PSYCHOLOGY 2000 DR. LONG – LSU LATEST 2024 VERSION TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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PSYCHOLOGY 2000 DR. LONG – LSU LATEST 2024 VERSION TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
The term ___ refers to stimuli that are below the level of conscious awareness - Answer-subliminal stimuli
The ____ is the lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50 perce...
PSYCHOLOGY 2000 DR. LONG – LSU
LATEST 2024 VERSION TEST
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
The term ___ refers to stimuli that are below the level of conscious awareness -
Answer-subliminal stimuli
The ____ is the lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50
percent of the time the stimulation is present. - Answer-absolute threshold
The ____ contains the receptor cells for the sense of hearing. - Answer-organ of corti
Depth perception seems to develop: - Answer-in early infancy
____ cells have a single dendrite at one end and a single axon at the other. - Answer-
bipolar
Which of the following is TRUE about the lens - Answer-is changes shape to bring
objects into focus
Rods are visual sensory receptors responsible for: - Answer-noncolor sensitivity to low
light
____ is due to the lack of functioning cones. - Answer-monochrome color blindness
Many people believe that some stimuli act upon the unconscious mind and influence
behavior, a process called: - Answer-subliminal perception
The best current explanation for how pain works is the: - Answer-gate-control theory
The sense of pain can be diminished by: - Answer-a sense of control
___ can inhibit transmission of pain signals in the brain. - Answer-endorphins
Cooking grease splatters on John while he is making breakfast, and he quickly jumps
away from the stove. The pain he experiences is best described as ____ pain. -
Answer-somatic
Which of the following is TRUE about the Necker Cube? - Answer-it has conflicting sets
of depth cues
, Why is is that people who live in Western cultures are more susceptible to the Muller-
Lyer illusion than those who do not? - Answer-buildings have more straight lines and
corners in Western cultures
When you smell bread baking, the bread odor particles: - Answer-are in the nose
If a correlation coefficient is positive: - Answer-the two variables increase in the same
direction
Researchers who allow their expectations about what they will see to affect the results
of their observation studies are suffering from: - Answer-observer bias
Experimenters control the effects of extraneous or confounding variables upon
members of experimental and control groups by using: - Answer-random assignment
Researchers use ___ for reducing bias and error in the measurement of data. - Answer-
the scientific method
Correlation will tell researchers all of the following EXCEPT ___ between variables. -
Answer-if there is causation
Freud believed that personality was formed: - Answer-in the first 6 years of life
What did Watson believe about behavior? - Answer-it is learned
The psychological perspective that is associated with William James is: - Answer-
functionalism
John Watson believe that phobias: - Answer-are learned through the process of
conditioning
When Mary took the survey in the mall, she noticed that the interviewer was wearing an
Obama button. She answered the questions more favorably toward Obama than she
might otherwise have, probably because: - Answer-of courtesy bias
Dr. Edwards wants to show a casual relationship between tobacco smoking and cancer.
Dr. Edwards should: - Answer-conduct an experiment using animal participants.
Sasha sat in the preschool classroom and watched the children play, writing down how
well they interacted with each other. The children could see that Sasha was watching
them, so they made an attempt to be extra well-behaved for her. Sasha's research will
be impacted by: - Answer-the observer effect
Anna is 45 years old and is suffering from hot flashes and extreme moodiness. From
a(n)____ perspective, Anna's symptoms can be attributed to menopause. - Answer-
biopsychological
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