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(C) Turner’s syndrome

(D) Down syndrome

(E) Fetal alcohol syndrome

41. In classical conditioning the learner learns to associate the unconditioned stimulus with

(A) an unconditioned response

(B) a conditioned stimulus

(C) a conditioned response

(D) a negative reinforcer

(E) a punishment

42. According to Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) theory, of the following stages, we are most susceptible to disease during

(A) resolution

(B) resistance

(C) alarm

(D) exhaustion

(E) extinction

43. Jeanette locked the front door, then checked it by turning the knob. She checked it a second time. After walking halfway down the path to the street, Jeanette went back to the door and checked to make sure that it was locked. Her behavior appears to be

(A) psychotic

(B) schizophrenic

(C) obsessive

(D) compulsive

(E) manic

44. Carlos could consistently differentiate the note middle C on the violin from middle C on the piano because of the difference in

(A) frequency

(B) primary wavelength

(C) amplitude

(D) timbre

(E) volume

45. Hunger, thirst, and sex are most closely associated with stimulation of the

(A) pons

(B) cerebellum

(C) hypothalamus

(D) temporal lobes

(E) basal ganglia

46. For which of the following disorders might a psychiatrist prescribe a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor such as Prozac® or Paxil®?

(A) manic

(B) depressive

(C) dissociative identity

(D) conversion

(E) disorganized schizophrenic

47. Jared thinks that going to psychology lecture classes is a waste of time, and that you can do just as well in the course if you just read the review book, watch “Discovering Psychology,” and take the tests. He decides to test his hypothesis with an experiment. The independent variable in his experiment is

(A) going to lecture classes

(B) going to lecture classes, reading the review book, and watching “Discovering Psychology”

(C) not going to lecture classes, reading the review book, and watching “Discovering Psychology”

(D) just taking tests

(E) doing as well on tests without going to class as with going to class

48. In class, John’s teacher tells him that she will give him the coin and bill for each picture he can correctly identify on the face of the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar, dollar bill, and five-dollar bill. John cannot identify any of them although he has been handling money for 17 years. His inability to remember the pictures most likely results from

(A) confabulation

(B) failure to reconstruct

(C) failure to encode

(D) deep processing

(E) repression

49. Stranded in a deserted area after a boating accident, Harry was able to survive by eating leaves and insects, and drinking water he boiled in a fire he made. According to Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Harry displayed a high level of which of the following intelligences?

(A) naturalistic

(B) interpersonal

(C) verbal-linguistic

(D) mathematical

(E) g

50. Menarche occurs at about age

(A) 12 in males only

(B) 12 in females only

(C) 12 in both sexes

(D) 12 in females and 14 in males

(E) 50 in females only

51. Amy’s therapist shakes her head affirmatively and says, “Yes, uh huh,” as Amy talks about her problems. Which of the following treatments did she experience?

(A) psychoanalysis

(B) behavior therapy

(C) humanistic therapy

(D) cognitive therapy

(E) existential therapy

52. Lucille suffered a stroke last week and cannot recognize her children or grandchildren by looking at them. Of the following structures, her brain lesion is most likely in the

(A) cerebellum

(B) hypothalamus

(C) amygdala

(D) left cerebral cortex

(E) right cerebral cortex

53. According to the Gestalt organizing principles of perception, when you look at, “i n car n a t e,” you tend to notice the word car rather than in, nate, at, or ate, because of

(A) continuity

(B) the phi phenomenon

(C) similarity

(D) figure-ground

(E) proximity

54. Which of the following