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
