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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSY FINAL EXAM
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-Guarantee passing score -109 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Walking home from work late, Jaydra suddenly hears footsteps behind her.Her heart pounds, her muscles tense, and her mouth goes dry. This is activated by her ____ nervous system.
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sympathetic
Question 2: The earliest stage of speech development is called the ___ stage.
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babbling Question 3: Remembering how to solve a puzzle without any conscious recollection that you can do so best illustrates ___ memory.
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implicit Question 4: In developing a test of intellectual ability for Parisian schoolchildren, Binet and Simon assumed that
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a bright child would perform like a normal child of an older age.
Question 5: A partial schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses is a ____ schedule.
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variable-ratio
Question 6: Which test has been demonstrated to be a highly reliable measure?
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All of these tests.
Question 7: The consumption of carbohydrates is most likely to
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reduce stress and tension Question 8: Negative reinforcers ___ the rate of operant responding, and punishments ___ the rate of operant responding.
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increase, decrease Question 9: A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related test items that seem to tap a common ability is called
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factor analysis Question 10: Whether we feel angry or depressed in response to a low exam grade depends on whether we attribute the poor grade to an unfair test our to our own low intelligence. This best illustrates that emotions are influenced by
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cognitive appraisals
Question 11: Factor analysis has been used to assess whether
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intelligence is a single trait or a collection of distinct abilities
Question 12: Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on alternate forms of the same test in order to measure the ____ of the test.
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reliability
Question 13: The factors associated with creativity include
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expertise and a venturesome personality.Question 14: Dr. Ligorano has devoted his professional life to researching the desires and needs that energize and direct behavior. His area of research has obviously been
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motivation.Question 15: During prior school years, Charlie found it easy to get away with cheating on his tests. Now its not so easy as Charlie has to spend a long time coming up with new ways to cheat. What is this?
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mental set Question 16: Because Yuri was curious about behavior, he enrolled in a course. He heard it was easy to boose his GPA, this was a case of ____ motivation.
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instrinsic Question 17: Makayla developed an intense fear of flying 5 years ago when she was in a plane crash. The fact that today she can again fly without distress indicated that her fear has undergone
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extinction Question 18: Carbohydrates such as pasta, chips, and sweets help boost levels of the neurotransmitter
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serotonin
Question 19: The WAIS was designed for testing ___ intelligence, whereas the WISC was designed for testing ___ intelligence.
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adults, children
Question 20: Which of the following is an unconditioned response?
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sweating in hot weather Question 21: Megan fails to see any connection between how hard she works and the size of her annual pay raises. Consequently, she stops caring. This best illustrates the importance of ___ in operant conditioning.
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cognitive processes
Question 22: A lack of sufficient oxygen intake is an example of a
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drive Question 23: The rock musician was hit with a rotten egg while performing. The fact that you can recognize 2 diff meanings for the word hit in the sentence demonstrates the importance of
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semantics
Question 24: The use of heuristics rather than algorithms is most likely to
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save time in arriving at solutions to problems Question 25: If a sea slug on repeated occasions receives an electric shock after being squirted with water, its protective withdrawal response to a squirt of water grows stronger. This best illustrates
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associative learning