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QUESTION 1

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Which of the following is defined as the persistnce of learning over time, through the encoding, storage and retrieval of memory?

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QUESTION 2

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Which of the following refers to the processing of information outside of conscious awareness?

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QUESTION 3

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Behaviors such as texting and driving home would be considered...

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QUESTION 4

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Which of the following pieces of memory would you  not  process automatically?

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QUESTION 5

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Cramming has actually been shown to be an effective method of learning new information.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 6

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Mood can be a retrieval cue.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 7

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Which of the following brain structures is responsible for temporarily holding memories until they can be moved to storage?

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QUESTION 8

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Which of the following brain structures is most involved with you learning motor movements such as how to ride a bike?

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QUESTION 9

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If you have to take a foreign language at Valpo and  you took a foreign language in high school, you would benefit from taking the same language at Valpo as you did in high school because you would benefit most from which of the following?

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QUESTION 10

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This very multiple choice question, which is asking you to identify previously learned material, requires you to make use of which of the following skills?

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Chapter 2

QUESTION 1

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Neurons are...

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QUESTION 2

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Everything psychological is simultaneously biological

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 3

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Brain plasticity allows us to adapt to new environments

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 4

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The nervous system consists of...

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QUESTION 5

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Neurotransmitters...

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QUESTION 6

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Researchers use all of the following  except which to study the brain?

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QUESTION 7

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Which of the lobes controls planning and judgment?

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QUESTION 8

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Which lobe of the brain tells you if someone touches your arm?

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QUESTION 9

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How do we create a split brain?

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QUESTION 10

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We only use 10% of our brain.

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 True

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 False

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Chapter 5

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If our sensory system receives information from the environment, this is called:

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QUESTION 2

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When our brain organizes and interprets sensory information that is called:

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QUESTION 3

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If we want to define a stimulus as subliminal, what is the percent of time we would perceive it?

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QUESTION 4

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Which receptor in the eye is responsible for perceiving color?

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QUESTION 5

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If it is dark out, our eyes make use of what receptors to help us to see - especially in our periphery.

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QUESTION 6

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Which of the following would not be a good example of sensory adaptation?

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QUESTION 7

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When we look at the world around us, we process color, movement, form and depth. This processing is called:

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QUESTION 8

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Dylan looks out his dad's fourth floor office window and wonders why there are a bunch of matchbox cars outside. He asks if he can go play with them. We can conclude that Dylan is missing which perceptual ablity:

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QUESTION 9

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What effect does experience have on how we perceive the world?

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QUESTION 10

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Which of the following is  NOT  a touch sensation?

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QUESTION 11

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Researchers have been able to replicate ESP effects under controlled conditions.

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 True

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 False

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Chapter 8

QUESTION 1

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What is the term for how we simplify and order the world around us using mental groupings of similar objects, events or ideas?

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QUESTION 2

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When I am struggling to come up with a solution to a problem, occasionally I have a a sudden inspiration that allows me to solve my problem. This is referred to as:

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QUESTION 3

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Fast, automatic, unreasoned thinking refers to which of the following?

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QUESTION 4

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When I am in class and giving a lecture, I am most frequently using which area of the brain to produce language?

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QUESTION 5

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When someone in class asks me a question and I have to understand what they are saying to me, I am most using which area of the brain?

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QUESTION 6

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If I believe that people have innate abilities that can be fostered in particular areas of intelligence, such as math or music, then I would most agree with which theorist?

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QUESTION 7

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Animals have language skills that are similar to and can exceed humans.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 8

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Intelligence is heritable.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 9

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In what areas do we see differences in intellectual ability between males and females (choose all that apply).

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QUESTION 10

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To what do we attribute the observable differences between males and females in intelligence (e.g. language, emotion detection)? Choose all that apply.

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Chapter 3

QUESTION 1

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Developmental psychologists study:

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QUESTION 2

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Nature is our __________ and nurture is our __________.

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QUESTION 3

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Which of the following would not be a teratogen:

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QUESTION 4

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Our emotional reactivity and the intensity of that emotional response is called:

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QUESTION 5

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Stranger anxiety develops shortly after infants develop what cognitive skill?

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QUESTION 6

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What is the transition period from childhood to adulthood?

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QUESTION 7

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What is the marker for the beginning of adolescence?

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QUESTION 8

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Who proposed the eight stages of psychosocial tasks we must achieve for healthy psychological development?

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QUESTION 9

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What do we call the period of development between the age of 18 to the mid-twenties?

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QUESTION 10

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People over the age of 65 report as much happiness and satisfaction with life as younger people do.

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 True

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 False

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Chapter 4

QUESTION 1

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Which of the following terms is defined as the socially influenced characteristics by which people define men and women?

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QUESTION 2

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Which of the following terms is defined as the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male and female?

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QUESTION 3

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Which of the following influence development?

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QUESTION 4

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Which of the following terms is defined as how others expect us to act based on being male or female?

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QUESTION 5

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Which of the following terms is defined as our own sense of being male or female or some combination of the two?

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QUESTION 6

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Which hormone drives men's sexuality?

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QUESTION 7

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Which of the following is most associated with women's sexuality?

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QUESTION 8

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Erotic material can trigger sexual arousal in:

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QUESTION 9

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Sexual orientation is associated with mental health.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 10

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Rates of teen intercourse vary between cultures and eras.

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 True

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 False

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Chapter 9

QUESTION 1

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What is the goal in drive-reduction theory?

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QUESTION 2

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Our memory of when we last ate can influence our experience of hunger.

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 True

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QUESTION 3

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Twins and adoptions studies indicate genetics does not influence body weight.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 4

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Social isolation can put us at risk for mental and physical health issues.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 5

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People with narcissism are socially inactive.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 6

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Emotions are based only on bodily arousal.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 7

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Emotions have both physical and cognitive components.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 8

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The physical changes our body has when we experience fear and anger are very similar to the body changes we experience with sexual arousal.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 9

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Which of the following help us to detect emotions?

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QUESTION 10

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Which group are better at reading emotional cues and expressing emotion?

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Chapter 11

QUESTION 1

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When we see someone trip over a raised piece of sidewalk and fall (without getting hurt), we often think to ourself "what a klutz" as we laugh at them. Social psychologists would attribute this tendency to ignore the environmental factors behind behavior to:

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QUESTION 2

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If you change your views based on new information I share in class, then you have engaged in which of the following:

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QUESTION 3

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Solomon Asch's study demonstrated the existence of which principle:

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QUESTION 4

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Stanley Milgram's famous study demonstrated the principle of:

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QUESTION 5

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Which of the following is not a component of prejudice?

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QUESTION 6

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If we blame someone who is poor for being poor because they just didn't try hard enough, then we have justified our beliefs using:

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QUESTION 7

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We tend to fall in love with people for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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QUESTION 8

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If we experience an unselfish regard for other people, then we are experiencing:

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QUESTION 9

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Which of the following situations would make us most likely to help someone who has been hurt?

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QUESTION 10

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Which of the following is a good way to resolve conflict between two groups?

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Chapter 13

QUESTION 1

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What qualifies behavior as a psychological disorder?

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QUESTION 2

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If you believe that psychological disorders come from the interaction of biological, psychological, and social circumstances, then you would agree with which of the following:

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QUESTION 3

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If you have an anxiety disorder in which your anxiety escalates into episodes of dread then you have:

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QUESTION 4

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If you have a mood disorder in which you experience both depression and mania, you would be diagnosed with:

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QUESTION 5

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of schizophrenia?

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QUESTION 6

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If you experience repetitive thoughts and actions that lead to dysfunctional behavior, you could be diagnosed with:

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QUESTION 7

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If you have an irrational fear or avoidance of a specific object, activity or situation, you could be diagnosed with:

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QUESTION 8

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Epigenetics helps us to understand psychological disorders.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 9

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Anorexia nervosa is a condition in which individuals attempt to control their weight through binging and purging.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 10

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Mental disorders most frequently associated with violence.

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 True

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 False

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Chapter 14

QUESTION 1

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The treatment that involves treating psychological disorder with medications and other biological treatments is:

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QUESTION 2

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The treatment for psychological disorders that uses interactions between a trained therapist and a client is:

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QUESTION 3

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Psychodynamic therapy focuses on childhood experiences and unconscious feelings. 

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 4

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Behavior therapies assume that problem behaviors are the problem. 

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 5

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Disassociative disorder is different from multiple personality disorder. 

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 6

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One aim of group therapy is to provide help to more people with less cost. 

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 7

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Psychotherapy outcome research has found that people who remain untreated often improve.

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 8

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Our lifestyle influences our brain and body, which affects mental health. 

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 9

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Drug therapy is the most widely used biomedial therapy. 

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 True

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 False

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QUESTION 10

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Antidepressant drugs depress the central nervous system activity. 

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 True

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 False

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