Final

Question 1

Memories are primed by

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Retrieval cues

Question 2

The title of a song is on the tip of Gerard’s tongue, but he cannot recall until someone mentions the songwriter’s name. Gerard’s initial inability to recall the title was most likely caused by

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Retrieval failure

Question 3

Which type of memory has an essentially limitless capacity

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Long-term memory

Question 4

The tendency to recall the first and last items in a lost better than the middle items is known as

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The serial position effect

Question 5

Eerie sense of having previously experience a situation or even

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Deja vu

Question 6

Shortly after hearing a list of items, people tend to recall the last items in the list especially quickly and accurately. The best illustrates

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Recency effect

Question 7

The experience of memory loss is called

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Amnesia

Question 8

A full week after Usha hears her mother read a list of 12 animals. Is she likely to remember the beginning or the end of the list?

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The beginning

Question 9

Inability to recall which numbers on a telephone dial are not accompanied by letters is most likely due to

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Encoding failure

Question 10

On some college football teams, players are rewarded for outstanding performance with a gold star on their helmets. This practice best illustrates the use of

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Incentives

Question 11

A complex unlearned and fixed pattern of behavior common to all members of a species is called a(n)

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Instinct

Question 12

Need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal

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Motivation

Question 13

People are especially good at quickly detecting facial expressions of

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Anger

Question 14

Imitating another persons facial expression of emotion is likely to facilitate

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Empathy

Question 15

To feel greater warmth and affection a couple would be advised to spend time looking intently at one another’s

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Eyes

Question 16

Bad advice for a dieter

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Avoid eating during the day and eat a lot at night

Question 17

The body’s tendency to maintain a constant internal state

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Homeostasis

Question 18

Insulin is secreted by the

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Pancreas

Question 19

Hormone that increases heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels in times of emergency

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Epinephrine

Question 20

When Tony is in a bad mood, he interprets his parent’s comments as criticisms. When he’s in a good mood, he interprets the same types of parental comments as helpful suggestions. The best illustrates that our emotional state influence the process of

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Encoding

Question 21

The three successive phases of the general adaption syndrome are

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Alarm reaction, resistance, exhaustion

Question 22

The third phase of the general adaptation syndrome is characterized by

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Exhaustion

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The process by which we appraise and respond to threatening or challenging events

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Stress

Question 24

Who is more vulnerable to disease

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Recently widowed, fired or divorced

Question 25

Stress-moderating hormone released by cuddling and associated with pair-bonding is known as

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Oxytocin

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Process of venting pent-up emotions

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Catharsis

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The emotional bonding and mutual support that survivors of natural disasters provide to one another best illustrates

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The tend-and-befriend response

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Competitive, hot tempered corporation president

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Type A personality

Question 29

General adaptation syndrome describes stages in the

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Body’s response to prolonged stress

Question 30

While taking a difficult test, Cindys muscles tense and her heart ponds. These physiological responses best illustrate

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Stress reactions

Question 31

Psychoanalysis refers to the personality theory and therapeutic practices developed by

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Sigmund Freud

Question 32

A psychotherapist instructs Dane to relax, close his eyes, and stage aloud whatever thoughts come to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. This technique is

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Free association

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Narcissism refers to excessive

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Self-love

Question 34

An individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is his/her

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Personality

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A sense of personal self-with is called

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Self-esteem

Question 36

Children who release unexpressed anger toward their parents by kicking the family pet illustrate the defense mechanism

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Displacement

Question 37

People living in a culture that promotes collectivism are more likely than those individualist cultures report to experiencing

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Family loyalty

Question 38

Freud emphasize that id operates in the what principle?

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Pleasure

Question 39

Willingness to switch jobs and move from one part of the country to another best illustrates one of the consequences or

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Individualism

Question 40

The MMPI is an example of a(n)

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Personality inventory

Question 41

In earlier times, people attributed disordered behavior to

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Evil spirits

Question 42

Sadie rarely leaves her house because of anxiety. Going shopping and getting lost in a crowd terrifies her so she has groceries delivered to her house. Her behavior is mostly a characteristic of

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Agoraphobia

Question 43

Continuous state or tension, apprehension, and autonomic nervous system arousal characterizes

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Generalized anxiety disorder

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Onset of schizophrenia is typically associated with

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Early adulthood

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Psychological disorders as sickness that are diagnosable and treatable are found in

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Medical model

Question 46

Most mental health workers today take the view that disordered behaviors arise from

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The interaction of nature and nurture

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An immediate and irrational anxiety response to the sight of blood is indicative of

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A specific phobia

Question 48

Mr. Hunt believed that he is the president and he will become the king of the universe he is suffering from

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Delusions

Question 49

Disorganized and fragmented thinking is a characteristic of

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Schizophrenia

Question 50

The term insanity refers to

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Legal definitions

Question 51

Carl Rogers encouraged client-centered therapists to do what during the process of therapy

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Genuinely express their own true feelings

Question 52

A therapist who uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic approaches uses what kind of approach

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Eclectic

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What type of therapists are likely to teach clients to take more responsibility for their own feelings and actions

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Humanistic

Question 54

Electroconvulsive therapy has proven to be effective in the treatment of

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Depression

Question 55

Carl Rogers referred to a caring, nonjudgmental attitude as

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Unconditional positive regard

Question 56

An important feature of client-centered therapy is

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Active listening

Question 57

A clients expression toward a therapist of feelings linked with earlier life relationships is

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Transference

Question 58

The first psychological therapy was introduced by

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Sigmund Freud

Question 59

Xanax would most likely be prescribed in order to help

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Jerome overcome feelings of nervous apprehension and an inability to relax