On the very first day of class, Mr. Boyarsky gave his students a test. When some complained, he responded that he wanted to know what their talents were, so he was giving them a test to predict what kind of skills they might learn best, and what kind of jobs they might like to do one day. Mr. Boyarsky's test was a. an aptitude test. b. an intelligence test. c. an achievement test. d. a personality test. e. a projective test.

Which emotion theory places the greatest emphasis on physiological changes happening first, which are then followed by an experience of an emotion? a. Schachter-Singer theory. b. James-Lange theory. c. Cannon-Bard theory. d. Arousal theory e. Incentive theory.

Albert Bandura believed that children could learn not only by doing behaviors themselves, but also by watching models perform those behaviors. His ideas expanded the idea of learning to include a. observational learning. b. classical conditioning. c. operant conditioning. d. latent learning. e. rote learning.

Galileo’s notion that the earth revolved around the sun was in opposition to the widespread beliefs of his day. What social psychological principle is this an example of? a. Social thinking. b. Group polarization. c. Conformity. d. A stereotype. e. Minority influence.

Paul was unable to correctly identify the right shade of blue his wife wanted at the paint store, so he purchased various hues and brought them home. Apparently the ability to detect the varieties of the different blues fell below Paul’s a. signal detection. b. absolute threshold. c. difference threshold. d. excitatory level. e. inhibitory level.

Becoming less self-conscious and less restrained, when in a group situation is referred to as a. social loafing. b. deindividuation. c. social facilitation. d. obedience. e cognitive dissonance.

A researcher finds a difference between an experimental group and a control group that is less likely due to chance and more likely due to the manipulation of the independent variable. This finding then is most likely lo be a. a replication. b statistically significant. c. below the margin of error. d. reliable, but not valid. e. valid, but not reliable.

Which of the following is an example of conformity? a. Malik has had a series of dogs over the years. Each has learned to curl up at his feet when he watches television. b. Renee buys the same brand of sweatshirt that most of the kids in her school are wearing. c. Jonah makes sure to arrive home before his curfew because he knows he will be grounded if he doesn't. d. Yuri makes sure to arrive home before her curfew because she does not want her parents to be disappointed in her. e. Terry cranks it up a notch during volleyball practice because the team captain has been on her case for not showing enough effort.

Which of the following is the best phrase for a bond of bust and mutual understanding be tween a therapist and client who are working to overcome the client's problem? a. Therapeutic alliance. b. EMDR. c. Evidence-based practice. d. Meta-analysis. e. Outcome research.

What term refers to thoughts about who or what we blame for our successes and failures? a. Stability. b. Emotional memory. c. The social-cognitive perspective. d. Explanatory style. e. Dissociative reasoning.

A therapist tells a CEO that the reason he yells and screams at his staff is due to behavior he learned as a child. When he was a child, he threw temper tantrums In order to get his way. What is the term for this defense mechanism? a. Regression. b. Reaction formation. c. Projection. d. Rationalization. e. Sublimation.

Which of the following is an example of an assessment likely to be used by a social-cognitive psychologist? a. A student teacher is formally observed and evaluated in the class room. b. A person applying for a managerial position takes the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. c. A defendant in a criminal case is interviewed by a court-appointed psychologist. d. In a pre-marriage counseling session, a young couple responds to ambiguous inkblots. e. A depressed young man is asked by his therapist to relax on a couch and talk about what ever co mes to mind.

In the early twentieth century, French psychologists led by Alfred Binet developed the first test for intelligence to be given to French school children for the purpose of a. selecting the most capable to be turned as future leaders. b. identifying those who might be wasting their talents and not taking school seriously. c. testing whether French teachers merited higher pay. d. evaluating the quality of French schools. e. finding children who were struggling academically.

Dr. Warren is testing the link between the consumption of caffeine and a person’s memory. She randomly divides 300 participants into three groups and gives each participant an energy drink to consume. Some of the drinks have high levels of caffeine, some have medium amounts, and some have none at all—but they all taste the same. About 30 minutes later, she has the participants play a memory game on the computer where they have to match faces and names together. At the end of the game, the computer thanks them for playing, and their scores are sent to Dr.Warren’s lab. The dependent variable in the experiment is a. how quickly the participants matched the names and faces. b. the participants’ scores from the memory game. c. the amount of caffeine they consumed. d. their explanations about how they played the game. e. the amount of caffeine they consume in a typical week.