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QUESTION 1 Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve suggested that most forgetting occurs ________. very gradually over a period of 1 year very rapidly after 20 minutes have passed only after 24 hours have passed steadily over a period of 7 days 1 points

QUESTION 2 The trichromatic theory postulates that the human eye has three types of cones that are especially sensitive to the wavelengths for _____________. blue, yellow, and red black, white, and red red, blue, and green green, blue, and yellow 1 points

QUESTION 3 Tina recently lost over half the money she had put away for her retirement. If Dave concludes that Tina lost the money because the stock market took a significant downturn, he has made _______. a fundamental attribution error a self-serving bias an internal attribution an external attribution 1 points

QUESTION 4 Sonja put on a new rubber watch this morning and found it uncomfortable because it was so much heavier than her old watch. However, at noon, when a friend asks her if she knows what time it is, Sonja finds she has forgotten she is even wearing the watch. The change in Sonja’s sensitivity to the pressure of the watch BEST illustrates __________. transduction the rubber hand illusion the McGurk effect sensory adaptation 1 points

QUESTION 5 __________ receive information from other neurons; __________ transmit information to other neurons. Axons; dendrites Synapses; dendrites Dendrites; axons Axons; synapses 1 points

QUESTION 6 Which of the following terms do NOT belong together? Gestalt; whole structuralism; self-actualization psychoanalysis; unconscious conflict introspection; Wilhelm Wundt 1 points

QUESTION 7 You were introduced to a man in a cafe with Jazz music playing at the background last week. According to the encoding specificity principle, in which of the following conditions would you be MOST likely to remember his name now? When you are listening to Jazz music When you are trying to recall his name on land When you are listening to Mozart's music When you are trying to recall his name under water 1 points

QUESTION 8 Annabel wants to investigate how the left and right brain hemispheres are specialized for different functions. If Annabel could work with a psychologist who has made a significant contribution in this area she would MOST likely choose to work with __________. Carl Rogers Noam Chomsky John B. Watson Roger Sperry 1 points

QUESTION 9 You are hesitant to ask questions in class because you assume everyone else understands and you would therefore seem foolish. Your thinking BEST exemplifies ______. pluralistic ignorance diffusion of responsibility the halo effect self-serving bias 1 points

QUESTION 10 If you are new in the office and want to make new friends, your best bet is to get a desk_____. in the corner of the office that is near to the pantry next to the air conditioner that is smaller than that of anyone else 1 points

QUESTION 11 Six-month-old Jenny enjoys playing peek-a-boo with her mother, she finds it surprising whenever her mother uncovers her face. What can you conclude about Jenny? She is in the concrete operational stage She is displaying the A-not-B error She does not understand object permanence She is in the formal operational stage 1 points QUESTION 12 Blake was at a football game, and even though people wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans. Blake’s perception is MOST consistent with the Gestalt principle of ____________. simplicity closure similarity proximity 1 points

QUESTION 13 Imagine that the editor of a newspaper writes a column supporting a reduction in government intervention with a transfer of more rights to citizens. He argues that people are rational beings who will fulfill their maximum potential as long as others do not infringe on their basic human needs. This editor’s views reflect those seen in the ___________ perspective. psychoanalytic humanistic behaviorist evolutionary 1 points

QUESTION 14 According to Lazarus and Folksman, ____________ appears to mediate between a potentially stressful event and the emotional, physiological, and behavioral response to that event. the appraisal of the event the magnitude of the event the frequency of occurrence of the event the number of other people who are present in the event 1 points QUESTION 15 Sydney had an operation on his right eye and has to wear an eye patch for three weeks. While he is wearing the eye patch, Sydney will lose his ability to _______. utilize any depth cues perceive depth with reference to texture gradient rely on motion parallax to perceive depth utilize retinal disparity to perceive depth 1 points

QUESTION 16 Which of the following principles does the Ponzo illusion use to achieve its effect? interposition symmetry retinal disparity linear perspective 1 points

QUESTION 17 In one of the videos played in the lecture on social psychology, participants were introduced to one of two actors in a room. Participants were more likely to imitate the gestures of the actor when the actor responded positively while conversing with the participants. the actor was wearing a white lab coat. the actor was wearing a black suit. the actor responded negatively while conversing with the participants. 1 points

QUESTION 18 Mark is listening as his roommate lists 14 things that they need to buy for their apartment before the end of the week. Based on Miller’s research on short term memory, if Mark doesn’t write the items down as he hears them, he is most likely to remember ________. less than 5 of the items from the list between 5 and 9 items from the list approximately 10 to 12 items from the list the entire list 1 points

QUESTION 19 Being born with long fingers may make it more likely that you’ll be invited to play a stringed instrument, which would increase amount of time you practice the instrument, which would increase the chance of you playing in a famous orchestra. The magnification of this genetic advantage (having long fingers) by the environment is known as the__________. kewpie-doll effect teratogenic effect reaction range / range of reaction multiplier effect 1 points

QUESTION 20 The iconic memory __________. holds information for a lifetime usually lasts for about 250 milliseconds usually lasts for about 30 seconds can be maintained by rehearsal 1 points

QUESTION 21 In the lecture activity on developmental psychology, students who failed the jellybean/candy task (in which students were asked to mentally manipulate the numbers of candies with two jars) made mistakes that were most similar to those made by children in the _______________. preoperational stage concrete operational stage pre-conventional stage formal operational stage 1 points

QUESTION 22 Which of the following brain areas is MOST associated with obsessive compulsive disorder? orbitofrontal cortex ventricles anterior cingulate cortex temporal lobes 1 points

QUESTION 23 In Milgram’s obedience experiment, over 60 percent of the participants refused to deliver shocks beyond 150 volts. asked to be released from the experiment by 135 volts. went all the way to 450 volts. refused to deliver shocks past the 300-volt level. 1 points

QUESTION 24 Lewis has agreed to proofread a long legal brief that Trudy has written, even though he doesn’t really like Trudy. Lewis knows that he will not receive any additional pay for his extra work, and he thinks that proofreading is one of the most boring jobs there is. However, after the legal brief is finished, Lewis decides that proofreading isn’t such a bad job after all; he feels that at times he actually enjoyed the exacting work. The change in attitude that Lewis has experienced can best be explained using __________. the principle of consensus the concept of normative social influence the concept of cognitive dissonance the concept of unanimity

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is Option A. Forgetting ocurrs rapidly after 20 minutes have passed.

2. The correct answer is Option C. Irt is red, blue and green.

3. The correct answer is Option D. This is an external attribution.

4. The correct answer is Option D. This illustrates sensory adaptation.

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