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PSYCH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -104 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Hypochondriasis is a _____ disorder characterized by a preoccupation with minor physical syptoms and the belief that these symptoms indicate a serious disease

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somatoform Question 2: _____ is defined as an increase in the efficency of neutral transmission at the synapses that lasts for hours or longer.

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long-term potentiation Question 3: Although 3 yr old dillion happily explores the interesting toys located in the dentist's waiting room, he periodically returns to his mother's side for breif moments. Dillon

most clearly displays signs of:

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secure attachment

Question 4: _______ memory has a large capacity but a very short duration, while _____ memory has both a very large cpacity and a very long duration

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Sensory; Long term Question 5: Arianna is paid $5 for every basket of apples she picks in her uncle's orchard.Arianna is being reinforced on a _____ schedule of reinforcement

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fixed ratio Question 6: Which therapeutic approach emphasizes that people are often disturbed because of their neagative interpretations and distorted attributions of events

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conginitve therapy

Question 7: Cerebellum is to _____ memory as hippocampus is to _____ memory

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implicit; explicit

Question 8: Ego is to id as ______ is to ______

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reality principle; pleasure principle Question 9: The 4 classifaictions of mental retardation presented in the textbook are:

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Mild, Moderate, Servere, and Profound Question 10: Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence proposes that there are 3 types of intelligence

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componential, experiential, and contextual

Question 11: 3 factors associated with psychological hardiness are?

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commitment, challenge, and control

Question 12: Albert Bandura's investigation of observational learning demonstrated that

children:

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Who were not exposed to an adult ating aggresively against the Bobo doll were much less to engage in aggressive behavior toward the Bobo doll

Question 13: Extinction occurs when a _____ is no longer paired with a _______.

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CS;US Question 14: Brad regularly buckles his seat belt simply because it turns off the car's irritating warning buzzer. This best illustrates the value of?

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negative reinforcement Question 15: According to Kohlberg, morality based on the avoidance of punishment and the attainment of concrete rewards represents a _______ morality.

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preconventional Question 16: You are most likely to automatically encode information about:

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the sequence of your day's events Question 17: Two charateristics of authoritarian parents are that they demonstrate:

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high levels of parental control and low levels of parental responsiveness Question 18: Newborns have been observed to show the greatest visual interest in a:

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face-like image Question 19: To demonstrate that brain stimulation can make a rat violently aggressive, a

neuroscientist should electronically stimulate the rat's:

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amygdala

Question 20: This famous psychologist at Staford Unv published a thorough revision of the Binet-Simno IQ scale in 1916

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Lewis Terman Question 21: A(n) ______ is a prediction about the cause-effect relationship between two or more variables.

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hypothesis Question 22: According to Piaget, schemas are:

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People's conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences Question 23: Which of the following does the textbook identify as the most sreious type of schizophenia

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disorganized Question 24: Curare is a paralyzing poison that functions as an:

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ACh antagonist Question 25: This psychologits studied meory using 'nonsense syllables', like "MIP" and "FOK."

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Ebbinghaus

Question 26: According to the text, learning involves

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a change in behavior due to experience Question 27: In which type of disorder is a person's speech likely to be so full of unrelated words and phrases that it could be characterized as a "word salad"?

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schizophenia