2017 psycho Flashcards

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1
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You touch the cheek of a 3-month-old infant and he immediately turns his head to the side you touched. What is this called?
A. Intermodal perception
B. Tonic neck reflex
C. Rooting reflex
D. Contrast sensitivity
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C. Rooting reflex

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According to depth cue, for which of these descriptions would the object appear to be seen as being farther away?
A. For objects on the ground, objects that are lower in the visual field
B. For objects on the ground, objects that are higher in the visual field
C. For objects in the sky, objects that are higher in the visual field
D. For objects either on the ground or in the sky, objects above the horizon.

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B. For objects on the ground, objects that are higher in the visual field

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You have been trying to remember your old phone number but all you can remember is your new phone number. What is this called?
A. Displacement
B. Decay
C. Affliction
D. Retrieval failure
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A. Displacement

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Which context helps the perception of an ambiguous situation?
A. Perception is more accurate in an unfamiliar context
B. Perception errors happen in a familiar
C. The perception of an ambiguous situation is misinterpreted, regardless of context
D. Perception stimuli are faster in a familiar context

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D. Perception stimuli are faster in a familiar context

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Which theory of emotion focuses on cognitive appraisal?
A. James Lange theory
B. Facial feedback hypothesis
C. Two Factor Theory
D. Walter-Cannon Theory
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C. Two Factor Theory

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What does the principle of extinction assume about emotional problems? 
A. Prehistoric
B. Develops from childhood experiences
C. Erased from mental lexicon
D. Unlearned
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no answer

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What is the IQ of a 6 year old child with a mental age of 9 years old? 
A. 75
B. 90
C. 133
D. 150
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D. 150

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Which of the following traits describes a pre-operational thinker? 
A. Egocentrism
B. Reversibility
C. Classification
D. Deductive reasoning
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A. Egocentrism

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Salma attributes her ‘A’ grade to luck, undermining her many hours of hard work. How can her explanation be described?
A. Overjustification effect
B. Fundamental attribution error
C. Underestimating error
D. Law of effect
A

A. Overjustification effect

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A study found that the more women attend a child training session, the less likely they require pain medication at childbirth. How is this explained?
A. Negative correlation 
B. Negative causation 
C. Positive correlation 
D. Positive causation
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A. Negative correlation

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Which term is used when a conditioned stimulus is presented alone repeatedly without pairing it with an unconditioned stimulus?
A. First order conditioning
B. Second order conditioning
C. Extinction
D. Acquisition
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C. Extinction

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Your friend informs you that last night, he was about to fall asleep when he heard a loud, buzzing sound accompanied by flashlights that he could not explain. What is your friend most likely experiencing?
A. Hypnagogic hallucinations
B. Hypnopompic hallucinations
C. REM sleep
D. Narcolepsy
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A. Hypnagogic hallucinations

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Abdullah is depressed. He has suffered a significant family loss in the last 6 months, leading him to be unable to get out of bed in the morning. As a doctor, you are focusing on whether his serotonin level is adequate to treat him or not. What approach are you using?
A. Psychoanalytic
B. Behavioral 
C. Psychiatric 
D. Cognitive
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C. Psychiatric

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Nora wants to be an elementary teacher, like her mother and grandmother before her. She did not explore the major. What identity path is she following?
A. Identity foreclosure
B. Identity achievement 
C. Identity moratorium 
D. Identity diffusion
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A. Identity foreclosure

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What does 'B' include in the ABC of rational emotive behavior therapy?
A. Adversities
B. Assumptions
C. Behaviors
D. Aggravation
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B. Assumptions

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What does ‘C’ include in the ABC of the rational emotive behavior theory? 
A. Attitude
B. Emotion
C. Control
D. Thoughts
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B. Emotion

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A child is shown two balls of clay of similar size. Then, the instructor flattens one of the balls of clay into a circle.
According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, what was the instructor measuring?
A. Irreversibility
B. Conservation
C. Centration
D. Static reasoning

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B. Conservation

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In an experiment performed by Harlow and Harlow, an infant monkey was placed with two artificial mothers. Which of the following statements is true about this experiment?
A. They preferred the wire mother as it gave food
B. They explored strange objects when they had contact with the wire mother
C. They preferred the cloth mother, regardless of who gave food
D. They did not have a particular preference since both mothers gave food

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C. They preferred the cloth mother, regardless of who gave food

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What best described a cephalocaudal development?
A. A child learning to talk before learning to read
B. A child being able to walk before kicking a ball
C. An infant lifting his head before lifting his chest
D. An infant using his arms before using his fingers for fine motor skills

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C. An infant lifting his head before lifting his chest

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Josh suffers from a heart disease. He drives in a hurry, is hostile, impatient, and competent. Which of these traits must Josh change in order to reduce the risk of having a heart attack?
A. Hurriness
B. Hostility
C. Impatience
D. Competence
A

B. Hostility

21
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A variety of studies suggest that personality traits are determined by genes and the environment. Which of the following will most likely have the highest correlation?
A. Identical twins reared together
B. Identical twins reared apart
C. Fraternal twins reared together
D. Fraternal twins reared apart
A

A. Identical twins reared together

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What is the correct order of the three main steps of memory processing?
A. Retrieval - Storage - Encoding 
B. Encoding - Storage - Retrieval 
C. Storage - Retrieval - Encoding 
D. Retrieval - Encoding – Storage
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B. Encoding - Storage - Retrieval

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Several students are feeling stressed a week before their final exams. Some of the students sought social support from their friends, others went to go exercise at the gym, and few decided to do illicit drugs. What type of coping is being demonstrated in this example?
A. Behavior-focused 
B. Emotion-focused 
C. Problem-focused 
D. Situation-focused
A

B. Emotion-focused

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What is the restriction or inability to perform an activity within the normal range for humans? 
A. Affliction
B. Handicap
C. Disability
D. Impairment
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C. Disability

25
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Which neurotransmitter is involved in the processing of many natural rewards in the brain? 
A. Dopamine
B. Acetylcholine
C. Adrenaline
D. Serotonin
A

A. Dopamine

26
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If Weber’s constant for a sound intensity of 200 Hz is 1%, what is the JND of sound intensity of 600 Hz?
A. 4.0
B. 4.5
C. 6.0
D. 6.5
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C. 6.0

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Adolescents are usually impulsive, high-risk takers, illogical, and aggressive. How can this best be explained?
A. The prefrontal lobe is fully developed during early brain development
B. The limbic system develops before the prefrontal lobe
C. The prefrontal lobe matures before the limbic system
D. Synaptic pruning of the prefrontal lobe occurs earlier

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B. The limbic system develops before the prefrontal lobe

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Which of the following does a child develop by the end of his first year of life?
A. Self-awareness and guilt
B. Self-awareness and stranger wariness
C. Self-awareness and separation anxiety
D. Stranger wariness and separation anxiety

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D. Stranger wariness and separation anxiety

29
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A child learns that not all nurses are females. What cognitive function did he develop? 
A. Accommodation
B. Assimilation
C. Adaptation
D. Openness to new experiences
A

A. Accommodation

30
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Ahmed’s parents are doctors who spend much of their time out of the house due to their long working hours. So, they do not have much time to look after Ahmed. According to the ecological model, what system is represented in this example?
A. Chronosystem
B. Microsystem
C. Exosystem
D. Macrosystem
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C. Exosystem

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What is the minimum magnitude of a stimulus that can be reliably detected from no stimulus at all?
A. Absolute threshold
B. Difference threshold
C. Just noticeable difference

A

A. Absolute threshold

32
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Taste aversion is an example of which of the following? 
A. Instrumental conditioning
B. Spurious conditioning
C. Classical conditioning
D. Plausible conditioning
A

C. Classical conditioning

33
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You are able to see the apple as red, despite changes in the light source. What is this an example of?
A. Size constancy
B. Perceptual constancy
C. Shape constancy

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B. Perceptual constancy

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Which of the following statements best defines ‘temporal contiguity’?
A. US & CS are together in time
B. US & CS are together in kind
C. US & CS are not presented together
D. US & CS are together in place

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A. US & CS are together in time

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Stress can be reduced if we take the event as…
A. Uncontrolled
B. Believed to be controlled, even if we believe it is uncontrollable
C. Believed to be controlled, even if we never exercise the control
D. Believed to be controlled, but only if we exercise the control

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C. Believed to be controlled, even if we never exercise the control

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Which of the following characteristics will result in good adherence?
A. More anxious or depressed
B. The difference in age, such as elderly or children
C. Shorter treatment regime
D. Side effects of medication

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C. Shorter treatment regime

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What is the main aspect manufacturers focus on when developing a new drug?
A. Drug effect
B. Placebo effect
C. Interaction between drug effect and placebo effect

A

A. Drug effect

38
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In order to measure working memory, which would you measure? 
A. Biological age
B. Chronological age
C. Cognitive age
D. Social age
A

C. Cognitive age