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Major Field Test Study Questions and Answers John Watson is to Edward Titchener as ________ is to ________. - Answer-observable behavior; inner sensations The fact that many happy and well-adjusted adults were once rebellious and unhappy as adolescents is most relevant to the issue of: - Answe...

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Major Field Test Study Questions and
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John Watson is to Edward Titchener as ________ is to ________. - Answer✔✔-observable

behavior; inner sensations


The fact that many happy and well-adjusted adults were once rebellious and unhappy as

adolescents is most relevant to the issue of: - Answer✔✔-stability or change


You come home one night to find a burglar in your house. Your heart starts racing and you begin

to perspire. These physical reactions are triggered by the: - Answer✔✔-sympathetic nervous

system


Repeatedly washing your hands is to ________ as repeatedly thinking about your own death is

to ________ - Answer✔✔-compulsion; obsession


After a stressful day at the office, Arthur has five or six drinks at a local bar before going home

for dinner. Research suggests that Arthur's heavy drinking will have the most adverse effect on

his ability to remember: - Answer✔✔-the next day the names of the people he talked to and

what he said while drinking




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Experts who defend intelligence tests against the charge of being culturally biased and

discriminatory would be most likely to highlight the ________ of intelligence tests. -

Answer✔✔-predictive validity


Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test in

order to measure the ________ of a test. - Answer✔✔-reliability


Environmental influences on personality traits are most clearly highlighted by comparing

________ with ________. - Answer✔✔-identical twins raised together; identical twins raised

apart


The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered a(n) ________ test. -

Answer✔✔-achievement


The sequence of brain regions from oldest to newest is: - Answer✔✔-brain stem; limbic system;

cerebral cortex


On some college football teams, players are rewarded for outstanding performance with a gold

star on their helmets. This practice best illustrates the use of: - Answer✔✔-incentives


Professor Pegler's research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences people's

assessments of financial risks. Which specialty area does his research best represent? -

Answer✔✔-cognitive psychology


If your __________ is destroyed, the left side of your brain could not control the movements of

your right hand. - Answer✔✔-corpus callosum



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Four-year-old Della asks her mother for a special treat every time they go to the grocery store.

Although at one time her mother granted every request, she now does so less consistently.

Research suggests that Della will: - Answer✔✔-soon give up asking for a treat entirely


Research on obesity and weight control indicates that: - Answer✔✔-no matter how carefully

people diet, they can never lose fat cells.


As an aid to memorizing lengthy speeches, ancient Greek orators would visualize themselves

moving through familiar locations. They were making use of: - Answer✔✔-implicit memory


Logan is an unsuccessful businessman who feels little satisfaction with life. In order to increase

his subjective well-being, Logan should: - Answer✔✔-imagine what his life might be like if he

were suffering from a fatal disease


When people are asked to recall a list of words they had earlier memorized, they often

substitute synonyms for some of the words on the original list. This best illustrates the effects

of: - Answer✔✔-implicit memory


Carl Rogers would have suggested that many of the defense mechanisms described by Freud are

used to minimize the perceived discrepancy between: - Answer✔✔-the actual self and the ideal

self


On the basis of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, one would be least likely to predict that a: -

Answer✔✔-prisoner might choose to die rather than betray his country


For a thirsty person, drinking water serves to reduce: - Answer✔✔-drive



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Edward Titchener is to ________ as William James is to ________. - Answer✔✔-structuralism;

functionalism


A person who thinks it's wrong to drive over the speed limit simply because one might get

punished for doing so is demonstrating Kohlberg's ________ stage of morality.




A person who thinks it's wrong to drive over the speed limit simply because one might get

punished for doing so is demonstrating Kohlberg's ________ stage of morality. - Answer✔✔-

preoperational


The egocentrism of preschoolers was most strongly emphasized by: - Answer✔✔-Piaget's

cognitive development theory


The proper se of condoms: - Answer✔✔-dramatically reduces the risk of HIV infections but fails

to prevent the transmission of certain other STIs.


Your psychology professor has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of

sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions

actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the

________ of the test. - Answer✔✔-validity


Prejudice is most likely to develop as a way of justifying: - Answer✔✔-social inequalities


Compared with Freud, contemporary research psychologists are less likely to think of

unconscious mental dynamics as involving: - Answer✔✔-motivational conflict


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