OC userin Psychology·1 May 20184. Learning a second language can be very beneficial, especially if learned during the sensitive period of childhood. When a second language is learned later in life A) the person will always have trouble with their native language B) Broca's area will get larger C) a different area of the brain will be activated during production of the second language D) this person will have no problems switching from one language to the other E) the production of their native language will activate Wernicke's area
OC userin Psychology·27 Apr 201829. Which of the following statements regarding conflicts between teenagers and their parents is true? A) when conflicts do occur, they are more likely to occur with fathers than with mothers B) girls assume that their parents will grant them autonomy at a later age than boys do C) most adolescents disagree with their parents' rights to make rules D) younger adolescents feel that it is less appropriate for parents to make the rules than do older adolescents E) boys and girls do not differ regarding the age at which they expect parents to grant them more autonomy
OC userin Psychology·28 Apr 201822. The theories of Richard Lazarus and Stanley Schachter are similar because both A) propose that emotion is caused by unconscious conflicts B) propose that extrinsic reward decreases intrinsic motivation C) propose that emotional expression is culturally determined D) propose that cognitive appraisals are an essential component of emotional experience E) all of the above
OC userin Psychology·25 Apr 20187. Gifted individuals have a higher than normal IQ (120 or above) and cognitively disabled individuals obtain IQ's between about 50 and 70. Both of these groups A) often need special educational opportunities B) tend to walk earlier C) need large amounts of support D) are often victims of stereotypes E) both A&D
OC userin Psychology·26 Apr 201812. Brian and Lisa differ in their abilities to perform certain types of intellectual tasks. Brian is probably better at _and Lisa is more than likely better at A) mental rotation tasks, target-directed motor skills B) perceptual speed, verbal fluency C) spatial tasks, verbal fluency D) ideational fluency, spatial tasks E) target-directed motor skills, spatial tasks
OC userin Psychology·25 Apr 201843. Compared to cognitive dissonance theory, self-perception theory A) makes quite different predictions about attitude change B) gives quite different explanations of attitude change C) provides a more sophisticated methodology for measuring the psychological tension of dissonance D) is based on many more elaborate theoretical constructs E) there is no difference between the two
OC userin Psychology·27 Apr 20181. Another form of intelligence that has attracted a lot of attention is emotional intelligence. A person with a high emotional IQ A) has the ability to read others' emotions accurately B) often have even higher verbal IQ scores C) usually doesn't attend university D) are intellectually disabled in a general sense E) both A&C
OC userin Psychology·26 Apr 201840. Alice is normally very restless and fidgety, whereas Shelley is usually quiet and easygoing. The two children most clearly differ in a. sex chromosomes. b. temperament. c. heritability d. intelligence.
OC userin Psychology·24 Apr 201826. A new measure of 1.Q. is normally distributed with a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 1.0. Based on what you know about normal distribution, we should expect that 95% of all scores will fall between A) a score of 9 and a score of 11 B) a score of 70 and a score of 130 C) a score of 8 and a score of 12 D) a score of 1 and a score of 10 E) impossible to tell from this information
OC userin Psychology·26 Apr 201810. Dreams often involve sudden emotional reactions and surprising changes in scene. This best serves to support the theory that dreams a represent the brain's attempt to interpret random neural activity. b. provide a summary of the previous day's events. c. reflect one's level of cognitive development. d. represent our failures and current fears.
OC userin Psychology·24 Apr 201856. As you study for the Christmas exam, which of the following would be the worst strategy to use in order to get the best grade? A) using massed practice B) using elaborative rehearsal C) overlearning the material D) using imagery E) linking new material to information already in memory
OC userin Psychology·22 Apr 201824. According to research, the risk of fatal drug overdose by addicts increases A) when the drug is taken in an unfamiliar setting B) when the drug is taken in the presence of others C) when the drug is taken in isolation D) as physical tolerance increases E) none of these; the risk of overdose is constantly high with addiction
OC userin Psychology·21 Apr 201825) "The cat ate the rat" and "the rat was eaten by the cat", both have the same? But different?
OC userin Psychology·20 Apr 201816. According to a large scale U.S. survey based on a nationally representative sample of 19 to 59 year olds, Laumann and colleagues (1994) found that A) single adults who do not cohabitate were more sexually active than married adults B) cohabitating adults were more sexually active than married adults C) men and women have sex with a partner about equally often, but men masturbate and fantasize about sex more often than women do D) all of the above E) only B and C above