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1. A friend says that he is seeing a cognitive therapist for treatment of social

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Question

1. A friend says that he is seeing a cognitive therapist for treatment of social anxiety. You tell him to expect that the therapist will

a. ask him about how his parents treated his friends in childhood.

b.help him change negative thoughts about meeting people in social situations.

c. ask him to view films of other people making friends in social situations.

d. ask him about his dreams.

2. Each cerebral hemisphere can be roughly divided into four lobes. Which lobe receives and processes auditory information?

a. frontal lobe.

b. temporal lobe.

c. parietal lobe.

d. occipital lobe.

3. The independent variable in an experiment is

a. the subject himself

b. a measure of the subject's behavior

c. the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate

d. any unwanted variable that may negatively affect the subject's performance

4. The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system together make up the

a. central nervous system.

b. peripheral nervous system.

c. sympathetic nervous system.

d. parasympathetic nervous system.

5. The structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is the

a. corpus callosum

b. reticular formation

c. limbic system

d. hypothalamus

6. Too little dopamine in the brain is associated with symptoms of

a. schizophrenia.

b. anxiety.

c. Alzheimer's disease.

d. Parkinson's disease.

7. Which of the following is the best example of naturalistic observation?

a. comparing headache reports from two groups listening to different types of music

b. conducting sleep research in a laboratory

c.interviewing college students about their study habits

d. watching children play in a park and recording their behavior

8. Which psychological perspective supports the need to study behavior in different societies throughout the world?

a. evolutionary psychology

b. cross-cultural psychology

c. psychodynamic psychology

d. humanistic psychology

Explanation / Answer

Answer 1. B. Help him change negative thoughts about meeting people in social situations.

Answer 2. B. Temporal lobe

Answer 3. C. The variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate

Answer 4. B. Peripheral nervous system

Answer 5. A. Corpus callosum

Answer 6. A. Schizophrenia

Answer 7. D.Watching children playing in park and recording their behaviour

Answer 8. B. Cross cultural paychology