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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
midbrain
B
cerebellum
C
brainstem
D
cerebrum
2) Which branch of psychology asserts that human behavior is the result of the interplay between subjective emotions and objective sensations?
A
behaviorism
B
functionalism
C
psychoanalysis
D
structuralism
3) What is the psychological term for the use of self-deception to justify behaviors or ideas that are socially or personally unacceptable?
A
rationalization
B
flagellation
C
loss aversion
D
abstract thinking
4) According to Abraham Maslow, human behavior is motivated by a _____.
A
formal thought disorder
B
coefficient of determination
C
coefficient of determination
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
anchor
B
monad
C
intuition
D
heuristic
6) Who was the proponent of the notion of inherited character traits?
A
Gordon Allport
B
Abraham Maslow
C
Sigmund Freud
D
William James
7) What kind of drug is typically prescribed to treat schizophrenia?
A
antiarrhythmic
B
antipsychotic
C
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
D
anti-convulsive
8) What is the psychological term for the ability to recall better the last pieces of information in a series?
A
hierarchy of order
B
memory foreclosure
C
sequential recall
D
serial position or recency effect
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
sequence
B
hierarchy
C
content
D
meaning
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