge of
D)
a steady increase in
311.(Video: Sexual orientation and activity) Which sex a person is attracted to is defined as
that person's
A)
gender.
B)
sex.
C)
sexual orientation.
D)
gender stereotype.
312.(Video: Sexual orientation and activity) Masters and Johnson used which phrase
regarding sexual activity and aging?
A)
It takes different strokes to make the world go round.
B)
Age is only a number.
C)
Oldies can be goodies.
D)
Use it or lose it.
313.(Video: Homosexuality and the nature-nurture debate) The clip opens with the case of
Jared and Adam who are
A)
cousins.
B)
brothers, but not twins.
C)
fraternal twins.
D)
identical twins.
314.(Video: Homosexuality and the nature-nurture debate) For every older brother that a man
has, his chances of being gay increase a
A)
tenth.

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C)
D)

A)
B)
C)
D)

fifth.
quarter.
third.
315.(Video: What is emotion?) Which of the following is a correct statement about emotions?
Emotions are unique to humans.
Emotions are a recent development in our evolution.
Emotions help us get along with other people.
Emotionsvary significantly across cultures.

316.(Video: Emotion equals arousal plus interpretation) The research participants who knew
that they had received a stimulant reported that they felt
A)
energized and focused.
B)
jittery and anxious.
C)
loving and compassionate.
D)
tired and bored.
317.(Video: Emotion equals arousal plus interpretation) The research participants who
thought they received a placebo felt
A)
energized and focused.
B)
jittery and anxious.
C)
loving and compassionate.
D)
tired and bored.
318.(Video: The physiology of emotions) Which of the following is NOT one of the six basic
emotions?
A)
fear
B)
disgust
C)
guilt
D)
surprise
319.(Video: The physiology of emotions) Over the last 20 years, the focus in emotion
research has shifted from the ________ to the ________.
A)
autonomic nervous system; central nervous system
B)
central nervous system; autonomic nervous system
C)
endocrine system; peripheral nervous system
D)
peripheral nervous system; endocrine system
320.(Video: Brain fingerprinting: Memory, recognition, and lie detection) The recognition of
familiar words, phrases, or pictures triggers a specific electrical signal called a

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B)
C)
D)

murmur.
stimulus.
flash.
brain record.

321.(Video: Brain fingerprinting: Memory, recognition, and lie detection) To what degree of
certainty is researcher Lawrence Farwell convinced of the suspect's innocence?
A)
about 25 percent
B)
fifty percent
C)
almost 100 percent
D)
about 75 percent
322.(Video: Brain fingerprinting: Memory, recognition, and lie detection) Researcher William
Iaconno believes that brain fingerprinting
A)
has promise but needs much further study.
B)
is unsubstantiated as a tool.
C)
can replace the judgment of courts and juries.
D)
is backed by solid scientific evidence.
323.(Video: Emotion and facial expression) According to Ekman, the most long-distance
communicator of emotion is
A)
the smile.
B)
the frown.
C)
the pout.
D)
clenched teeth.
324.(Video: Emotion and facial expression) The six basic facial expressions of emotion
communicate all of the following EXCEPT
A)
happiness.
B)
disgust.
C)
surprise.
D)
envy.
325.(Video: Ekman's Studies on Facial Expressions of Emotion) Members of a preliterate
New Guinea tribe displayed emotions using facial expressions that
A)
provided evidence of their lack of adequate vocabulary skills.
B)
failed to differentiate between feelings of fear and surprise.
C)
were very similar to facial expressions used in highly literate cultures.
D)
relied too heavily on the use of smiles for conveying a variety of different feelings.

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326.(Video: Reading Nonverbal Communication) The viewer listens to a woman telling two
different versions of her life story. Based on the woman's nonverbal communication, the
viewer is to decide whether
A)
she feels happy about her life.
B)
she is single or married.
C)
most people consider her to be friendly.
D)
her storytelling is truthful.
327.(Video: The development of disgust) Rozin refers to disgust as the emotion of
A)
tragedy.
B)
anticipation.
C)
evolution.
D)
civilization.

A)
B)
C)
D)

328.(Video: Rage: One man's story and treatment) Sean's anger is followed by
extended periods of continued hostility.
unawareness of the experience.
feelings of shame and regret.
feelings of justification.

329.(Video: Do body smells reveal fear and happiness?) According to this program, what
animal sweats the most?
A)
humans
B)
chimpanzees
C)
white rats
D)
dogs
330.(Video: Do body smells reveal fear and happiness?) The two moods assessed in the study
were
A)
happiness and fear.
B)
surprise and anger.
C)
happiness and envy.
D)
anger and fear.
331.(Video: Do body smells reveal fear and happiness?) Results of the study indicated that
males could successfully identify ________ moods and females could successfully
identify ________ moods.
A)
male; male
B)
female; female
C)
male; female
D)
female; male

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332.(Video: Rage: One woman's story and treatment) The treatment program that Tracy enters
previously addressed the problem of
A)
drug and alcohol problems.
B)
depression and suicide attempts.
C)
adolescent delinquency.
D)
chronic stress and pain.

A)
B)
C)
D)

333.(Video: Rage: One woman's story and treatment) Tracy's problem with anger began
with the birth of her daughter.
after her husband lost his job.
after her mother died in an automobile accident.
in childhood.

334.(Video: Rage: One woman's story and treatment) Tracy voices greatest frustration and
anger over her husband's
A)
ongoing relationship with another woman.
B)
secret taping of one of her angry outbursts.
C)
lack of involvement with their children.
D)
tendency to overwork.
335.(Video: Rage: One man's story and treatment) According to the video, what must be
overruled for Sean to overcome his anger?
A)
the frontal lobes
B)
the amygdala
C)
his heart rate
D)
his stress level
336.(Video: Rage: One man's story and treatment) During the drive he takes after weeks of
therapy, Sean
A)
is barely able to suppress his anger.
B)
continues to express uncontrollable rage.
C)
must pull off the road because of anxiety.
D)
remains calm and relaxed.
337.(Video: The search for happiness) The Pew Research Center found that _____ percent of
Americans report they are pretty or very happy.
A)
44
B)
54
C)
64

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84

338.(Video: The search for happiness) Cross-cultural research indicates that those who live in
________ are happier than those who live in the United States.
A)
Puerto Rico
B)
Canada
C)
Iceland
D)
all of these countries
339.(Video: The search for happiness) Ed Diener reports that the happiest people have
A)
high incomes.
B)
supportive family and friends.
C)
excellent physical health.
D)
physical attractiveness.
340.(Video: The development of disgust) Rozin's research suggests that children develop a
concept of contamination at about ________ years of age.
A)
2
B)
4
C)
7
D)
10

A)
B)
C)
D)

341.(Video: Stress) Brain activation in response to a threat begins in the

hypothalamus.
pituitary gland.
hippocampus.
amygdala.

342.(Video: What is stress?) The discipline that studies how stress influences health, illness,
and treatment is called
A)
positive psychology.
B)
stress psychology.
C)
biopsychology.
D)
health psychology.
343.(Video: What is stress?) During stress, the body releases ________, which leads to
general system arousal.
A)
adrenaline
B)
catecholamines
C)
testosterone

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endorphins

344.(Video: Fighting cancer: Mobilizing the immune system) The research described in this
program suggests that imagery and relaxation techniques can enhance the functioning of
the ________ system.
A)
digestive
B)
skeletal nervous
C)
sensory adaptation
D)
immune
345.(Video: Fighting cancer: Mobilizing the immune system) The research described in this
program indicates that relaxation and imagery techniques may
A)
cure cancer.
B)
prevent heart attacks.
C)
help prevent the spread of cancer.
D)
boost self-esteem.
346.(Video: Fighting cancer: Mobilizing the immune system) The volunteers treated in the
study all suffered from ________ cancer.
A)
colon
B)
brain
C)
breast
D)
pancreatic

A)
B)
C)
D)

347.(Video: Measuring stress while running with the bulls) By occupation, Andy is a
police officer.
lawyer.
firefighter.
high school teacher.

348.(Video: Measuring stress while running with the bulls) The bulls are released to run
A)
through the town streets.
B)
along a dirt road in the country.
C)
in a large indoor stadium.
D)
along the beaches of a large lake.
349.(Video: Measuring stress while running with the bulls) While being chased by the bulls,
Andy's cortisol level ________ and his heart rate ________.
A)
increases; increases
B)
decreases; increases

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D)

decreases; decreases
increases; decreases

350.(Video: Stress and the immune system: Caretakers at risk) Franklin indicates that his wife
had been a successful
A)
teacher.
B)
lawyer.
C)
nurse.
D)
realtor.
351.(Video: Stress and the immune system: Caretakers at risk) The researchers report that the
caregivers of those suffering from Alzheimer's might describe their experience as a
A)
living bereavement.
B)
living hell.
C)
bottomless pit.
D)
mountain climb.
352.(Video: Stress and the immune system: Caretakers at risk) The study found that the
physical wounds of highly stressed people took _______ percent longer to heal.
A)
12
B)
24
C)
36
D)
48
353.(Video: The stress response) According to the video, stress stimulates the release of the
hormone
A)
testosterone.
B)
estrogen.
C)
cortisol.
D)
glucose.
354.(Video: The stress response) Chronic stress results in the fraying of telomeres, which
mimics the effects of
A)
malnutrition.
B)
aging.
C)
drug addiction.
D)
schizophrenia.
355.(Video: The stress response) According to Christina Maslach, those who experience
chronic stress may eventually fall victim to

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A)
B)
C)
D)

A)
B)
C)
D)

burnout.
personality disorder.
dissociative identity disorder.
cancer or heart disease.
356.(Video: Selye's stress response studies) In this program, Hans Selye states that stress is
the salt of life.
the primary cause of psychological disorder.
an element in some, but not all diseases.
largely a contemporary phenomenon.

357.(Video: Selye's stress response studies) Selye explains that his study of stress began with
the observation that
A)
all illnesses share a common syndrome of symptoms, including loss of appetite and
the feeling of being tired.
B)
angry, impatient people are particularly susceptible to cancer and heart disease.
C)
those who have been recently widowed or divorced are more vulnerable to illness
and death.
D)
residents of urban ghettos are especially likely to experience hypertension.
358.(Video: Selye's Stress Response Studies) Hans Selye observed that all diseases are
characterized by stress-induced symptoms such as
A)
shrinkage of the adrenal gland.
B)
enlargement of the thymus gland.
C)
loss of appetite and energy.
D)
gastric ulcers.
359.(Video: Stress on the Job) Many victims of prolonged stress can be helped by drugs that
enhance the inhibiting action of the neurotransmitter
A)
ACh.
B)
GABA.
C)
dopamine.
D)
epinephrine.
360.(Video: Companionship and support: Pets fill the void) In the video, the dog's main role is
described as
A)
maintaining security.
B)
providing affection.
C)
helping with exercise.
D)
contributing to a lively atmosphere.

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361.(Video: Companionship and support: Pets fill the void) Thomas claims that the nursing
home's annual budget for drugs
A)
has decreased by tens of thousands of dollars.
B)
does not needed to be increased.
C)
has increased slightly.
D)
has decreased slightly.
362.(Video: Companionship and support: Pets fill the void) Under the new program, infection
and mortality rates
A)
are dramatically lower.
B)
have remained stable.
C)
have risen slightly.
D)
are slightly lower.
363.(Video: Stress management: the relaxation response) Some Tibetan monks practice
Tummo yoga. When wrapped in ice-cold, wet sheets, these monks
A)
show a decrease in lymphocyte production.
B)
exhibit REM rebound.
C)
shiver uncontrollably.
D)
can quickly dry the sheets while meditating.
364.(Video: Experience and exercise: generating new brain cells) Recent research indicates
that new brain cells may be created as a result of
A)
selective attention.
B)
REM sleep.
C)
physical exercise.
D)
restricted diet.
365.(Video: Psychodynamic theories of personality) When you create an explanation that
sounds reasonable to explain an unacceptable feeling or behavior, which defense
mechanism is in play?
A)
projection
B)
reaction formation
C)
rationalization
D)
regression
366.(Video: Repression: Reality or myth?) Anna entered therapy to deal with her problems
with
A)
anxiety and depression.
B)
low self-esteem and self-mutilation.

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D)

anorexia and bulimia.

suicidal thoughts and drug addiction.

367.(Video: Repression: Reality or myth?) Anna's claims included the statement that her
father had
A)
encouraged her to abuse her younger brother.
B)
also abused her mother and sisters.
C)
engaged in demonic worship and drug abuse.
D)
forced her to drink alcohol in childhood.

A)
B)
C)
D)

368.(Video: Repression: myth?) The authors of the book The Courage to Heal are
psychiatrists.
clinical psychologists.
elementary school teachers.
laypeople.

369.(Video: Personality structure: Id, ego, and superego) Freud believed that the ________
represents our sense of right and wrong.
A)
ego
B)
id
C)
superego
D)
Oedipus complex
370.(Video: Personality structure: Id, ego, and superego) Freud believed that the ________
seeks the immediate gratification of our basic drives.
A)
ego
B)
id
C)
superego
D)
Oedipus complex
371.(Video: Trait theories of personality) The tendency to be social, happy, and cheerful is an
example of which of the factors in the Five Factor Model?
A)
conscientiousness
B)
agreeableness
C)
openness to experience
D)
extraversion
372.(Video: Personality traits) Which is NOT one of the personality factors in Eysenck's
theory?
A)
extraversion

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B)
C)
D)

psychoticism
agreeability
neuroticism

373.(Video: Personality traits) Which is NOT one of the personality factors in Costa and
McCrae's five-factor theory?
A)
openness to experience
B)
extraversion
C)
neuroticism
D)
psychoticism
374.(Video: Genes and personality) Research has indicated a genetic influence on
A)
shyness, but not femininity.
B)
conscientiousness, but not extraversion.
C)
emotional stability, but not locus of control.
D)
every personality trait studied.
375.(Video: Genes and personality) Researchers have examined the possible genetic influence
on criminality by studying
A)
twins raised apart.
B)
autopsies of criminals and non-criminals.
C)
brains of prison inmates.
D)
blood samples of delinquent adolescents.
376.(Video: Genes and personality) The video describes research that is presently
investigating the possible genetic basis of
A)
dissociative identity disorder.
B)
obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C)
claustrophobia.
D)
depression.
377.(Video: A happiness trait?) Hamer characterizes the neurotic personality as one who
seems to
A)
always get up on the wrong side of the bed.
B)
pick a fight with friends as well as enemies.
C)
see even positive life events as negative.
D)
find the simple challenges of life as stressful.
378.(Video: A happiness trait?) Hamer concludes that complex human traits
A)
involve many genes.

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C)
D)

sometimes involve only one rather than many genes.

are primarily a product of nurture rather than nature.
are the product of evolution.

379.(Video: Personality and the brain) Dick's wife reports that as a result of his illness he
sometimes
A)
relates jokes that others find inappropriate.
B)
finds it very difficult to express himself.
C)
is deeply troubled by his inability to solve simple problems.
D)
physically abuses her.
380.(Video: Personality and the brain) In terms of his strong interest in painting, Dick reports
that
A)
drawing had always been a hobby, but previously he had not had time to pursue it.
B)
he always hated art in elementary school.
C)
he had always wanted to pursue a career as an art teacher.
D)
he enjoyed doing art in school 40 years ago.
381.(Video: The actor-observer difference in attributions: observe a riot in action) While
watching footage of a riot, you are more likely to commit the fundamental attribution
error if
A)
you are from an East Asian culture.
B)
the rioters are destroying property.
C)
the rioters are strangers.
D)
you are suffering from depression.
382.(Video: The Stanford prison study: The power of the situation) Philip Zimbardo
conducted his study in the basement of
A)
the Palo Alto Police Department.
B)
the California Department of Corrections.
C)
a residence hall at Stanford University.
D)
Stanford University's psychology department.
383.(Video: The Stanford prison study: The power of the situation) In his study of prison life,
Zimbardo used ________ to play the roles of guards and prisoners.
A)
former prison inmates
B)
college students
C)
university employees
D)
attorneys

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384.(Video: The Stanford prison study: The power of the situation) Zimbardo concludes that
his study demonstrates the power of ________ to shape behavior.
A)
social values
B)
personality traits
C)
the social environment
D)
psychological disorders
385.(Video: Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment) Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment)
In 1971, Philip Zimbardo conducted the Stanford Prison experiment. The guards and
prisoners in this experiment
A)
followed the set of expectations of the roles they were playing.
B)
were angry when Zimbardo ended the experiment early.
C)
switched roles with each other after two weeks.
D)
were from a nearby prison.
386.(Video: Social influence) When we do things because we enjoy them, we are responding
to
A)
the hedonic motive.
B)
normative influence.
C)
informational influence.
D)
the unwritten rules of society.
387.(Video: Liking and imitation: The sincerest form of flattery) In this video, an adult man is
instructed to act either ________ while interacting with a research participant.
A)
competently or awkwardly
B)
maturely or immaturely
C)
actively or passively
D)
positively or negatively
388.(Video: Liking and imitation: The sincerest form of flattery) The narrator in the video
concludes that we tend to mimic those we
A)
like.
B)
fear.
C)
view as powerful.
D)
view as mature.
389.(Video: Obedience and authority: A laboratory demonstration) The research participants
are told that the purpose of the experiment is to assess
A)
how adrenaline affects the experience of taste.
B)
whether a miniature camera effectively assesses stress.
C)
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how smell and taste are related.

390.(Video: Obedience and authority: A laboratory demonstration) In this video, the research
participants disobey an authority figure who tells them to
A)
dig out a fish eye.
B)
place a maggot on the tip of their tongue.
C)
swallow a maggot.
D)
None of these answers are correct. The participants obey each command given by
the authority figure.
391.(Video: Obedience and authority: A laboratory demonstration) The video refers to the
research participants as
A)
guinea pigs.
B)
lab rats.
C)
gullible dorks.
D)
prisoners of silence.
392.(Video: The wisdom of groups) James Surowiecki's analysis is consistent with the slogan
that
A)
too many cooks spoil the broth.
B)
birds of a feather flock together.
C)
two heads are better than one.
D)
opposites attract.

A)
B)
C)
D)

393.(Video: The wisdom of groups) In The Prince, Machiavelli warned rulers not to
listen to the masses.
be controlling.
surround themselves with yes men.
turn the other cheek.

394.(Video: The wisdom of groups) In judging jellybeans, the group's average judgment was
A)
better than any individual's judgment.
B)
only slightly worse than the best individual's judgment.
C)
better than the average male's judgment but worse than the average female's
judgment.
D)
worse than most but not all individual judgments.
395.(Video: Milgram's obedience studies) This video of Milgram's obedience study shows a
research participant who
A)
enjoyed giving painful shocks to a learner.

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C)
D)

could hear the learner demanding that the experiment be stopped.

recognized that the learner wasn't actually receiving any electric shocks.
stopped shocking the learner shortly after he refused to answer the teacher's
questions.

396.(Video: Milgram's obedience studies) Most people are likely to be surprised by the results
of Milgram's obedience study because
A)
the learner made so few errors under stressful circumstances.
B)
the teacher finally refused to continue participating in the study.
C)
the learner obediently accepted painful shock without any protest.
D)
the teacher was more obedient than most people would expect.
397.(Video: Milgram's Obedience Studies) This filmed segment of Milgram's obedience
studies shows a research participant who
A)
enjoyed giving painful shocks to a learner.
B)
could hear the learner demanding that the experiment be stopped.
C)
recognized that the learner wasn't actually receiving any electric shocks.
D)
stopped shocking the learner shortly after he refused to answer the teacher's
questions.

A)
B)
C)
D)

398.(Video: Prejudice) Stereotypes

can be positive.
typically involve a generalization.
have to do with belief.
involve all of these things.

399.(Video: Attitudes and prejudicial behavior) During WWII, over ________ JapaneseAmericans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, were placed in internment camps.
A)
10,000
B)
50,000
C)
70,000
D)
120,000
400.(Video: Attitudes and prejudicial behavior) The tendency to favor people who are like
ourselves is called
A)
in-group bias.
B)
social categorization.
C)
the Pearl Harbor effect.
D)
stereotype threat.

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401.(Video: Interpersonal attraction: Clothes make the man) This program examines how a
difference in ________ can affect social judgments.
A)
height
B)
facial features
C)
weight
D)
clothing
402.(Video: Interpersonal attraction: Clothes make the man) Past research indicates that men's
________ significantly impacts women's judgments of them.
A)
ability to provide resources
B)
chastity
C)
political background
D)
organizational ability
403.(Video: Interpersonal attraction: Clothes make the man) Using a 10-point scale,
observers' judgments of Peter's attractiveness change from an average of ________ on the
first day to an average of ________ on the second day.
A)
1.5; 8.3
B)
4.5; 1.4
C)
3.4; 5.8
D)
4.2; 5.2
404.(Video: Whom do we help?) The researcher suggests that we may be more likely to help
women than men because we
A)
are less fearful of women.
B)
may believe there is more we can do for women.
C)
accept the women-are-wonderful stereotype.
D)
may believe women are more likely to reciprocate the favor.
405.(Video: Whom do we help?) The researcher suggests that passersby may have assumed
that the male victim was
A)
homeless and drunk.
B)
armed and drunk.
C)
homeless and armed.
D)
armed and suffering from a psychological disorder.
406.(Video: Bystander apathy: Failing to help others in distress) Psychiatrist Sandra Scott
describes the process that observers go through in deciding whether to help as
A)
rational and methodical.
B)
instinctive and unconscious.
C)
learned and automatic.

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emotional and irrational.

407.(Video: Bystander apathy: Failing to help others in distress) The helper concludes the
program by stating that if he had not been a self-defense instructor, he would
A)
have called the police.
B)
have asked someone else to help him intervene.
C)
not have physically intervened himself.
D)
still have physically intervened, even if it meant getting beaten himself.
408.(Video: Competition and aggression: Testosterone at work) Testosterone motivated our
early ancestors to
A)
build shelter.
B)
hunt and fight.
C)
seek help when threatened.
D)
avoid reproductive activity.
409.(Video: Competition and aggression: Testosterone at work) The feeling of dejection that
follows defeat is accompanied by
A)
a measurable drop in testosterone within 15 minutes.
B)
an increase in testosterone followed by a significant decrease.
C)
testosterone that lasts for days.
D)
a rise-and-fall pattern in testosterone level.
410.(Video: Competition and aggression: Testosterone at work) Research suggests that men
with higher levels of testosterone seem to be
A)
successful in careers involving ambition and aggression.
B)
initially successful but show decline in later life.
C)
indistinguishable in achievement from men with lower levels.
D)
generally more successful in life.
411.(Video: Hidden prejudice: the implicit association test) The purpose of the Implicit
Association Test is to determine if a person has
A)
memory problems.
B)
hidden biases or prejudices.
C)
mirror-image perceptions.
D)
superordinate goals.
412.(Video: Being gay: coming out in the 21st century) According to the American
Psychiatric Association, homosexuality
A)
should be controlled by drug therapy.

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C)
D)

is not considered a mental disorder.

is less common in the U.S. than in other countries.
is clearly caused by environmental factors.

413.(Video: Takooshian's Psychology of Bystanders) In this film of unresponsive bystanders,

a man is ignored by onlookers while he
A)
waits for help after suffering a traffic accident.
B)
falls to the ground in a shopping mall.
C)
is beaten by a robber.
D)
steals bicycles.
414.(Video: ADHD and the family) The characteristics of ADHD include all of the following
EXCEPT
A)
impulsivity.
B)
inattention.
C)
restlessness.
D)
intellectual disability.
415.(Video: ADHD and the family) The video suggests that ADHD children develop
oppositional behavior as
A)
the result of a damaged brain.
B)
a way of coping with criticism of behavior over which they have no control.
C)
a reaction to physical and sexual abuse in early childhood.
D)
part of their effort to gain attention when they feel that they have been ignored.
416.(Video: Gender Identity Disorder) During early childhood, Brad ________ even though
he was born ________.
A)
felt like a boy; female
B)
felt like a girl; male
C)
was told that he was a boy; female
D)
was told that he was a girl; male

A)
B)
C)
D)

417.(Video: Anxiety disorders) Anxiety is

never normal.
a common factor in many psychological disorders.
the same as fear.
a modern development, unlikely to have roots in human history.
418.(Video: Three anxiety disorders) We carry in our genes a predisposition to be more afraid
of certain things. These are called

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A)
B)
C)
D)

A)
B)
C)
D)

irrational fears.
phobias.
prepared fears.
generalized anxiety disorder.
419.(Video: Three anxiety disorders) The most common anxiety disorder is
social phobia.
agoraphobia.
panic disorder.
generalized anxiety disorder.

420.(Video: Experiencing anxiety) Julio's anxiety seemed to be produced by

A)
the death of close friends.
B)
the loss of his job.
C)
a physician's diagnosis of cancer.
D)
his parents' divorce.
421.(Video: Experiencing anxiety) Eventually, Julio's anxiety led to
A)
a breakup with his girlfriend.
B)
the loss of his job.
C)
his failure in college.
D)
hospitalization.
422.(Video: Experiencing anxiety) Experiencing unpredictable and uncontrollable bad events,
such as a close friend dying of cancer, may be a trigger for
A)
mania.
B)
antisocial personality disorder.
C)
extreme anxiety, including cold sweats and edginess.
D)
bipolar disorder.
423.(Video: Obsessive-compulsive disorder: A young mother's struggle) At one point, through
tears, Stephanie describes her concern for Jake as
A)
rational.
B)
pathetic.
C)
instinctive.
D)
purely emotional.
424.(Video: Obsessive-compulsive disorder: A young mother's struggle) Stephanie reports
that the first thing that Jake pretended to do was to
A)
smoke a cigarette.

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B)
C)
D)

A)
B)
C)
D)

drive a bulldozer.
wash his hands.
sweep the floor.
425.(Video: Those who hoard) For both Bob and Shirley, hoarding is apparently a source of
self-sufficiency.
personal control.
self-esteem.
protection.

426.(Video: Those who hoard) The most effective treatment for hoarding seems to involve
getting the hoarder to
A)
stop taking anything new into the house.
B)
form new friendships.
C)
throw something away.
D)
engage in distracting and meaningful activity.
427.(Video: Those who hoard) Hoarding is a form of
A)
obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B)
antisocial behavior.
C)
dissociative identity disorder.
D)
bipolar disorder.
428.(Video: PTSD: Returning from Iraq) Jared's PTSD seems to have its basis in his
A)
suffering a severe foot injury.
B)
seeing close friends killed in combat.
C)
shooting a young boy.
D)
witnessing the killing of an unarmed Iraqi family.
429.(Video: PTSD: Returning from Iraq) The video indicates that PTSD is a psychological
disorder that
A)
is limited to those who have faced the trauma of fighting in combat.
B)
can potentially follow any life-threatening event.
C)
has a genetic predisposition and biological basis.
D)
is defined by alcohol dependence and a tendency toward violence.
430.(Video: PTSD: Returning from Iraq) Research suggests that up to ________ of those
returning from Iraq with significant psychological symptoms are not seeking the help
they need.
A)
one-tenth

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B)
C)
D)

A)
B)
C)
D)

one-quarter
one-half
three-quarters
431.(Video: Fear, PTSD, and the brain) A judgment that alarm is unwarranted shuts down
the cerebral cortex.
the amygdala.
brain circuits.
the heart.

432.(Video: Fear, PTSD, and the brain) Bremner has found that in victims such as Dennis
there is ________ activity in a part of the cortex that normally shuts down the automatic
fear response.
A)
far more
B)
no
C)
far less
D)
the same
433.(Video: Fear, PTSD, and the brain) Which brain structure is identified in the video as
involved in memory?
A)
amygdala
B)
brain pathways
C)
cerebral cortex
D)
hippocampus
434.(Video: Post-traumatic stress disorder: A Vietnam combat veteran) Nearly ________ of
Vietnam combat veterans returned from the war traumatized.
A)
one-fifth
B)
one-sixth
C)
one-third
D)
one-fourth
435.(Video: Post-traumatic stress disorder: A Vietnam combat veteran) Which of the
following is NOT a symptom of Dennis' post-traumatic stress disorder?
A)
nightmares
B)
inability to maintain interpersonal relationships
C)
anxiety toward everyday occurrences such as a backfiring car
D)
memory loss
436.(Video: Suicide: Case of the 3-Star chef) Bernard's case suggests that depression can be

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A)
B)
C)
D)

caused by
a biochemical imbalance in the brain.
genetic predisposition.
the need for perfection.
the death of a close friend or relative.

437.(Video: Suicide: Case of the 3-Star chef) Bernard was regarded as a merchant of
A)
happiness.
B)
peace.
C)
love.
D)
forgiveness.

A)
B)
C)
D)

438.(Video: Suicide: Case of the 3-Star chef) Why did Bernard commit suicide?
after his restaurant lost its 3-star rating in the Michelin guide
after his youngest son died
after his published cookbooks were not well received
at none of those times

439.(Video: Depression) Speaking of how depression is commonly viewed, Steve comments

that people believe that
A)
depression is as serious as physical illness.
B)
depressed people can't simply will themselves out of their condition.
C)
depression is merely a mental disturbance.
D)
depression is not accurately portrayed in the media.
440.(Video: Depression) Describing his physical and mental state, Steve tells his therapist that
he is
A)
constantly exhausted.
B)
alternately debilitated and frenzied.
C)
unable to describe how he feels.
D)
dependent on how his medications are working.
441.(Video: Depression) Which of the following is true about clinical depression as presented
in the video?
A)
Clinical depression focuses on processing other people's feelings.
B)
Clinical depression takes over one's life; it is totally debilitating.
C)
Peaceful environments can't help a clinically depressed person's mood.
D)
Clinical depression is completely destructive of close relationships.
442.(Video: Mood Disorders) Lithium has been found to be useful in reducing symptoms of

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A)
B)
C)
D)

A)
B)
C)
D)

mania.
agoraphobia.
dissociative disorders.
generalized anxiety disorder.
443.(Video: Schizophrenia) Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include
appropriate behaviors.
the presence of inappropriate behaviors.
the absence of inappropriate behaviors.
the absence of normal functions.

444.(Video: Schizophrenia: Symptoms) Jerry, the patient with schizophrenic, begins a long
explanation of various phenomena involving human reproduction, atoms, and
consciousness. after his doctor asked him to explain something he previously said. What
was this?
A)
That picture has a headache.
B)
Your Moonbeams are unconscious.
C)
There's an extra electron in heaven.
D)
This fish is one too many.
445.(Video: Schizophrenia: Symptoms) According to one doctor, ________ of people who
develop symptoms of schizophrenia will get well and not be sick again.
A)
10%
B)
25%
C)
40%
D)
75%
446.(Video: John Nash: A beautiful mind) Among the first symptoms of Nash's illness were
A)
imagining conspiracies and seeing hidden messages.
B)
criminal behavior.
C)
alcohol dependence and drug addiction.
D)
obsessions and compulsions.
447.(Video: John Nash: A beautiful mind) John Nash received the Nobel Prize for
A)
mathematics.
B)
economics.
C)
physics.
D)
psychology.
448.(Video: John Nash: A beautiful mind) Nash believes that he was cured of his

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A)
B)
C)
D)

psychological disorder by
effective drug therapy.
insulin therapy.
a lobotomy.
his own thinking.

449.(Video: John Nash: A beautiful mind) John Nash, who won the Nobel prize for
economics in 1994, began experiencing symptoms of ________ in 1958.
A)
generalized anxiety disorder
B)
schizophrenia
C)
obsessive-compulsive disorder
D)
dissociative identity disorder
450.(Video: The Schizophrenic Brain) Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain of a person
with schizophrenia shows a(n)
A)
loss of dopamine receptors.
B)
reduction of interneurons.
C)
shrinkage of brain tissue.
D)
excess of neural cells.
451.(Video: Multiple Personality Disorder) Each of Tony's personalities produced a different
evoked potential. This most clearly indicates that each personality is associated with a
uniquely different
A)
compulsion.
B)
traumatic event.
C)
brain state.
D)
delusion.

A)
B)
C)
D)

452.(Video: Beyond perfection: Female body dysmorphic disorder) Jennifer works

in a college library.
as a cosmetologist.
as a travel agent.
part time at McDonald's.

453.(Video: Beyond perfection: Female body dysmorphic disorder) The therapist claims that
Jennifer meets the criteria for all of the following psychological disorders EXCEPT
A)
obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B)
major depressive disorder.
C)
antisocial personality disorder.
D)
post-traumatic stress disorder.

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454.(Video: Beyond perfection: Female body dysmorphic disorder) Jennifer claims that she is
feeling happier as a result of
A)
finding meaningful work.
B)
having close, supportive friends.
C)
undergoing cosmetic surgery, including a nose job.
D)
undergoing psychotherapy.
455.(Video: Purging food) Rick began purging after
A)
his wife's criticism of his weight problem.
B)
the birth of his second child.
C)
he lost his job.
D)
his coworkers' cruel teasing.

A)
B)
C)
D)

456.(Video: Purging food) Eating disorders seem to be closely linked to people's need for
personal control.
uniqueness.
a purpose in life.
self-actualization.

A)
B)
C)
D)

457.(Video: Purging food) Rick finally sought treatment after

he lost his job.
his wife divorced him.
his daughter expressed awareness of his purging.
he suffered seizures as a result of the disorder.

458.(Video: Self-image: Body dissatisfaction among teenage girls) A photograph of Hayley

indicates that her
A)
physical appearance seems normal.
B)
teeth appear to be protruding.
C)
breasts are extremely small for her age.
D)
face appears somewhat asymmetrical.
459.(Video: Self-image: Body dissatisfaction among teenage girls) Hayley's mother reports
that her daughter was
A)
socially unpopular.
B)
a poor athlete.
C)
a straight A student.
D)
suffering from bipolar disorder.

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460.(Video: Self-image: Body dissatisfaction among teenage girls) One surgeon admits that
he has performed liposuction on a girl as young as
A)
11.
B)
12.
C)
13.
D)
14.

A)
B)
C)
D)

461.(Video: Overcoming anorexia nervosa) David's occupation is that of a

marine microbiologist.
nuclear physicist.
high school mathematics teacher.
school social worker.

462.(Video: Overcoming anorexia nervosa) The hospital therapist asks each patient to write a
letter to
A)
their closest friend for support in overcoming their eating disorder.
B)
their future selves, describing their success in overcoming their illness.
C)
the part of their body that they are unhappy with.
D)
themselves, describing the conflict they experience in needing to eat and wanting to
lose weight.
463.(Video: Trichotillomania: Pulling out one's hair) Liz finds that eating a hair root
A)
has a calming, soothing effect.
B)
produces immediate indigestion.
C)
keeps her from overeating.
D)
strengthens her self-control in other areas of her life.
464.(Video: Trichotillomania: Pulling out one's hair) Liz began to pull out her hair when
A)
her pet dog was killed in an automobile accident.
B)
a close friend died unexpectedly.
C)
she was 12 years old.
D)
her boyfriend broke off their relationship.
465.(Video: Trichotillomania: Pulling out one's hair) Research with mice suggests that hair
pulling may have its basis in
A)
a defective gene.
B)
poor nutrition.
C)
insecure bonding in early life.
D)
severe depression.

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466.(Video: The Mind of the Psychopath) In contrast to normal individuals, psychopaths are
more likely to restrict the processing of emotionally laden words within ________
regions of their brain.
A)
anterior
B)
posterior
C)
right hemispheric
D)
left hemispheric
467.(Video: Problems in living) Over the next year, one out of every ________ people will
show symptoms of a psychological disorder.
A)
three
B)
six
C)
ten
D)
fifteen

A)
B)
C)
D)

468.(Video: Problems in living) Linda's symptoms include

sleeping too much.
eating too little.
spending too much money.
hyperactivity.

469.(Video: Early Treatment of Mental Disorders) Prior to the use of electroconvulsive

therapy, convulsions and brain seizures were produced in schizophrenia patients by
means of
A)
hot boxes.
B)
insulin therapy.
C)
hydrotherapy.
D)
lobotomies.
470.(Video: Early treatment of mental disorders) Early treatments of severe mental disorders
did NOT include the use of
A)
hydrotherapy.
B)
the lobotomy.
C)
the continuous bath.
D)
antipsychotic drugs.
471.(Video: Early treatment of mental disorders) The surgical treatment in which the
connections between the cortex of the frontal lobes were severed from the lower centers
of the brain was called
A)
split-brain surgery.
B)
the lobotomy.

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C)
D)

the cingulatomy.
metrasol therapy.

472.(Video: Outpatient commitment: Forcing persons into mental health treatment) When
Charles' parents called the police after his behavior had deteriorated, the police
A)
arrested him because he was an obvious danger.
B)
forced him to enter a psychiatric hospital.
C)
informed the parents that they could not compel him to take his medication.
D)
convinced him to retrieve his hidden pills.
473.(Video: Outpatient commitment: Forcing persons into mental health treatment) According
to the Bellevue Hospital physician interviewed in the video, psychiatric patients often
refuse to take their medication because
A)
they don't believe that they are ill.
B)
they don't believe the medicine will help them.
C)
they don't want to be identified as psychiatric patients.
D)
of all of these reasons.
474.(Video: Outpatient commitment: Forcing persons into mental health treatment) Under
Kendra's Law, families and/or doctors can
A)
ask the courts to force a mentally ill person to be committed to a hospital.
B)
obtain a court order to force a mentally ill person to undergo treatment, without
commitment to a hospital or institution.
C)
force patients to undergo drug and mental-health testing.
D)
have criminal charges filed against psychiatric patients.
475.(Video: Treatment of Drug Addiction) To distinguish between his drug cravings and the
actual act of using drugs, Greg made daily use of
A)
relaxation.
B)
free association.
C)
antipsychotic drugs.
D)
factor analysis.
476.(Video: Psychodynamic and humanistic therapies) Humanistic therapies are based on the
idea that
A)
dreams have specific meanings for people.
B)
clients' problems are a sign of unconscious sexual or aggressive impulses.
C)
human nature is generally positive.
D)
the deep history of the brain and our evolutionary past should be the starting point of
therapy.

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B)
C)
D)

477.(Video: Cognitive therapies) The goal of cognitive therapy is for patients to

learn to accept their automatic thoughts.
increase their understanding of their motives and conflicts.
modify the way they think.
develop insight into their problems.

478.(Video: Mentally ill chemical abusers: A community problem) Larry has been diagnosed
as suffering from
A)
antisocial disorder.
B)
obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C)
bipolar disorder.
D)
paranoid schizophrenia.
479.(Video: Mentally ill chemical abusers: A community problem) Larry cannot be held in
jail or prison unless he
A)
commits a misdemeanor.
B)
harms someone.
C)
is diagnosed with antisocial disorder.
D)
is considered to be in immediate danger.
480.(Video: Mentally ill chemical abusers: A community problem) Larry cannot be
involuntarily committed to a mental hospital unless he
A)
is in immediate danger.
B)
is diagnosed by a psychiatrist as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
C)
harms someone.
D)
demonstrates he is psychotic and out of contact with reality.
481.(Video: When treatment leads to execution: Mental health and the law) Psychiatrist Jerry
Dennis believes that Claude
A)
is competent to be executed.
B)
suffers from bipolar disorder.
C)
was severely abused in childhood and thus is not responsible for his crime.
D)
suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.
482.(Video: When treatment leads to execution: Mental health and the law) Under the law,
Claude could not be executed because he
A)
was declared mentally incompetent.
B)
had three children dependent on his support.
C)
suffered from panic disorder.
D)
was not a citizen of the United States.

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483.(Video: When treatment leads to execution: Mental health and the law) Claude believes
that he
A)
has killed 16 people.
B)
has survived his own execution.
C)
is the King of France.
D)
ordered the execution of Adolph Hitler.
484.(Video: City of Gheel: Community mental health at its best) Mark Hendricks, a
psychiatric nurse, suggests that the families prove therapeutic because, in contrast to
institutions, they give the patients
A)
medication that is carefully monitored.
B)
greater physical space.
C)
responsibility.
D)
a healthier diet.
485.(Video: City of Gheel: Community mental health at its best) In Gheel, Belgium, one does
not find ________ people.
A)
homeless
B)
intoxicated
C)
drug addicted
D)
wealthy
486.(Video: Dealing with panic) About how many therapists practice EMDR worldwide?
A)
500
B)
15,000
C)
25,000
D)
150,000
487.(Video: Dealing with panic) The therapist suggests that EMDR has its basis in the fact
that
A)
our eyes control different parts of the brain.
B)
we process intellectual and emotional material in different parts of the brain.
C)
we process fear and panic visually.
D)
intellectual and emotional experiences are suffused in the brain.
488.(Video: Dealing with panic) For some reason, explains the therapist, EMDR makes
emotional memories
A)
seem more distant.
B)
disappear.

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C)
D)

seem more vivid.

less emotional and more objective.

489.(Video: Treating OCD: Exposure and response prevention) The program notes that OCD
is sometimes treated with the drug
A)
Zoloft.
B)
valium.
C)
Prozac.
D)
lithium.
490.(Video: Treating OCD: Exposure and response prevention) The therapist reports that
________ percent of those with OCD show some improvement with cognitive-behavioral
therapy.
A)
25
B)
50
C)
75
D)
100
491.(Video: Therapy in the real world: the use of real-life exposure to treat phobias) To treat
his phobia of elevators, a man was gradually put in real-life situations involving
elevators. This method is a type of
A)
exposure therapy.
B)
psychoanalysis.
C)
rTMS.
D)
client-centered therapy.
492.(Video: Therapeutic effectiveness: the placebo effect) When some patients with
Parkinson's disease were given a placebo, their brains
A)
were stimulated to release dopamine.
B)
showed increased neural growth.
C)
stopped producing endorphins.
D)
indicated alpha wave patterns.
493.(Video: A Case Study in Schizophrenia) The symptoms of schizophrenia can be divided
into two groups: positive and negative. Positive symptoms include
A)
hallucinations.
B)
free-floating anxieties.
C)
social problems.
D)
panic attacks.

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494.(Video: The therapeutic effect of antipsychotic drugs) People with schizophrenia often
have poor hygiene, are depressed, and have unwanted thoughts. One current treatment of
schizophrenia involves the use of
A)
opiates.
B)
lobotomies.
C)
antipsychotic drugs.
D)
MDMA.
495.(ActivePsych: Digital Media Archive video: A Case Study in Schizophrenia) The
symptoms of schizophrenia can be divided into two groups: positive and negative.
Positive symptoms include
A)
hallucinations.
B)
free-floating anxieties.
C)
social problems.
D)
panic attacks.
496.(Video: Undesired effects of conventional antipsychotic drugs) Thorazine and other
antipsychotic drugs are used to treat schizophrenia. Long-term use of these drugs
A)
is against the law in the United States.
B)
has been proven to have no side effects.
C)
increases their effectiveness.
D)
can cause muscular coordination disorders.

A)
B)
C)
D)

497.(Video: Electroconvulsive Therapy) Mary was treated with ECT following her repeated
panic attacks.
suicidal urges.
visual hallucinations.
manic episodes.

498.(Video: A case study in schizophrenia) The symptoms of schizophrenia can be divided

into two groups: positive and negative. Positive symptoms include
A)
hallucinations.
B)
free-floating anxieties.
C)
social problems.
D)
panic attacks.
499.(Video: Schizophrenia) Antipsychotic medications alleviate symptoms of schizophrenia
by blocking receptors for the neurotransmitter
A)
serotonin.
B)
acetylcholine.
C)
dopamine.

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chlorpromazine.

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Answer Key
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.B
5.D
6.D
7.C
8.D
9.B
10.B
11.C
12.A
13.B
14.C
15.A
16.A
17.B
18.D
19.D
20.C
21.B
22.A
23.B
24.D
25.D
26.A
27.D
28.C
29.B
30.A
31.C
32.B
33.A
34.D
35.B
36.A
37.D
38.C
39.B
40.C
41.B
42.D
43.B
44.C

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45.C
46.D
47.A
48.C
49.D
50.A
51.C
52.B
53.D
54.C
55.A
56.B
57.C
58.A
59.B
60.D
61.B
62.C
63.D
64.A
65.C
66.B
67.C
68.A
69.B
70.A
71.B
72.C
73.D
74.C
75.D
76.B
77.D
78.A
79.D
80.C
81.C
82.C
83.A
84.C
85.D
86.A
87.D
88.B
89.C
90.A

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91.A
92.C
93.A
94.A
95.D
96.B
97.C
98.C
99.B
100.A
101.B
102.B
103.A
104.A
105.B
106.C
107.C
108.A
109.B
110.B
111.D
112.B
113.C
114.B
115.A
116.C
117.B
118.C
119.A
120.D
121.A
122.B
123.C
124.B
125.B
126.A
127.B
128.C
129.C
130.B
131.D
132.B
133.C
134.B
135.B
136.D

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137.C
138.B
139.A
140.B
141.C
142.A
143.B
144.C
145.C
146.D
147.A
148.A
149.C
150.A
151.A
152.B
153.C
154.A
155.B
156.A
157.A
158.C
159.C
160.C
161.D
162.A
163.C
164.D
165.D
166.B
167.D
168.C
169.B
170.C
171.A
172.B
173.C
174.D
175.C
176.B
177.A
178.C
179.A
180.C
181.C
182.B

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183.D
184.A
185.C
186.D
187.B
188.A
189.B
190.A
191.C
192.D
193.A
194.D
195.C
196.D
197.A
198.C
199.D
200.A
201.D
202.C
203.A
204.D
205.D
206.B
207.A
208.C
209.A
210.C
211.D
212.D
213.A
214.C
215.C
216.B
217.B
218.C
219.A
220.C
221.B
222.C
223.C
224.A
225.B
226.D
227.C
228.A

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229.C
230.C
231.B
232.D
233.C
234.C
235.A
236.C
237.A
238.B
239.D
240.D
241.C
242.B
243.A
244.C
245.A
246.B
247.A
248.C
249.A
250.B
251.C
252.D
253.C
254.B
255.B
256.C
257.C
258.D
259.B
260.A
261.D
262.B
263.A
264.B
265.B
266.B
267.C
268.A
269.C
270.A
271.C
272.A
273.C
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276.A
277.C
278.D
279.B
280.D
281.B
282.D
283.B
284.A
285.B
286.C
287.C
288.C
289.B
290.C
291.B
292.A
293.C
294.A
295.D
296.A
297.B
298.A
299.D
300.C
301.D
302.D
303.B
304.B
305.A
306.C
307.D
308.B
309.B
310.C
311.C
312.D
313.C
314.D
315.C
316.A
317.B
318.C
319.A
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321.C
322.D
323.A
324.D
325.C
326.D
327.D
328.C
329.A
330.A
331.D
332.A
333.D
334.B
335.B
336.D
337.D
338.D
339.B
340.C
341.A
342.D
343.B
344.D
345.C
346.C
347.C
348.A
349.A
350.D
351.A
352.B
353.C
354.B
355.A
356.A
357.A
358.C
359.B
360.B
361.A
362.A
363.D
364.C
365.C
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368.D
369.C
370.B
371.D
372.C
373.D
374.D
375.A
376.D
377.A
378.A
379.A
380.D
381.C
382.D
383.B
384.C
385.A
386.A
387.D
388.A
389.A
390.D
391.B
392.C
393.C
394.A
395.B
396.D
397.B
398.D
399.D
400.A
401.D
402.A
403.C
404.B
405.A
406.A
407.C
408.B
409.A
410.D
411.B
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414.D
415.B
416.A
417.B
418.C
419.D
420.A
421.D
422.C
423.B
424.C
425.D
426.C
427.A
428.C
429.B
430.D
431.B
432.C
433.D
434.A
435.D
436.C
437.A
438.D
439.C
440.A
441.B
442.A
443.B
444.A
445.B
446.A
447.B
448.D
449.B
450.C
451.C
452.D
453.C
454.C
455.D
456.A
457.C
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459.C
460.D
461.A
462.C
463.A
464.C
465.A
466.B
467.A
468.C
469.B
470.D
471.B
472.C
473.D
474.B
475.A
476.C
477.C
478.D
479.B
480.A
481.D
482.A
483.B
484.C
485.A
486.C
487.B
488.A
489.C
490.C
491.A
492.A
493.A
494.C
495.A
496.D
497.B
498.A
499.C

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