Psychology Chapter 5

Which statement concerning studies of cocaine self-administertion by rats is FALSE?


B) Rats will learn to press a lever if doing so produces a cocaine injection
C) Rats will increase their intake of cocaine over time
D) Rats will occasionally binge on cocaine to the point of giving themselves convulsions
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Which statement concerning studies of cocaine self-administertion by rats is FALSE?


B) Rats will learn to press a lever if doing so produces a cocaine injection
C) Rats will increase their intake of cocaine over time
D) Rats will occasionally binge on cocaine to the point of giving themselves convulsions
A) Rats frequently will chose cocaine over sweets
According to Frued, a college students dynamic unconscious is LEAST likely to contain:

A) current goals for the semester-
B) repressed sexual urges
C) destructive urges toward herself
D) feelings of hatred for her parents
A) current goals for the semester-
The dichotic listening technique illustrates which property of consciousness?

A) intentionality
B) selectivity-
C) transience NO
D) unity
B) selectivity
Greenwald (1992) presented the words "enemy loses" subliminally to participants These participants then

A) began to think negative things-
B) subsequently overestimated their likelihood of winning an arm wrestling match
C) began to feel positive emotions NO
D) were more likely to donate their preferred political party
A) began to think negative things-
Which drug is associated with the FEWEST physical withdrawal symptoms?

A) barbiturates
B) LSD-
C) alcohol NO
D) cocaine
B) LSD
Four participants sign up for an experiment examining the effects of alcohol on sociability. One participant is given an alcoholic beverage to drink and is told that it is alcohol. A second participant is given an alcoholic beverage to drink but is told it is non alcoholic. a third participant drinks a nonalcoholic beverage but is told that it contains alcohol, and a fourth participant is given a nonalcoholic beverage and is told that is nonalcoholic. Suppose that the effects of alcohol on sociability were entirely due to expectancy effects. Which participant(s) would behave more socially after drinking?

A) 1st and 3rd-
B) 2nd
C) 3rd
D) 1st and 2nd
A) 1st and 3rd
Which statement about nicotine is TRUE?

A) long term use produces dizziness and a queasy stomach
B) it produces euphoric effects especially in new users
C) it is a benzodiazepine NO
D) it is used primary to avoid withdrawal symptoms-
D) it is used primary to avoid withdrawal symptoms-
Using fMRI, the widespread pattern of brain activity observed when people have nothing specific to which to attend is termed the:

A)Current concerns
B) default network
C) conscious will
D) round effect
B) default network
Stage 2 sleep is associated with:

A) beta waves NO
B) delta waves
C) alpha waves
D) sleep spindles -
D) sleep spindles
____ believed that the human body was a physical machine but that the human mind was made of an immaterial "thinking substance"

A) Benjamin Libet
B) william James
C) Sigmund Freud NO
D) Rene Descartes-
D) Rene Descartes
Our subjective experience of the external world and our mind is called: A) consciousness B) self- perception C) objective reality D) unconscious processingA) consciousnessThe failure to retrieve memories following hypnotic suggestions to forget is termed: A) Posthypnotic amnesia- B) hypnotic analgesia C) anterograde amnesia D) hypnogogic amnesiaA) Posthypnotic amnesiaWilliam James has suggested that self-consciousness occurs when: A) we focus all of our attention on an object B) we simplify our lives and stop being fully conscious C) our attention is drawn to ourselves as an object- D) we can respond to stimuli in our environmentsC) our attention is drawn to ourselves as an object-If a person repeatedly dreams that a parent has been eaten by a tiger, Freud would label the story line of this dream as ______. A) latent B) manifest C)subconscious D) covertB) manifestWhich statement about sleeping medication is TRUE? A) most sleeping pills are not addictive B) Sleeping pills can be effective for short-term treatments of insomnia C) Sleeping pills usually are effective for the long-term management of insomnia. D) The proportion of time spent in REM sleep is increased by sleeping pills.B) Sleeping pills can be effective for short-term treatments of insomniaVanessa is given a drug at a party. She is unsure of what it is and later becomes jittery, anxious, and full of energy. She has been sweating all night and is not sure why. Vanessa likely ingested a: A) depressant B) stimulant- C) narcotic D) hallucinogenB) stimulantThe world record for staying awake is about _____ hours. A) 96 B) 264 C) 458 D) 170B) 264Sleep paralysis is a sleep symptom that is sometimes associated with: A) night terrors B) narcolepsy- C) sleepwalking D) sleep apnea NOB) narcolepsyPeople who can eliminate the Stroop effect under hypnosis show decreased activity in an area of the brain involved with: A) verbal meaning B) color vision C) conflict resolution- D) object recognitionC) conflict resolutionWhat statement about drug addiction is TRUE? A) the majority of drug abusers overcome their drug problems B) Only a small percentage of cigarette smokers will ever be able to quit successfully C) Large scale studies have concluded that drug addiction is an incurable disease D) Recreational drug use inevitably leads to drug addictionA) the majority of drug abusers overcome their drug problems