PSY 1010 Practice Final Exam Spring 2020 PDF

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PSY 1010 Practice Exam 1 Spring 2020 1. Laura is a structuralist and believes she will come to better understand the conscious mind by breaking it down and studying its basic components. Which of the following psychologists would be MOST interested in hearing more about Laura’s research? a. Wilhelm Wundt b. William James c. Carl Rogers d. Sigmund Freud 2. Grover set a goal to be aware of those around him. In his journal, he writes down observations concerning what makes people feel happier and more fulfilled. Grover most likely belongs to which psychological school of thought? a. Functionalism b. Cognitive c. Gestalt theory d. Humanistic 3. Richard recently read an article comparing brain processes to a computer. He read that sensory experiences act as an input, which the brain processes and produces a behavior from. Curious, Richard decides he wants to learn more. Which subfield of Psychology should Richard study? a. Clinical b. Developmental c. Cognitive d. Social 4. Janelle interviewed community members on their attitudes toward religious groups. Janelle assured participants that all interview records are locked in a secure location that only she and her research assistant can access. Janelle is following the IRB’s rules about maintaining the participants’ a. consent. b. confidentiality. c. anonymity. d. privacy. 5. Asis, a social psychologist researcher, wanted to understand why large crowds gathered outside the Provo Library to play the popular mobile game, Pokemon Go. Asis begins to search through peer reviewed articles in hopes of discovering a foundation of interconnected concepts upon which to build her scientific study. Asis is searching for a a. hypothesis. b. theory. c. correlation. d. question.

6. Neva, who teaches ballroom dance, wants to investigate if there is a causal link between participating in the ballroom dance program and getting better grades. What method of research would best help Neva meet her goal? a. An observational study b. Survey research c. Case study d. An experimental study 7. Terrell is conducting research on undergraduate attitudes towards career placement. He places all students at UVU into either a control group or an experimental group. After data is collected, he runs statistical tests to determine if the data he received was consistent and measuring what he thinks it is measuring. Which of the following did Terrell NOT do? a. Take a random sample. b. Test for reliability c. Random assignment d. Test for validity 8. Candice wants to create a computer model of the nervous system. She asks her friend Mei what the “basic unit” of the nervous system is so that she can start her model. What should Mei’s response be? a. The brain b. The neuron c. The spinal cord d. Nerves 9. Captain Action Potential is traveling down the Axon Road with his men in order to escape the Cell Body and to join his reinforcements at the Terminal Buttons. Captain Action Potential’s journey would go much faster if he used the fatty layer known as the ______ to reach his destination. a. synapse b. cerebral cortex c. myelin sheath d. neurotransmitter 10. Carmelo is driving through the mountains late at night. All of a sudden a deer jumps in front of his car! Carmelo instantly slams on his brakes and swerves out of the way. What neurotransmitter is Carmelo abundantly releasing at this moment? a. Glutamate b. Serotonin c. Endorphins d. Norepinephrine 11. Enrique is teaching a friend about the chemical processes underlying the transmission of an action potential. He accidentally mixes up the chemicals. You correct him by saying,

“the cell has a greater concentration of ____ inside and _____ outside. The latter rushes in and triggers an action potential.” a. potassium; sodium b. potassium; calcium c. sodium; potassium d. sodium; calcium 12. When Opal sees a snake, her breathing becomes more shallow and her heart rate increases.This physiological stress response is initiated in which area of the brain? a. Hindbrain b. Midbrain c. Forebrain d. Frontbrain 13. Korro is walking to school thinking about the lobes of the cerebral cortex. He realizes that each of the lobes are active as he watches where he’s going, hears the traffic around him, feels the breeze on his arms, and plans his day. The ______ lobe is responsible for his ability to plan ahead. a. parietal b. occipital c. frontal d. temporal 14. Yolanda has been feeling discouraged this semester because she feels she will never be able to improve her memory and study skills. During one of her PSY 1010 lectures she discovers that the brain has the ability to change and adapt, which makes it possible to learn. Which property of the brain did Yolanda learn about? a. Adaptability b. Meditation c. Assimilation d. Plasticity 15. Francis had a split-brain operation and wants to take his dog, Baloo, out for a walk. Francis locates Baloo’s leash within his left visual field. What behavior would Francis NOT be able to perform based upon his split brain condition? a. Verbalize to Baloo, “I found your leash.” b. Pick up the leash with his left hand. c. Visually see an object at close range. d. Walk in straight line. 16. One night, Shushanna dreamed that she suffocated in the middle of a chaotic tornado. What is not a possible latent content interpretation of this dream? a. Shushanna feels suffocated with boredom in her life. b. Shushanna drowned herself in stress by overloading her schedule. c. Shushanna recently survived a tornado.

d. Shushanna feels blown about by the many competing roles in her life. 17. Talia, a sleep lab technician, observes brain activity while people sleep in order to help diagnose and treat sleep disorders. She comes in to work in the middle of a sleep study to see predominantly delta waves on the EEG. The person sleeping is most likely in ______ sleep. a. stage 1 b. stage 2 c. slow-wave d. REM 18. Two of your professors are arguing about dreams! One of them is a biologist and insists that dreams mean nothing and are a result of the random firing of neurons. The other is a Freudian psychotherapist and says that dreams have great meaning. What theory is your biology professor referring to and what might be a way that your Freudian professor could refute it? a. Activation-synthesis theory; dreams are rarely as chaotic as might be expected if they’re a result of random firing. b. B. Consolidation theory; dreams share too many commonalities with reality. c. C. Activation-synthesis theory; dreams don't happen with nearly as much frequency as the theory suggests. d. D. Hobson's Theory of Broken Dreaming; dreams are much too complex to be explained by the theory. 19. Antoinnette is concerned about something her husband does in the middle of the night. After being asleep for about 90 minutes to an hour, her husband kicks, screams, punches, and sometimes even jumps out of bed. Her husband is showing symptoms of a. narcolepsy. b. somatization disorder. c. sleep apnea. d. REM behavior disorder. 20. Dr. Gomez uses hypnosis in her therapy practice. Although hypnosis does not work for everyone, it has been very effective at alleviating anxiety for her client, Risa. What most likely is the reason that hypnosis works so well for Risa? a. Dr. Gomez is an exceptionally skilled hypnotist. b. Risa dislikes the idea of having anxiety more than she dislikes being hypnotized. c. Risa has a suggestible personality. d. Dr. Gomez only uses hypnosis on clients who are easily distracted. 21. For the past few hours, Patrice has been watching Mickey Mouse follow her around the house. The visions experienced by Patrice are known as a/n _______ and they are a result of using a/n ______ drug called lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). a. hallucination; psychoactive b. delusion; depressant

c. affect; stimulant d. episodes, opiate 22. Lila is trying to stop drinking coffee, but every time she tries to quit she begins to have headaches, muscle pain, and a hard time concentrating. She is having _______ symptoms due to _______ dependence to caffeine. a. tolerance; physical b. withdrawal; physical c. tolerance; psychological d. withdrawal; psychological 23. Yekaterina is pregnant and is having an ultrasound. The technician tells her that her child is forming a central nervous system, heart, and brain. Based on the information provided, Yekaterina’s child is likely in the ______ period. a. fetal b. embryonic c. germinal d. blasturial 24. Candy is just two weeks old. When her mom touches the side of her cheeks, she moves her head from side to side with her mouth open. What type of inborn reflex is Candy exhibiting? a. Rooting b. Sucking c. Grasping d. Flinching 25. Zoe just got pregnant with her first child. She found out rather fast and the baby was still in the first stage of development. What phase is the Zoe's baby currently in? a. Zygote b. Embryonic c. Fetal d. Germinal 26. Gordon is playing on the floor. When his mom leaves the room he keeps playing and exhibits no distress. When his mom returns to the room and reaches for him he ignores her. Gordon is exhibiting which type of attachment? a. Ambivalent b. Secure c. Avoidant d. Distant 27. Conner and Jayne are in middle school. One day they find a $20 dollar bill on the ground. Even though she wanted to keep the money, Jayne agrees to give the money to lost and found in order to gain Conner’s approval. What stage of moral-reasoning is Jayne most likely in?

a. Conventional level because Jayne is most concerned about social approval. b. Preconventional level because Jayne wants to do what’s best for herself. c. Postconventional level because Jayne wants to do what’s best for Connor. d. Transcendent level because Jayne is only 13 and already makes sound moral judgments. 28. Last month Katia dressed in all black and spoke of how utterly meaningless life is. This month she has dyed her hair rainbow and won’t stop preaching her beliefs about world peace and animal rights. According to Erikson, Katia is going through the ______ stage of development. a. trust vs. mistrust b. identity vs. role confusion c. industry vs. inferiority d. autonomy vs. shame and doubt 29. According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development which stage would a child begin to think logically about objects and events? a. Sensorimotor b. Preoperational c. Concrete operational d. Formal operational 30. Grandma Ginny just celebrated her 70th birthday. Her children start to notice that she has become much more sentimental than usual. She is often found reading the Bible and looking through old photo albums. Which of Erikson’s Psychosocial stages explains Grandma’s behavior? a. Intimacy versus isolation b. Integrity versus despair c. Ignorance versus awareness d. Initiative versus guilt 31. When Dallas started his shift as a bartender, he could barely hear the orders over the noise. However, after the first hour he had no trouble hearing every order. Which of the following best describes this example? a. absolute threshold b. difference threshold c. signal detection theory d. sensory adaptation 32. Brooke is watching a beautiful fireworks show. What is the proper order that light would travel through her eye to reach her retina? a. Pupil → Cornea → Lens → Retina → Iris b. Cornea→ Lens → Iris → Pupil → Retina c. Retina → Pupil → Iris → Lens → Cornea d. Cornea → Iris → Pupil → Lens → Retina

33. Krishna is picking her grandfather up from the airport. However, when she waves to him he doesn't show any sign of recognition. Her grandfather's brain is having difficulty applying meaning to the visual stimulus he is receiving. What process is Krishna's grandfather most likely having difficulty with? a. Perception b. Sensation c. Physical stimulus d. Transduction 34. Ben is a cartographer exploring new terrain. What type of processing might he be using as he takes in the new area he is unfamiliar with and then creates a map of the area? a. Top-Down b. Bottom-Up c. Continuity d. Proximity 35. While Apollo is listening to mozart in his earphones, the ______ are being detected by the ______within the cochlea. a. sound waves, hair cells b. sound waves, ear canal c. auditory receptors, oval window d. auditory receptors, auditory cortex 36. Kevin is suffering from a painful ear infection in his middle ear, and is having trouble hearing. He asks his friend why his hearing has gotten so bad. What basic explanation should his friend give about what is happening to Kevin's hearing? a. The bending of hair cells in the ear prevent him from hearing properly. b. The fluid in the cochlea becomes hardened and affects his auditory perception. c. The outer ear has been damaged during the infection and caused hearing disruption. d. Fluid has built up behind the eardrum and the membrane cannot vibrate properly. 37. Following a recent shaving incident, Rocco’s thalamus ceased processing gustatory information. As a result of this incident, Rocco most likely a. avoided bitter foods, because the bitterness was too strong. b. discovered a dislike towards candy and chips due to their taste. c. increased his intake of broccoli, as he could not taste the bitterness. d. became a supertaster. 38. When we experience touch above the neck, the information is sent directly to the brain. When touch is experienced below the neck, the information is sent to the spinal cord and then to the brain via spinal nerves. In both cases, information travels first through the ______ and then to the a. hippocampus; pressure receptors. b. papillae; fast fibers.

c. thalamus; somatosensory cortex. d. cerebrum; olfactory bulb. 39. Archimedes has sprained his wrist from writing math equations all week. He felt a sharp, crippling pain at first and stopped writing then the pain continued as a dull and constant ache. What type of fibers initially signaled Archimedes to stop writing and which continued after the sprain? a. active; inactive b. acute; incessant c. rapid; chronic d. fast; slow 40. The noise level in Silar’s house is quite loud due to his seven rambunctious boys. Silar no longer notices how loud his home really is because he is exposed to the noise level on a daily basis. Silar is experiencing a. habituation. b. sensitization. c. association. d. modeling. 41. Skylar attempts to classically condition her hedgehog to flair out its quills at the flash of a light. Skylar knows that poking the hedgehog gets the desired behavior. In order the condition the hedgehog to flair out its quills at the flash of a light, Skylar must a. flash the light well before poking the hedgehog. b. flash the light and poke the hedgehog at the same time. c. flash the light well after poking the hedgehog. d. flash the light without poking the hedgehog. 42. Nurse Randon assists doctors at the hospital anytime he hears an alarm start to buzz. Nurse Randon starts to notice his heart rate increasing anytime he hears an alarm, even while at home. Nurse Randon’s experience best illustrates a. stimulus generalization. b. stimulus discrimination. c. response generalization. d. response discrimination. 43. Bodster is a dog that has already learned to associate the sound of the electric can opener with the appearance of food. One day the electric can opener breaks and Bodster’s owner uses a manual can opener. Based on the cognitive model of classical learning, what behavior will Bodster more likely exhibit with the potential conditioned stimulus? a. Not be aware of the environment that might produce the food. b. Will be unable to pair being fed with use of the new can opener. c. Will pay more attention to the new stimulus and associate it with food. d. Not be able to accommodate the new stimulus into its schema.

44. Kai has been hired to train a hedgehog to complete a series of stunt jumps in a film. Hedgehogs do not jump in the wild, and Kai is having trouble training the hedgehog using his usual operant conditioning techniques. What is the best explanation for Kai’s failure to train the hedgehog? a. Kai needs to use classical conditioning in order to train the hedgehog. b. Operant conditioning only works on humans, not animals. c. Animals struggle to learn behaviors that go against biological predispositions. d. The hedgehog is a bit of a prima donna and jumping isn’t in his contract. 45. Lafeyette hates wearing her seatbelt. However, she puts it on because she can’t stand the annoying dinging noise that only goes away once she puts her seat belt on. According to principles of operant conditioning, Lafeyette was being a. positively reinforced. b. negatively reinforced. c. positively punished. d. negatively punished. 46. At two months old, Melissa started to smile in response to her mother smiling at her. At a year old, she watched her sister get sent to time-out because she stole a cookie and so Melissa learned not to steal cookies. In the first example, Melissa learned by _____; while in the second example, she learned by a. vicarious conditioning; modeling. b. modeling; vicarious conditioning. c. insight learning; vicarious conditioning. d. vicarious conditioning; insight learning. 47. Alexandra’s grandmother roll up the bus window whenever they ride together because she believes an open window makes you sick. What is Alexandra likely to do when she rides the bus on her own? a. She will think her grandmother is senile b. She will also roll up the window while riding the bus c. She will keep the window down due to traditional biases. d. She will ask someone for help to roll up the window 48. Ronaldo doesn’t like to watch the Winter Olympics because he flinches whenever the ice skaters fall. It is as if he feels the pain of their fall. This is an example of _____ activation. a. sensory b. mirror c. replica d. motor 49. Lucian is organizing his books. He wants to be able to visually identify each book by color. In order to limit the amount of time he needs to attend to find a book, Lucian a.

randomly places the books on the shelf. b. organizes the books by alphabetically. c. places all the same color books together. d. organizes the books as a rainbow. 50. Voldemort is playing with sparklers at the 4th of July work party. He notices that when he waves the sparkler around like a wand, he can see a brief trail of light behind the sparkler.This short maintenance system is what type of memory? a. Sensory storage b. Capacity storage c. Long-term storage d. Duration storage 51. At work, Jayesh relays information to different departments, and it can be tough to remember everything! He often rehearses details by repeating to himself until he can relay the messages. Jayesh maintains information in his ______ storage through processing in his ______ memory. a. short-term; working b. working; short-term c. short-term; long-term d. long-term; short-term 52. Tasha, who’s running for governor, is working with her staff on debate preparation. Her chief of staff recommends using elaborative rehearsal in order to encode important information into long term memory. What would be the best option for Tasha to use if she wants to take her chief of Staff’s advice? a. Reading news reports over and over so she is up to date on current events. b. Associating current events with her personal experiences and prior knowledge c. Maintaining a notebook of important current events that affect people in her state d. Appointing research assistants to create visually appealing graphs and charts. 53. Blair has just moved to San Francisco and is surprised by her surroundings. The diverse culture and packed streets are not what she imagined. “Where are all the palm trees and surfers?” she thought. The newly discovered features did not fit her ______ of California. a. schema b. bias c. concept d. vision 54. Miles has been driving for one year. At first, driving took considerable conscious thought and deliberation but now it has become an automatized behavior. In other words, driving was originally involved ______ memory, but now it relies on _____ memory. a. semantic; implicit b. implicit; explicit c. explicit; implicit

d. explicit; semantic 55. Wade is searching online for a Chicago Bulls hat. He notices that Google narrows down and displays links to the hat stores he visits most often. What memory process best describes the role of Google? a. Sensory storage. b. Consolidation. c. Schemas. d. Maintenance rehearsal. 56. Wilfred, a ...