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In people whose corpus callosums have not been severed, verbal stimuli are identified more quickly and more accurately:

A. When sent to the right hemisphere first

B. When sent to the left hemisphere first

C. When presented to the left visual field

D. When presented auditorily rather than visually

Correct answer is: D. When presented auditorily rather than visually

Human behavior is motivated primarily by social urges in Adler’s theory:

Human behavior is motivated primarily by social urges in Adler's theory:

A. Hull’s Drive Reduction Theory

B. McDougall’s Instinct Theory

C. Freud Psychoanalytical Theory

D. Adler’s Theory

Correct answer is: D. Adler’s Theory

Adler’s Theory emphasizes social urges and the security motive.

The tendency to view one’s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways is known as:

A. Behaviorism

B. Ethnocentrism

C. Humanism

D. Functionalism

Correct answer is: B. Ethnocentrism

Hormones are to the endocrine system as _____ are to the nervous system:

A. Nerves

B. Synapses

C. Neurotransmitters

D. Action potentials

Correct answer is: B. Synapses

Clark Hull emphasized that in the form of stimulation gives birth to a drive or motive:

A. Need

B. Environment

C. Incentives

D. Reward

Correct answer is: A. Need

Hull’s Drive Reduction Theory focuses on needs creating motivation.

The study of the endocrine system and genetic mechanisms would most likely be undertaken by a:

A. Clinical psychologist

B. Physiological psychologist

C. Social psychologist

D. Educational psychologist

Correct answer is: B. Physiological psychologist

A form of communication based on a system of symbols is:

A. Rule

B. Image

C. Language

D. Phonology

Correct answer is: C. Language

Language is communication using symbols.

The fact that psychologists do not all agree about the nature and development of personality demonstrates:

A. That there are many ways of looking at the same phenomenon

B. The fundamental inability may simply be incomprehensible

C. The failure of psychologists to communicate with one another

D. The possibility that personality may simply be incomprehensible

Correct answer is: A. That there are many ways of looking at the same phenomenon

The sound system of a language is:

A. Language

B. Phonology

C. Morphology

D. Syntax

Correct answer is: B. Phonology

Phonology is the study of language sounds.

A multifactorial causation approach to behavior suggests that:

A. Most behaviors can be explained best by single cause explanations

B. Most behavior is governed by a complex network of interrelated factors

C. Data must be subjected to rigorous statistical analysis in order for them to make sense

D. Explanations of behavior tend to build up from the simple to the complex in a hierarchical manner

Correct answer is: B. Most behavior is governed by a complex network of interrelated factors

The unit of meaning involved in word formation is:

A. Semantics

B. Pragmatics

C. Phonology

D. Morphology

Correct answer is: D. Morphology

Morphology deals with word formation.

Psychology’s answer to the question of whether we are born or made tends to be:

A. We are born

B. We are made

C. We are both born and made

D. Neither

Correct answer is: C. We are both born and made

The way words are combined to form acceptable sentences is:

A. Syntax

B. Semantics

C. Pragmatics

D. Morphology

Correct answer is: A. Syntax

Syntax governs how words combine to form sentences.

The reason the SQ3R method is effective is that:

A. It breaks a reading assignment down into manageable segments and requires understanding before you move on

B. With this method, you only have to skim the reading assignment to pick out the main points

C. It allows you to memorize and recite great quantities of material even if you don’t fully understand it

D. It requires you to read and reread your text over and over

Correct answer is: A. It breaks a reading assignment down into manageable segments and requires understanding before you move on

Semantic refers to the:

A. Meaning of words

B. Combination of words

C. Units of meaning

D. Use of language

Correct answer is: A. Meaning of words

Semantics deals with the meaning of words.

Critical thinking skills:

A. Are abstract abilities that cannot be identified

B. Usually develop spontaneously through normal content

C. Usually develop spontaneously without any instruction

D. Need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction

Correct answer is: D. Need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction

The characteristics of language development at the age of 2 years:

A. Vocabulary rapidly increases

B. Use of past tense

C. Use of some prepositions

D. All

Correct answer is: D. All

At age 2, vocabulary, tense usage, and prepositions develop.

A neural impulse is initiated when a neuron’s charge momentarily becomes less negative, or even positive. This event is called:

A. An action potential

B. A resting potential

C. Impulse facilitation

D. Inhibitory

Correct answer is: A. An action potential

A technique that involves changing the level of support for learning is:

A. Zone of maturation

B. Zone of proximal development

C. Action zone

D. Scaffolding

Correct answer is: D. Scaffolding

Scaffolding involves adjusting support for learning.

An individual perceives things as a whole and not as a collection of parts:

A. Gestalt Psychology

B. Transpersonal Psychology

C. Psychoanalysis

D. Cognitive Psychology

Correct answer is: A. Gestalt Psychology

Gestalt Psychology involves perceiving wholes rather than parts.

The value that one places on one’s characteristics, abilities, or behaviors is:

A. Self-esteem

B. Self-actualization

C. Self-determination

D. Self-efficacy

Correct answer is: A. Self-esteem

Self-esteem is the value placed on one's abilities.

Human behavior includes conscious, subconscious, and unconscious:

A. Gestalt Psychology

B. Transpersonal Psychology

C. Cognitive Psychology

D. Psychoanalysis

Correct answer is: D. Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis explores conscious and unconscious processes.

Learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus is:

A. Classical conditioning

B. Operant conditioning

C. Both a and b

D. None of a and b

Correct answer is: A. Classical conditioning

Classical conditioning pairs a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one.

Learning in which the consequences of behavior produce changes is:

A. Classical conditioning

B. Operant conditioning

C. Both a and b

D. None of a and b

Correct answer is: B. Operant conditioning

Operant conditioning changes behavior based on consequences.

Memory that holds information from the world in its original form for an instant is:

A. Working memory

B. Long-term memory

C. Sensory memory

D. Short-term memory

Correct answer is: C. Sensory memory

Sensory memory holds information briefly in its original form.