5 Written Questions

1. _______________ develop from two separate eggs fertilized by different sperm and therefore are no more genetically similar than ordinary siblings, (p. 69)
2. According to the social-cognitive perspective, personality is shaped through _________, or the interaction between personality and environmental factors, (p. 443)
3. In operant conditioning, positive reinforcement strengthens a response by presenting a typically pleasurable stimulus after that response, (p. 234)
4. A __________ is a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently. Although heuristics are more efficient than algorithms, they do not guar­antee success and sometimes even impede prob­lem solving, (p. 290)
5. The _________ is the tendency to perceive oneself favorably, (p. 453)

5 Matching Questions

1. Biomedical therapy
2. posthypnotic suggestion
3. Personality disorders
4. Basal metabolic rate
5. dissociative identity disorder

1. a _________ is the use of prescribed med­ications or medical procedures that act on a patient's nervous system to treat psychological disorders, (p. 497)
2. b __________ are characterized by inflex­ible and enduring maladaptive character traits that impair social functioning, (p. 474)
3. c is the body's base rate of energy expenditure when resting, (p. 341)
4. d The __________ is a dissocia­tive disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities; also called multiple personality disorder, (p. 473)
5. e A ____________ is a suggestion made during a hypnosis session that is to be carried out when the subject is no longer hypnotized, (p. 201)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ of speech development, which begins around 4 months, is characterized by the spontaneous utterance of speech sounds. During the babbling stage, children the world over sound alike, (p. 300)
   1. The case study
   2. The experimental
   3. The babbling stage
   4. Personal space
2. ______________, which develops during the sensorimotor stage, is the awareness that things do not cease to exist when not perceived, (p. 105)
   1. Physical dependence
   2. Latent learning
   3. overconfidence
   4. Object permanence
3. described by Masters and Johnson consists of four stages of bodily reac­tion: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. (p. 351)
   1. The sexual response cycle
   2. vestibular sense
   3. Applied research
   4. The rods and cones
4. Comprised of the axons of retinal ganglion cells, the ____________ carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain, (p. 146)
   1. prototype
   2. Testosterone
   3. brainstem
   4. optic nerve
5. ______________ (a term derived from the Greek word for "joint") is the fertilized egg, that is, the cluster of cells formed during conception by the union of sperm and egg. (p. 100)
   1. heuristic
   2. The zygote
   3. The retina
   4. superego

5 True/False Question

1. Person Centered Therapy → The therapeutic technique based on humanistic theory which is non-directive and empathic
   

   True        False

2. Intelligence tests → Fluid intelligence refers to a person's ability to reason speedily and abstractly. Fluid intelligence tends to decline with age. (p. 128)
   

   True        False

3. The general adaptation syndrome (GAS) → is the three-stage sequence of bodily reaction to stress outlined by Hans Selye. (p. 397)
   

   True        False

4. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) → ______________refers to the physi­cal and cognitive abnormalities that heavy drink­ing by a pregnant woman may cause in the devel­oping child, (p. 101)
   

   True        False

5. Stimulants → Located atop the brainstem, the _____________ routes incoming messages to the appropriate cortical centers and transmits replies to the medulla and cerebellum, (p. 47)
   

   True        False