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Aaron recently moved to a new school and has been having a hard time with the transition. He looked up his symptoms on the internet, and he now thinks he may have an anxiety disorder. If he wants to see a professional who specializes in diagnoses, he is likely to find a ___________________.

Developmental Psychologist

Forensic Psychologist   

Clinical Psychologist

School Psychologist

Andrea is a high school teacher who periodically calls on students in her class. Beth loves getting called on. Beth knows that she will be called on at least once, but doesn't know when during the class period it will happen. What type of reinforcement schedule is Andrea using?

fixed ratio

fixed interval

variable interval

variable ratio

James was in a snowboarding accident and suffered a severe head injury. Since the accident, James can no longer feel anything in his right leg. Which part of the brain has James most likely injured?

Association cortex

Motor cortex

Secondary sensory cortext

Primary sensory cortex

Sally conducts a research study that examines the effects of sunshine on extracurricular activities among students in her college. What type of statistics should she use in order to generalize her findings to a larger population of students in other colleges

descriptive

correlational

inferential

validity

When you wake up from a full night of sleep, you vividly remember one of your dreams. In this dream, you were in psychology class taking notes, then suddenly you were on the beach with your friend when your best friend turned into your dad. The next thing you know, you were at the zoo petting a lion. What stage of sleep did this dream likely occur?

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3 or 4

Stage 5

Dr. Marta has created a new therapy treatment for depression called "The Marta Cure. " Some of her patients have claimed that her treatment is very effective. She uses these patients' testimonials as evidence for the effectiveness of the Marta Cure. This illustrates which warning sign of pseudoscience?

Ad hoc immunizing

Lack of self-correction

Overreliance on ancedotes

Evasion of peer review

Coach Mushchamp wants his players to relax before playing in any SEC game. At the halfway point in the season, instead of the crazy electronic music he normally blares in the locker room, he switches to classical music before the games. What is the dependent variable in this scenario?

The type of music

The players' anxiety levels

The coach

The original dance music

Marco snores at night and he sometimes wakes up struggling to breathe. Marco's doctor tells him that his airway is blocked during sleep. What is Marco most likely suffering from?

Lucid dreams

Nightmares

Night terrors

Sleep apnea

Donatella physically moves and acts out her dreams while asleep. Gianni spontaneously loses muscle tone and enters REM sleep when he is physiologically aroused. Donatella most likely has __________, while Gianni most likely has __________.

nightmares; insomnia

REM behavior disorder; narcolepsy

sleep terror disorder; sleepwalking

sleep apnea; nightmares

Dina finds that after a night of drinking she wakes up feeling more tired the next day. She doesn't understand why because she falls asleep very easily on these nights and sleeps for 7-10 hours. What is the most likely explanation for Dina's fatigue as a result of her alcohol consumption?

Dina didn’t eat enough pizza before she went to sleep.

Dina didn’t spend enough time in stage 2 sleep.

Dina didn’t get enough delta wave sleep.

Dina stopped breathing very briefly hundreds of times over the course of the night without realizing it.

You meet a psychologist who says she views hypnosis from the social-cognitive perspective. Which of the following is the best description of what her view of hypnosis would be?

The hypnotized person role is only played when people who have been hypnotized are in a social setting.

There is no hypnotized person role; hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness.

People play the role of a hypnotized person; hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness.

People play the role of a hypnotized person; hypnosis is not an altered state of consciousness.

Alice is trying to remember ten words. So, she decides to link the words to each other in a meaningful way by thinking of a story that uses all ten words. What strategy is Alice using to extend her short-term memory span?

maintenance reversal

elaborative rehearsal

priming

pegword

I invited a spiritual medium to my birthday party so that she could bring the spirit of my deceased grandmother to the party. The spiritual medium is happy to come but tells me that she won't be able to bring the spirit of my grandmother into the room if there is anyone at the party who doesn't believe in her ability as a medium. This is an example of a(n)

ad hoc immunizing hypothesis.

anecdote

bandwagon fallacy.

emotional reasoning fallacy.

Explanation / Answer

Answer )

1. Clinical psychologist

2. Variable ratio

3. Primary sensory cortex

4. Inferential

5. Stage 3 or 4

6. Overreliance on anecdotes

7. Players anxiety levels

8. Sleep apnea

9. REM behavior disorder; narcolepsy

10. Dina didn’t spend enough time in stage 2 sleep.

11. There is no hypnotized person role , hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness

12. Pegword

13. Ad hoc immunizing hypothesis

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