Question 1

The perception that seemingly infertile couples who adopt a child are subsequently more likely to conceive a child themselves best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  the process of replication. 
B)  random assignment. 
C)  an illusory correlation. 
D)  the placebo effect.

Question 2

The school of thought in psychology that systematically turned away from the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was

Accepted Answer

A)  behaviorism. 
B)  psychoanalysis. 
C)  humanistic psychology. 
D)  evolutionary psychology.

Question 3

Bats need a lot of sleep because their high waking metabolism produces ________ that are toxic to neurons.

Accepted Answer

A)  endorphins 
B)  hypnagogic sensations 
C)  free radicals 
D)  alpha waves

Question 4

Describe how an understanding of both a normally functioning brain and a split brain enables us to better appreciate the fact that most information processing takes place outside of conscious awareness.

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Question 5

A recurring difficulty in falling or staying asleep is called

Accepted Answer

A)  narcolepsy. 
B)  insomnia. 
C)  sleep apnea. 
D)  paradoxical sleep.

Question 6

Evidence suggests that we consolidate our memories of recent life events through

Accepted Answer

A)  selective attention. 
B)  circadian rhythms. 
C)  hypnagogic sensations. 
D)  REM sleep.

Question 7

Which region of your brainstem plays a role in arousing you to a state of alertness when someone nearby mentions your name?

Accepted Answer

A)  reticular formation 
B)  cerebellum 
C)  amygdala 
D)  medulla

Question 8

Correlational research is most useful for purposes of

Accepted Answer

A)  explanation. 
B)  prediction. 
C)  control. 
D)  replication.

Question 9

While soundly asleep people cannot

Accepted Answer

A)  talk and dream at the same time. 
B)  incorporate environmental changes into the content of their dreams. 
C)  learn tape-recorded messages to which they are repeatedly exposed. 
D)  do any of these things.

Question 10

Psychologists' personal values and goals

Accepted Answer

A)  are carefully tested by means of observation and experimentation. 
B)  lead them to avoid experiments involving human participants. 
C)  can bias their observations and interpretations. 
D)  have very little influence on the process of scientific observation.

Question 11

The placebo effect best illustrates the impact of ________ on feelings and behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A)  the double-blind procedure 
B)  random sampling 
C)  positive expectations 
D)  hindsight bias

Question 12

I am a relatively fast-acting chemical messenger that influences movement,learning,attention,and emotion. What am I?

Accepted Answer

A)  dopamine 
B)  a hormone 
C)  acetylcholine 
D)  glutamate

Question 13

Your best friend criticizes psychological research for being artificial and having no relevance to behavior in real life. In defense of psychology's use of laboratory experiments you point out that

Accepted Answer

A)  psychologists make every attempt to avoid artificiality by setting up experiments that closely simulate real-world environments. 
B)  psychologists who conduct basic research are not concerned with the applicability of their findings to the real world. 
C)  most psychological research is not conducted in a laboratory environment. 
D)  psychologists intentionally study behavior in simplified environments in order to gain greater control over variables and to test general principles that help to explain many behaviors.

Question 14

The scientific attitude of humility is based on the idea that

Accepted Answer

A)  researchers must evaluate new ideas and theories objectively rather than accept them blindly. 
B)  scientific theories must be testable. 
C)  simple explanations of behavior make better theories than do complex explanations. 
D)  researchers must be prepared to reject their own ideas in the face of conflicting evidence.

Question 15

Studying people of all races and cultures is most helpful for

Accepted Answer

A)  avoiding operational definitions. 
B)  making psychology free of value judgments. 
C)  discerning human similarities and differences. 
D)  reducing the need for random assignment.

Question 16

The vast majority of neurons in the body's information system are

Accepted Answer

A)  stem cells. 
B)  interneurons. 
C)  motor neurons. 
D)  sensory neurons.

Question 17

Deaf people who use sign language typically

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A)  demonstrate greater mathematical competence than hearing persons. 
B)  process language in their left cerebral hemisphere. 
C)  recognize spatial patterns with their left rather than their right cerebral hemisphere. 
D)  have a smaller corpus callosum than hearing persons.

Question 18

During the course of a full night's sleep,people are most likely to spend more time in

Accepted Answer

A)  Stage 4 sleep than in Stage 2 sleep. 
B)  REM sleep than in Stage 4 sleep. 
C)  Stage 3 sleep than in REM sleep. 
D)  REM sleep than in Stage 2 sleep.

Question 19

To determine the effects of a new drug on memory,one group of people is given a pill that contains the drug. A second group is given a sugar pill that does not contain the drug. This second group constitutes the

Accepted Answer

A)  random sample. 
B)  experimental group. 
C)  control group. 
D)  test group.

Question 20

According to evolutionary psychologists,our predisposition to overconsume fatty junk foods illustrates that we are biologically prepared to behave in ways that promoted the ________ of our ancestors.

Accepted Answer

A)  expectations 
B)  selective mating 
C)  reproductive success 
D)  neuroticism

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The placebo effect best illustrates the impact of ________ on feelings and behaviors.

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Psychologists' personal values and goals

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Deaf people who use sign language typically

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To determine the effects of a new drug on memory,one group of people is given a pill that contains the drug. A second group is given a sugar pill that does not contain the drug. This second group constitutes the

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During the course of a full night's sleep,people are most likely to spend more time in

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Which region of your brainstem plays a role in arousing you to a state of alertness when someone nearby mentions your name?

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The scientific attitude of humility is based on the idea that

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Your best friend criticizes psychological research for being artificial and having no relevance to behavior in real life. In defense of psychology's use of laboratory experiments you point out that

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Evidence suggests that we consolidate our memories of recent life events through

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I am a relatively fast-acting chemical messenger that influences movement,learning,attention,and emotion. What am I?

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Correlational research is most useful for purposes of

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The vast majority of neurons in the body's information system are

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The school of thought in psychology that systematically turned away from the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was

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