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3101PsychologyMedium

Researchers have demonstrated that between the ages of 6 and 10, the meaning of “friendship” progresses in the following way:

AMutual support to reciprocity to social ties

BReciprocity to mutual liking to trust

CMutual liking to trust reciprocity

DTrust to sharing to mutual liking

Correct answer

C. Mutual liking to trust reciprocity

Explanation

The correct answer is Mutual liking to trust reciprocity.

3102PsychologyMedium

Which type of memory is being tested when you take a multiple-choice test?

ARecognition

Bfree recall

Cmethod of Loci

Dsavings method

Correct answer

A. Recognition

Explanation

The correct answer is Recognition.

3103PsychologyMedium

Which lobe is responsible for sensation and spatial ability?

AFrontal

BTemporal

CParietal

DOccipital

Correct answer

C. Parietal

Explanation

The correct answer is Parietal.

3104PsychologyMedium

A police officer is a tense and possibly dangerous situation may “see” a hammer in a man’s hand as a gun. This mistake could be attributed to the officer’s ________?

AStroop interference

Bselective viewing

Cperceptual set

Dframe illusion

Correct answer

C. perceptual set

Explanation

The correct answer is perceptual set.

3105PsychologyMedium

A child learns attitudes:

ALearns both positive and negative attitudes from his family

BLearns negative attitudes from his family

CNone of the above

DLearns positive attitudes from his family

Correct answer

A. Learns both positive and negative attitudes from his family

Explanation

The correct answer is Learns both positive and negative attitudes from his family.

3106PsychologyMedium

A person that suggests that the shape of a person’s skull indicates the extent to which that individual is argumentative and aggressive would be a ________?

Aneuropsychologist

Bneurologist

Cpsychoanalyst

Dphrenologist

Correct answer

B. neurologist

Explanation

The correct answer is neurologist.

3107PsychologyMedium

A common method for selecting representative samples is to select them.

Astrictly from volunteers

Bfrom confidential lists of mall order firms

Crandomly from the larger population

Dby threatening or coercing institutionalized populations

Correct answer

C. randomly from the larger population

Explanation

The correct answer is randomly from the larger population.

3108PsychologyMedium

According to behavior therapists, pathological behaviors

Aare signs of an underlying emotional or cognitive problem

Bcan not be stopped by the patient which is why he/she is seeking therapy

Ccan be modified directly, through the application of established principles of conditioning

Dshould be viewed as the expression of an unconscious sexual or aggressive conflict

Correct answer

C. can be modified directly, through the application of established principles of conditioning

Explanation

The correct answer is can be modified directly, through the application of established principles of conditioning.

3109PsychologyMedium

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

AOptic lobe: Emotions

BFrontal lobe: Hearing

CAmygdala: Vision

DCortex: Cognition

Correct answer

D. Cortex: Cognition

Explanation

The correct answer is Cortex: Cognition.

3110PsychologyMedium

The structures of language include:

Awords, sentences, and paragraphs

Bpre-speech, babbling and jargon

Cphonemes, morphemes, and grammar

Dgrammar, babbling, and phonemes

Correct answer

C. phonemes, morphemes, and grammar

Explanation

The correct answer is phonemes, morphemes, and grammar.

A child learns attitudes:

ALearns both positive and negative attitudes from his family

BLearns negative attitudes from his family

CNone of the above

DLearns positive attitudes from his family

Correct answer

A. Learns both positive and negative attitudes from his family

Explanation

The correct answer is Learns both positive and negative attitudes from his family.

According to behavior therapists, pathological behaviors

Aare signs of an underlying emotional or cognitive problem

Bcan not be stopped by the patient which is why he/she is seeking therapy

Ccan be modified directly, through the application of established principles of conditioning

Dshould be viewed as the expression of an unconscious sexual or aggressive conflict

Correct answer

C. can be modified directly, through the application of established principles of conditioning

Explanation

The correct answer is can be modified directly, through the application of established principles of conditioning.