Who wants to be a Millionaire Final Review

Who wants to be a Millionaire? Final Review

Question 1 Teachers in the Milgram studies were repeatedly told by the ___________ to continue the experiment.

Options Learner B) Experimenter C) Participants D) Confederates of the experimenter A)

Correct Answer B) Experimenter

Question 2 A method of scientific investigation in which large samples of people are questioned is called a(n) ________

Options A) Correlational study B) experiment C) Random sample D) Survey

Correct Answer D)Survey

Question 3 The most important factor about a sample is that it…

Options Be large B) Be drawn at random C) Represent the targeted population D) consist of people who are volunteers A)

Correct Answer C) Represent the targeted population

Question 4 The validity of a test is…

Options A) Its consistency B) The degree which it measures what it is suppose to measure C) The degree to which test-takers obtain similar scores on separate testing occasions D)The extent of agreement by psychologists that it is valid

Correct Answer B) The degree to which it measures what it is suppose to measure

Question 5 Consistency of scoring on tests is referred to as…

Options A) Validity B) Reliability C)Criterion D)Deviation IQ

Correct Answer B) Reliability

Question 6 Psychologists generally agree that the best research method for determining cause and effect is the _______ method.

Options A) Naturalistic-observation B) Case-study C) Correlational D) Experimental

Correct Answer D) Experimental

Question 7 There is a good chance that we will find a __________ correlation between time spent studying and grades in school.

Options A) Perfect B) Negative C) Positive D) Weak

Correct Answer C) Positive

Question 8 Participants who go through an experiment but who do not receive any treatment or manipulation are called the _______ subjects.

Options A) Placebo B) Random C) Control D) Experimental

Correct Answer C) Control

Question 9 To control for possible placebo effects, or expectation, researchers often set up ________ studies.

Options Case B) Blind C) Experimental D) Naturalistic A)

Correct Answer B) Blind

Question 10 A neuron consists of __________

Options a) glia, dendrites, and myelin b) axon, glia, and dendrites c) soma, axon, and dendrites d) soma, axon, glia

Correct Answer C) soma, axon, and dendrites

Question 11 The brain and the spinal cord are components of the _________ nervous system.

Options a)central b)peripheral c)sympathetic d)autonomic

Correct Answer A) Central

Question 12 The left hemisphere of the brain is usually involved with ______.

Options a)logic and problem solving b)fantasy c)music and appreciation d)depth perception

Correct Answer A) Logic and Problem Solving

Question 13 The right hemisphere of the brain is usually involved with _____.

Options a)understanding syntax b)decoding visual information c)problem solving d)associating written words with their sounds

Correct Answer B) decoding visual information

Question 14 If you simply cannot produce a color by mixing other colors, you are probably trying to create a _______ color.

Options n n a) b) c) d) secondary primary tertiary complementary

Correct Answer n b) primary

Question 15 n The perceptual tendency to group together objects that are near each other is described by the Gestalt rule of

Options n n a)proximity b)similarity c)continuity d)common fate

Correct Answer a) proximity

Question 16 n If you wanted to aggravate a friend who loves to work jigsaw puzzles using top-down processing, which strategy would you uses to cause her the most grief?

Options n n a) Give her a very large, black and white puzzle b) Let her borrow a puzzle for only a brief period of time c) Give her a complex puzzle in a box that shows the completed picture of a different puzzle d) Talk with her as she attempts to work the puzzle

Correct Answer c) Give her a complex puzzle in a box that shows the completed picture of a different puzzle

Question 17 That closer objects appear to have rougher, more detailed surfaces than distant objects, illustrates

Options n n a)motion parallax b)texture gradient c)shadowing effect d)interposition effect

Correct Answer b) texture gradient

Question 18 n. Loudness of sound is measured and expressed in

Options n n a)decibels b)hertz c)timbre d)white noise

Correct Answer a) decibels

Question 19 Cocaine is a ________

Options Stimulant B) Narcotic C) Depressant D) hallucinogen A)

Correct Answer A)Stimulant

Question 20 Jim usually sleeps eight hours a night. About how many dreams is he likely to have during the night?

Options Five B) None C) Twenty-five D) One A)

Correct Answer A) five

Question 21 A ______ is a word or a sound that helps one achieve an altered state of consciousness.

Options A)mandala B)mantis C)mantra D)mana

Correct Answer C)mantra

Question 22 Which school of psychologists would define learning as a change in behavior that results from experience?

Options A) B) C) D) Behaviorists Cognitive psychologists gestalt psychologists psychoanalysts

Correct Answer A) behaviorists

Question 23 What was the pleasant experience used by Harold and Mary Cover Jones when counterconditioning a small boy’s fear of rabbits?

Options Letting him watch a puppy chase a rabbit B) Letting eat candy and cookies C) Having his parents reassure him D) Letting him frighten the rabbit A)

Correct Answer B) Letting him eat candy and cookies

Question 24 Ivan Pavlov is known for his contribution to the understanding of

Options A) Learning to engage in voluntary behavior B) Observational learning C) Classical conditioning D) Contingency theory

Correct Answer C) Classical conditioning

Question 25 Memory for performing certain acts that are not easily described with words is considered…

Options A) B) C) D) Iconic Episodic Procedural Semantic

Correct Answer C) Procedural

Question 26 Roxanne has asked Tom to pick up a few things from the grocery store on his way home from work. Of the list of nine items, Tom will be most likely to remember to bring home the…

Options A) First several B) Items in the middle C) Last several D) First few and the last few items

Correct Answer D) First few and the last few items

Question 27 Chunking is the term for…

Options Memorizing information a little bit at a time B) Combining information into segments that can be more easily remembered C) Gathering units of information through a rapid series of saccadic eye movements D) Rehearing information in short-term memory until it is transferred to long-term memory as a single unit A)

Correct Answer B) Combining information into segments that can be more easily remembered

Question 28 Information in short-term memory tends to be forgotten by means of…

Options A) Psychogenic Amnesia B) Failure to use appropriate retrieval cues C) Displacement D) Retrograde Amnesia

Correct Answer C) Displacement

Question 29 According to the text, which of the following is the most effective way of transferring info from STM to LTM?

Options A) Eidetic imagery B) Maintenance rehearsal C) Elaborative rehearsal D) Become emotionally aroused

Correct Answer C) Elaborative rehearsal

Question 30 According to the text, the “tip of the tongue” experience seems to reflect…

Options Lack of visual retrieval cues B) Incomplete or imperfect learning C) Skill memory rather than semantic memory D) STM displacement by anxietyevoking information A)

Correct Answer B) Incomplete or imperfect learning

Question 31 Who believed there are seven different intelligences that are each based in a different area of the brain?

Options A)Thurstone B) Loftus C) Gardner D) Sternberg

Correct Answer C) Gardner

Question 32 What lies just below selfactualization in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

Options A)safety B) esteem C) physiological D) Love and belongingness

Correct Answer B) Esteem

Question 33 Whether hereditary or social factors are responsible for behavior is the key issue of

Options a)the nature/nurture controversy b)developmental psychology c)genetic research d)gender studies

Correct Answer A) nature/nurture controversy

Question 34 Which of the following is NOT one of the stages of cognitive development identified by Piaget?

Options a)sensorimotor b) Preoperational c)concrete operational d)postoperational

Correct Answer D) Post-operational

Question 35 Donna has been given a new coin bank for her birthday. Her old coin bank has only one slot, but her new coin bank has separate slots for pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Donna learns very quickly that quarters do not fit in the dime slot. This is an example of

Options a)assimilation b)conservation c)accommodation d)confrontation

Correct Answer C) Accommodation

Question 36 Having an unjustified, unflattering attitude toward members of a minority group is an example of ______. Trying to prevent a member of a minority group from living in your neighborhood is an example of _______.

Options n n a) discrimination; prejudice b) prejudice; injustice c) injustice; prejudice d) prejudice; discrimination

Correct Answer D) prejudice; discrimination

Question 37 If you wear a tie to your graduation ceremony only because doing so is expected, you are displaying

Options a) b) c) d) conformity obedience normative diffusion individuation

Correct Answer A) conformity

Question 38 Diffusion of responsibility occurs when…

Options n n a) each member of a group feels less obligation to help because others are present b) no single member of a group can be identified as responsible c) social decision schemes fail d) social loafing is not possible

Correct Answer a) each member of a group feels less obligation to help because others are present