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3111PsychologyMedium

The so-called “master gland” which helps control the activities of various ductless glands is the ________?

AGonad

BAnterior pituitary

CNone of these

DAdrenal medulla

EThyroid

Correct answer

B. Anterior pituitary

Explanation

The correct answer is Anterior pituitary.

3112PsychologyMedium

The efficiency of memory can be increased if we organize information so that the amount of information in each unit increases while the number of separate units decreases. This process is called ________?

Arehearsal

Bretrieval

Cchunking

Dencoding

Correct answer

C. chunking

Explanation

The correct answer is chunking.

3113PsychologyMedium

To solve the “string problem” described in the text, you have to catch the screwdriver while holding the second string. Thisproblem is often solved in a burst ofwhen a person overcomes.

Atransformation; intuition; mental set

Barrangement; intuition; functional fixedness

Carrangement; insight; functional fixedness

Darrangement; intuition; confirmation bias

Correct answer

C. arrangement; insight; functional fixedness

Explanation

The correct answer is arrangement; insight; functional fixedness.

3114PsychologyMedium

The inverted-U function describes the relationship between:

Asex drive and satisfier

Bstimulation and curiosity

Cdeprivation and sex drive

Darousal and performance

Correct answer

D. arousal and performance

Explanation

The correct answer is arousal and performance.

3115PsychologyMedium

Who developed a measure of ‘ego strength’ from some items of the MMPI?

ABlack

BBarron

CBarrett

DBrown

Correct answer

B. Barron

Explanation

The correct answer is Barron.

3116PsychologyMedium

The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion is a ________ theory.

ACentralist

BPeripheralist

CModern

DContemporary

Correct answer

A. Centralist

Explanation

The correct answer is Centralist.

3117PsychologyMedium

The________assumption is different from the other three styles because the researcher is not intending to report to other people what he finds.

AFirst

BBasic

CSecondary

DPrimary

Correct answer

B. Basic

Explanation

The correct answer is Basic.

3118PsychologyMedium

Bipolar Disorder develops at least once in the lifetime of approximately what percent of the population?

A1 – 1.5 percent

B60 percent

C20 – 25 percent

D10 percent

Correct answer

A. 1 – 1.5 percent

Explanation

The correct answer is 1 – 1.5 percent.

3119PsychologyMedium

Not among stimulus cues that can aid perception of depth is ________?

Alinear perspective

Btexture

Cconvergence

Dlight and shadow

Correct answer

C. convergence

Explanation

The correct answer is convergence.

3120PsychologyMedium

Piaget contented that the initial forms of thought are ________?

Averbal symbols

Bearly action schemes

Cvisual symbols

Dspoken (not mental) verbal symbols

Correct answer

B. early action schemes

Explanation

The correct answer is early action schemes.

To solve the “string problem” described in the text, you have to catch the screwdriver while holding the second string. This________problem is often solved in a burst of________when a person overcomes________.

Atransformation; intuition; mental set

Barrangement; intuition; functional fixedness

Carrangement; insight; functional fixedness

Darrangement; intuition; confirmation bias

Correct answer

C. arrangement; insight; functional fixedness

Explanation

The correct answer is arrangement; insight; functional fixedness.