Question 1

Through which approach was it discovered that top marksmen consistently squeeze the trigger between heartbeats?

Accepted Answer

A)  task analysis 
B)  situational assessment 
C)  biofeedback 
D)  mental conditioning 
A)  task analysis 
B)  situational assessment 
C)  biofeedback 
D)  mental conditioning

Question 2

Regarding the behavior of jurors,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  A jury is less likely to convict a defendant wearing eyeglasses presumably because wearing eye glasses implies intelligence and the defendant wouldn't do anything as foolish as he or she was accused of 
B)  Most jurors tend to be swayed more by the expertise of the witness than the evidence she or he presents. 
C)  Pretrial publicity has not been shown to affect jury deliberations. 
D)  The more severe the crime and the more clear-cut the evidence, the less a jury's biases affect the verdict. 
A)  A jury is less likely to convict a defendant wearing eyeglasses presumably because wearing eye glasses implies intelligence and the defendant wouldn't do anything as foolish as he or she was accused of 
B)  Most jurors tend to be swayed more by the expertise of the witness than the evidence she or he presents. 
C)  Pretrial publicity has not been shown to affect jury deliberations. 
D)  The more severe the crime and the more clear-cut the evidence, the less a jury's biases affect the verdict.

Question 3

When a home team plays better on their own home football field than they do on another team's football field,they are exhibiting

Accepted Answer

A)  territorial behavior. 
B)  social gating. 
C)  behavioral mapping. 
D)  critical markers. 
A)  territorial behavior. 
B)  social gating. 
C)  behavioral mapping. 
D)  critical markers.

Question 4

Intellectual development,language learning,test writing,and teaching strategies would all be of interest to which type of psychologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  environmental 
B)  educational 
C)  developmental 
D)  social 
A)  environmental 
B)  educational 
C)  developmental 
D)  social

Question 5

If Greg learns best through hearing or reading,he is most likely high in which of Gardner's multiple intelligences?

Accepted Answer

A)  visual 
B)  language 
C)  interpersonal 
D)  intrapersonal 
A)  visual 
B)  language 
C)  interpersonal 
D)  intrapersonal

Question 6

Effective appeals for dismantling social dilemmas are usually based on all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  self-interest, such as cost savings. 
B)  the collective good, such as protecting one's own children and future generations. 
C)  a personal desire to take better care of the planet. 
D)  communities getting involved in more groupthink. 
A)  self-interest, such as cost savings. 
B)  the collective good, such as protecting one's own children and future generations. 
C)  a personal desire to take better care of the planet. 
D)  communities getting involved in more groupthink.

Question 7

Which of the following is an effective aid to skill learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of medications to enhance athletic performance 
B)  the emotional conditioning of coaches 
C)  studying a skilled model 
D)  breaking the skill into small, artificial parts 
A)  the use of medications to enhance athletic performance 
B)  the emotional conditioning of coaches 
C)  studying a skilled model 
D)  breaking the skill into small, artificial parts

Question 8

Research indicates that students taught using which type of teaching style tend to do slightly better on achievement tests than those taught by other teaching styles?

Accepted Answer

A)  problem-based learning 
B)  open classroom 
C)  discovery learning 
D)  direct instruction 
A)  problem-based learning 
B)  open classroom 
C)  discovery learning 
D)  direct instruction

Question 9

Overcrowding in animal colonies resulted in which of the following consequences?

Accepted Answer

A)  decreased aggression 
B)  decreased death rates 
C)  increases in pregnancies 
D)  decreased maternal behavior 
A)  decreased aggression 
B)  decreased death rates 
C)  increases in pregnancies 
D)  decreased maternal behavior

Question 10

A city that offers curbside pickup of recyclables or accepts unsorted recycling materials is using which strategy to promote recycling?

Accepted Answer

A)  persuasion 
B)  revision of attitudes 
C)  removal of barriers 
D)  education 
A)  persuasion 
B)  revision of attitudes 
C)  removal of barriers 
D)  education

Question 11

A series of actions is to a mental plan as a

Accepted Answer

A)  motor skill is to a motor program. 
B)  motor program is to a motor skill. 
C)  kinesthetic analysis is to task analysis. 
D)  task analysis is to kinesthetic analysis. 
A)  motor skill is to a motor program. 
B)  motor program is to a motor skill. 
C)  kinesthetic analysis is to task analysis. 
D)  task analysis is to kinesthetic analysis.

Question 12

Jason gives his class a unit test covering three chapters.This test not only gives the learner feedback on his or her progress,but will allow Jason to determine which concepts he will need to reteach.This step of the teaching strategy is called

Accepted Answer

A)  learner response. 
B)  spaced review. 
C)  evaluation. 
D)  learner preparation. 
A)  learner response. 
B)  spaced review. 
C)  evaluation. 
D)  learner preparation.

Question 13

Attentional overload involves excessive demands on a person's attention from

Accepted Answer

A)  sensory stimulation. 
B)  information. 
C)  social contacts. 
D)  all of these. 
A)  sensory stimulation. 
B)  information. 
C)  social contacts. 
D)  all of these.

Question 14

Which of the following approaches would allow hearing impaired or visually impaired students to find at least one learning approach they can use and allow adult learners who cannot always get to class because of work or family responsibilities to get course information in other ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Open Teaching 
B)  Discovery Learning 
C)  Problem-Based Learning 
D)  Universal Design for Instruction 
A)  Open Teaching 
B)  Discovery Learning 
C)  Problem-Based Learning 
D)  Universal Design for Instruction

Question 15

Increased densities and crowding in cities tend to create a psychological condition called attentional

Accepted Answer

A)  reactance. 
B)  bombardment. 
C)  overload. 
D)  dissonance. 
A)  reactance. 
B)  bombardment. 
C)  overload. 
D)  dissonance.

Question 16

Experts estimate that the maximum sustainable population of the Earth is between

Accepted Answer

A)  one and three billion people. 
B)  five and 20 billion people. 
C)  25 and 50 billion people. 
D)  60 and 100 billion people. 
A)  one and three billion people. 
B)  five and 20 billion people. 
C)  25 and 50 billion people. 
D)  60 and 100 billion people.

Question 17

Byron rarely lectures,but instead creates conditions in his classroom that encourage students to explore and construct knowledge for themselves.Byron is using

Accepted Answer

A)  recitation. 
B)  rote learning. 
C)  direct instruction. 
D)  discovery learning. 
A)  recitation. 
B)  rote learning. 
C)  direct instruction. 
D)  discovery learning.

Question 18

College students who display posters on the walls of their dormitory rooms or apartments are demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A)  the effects of crowding. 
B)  consumer behavior. 
C)  the importance of critical incidents. 
D)  territorial marking. 
A)  the effects of crowding. 
B)  consumer behavior. 
C)  the importance of critical incidents. 
D)  territorial marking.

Question 19

Overcrowding in animal colonies resulted in all of the following consequences EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  abnormal sexual behaviors. 
B)  increased death rates. 
C)  increased rates of pregnancies. 
D)  decreased maternal behavior. 
A)  abnormal sexual behaviors. 
B)  increased death rates. 
C)  increased rates of pregnancies. 
D)  decreased maternal behavior.

Question 20

Regarding crowding and density,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whether high density is experienced as crowding mainly depends on the age and gender of those present. 
B)  Most laboratory studies using human subjects have failed to produce any serious ill effects by crowding people into small places. 
C)  Stress probably explains why death rates increase among prison inmates and mental hospital patients who live in crowded conditions. 
D)  One result of high densities and crowding is a state that psychologist Stanley Milgram called attentional overload. 
A)  Whether high density is experienced as crowding mainly depends on the age and gender of those present. 
B)  Most laboratory studies using human subjects have failed to produce any serious ill effects by crowding people into small places. 
C)  Stress probably explains why death rates increase among prison inmates and mental hospital patients who live in crowded conditions. 
D)  One result of high densities and crowding is a state that psychologist Stanley Milgram called attentional overload.

Exam 18: B: Applied Psychology

Through which approach was it discovered that top marksmen consistently squeeze the trigger between heartbeats?

Regarding the behavior of jurors,which of the following statements is FALSE?

When a home team plays better on their own home football field than they do on another team's football field,they are exhibiting

Intellectual development,language learning,test writing,and teaching strategies would all be of interest to which type of psychologist?

If Greg learns best through hearing or reading,he is most likely high in which of Gardner's multiple intelligences?

Effective appeals for dismantling social dilemmas are usually based on all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following is an effective aid to skill learning?

Research indicates that students taught using which type of teaching style tend to do slightly better on achievement tests than those taught by other teaching styles?

Overcrowding in animal colonies resulted in which of the following consequences?

A city that offers curbside pickup of recyclables or accepts unsorted recycling materials is using which strategy to promote recycling?

A series of actions is to a mental plan as a

Jason gives his class a unit test covering three chapters.This test not only gives the learner feedback on his or her progress,but will allow Jason to determine which concepts he will need to reteach.This step of the teaching strategy is called

Attentional overload involves excessive demands on a person's attention from

Which of the following approaches would allow hearing impaired or visually impaired students to find at least one learning approach they can use and allow adult learners who cannot always get to class because of work or family responsibilities to get course information in other ways?

Increased densities and crowding in cities tend to create a psychological condition called attentional

Experts estimate that the maximum sustainable population of the Earth is between

Byron rarely lectures,but instead creates conditions in his classroom that encourage students to explore and construct knowledge for themselves.Byron is using

College students who display posters on the walls of their dormitory rooms or apartments are demonstrating

Overcrowding in animal colonies resulted in all of the following consequences EXCEPT

Regarding crowding and density,which of the following statements is FALSE?

A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

A: Brain and Behavior

C: Brain and Behavior

A: Human Development

B: Human Development

C: Human Development

D: Human Development

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

C: Sensation and Perception

D: Sensation and Perception

A: States of Consciousness

B: States of Consciousness

C: States of Consciousness

D: States of Consciousness

A: Conditioning and Learning

B: Conditioning and Learning

C: Conditioning and Learning

D: Conditioning and Learning

A: Memory

B: Memory

C: Memory

A: Cognition,language,and Creativity

B: Cognition,language,and Creativity

C: Cognition,language,and Creativity

A: Intelligence

B: Intelligence

C: Intelligence

A: Motivation and Emotion

B: Motivation and Emotion

C: Motivation and Emotion

D: Motivation and Emotion

A: Gender and Sexuality

B: Gender and Sexuality

C: Gender and Sexuality

D: Gender and Sexuality Completion

A: Personality

B: Personality

C: Personality

D: Personality

A: Health,stress,and Coping

B: Health,stress,and Coping

C: Health,stress,and Coping

A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

C: Psychological Disorders

D: Psychological Disorders

A: Therapies

B: Therapies

C: Therapies

D: Therapies

A: Social Thinking and Social Influence

B: Social Thinking and Social Influence

C: Social Thinking and Social Influence

A: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

B: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

C: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior