Basic Psychology
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Course Introduction
Basic Psychology introduces students to the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. The course explores foundational concepts such as perception, learning, memory, cognition, emotion, motivation, personality, development, and psychological disorders. Students will examine key theories and research methods in psychology, along with their real-world applications. Emphasis is placed on understanding how biological, psychological, and social factors influence individual and group behavior, providing a comprehensive overview to support further study in the field.
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PSYCH 3rd Edition by Spencer A. Rathus
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Chapter 1: What Is Psychology
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Q1) Experimental psychologists often use humans or animals to study basic processes. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In an experiment to determine the effects of alcohol consumption on aggression, aggressive behavior would be the A)treatment.
B)independent variable.
C)control variable.
D)dependent variable.
Answer: D
Q3) Wilhelm Wundt founded the school of psychology called A)functionalism.
B)psychoanalysis.
C)behaviorism.
D)structuralism.
Answer: D
Q4) The __________ variable in an experiment is also referred to as the treatment. Answer: independent
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Chapter 2: Biology and Psychology
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Q1) You and a friend are studying psychology at the dining room table when you hear something stirring underneath it. You lean over to investigate, and a rat scurries across the floor. Which nervous system kicks into gear in both you and your friend?
A)the afferent nervous system
B)the parasympathetic nervous system
C)the sympathetic nervous system
D)the central nervous system
Answer: C
Q2) If a person is having trouble sleeping, they might take the following hormone.
A)prolactin
B)corticosteroids
C)melatonin
D)thyroxin
Answer: C
Q3) ___________ is a disruption in the ability to understand or produce language. Answer: Aphasia
Q4) Cells that remove dead neurons and waste products from the nervous system, nourish and insulate neurons, and form myelin, are named ____________ cells. Answer: glial
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) If Kiobe, an African pygmy who grew up and lived all his life in a thick forest, told an anthropologist that the distant buffalo on the open plain were insects, one might conclude that he
A)suffered from presbyopia.
B)lacked brightness constancy.
C)lacked shape constancy for great distance.
D)lacked size constancy for great distance.
Answer: D
Q2) Movement of hair cells generates neural impulses that travel to the brain via the ________ _________.
A)optic nerve
B)auditory nerve
C)basilar membrane
D)oval window
Answer: B
Q3) The_______ _________ helps us to maintain our balance. Answer: vestibular sense
Q4) The wavelength of visible light determines color or ___________. Answer: hue
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) A cocaine user experiences a decline in mood or "crash" because when cocaine levels drop, the
A)receiving neurons absorb fewer neurotransmitters.
B)sending neurons absorb fewer neurotransmitters.
C)receiving neurons absorb more neurotransmitters.
D)sending neurons absorb more neurotransmitters.
Q2) Which bodily function was once thought to be beyond voluntary control but nowadays can be changed with biofeedback?
A)heart rate
B)blood pressure
C)sweating
D)all of these
Q3) Molly arrived in Juneau, Alaska to visit her aunt and uncle. Yet when she got there at 10 p.m., the sun was just beginning to set. This would affect her
A)circadian rhythm.
B)sleep cycle that is connected with the rotation of the earth.
C)sleep spindles.
D)circadian rhythm and sleep cycle that is connected with the rotation of the earth.
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) Dana liked to watch her mom prepare dinner when she was a little girl. As a grown-up, Dana now enjoys preparing gourmet meals for her family. It can be said that her mother was a ___________ for learning to cook.
A)reinforcer
B)programmer
C)shaper
D)model
Q2) All of the following are examples of reinforcement schedules <b>EXCEPT</b> A)fixed ratio.
B)variable ratio.
C)fixed intermittent.
D)fixed interval.
Q3) A __________ schedule is one in which reinforcement is provided after a specific number of correct responses.
Q4) When a young child sees a cow and calls it "doggie," this is an example of A)stimulus discrimination.
B)stimulus generalization.
C)higher-order conditioning.
D)response discrimination.
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Chapter 6: Memory: Remembrance of Things Past--And Future
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Q1) What is the memory that enables one to hold information for a limited time in one's mind called?
A)short-term memory
B)working memory
C)both a and b
D)none of these
Q2) The memory of how to perform a task is
A)episodic memory.
B)nondeclarative memory.
C)semantic memory.
D)explicit memory.
Q3) It is easier to recall information stored than it is to recognize it.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What two types of explicit memory were described by Tulving?
A)episodic and nondeclarative memory
B)declarative and nondeclarative memory
C)semantic and episodic memory
D)semantic and implicit memory
Q5) The __________ is vital to the storage of new information in the brain.
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Chapter 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) What would be a prototype for the category "weather"?
A)sunny
B)rainy
C)cloudy
D)all of these
Q2) If Matt tells you, "I had pretty much the same problem with the exhaust system of my car. You need to go to the auto supply shop and buy an inexpensive patch kit for the exhaust pipe. This should hold up until you are ready to replace the exhaust pipe." Matt's suggestion is an example of
A)subgoal analysis.
B)algorithm.
C)analogy heuristic.
D)trial and error.
Q3) A(n) _________ is a specific procedure for solving a type of problem.
Q4) We are using the _________ _________ when we base our estimates of frequency or probability of events on how easy it is to find examples.
Q5) Novices are more likely than experts to use serial processing to solve problems.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) A high need for achievement would drive a person to A)distraction.
B)work hard.
C)avoid work.
D)turn down a promotion.
Q2) Which field of psychology is interested in the study of positive emotions such as happiness and love, optimism and hope, joy and sensual pleasures?
A)optimistic psychology
B)emotional psychology
C)positive psychology
D)humanistic psychology
Q3) A regular television viewer finds the need to snack while watching his programs because of all the commercials for food. This demonstrates the influence of ________ on eating behavior.
A)psychological factors
B)physiological factors
C)biological factors
D)none of these
Q4) Species-specific behaviors that do not rely on learning are called _________.
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Chapter 9: The Voyage Through the Life Span
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Q1) Josephine is a 45-year-old insurance saleswoman. She never really wanted to be in this line of work, but now with a family and bills to pay she can't afford to change. She feels trapped and gets involved in an extramarital affair to ease her pain. Levinson would claim her behavior is indicative of a
A)mid-life crisis.
B)troubled 40s.
C)mid-life upheaval.
D)mid-life mourning.
Q2) A newborn shows a preference for his/her mother's voice rather than the father's voice. What is this most likely the result of?
A)an inability to hear until after birth
B)learning to recognize the mother's voice because of more exposure to these sounds before birth
C)an inability to hear lower pitched tones as in a male's voice
D)liking mom more than they like dad
Q3) Fluid intelligence either remains stable or improves throughout adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The longest prenatal stage is the _____ stage.
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Chapter 10: Personality: Theory and Measurement
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Q1) What is the removal of anxiety-provoking ideas from awareness called?
A)catalysis
B)reaction formation
C)repression
D)regression
Q2) Which of the following represents the correct developmental sequence of Sigmund Freud's psychosexual stages of development?
A)oral, phallic, anal, genital, latency
B)anal, oral, phallic, latency, genital
C)phallic, oral, genital, latency, anal
D)oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
Q3) According to Freud, the three levels of consciousness are
A)conscious, subconscious, and unconscious.
B)conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.
C)postconscious, conscious, and preconscious.
D)conscious, preconscious, and subconscious.
Q4) Forced choice formats allow a "none of the above" answer choice.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Bandura's _____ _____ refer to a belief that one can accomplish certain things.
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Chapter 11: Stress, Health, and Coping
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Q1) Which would be True of a person with a Type A behavior pattern?
A)eating slowly
B)delegating authority to others
C)dominating group discussions
D)arriving late to appointments
Q2) When people can laugh at their mistakes, they can cope with
A)less stress.
B)more stress.
C)little stress.
D)none of these.
Q3) Dawn wants to be a veterinarian because she wants to help animals remain healthy. On the other hand, she knows she does not like to see animals suffering from illnesses. This produces a(n) __________ conflict.
A)multiple approach-approach
B)avoidance-avoidance
C)approach-approach
D)approach-avoidance
Q4) Discuss the associations between illnesses (such as cancer and CHD) and racial and ethnic background.
Q5) What are the risk factors associated with Coronary Heart Disease?
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Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Slightly more than ______ of us will experience a psychological disorder in any given year.
A)1/3
B)1/2
C)1/4
D)1/10
Q2) Sarah was found in New York City by her family. At first, Sarah didn't remember who she was or who they were. When they all returned to their home in Florida, Sarah couldn't remember going to New York but regained her memory of her family. Sarah demonstrates
A)dissociative amnesia.
B)dissociative fugue.
C)dissociative identity disorder.
D)depersonalization disorder.
Q3) With dissociative amnesia, people are unable to recall important personal information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) False auditory and visual perceptions are called ______.
Q5) Fear of being out in open, busy areas is called _____.
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Chapter 13: Methods of Therapy
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Q1) Many antipsychotic medications are believed to act by
A)blocking dopamine receptors.
B)decreasing the production of serotonin.
C)increasing the production of dopamine.
D)increasing the use of adrenaline.
Q2) Which of the following statements would Albert Ellis agree with?
A)People's problems are acquired during psychosexual stages of development.
B)People's difficulties have been acquired through the learning process.
C)People's problems are the result of their faulty thinking.
D)a and c
Q3) A psychodynamic therapist finds that a client has difficulty with the __________ method and concludes that the client is having difficulty breaking through his defenses against unconscious impulses.
A)free association
B)defense mechanism
C)catharsis
D)resistance
Q4) The cognitive approach of Aaron Beck focuses on the _____ _____ of the depressed client.
Q5) In Paris, the physician _____ _____ unchained the patients at La Salpêtrière.
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Chapter 14: Social Psychology
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Q1) People tend to attribute others' behaviors to dispositional factors such as personality traits. At the same time, we tend to attribute our own behavior to A)personality traits.
B)dispositional factors.
C)human foibles.
D)situational influences.
Q2) In the elaboration likelihood model, two types of persuasive communications can be used. These are the central route and the __________ route.
A)peripheral
B)secondary
C)outside
D)none of these
Q3) Social psychology involves the study of all of the following <b>EXCEPT</b> A)beliefs.
B)conformity.
C)groups.
D)intelligence.
Q4) _____ is a selfless concern for the welfare of others that can lead to heroic behavior.
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