1. Concerning emotions, what is role of learning?

a. all emotions are learned

b. learning plays no part in emotions
c. people learn the stimuli that come to produce emotions
d. culture has little effect on the expression of emotions
2. You see a grizzly bear in the forest. You are afraid and start to run away. According to the
Cannon-Bard theory, what is the precise relationship between the fear and the running?
a. fear is followed by running
b. fear and running happen simultaneously
c. running is followed by fear
d. running and fear are unrelated
3. Toilet training is generally more effective if the parents wait until the child is 18months old. This
fact means that such learning is partly under the control of
a. maturation
b. imprinting
c. nurture
d. social adjustment
4. When comparing many children of the same age, we can say with certainty that development
is
a. constant
b. variable
c. fixed
d. nonexistent
5. You roommate tells you not to cheat in this course because u might get caught. Your
roommate is operating at the..level of Kohlbergs moral development.
a. convectional
b. principled
c. premoral
d. equality
6. In the Freudian theory, primitive and instructional motives as well as memories that are so
threatening to the conscious mind that they have been repressed, are stored in the
a. subconscious
b. unconscious
c. preconscious
d. primal conscious
7. Cartoons sometimes depict personal conflict by showing the individual being caught between
an internal devil tendency and an internal angel tendency. This devil tendency correspond to the
a. id
b. ego
c. superego
d. Oedipal conflict
8. If you knew someone with an extremely violent temper and aggressive attitude who became a
boxer, you might suspect that the person was engaged in
a. sublimation
b. repression
c. self-efficacy
d. a death instinct
9. The Oedipal and Electra complexes develop and are resolved during which stage of Freuds
development theory?
a. oral
b. anal
c. phallic
d. genital
10. A book designed to help people the personality features they desire suggests that readers
pattern their lives on the model provided by someone they admire a great deal. The approach
employed here is most compatible with
a. psychoanalytic theory
b. social learning theory
c. humanistic theory
d. trail theory
11. Jane is experiencing stress. Both her boyfriends have asked her out for the same night.
Assuming she is attracted to both, which source of stress is Jane experiencing?
a. approach-avoidance conflict
b. approach-approach conflict
c. avoidance-avoidance theory
d. frustration-pressure conflict
12. The first step in responding to stress is often the production of hormones and the mobilization
of bodily resources. This first stage is referred to as the
a. avoidance reaction
b. resistance stage
c. alarm reaction
d. adjustment phase
13. Upsetting emotions and depression may affect the immune system by
a. reducing the immune of natural killer cells
b. increasing the resistance of the autonomic nervous system
c. reducing the response time of a persons GAS
d. increasing tolerance to micro stressors
14. Generally, ..predictability leads to..stress
a. increased; decreased
b. increased; negative
c. decreased; decreased
d. decreased; positive
15. Removing stress from your life is one method of
a. effective coping
b. ineffective coping
c. an aversion mechanism
d. avoidance coping
16. Which of the following is an ineffective method of coping?
a. managing reaction
b. cognitive coping
c. removing stress
d. withdrawal
17. Displacement occurs when a person inapproiately
a. reacts in an opposite fashion
b. misdirects his/her anger away from the source
c. begins acting in a childlike manner
d. reduces mistakes to errors in logic.
18. Progressive relaxation training has been found to be helpful in which of the following?
a. hypothermia
b. low blood pressure
c. insomnia
d. uremia
19. Changes in life-style can..affect longevity.
a. not
b. rarely
c. negatively
d. positively
20. One problem with stage theories is that they suggest
a. variability of development
b. we all develop at the same rate
c. universal, unidirectional stages
d. individual maturation over time
ANSWERS
1. c 6. b 11. b 16.d
2. b 7. a 12. c 17.b
3.a 8. a 13. a 18.c
4. b 9. c 14. a 19.d
5.c 10.b 15. a 20.c