Rasmussen CBA45 Module 04 General Psychology Credit by Assessment

Studying phenomena objectively and scientifically means using:
Select one:
a. The Scientific Method
b. Observations
c. Other studies
d. Researchers
Question 2
 
 
 
 
________is a neurotransmitter involved in the largely unconscious functioning of the autonomic nervous system (concerned with functions such as heart and respiration rate).
Select one:
a. Norepinephrine
b. Serotonin
c. Acetylcholine
d. Dopamine
Question 3
 
 
 
 
When there is a conflict among cognitions, it is predicted people will try to reduce the conflict. Best describes:
Select one:
a. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
b. Attribution theory
c. Drive Theory
d. Cognitive dissonance theory
Question 4
 
 
 
 
The study of change at the level of genes, _______ _______ provides another rich source of support to evolutionary psychology.
Select one:
a. Charles Darwin
b. Nervous System
c. Sapir Whorf
d. Molecular Genetics
Question 5
 
 
 
 
Immediate response to our senses of sensory information is:
Select one:
a. Sensation
b. Smell
c. Perception
d. Habituation
Question 6
 
 
 
 
Other cues to depth and size that don’t depend on our having two eyes are called:
Select one:
a. Shape
b. Binocular Cues
c. Congruence
d. Monocular Cues
Question 7
 
 
 
 
The force that drives us to do action is __________
Select one:
a. Instinct
b. Emotion
c. Motivation
d. Movement
Question 8
 
 
 
 
The brain’s interpretation of various signals it receives from sensory organs is:
Select one:
a. Amplitude
b. Habituation
c. Perception
d. Sensation
Question 9
 
 
 
 
Heredity and environment studies on twins revealed:
Select one:
a. Genes play the strongest role on determining intelligence.
b. Monozygotic and dyzogotic twins are equally intelligent.
c. Environment plays the strongest role on determining intelligence.
d. Both genes and environment play a role in determining intelligence.
Question 10
 
 
 
 
Vestibular Senses, Kinesthetic Sense, and skins senses all make up ______
Select one:
a. Perception
b. Chemical Senses
c. Body Sense
d. The Five senses
Question 11
 
 
 
 
The contribution of biology to learning best describes what main theme:
Select one:
a. Darwinism
b. None of these
c. Humanism
d. Evolutionary Psychology
Question 12
 
 
 
 
The hindbrain mainly consists of:
Select one:
a. Pons
b. Medulla
c. Cerebellum
d. All of these
Question 13
 
 
 
 
Who started classical conditioning with dogs?
Select one:
a. Edwin Twitmyer
b. Ivan Pavlov
c. B.F. Skinner
Question 14
 
 
 
 
Temperament is used in infants to imply ______.
Select one:
a. Nurture
b. All of these
c. Inherited predisposition
d. Environment
Question 15
 
 
 
 
Operant conditioning is built around ___________
Select one:
a. observation
b. Recovery
c. Target actions
d. consequences
Question 16
 
 
 
 
The main beliefs of cognitive psychology involve which of the following:
Select one:
a. Learners are not identical
b. All of these
c. Learning involves mental representation
d. New learning builds on previous learning.
Question 17
 
 
 
 
Making same responses to different, but related stimuli is ____________ _____________.
Select one:
a. Extinction
b. Recovery
c. Stimulus generalization
d. Stimulus discrimination
Question 18
 
 
 
 
Antisocial behaviors might include signs of:
Select one:
a. Frustration
b. Violence
c. All of these
d. Aggression
Question 19
 
 
 
 
Need, drive, behavior, satisfaction; best describes:
Select one:
a. Psychological Hedonism
b. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
c. Drive reduction theory
d. Physiology
Question 20
 
 
 
 
Alertness and activity in the sympathetic nervous system best describes what term:
Select one:
a. Attention
b. Arousal
c. Repose
d. Drive
Question 21
 
 
 
 
The cognitive therapist looks for
Select one:
a. Learned behaviors.
b. Irrational or inappropriate beliefs.
c. Genetic basis.
d. Uncommon behavior in the statistical sense.
Question 22
Imitating others and symbolic models, best represents:
Select one:
a. Ivan Pavlov
b. Albert Bandura
c. B.F. Skinner
d. Baddeley
Question 23
 
 
 
 
The Big five (or five factor model) best fits with:
Select one:
a. Trait
b. Humanistic
c. Psychodynamic
d. Common Sense
Question 24
 
 
 
 
Are intelligence and IQ synonymous
Select one:
a. No
b. Yes
Question 25
 
 
 
 
__________ is a type of behavior modification.
Select one:
a. Drug therapies
b. Mental blocks
c. Exposure therapy
d. Insight therapy