Question: “Statistically significant” means that the results of an experiment most likely:

• 1. had practical significance
• 2. resulted from chance variations
• 3. were not strongly correlated
• 4. were not due to chance

Question: Subliminal perception:

• 1. involves the presentation of stimuli too rapidly or too weakly to be consciously recognized
• 2. has not been used by advertiser in an attempt to effects on a person’s emotions
• 3. has dramatic effects on a person’s emotions
• 4. changes an individual’s intended behavior

Question: The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called:___________?

• 1. sensory completion
• 2. closure
• 3. figure-ground
• 4. continuation

Question: if a child’s chronological age matches his or her mental age, then the child’s IQ would be approximately:

• 1. 90
• 2. 75
• 3. 125
• 4. 100

Question: The close emotional bond of affection between an infant and its caregiver called:__________?

• 1. attachment
• 2. dependency
• 3. imprinting
• 4. nurturing

Question: The initial stage of learning a response is called: ____________?

• 1. conditioning
• 2. extinction
• 3. contiguity
• 4. acquisition

Question: in relation to age, which of the following does not belong with the others?

• 1. gradual appearance of symbolic thought
• 2. babbling
• 3. gradual mastery of object permanence
• 4. postconventional moral reasoning

Question: In language development, babbling refers to producing:

• 1. a wide variety of phonemes and consonant-vowel combinations
• 2. sound by placing the tongue near the back of the mouth
• 3. sound with the lips and the front part of the mouth
• 4. random combinations of words

Question: Working backward is a good strategy follow when:

• 1. you have many options available at the beginning of a problem, but few options at the end
• 2. the problem does not have a well-specified goal
• 3. you can recognize the similarity between two problems
• 4. a problem has obvious subgoals

Question: Which disorder has been called “the common cold of mental illness”?

• 1. Major depression
• 2. Bipolar disorder
• 3. Schizophrenia
• 4. Post traumatic stress