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What school of psychology stated that the task of psychology is to analyze conscious experience into its basic element?
What did Sigmund Freud believe prevented us from being totally in control of our own minds?
Which of the following statements is the most accurate, regarding experimental psychology's eventual reaction to psychoanalytic theory?
Which of the following statements would Skinner disagree with?
Why was Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) established?
What is the focus of applied psychology?
Which area of research specialization in psychology studies many of the traditional topics in psychology (such as sensation, learning, and motivation)?
Which of the following best describes the unifying theme that "psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context"?
Which of the following is good advice for taking multiple-choice exams?
With which goal of science is scientist's work most closely associated when they attempt to explain why something happened?
Theresa is going to conduct a study as part of her honours thesis for her psychology degree. What will her first step be if she follows the steps associated with the scientific method?
What are two of the main advantages of the scientific approach?
What are the two main types of research methods used in psychology?
In the experimental method, the investigator manipulates a variable under carefully controlled conditions. What does the researcher do next?
What conditions differ between the experimental and control group?
What is the term for variables, other than the independent variable, that seem likely to influence the behaviour of subjects in a study?
If Dr. Conrad is interested in an in-depth study concerning the long-term consequences that a serious injury has on the psychological adjustment of a patient and his family, then which of the following research methods would Dr. Conrad be most likely to use?
What is the research method in which a researcher uses questionnaires or interviews to gather information about specific aspects of behaviour in a sample of participants?
Which of the following is an index of the amount of variability in a set of data?
What is the range of possible values for a correlation coefficient?
Which of the following is NOT a common methodological flaw to consider when evaluating scientific research?
What is the term for the group of individuals actually observed in a research study?
Dr. Arabella surveyed students in his finance class about their attitudes concerning the Canada Pension Plan and concluded that young adults across Canada doubt that they will ever receive Canada Pension benefits. Why might his conclusion be flawed?
What is the main function of dendrites?
Which cells in the nervous system provide support and insulation for other cells?
In the lock and key analogy of synaptic communication, which of the following is the key?
Which of the following is most likely to occur if you were to administer a serotonin antagonist?
If you wanted to monitor the electrical activity of the brain over time, what recording device should you use?
Which of the following techniques would be most useful for research in sleep laboratories?
Which procedure results in a high-quality three-dimensional picture of the brain?
What is likely to be released if the pituitary gland is activated?
Tom is studying twins to determine the relative contribution of heredity and environment to the development of eating disorders. Which of the following is Tom's field of study?
According to signal-detection theory, what is the term for sleeping through your alarm in the morning?
"Can we be influenced by things we are not consciously aware of?" Which topic addresses this question?
Which aspect of vision is NOT associated with the actions of rods?
At the level of the retina and brain, which colour vision theory is supported?
At the level of the retina and brain, which colour vision theory is supported?
When you look at a pile of loose change, you're very likely to see it as comprising pennies, nickles, and dimes. Which perceptual tendency is consistent with this example?
Imagine you are sitting at the dinner table and looking at the round plate in front of the the person sitting across from you. What shape would the proximal stimulus of the plate be?
There is a difference in the visual image of an object projected to each eye. Which depth cue uses this information?
Peter is in a deep sleep and his brain wave pattern consists of low-frequency delta waves. Which stage of sleep is Peter experiencing?
What us the paradox concerning REM sleep?
Which stages of sleep does NREM consist of?
How many sleep cycles typlically occur during the course of a night's sleep?
Which of the following is typically true of the last dream period of the night?
While serving as a subject in a laboratory sleep study for several nights, Avneet was awakened whenever he entered REM sleep. When first allowed an uninterrupted night's sleep, what would Avneet do?
Which of the following best reflects the term "insomnia"?
Rachel has bouts of sudden uncontrollable sleepiness during the day. She has fallen asleep while driving and in the middle of conversations. Which sleep problem does Rachel experience?
Martin wakes up hundreds of times each night gasping for air. What doe she likely suffer from?
Which of the following is true of the relationship between culture and dreaming?
If a college student who is struggling to keep from flunking out of school dreams of winning the "student of the year award," with which theory of dreaming would this dream be most consistent?
Which of the following is true regarding the likelihood of hypnotic susceptibility in population?
Danielle is walking to work, along a route that she knows very well. When she arrives at work she realizes that she didn't notice anything going on around her during most of her walk because she was thinking about various other things. Which theory of hypnosis suggests that hypnosis is like an extreme version of this experiences?
Nancy is in a state than includes reduced heart rate, reduced consumption of oxygen, and an EEG pattern that includes alpha and theta waves. Which of the following states is Nancy likely to be in?
Which of the following drugs is NOT from the same category as the others?
What is the term used when a person must continue to take a drug to avoid withdrawl illness?
In classical conditioning, what is a UCS?
In classical conditioning, what is a UCS?
In classical conditioning, what is the term for the initial stage of learning a new association?
What is the term for the gradual weakening and disappearance of a tendency to make a conditioned response?
if a dog that has been classically conditioned to salivate when shown a square does not salivate when shown a triangle, what does the dog's behaviour illustrate?
A dog has been conditioned to salivate in the presence of a 1000 hertz tone, but whenever an 800 hertz tone was presented there would be no food presented. Which of the following tones will elicit the least salivation?
If the cumulative record for Rat A has a sleep slope, while Rat B's has a shallow slope, what would you conclude?
What happens to an operant response, in order to extinguish that response?
What is most likely to lead to the development of a superstitious behaviour?
Zane is allowed to play video games after every time he helps with doing dishes? What is this pattern of reinforcement called?
When Jeff compliments Marnie, she sometimes gives him a big kiss. What is the pattern of reinforcement called?
Which schedule of reinforcement should you use if you want a rat in a Skinner Box to respond with both a high and steady rate of response?
Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?
If you start driving your car without fastening your seatbelt, you will hear a somewhat annoying sound. What type of learning have you demonstrated if you learn to fasten the seatbelt after hearing the sound?
When Alek does not complete his homework in time, his mother takes away the power cord for his video game system? What does this example illustrate?
Ivan Pavlov, and B.F. Skinner viewed conditioning as a purely mechanical process, but how do modern learning psychologists view conditioning?
What is ruled out by evidence of observational learning?
It often helps an individual comply with a behaviour modification program. What is this type of agreement called?
WHich of the following is an example of the statement that 'language is symbolic'?
When your psychology professor used the word "experiment" to refer to the scientific method described in Chapter 2, which property of language was reflected by the term "experiment"?
What is the system of rules that specifies how words can be arranged into sentences in a language?
What has been demonstrated in research on children and adults who are learning a second language?
What is the primary barrier that prevents chimpanzees from learning to speak?
According to Steven Pinker, what is human language ability?
If you are asked to come up with one word that is typically paired with taxi, screw and cattle (the answer is 'driver'), what sort of problem are you solving?
What are people doing if a mental set interferes with problem solving?
Your Dad has a problem: what to get your Mom for her birthday. He mentally reviews her reaction to presents he has given her in the past ( an iron, a toaster, an ice cream maker). If he decides to get her a cappuccino machine because she seemed to like a "luxury" appliance like the ice cream maker more than the "routine" or necessary appliances like the toaster, your Dad would be making use of which approach to problem solving?
Which type of culture facilitates a field dependent style?
According to Simon's theory of bounded rationality, why do humans tend to make irrational decisions?
Which of the text's unifying themes do interactionist theories of language development best reflect?
Anders is betting Mischa on whether a tossed coin will land on heads or tails. Anders has bet heads the last four times and has lost each time. If on the next toss he bets heads again and says, "It's got to be heads, heads is overdue." what does his reasoning illustrate?
People tend to put too much faith in their own estimates and beliefs. What is this tendency called?
What could you call a promise of a bonus of $100.00 for completing a work assignment before a deadline?
Which of the following does NOT describe one of the three main processes involved in memory?
What is the first memory process that involves getting information into memory?
Which of the following is an example of the memory process of storage?
What is the specific term for the memory process that allows you to recite a poem that you have previously memorized?
Mary is studying in the library and she is very focused on reading over her class notes. She doesn't even notice the various conversations going on around her. As a result, she is becoming better prepared for the exam that is scheduled for tomorrow. Which of the following processes is best illustrated by this example?
What is the shallowest level of verbal information processing?
According to levels of processing theory, what type of processing leads to longer-lasting memory codes?
When their mom took them to the store yesterday, she asked Emil and Niklas to help her remember to buy apples. While Emil focused his attention on how apples were his favourite fruit, Niklas thought of seeing a bag of big red apples in the shopping cart. Which methods were the boys using?
Which is the following is an example of self-referent encoding?
What is sensory memory?
When a flashlight is waved quickly through the air in a circular pattern, you perceive a circle of light and not just a "single point" of light. Which type of memory functioning is this observation consistent with?
What is short-term memory good for?
If you don't write down a list of all things you need at the store, how many individual items are you likely to be able to remember?
If you are planning to spend six hours studying for you final exam in psychology, which of the following would be the best strategy?
