Question 11 pts DaShawn is earning some extra money by…

QuestionAnswered step-by-stepQuestion 11 pts DaShawn is earning some extra money by…Question 11 pts DaShawn is earning some extra money by participating in a sleep study.  He is currently asleep in the sleep lab.  The EEG recordings taken of his brain now show a pattern of activity very similar to that of an awake and alert person.  His eyes are bouncing around under closed eyelids and his heart rate and breathing are rapid and irregular.  Which two of the following are likely (select two answers):Group of answer choicesHis penis is erect. He is in Stage 4 sleep. He is dreaming. His arms and legs are in motion.  Flag question: Question 2Question 21 pts Herbert is suspected of having been involved in the murder of a member of a rival gang.  He consents to a polygraphic lie detector test.  The examiner asks Herbert if he has ever stolen anything.  Herbert says “no.”  The polygraph shows that Herbert has a moderate physiological change created by this question and similar control questions.  Herbert is also asked if he was involved in the murder of that rival gang member.  Again, Herbert answers “no.”  What would the polygraph need indicate at this point for the examiner to conclude that Herbert was not telling the truth.Group of answer choicesthe same pattern of response shown after the control questions but greater in magnitude a statistically significant increase in flatulence, p < .05 the same pattern of response shown after the control questions but smaller in magnitude no physiological response to the question  Flag question: Question 3Question 31 pts _______ may have been naturally selected, even though it currently is a common disease that has serious adverse consequences, because the genes now causing this disease actually conferred an advantage (metabolic thriftiness) on our ancestors, who lived in a world where there were long periods of famine.Group of answer choicessugar diabetes cystic fibrosis priapism rabies  Flag question: Question 4Question 41 pts Wuensch discussed sham feeding experiments where an esophageal fistula allowed afferent inhibition from chewing and swallowing but no actual delivery of food to the stomach. Similar results have been found with sham drinking. In other words, if I cut open a hole in a dog's throat (an esophageal fistula) so that the water it drinks never reaches its stomach, the dog will: Group of answer choicesnever stop drinking since water never reaches the gut for absorption into the bloodstream drink only 20-30 percent as much as usual, eventually leading to death from dehydration loose all interest in drinking since no satisfaction is derived from lowering blood osmolarity drink about as much as usual and then stop, but resume drinking in 10-15 minutes  Flag question: Question 5Question 51 pts A(n) _____ rhythm is any rhythmic change that closely follows a 24-hour cycle in the absence of 24-hour cues; an example is the human sleep/wake cycle.Group of answer choicesEEG regulatory delta circadian  Flag question: Question 6Question 61 pts The EEG of a person who is awake and relaxed, with closed eyes, thinking of nothing in particular, will generally consist of:Group of answer choicesdelta waves. theta waves. beta waves. alpha waves.  Flag question: Question 7Question 71 pts An extremely obese individual is found to have a genetic defect that affects leptin production. This individual most likely has _____ levels of leptin.Group of answer choiceslower than normal slightly higher than normal much higher than normal fluctuating  Flag question: Question 8Question 81 pts Psychologists distinguish between _____, like thirst and hunger, and _____, like sex or the need for acceptance and approval.Group of answer choicescentral; peripheral nonregulatory; regulatory regulatory; nonregulatory peripheral; central  Flag question: Question 9Question 91 pts Which is most true of sexual arousal?Group of answer choicesSexual arousal can only be considered a drive state when it is related to survival goals. Sexual arousal is different from hunger and thirst in that it is not a drive state. Sexual arousal is a drive state for males but not for females. Sexual arousal is a drive state because it motivates reproductive goal behavior.  Flag question: Question 10Question 101 pts Half-way through your 15 mile hike, you realize that you forgot your water bottle. By the time you get back to your car, all you can think about it getting something to drink. You stop at the store, but they are charging $10 for a bottle of water. Even though that price is outrageous, you willingly pay it because you are so thirsty. This is an example of ________.Group of answer choicesreinforcement value illustrative motivational state narrowing of attention set point  Flag question: Question 11Question 111 pts Sexual arousal and pleasure in males is strongly related to the preoptic area, which is a region in the:Group of answer choicessuperior amygdala lateral striatum anterior hypothalamus dorsal cerebellum  Flag question: Question 12Question 121 pts Which of the following refers to the cognitive representation of a desired state?Group of answer choicesgoal motivation self-regulation prime  Flag question: Question 13Question 131 pts The __________ phase of self-regulation involves planning specific actions that are designed to help a person achieve a selected goal.Group of answer choicesimplementation resistance alarm deliberative  Flag question: Question 14Question 141 pts Johan knows that when he goes to a casino he tends to gamble more than he can afford to lose, and he's worried that he may be developing a gambling problem. Which of the following strategies would be a behavioral strategy that could help him demonstrate increased self-control in this area?Group of answer choicesavoiding going to casinos at all deciding not to feel happy when he wins or sad when he loses considering the pros and cons of gambling more on a night when he has already lost a reasonable amount of money thinking about more successful games to play when he does go to a casino  Flag question: Question 15Question 151 pts You have decided that you want to get in shape, so you commit to working out at least 4 times a week after class. Today, however, your classmates invite you to get ice-cream with them to celebrate the end of the semester. You are torn between your commitment to work out and your desire to hang out with your friends (and eat ice-cream!). Ultimately, you decide to work out and catch up with your friends later if they are still out. You are demonstrating ____________.Group of answer choicesself-control self-discipline self-regulation self-restraint  Flag question: Question 16Question 161 pts Suppose that for characteristic Z, identical twins reared apart are more alike than for fraternal twins reared together. This suggests:Group of answer choicesthat there is a strong genetic component for characteristic Z. nothing about the heritability or environmentality of characteristic Z. that there is no genetic component for characteristic Z. that there is a strong environmental component for characteristic Z.  Flag question: Question 17Question 171 pts Alfred Binet believed his intelligence test should be used to:Group of answer choicesidentify potential geniuses in the school population. identify children who were not getting as much out of school as they should. answer the nature-nurture question. identify people who have superior intelligence compared with the population at large.  Flag question: Question 18Question 181 pts Psychological tests are often used to measure characteristics (e.g., IQ) across people of different ages, who live in different places, and so on. In order that people can be properly ordered on the dimension of measurement (e.g., compare their IQs), it's important that these tests are:Group of answer choicesranked normed thought by psychologists to be adequate tests studied to see if the questions are factual  Flag question: Question 19Question 191 pts John has just been assessed as having an mild intellectual disability. Part of this diagnosis was based on his IQ score, which must have been below which of the following thresholds?Group of answer choices40 70 60 50  Flag question: Question 20Question 201 pts Intelligence is:Group of answer choicesa trait that cannot be measured an individual's cognitive capacity, including the ability to acquire, process, recall and apply information the ability to navigate many different social and academic settings how smart someone is  Flag question: Question 21Question 211 pts Leonard is a psychotherapist and is very good at his job partly because he has a strong sense of empathy for others. Which type of intelligence from Gardner's multiple intelligences theory does this most clearly indicate?Group of answer choicesintrapersonal. bodily-kinesthetic. interpersonal. naturalistic.  Flag question: Question 22Question 221 pts Paulo is being tested in the office of a licensed psychology. The test is examining Paulo's ability to acquire, process, recall, and apply information. In short, his cognitive capacity is being assessed. Paulo is probably undergoing a(n) __________ test.Group of answer choicesadaptive skills intelligence memory aptitude  Flag question: Question 23Question 231 pts Renée Baillargeon showed 3-month-olds a possible event (a solid screen obscuring a solid object) and an impossible event (a solid screen passing through a solid object). In contrast to Piaget's conclusion regarding the age at which physical principles are understood, Baillargeon's infants looked: Group of answer choicesabout equally long at both events. for the ball and tried to retrieve it in both conditions. longer at the possible than at the impossible event. longer at the impossible than at the possible event.  Flag question: Question 24Question 241 pts ________ refers to one's biological endowment, including the genes that we receive from our parents.Group of answer choicescontinuity nature discontinuity nurture  Flag question: Question 25Question 251 pts Clues to the important roles both nature and nurture play in development is seen in infants as they begin to gain the ability to actively perceive the distance from themselves to objects in the environment. This ability is also known as what term?Group of answer choicesocular maturation depth perception light pattern response parietal brain activity  Flag question: Question 26Question 261 pts Piaget's stage theory can be described as which of the following?Group of answer choicescontinuous and qualitative continuous and quantitative discontinuous and quantitative discontinuous and qualitative  Flag question: Question 27Question 271 pts Francisco refuses to wear the color yellow because he's convinced, "That color is for girls." Francisco has developed this idea from interacting with his sister whose favorite color is yellow. This example of Francisco's beliefs and expectations about the attributes associated with maleness and femaleness best describes which concept?Group of answer choicessexual identity gender schemas publicly constructed conceptions evolutionary differences  Flag question: Question 28Question 281 pts Jane is just learning to ride a tricycle, while riding on the sidewalk the surface changes from smooth concrete to bumpy brick. Jane is unsure if she should continue and looks at her mother who is smiling and urging her forward. This is an example of:Group of answer choicestheory of mind social referencing projection scaffolding  Flag question: Question 29Question 291 pts The Strange Situation is an experimental method for measuring attachment that:Group of answer choicesuses infants' reactions to strange or odd looking persons is not influenced by cultural differences in child rearing is accepted by researchers as a flawless means of assessing attachment behaviors may be influenced by temperamental differences of the infant  Flag question: Question 30Question 301 pts Theory of __________ refers to a child's growing understanding of how another person's mental states can affect that person's behavior.Group of answer choicesoperations mind schemata intentionality  Social SciencePsychologyPSYCHOLOGY 1000Share Question