Basic Psychology Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Basic Psychology introduces students to the fundamental principles, theories, and methods underlying the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. This course covers key topics such as perception, learning, motivation, emotion, development, personality, and psychological disorders. Students will explore the biological bases of behavior, the influence of social environments, and the processes involved in memory, cognition, and decision-making. Through lectures, discussions, and practical examples, learners gain a foundational understanding of psychological research, its applications, and its relevance to everyday life.
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Psychology 2nd Canadian Edition by Saundra
K. Ciccarelli
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) We use animals in research because:
A)animals have simple behaviour that makes it easy to see changes.
B)animals don't live as long as humans and are easier to control.
C)we can do things to animals that we can't do to people.
D)all of the above are true.
Answer: D
Q2) All the following are accurate statements regarding random assignment EXCEPT:
A)it is a procedure for assigning people to experimental and control groups.
B)it is a procedure in which each subject has the same possibility of being assigned to a given group.
C)it is a procedure in which subjects are assigned to a positive correlation or a negative correlation condition.
Correct: Correct.Subjects can never be assigned to a type of correlation.
D)it is a procedure that allows individual characteristics to be roughly balanced between Answer: C
Q3) The first step in a psychological experiment is developing a method.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Biological Perspective
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Q1) Which of the following provinces likely has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis?
A)Manitoba
B)British Columbia
C)Ontario
D)Quebec
Answer: A
Q2) A/an ______ is a measure of how strongly two variables are related to each other.
A)independent variable
B)dependent variable
C)experimental effect
D)correlation
Answer: D
Q3) The cerebellum:
A)controls blood pressure.
B)is involved in emotional regulation.
C)coordinates involuntary rapid fine-motor movement.
D)relays messages from the sensory receptors.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Which of the following properties of sound would be the most similar to the colour,or hue,of light?
A)pitch
B)loudness
C)timbre
D)purity
Answer: A
Q2) The fovea is made up of:
A)all rods and no cones.
B)mostly cones with some rods.
C)mostly rods with some cones.
D)all cones and no rods.
Answer: D
Q3) The pupil is the:
A)opening in the centre of the iris.
B)white of the eye.
C)coloured part of the eye.
D)lining in the back of the eyeball.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs
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Q1) Which dream theory states that dreams are simply the brain's way of explaining random neural activity while sleeping?
A)Freudian dream theory
B)dreams for survival theory
C)activation-synthesis hypothesis
D)Hall's dreams as reflections of everyday life
Q2) Calvin Hall found that most dreams are about:
A)aggression.
B)everyday life.
C)bizarre events.
D)strangers.
Q3) Nicotine is considered a stimulant drug.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sleepwalking occurs:
A)primarily during REM sleep.
B)primarily during NREM sleep.
C)equally as often in REM and NREM sleep.
D)only in REM sleep.
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) Which learning theorist is responsible for the discovery of conditioned taste aversions?
A)Seligman
B)Garcia
C)Skinner
D)Watson
Q2) Albert Bandura conducted a classic study in observational learning.A central character in the experiment was "Bobo." Who or what was "Bobo"?
A)the name of the dog used in the study
B)Bandura's assistant,who was dressed as a clown
C)a chimpanzee used in the study
D)an inflatable doll used in the study
Q3) Kelsey just told her family a really funny joke that she made up herself.In order to use a primary reinforcer to encourage her in her joke-telling,Kelsey's dad might:
A)offer her money.
B)applaud her behaviour.
C)offer her praise for a job well done.
D)offer her a piece of candy.
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Chapter 6: Memory
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Q1) Retrieving information from LTM is done by assembling information from various brain locations and literally forming memories from these various pieces stored away at encoding.This process is known as:
A)consolidation.
B)spreading activation.
C)constructive processing.
D)parallel distributed processing.
Q2) Memory is defined as an active system that consists of three processes.They are:
A)receiving information from the senses,organizing and storing the information,and retrieving the information from storage.
B)the unconditioned stimulus,the conditioned stimulus,and the conditioned response. C)bottom-up processing,selective attention,and top-down processing.
D)acquisition,extinction,and spontaneous recovery.
Q3) The hippocampus appears to be responsible for the storage of new long-term memories.If it is removed,the ability to store anything new is completely lost.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language
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Q1) Cognition is a synonym for:
A)perception.
B)thinking.
C)learning.
D)intelligence.
Q2) PET scans have demonstrated that mental images:
A)are stored in different areas of the brain in men and women.
B)are not actually "pictures" but rather groupings of ideas and descriptive words about the object,event or person.
C)are created when areas of the brain associated with stored knowledge send information to the visual cortex.
D)the information goes from the eyes to the visual cortex of the occipital lobe and is processed,or interpreted,by other areas of the cortex
Q3) Dallas is a 10-year-old boy who has a mental age of 10 years.His IQ would be: A)80.
B)100.
C)115.
D)130.
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Chapter 8: Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) Professor Grant is interested in studying the development of a sense of humour.She collects data from groups of 6-year-olds,16-year-olds,26-year-olds,and 46-year-olds.What type of research design is Professor Grant using?
A)cohort design
B)longitudinal design
C)behaviour genetics design
D)cross-sectional design
Q2) Which of the following is NOT evidence of puberty in boys?
A)the growth of the testes and penis
B)the appearance of pubic hair
C)higher pitch of the voice
D)the appearance of a beard
Q3) The average age of menopause is:
A)43.
B)34.
C)51.
D)55.
Q4) Menopause is cessation of the menstrual cycle and ovulation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) One of the main differences between anorexia and bulimia is that the anorexic:
A)is obsessed about body weight.
B)tends to be female.
C)never binges on food.
D)can suffer from heart problems.
Q2) Which division of the nervous system is working when we experience emotions?
A)nonsympathetic division of the nervous system
B)sympathetic division of the nervous system
C)parasympathetic division of the somatic nervous system
D)central nervous system
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the physiological factors in hunger?
A)stomach
B)pancreas
C)hypothalamus
D)corpus callosum
Q4) Which statement best reflects the James-Lange theory of emotion?
A)Our hearts race,we see a monster,we feel fear.
B)We see a monster,we feel fear,our hearts race.
C)We see a monster,our hearts race,we feel fear.
D)We feel fear,our hearts race,we see the monster.
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Chapter 10: Stress and Health
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Q1) Anxiety,recurring nightmares,sleep disturbances,and concentration problems that occur for more than one month after a major stressor are symptoms of:
A)acute stress disorder.
B)post-traumatic stress
C)pre-traumatic stress disorder.
D)general stress disorder.
Q2) People living under stressful conditions tend to get sick more often than they would otherwise.How do researchers in psychoneuroimmunology explain this phenomenon?
A)The stress response reduces immune system functioning,thus making us more vulnerable to diseases.
B)The stress response in the long run leads to a lowering of the heart rate,which makes the heart inefficient.
C)The stress response makes muscles stronger,which places a greater burden on the heart and respiratory systems.
D)The body tends to adapt to the constant call for the stress response and,thus,future responses are not as strong as before.
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Chapter 11: Theories of Personality
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Q1) Self-efficacy refers to the ability of a person to give unconditional positive regard. A)True
B)False
Q2) For Freud,the seething cauldron of unconscious urges and desires continuously seeking expression is the: A)id.
B)superego.
C)ego. D)persona.
Q3) According to Rogers,people brought up with unconditional positive regard: A)tend to be vain and narcissistic.
B)are unlikely to be fully functioning.
C)feel valued regardless of their attitudes and behaviours. D)live lives directed toward what others want and value.
Q4) Which of these is an acronym that could help you remember the Big Five traits?
A)START
B)BEGIN
C)DUNES
D)OCEAN
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Chapter 12: Social Psychology
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Q1) Dave believes all college professors are irritable,impatient,and uninterested in whether students learn.His belief is an example of:
A)consensus.
B)impressions.
C)an attitude.
D)a stereotype.
Q2) The Robber's Cave experiment showed that:
A)playing athletic games,such as football and baseball,reduces us-them hostility.
B)watching movies together,and similar quiet interactions,reduces us-them hostility.
C)engaging in mutually exciting activities,such as tug-of-war,reduces us-them hostility.
D)interdependence in solving crises together reduces us-them hostility.
Q3) "I adore the girl next door." This phrase refers to what rule of attraction?
A)saturation effect
B)proximity
C)birds-of-a-feather effect
D)foot-in-the-door effect
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Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Who is least likely to believe that his or her obsessions are groundless and excessive?
A)Paul,a 30-year-old nurse
B)Jill,a 28-year-old nurse
C)Billy,a 10-year-old soccer player
D)Mary-Anne,a 65-year-old retiree
Q2) In ______________,sexual gratification is obtained by rubbing one's genitals up against the body of an unwilling person.
A)necrophilia
B)frotteurism
C)pedophilia
D)transvestite fetishism
Q3) People with ______ disorders have an excessively rigid,maladaptive pattern of behaviour and ways of relating to others.
A)personality
B)somatoform
C)affective
D)schizophrenic
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Chapter 14: Psychological Therapies
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Q1) Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)is primarily used for treatment of:
A)schizophrenia.
B)post-traumatic stress disorder.
C)depression.
D)bipolar disorder.
Q2) The strengthening of a response by following it with a pleasurable consequence or removing an unpleasant stimulus is called:
A)reinforcement.
B)modelling.
C)punishment.
D)extinction.
Q3) A criticism of eye-movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)therapy is that:
A)it focuses too much on post-traumatic stress.
B)early studies were done objectively.
C)more research is needed to demonstrate its effectiveness.
D)the theory has never been revised.
Q4) Psychotherapy involves talking things out with a professional.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Psychology and Human Development
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Q1) Jung believed that there were two levels to the unconscious mind,the personal and the:
A)collective.
B)animus.
C)anima.
D)preconscious.
Q2) Bilateral cingulotomy has been performed in cases of ________ that have not responded to other therapy techniques.
A)antisocial personality disorder
B)major depression
C)schizophrenia
D)panic disorder
Q3) ________ refers to heredity and __________ refers to environmental influences.
A)Nature; nurture
B)Cognition; emotion
C)Nurture; behavioural genetics
D)Cross-sectional; longitudinal
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