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CLEP PSYCH 1
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1) Which part of the brain is responsible for primal functions, as for instance breathing?
A
brainstem
B
cerebellum
C
cerebrum
D
midbrain
2) Which branch of psychology asserts that human behavior is the result of the interplay between subjective emotions and objective sensations?
A
structuralism
B
behaviorism
C
psychoanalysis
D
functionalism
3) What is the psychological term for the use of self-deception to justify behaviors or ideas that are socially or personally unacceptable?
A
loss aversion
B
flagellation
C
abstract thinking
D
rationalization
4) According to Abraham Maslow, human behavior is motivated by a _____.
A
coefficient of determination
B
coefficient of determination
C
formal thought disorder
D
hierarchy of needs
5) What is the psychological term for a mental shortcut that is used to quickly arrive at the answer to a problem?
A
monad
B
anchor
C
heuristic
D
intuition
6) Who was the proponent of the notion of inherited character traits?
A
William James
B
Gordon Allport
C
Abraham Maslow
D
Sigmund Freud
7) What kind of drug is typically prescribed to treat schizophrenia?
A
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
B
anti-convulsive
C
antipsychotic
D
antiarrhythmic
8) What is the psychological term for the ability to recall better the last pieces of information in a series?
A
serial position or recency effect
B
hierarchy of order
C
sequential recall
D
memory foreclosure
9) In Freud's model of the psyche, which component is responsible for the basic animal drives?
A
limbic system
B
ego
C
superego
D
id
10) What is the most important determinant of the representation of information in a semantic code?
A
hierarchy
B
meaning
C
sequence
D
content
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