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The defining feature of a "hub science" is a science that:


A) focuses mainly on laboratory research.
B) receives a large amount of federal grant funds.
C) links with and influences smaller subfields.
D) grants doctoral degrees.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Today,over 70% of individuals receiving their PhDs in psychology are:


A) White males.
B) males.
C) racial minorities.
D) females.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Edward Titchener is to _____ as William James is to _____.


A) functionalism;behaviourism
B) functionalism;structuralism
C) structuralism;behaviourism
D) structuralism;functionalism

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Use the following to answer questions : Scenario I Scenario I is based on and presents data from the following study (reproduced from p.26 of the textbook) : Piff,P.K. ,Stancato,D.M. ,Côté,S. ,Mendoza-Denton,R. ,& Keltner,D.(2012) .Higher social class predicts increased unethical behaviour.PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,109(11) ,4086-4091.doi:10.1073/pnas.1118373109 Piff and colleagues (2012) used naturalistic observation techniques to determine if wealthy people behaved more or less ethically than people who were not wealthy.In one study,observers stood at a busy intersection and recorded the make,model,and year of each approaching car.They also noted if the car cut off other cars or pedestrians at this intersection. Major findings of Piff et al.(2012) are presented in Figure 1.1.This figure shows the percentage of times vehicles cut off another driver (top panel) or pedestrians (lower panel) as a function of the social status of the vehicles (with more expensive cars ranked higher in social status) . Figure 1.1 Use the following to answer questions : Scenario I Scenario I is based on and presents data from the following study (reproduced from p.26 of the textbook) : Piff,P.K. ,Stancato,D.M. ,Côté,S. ,Mendoza-Denton,R. ,& Keltner,D.(2012) .Higher social class predicts increased unethical behaviour.PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,109(11) ,4086-4091.doi:10.1073/pnas.1118373109 Piff and colleagues (2012) used naturalistic observation techniques to determine if wealthy people behaved more or less ethically than people who were not wealthy.In one study,observers stood at a busy intersection and recorded the make,model,and year of each approaching car.They also noted if the car cut off other cars or pedestrians at this intersection. Major findings of Piff et al.(2012) are presented in Figure 1.1.This figure shows the percentage of times vehicles cut off another driver (top panel) or pedestrians (lower panel) as a function of the social status of the vehicles (with more expensive cars ranked higher in social status) . Figure 1.1 -(Scenario I) Consider only the bottom panel in Figure 1.1.These results demonstrate that: A) wealth makes people care more about themselves than they do others,to the point of ignoring the rights of pedestrians. B) driving a more expensive car gives one a false sense of security,and this causes people to be more aggressive drivers. C) people driving higher-class cars are more likely than not to cut off a pedestrian in an intersection. D) people driving a more expensive car fail to yield to pedestrians more than do people who drive less expensive cars. -(Scenario I) Consider only the bottom panel in Figure 1.1.These results demonstrate that:


A) wealth makes people care more about themselves than they do others,to the point of ignoring the rights of pedestrians.
B) driving a more expensive car gives one a false sense of security,and this causes people to be more aggressive drivers.
C) people driving higher-class cars are more likely than not to cut off a pedestrian in an intersection.
D) people driving a more expensive car fail to yield to pedestrians more than do people who drive less expensive cars.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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After suffering a stroke,Lisa was able to understand what people said to her but was unable to speak to them.The stroke probably damaged her:


A) hypothalamus.
B) Broca's area.
C) nodes of Ranvier.
D) cerebellum.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Some early philosophers believed that certain kinds of knowledge were innate or inborn,a theory known as:


A) functionalism.
B) nativism.
C) philosophical empiricism.
D) structuralism.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Cultural psychologists interested in the body mutilation and blood-letting rituals in mountainous tribes of New Guinea would be informed by independent research conducted by:


A) political scientists.
B) anthropologists.
C) evolutionary psychologists.
D) behavioural economists.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Most members of the American Psychological Association (APA)are also members of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

A) True
B) False

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What is the difference between a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist?


A) A clinical psychologist can only work in schools.
B) A psychiatrist is a medical doctor,whereas a clinical psychologist is a PhD.
C) Only a clinical psychologist can prescribe medication.
D) A psychiatrist goes to graduate school for years longer than a clinical psychologist.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Today,one fourth of the members of the American Psychological Association are women.

A) True
B) False

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Wilhelm Wundt first used reaction time to measure the speed of a nervous impulse.

A) True
B) False

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Use the following to answer questions : Scenario I Scenario I is based on and presents data from the following study (reproduced from p.26 of the textbook) : Piff,P.K. ,Stancato,D.M. ,Côté,S. ,Mendoza-Denton,R. ,& Keltner,D.(2012) .Higher social class predicts increased unethical behaviour.PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,109(11) ,4086-4091.doi:10.1073/pnas.1118373109 Piff and colleagues (2012) used naturalistic observation techniques to determine if wealthy people behaved more or less ethically than people who were not wealthy.In one study,observers stood at a busy intersection and recorded the make,model,and year of each approaching car.They also noted if the car cut off other cars or pedestrians at this intersection. Major findings of Piff et al.(2012) are presented in Figure 1.1.This figure shows the percentage of times vehicles cut off another driver (top panel) or pedestrians (lower panel) as a function of the social status of the vehicles (with more expensive cars ranked higher in social status) . Figure 1.1 Use the following to answer questions : Scenario I Scenario I is based on and presents data from the following study (reproduced from p.26 of the textbook) : Piff,P.K. ,Stancato,D.M. ,Côté,S. ,Mendoza-Denton,R. ,& Keltner,D.(2012) .Higher social class predicts increased unethical behaviour.PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,109(11) ,4086-4091.doi:10.1073/pnas.1118373109 Piff and colleagues (2012) used naturalistic observation techniques to determine if wealthy people behaved more or less ethically than people who were not wealthy.In one study,observers stood at a busy intersection and recorded the make,model,and year of each approaching car.They also noted if the car cut off other cars or pedestrians at this intersection. Major findings of Piff et al.(2012) are presented in Figure 1.1.This figure shows the percentage of times vehicles cut off another driver (top panel) or pedestrians (lower panel) as a function of the social status of the vehicles (with more expensive cars ranked higher in social status) . Figure 1.1 -(Scenario I) Consider both panels in Figure 1.1.Which is a description of a result shown in this figure? A) Drivers were more likely to yield to pedestrians than to other cars. B) Small changes in car social status in the middle-class range nevertheless predicted if drivers would cut off another car. C) Small increases in the value of a car had relatively large effects on whether or not a driver would cut off a pedestrian. D) Small changes in car social status in the middle-class range had no predictive value in determining if people would yield to pedestrians. -(Scenario I) Consider both panels in Figure 1.1.Which is a description of a result shown in this figure?


A) Drivers were more likely to yield to pedestrians than to other cars.
B) Small changes in car social status in the middle-class range nevertheless predicted if drivers would cut off another car.
C) Small increases in the value of a car had relatively large effects on whether or not a driver would cut off a pedestrian.
D) Small changes in car social status in the middle-class range had no predictive value in determining if people would yield to pedestrians.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Freud emphasized that the problems of many patients could be traced to:


A) effects of painful childhood experiences that could not be remembered.
B) "mind bugs," or curious failures of otherwise adaptive cognitive processes.
C) feelings of shame and inadequacy acquired during adolescent sexual development.
D) maladaptive patterns of behaviour that could be observed during infancy.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Which topic is LEAST likely to be studied by cognitive psychologists?


A) attention
B) memory
C) decision making
D) conformity

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Which field of study is NOT a hub science as identified by Kevin Boyack and his colleagues (2005) in their article "Mapping the Backbone of Science"?


A) neuroscience
B) psychology
C) chemistry
D) physics

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Gestalt psychologists believed that the entirety of a perceptual experience can be greater than the sum of its component parts.

A) True
B) False

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Six-year-old Michael eats teriyaki chicken for the first time at a Japanese restaurant and shortly thereafter becomes nauseous during the car ride home.The sickness is actually due to his catching a virus from his older brother Patrick.Michael is MOST likely to associate the sickness with:


A) Patrick.
B) the teriyaki flavor.
C) the sign outside the Japanese restaurant.
D) riding in the car.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Dee and Soleila watch a YouTube clip of "Mrs.Memory" reciting pi for thousands of digits.Dee is impressed,but Soleila wonders if Mrs.Memory can remember what her husband asked her to purchase at the grocery store.Soleila's concern echoes _____ critique of the research of _____.


A) Noam Chomsky's;B.F.Skinner
B) John Watson's;William James
C) Frederic Bartlett's;Hermann Ebbinghaus
D) Kurt Lewin's;B.F.Skinner

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Penny wanted to find out how long it would take her sister Cathy to press a button when she hears a tone.Penny is studying what type of process?


A) classical conditioning
B) introspection
C) reaction time
D) stimulus time

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Psychologists and other mental health professionals working in outpatient clinics are referred to as:


A) doctors.
B) psychiatrists.
C) social workers.
D) clinicians.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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