Here are some example questions for the Final Exam. The sole purpose of these example questions is to get you thinking about the material that will be covered on the Final Exam. In addition to knowing the basic definitions of the issues/theories we have learned in class, you should have a working understanding of the effects, applications, and causes of these issues/theories that have been outlined in class and in the readings.
This Final Exam is NOT cumulative…I repeat, NOT cumulative...Did I say "not cumulative?!?...Yes, it's NOT CUMULATIVE!!!" Your outlines from the webpage for Chapters 6, 7, 5, 8, 11 (for Chapter 11, the material under "II. Psychosocial Development (Erikson)" & "IV. Theory of Moral Reasoning (Kohlberg)" will NOT be covered on the exam) , 9 (for Chapter 9, while the material under "II, A. Theories of Motivation" will be on the exam, the material under "II, B. Hunger & Eating" & "II, C. Sex" will NOT be covered on the exam), & 15 (for Chapter 15 outline, the material under “II. Social Influence” will NOT be covered on the exam) are essentially your review material (NOTE: make sure you have the most recent outlines that are currently on the webpage). Therefore, I suggest that you use these outlines to guide your studying of class material and reading in the book. The format for exam questions will include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer.
Note: The Final Exam will be held on Monday, June 24th at 11:30 a.m. in Dey 204 (our classroom). Please bring a scantron (i.e., bubble sheet) and a no. 2 pencil!! After completion of the Final Exam, students will be required to sign their initials on a class roster print-out in order for me to verify official receipt of this Final Exam.
Another note: you can access practice questions and/or review on the web at: http://cw.abacon.com/bookbind/pubbooks/kosslyn_ab/
The memory store that holds a large amount of perceptual input for a very brief time is _____ memory.
A. sensory
B. short-term
C. long-term
D. episodic
Thomas has forgotten his grocery list, but is sure that he can remember
the items. When he gets to the store, he finds that he can
remember the first few items that were on the list, but not the others.
This is due to the _____ effect.
A. recency
B. short-term memory
C. primacy
D. delayed recall
The small unit of meaning in language is called a ____________.
A prototype is a representation of _____ of a category.
A. the most typical member
B. an idealized member
C. an abstract phoneme
D. all of the above
A methodical set of steps that, if followed, will always produce the right answer is a(n)
A. algorithm.
B. heuristic.
C. procedure.
D. mental simulation.
At the end of the summer, you decide to bring some furniture from home back to school to use in your new apartment. Before lugging it all the way back, you want to be sure that everything will fit together, so you spend a while visualizing the rooms of your new apartment with various arrangements of furniture in them. If it won't fit in your mental apartment, you figure that it won't fit in your physical one. You are using the problem-solving technique of
A. algorithm.
B. heuristic.
C. procedure.
D. mental simulation.
Thurstone believed that intelligence consists of
A. a single underlying factor.
B. a single factor and a set of specific abilities.
C. a set of primary mental abilities.
D. a single underlying factor and a set of primary mental abilities.
A stimulus that automatically elicits a response, without prior learning, is a(n)
A. conditioned stimulus.
B. unconditioned stimulus.
C. conditioned response.
D. unconditioned response.
Mario always eats in the school cafeteria. Every time he passes the cafeteria, he feels hungry. The food that Mario has eaten in the cafeteria is the _____, and the cafeteria is the _____.
A. conditioned stimulus; conditioned response
B. unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response
C. conditioned stimulus; unconditioned stimulus
D. unconditioned stimulus; conditioned stimulus
Diocella is teaching her dog to sit. She starts by giving him a doggie treat every time he sits, then moves to giving him a treat only some of the times that he sits. Initially, Diocella was using _____ reinforcement; later she was using _____ reinforcement.
A. continuous; partial
B. partial; continuous
C. primary; secondary
D. secondary; primary
Reinforcement is a consequence that _____ the likelihood of a behavior.
A. increases
B. alters
C. decreases
D. all of the above
Mentally gifted people have an IQ score of at least ___________.
Briefly explain why the conditioned stimulus (CS) must precede the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) for classical conditioning to occur. Sketch out an example if you desire.
Research suggests that basic emotions are
A. learned.
B. innate.
C. culturally determined.
D. influenced by race.
The principle difference between the Cannon-Bard and the James-Lange theories of emotion is that in the James-Lange theory
A. the emotional state occurs simultaneously with the bodily state.
B. the bodily state precedes the emotional state.
C. the emotional and bodily states both depend on cognitive appraisal.
D. some emotions are independent of bodily states.
Piaget's stages of cognitive development are
A. successive.
B. qualitatively different.
C. partially independent.
D. all of the above.
Preoperational children have _____ but not _____.
A. conservation; object permanence
B. object permanence; conservation
C. conservation; egocentrism
D. egocentrism; object permanence
Briefly list and describe the three kinds of infant attachment styles (Ainsworth et al., 1978)
A group schema that contains a set of beliefs about people in a particular social category is called a ___________.
Briefly explain the negativity effect in impression formation.