PSY 2012 Final Exam Sample Questions

PSY 2012 Final Exam Sample Questions

PSY 2012 Final Exam Sample Questions

Take Home FINAL Exam

Please answer the following 100 multiple choice questions. Utilize your text and notes to

answer.

The completed exam must be submitted by 5:40 P.M. on Friday April 24th, 2015; failure to do so will result in an automatic grade of F. Please submit answers in a scantron sheet with your name on it.

PLEASE NOTE: ABSOLUTELY NO INTERCHANGE OF QUESTIONS OR WORKING

ON THE TEST AMONG STUDENTS IS ALLOWED.

ALL RESPONSES HAVE TO BE PREPARED BY YOU WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF HELP.

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EXCLUSIVE OF YOUR PEERS IN CLASS), ON ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS

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ABOUT THE QUESTIONS.

THIS IS AN EXAM, NOT A PROJECT.

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Name:_________________________________ Date:____________________________

1. _____ psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of higher mental processes, including thinking, language, memory, problem solving, knowing, reasoning,

and judging.

A. Clinical

B. Developmental

C. Cognitive

D. Evolutionary

2. Mental representations of objects are called _____; mental grouping of similar objects, events, or people are called _____.

A. images; concepts

B. images; images as well

C. concepts; concepts as well

D. concepts; images

3. Mental groupings of objects, events, or people that share common features are called: A. concepts.

B. ideas.

C. heuristics.

D. algorithms.

4. A prototype is: A. the most typical or highly representative example of a concept.

B. the first example of a concept that one encounters.

C. the most frequent or common example of a concept.

D. the most unusual or distinctive example of a concept.

5. Which of the following terms best captures the meaning of the term heuristic, as cognitive psychologists use it?

A. Principle

B. Formula

C. Strategy

D. Program

6. The ability to generate original ideas or develop novel solutions to problems is known as:

A. convergent thinking.

B. insight.

C. creativity.

D. syllogistic reasoning.

7. Which of the following factors is NOT closely related to creativity? A. Cognitive complexity

B. Abstract problems

C. Range of interests

D. Intelligence

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8. Phonology is the study of: A. combination of words.

B. speech sounds.

C. word order.

D. meaning.

Name:_________________________________ Date:____________________________

9. What is meant by the notion of a critical period for language acquisition? A. It is the period of transition between one-word and two-word utterances.

B. It is the time in one’s childhood in which a child is particularly sensitive to language

cues and most easily acquires language.

C. It is the period isolated children spend by themselves before someone teaches them

language.

D. It is the period between six and ten years of age in which certain complex aspects of

syntax are learned.

10. The text reports the case of a girl named Genie, who was exposed to virtually no language from the age of 20 months until the age of 13. In what way does Genie’s case

offer support for the notion of a critical period in language acquisition?

A. With intensive instruction, Genie acquired a sizeable vocabulary after the age of 13;

moreover, she eventually mastered the rules of syntax.

B. Even with intensive instruction, Genie acquired only a very small vocabulary after the

age of 13; furthermore, she never mastered the complexities of language.

C. Once she was no longer isolated, Genie acquired a sizeable vocabulary and eventually

mastered the rules of syntax, even without intensive formal instruction.

D. Genie’s case is irrelevant to the notion of a critical period.

11. You are creating a language development timeline for a class presentation. Along the top

of a display board, you write the following ages in sequence: 6 months ? 1 year ? 2

years ?3 years How should you label these ages, from youngest to oldest?

A. Babbling ? first words ? telegraphic speech ? overgeneralization

B. Babbling ? overgeneralization ? first words ? telegraphic speech

C. Babbling ? first words ? overgeneralization ? telegraphic speech

D. Overgeneralization ? babbling ? first words ? telegraphic speech

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12. The theory that language acquisition follows the principles of reinforcement and conditioning is known as the _____ approach.

A. learning-theory

B. nativist

C. interactionist

D. prescriptive

13. The nativist approach to language acquisition is associated with: A. B. F. Skinner.

B. Benjamin Whorf.

C. Noam Chomsky.

D. Wolfgang Kohler.

14. Theorists taking an interactionist approach to language acquisition: A. reject both the learning theory and nativist approaches.

B. agree that the brain is hardwired to acquire language.

C. downplay the role of the environment in language acquisition.

D. remain unconvinced by the idea of a language-acquisition device.

Name:_________________________________ Date:____________________________

15. In _____, students are educated in their native language and in English simultaneously; in _____, they are educated only in English.

A. immersion programs; bilingual education

B. bilingual education; immersion programs

C. an alternation approach; immersion programs

D. immersion programs; alternation programs

16. In the introduction to its discussion of intelligence, your text suggests that conceptions of intelligence vary cross-culturally. To the Trukese of the South Pacific, for example,

intelligence may mean the ability to navigate on the open water without technological

assistance; to an American high schooler, it may mean the ability to score well on

standardized tests of academic achievement and aptitude. Nevertheless, one element of

the understanding of intelligence that is consistent across culture is:

A. the ability to use the resources provided by one’s environment.

B. the ability to understand and relate to others.

C. to think rationally; that is, with one’s head rather than one’s heart.

D. to solve abstract, complex problems.

17. Psychologists define _____ as the capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively.

A. cognition

B. intelligence

C. sensation

D. perception

18. The g-factor is: A. the factor that helps us reason abstractly.

B. a broad factor that supports every aspect of intelligence.

C. one of several components of intelligence.

D. the same thing as crystallized intelligence.

19. In what way do current theories of intelligence differ from those offered earlier in psychology’s history?

A. Contemporary theories propose that there may be many multiple forms of intelligence,

rather than just one.

B. Contemporary theories propose that there may be a single broad factor underlying

every aspect of intelligence; earlier theories proposed that there are probably multiple

forms of intelligence.

C. Contemporary theories tend to dismiss the notion that cultural differences are

important to a definition of intelligence.

D. Contemporary theories claim that people who did poorly on one test tended to do

poorly on others as well.

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20. Intelligence that reflects the ability to reason abstractly is termed _____ intelligence. A. fluid

B. reflexive

C. spatial

D. crystallized

Name:_________________________________ Date:____________________________

21. Which of the following is MOST likely to draw on fluid intelligence? A. Solving a new kind of puzzle

B. Answering trivia questions

C. Figuring out how to fix a familiar appliance

D. Participating in a discussion about the solution to the causes of poverty

22. Which of the following is one of Gardner’s forms of intelligence? A. General intelligence

B. Analytical intelligence

C. Crystallized intelligence

D. Musical intelligence

23. Bodily kinesthetic intelligence refers to skills: A. in problem solving and scientific thinking.

B. in using the whole anatomy or various portions of it in the solution of problems or in

the construction of products or displays.

C. involving spatial configurations.

D. involved in the production and use of language.

24. Logical-mathematical intelligence refers to skills: A. in problem solving and scientific thinking.

B. in using the whole anatomy or various portions of it in the solution of problems or in

the construction of products or displays.

C. involved in the ability to identify patterns in nature.