1. When six-year-old Sven's parents overhear him de- scribing his third birthday party, they look at each other in surprise. Sven appears to remember the
... [Show More] burnt birthday cake his father was baking and his aunt had to run out and buy one from a bakery, even though Sven was not present when those events occurred. Sven's memory illustrates the concept of: 2. In addressing the debate about children's memories of sexual abuse, it has become clear that: C. Confabulation C. Preschoolers are more vulnera- ble to suggestive questions than are school-aged chil- dren 3. Which of the following would not require recall? B. True-false ex- ams. 4. Information in short-term memory is retained for about if it is not rehearsed, and information in sensory memory is retained for about . 5. Short term memory typically holds units (chunks) of information. 6. Memories of personally experienced events and the B. 30 seconds // 1-2 seconds B. 5 to 9 B. Episodic // Pro- contexts in which they occurred are known as , cedural and memories for the performance of actions or skills are called . 7. Ramona has lost her interest in gardening, which brought her joy in the past. She's lost her appetite and life seems hopeless. Which disorder would Ramona most likely have? 8. Johnny has recurring periods of intense fear during which he thinks that he is having a heart attack. He trembles and shakes and his heart palpitates. This kind of problem is called: C. Major depres- sion A. A panic attack 9. Behavior or an emotional state that causes an indi- vidual great suffering, is self-destructive, seriously impairs the person's ability to work or get along with others, or makes a person unable to control the im- pulse to endanger others is known as: 10. involves chronic, inflexible patterns of be- havior, thoughts, or feelings that cause great distress or an inability to get along with others. 11. Sean after being severely depressed for two weeks, developed excessive euphoria, went on a buying spree spending $4,000 on stuff he did not need. His roommate says Sean does not sleep at night and talks incessantly. Sean would most likely be diagnosed with: 12. Anti-social personality disorder involves all of the fol- lowing except: 13. According to the socio-cognitive explanation of dis- sociative identity disorder, therapists have: D. A mental disor- der D. Personality dis- orders B. Bipolar disorder B. Refusing to be around other peo- ple, like at parties D. Rewarded pa- tients with atten- tion and praise for revealing more and more person- alities 14. is the thought to be the biological mechanism B. Long-term po- of long-term memory. 15. Hector is studying for his chemistry final but notices that the Chinese symbols he learned last semester in his Chinese language class keeps making him forget his chemistry symbols. Hector is experiencing: 16. occurs when instead of encoding just the physical or sensory features of the information, the meaning of information is analyzed. tentiation C. Proactive inter- ference A. Deep process- ing 17. If you are afraid or angry at the time of an event, you may remember that event more easily when you are once again in the same emotional state. This phenom- enon is known as: 18. According to the psychodynamic theory of personal- ity, the is a "referee" between the needs of the instincts and demands of society, and the is present at birth and the reservoir of unconscious psychological energies. 19. The defense mechanism of occurs when peo- ple refuse to admit that something unpleasant is hap- pening, that they have a problem, or that they are feeling an unacceptable emotion. 20. Maria tends to be anxious most of the time and often feels a sense of guilt and anger. Which of the "big five" personality traits does she exhibit? 21. Physiological dispositions to respond to the environ- ment in certain ways are present in infancy. These dispositions, called , are assumed to be innate. A. State-depen- dent memory C. Ego // id D. Denial C. High neuroti- cism C. Tempermeants 22. There is growing evidence that: B. Heavy drinking alters brain func- tions 23. Which of the following would NOT be considered a symptom of schizophrenia? 24. Research on the prognosis for recovering from schiz- ophrenia suggests that: D. A person us- ing elaborate con tricks to lie, se- duce, and manipu- late others D. Many peo- ple learn to con- trol the symp- toms and maintain 25. A person may have short-term success with antipsy- chotic or antidepressant drugs, but at least half of pa- tients stop taking them, largely because of the of the medication. 26. This procedure requires surgery to implant electrodes into the brain and am embedded box under the collar- bone. 27. Psychologists who practice behavioral therapy focus on the client's: 28. Murray is a bright student, but he procrastinates. He puts off writing term papers and gets incompletes which eventually become F's. Murray's therapist has Murray write down his thoughts bout work, read the thoughts as if someone else had said them, and then write a rational response to each one. The treatment method used to help Murray deal with his problem is . 29. Which of the following is a major element in psycho- analysis? 30. Which of the following therapies focuses on a per- son's free will to change and to self-actualize, rather than focusing on past conflicts? 31. Rob's therapist is attempting to treat her agoraphobia by riding the subway with her, The therapist is most likely doing this as part of a treatment known as: 32. Which of the following is the most important predictor of successful therapy? good family rela- tionships A. Unpleasant side effects C. Deep brain sim- ulation D. Current behav- ior and attitudes C. Cognitive B. Transference C. Humanistic C. Flooding 33. When choosing a self-help book, consumer's should: B. Make sure the program promotes 34. Unconscious retention in memory, as evidenced by the effect of a previous experience or previously en- countered information on current thoughts and ac- tions is called: 35. Sensory memory holds information for about and information in short term memory is retained for about if not rehearsed. 36. Ambassador Mackenzie was about to ask French diplomat to repeat his last comment but then his audi- tory subsystem of enables him to "select" what had been said and ignore the extraneous sounds in the reception room. has been empiri- clly tested. B. Implicit Memory A. 2-3 Sec- onds//30 Seconds D. Sensory regis- ter 37. involve chronic, inflexible patterns of behavior, D. Personality dis- thoughts, or feelings that cause great distress or an inability to get along with others. 38. Which of the following statements regarding the bio- logical model of addiction and drug abuse is false? 39. According to the textbook's discussion of dissocia- tive identity disorder: 40. A person may have short term success with antipsy- chotic or antidepressant drugs, but at least half of patients stop taking them, largely because of: orders C. For male alco- holics who begin drinking heavily in adulthood, genetic factors are strong- ly involved C. Each identity appears to have its own memories, preferences, per- sonality traits, and medical problems A. Unpleasant side effects 41. Balthazar's depression is being treated through a pro- C. ECT (Electro- cedure in which electrodes are placed on both sides of Convulsion Thera- his head and a brief current is turned on. The current triggers a seizure that lasts about a minute, causing his body to convulse. His treatment is known as: 42. This part of the brain is involved with the formation and consolidation of fear and other emotional memo- ries. 43. is thought to be the biological mechanism of long-term memory. 44. involves associating new items of information with material already stored. 45. Professor Ichthyop, who specializes in the study of py) B. Amygdala B. Long term po- tentiation B. Elaborative re- hearsal A. Retroactive in- Lost River Sucker fish, complains that each semester terference whenever he learns the name of a new student, he forgets the name of a fish. He is complaining about the problem of in memory. 46. The question you are reading at the moment is a D. Recall question. 47. Which memory from Shannon's fourth grade experi- ence would be an episodic memory? 48. Which of the following would be among Patty's se- mantic memories? 49. Psychodynamic theories share all of the following general elements except: B. For the last two months of school she shared her NFL mechanical pencil with Nick D. Knowing that it is appropriate to stand when the bride walks down the aisle B. An empha- sis on conscious 50. Vito is angry when the school bus driver blames Vito for misbehaving when it actually was the child behind him who was acting up. As he gets off the bus, he kicks the bus tire. Freud would say that Vito is uncon- sciously using the defense mechanism of: 51. Psychologists who practice behavioral therapy focus on the client's: processes within the mind B. Projection D. Current behav- iors and attitudes 52. A family therapist would agree that: A. Family mem- bers need to be taught to pro- vide one another with unconditioned positive regard 53. Georgina's treatment for bulimia and binge eating has been highly successful. It is most likely that her treat- ment involved a combination of: 54. Which of the following is the most important predictor of successful therapy? 55. describes whether people are cooperative and secure, or irritable and abrasive. 56. When considering the influence of genetics on per- sonality, which of the following is true? 57. Physiological dispositions to respond to the environ- ment in certain ways are present in infancy. These dispositions, called , are assumed to be innate. A. Cognitive and behavioral therapy C. The bond be- tween the thera- pist and the client A. Agreeableness vs. Antagonism A. A genetic pre- disposition does not necessarily im- ply genetic in- evitability. C. Temperaments 58. Reciprocal determinism is defined as: A. The two-way in- teraction between aspects of the en- vironment and as- pects of the indi- vidual in the shap- ing of personality traits 59. Members of individualist cultures and members of collectivist cultures . 60. Rhona's therapist is attempting to treat her acropho- bia by riding the subway with her. The therapist is most likely doing this as part of her treatment known as: C. Rational-emo- tive behavioral therapy 61. According to the textbook, parents: A. Have little influ- ence over the per- sonality develop- ment of their chil- dren 62. Members of individualistic cultures: C. Give priority to individual goals 63. According to Abraham Maslow (humanistic psychol- ogy), the most important aspects of personality are: 64. Which of the following is Sarah not likely to reflect on in a life of narrative approach to er personality development? D. The qualities of the self-actualized person B. The develop- ment of her con- scious via her superego 65. Research on anxiety disorders has indicated that: A. Stress symp- toms are normal in the immediate af- termath of any cri- sis or trauma. [Show Less]