Question: The ____ asserts that all cognitive experiences will tend to be as organized, symmetrical, simple, and regular as they can be, given the pattern of brain activity at any given moment.

Answer Choices:

A. Law of Prägnanz
B. Principle of Proximity
C. Principle of Similarity
D. Principle of Closure

Answer: A – Law of Prägnanz

 

Question: Checkpoints during the cell cycle are important because they ________. Check all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. allow the cell to generate sufficient ATP for cellular division
B. allow the organelles activity to catch up to cellular demands
C. are the only time DNA replication can occur
D. ensure the integrity of the cell’s DNA

Answer: B – allow the organelles activity to catch up to cellular demands D – ensure the integrity of the cell’s DNA

 

Question: What is the danger of being ignorant about the history of your chosen major, psychology?

Answer Choices:

A. I won’t understand where many of psychology’s key ideas and concepts came from.
B. All of the above are dangers of being ignorant of the history of psychology.
C. It doesn’t reflect well on me if I’m ignorant of my own field.
D. I won’t do well in other classes.
E. I want to work in psychology so I want to be able to speak knowledgeably about its historical figures, events, and how psychology’s basic concepts developed over time.

Answer: B – All of the above are dangers of being ignorant of the history of psychology.

 

Question: Checkpoints during the cell cycle are important because they ________. Check all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. allow the cell to generate sufficient ATP for cellular division
B. allow the organelles activity to catch up to cellular demands
C. are the only time DNA replication can occur
D. ensure the integrity of the cell’s DNA

Answer: B – allow the organelles activity to catch up to cellular demands D – ensure the integrity of the cell’s DNA

 

Question: During Anaphase I ________.

Answer Choices:

A. all the chromosomes align independently at the middle of the cell
B. homologous chromosomes move to opposite poles

Answer: B – homologous chromosomes move to opposite poles

 

Question: At metaphase I, the kinetochores of sister chromatids are ________.

Answer Choices:

A. attached to microtubules from opposite poles
B. not attached to any kinetochores
C. attached to microtubules from the same pole
D. held together with actin proteins

Answer: C – attached to microtubules from the same pole

 

Question: So in review, there are some commonalities that can be found between the religions.

Answer Choices:

A. True
B. False

Answer: A – True

 

Question: In general, there are some distinguishing differences among the various world religions that make each one unique.

Answer Choices:

A. True
B. False

Answer: A – True

 

Question: Although a country might have a predominant religion, not everyone in that country necessarily identifies themself as belonging to that religion.

Answer Choices:

A. True
B. False

Answer: A – True

 

Question: For the Gestaltists, the proper subject matter for psychology is ____ or mental experience as it occurs to the naive observer.

Answer Choices:

A. operant behavior
B. S-R associations
C. mental elements
D. phenomenological experience

Answer: D – phenomenological experience

 

Question: Which of the following observations by Wertheimer launched the school of Gestalt psychology?

Answer Choices:

A. Our perceptions are more than, or different from, the sensations that make them up.
B. Humans are only quantitatively different from other animals.
C. Objective reality and subjective reality are really the same thing.
D. Introspection can be used to study the contents of the human mind.

Answer: A – Our perceptions are more than, or different from, the sensations that make them up.

 

Question: The ____ asserts that all cognitive experiences will tend to be as organized, symmetrical, simple, and regular as they can be, given the pattern of brain activity at any given moment.

Answer Choices:

A. principle of inclusiveness
B. law of Prägnanz
C. constancy hypothesis
D. principle of continuity

Answer: B – law of Prägnanz

 

Question: Camouflage utilizes the Gestalt principle of:

Answer Choices:

A. continuity
B. proximity
C. closure
D. inclusiveness

Answer: D – inclusiveness

 

Question: Which of the following is a characteristic of insightful learning?

Answer Choices:

A. The transition from presolution to solution is sudden and complete.
B. The performance based on a solution is usually riddled with errors.
C. A solution gained by insight is rarely retained for long periods of time.
D. A principle gained by insight is not readily applied to other problems.

Answer: A – The transition from presolution to solution is sudden and complete.

 

Question: In his book Productive Thinking, Wertheimer stated that the type of learning that occurs when mental associations, memorization, drill, and external reinforcement are employed is ____, a charge that Skinner probably would have taken great offense with.

Answer Choices:

A. as important as any other type of learning
B. insightful
C. longer lasting than other types of learning
D. trivial

Answer: D – trivial

 

Question: According to Lewin, a person’s __ consisted of all of the influences acting upon him or her at a given time.

Answer Choices:

A. apperceptive mass
B. essence
C. life space
D. hodological space

Answer: C – life space

 

Question: When one has mixed feelings about one goal, what type of conflict is this?

Answer Choices:

A. approach-approach conflict
B. avoidance-avoidance conflict
C. double approach-avoidance conflict
D. approach-avoidance conflict

Answer: D – approach-avoidance conflict