Psychology 100 Demo Test #1

1.

Plato believed that we must balance our desires and ______.

a.
goals
b. wishes
c.
emotions
d. thoughts

2.

The first psychology laboratory was founded by ______.

a.
Wundt
b. James
c.
Titchener
d. Watson

3.

Experience was broken down into three basic elements (physical sensations, feelings, and images) by
______.
a.
Freud
b. Titchener
c.
Galton
d. James

4.

James suggested that when we repeat something several times, ______.

a.
our nervous systems change
b. we must re-learn the activity each time
c.
we become bored with the activity
d. we can strip perceptions of their basic associations

5.

The school of thought that became known as behaviorism was founded by ______.
a.
Watson
b. Titchener
c.
James
d. Wundt

6.

The term 'psychology'' is defined by your text as the 'science of behavior and mental processes.''
According to your text, the key word in that definition is ______.
a.
science
b.
mental
c.
behavior
d.
processes

7.

The primary advantage of the naturalistic observation method of research is that it ______.
a.
allows for better control of the experimental situation than other research methods
b.
allows for gathering information more easily, quickly, and cheaply than other research methods
c.
virtually eliminates the problem of observer bias
d.
usually allows for behavior that is more natural, varied, and spontaneous than in a laboratory

8.

A psychologist uses the correlational method to ______.

a.
explain the effects of one variable on another
b.
compare two groups of subjects
c.
determine what causes a variable to change
d.
identify relationships between variables

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9.

In an experiment to assess the effects of a new hay fever drug, two groups are used. One group is given
the drug while the second group is given a pill that contains no medication but looks and tastes exactly
like the one containing the drug. The group getting the pill that contains the hay fever drug is called the
______ group.
a.
independent
b.
experimental
c.
dependent
d.
control

10.

A researcher goes to great lengths to ensure that the proportion of males and females in his study
matches the proportion of males and females nationally. He is selecting a ______ sample.
a.
random
b.
controlled
c.
biased
d.
representative

11.

The short fibers branching out around the neuron cell body are called ______.
a.
lobes
b.
glands
c.
nerves
d.
dendrites

12.

The term "white matter" refers to ______.

a.
glial cells
b.
unmyelinated axons
c.
myelinated axons
d.
interneurons

13.

When sodium ions flow into a neuron and depolarize it, we say the neuron has ______.
a.
been neutralized
b.
reached equilibrium
c.
refracted
d.
fired

14.

At the point where the spinal cord enters the skull, it becomes the ______.
a.
limbic system
b.
hindbrain
c.
midbrain
d.
forebrain

15.

The lobe of the brain that serves as the "executive control center" for the brain is the ______ lobe.
a.
occipital
b.
temporal
c.
parietal
d.
frontal

16.

In recent research, Rosenzweig found that a stimulating environment results in larger neurons with
more synaptic connections ______.
a.
only in infant rats
b.
only in adolescent rats
c.
only in mature rats
d.
in rats of any age

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17.

All nerve cells and fibers that are NOT in the brain or spinal cord make up the ______ nervous system.
a.
central
b.
peripheral
c.
autonomic
d.
sympathetic

18.

The pea-sized gland that is located on the underside of the brain and is connected to the hypothalamus
is the ______ gland.
a.
adrenal
b.
pituitary
c.
pineal
d.
thyroid

19.

The founder of behaviorism, ______, challenged the concept of inheritance of behavioral traits.
a.
Darwin
b.
Mendel
c.
Watson
d.
Galton

20.

The mechanism proposed by Darwin in his theory of evolution stating that organisms best adapted to
their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characteristics to their offspring, is called
______.
a.
behavior genetics
b.
random adaptation
c.
mutational transmosis
d.
natural selection

21.

A specialized cell that responds to a particular form of energy is a ______.

a.
glial cell
b. receptor cell
c.
transponder cell
d. feature detector

22.

Which of the following statements is true?

a.
Only the difference threshold varies from person to person.
b. Only the absolute threshold is constant for all people.
c.
Both the difference threshold and the absolute threshold are constant for all people at all times.
d. Both the difference threshold and the absolute threshold vary from person to person over time.

23.

The smallest change in stimulation that can be detected 50 percent of the time is called the ______
threshold.
a.
separation
b. difference
c.
response
d. absolute

24.

A young man enters a completely darkened room and lights a candle. Which of the following sequences
best represents the path of the candle's light as it enters his eye?
a.
cornea, pupil, lens, retina
b. pupil, cornea, lens, retina
c.
lens, cornea, pupil, retina
d. retina, pupil, lens, cornea

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25.

What cells in the retina are primarily responsible for night vision as opposed to day vision?
a.
rods
b. cones
c.
vitreous humor
d. bipolar cells

26.

The place in the retina where the axons of all the ganglion cells come together to leave the eye is called
the ______.
a.
fovea
b. optic chiasm
c.
blind spot
d. optic nerve

27.

The frequency of a sound wave is measured in a unit called ______.

a.
decibels
b. timbre
c.
audibles
d. hertz

28.

Auditory receptor cells are located in the ______.

a.
anvil
b. stirrup
c.
cochlea
d. Eustachian tube

29.

About ______ of those over age 65 have completely lost their ability to smell.
a.
one-eighth
b. one-half
c.
one-quarter
d. one-third

30.

In Michigan, an outdoor temperature of 45 degrees feels cold in July but warm in January. This is an
example of ______.
a.
Fechner's Law
b. paradoxical heat
c.
psychophysical scaling
d. adaptation

31.

Visual distance and depth cues that require the use of only one eye are called ______ cues.
a.
monocular
b. binocular
c.
monaural
d. dichromatic

32.

Combining the retinal images from both eyes results in ______.

a.
retinal disparity
b. convergence
c.
binocular inversion
d. stereoscopic vision

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33.

Perception is affected by which of the following?

a.
cognitive style
b. personality
c.
culture
d. all are correct

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c. emotions

2.

a. Wundt

3.

b. Titchener

4.

a. our nervous systems change

5.

a. Watson

6.

a. science

7.

d. usually allows for behavior that is more natural, varied, and spontaneous than in a laboratory

8.

d. identify relationships between variables

9.

b. experimental

10.

d. representative

11.

d. dendrites

12.

c. myelinated axons

13.

d. fired

14.

b. hindbrain

15.

d. frontal

16.

d. in rats of any age

17.

b. peripheral

18.

b. pituitary

19.

c. Watson

20.

d. natural selection

21.

b. receptor cell

22.

d. Both the difference threshold and the absolute threshold vary from person to person over time.

23.

b. difference

24.

a. cornea, pupil, lens, retina

25.

a. rods

26.

c. blind spot

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27.

d. hertz

28.

c. cochlea

29.

c. one-quarter

30.

d. adaptation

31.

a. monocular

32.

d. stereoscopic vision

33.

b. personality