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68 Solved Multiple Choice Questions on General Psychology - Exam 4 | PSY A111, Exams of Psychology

Material Type: Exam; Professor: Ippolito; Class: General Psychology; Subject: Psychology ; University: University of Alaska - Anchorage; Term: Spring 2011;

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EXAM 4: General Psychology - PSY A111
Instructor: Dr. Mari Ippolito / Spring, 2011
NAME __________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Print your name on the line provided above.
2. Answer sheets must be completed IN PENCIL.
3. Print your name on the answer sheet AND fill in the corresponding circles.
4. Fill in the circles on the answer sheet for your I.D. number.
5. Fill in the circles on the answer sheet for the answers you select.
6. Once you have completed the test, hand in both the test AND the answer
sheet.
1.
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_______ is a controversial form of therapy in which clients are directed to move their eyes
rapidly back and forth while thinking of a disturbing memory.
a. Systematic desensitization
b. Eye therapy
c. Eye-memory therapy
d. Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)
2. The tendency to form a favorable or unfavorable impression of someone at the first meeting
is called the ________.
a. bias effect
b. subject bias effect
c. halo effect
d. interview bias
3. Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes harm to others, or
harms their ability to function in daily life is called ________.
a. stress syndrome
b. humors
c. adaptive behavior
d. a psychological disorder
4. Fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or impossible if something
should go wrong is called ________.
a. a social phobia
b. trypanophobia
c. a specific phobia
d. agoraphobia
5. Which of these is an acronym that could help you remember the Big Five traits?
a. BEGIN
b. OCEAN
c. DUNES
d. START
6. Which method of treating phobias involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the
feared object?
a. extinction
b. punishment
c. systematic desensitization
d. token economy
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EXAM 4: General Psychology - PSY A Instructor: Dr. Mari Ippolito / Spring, 2011

NAME __________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS:

**1. Print your name on the line provided above.

  1. Answer sheets must be completed IN PENCIL.
  2. Print your name on the answer sheet AND fill in the corresponding circles.
  3. Fill in the circles on the answer sheet for your I.D. number.
  4. Fill in the circles on the answer sheet for the answers you select.
  5. Once you have completed the test, hand in both the test AND the answer** sheet.
  6. ________ is a controversial form of therapy in which clients are directed to move their eyes rapidly back and forth while thinking of a disturbing memory. a. Systematic desensitization b. Eye therapy c. Eye-memory therapy d. Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)
  7. The tendency to form a favorable or unfavorable impression of someone at the first meeting is called the ________. a. bias effect b. subject bias effect c. halo effect d. interview bias
  8. Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes harm to others, or harms their ability to function in daily life is called ________. a. stress syndrome b. humors c. adaptive behavior d. a psychological disorder
  9. Fear of being in a place or situation from which escape is difficult or impossible if something should go wrong is called ________. a. a social phobia b. trypanophobia c. a specific phobia d. agoraphobia
  10. Which of these is an acronym that could help you remember the Big Five traits? a. BEGIN b. OCEAN c. DUNES d. START
  11. Which method of treating phobias involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object? a. extinction b. punishment c. systematic desensitization d. token economy
  1. Which part of the eye is a muscle that regulates the size of the pupil? a. retina b. sclera c. lens d. iris
  2. Marty is moody, manipulative, unstable, lacks a clear sense of identity, and often clings to others. He wants to have close relationships but is unable to do so because he is untrusting of others. Marty is suffering from ________ personality disorder. a. borderline b. avoidant c. antisocial d. dependent
  3. What did Raymond Cattell call the underlying traits that direct surface traits? a. source traits b. secondary traits c. subordinate traits d. background traits
  4. Which is the newest of the five basic tastes to be discovered? a. sour b. bitter c. sweet d. umami or brothy
  5. What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup? a. types of sound that most people can detect b. words often used by audiologists in testing for hearing difficulties c. types of cones on the retina d. tiny bones located in the middle ear
  6. Prefrontal lobotomy is one form of ________. a. EST b. drug therapy c. shock treatment d. psychosurgery
  7. An irrational fear of some object or specific situation is called ________. a. a social phobia b. a specific phobia c. agoraphobia d. an interactive phobia
  8. According to Hofstede's dimensions of cultural personality, cultures that are ________ are assertive and competitive. a. high in power distance b. high in uncertainty avoidance c. collectivistic d. masculine
  1. Which of the following best describes dysthymia? a. a severe, intermittent form of depression b. a form of depression that is very responsive to electroconvulsive therapy c. a form of depression that affects biological functions such as appetite d. a mild, chronic form of depression
  2. An illusion ________. a. is due to the action of the rods versus the cones in the retina b. corresponds directly to something that you dreamed c. is a perception that does not correspond to reality d. is the same thing as a vision
  3. Which of the following is a barrier to effective therapy when the cultural backgrounds of the client and therapist are different? a. language b. age c. gender d. clothing
  4. Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are ________. a. ganglion cells b. rods c. bipolar cells d. cones
  5. The trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vision are not in conflict because each corresponds to ________. a. one type of color blindness b. a different stage of visual processing c. a different portion of the spectrum d. the opposite half of perceivable colors
  6. Visual distance and depth cues that require the use of both eyes are called ________. a. diocular cues b. binocular cues c. monocular cues d. dichromatic cues
  7. The psychoanalytic model holds that abnormal behavior is the result of ________. a. learning b. biochemical imbalances c. biology d. repressed thoughts, memories, and concerns
  8. The change in the shape of the lens in order to focus on a visual image is known as ________. a. visual accommodation b. convergence c. divergence d. fixation
  1. Family counseling is a form of ________ therapy. a. organic b. group c. self-help d. informal
  2. At Skinner Elementary School, teachers pass out "skinner bucks" to students who turn in papers on time, obey the teacher, and finish their homework. The paper "bucks" can be traded in at the end of the week for special treats or game-playing time on the classroom computer. This system most resembles a ________. a. group extinction procedure b. participant modeling technique c. token economy d. contingency contract
  3. According to Freud, the ________ of the dream refers to the client's memory of the things, people, and events in the dream. a. free association b. latent content c. resistance d. manifest content
  4. What are the Big Five personality traits? a. conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, extraversion, dominance b. openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism c. sensation seeking, conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, dominance d. neuroticism, psychoticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness
  5. Where are the taste receptors located? a. in the gustatory bulb b. on the microvilli c. on the taste buds. d. on the papillae
  6. The eardrum is also called the ________. a. bass fiddler membrane b. oval window c. tympanic membrane d. cochlea
  7. What is the pupil of the eye? a. It is the location of the visual receptors. b. It is the white part of the eye. c. It is the colored part of the eye. d. It is the small opening in the center of the eye.
  8. The tendency to interpret an object as always being the same physical dimensions, regardless of its distance from the viewer, is known as ________. a. color constancy b. size constancy c. shape constancy d. brightness constancy
  1. A person who experiences rather dramatic and specific symptoms such as blindness, paralysis, deafness, or numbness of certain body parts, none of which have real physical causes, and exhibits lack of concern about the symptom will probably be diagnosed with ________. a. hypochondriasis b. somatization disorder c. dissociative disorder d. conversion disorder
  2. People with ________ disorders have an excessively rigid, maladaptive pattern of behavior and ways of relating to others. a. schizophrenic b. somatoform c. personality d. affective
  3. Which of the following is a key component of Rogers's person-centered therapy? a. unconditional positive regard b. cognition c. dream interpretation d. resistance
  4. The skin senses are concerned with ________. a. movement and body position b. touch, pressure, temperature, and pain c. the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other d. your location as compared to the position of the sun
  5. Which assessment technique requires people to respond to unstructured or ambiguous stimuli? a. dynamic b. projective c. predictive d. objective
  6. A dissociative disorder that involves sudden travel from home, the taking on of a new identity, and amnesia regarding the trip and one's actual personal information is called ________. a. depersonalization disorder b. dissociative amnesia c. dissociative identity disorder d. dissociative fugue
  7. The distance cue in which two parallel lines extend into the distance and seem to come together at one point is called ________. a. motion parallax b. linear perspective c. aerial perspective d. shadowing
  8. Which model of abnormality views abnormal behavior as the result of illogical thinking? a. behavioral b. biological c. psychoanalytic d. cognitive
  1. While doing volunteer work at a mental hospital, Mary is put on a ward for adults with severe mental disorders. One patient remains in the same position for hours at a time and never talks. The doctors tell Mary this patient suffers from ________. a. disorganized schizophrenia b. catatonic schizophrenia c. obsessive-compulsive disorder d. depersonalization disorder
  2. In which disorder does a person seem to experience at least two or more distinct personalities existing in one body? a. depersonalization b. panic disorder c. dissociative identity disorder d. schizophrenia
  3. Intruding thoughts that occur again and again are called ________. Repetitive, ritualistic behaviors are called ________. a. compulsions; obsessions b. obsessions; compulsions c. intrusions; impulses d. impulses; intrusions
  4. The tendency to perceive things that look similar as being part of the same group is known as ________. a. proximity b. similarity c. figure-ground relationship d. closure
  5. Axis II of the DSM-IV-TR consists of ________. a. global assessment of functioning b. clinical disorders and other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention c. personality disorders and mental retardation d. psychosocial and environmental problems
  6. Which one of the goals of psychology would be most relevant in the trait perspective? a. explanation b. maintenance c. description d. control
  7. ________ are the raw data of experience, based on the activation of certain receptors located in the various sensory organs. a. Emotions b. Cognitions c. Sensations d. Perceptions
  8. During free association, a patient may become unwilling to talk about certain topics. What term would a psychoanalyst use to describe this change in the patient's willingness to verbalize? a. insight b. resistance c. reactance d. transference

Test Name: GENEx4Sp

  1. d. Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)
  2. c. halo effect
  3. d. a psychological disorder
  4. d. agoraphobia
  5. b. OCEAN
  6. c. systematic desensitization
  7. d. iris
  8. a. borderline
  9. a. source traits
  10. d. umami or brothy
  11. d. tiny bones located in the middle ear
  12. d. psychosurgery
  13. b. a specific phobia
  14. d. masculine
  15. d. overgeneralization
  16. d. behavior modification
  17. b. free association
  18. b. psychotherapy
  19. a. mood
  20. c. hallucinations, delusions, and bizarre behavior
  21. b. rating scale
  22. d. a mild, chronic form of depression
  23. c. is a perception that does not correspond to reality
  24. a. language
  25. d. cones
  26. b. a different stage of visual processing
  1. b. binocular cues
  2. d. repressed thoughts, memories, and concerns
  3. a. visual accommodation
  4. b. group
  5. c. token economy
  6. d. manifest content
  7. b. openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
  8. c. on the taste buds.
  9. c. tympanic membrane
  10. d. It is the small opening in the center of the eye.
  11. b. size constancy
  12. a. individualistic
  13. a. sensory adaptation
  14. a. bottom-up processing
  15. d. openness
  16. c. Rorschach
  17. a. high in power distance
  18. b. They are less expensive and short term than typical insight therapies.
  19. d. cognitive
  20. d. conversion disorder
  21. c. personality
  22. a. unconditional positive regard
  23. b. touch, pressure, temperature, and pain
  24. b. projective
  25. d. dissociative fugue
  26. b. linear perspective
  27. d. cognitive
  28. b. catatonic schizophrenia