Seven-year-old Daniel was able to see that the dot-to-dot puzzle was going to form a picture of a tiger even before he started drawing on the puzzle. Which Gestalt principle helped Daniel perceive the tiger from all the unconnected dots? a. Proximity b. Continuity c. Bipolar cues d. Retinal disparity e. Closure

Which of the following is most clearly a biological influence on disordered drug use? a. Significant stress. b. Variations in neurotransmitter systems. c. An urban environment. d. Peer influence. e. A lack of purpose.

A babysitter cuts a sandwich into three equal pieces, then keeps two and gives one to the child she is caring for. The child is upset that this is unfair, so the babysitter divides the child's piece into two. Since each of them now has two pieces, the child is content. According to Jean Piaget, this is because the child lacks a. accommodation. b. assimilation. c. formal operational knowledge. d. sensorimotor ability. e. conservation.

Dr. Alscott has examined two sets of data from his research. In the first set, the standard deviation was very small, while in the second set there was a much larger standard deviation. Based on this information, what conclusion can be drawn from these two sets? a. The median was greater than the mean in the second set. b. The mean was greater than the median in the second set. c. The standard deviation in both sets reveled a positive correlation between the, data. d. Most data points were closer to the mean in the first set than in the second. e. Most data points were closer to the mean in the second set than in the first.

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.

The sound of a sizzling steak or the smell of a warm apple pie might make people want to eat those items. In the study of motivation, the sound and smell are considered to be a. incentives. b. arousal-inducing. c. drives. d. self-actualization needs. e. fixed-action patterns.

The developmental theories of Lev Vygotsky differed from those of Jean Piaget in that Vygotsky a. emphasized the role of social environment. b. thought that Piaget ignored psychosexual development of children. c. questioned Piaget's focus on adult development. d. focused more on moral development. e. thought that the spiritual, component of children's growth was essential.

Which of the following most accurately describes a projective test? a. A test designed to reveal a person's inner ability to do a task he or she has not tried before. b. A test that shows ii person 's true preferences, based on responses to multiple-choice questions. c. A test that indicates the level of indifference to pain that a person experiences. d. A test created to see if one has an anxiety-inducing problem, but is instead claiming that others have that problem. e. A test that prompts a person to reveal sudden conflicts by responding to ambiguous stimuli.

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.

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.

When a person performs a heroic act solely for public praise she is on which developmental level according to Lawrence Kohliberg. a. Preconventional. b. Postconventional. c. Conventional. d. Concrete operational. e. Formal operational.

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.

A rat jumps each time it seas a green light flash, because the green light has always appeared just before an electric shock. In classical conditioning the initial learning of the connection between the light and the shock is referred to as a. spontaneous recovery. b. extinction. c. generalization. d. accommodation. e. acquisition.

Seven days a year, Tiger Stadium becomes the _ fifth largest city in the state of Louisiana. Over 92,000 fans pack the stadium to watch the Tigers | play. After the game, if the fans leave at a rate of | 10% per minute, how long will it take before the | stadium is half empty? — a : :