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IB Psych Final (11)

Questão 1 de 52

1

Which of the following is NOT a concern regarding animal research?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Approval from a review board

  • Protection from unnecessary harm

  • Demonstration of substantial benefit to humans

  • Following ethical practices

  • Informed consent

Explicação

Questão 2 de 52

1

An emphasis on early childhood experiences and our unconscious are major characteristics of which school of psychology?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Gestalt

  • phychodynamic

  • behaviorism

  • empiricism

  • structuralism

Explicação

Questão 3 de 52

1

Which of the following relationships would most likely have the weakest correlation?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • A school child's age and vocabulary

  • Air temperature and number of air conditioners in use

  • A building's height and weight

  • Amount of snowfall and number of skiers

  • number of fingers on a person's hand and intelligence

Explicação

Questão 4 de 52

1

A psychologist keeps a very detailed record of a series of interviews with an individual who is suffering from a rare brain disorder. This is an example of which research method?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Case study

  • correlational

  • random

  • survey

  • experiment

Explicação

Questão 5 de 52

1

In a drug study, one group of participants receives an inactive pill and another group receives a pill that is believed to be effective in treating depression. The first group is referred to as the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Experimental group

  • Control group

  • Dependent group

  • Random group

  • Independent group

Explicação

Questão 6 de 52

1

Which "wave" of psychology might study how humans process information?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • behaviorist

  • humanist

  • physiological

  • Neo-freudian

  • cognitive

Explicação

Questão 7 de 52

1

In drug studies, the inactive pill that some participants receive is referred to as a

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • placebo

  • pretender

  • prevention

  • panacea

  • control

Explicação

Questão 8 de 52

1

All of the following are steps in the scientific method EXCEPT

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Gathering evidence

  • Ignoring contradictory evidence

  • Drawing conclusions

  • Developing a hypothesis

  • Generating a research question

Explicação

Questão 9 de 52

1

An experiment investigates the effects of the medication on symptoms of schizophrenia. In this case, the symptoms of schizophrenia represent the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Manipulated variable

  • Control variable

  • Independent variable

  • Dependent variable

  • Random variable

Explicação

Questão 10 de 52

1

Which of the following is the most complete definition of psychology?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The science of observable behavior

  • The science of behavior and mental processes

  • Writing about relationships and mental processes

  • The science of mental processes

  • The science of behavior

Explicação

Questão 11 de 52

1

You see a journal article entitled "Injection of Happystuff causes a reduction in symptoms of depression in adult males." This tells you that the independent variable is

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Adult males

  • Symptoms of depression

  • happystuff

  • Depression

  • unknown

Explicação

Questão 12 de 52

1

A correlational coefficient of +.95 means

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The variables are independent

  • There is no relationship between the variables

  • As one variable increases, the other variable increases

  • As one variable decreases, the other variable decreases

  • As one variable increases, the other variable decreases

Explicação

Questão 13 de 52

1

Which of the following is critical for survey research?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Haphazard sample

  • Non- random sample

  • A random sample

  • non-generalized sample

  • A sample that consists of at least 10% of the population

Explicação

Questão 14 de 52

1

You have been assigned to write a report on Wilhelm Wendt's contributions to psychology. A useful term to use to search the internet would be

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • introspection

  • Psychodynamic

  • association

  • behaviorism

  • humanism

Explicação

Questão 15 de 52

1

WHen neither the researcher nor the participants knows who is receiving the active drug and who is receiving the placebo. It is referred to as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • A single-blind study

  • A double-blind study

  • Control factor

  • Placebo effect

  • Random sampling

Explicação

Questão 16 de 52

1

Women account for what proportion of undergraduate degrees and doctorates in psychology?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • one-half

  • Two-thirds

  • Three-quarters

  • one-third

  • one-quarter

Explicação

Questão 17 de 52

1

A statistical measure of association between two variables is a(n)

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Random assignment

  • Independent variable

  • Correlation coefficient

  • Dependent variable

  • Control variable

Explicação

Questão 18 de 52

1

Cognitive psychologists would be interested in all of the following EXCEPT

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Language processes

  • Concept formation

  • instincts

  • Decision making

  • problem solving

Explicação

Questão 19 de 52

1

Who was the first woman to receive a PhD in psychology in the United States?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Mamie Phipps-Clark

  • Mary Whitson Calkins

  • Margaret Floy Washburn

  • Gilbert Haven Jones

  • Francis Sumner

Explicação

Questão 20 de 52

1

Humanistic psychologists stress all of the following EXCEPT

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Creative potentials of individuals

  • Self-awareness

  • individual uniqueness

  • Being true to oneself

  • Unconscious forces

Explicação

Questão 21 de 52

1

In doing research on John Watson what term would you expect to come across?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • behaviorism

  • structuralism

  • humanism

  • psychodynamic

  • Functionalism

Explicação

Questão 22 de 52

1

Who is credited with founding the functionalism school of psychology?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • James

  • Hall

  • Titchener

  • Wertheimer

  • Wundt

Explicação

Questão 23 de 52

1

Empirical research

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Is no longer used by psychologists

  • Was replaced by scientific method

  • Uses introspection

  • Set the standards that psychologists must follow

  • Is based on intuition

Explicação

Questão 24 de 52

1

Which of the following is not a benefit of correlational research?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • It can help increase understandings of relationships

  • It can offer causes to underlying causes

  • It can establish definite cause-and-effect relationships

  • It can identify high-risk individuals

  • It can allow prediction

Explicação

Questão 25 de 52

1

This type of imaging technology uses magnetic fields to manipulate the protons inside of the water in our bodies, which allows us to see images without surgery

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • PET

  • MRI

  • CT

  • EEG

Explicação

Questão 26 de 52

1

Axons are responsible for

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Producing neurotransmitters

  • Carrying signals to other neurons

  • Receiving signals from other neurons

  • Controlling metabolic functions

Explicação

Questão 27 de 52

1

Phineas Gage showed severe personality changes following an accident that damaged the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Prefrontal cortex

  • Temporal cortex

  • hippocampus

  • Hypothalamus

Explicação

Questão 28 de 52

1

For most people, Wernicke's area is located in the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Left temporal lobe

  • Right frontal lobe

  • Left frontal lobe

  • Right temporal lobe

Explicação

Questão 29 de 52

1

This type of imaging technology involves attaching electrodes to a patients head in order to measure their brain waves

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • PET

  • MRI

  • CT

  • EEG

Explicação

Questão 30 de 52

1

This type of imaging technology combines xray technology with computer technology. It is used to investigate the brain from multiple angles and at any depth

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • EEG

  • PET

  • MRI

  • CT

Explicação

Questão 31 de 52

1

Which component of a neuron contains genetic material

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Synapse

  • Soma

  • neurotransmitter

  • dendrite

Explicação

Questão 32 de 52

1

This imaging technology involves injecting the patient with a radioactive substance, which will release gamma rays and allow researchers to see how active certain areas of the brain are

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • PET

  • MRI

  • EEG

  • CT

Explicação

Questão 33 de 52

1

Which component of a neuron receives signals from other neurons?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Synapse

  • axon

  • soma

  • dendrite

Explicação

Questão 34 de 52

1

All of the following are considered main research methods in the biological approach of analysis EXCEPT

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Correlational studies

  • Case studies

  • surveys

  • Laboratory experiments

Explicação

Questão 35 de 52

1

For most people Boca's area is located in the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Left frontal lobe

  • left temporal lobe

  • Right frontal lobe

  • right temporal lobe

Explicação

Questão 36 de 52

1

The tiny gap between neurons is called the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • dendrite

  • synapse

  • soma

  • axon

Explicação

Questão 37 de 52

1

All of the following are principles of the biological levels of analysis EXCEPT

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Introspection is key to understanding behavior

  • patters of behavior can be inherited

  • Animal research may inform our understanding of behavior

  • Emotions and behavior are products of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous and endocrine systems

Explicação

Questão 38 de 52

1

The inherited (innate) instructions of an organism are called its

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Phenotype

  • Genotype

  • DNA

  • Glial cell

  • monozygotic

Explicação

Questão 39 de 52

1

An organism's observable traits are called its

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Phenotype

  • Genotype

  • genomes

  • Disposition

  • Chromosomes

Explicação

Questão 40 de 52

1

The brain is divided into ________ parts

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Two

  • three

  • five

  • six

  • nine

Explicação

Questão 41 de 52

1

Which of the following is part of the hind brain?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • cerebrum

  • thalamus

  • Corpus callosum

  • amygdala

  • Medulla

Explicação

Questão 42 de 52

1

States of wakefulness and sleep are modulated by

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Pons

  • Cerebellum

  • Hippocampus

  • Medulla

  • Cerebrum

Explicação

Questão 43 de 52

1

The fact that alcohol often causes problems with balance and coordination suggests that it may have an effect on

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Cerebrum

  • Corpus callosum

  • Cerebellum

  • Thalamus

  • Reticular formation

Explicação

Questão 44 de 52

1

The forebrain contains all of the following EXCEPT

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Thalamus

  • Basal ganglia

  • Hypothalamus

  • Cerebellum

  • Cerebral cortex

Explicação

Questão 45 de 52

1

All of the following senses are routed through the thalamus EXCEPT

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Touch

  • smell

  • taste

  • Vision

  • Hearing

Explicação

Questão 46 de 52

1

Vision is processed by which lobe?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Occipital

  • Temporal

  • Frontal

  • Parietal

  • somatosensory

Explicação

Questão 47 de 52

1

Damage to which portion of the cerebral cortex would most likely interfere with hearing?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Somatosensory

  • Occipital

  • Temporal

  • Parietal

  • Frontal

Explicação

Questão 48 de 52

1

Following brain damage, Takumi cannot feel sensations in her arms. She probably suffered damage to which portion of her brain?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Frontal lobe

  • Cerebellum

  • Parietal lobe

  • Temporal lobe

  • Occipital lobe

Explicação

Questão 49 de 52

1

Which part of the nervous system controls internal bodily processes as heartbeat, respiration, digestion, and dilation of the pupils?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Autonomic nervous system

  • Somatic nervous system

  • Spinal cord

  • Peripheral nervous system

  • Central nervous system

Explicação

Questão 50 de 52

1

The tiny gap between neurons is called the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • axon

  • dendrite

  • synapse

  • interneuron

  • soma

Explicação

Questão 51 de 52

1

Glial cells do all of the following EXCEPT

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Nourish neurons

  • Help neurons communicate

  • Produce neurotransmitters

  • Produce myelin

  • Remove waste products

Explicação

Questão 52 de 52

1

Which of the following is not controlled by the medulla

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Heart rate

  • Breathing

  • swallowing

  • Vision

  • coughing

Explicação