PSY 301, Introductory Psychology, 2000, Exam 2

Introductory Psychology - Pennebaker

Test 2 (answers are at the end of the test)

1. The tendency to see complete letters on a neon sign, even though some of the bulbs are out, illustrates the principle of:

A. closure.

B. convergence.

C. similarity.

D. constancy.

E. connectedness.

2. Phyllis, a 28-year-old heroin addict, is pregnant. Her baby will be born:

A. with schizophrenia.

B. a heroin addict.

C. visually impaired.

D. with Down syndrome.

E. hyperactive.

3. Because he believes that "real men have no fears," 8-year-old George has difficulty accepting the fact that his father is fearful of losing his job. George's experience is most directly explained by:

A. social learning theory.

B. gender schema theory.

C. evolutionary theory.

D. psychoanalytic theory.

4. When a CS is not followed by a UCS, the subsequent fading of a CR is called:

A. discrimination.

B. generalization.

C. delayed reinforcement.

D. extinction.

E. unexpected response intiative (URI)

5. A postconventional level of morality is most likely to be found in cultures that value:

A. social harmony.

B. utilitarianism.

C. communism.

D. individualism.

E. socialism.

6. The most likely correlation between adult age and level of life satisfaction would be:

A. +10.30

B. + 0.50

C. 0.00

D. 0.50

E. it cannot be computed

7. As Sherod walked away from the camera, the image of his body filled a smaller area of the television screen. Nevertheless, viewers did not perceive Sherod as suddenly shrinking. This illustrates:

A. perceptual adaptation.

B. convergence.

C. visual capture.

D. continuity.

E. size constancy.

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39. According to Jean Piaget, the ability to assume hypothetical conditions and make correct inferences from them first occurs during the stage of

A. sensorimotor development.

B. inferentio-deductive platonic period.

C. formal operations.

D. preoperational development.

E. concrete operations.

40. The earliest vision researchers, Hubel and Wiesel, discovered that neurons in the rear occipital cortex of cats respond only to:

A. complex shapes

B. colors

C. movies

D. simple shapes like lines or dots

E. cat food

Answers:

1a

2b

3b

4d

5d

6c

7e

8a

9a

10b

11e

12b

13a

14a

15b,c

16a,c

17d

18c

19d

20b

21d

22e

23b

24e

25a

26c

27a,b

28a

29b

30c

31d

32 all (bad question)

33b

34a

35b

36b

37b

38a

39c

40d