devry psyc110 final exam

1. (TCOs 1, 2) Sallie noticed that when her alarm clock goes
off in the morning, her dog Ruffles is standing by her bed salivating. Every
morning when Sallie wakes to the alarm, she immediately rolls out of bed and
feeds Ruffles, who very much enjoys his canned dog food. It is likely that
_____. (Points : 5)
Sallie has
conditioned Ruffles to enjoy canned dog food
Sallie has
conditioned Ruffles to sleep next to her bed
Sallie has conditioned
Ruffles to salivate over canned dog food
Sallie has
conditioned Ruffles to salivate to the sound of her alarm clock

Question 2.2. (TCOs 1, 2) Darley and Latané (1968) believe
that the presence of other people in a distressing situation decreased the
likelihood that they would receive help due to _____. (Points : 5)
diffusion of
anonymity
flaws in laws
protecting Good Samaritans
timeliness of
onset
diffusion of
responsibility

Question 3.3. (TCOs 2, 3) Your teacher asks you to describe
the sequence of parts of a neuron that the impulse travels during neural
conduction. Which of the following sequences will you offer? (Points : 5)
Dendrites,
axon, soma, synaptic knob
Terminal
buttons, axon, soma, dendrites
Axon, soma,
dendrites, synaptic knob
Dendrites,
soma, axon, synaptic knob

Question 4.4. (TCOs 2, 3) Andy has decided to seek medical
help for mood disturbances and appetite problems. Which neurotransmitter is
most likely involved in the problems Andy is experiencing? (Points : 5)
GABA
Dopamine
Serotonin
Acetylcholine

Question 5.5. (TCO 4) The vestibular senses are concerned
with _____. (Points : 5)
touch,
pressure, temperature, and pain
the location of
body parts in relation to the ground and to each other
movement and
body position
your location
as compared to the position of the sun

Question 6.6. (TCO 4) Suppose you look at a given figure and
decide that, depending on how you look at it, it can be perceived as either an
old woman or a young lady. Such a figure would be said to be _____. (Points :
5)
mixed
confused
reversible
inconsistent

Question 7.7. (TCO 5) Which of the following stages of sleep
is marked by the production of very slow delta waves? (Points : 5)
REM
Stage 1 (N1)
Stage 2 (N2)
Stage 4 (N4)

Question 8.8. (TCO 5) A client tells his therapist about a
dream in which he drives his wife to the airport where she boards a plane. As
the plane takes off, he is smiling. The therapist says the dream suggests a
desire for a divorce. The therapist’s interpretation represents what Sigmund
Freud called the dream’s _____. (Points : 5)
deep content
latent content
manifest
content
subliminal
content

Question 9.9. (TCOs 7, 8) In a conditioning experiment, a
sound is paired with a brief puff of air to the eye of the rabbit. After
several pairings, the rabbit ultimately blinks its eye when it hears the sound.
Which of the following is true? (Points : 5)
The blinking of
the eye serves as stimulus.
The puff of air
serves as the unconditioned stimulus.
The puff of air
serves as the conditioned stimulus.
The blinking of
the eye serves as the conditioned stimulus.

Question 10.10. (TCOs 7, 8) John has been working on a math
problem late at night without success; he falls asleep. Upon awakening, John
suddenly realizes how to answer the problem. This best illustrates which of the
following? (Points : 5)
Observational
learning
Latent learning
Insight
learning
Cognitive
learning

Question 11.11. (TCOs 7, 8) “The effectiveness of memory
retrieval is directly related to the similarity of cues present when the memory
was encoded to the cues present when the memory is retrieved.” What concept
does this statement describe? (Points : 5)
Memorability
Registered
learning
Encoding
specificity
Accessible
decoding

Question 12.12. (TCOs 7, 8) Evidence suggests that
procedural memories are stored in the _____. (Points : 5)
cerebellum
prefrontal and
temporal lobes of the cortex
hippocampus
amygdala

Question 13.13. (TCO 8) You are learning Russian in
preparation for a trip next summer. Although you are doing a good job
recognizing the written signs you need to know, you are having trouble with the
sounds of the Russian language. Which of the following aspects of language is
giving you trouble? (Points : 5)
Syntax
Phonemes
Morphemes
Audiograms

Question 14.14. (TCO 8) How many morphemes are there in the
sentence “I wanted it”? (Points : 5)
Four
Six
Five
Seven

Question 15.15. (TCO 10) Emily and her husband are thrilled
as they peer into Emily’s uterus by means of an ultrasound. The physician
reports that the pregnancy appears normal and that their baby’s fingers, toes,
heart, and circulatory system are developing as expected. The couple learns
that the baby is only an inch long. Given this information, the current stage
of prenatal development is the _____. (Points : 5)
embryonic
period
germinal period
zygotic period
fetal stage
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Question 1.1. (TCO 10) At what stage of moral development is
moral thought guided by principles that have been decided upon by the
individual and may be in disagreement with accepted social norms? (Points : 5)
Preoperational
Preconventional

Postconventional
Conventional
role conformity

Question 2.2. (TCO 9) Michael has trained very long hours in
order to qualify for the Olympics in diving. He has sacrificed a great deal—he
put his education on hold and spent a lot of time away from his two small
children and wife. To Michael, qualifying for the Olympics is a(n) ____.
(Points : 5)
instinctual
drive
incentive
innate goal
optimum goal

Question 3.3. (TCO 9) Which of the following is a criticism
of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? (Points : 5)
The highest
level has never been attained.

Self-actualization is actually a biological drive.
The hierarchy
does not have any focus on social needs.
There is a lack
of scientific support.

Question 4.4. (TCO 11) Consider the following three
circumstances: (1) Raul is walking toward a business office and when he gets
there, he opens the door for a woman and allows her to walk through ahead of himself.
(2) Raul is walking toward a business office, and when he gets there, he opens
the door for a man and a woman who are also approaching and allows both of them
to walk through ahead of himself. (3) Raul is walking toward a business office,
and when he gets there, he opens the door for a woman and allows her to walk
through ahead of himself, but then he walks through without holding the door
for the man with whom the woman was having a conversation. In which of the
above circumstances has Raul demonstrated the greatest example of benevolent
sexism? (Points : 5)
Circumstances
#1 and #2 only
Circumstance #1
Circumstance #2
Circumstance #3

Question 5.5. (TCO 11) Lance is in the 12th
grade and is presently dating the head cheerleader, Ava.
Lance is attracted to Ava, who is very feminine in her mannerisms, and Lance
reports that he is attracted to girls who are petite and athletic. He and his
buddies like to go “cruising for girls” on the weekends, but he has never
strayed from Ava and is thinking about proposing to her after they graduate. He
has never been attracted to any other boys. Lance is considered _____ in terms
of his sexual orientation. (Points : 5)
homosexual
heterosexual
bisexual
transsexual

Question 6.6. (TCO 6) Seira is very pleasant and likes to
keep the peace. She finds it difficult to express emotions and internalizes her
anger. She has few friends and spends a lot of time alone. According to
research, Seira _____. (Points : 5)
is at high risk for coronary heart disease
is a hardy
personality
is a Type B
personality
is a Type C
personality

Question 7.7. (TCO 6) Vanna’s mother is ill and Vanna is
feeling overwhelmed and sad. To cope with this stress of her mother’s illness,
Vanna has been writing her feelings down in a journal. Vanna is using _____.
(Points : 5)
problem-focused
coping
emotion-focused
coping
distraction
reappraisal

Question 8.8. (TCO 13) The classic Robber’s Cave study
showed that prejudice can be reduced by _____. (Points : 5)
mere exposure
relearning
social norms
cooperating to
meet a mutually beneficial goal
rethinking
one’s stereotypes

Question 9.9. (TCO 13) According to the research of Latané
and Darley, which of the following situations would be the most likely in which
someone would offer to help? (Points : 5)
Person on the
side of the road with a flat tire during rush hour
Person asking
for help in a crowded stadium parking lot
Person falling
down coming out of an elevator with only one other person in it
A student
falling off a ladder outside a full classroom

Question 10.10. (TCO 11) Anthony is sick of writing papers
and studying for tests, but he knows he needs a college degree if he wants to
be successful in his chosen career. So every morning, Anthony gives himself a
dressing down—in essence, yelling at himself—to make himself get out of bed and
go to classes and every evening he does the same thing to get himself to do his
work. According to Freud, which personality structure is in control here?
(Points : 5)
Id
Ego
Unconscious
Superego

Question 11.11. (TCO 11) If Sylvia is described as
trustworthy, altruistic, and tender-minded, then she probably is fairly high on
the Big Five factor known as _____. (Points : 5)
extraversion
neuroticism
openness
agreeableness

Question 12.12. (TCO 11) When a patient arrives in the
emergency room, he is restless and irritable with unlimited energy and a rapid
rate of speech. The attending psychiatrist believes the patient has taken
cocaine or amphetamines and admits him for observation. The next day, the
symptoms are the same. What condition with symptoms that are similar to those
associated with amphetamine use might the psychiatrist now consider as a
condition that is relevant to the diagnosis? (Points : 5)
Mania
Dissociative
fugue
Conversion
disorder
Catatonic
schizophrenia

Question 13.13. (TCO 11) After being passed up for a
promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son, a man
disappears. He shows up two weeks later in another town with no memory of who
he is or how he got there. He appears to be suffering from _____. (Points : 5)
paraphilia
schizophrenia
a somatoform
disorder
a dissociative
disorder

Question 14.14. (TCO 12) As Celine begins to reveal more and
more of her innermost thoughts and feelings to her psychodynamic therapist, she
begins to feel good about him, as well as accepted by him. She develops a sense
of trust, particularly because he does not criticize her. What process is
occurring? (Points : 5)
Unconditional
positive regard
Insight
Rationalization
Transference

Question 15.15. (TCO 12) A technique for treating phobias
and other stress disorders in which the person is suddenly exposed to the
fear-provoking situation or object in an intense way and is prevented from
making the usual avoidance or escape response is called _____. (Points : 5)
systematic
desensitization
flooding
paradoxical
intent
aversive
therapy
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Question 1. 1. (TCO 1) Summarize Erikson’s eight stages of
psychosocial development. Provide an example for each stage that describes
successful resolution of each stage. (Points : 20)

Question 2. 2. (TCO 6) What is a Type A personality? Based
on current evidence, what is the main personality characteristic involved with
heart disease and Type A behavior? How can such a person decrease the
possibility of heart disease? Describe a person who has a hardy personality.
(Points : 15)

Question 3. 3. TCO 13 How do advertisers use the principles
of persuasion as discussed in Chapter 12? Pick a television commercial and use
it as an example of the components of persuasion. (Points : 15)

Question 4. 4. (TCO 11) Distinguish between depression and
bipolar disorder. How are they similar? How are they different? (Points : 20)

Question 5. 5. (TCO 12) Describe psychoanalysis. Include
information about its theoretical background, how it seeks to help people, its
key concepts, and an evaluation of its effectiveness. (Points : 20)