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extra psycho questions Flashcards

these are NOT from past exams. (side effect= feeling stressed that you forgot everything)

1
Q

Which if these is NOT pruned in adolescence?

a. Prefrontal cortex
b. Parietal cortex
c. Temporal cortex
d. Occipital cortex

A

d. occipital cortex

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Which cortex is the most activate in adolescence?

a. Prefrontal cortex
b. Parietal cortex
c. Temporal cortex
d. Occipital cortex

A

a. Prefrontal cortex

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Q

what is the limbic system used for?

a. temperature regulation
b. emotional regulation

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b. emotional regulation

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When a guy drops out of college and plays video games for weeks, without a plan. He is experiencing

a. identity diffusion
b. identity foreclosure
c. negative identity

A

a. identity diffusion

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True or False: ethnic identity is set and unchanging

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false, it is dynamic and changing

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which of the following is not true?

a. Peer pressure is not always negative
b. Peers slow down maturation
c. Peer pressure is short lived

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b. Peers slow down maturation

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Q

Neurogenesis is completed by (the)

a. birth
b. first month
c. third month

A

a. birth

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Top-down thinking is

a. deductive thinking
b. inductive thinking

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a. deductive thinking

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T/F: Jealously, guilt, shame, and pride help develop a child’s sense of self

A

False, a sense of self is the prerequisite to all of those emotions

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10
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Which of these are mainly genetic

a. Personality traits
b. Temperamental traits

A

b. Temperamental traits

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11
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Which of these indicate a deeper sleep?

a. alpha waves
b. beta waves
c. theta waves
d. delta waves

A

d. delta waves

slowest and highest amplitude

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T/F: the sleep stage most associated with dreams is also the stage in which sleep walking and talking occur

A

false, sleep walking/talking occurs in stages 3 or 4, while dreaming occurs in REM sleep

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which of these is characterised by a sudden increase in amplitude?

a. Sleep spindles
b. K complexes

A

b. K complexes

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When a theta waves are present, the individual is most likely in

a. Deep sleep
b. Wakeful relaxation
c. Light sleep

A

c. Light sleep

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15
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Which of these is more active at night?

a. rods
b. cones

A

a. rods

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16
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When a parent hits a child, it is called

a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement

A

a. positive reinforcement

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Which of the following is true about a student answering the exam questions?

a. He is encoding the information using the left hemisphere
b. He is retrieving the information using the left hemisphere
c. He is retrieving the information using the right hemisphere
d. He is storing the information using the right hemisphere

A

c. He is retrieving the information using the right hemisphere

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Which is the following is true?

a. Short term memory has an unlimited storage
b. Short term memory lasts about a minute unless you rehearse or elaborate the information
c. Short term memory can keep track of ten things at a time
d. The working memory is short term memory that you attend to

A

d. The working memory is short term memory that you attend to

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Which coding method are you most likely going to use to memorize poetry?

a. Visual coding
b. Phonological coding

A

b. Phonological coding

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What is the function of each of these?
Maintainance rehearsal
Elaborative rehearsal

A

Maintainance rehearsal - keeping info in the working memory

Elaborative rehearsal - transferring it into long term memory

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21
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Which brain region is involved in the working memory?

a. hippocampus
b. limbic system
c. frontal cortex

A

c. frontal cortex

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22
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What hormone is released during stress?

A

Cortisol

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23
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What happens when an organism is subjected to constant stress?

A

The body adapts to stress. If stress is ongoing, the ability to resist is depletes and diseases (ex/ ulcers and autoimmune diseases) may be induced

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24
Q

How do you appraise the stress of exams?

a. harmful (expecting to lose)
b. threatening (expecting harm)
c. challenge (expecting to grow from the event)

A

C

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25
Q

Which of the following stressors is harder to deal with and more likely to cause PTSD?

a. man-made stressors
b. environmental stressors

A

a. man-made stressors

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26
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Which of these is YOUR reaction to the stress of exams?

a. PTSD
b. Anger and aggression
c. Apathy and depression
d. Cognitive impairment

A

a. (if you pass the exam and your friends do not, do you have survivors guilt?)
b. (do you easily get angry at people during exam stress?)
c. (can you cope with the stress or have you learned helplessness?)
d. (are you experiancing unususally strong emotions? does every thought distract you?)

27
Q

Which of these is a secondary reinforcer?

a. food
b. money

A

b. money

28
Q

What does the Hypothalamus NOT do?

a. detect temperature
b. detect thirst
c. memory storage
d. is sensitive to glucose

A

c. memory

29
Q

What most accurately describes dopamine levels in Parkinson’s disease?

a. high levels
b. low levels

A

b. low levels

mentioned in class

30
Q

What most accurately describes dopamine levels in schizophrenia?

a. high levels
b. low levels

A

a. high levels

mentioned in class

31
Q

The destruction to which of the following leads to undereating?

a. lateral hypothalamus
b. ventromedial hypothalamus

A

a. lateral hypothalamus

32
Q

Who is most likely to get anorexia?

a. a teen male
b. a 30-year-old women
c. a teenage girl who is the first female in the family

A

c. a teenage girl who is the first female in the family

33
Q

What’s the most accurate statement about a newborn with plenty of androgens?

a. they will have distinctly female characteristics
b. they will have distinctly male characteristics

A

b. they will have distinctly male characteristics

34
Q

According to the study done by Bouchard about obesity in identical twins, which of the following was the result?
A) Genes are more important in determining obesity than the amount of food eaten
B) The amount of food eaten is more important than genes
C) Genes have no effect on obesity it is all about the environment

A

A) Genes are more important in determining obesity than the amount of food eaten

35
Q 
A person experiences lack of hunger after lesions on both sides of the hypothalamus. What is the cause? 
A) anorexia 
B) Lateral hypothalamus syndrome 
C) Ventral hypothalamus syndrome 
D) bulimia
A

B) Lateral hypothalamus syndrome

36
Q

which of these doesn’t necessarily have to have a clear cause?

a. emotion
b. mood

A

b. mood

37
Q

You are having a bad day and a guy says “Nice T-shirt” You assume that he was being sarcastic and get angry. What is this an example of?

A

Misattribution of arousal

38
Q

If you stimulate the Amygdala section of monkeys brains, what would we expect them to experience?

a. happiness
b. rage
c. confusion
d. memory loss

A

b. rage

39
Q

You see a person with a giant face tattoo and you automatically stigmatize him, what kind of stigma is used?

a. Overt deformities
b. Deviations in personal traits
c. Tribal stigma

A

b. Deviations in personal traits

perceived his as dishonest, treacherous, etc.

40
Q

When do we most likely perceive the world as uncertain and uncontrollable?

a. when angry
b. when fearful
c. when happy

A

b. when fearful

41
Q

When do emotions bind people together?

a. in an individualistic culture
b. in a collectivist culture

A

b. in a collectivist culture

42
Q 
Which theory advocates that emotion is born out of Psychological arousal specific to an emotion? 
A) James-Larynges theory 
B) Facial feedback 
C) Walter-Canon theory 
D) Two-factor theory
A

A) James-Larynges theory
“we’re sad because we cry”
(a past exam question)

43
Q

Which of these personality tests include validity scales in it?

a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
b. The Q sort
c. Thematic apperception test (TAT) - a projective test

A

a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

44
Q

Which of these personality tests is used to differentiate between normal and abnormal populations?

a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
b. The Q sort
c. Thematic apperception test (TAT) - a projective test

A

a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

45
Q

Which of these systems seeks delayed gratification instead of immediate gratification?

a. id
b. ego
c. superego

A

b. ego

46
Q

Which of these is a medical doctor?

a. psychologist
b. psychiatrist
c. psychoanalyst

A

b. psychiatrist

47
Q

throwing a kid into a pool suddenly so he learns to swim is considered

a. systemic desensitization
b. in vivo exposure

A

b. in vivo exposure

48
Q

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used to treat

a. anxiety
b. schizophrenia
c. severe depression

A

c. severe depression

49
Q

What do antipsychotic drugs do?

a. increase functioning levels of serotonin and norepinephrine
b. depress the CNS
c. block dopamine receptors
d. increase dopamine levels

A

c. block dopamine receptors

50
Q

What do antianxiety drugs do?

a. increase functioning levels of serotonin and norepinephrine
b. depress the CNS
c. block dopamine receptors
d. increase dopamine levels

A

b. depress the CNS

51
Q

19 year old was walking when he collapses and experiences chest pain. He is physically fine. Which condition does he most likely have?

a. anxiety disorder
b. panic disorder
c. OCD
d. schizophrenia
e. antisocial personality

A

b. panic disorder

52
Q

Which of these is characterized by enlarged ventricles and a smaller or less active prefrontal cortex?

a. anxiety disorder
b. panic disorder
c. OCD
d. schizophrenia
e. antisocial personality

A

d. schizophrenia

53
Q

Which of these diseases occur in woman more than men?

a. autism
b. depression
c. manic depression (bipolar)

A

b. depression

54
Q

How are compliance rates affected by the length of the regimen?

A

inversely proportional; the more chronic the condition, the less likely the patient is to take the medications.

55
Q

Which of the following is more efficient at increasing patient compliance?

a. educational strategies
b. behavioral strategies

A

b. behavioral strategies

56
Q

Which of the following doesn’t increase compliance?

a. writing the information down
b. using smart words to convince the patient
c. personalizing the information to the patient

A

b. using smart words to convince the patient

57
Q

Which of these impede (decrease) compliance?

a. simple regimens
b. increased levels of distress
c. low levels of subjective distress

A

c. low levels of subjective distress

58
Q

T/F: the fact that 50-80% of symptoms are emotional explains the placebo effect

A

F, that fact has no direct bearing on the effect (we still cannot explain why it occurs)

59
Q

how do you calculate the genuine drug effect?

A

drug effect - the placebo effect = actual drug effect

60
Q

T/F: the placebo is restricted to psychological effects/changes

A

F; it also involves measurable physiological changes

61
Q

T/F: anxiety levels are directly proportional to placebo reaction

A

true. the more anxious the patient is, the better the placebo performs

62
Q

In which scenario does the placebo work better?

a. experimental pain
b. clinical pain

A

b. clinical pain

63
Q

can patients get better on placebo pills if they know that they are sugar pills?

A

yes, an experiment in 1965 proved this

64
Q

Which of the following doesn’t enhance the placebo effect?

a. when the doctor shows interest in the patient
b. when the doctor is optimistic
c. when the patient has faith in the doctor
d. when the patient is under high-stress
e. they all enhance the effect

A

e. they all enhance the effect

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