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- Intro to General Psychology - College Freshman Level
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- The goals of phychology are to
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- Develop effective methods of psychotherapy
- Describe, understand, predict and control behavior
- Explain the functioning of the human mind
- Compare, analyze, and control human behavior
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- Psychology is best defined as the
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- Empirical study of the mind
- Study of individual differences in human behavior
- Scientific study of the behavior of organisms
- Study of the relationship between mind and body
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- Skinner's contribution to behaviorism lies in his insistence that
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- Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences
- Behavior is only partially conscious
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts
- Non-biological motives such as self-actualization are the primary
- determinants of behavior
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- A psychologist observes the behavior of organisms in the wild and keeps
- careful records of the observed behavior. The method being used is
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- Clinical observation
- Naturalistic observation
- Free observation
- Survey method
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- Pavlov's contribution to behaviorism lies in his discovery of
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- The conditional response
- Self-observation
- Unconscious motivation
- Concscious experience
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- The conditions which a researcher wishes to prevent from affecting the
- experiment are called
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- Constants
- Dependent variables
- Extraneous variables
- Independent variables
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- In a study of effects of alcohol on driving ability, the control group
- should be given
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- A high dosage of alcohol
- One-half the dosage given the experimental group
- A driving test before and after drinking alcohol
- No alcohol at all
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- Which of the following would most likely be investigated by use of a case
- study
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- The extent of marijuana usage in the general population
- The effects of caffeine on memory
- A rare psychological problem such as multiple personality
- The correlation between hours of sleep per night and the grade point
- average of college students
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- A representative sample is an essential element of the
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- Survey method
- Psychoanalytic method
- Natural experiment or case study
- Clinical method
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- The most basic perceptual organization is
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- Shape constancy
- Depth perception
- Figure-ground
- Size constancy
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- Which of the following is the correct sequence of events for the motivational
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- Reinforcement-need-behavioral response
- Need-drive-behavioral response
- Drive-behavioral response-need
- Behavioral response-drive-need
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- biological drives tend to maintain bodily equilibrium in a process called
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- Need reduction
- Homeostasis
- Thermostasis
- Set point
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- in general, performance is best at ____ levels of arousal
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- Low
- Moderate
- High
- Extremely high
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- At the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is
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- Love
- Belonging
- Self-esteem
- Self-actualization
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- Which theory of an emotion hold that we see a bear, feel fear, become aroused
- and run
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- The commonsense theory
- The Cannnon-Bard theory
- The James-Lange theory
- Cognitive theory
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- The most universal and easily interpreted facial expression of emotion is
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- A frown
- Baring of the teeth
- A smile
- Tears
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- An individual who refuses to believe a family member has died is using the
- defense mechanism of
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- Denial
- Suppression
- Avoidance
- Fantasy
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- The simplest conflict to resolve is usually a _____
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- External
- Approach-approach
- Avoidance-avoidance
- Personal
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