OC userin Psychology·10 Aug 201820. You realize that the PowerPoint assignment that you were going to work on this weekend is actually due today. You feel stressed, anxious, and show signs of physiological arousal such as muscle tension and increased heart rate and blood pressure. According to the Canon-Bard theory of emotion A) the physiological arousal and subjective experience occur simultaneously B) you have the subjective experience of emotion prior to the physiological arousal C) you have the physiological arousal and then interpret this as feeling stressed D) the subjective experience of emotion generates the physiological arousal E) the amount of anxiety you feel will depend on happy you were when you put off working on the assignment the previous week
OC userin Psychology·12 Aug 20186. While interviewing Joe, Dr. Willard discovers that Joe has a genetic predisposition for schizophrenia because his uncle and mother had schizophrenia. Dr. Willard also believes the fact that Joe was homeless for several months after being expelled from school and "disowned by his parents triggered his schizophrenia. Dr. Willard probably follows the model of psychological disorders.
OC userin Psychology·5 Aug 201846. In a task where subjects were to decide if a string of letters was a real word or if it was a non-word subjects found it was easier to decide that nurse was a real word if it was preceded by doctor than if it was preceded by yacht. This is an example of A) interference B) encoding C) analysis D) priming E) mnemonics
OC userin Psychology·2 Aug 20187) Being an informed psychology student that you are, when you read in a magazine that a correlational study has shown that there is a high correlation between eating meat and having cancer. Should you then stop eating meat?
OC userin Psychology·2 Aug 201814. Vicki is seeing a therapist in an attempt to work through the troubles in her relationship with her father. During her meetings with her therapist, the two of them often engage in lengthy verbal interactions, and her therapist tries to help Vicki work through a variety of potential solutions for the problems she is facing. In this case, her therapist's approach to treatment would MOST likely be classified as
OC userin Psychology·1 Aug 201826. At daycare, Nicole and Christine are both fighting over a broken cookie. They both had cookies the same size, but Nicole's broke in half and now Christine thinks that Nicole has more than she does. When the daycare provider shows the girls that they both have equal amounts of cookie, Christine calms down as she now understands. Nicole continues to feel superior, having more cookie than Christine. According to Piaget A) Nicole has mastered conservation while Christine has not B) Nicole is displaying accommodation C) Christine has not acquired an understanding of reversibility D) Nicole is showing assimilation E) Christine has mastered conservation while Nicole has not
OC userin Psychology·3 Aug 201811. There is no question that the brain is the centre of intellectual abilities. But is a bigger brain indicative of a more intellectual person? Research on Einstein's brain has shown that A) his entire brain was larger than average B) certain areas of Einstein's brain were more densely packed with neurons C) parts of Einstein's brain were actually smaller than average D) the language area of his brain was highly developed E) both B &C
OC userin Psychology·3 Aug 201844. At dinner last night, Juan couldn't decide whether to order the chicken or the steak. Everyone else at the table ordered steak, and commented that you really couldn't trust how the chicken was done at this restaurant. Juan ordered the steak. Most likely, this reflects A) informational social influence B) normative social influence C) obedience D) compliance E) stereotypes
OC userin Psychology·1 Aug 201815. Which of the following is/are true regarding the brain and sexual motivation? A) the hypothalamus directly regulates the secretion of hormones B) the hypothalamus controls the pituitary, which then regulates the secretion of hormones C) the gonads secrete androgens and estrogens D) the gonads control the pituitary gland's secretion of hormones E) both B and C above
OC userin Psychology·31 Jul 201850. Benny, a cat was routinely hit with a broomstick. Now, Benny meows and runs away anytime he sees a broom. In this example, the broom is a(n): a. Cs. b. UCS. c. UCR d. CR
OC userin Psychology·1 Aug 201813. The biopsychosocial approach provides an understanding of social-cultural influences within a larger framework of a. multiple levels of analysis. b. structuralism. c. introspection. d. humanistic psychology.
OC userin Psychology·29 Jul 20181. Sensation examines how an organism a stimulus. a. perceives b. organizes c. develops the meaning of d. both b and c
OC userin Psychology·27 Jul 20181. Zachary was born with a rare visual defect. He has no cone photoreceptors in his retina, there are only rods. Assuming that all other aspects of his visual system are normal, which of the following would characterize Zachary's vision? A) poor visual acuity B) an inability to differentiate between black and white C) a difficulty seeing in low light conditions D) colour blindness E) both A) and D)
OC userin Psychology·28 Jul 20184. Learning a second language can be very beneficial, especially if learned during the sensitive period of childhood. When a second language is learned later in life A) the person will always have trouble with their native language B) Broca's area will get larger C) a different area of the brain will be activated during production of the second language D) this person will have no problems switching from one language to the other E) the production of their native language will activate Wernicke's area