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QUESTION 1.

Human brains can become conditioned to experience certain feelings more often. For example, after a traumatic event, the brain may rewire neurons to react more quickly to stimuli that elicits fear, leading to hypervigilance. This rewiring of neurons occurs because of

Brain plasticity
Brain elasticity
Brain conditioning

QUESTION 2.

In which country are low activation positive states (feelings like contentment) valued more than high activation positive states (Feelings like excitement)?

USA
England
China
Brazil

QUESTION 3.

Which of the following best explains the scientific evidence of the relationship between ADHD and cell-phone use?

Multiple studies have found that cell phones have caused children to develop ADHD.

No studies have found any relationship between cell phone use and ADHD symptoms.

Multiple studies have found that people with ADHD diagnoses were more likely to have "problematic" cell phone use, but cannot definitively prove that cell phone use caused ADHD or ADHD caused cell phone addiction.

None of the above

QUESTION 4.

This type of cognitive distortion occurs when people only notice or remember information that fits their previously held beliefs.

Confirmation bias
Labeling
Discounting the positive
All or nothing thinking

QUESTION 5.

Which one of these is not a symptom of a major depressive episode?

Depressed Mood
Poor concentration
Irritability
Weight loss/Weight gain

QUESTION 6.

Influencers are paid by companies to provide testimonials of products on their social media pages. Influencers are an example of what persuasion technique for buying/selling products?

Reciprocity
The Maven
Foot in the door
That s not all

QUESTION 7.

Effects that increase behaviors are __________. Effects that decrease them are _________.

Right; Wrong
Positive; Negative
Rewards; Consequences
Reinforcers; Punishments

QUESTION 8.

In which of the following scenarios has extinction occurred?

Connor finds that he needs to smoke more cigarettes to get the same nicotine buzz as he used to.
Connor smokes cigarettes for the first time and doesn't find it enjoyable.
Connor has quit smoking and no longer feels excited when he sees a cigarette.
Connor has quiz smoking, but still craves the nicotine buzz that he used to get in the past.

QUESTION 9.

Angie is on the subway when she notices that the woman in the opposite seat is looking at her. Angie immediately think the other woman wants to have a fight and says, "what are you looking at?" The woman responds by saying she was admiring Angie's earrings, and Angie feels embarrassed. Angie is demonstrating the ________ attribution bias in the way she interpreted the other woman's gaze.

Hostile
Fundamental
Actor-Observer
Self-serving

QUESTION 10.

Kelly is at a college party and notices everyone is drinking. She concludes that the majority of students on campus must also drink alcohol frequently. What would we call Kelly s perception of what most people are doing?

Informational influence
Conformational bias
Conformity observation
A Descriptive Norm