SDC Psychology UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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SDC Psychology UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The type of memory that is most likely an encyclopedia or a dictionary is - CORRECT
ANSWER- semantic memory
The goals of psychology are to - CORRECT ANSWER- describe, explain, predict, and
control behavior
Anything that incre...
SDC Psychology UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The type of memory that is most likely an encyclopedia or a dictionary is - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- semantic memory
The goals of psychology are to - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- describe, explain, predict, and
control behavior
Anything that increases the likelihood that a behavior will increase is called a(n) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- reinforcer
Cognitive psychologists are a subgroup of experimental psychologists who are concerned
primarily with - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mental events which intervene between stimuli
and responses
The branch of life sciences which involves the structure and function of the brain and nervous
system is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- neuroscience
Conditioned emotional responses are some of the easiest forms of classical conditioning to
accomplish, as demonstrated by the fact that our lives are so full of them - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- true
The shortest wavelengths that we can see are experienced as_________ colors. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- blue
Selma notices that as her supply of marijuana decreases, she starts thinking more and more
about where she can get another supply as well as feeling nervous and anxious. This is an
example of ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- psychological dependence
, An individual's semantic memory contains: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- background
knowledge about words, symbols, concepts and rules arranged as hierarchies of information
in categories and subordinate categories
The medulla, pons, and cerebellum are all apart of the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
hindbrain
What must be paired together for classical conditioning to occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus
Which research stated in his book Finding Meaning in Dreams, that the nature of a person's
dreams may be influenced by the personality of their culture. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Domhoff
Which of the following statements about punishment is NOT true? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Rewards should always immediately follow punishments.
Your friend has experienced excessive daytime sleepiness. He is laughing with you and
suddenly falls to the ground. Your friend is probably suffering from ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- narcolepsy
The divergent thinking technique of starting with a central idea an drawing a "map" with lines
from the center to the other related ideas and then forming a mental image of the concepts
and their connections is known as_____________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mind or
subject mapping
The part of the brain which interprets visual information is the__________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- occipital lobe
In the experiment with Little Albert, the conditioned stimulus was_________________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the rat
Which of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American
Psychological Association? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- participants must be allowed to
make an informed decision
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