General Psy Final Exam Review

Front 1

Which of the following is true with regard to classical psychoanalysis?
a. It works with less educated individuals only
b. It is extremely effective
c. It is costly and time consuming
d. It involves helping people reach self actualization
e. It is scientifically based

Back 1

c. It is costly and time consuming

Front 2

The type of therapy developed by Carl Rogers is
a. Gestalt
b. existential
c. attributional
d. client-centered
e. modeling

Back 2

d. client centered

Front 3

This therapy has a primary emphasis on getting clients in touch with their current feelings
a. Gestalt
b. existential
c. behavior modification
d. client-centered
e. psychoanalysis

Back 3

a. Gestalt

Front 4

systematic desensitization is an example of
a. operant conditioning
b. classical conditioning
c. modeling
d. rational emotive therapy
e. none of the above

Back 4

b. classical conditioning

Front 5

Role reversal and mirroring are important components of which type of therapy?
a. psychoanalysis
b. behavior therapy
c. psychodrama
d. client-centered therapy
e. token economics

Back 5

c. psychodrama

Front 6

The effects of wondering "what might have been" are called
a. counting your blessings
b. cognitive dissonance
c. counterfactual thinking
d. action plans
e. idealistic thinking

Back 6

c. counterfactual thinking

Front 7

A lasting evaluation of various aspects of the social world that are stored in memory is called
a. an attitude
b. an pinion
c. a belief
d. a cognition
e. a prejudice

Back 7

a. an attitude

Front 8

Which of the following can best enhance a persuasive message?
a. speaking slowly
b. using an attractive person as a source
c. messages that are clearly designed to persuade us
d. using a non-expert as a source
e. the person delivering the message is dressed in business attire

Back 8

b. using an attractive person as a source

Front 9

The elaboration-likelihood model and the heuristic-systematic model are modem theories of
a. aggression
b. group behavior
c. cognitive dissonance
d. persuasion
e. positive thinking

Back 9

d. persuasion

Front 10

Nowadays attitudes are often measured with a _____scale.
a. Spearman
b. Likert
c. Guttman
d. Guilford
e. Milgram

Back 10

b. likert scale

Front 11

A major problem with the bogus pipeline is that
a. it is extremely expensive
b. it requires many people in the same room as the subject
c. it involves deception
d. it requires a great deal of training to interpret the results
e. it is culturally biased

Back 11

c. it involves deception

Front 12

A cognitive framework which suggests that all members of a specific social group share certain characteristics is called
a. a prejudice
b. a stereotype
c. racism
d. cognitive bias
e. a schema

Back 12

b. a sterotype

Front 13

Similarity, proximity, and familiarity are important determinants of
a. sexual orientation
b. friendship formation
c. aggression
d. Choosing a mate
e. b&c

Back 13

b. friendship formation

Front 14

An observed difference is considered statistically significant if it were to occur by chance no more than
_____percent of the time.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 5
d. 10
e. 25

Back 14

c. 5 percent

Front 15

A statistic that indicates the degree of relationship between two or more variables is
a. analysis
b. the normal distribution
c. a correlation coefficient
d. a scatterpot
e. frequency distribution

Back 15

c. a correlation coefficient