Psychology 11 Module 1 and 2 Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. One thing that was different about Donna in school was that
____ 2. The disorder characterized by impaired development in social behavior, communication, and motor behavior is:
____ 3. With only a couple of moments left in class, your professor says, "Next class meeting we will discuss a condition found in very few autistic people where they possess some unusual ability." Since you keep up on the textbook reading, you know that the professor is referring to:
____ 4. You are trying to convince your friend, who is the mother of an autistic child, that psychology is a worthwhile field of study. Which statement would be most effective?
____ 5. Who is least likely to have taken a psychology course?
____ 6. Professor Yates is lecturing on the definition of psychology. Which example of "behavior" should he use to most effectively communicate the definition?
____ 7. As Professor Gilpin is lecturing on the definition of psychology, he asks a student, Rita, to think about an example of a mental process. After thinking about it, Rita is still confused by the term mental processes. To clarify the term, Professor Gilpin should:
____ 8. The biological approach to psychology focuses on:
____ 9. Rob has taught his dog to roll over on command by rewarding the dog with food whenever she exhibits the appropriate action. Rob's approach to teaching his dog tricks is similar to which psychological perspective?
____ 10. "Our understanding of behavior must include an understanding of observable behavior as well as cognitive processes." Which theorist might have said that?
____ 11. Self-management is based on ______ principles.
____ 12. About sixty years ago, a prevailing explanation of autism was:
____ 13. There may be a number of plausible psychological explanations for one behavior because:
____ 14. To remedy past discrimination in psychology and in higher education:
____ 15. Of the following subject groups, which did not appear in the study on taking lecture notes described in your textbook?
____ 16. If you are interested in the effects of stress on the body, what area of psychology is best to study?
____ 17. Your next door neighbor has a son named James. James, who is seven, has problems with attention and excessively fidgets. Based upon your interactions with James, you notice that he talks much of the time and has difficulty following instructions. What is James' most likely diagnosis?
____ 18. Which of the following is not a commonly used method for answering questions?
____ 19. You are conducting a survey on racism. You have a group of well- trained assistants, about half white, half African American. Should you keep track of which subjects are questioned by white assistants and which by African Americans assistants?
____ 20. A person claims in a newspaper article that he has improved his memory by taking megavitamins. Psychologists would be skeptical of this finding because:
____ 21. Calvin goes to Dr. Payne because of back pain. Dr. Payne is a grumpy, cold, and compassionless physician. He gives Calvin a placebo for the pain. Joyanne calls on Dr. Povich for the same problem. Joyanne's physician is warm and friendly. He, too, prescribes a placebo for Joyanne's pain. Which patient is most likely to report a decrease in pain and why?
____ 22. Your grandmother's cure for an upset stomach is to rub vinegar on your ear lobes. According to your relatives, the treatment works much of the time, but has no real medical effect. Placebos are often widely accepted because ____________ is (are) very influential.
____ 23. A newspaper article reports that crime increases each month when the moon is full. This relationship is a(n):
____ 24. Tennis players who have a high percentage of successful first serves have a greater chance of winning tennis matches than players who are not as successful on their first serve. This is an example of a ______________ correlation.
____ 25. Scientists have found a gene in mice that may provide clues as to the genetics of obesity. The research technique used by these scientists is the:
____ 26. The best research setting is:
____ 27. If an experiment could "talk" what would it say about itself?
____ 28. In her research, Professor Marrs is following a set of rules and guidelines: determine cause and effect relationships. What is Professor Marrs doing?
____ 29. Shyla conducted an experiment. She went to the student union and asked people if they would like to be subjects in her study. She decided to ask only those people who smiled at her. Is this an appropriate way to select subjects?
____ 30. To get subjects who are representative of the population, experimenters use:
____ 31. Experimental group is to treatment as control group is to:
____ 32. Which of the following does the double-blind procedure control for?
____ 33. In Professor's Walsh's experiment, she finds a significant difference at the .05 level between two strains of rats in eating behavior. What this really means is that Professor Walsh is:
____ 34. What organization has published a code of ethics of conduct for psychologists to follow when conducting research?
____ 35. Dr. Rose conducts a study to determine if caffeine can aid memory. Her three groups of subjects receive either a high dose, a low dose, or no caffeine. They all receive identical-looking pills so that they are unaware of how much caffeine they take. In addition, when the researcher tests the memory of each subject, she is not aware of what group each subject is in. This research design utilizes which of the following?
True/False Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. ____ 36. The cognitive approach focuses on how information is stored, learned, and remembered. ____ 37. Rewards and punishment play an important role in the psychoanalytic approach. ____ 38. Test anxiety from the humanistic perspective is seen as being related to problems in developing potential. ____ 39. A researcher in the United States believed that autism was caused by "cold" parents. ____ 40. The Gestalt psychologists were interested in how biology and behavior interact. ____ 41. George Sanchez played an important role in the development of psychoanalysis. ____ 42. A psychologist and a psychiatrist have the same training. ____ 43. Ritalin, which is commonly used for ADHD, is a depressant. ____ 44. An educated guess about a phenomenon is called a hypothesis. ____ 45. The experimental group consists of those individuals who receive the treatment.
46. Compare and contrast structural, functional, gestalt, and behavioral approaches. 47. Describe time goal, general goal, and specific performance goal. Which one appears to be better with regard to grades? 48. What advantage is there for a researcher to use a combination of research methods to answer questions about ADHD? 49. What role does debriefing play in an experiment?
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