51. The capacity of short-term memory is, on the average, _____ chunks for numbers, _____ chunks for letters, and _____ chunks for words.  A. five; six; seven B. six; seven; eight C. seven; seven; seven D. seven; eight; nine 52. If the letters OBACKFIBHJCA are rearranged into HBO-JFK-CIA-ABC, they become much easier to store in short-term memory. This phenomenon illustrates the usefulness of _____ in short-term memory.  A. rehearsal B. chunking […]

  21.A group of students discusses their grades on their first psychology exam. Which student is making a dispositional attribution? A)Arne says, “I’ll never pass this course. I’m just stupid.” B)Beck says, “I did well because the test was really easy.” C)Claire says, “The professor thinks I’m cute, so he graded my essays easy.” D)Donal says, “My lucky rabbit’s foot worked!” E)Earl says, “I flunked; […]

  11. Current surveys show that the majority of mental health professionals see themselves as leaning  A. predominantly toward the humanistic approach. B. predominantly toward the psychodynamic approach. C. predominantly toward the behavioral approach. D. toward one approach but borrowing methods from other approaches when appropriate. 12. Jin’s therapist is currently helping her to recognize that she is unknowingly controlled by a need to dominate people. According to Jin’s therapist, Jin […]

  111. Which of the following statements has been identified as a limitation of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?  A. The definition of “moral judgment” is not the same for every culture. B. Kohlberg thought development ended during adolescence. C. There is no solid evidence that people tend to progress upward through Kohlberg’s stages. D. Kohlberg believed that every adult would reach the highest stage. 112. Because Lawrence Kohlberg used an […]

  121.Regarding genetic factors in schizophrenia, which of the following statements is FALSE? A)When one identical twin has schizophrenia, the other twin has a 45% to 50% chance of having the disorder. B)About 13% of people with a schizophrenic parent develop the disorder themselves. C)The closer the genetic relationship a person shares with a schizophrenic, the greater the likelihood that the person will have or […]

    61. Sir Francis Galton assumed that skull size is related to intelligence, this was _____ measure of intelligence.  A. a reliable, but not a valid B. a valid, but not a reliable C. both a reliable and a valid D. neither a reliable nor a valid     62. A researcher develops a questionnaire to assess the personality trait of impulsivity among adults. In a journal article, she presents […]

    31. Leslie adapts well to life’s challenges and often finds ways to turn negative events into positive ones. Based on evidence in your text, it is unlikely that Leslie will experience A. the empty nest. B. a midlife crisis. C. generativity. D. deindividuation.       32. Martha tends to express a lot of negativity and often feels like the events in her […]

    21. _____ focuses on decision making about stimuli under conditions of uncertainty.  A. Parallel processing perspective B. Trichromatic theory C. Opponent-process theory D. Signal detection theory 22. What theory of perception proposes that detection of stimuli depends on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, physical intensity of the stimulus, fatigue of the observer, and expectancy?  A. Opponent-process theory B. Multiple perceptual context theory C. Signal detection theory D. Weber’s theory […]

  91. Cash is trying to decide what therapist and treatment approach will work best for him. He asks his friend, Tango, who suggests he should consider all of the following except:  A. The treatment approach, methods, and goals the person finds comfortable and appealing B. Whether the therapist has undergone formal training and has earned postgraduate degrees C. Information about a therapist’s “track record” with a particular method […]

What Is Motivation?   1. Which of the following is the best definition of motivation? a.The process involved when people seek to meet their personal needs b.The process involved when goal-directed activity is instigated and sustained c.The process involved when people increase their behavior to receive reinforcers and avoid punishers d.The process involved in which people seek to be all they can be and become […]