Exam 17: Psychology Appendix

One prediction that can be deduced from the _____ theory of emotion is that,in persons with spinal injuries,the _____ the injury on the spinal cord,the _____ intensely they will be able to experience emotion.

The preparedness theory of phobias is MOST related to the evolutionary elements of:

Sir Frederic Bartlett's observation that people often remember what should have happened or what ought to have happened instead of what actually happened is an illustration of the memory sin of:

Research on psychological reactions to stress has revealed a _____ between feelings of hostility and coronary heart disease.

Dr.Watkins is an empathetic and hopeful therapist who convinces Shaina that she will improve in therapy.Shaina does improve,but actually the treatment had no effect.Rather,Shaina improved because of the nonspecific treatment effects associated with her sessions with Dr.Watkins.These nonspecific treatment effects functioned in a similar way to which "sin" of memory?

Which use of the deviation IQ to measure intelligence differences is invalid?

Which school of psychology would be MOST likely to conduct research in the area of signal detection?

Aria wonders if people are as conformist today as when _____ conducted his famous study on conformity.Aria is concerned about the _____ validity of this particular study.

Every time the rat presses the right lever,it receives one pellet.When the rat presses the left lever,70% of the time it receives nothing and 30% of the time it receives five pellets.The rat's lever pressing is being _____,reinforced and prospect theory predicts that the rat's will prefer to press the _____ lever.

Harold read about a cross-cultural study demonstrating an association between consumption of omega-3s and _____.Thinking it will help him,he wants to run to the health store to buy a bottle.His wife,Kara,is more skeptical.She thinks that the relationship might have to do with international differences in the propensity to seek help,rather than the health benefits of omega 3s.Kara is _____.

A person who frequently helps others with no expectation of personal benefit is engaging in _____ and probably will score highest on the Big Five trait of _____.

Who would be MOST likely to make dispositional attributions?

One consequence of the memory sin of _____ is that it often _____ self-esteem.

In psychoanalysis,June's therapist suggests that she is taking her unconscious childhood anger at her father out on her husband by picking silly fights with him.June starts crying and says that her therapist is the only man who has ever really understood her.In this example,the therapist suggested that June was engaging in the defense mechanism of _____ and June's reaction illustrates _____.