PSYC 110 Final Exam

PSYC 110 Final Exam

PSYC 110 Final Exam

1. (TCOs 1, 2) Sallie noticed that when her alarm clock goes off in the morning, her dog Ruffles is standing by her bed salivating. Every morning when Sallie wakes to the alarm, she immediately rolls out of bed and feeds Ruffles, who very much enjoys his canned dog food. It is likely that _____. (Points : 5)

Sallie has conditioned Ruffles to enjoy canned dog food

Sallie has conditioned Ruffles to sleep next to her bed

Sallie has conditioned Ruffles to salivate over canned dog food

Sallie has conditioned Ruffles to salivate to the sound of her alarm clock

 

Question 2.2. (TCOs 1, 2) Darley and Latané (1968) believe that the presence of other people in a distressing situation decreased the likelihood that they would receive help due to _____. (Points : 5)

diffusion of anonymity

flaws in laws protecting Good Samaritans

timeliness of onset

diffusion of responsibility

 

Question 3.3. (TCOs 2, 3) Your teacher asks you to describe the sequence of parts of a neuron that the impulse travels during neural conduction. Which of the following sequences will you offer? (Points : 5)

Dendrites, axon, soma, synaptic knob

Terminal buttons, axon, soma, dendrites

Axon, soma, dendrites, synaptic knob

Dendrites, soma, axon, synaptic knob

 

Question 4.4. (TCOs 2, 3) Andy has decided to seek medical help for mood disturbances and appetite problems. Which neurotransmitter is most likely involved in the problems Andy is experiencing? (Points : 5)

GABA

Dopamine

Serotonin

Acetylcholine

 

Question 5.5. (TCO 4) The vestibular senses are concerned with _____. (Points : 5)

touch, pressure, temperature, and pain

the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other

movement and body position

your location as compared to the position of the sun

PSYC 110 Final Exam

Question 6.6. (TCO 4) Suppose you look at a given figure and decide that, depending on how you look at it, it can be perceived as either an old woman or a young lady. Such a figure would be said to be _____. (Points : 5)

mixed

confused

reversible

inconsistent

 

Question 7.7. (TCO 5) Which of the following stages of sleep is marked by the production of very slow delta waves? (Points : 5)

REM

Stage 1 (N1)

Stage 2 (N2)

Stage 4 (N4)

 

Question 8.8. (TCO 5) A client tells his therapist about a dream in which he drives his wife to the airport where she boards a plane. As the plane takes off, he is smiling. The therapist says the dream suggests a desire for a divorce. The therapist’s interpretation represents what Sigmund Freud called the dream’s _____. (Points : 5)

deep content

latent content

manifest content

subliminal content

 

Question 9.9. (TCOs 7, 8) In a conditioning experiment, a sound is paired with a brief puff of air to the eye of the rabbit. After several pairings, the rabbit ultimately blinks its eye when it hears the sound. Which of the following is true? (Points : 5)

The blinking of the eye serves as stimulus.

The puff of air serves as the unconditioned stimulus.

The puff of air serves as the conditioned stimulus.

The blinking of the eye serves as the conditioned stimulus.

 

Question 10.10. (TCOs 7, 8) John has been working on a math problem late at night without success; he falls asleep. Upon awakening, John suddenly realizes how to answer the problem. This best illustrates which of the following? (Points : 5)

Observational learning

Latent learning

Insight learning

Cognitive learning

 

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Question 11.11. (TCOs 7, 8) “The effectiveness of memory retrieval is directly related to the similarity of cues present when the memory was encoded to the cues present when the memory is retrieved.” What concept does this statement describe? (Points : 5)

Memorability

Registered learning

Encoding specificity

Accessible decoding

 

Question 12.12. (TCOs 7, 8) Evidence suggests that procedural memories are stored in the _____. (Points : 5)

cerebellum

prefrontal and temporal lobes of the cortex

hippocampus

amygdala

 

Question 13.13. (TCO 8) You are learning Russian in preparation for a trip next summer. Although you are doing a good job recognizing the written signs you need to know, you are having trouble with the sounds of the Russian language. Which of the following aspects of language is giving you trouble? (Points : 5)

Syntax

Phonemes

Morphemes

Audiograms

PSYC 110 Final Exam

Question 14.14. (TCO 8) How many morphemes are there in the sentence “I wanted it”? (Points : 5)

Four

Six

Five

Seven

 

Question 15.15. (TCO 10) Emily and her husband are thrilled as they peer into Emily’s uterus by means of an ultrasound. The physician reports that the pregnancy appears normal and that their baby’s fingers, toes, heart, and circulatory system are developing as expected. The couple learns that the baby is only an inch long. Given this information, the current stage of prenatal development is the _____. (Points : 5)

embryonic period

germinal period

zygotic period

fetal stage

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Question 1.1. (TCO 10) At what stage of moral development is moral thought guided by principles that have been decided upon by the individual and may be in disagreement with accepted social norms? (Points : 5)

Preoperational

Preconventional

Postconventional

Conventional role conformity

 

Question 2.2. (TCO 9) Michael has trained very long hours in order to qualify for the Olympics in diving. He has sacrificed a great deal—he put his education on hold and spent a lot of time away from his two small children and wife. To Michael, qualifying for the Olympics is a(n) ____. (Points : 5)

instinctual drive

incentive

innate goal

optimum goal