Posted: December 20th, 2021

Devry PSYC110 midterm exam

Question 1.1. (TCOs 1, 2) Participants in research early in
psychology’s history might have been asked to view a chair and describe its
color, shape, texture, and other aspects of their conscious experience. These
individuals would have been using a method called (Points : 2)
hypnosis.
objective introspection.
psychosurgery.
psychoanalysis.

Question 2.2. (TCO 4) The administration of Midwest State
University wants to know if the arrangement of chairs affects student
participation in classrooms. What would be a good operational definition of the
dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this relationship?
(Points : 2)
Class size:
under 50 or over 50
Number of
students enrolled in each class
Chair
arrangement: theater style or circular
Frequency with which students
ask questions

Question 3.3. (TCOs 2, 3) Phineas Gage tragically had a
tamping iron propelled through his head. Both left and right sides of the
prefrontal cortex were severely damaged. As a result of the accident, Phineas
Gage (Points : 2)
died from his
injuries.
suffered loss of
his arms and legs.
lost his sense
of hearing.
suffered a change in
personality.

Question 4.4. (TCOs 2, 3)
What do we call the state of a neuron when it is not firing a neural
impulse? (Points : 2)
Action
potential
Resting potential
Myelination
signal
Transmission
impulse

Question 5.5. (TCOs 2, 3)
_____ synapses make it more likely that a neuron will send its message
to other neurons, whereas _____ synapses make it less likely that a neuron will
send its message. (Points : 2)
Excitatory; inhibitory
Inhibitory;
excitatory
Augmentation;
depletion
Depletion;
augmentation

Question 6.6. (TCO 4) Jamie, a toddler, is making
distinctions about various aspects of color in terms of whether it looks red,
blue, and so forth. In doing so, she is referring to its (Points : 2)
amplitude.
lightness.
hue.
reflection.

Question 7.7. ( TCO 4)
What are the five primary tastes? (Points : 2)
Hot, sour,
spicy, sweet, origami
Salty, sour, spicy, sweet, tart
Bitter, salty,
sour, sweet, umami
Peppery, salty,
sour, sweet, acidic

Question 8.8. (TCO 4) Perception is the (Points : 2)
process by which people take all
the sensations they experience at any given moment and interpret them in some
meaningful fashion.
action of
physical stimuli on receptors leading to sensations.
interpretation of memory based on selective
attention.
act of
selective attention from sensory storage.

Question 9.9. (TCO 5) Sid is taking part in research on the
effects of sleep deprivation; he has been without sleep for 75 hours. Right
now, researchers have asked him to sit in front of a computer screen and hit a
button each time he sees the letter S on the screen. A few days ago, Sid was a
whiz at this task; however, he is doing very poorly today. How are sleep
researchers likely to explain Sid’s poor performance? (Points : 2)
Due to the
sleep deprivation, Sid does not understand the task.
Microsleeps are occurring due to
the sleep deprivation and he is asleep for brief periods of time.
He is
determined to ruin the research because of the suffering he is enduring at the
hands of the researchers.
He is probably
dreaming that he is somewhere else and has no interest in responding to the
“here and now.”

Question 10.10. (TCO 5) After taking a drug for several
years, Bruce decides to quit taking it. He begins to experience a variety of
physical symptoms, psychological symptoms such as irritability, and a strong
craving for the substance. What term is used to describe what Bruce is
experiencing? (Points : 2)
Tolerance
Physical
dependence
Withdrawal
Drug
intoxication

Question 11.11. (TCO 5) A client tells his therapist about a
dream in which he drives his wife to the airport where she boards a plane. As
the plane takes off, he is smiling. The therapist says the dream suggests a
desire for a divorce. The therapist’s interpretation represents what Sigmund
Freud called the dream’s ________. (Points : 2)
deep content
latent content
manifest
content
subliminal
content

Question 12.12. (TCOs 7, 8)
Sue noticed that whenever she opened the door to the pantry, her dog
would come into the kitchen and act hungry by drooling and whining. She thought
that because the dog food was stored in the pantry, the sound of the door had
become a(n) (Points : 2)
unconditioned
stimulus.
conditioned stimulus.
unconditioned
response.
conditioned
response.

Question 13.13. (TCOs 7, 8)
Mark and Kathy take their 2-year-old son to the supermarket every
Saturday. Each week, the same sequence of events unfolds: Their son screams,
demanding that they buy him treats. Although they refuse to give in to his
demands, he continues to scream. Finally, either Mark or Kathy gets in their
son’s face and yells at the top of their lungs “Shut up!” He stops screaming
instantly. What operant conditioning concepts are illustrated in this story?
(Points : 2)
The parents are
using negative reinforcement to increase their son’s screaming.
The parents are
in a very dysfunctional marriage; their child’s screaming is his way of trying
to get his parents to remain married.
The parents are using punishment
to suppress the screaming; their use of punishment is negatively reinforced by
the cessation of screaming.
Their son
probably learned how to scream by observing his parents at home and now he is
reinforced on a variable-interval schedule of reinforcement.

Page 2

Question 1.1. (TCOs 7, 8) For observational learning to
occur, each of the following must happen EXCEPT (Points : 2)
paying
attention to what the model does.
remembering
what the model did.
doing what the
model did.
being reinforced for imitating
the model.

Question 2.2. (TCO 7) A display of 12 letters is flashed on
a screen in front of you followed by a tone. You attempt to recall a portion of
the display based on the specific tone you heard. What aspect of your memory is
this experiment designed to assess? (Points : 2)
Primary memory
Sensory memory
Long-term
memory
Short-term
memory

Question 3.3. (TCO 7) Adrianna is trying to memorize the
names of the bones in the hand. She had gone through a list of them when her
phone rang. After she gets off the phone, she is MOST likely to remember the
first few bone names because of the (Points : 2)
elaboration
effect.
recency effect.
primacy effect.
maintenance
effect.

Question 4.4. (TCO 7)
Which of the following pairings would result in the best overall memory?
(Points : 2)
Sad during
learning and happy at recall
Happy during
learning and sad during recall
Serious during learning and
serious during recall
Intoxicated
during learning and sober during recall

Question 5.5. (TCO 8)
Sally is enrolled in a high school geometry course, which she describes
as “drawing figures and figuring drawings.” In a typical class, students draw
geometric figures and use a formula to calculate an aspect of the figure, such
as its area. Each time Sally uses a formula, she is making use of what
psychologists call (Points : 2)
heuristics.
logarithms.
algorithms.
convergence.

Question 6.6. (TCO 8)
Which of the following statements about gifted people is true? (Points :
2)
They are more
likely to suffer from mental illnesses.
They are
physically weaker than nongifted persons.
They are often skilled leaders.
They are socially
unskilled.

Question 7.7. (TCO 9)
Monica put all her time and energy into getting into the acting club
because her main goal in life “was to be a famous star!” Monica’s drive to be
famous was a(n) _____ drive. (Points : 2)
primary
reflexive
acquired
tertiary

Question 8.8. (TCO 9)
Glenn believes he can learn from his mistakes and that study and
perseverance will help him improve his intelligence. According to Dweck, what
locus of control does Glenn have? (Points : 2)
Internal locus of control
Decremental
Incidental
External locus
of control

Question 9.9. (TCO 9)
You are walking in the forest and see a bear. According to the
Cannon-Bard theory, what happens next? (Points : 2)
You experience
physiological changes followed by fear.
You feel fear
followed by physiological changes.
You experience physiological
changes and a feeling of fear simultaneously.
You experience
physiological changes and context appraisal followed by fear.

Question 10.10. (TCO 11)
Carolyn took home some printer paper from the office. Later, she felt
guilty for stealing it, so she brought some paper to work to replace what she
took. Freud would suggest that Carolyn’s _____ was influencing her motives and
behavior. (Points : 2)
id
unconscious
mind
ego
superego

Question 11.11. (TCO 11)
Ruth-Ann just graduated from high school; she is trying out for the
soccer team at the college that she will attend in the fall. She knows that it
will be more competitive than her high school team, but she believes in her
ability to succeed and plans to practice all summer. Bandura would say that
Ruth might have an edge over some competitors simply because she has (Points :
2)
high self-efficacy.

self-actualization.
set aside the
time to practice.
an external
locus of control.

Question 12.12. (TCO 11)
Travis is a participant in the X-Games every year, which features events
that are high-flying and exhilarating to watch or participate in, but also very
dangerous to the competitors. Because Travis is willing to take chances with
his health to get the adrenaline rush from these sorts of events, Cost and
McCrae would argue that he ranks high on which of the five factors? (Points :
2)
Openness
Neuroticism

Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Page 3
Question 1. 1. (TCOs
2, 3, 4) Describe how sound waves become
nerve impulses as they enter the ear. How are the important characteristics of
sound coded? (Points : 10)

Question 2. 2. (TCOs
5, 7) What are the main differences between physical dependence and
psychological dependence? Give examples of both types of dependence. (Points :
10)

Question 3. 3. (TCOs
7, 8) What is the definition of language? What is the evidence, pro and con, as
to whether nonhuman animals have a capacity for language? (Points : 10)

Question 4. 4. (TCOs
9, 11) Take three theories of emotion and apply them to one emotional event in
your life. Be specific about the event and make clear connections to the
theoretical assumptions. (Points : 10)

Question 5. 5. (TCOs
7, 8) Define learning. Given this definition, what types of behaviors would not
be considered learning? How does the concept of instinctive drift relate to
these examples? What types of behaviors would be included? (Points : 10)

Order | Check Discount

Tags: #1 Assignment Help Online Service for Students in the USA, AI Plagiarism free essay writing tool, Australian best tutors, best trans tutors, buy essay uk