General Psychology Practice Exam 1

Linda is a psychologist. During her day at work, she is most likely to

Simon, a psychologist, studies whether people who watch a greater amount of TV are more likely to be good at memorizing visual information than those who watch less TV. To investigate this testable ____, Simon uses the number of remembered visually presented words as the ___ of the amount of TV watching

Keyshawn learns that, according to psychology research, students' active reading is related to getting higher scores on exams. The research method used to get this data must have ben a(n) _____ method.

Dr. Chen designs an experiment to study whether people who smile in photos are considered more attractive. His participants see photographs of the same people with a neutral facial expression and when smiling. Dr. Chen asks participants to rate the attractiveness of the person in each photo. In this experiment, the participants seeing the neutral faces are the _____ and the participants seeing the smiling faces of the _____.

Ever since he had a motorcycle accident, Cornelius has been unable to form new memories. Cornelius has most likely damaged his ______.

Dane is looking at a photo his friend texted to him. During this task, the part of Dane's brain that processes his ability to see the information in the photo is most active. This part of his brain is the _____.

Leo is participating in a sleep study. During his sleep, his brain shows delta wave activity. At that point, the researchers wake him up, and he is very disoriented. When the researchers wake Leo up, he is most likely in _____ sleep.

Vivian is under the influence of a psychoactive drug. She is experiencing changes in her emotions and vision. Specifically, everything she looks at appears very vivid and lifelike. What psychoactive drug did Vivian take?g

Latonia is pregnant. Her doctor told her that the baby has developed enough that it can now live outside of the womb. This is most likely the ______ period of prenatal development.

Eva was 9 years old when she started to develop breasts, which are a _____. Then, at the age of 12 Eva began menstruation, which is a ______.