General Psychology Exam 3

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1. While ____ involves the stimulation of sense organs, ____ involves the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input.

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Sensation, Perception

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2. Perception of color is associated with the:

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Wavelength

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3. If the human eye was not responsive to differences in the wavelength of light, we would not be able to perceive differences in:

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Hues (Colors)

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4. If the human eye was not responsive to differences in the amplitude of light waves, we would not be able to perceive differences in:

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Brightness

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5. Light first enters the eye through a transparent structure on the surface of the eye called the:

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Cornea

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6. The structure of the eye that focuses light rays on the retina is the:

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Lens

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7. The process in which the lens adjusts its shape depending on the distance between the eye and the object viewed in order to project a clear image onto the retina is:

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Accommodation

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8. The amount of light entering the eye is regulated by changes in the size of the:

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Pupil

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9. The correct sequence of eye structures that light passes through en route to the retina is:

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Cornea, pupil, lens, retina

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10. Gate-control theory is an attempt to explain:

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Blocking the perception of pain

Front 11

11. Which theory of color vision best explains why the color of an afterimage is the complement of the original color?

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Opponent Process Theory

Front 12

12. The door-in-the-face technique involves:

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Making a large request that is likely to be turned down as a way to increase the chances that people will agree to a smaller request later

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13. In the study by Kenrick and Gutierres (1980), exposing male subjects to a TV show dominated by extremely beautiful women:

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Decreased their ratings of the attractiveness of a prospective date

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14. In a painting, train tracks may look as if they go off into the distance because the artist draws the tracks as converging lines, a monocular cue to depth known as:

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Linear Perspective

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15. The gate-control theory suggests that incoming pain sensations may be blocked at the:

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Spinal Cord
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16. Stimulation of sensory receptors of the skin is processed by the:

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Somatosensory Cortex

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17. Which term perhaps best describes human perception?

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Subjective

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18. What are the primary qualities of touch?

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Pressure, Temp, and Pain?

Front 19

19. You enter a room and notice a distinctive new smell. After a bit of time you no longer smell the odor. This illustrates the phenomenon of:

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Sensory Adaption

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20. Prior to the Renaissance, artists were generally unsuccessful in painting realistic scenes because they did not understand:

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How to use depth cues

Front 21

21. The observation that people differ widely in regard to taste preferences and pain tolerance best reflects the unifying theme:

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Theoretical diversity, subjective nature of experience, inportace of one's cultural heritage.?

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22. Which of the unifying themes in psychology is most consistent with the existence of ambiguous figures and visual illusions?

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Front 23

23. The newest discovery in the research on the experience of pain is that certain types of ____ may play in important role in chronic pain.

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Glia

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24. One's ability to overcome tremendous amounts of pain in certain situations (such as an athlete who plays with a broken foot and does not feel the pain until later) can be partially explained by:

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Endorphins/Neural Pathways Pg. 138

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25. Pain messages transmitted to the brain through the fast pathway are associated with ____, while messages transmitted through the slow pathway are associated with ____.

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Cortex, Limbic System

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26. The sequence of age-related changes that occur as a person progresses from conception to death defines:

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Development

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27. The approximately nine months of prenatal development occurs in three phases in the following sequence:

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Germinal, Embyonic, Fetal

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28. The germinal stage of prenatal development is:

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encompassing the first two weeks after conception. The zygote is created through fertilization

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29. The structure that allows both oxygen and nutrients to pass into the fetus from the mother's bloodstream and bodily wastes to pass out to the mother's bloodstream is the:

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Placenta

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30. Developing structures generally are most vulnerable to damage from environmental factors during the ____ of prenatal development.

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Embryonic Stage

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31. The age of viability, referring to the age at which the fetus ____, is reached ____.

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Pg 337

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32. What is associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy?

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Miscarriage, still-birth, and prematurity, attention deficits, hyperactivity, and conduct problems

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33. If a child is born with a small head, heart defects, irritability, hyperactivity, and retarded mental and motor development, the mother most likely ____ during her pregnancy.

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Consumed Alcohol

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34. According to the ____ trend, you would expect your newborn niece to be able to raise her head when on her stomach before she can sit.

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Cephalocaudal

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35. The proximodistal trend suggests children gain control of their:

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Torso

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36. Maturation is:

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Development that reflects the gradual unfolding of one's genetic blueprint

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37. Developmental norms indicate:

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The typical age at which individuals display various behaviors and abilities

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38. Close, emotional bonds of affection that develop between infants and their caregivers defines:

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Attachment

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39. Who developed a stage theory of moral development?

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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40. During which stage in Piaget's system is the child first able to handle conservation problems and hierarchical classification problems?

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Concrete Operational Period

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41. The crisis occurring in the first year, according to Erikson, is one involving

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Trust vs. Mistrust

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42. According to cognitive theories of gender-role development, self-socialization includes:

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Recognize sex, value characteristics of their sex, strive to bring their behavior in line

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43. What are the three key processes involved in the development of gender roles?

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Operant Conditioning, Observational Learning, Self-Socialization

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44. Expectations about what is appropriate behavior for each sex most accurately describes:

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Gender Roles

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45. Females show a slight advantage over males in ____ skills, while males show a slight advantage over females in ____ skills.

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Verbal, Mathematical

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46. Piaget asserted that the child's experiences in the world, in combination with maturation, together influence the child's cognitive development. This assertion best reflects the unifying theme in psychology that:

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47. Elderly individuals are most likely to experience memory problems associated with:

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Normal Aging

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48. The findings of the Nun study suggest that what factors reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease?

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49. An abnormal condition marked by multiple cognitive deficits that include memory impairment best defines:

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Dementia

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50. In women, menopause typically occurs around age:

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