Intro to Psych Practice eMultiple Choice
Final Exam
Sample Questions
1) One possible cause of depression is:
A)abnormal levels of seratonin
B)loss of brain tissue.
C)erratic firing of unmyelinated neurons.
D)excess coritsol activity.
E)the gene for schizophrenia.
2)Which of the following is NOT a component of attitudes? A)disposition
B)cognition
C)behaviour
D)affect
E)all of the above
3)Which of the following individuals might be diagnosed as having panic disorder?
A)Louie, who is excessively anxious about his health and his job, even though there is no concrete reason for it.
B)Ruth, who refuses to eat in front of others for fear her hand will shake.
C)Lauren, who has incapacitating attacks of anxiety that come on her suddenly causing problems with breathing
D)Juliana, who gets hysterical when a dog approaches her.
4) Panic disorder, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder are types of
A)somatoform disorders
B)dissociative disorders.
C)anxiety disorders.
D)mood disorders.
5)A person's tendency to intervene in an emergency situation is influenced by all of the following factors EXCEPT MAY POP UP ON EXAM NOT IN NOTES IN TXT A)the behaviour of the other people who are present.
B)that person's knowledge of what to do.
C)how obvious the emergency is.
D)the number of other people present.
6) The primary symptom of dissociative amnesia is:
A)loss of well-practiced motor skills.
B)sudden inability to recall personal information.
C)an inability to remember facts and information learned in school.
D)repeated out-of-body experiences.
7)The formation of separate personalities in the dissociative identity disorder is thought to be a way of:
A)coping with intolerable abuse.
B)hiding the true nature of an illness.
C)avoiding the responsibility of adulthood.
D)adjusting to extreme social isolation.
8)Informal rules that define expected and appropriate actions in specific situations are called social __________ . A)norms
Sample Questions
1) One possible cause of depression is:
A)abnormal levels of seratonin
B)loss of brain tissue.
C)erratic firing of unmyelinated neurons.
D)excess coritsol activity.
E)the gene for schizophrenia.
2)Which of the following is NOT a component of attitudes? A)disposition
B)cognition
C)behaviour
D)affect
E)all of the above
3)Which of the following individuals might be diagnosed as having panic disorder?
A)Louie, who is excessively anxious about his health and his job, even though there is no concrete reason for it.
B)Ruth, who refuses to eat in front of others for fear her hand will shake.
C)Lauren, who has incapacitating attacks of anxiety that come on her suddenly causing problems with breathing
D)Juliana, who gets hysterical when a dog approaches her.
4) Panic disorder, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder are types of
A)somatoform disorders
B)dissociative disorders.
C)anxiety disorders.
D)mood disorders.
5)A person's tendency to intervene in an emergency situation is influenced by all of the following factors EXCEPT MAY POP UP ON EXAM NOT IN NOTES IN TXT A)the behaviour of the other people who are present.
B)that person's knowledge of what to do.
C)how obvious the emergency is.
D)the number of other people present.
6) The primary symptom of dissociative amnesia is:
A)loss of well-practiced motor skills.
B)sudden inability to recall personal information.
C)an inability to remember facts and information learned in school.
D)repeated out-of-body experiences.
7)The formation of separate personalities in the dissociative identity disorder is thought to be a way of:
A)coping with intolerable abuse.
B)hiding the true nature of an illness.
C)avoiding the responsibility of adulthood.
D)adjusting to extreme social isolation.
8)Informal rules that define expected and appropriate actions in specific situations are called social __________ . A)norms