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Course Introduction
Basic Psychology provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts, theories, and research methods of the field of psychology. The course explores key topics such as perception, learning, memory, development, motivation, emotion, personality, and social behavior. Through examining both classical and contemporary studies, students gain an understanding of how psychological principles apply to everyday life and human experience. Emphasis is also placed on critical thinking and the scientific approach to understanding behavior and mental processes.
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Psychology An Introduction 10th Edition by Benjamin Lahey
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) The method of looking inward at the contents of one's conscious experience as accurately and unemotionally as possible is referred to as:
A) circumspection.
B) introspection.
C) introversion.
D) extroversion.
Answer: B
Q2) Because research has suggested that sleep deprivation improves some symptoms of depression,you begin to use sleep deprivation as an alternative treatment with your depressed clients.Which goal of psychology are you fulfilling?
A) prediction
B) influence
C) description
D) understanding
Answer: B
Q3) ____________ studied digestion in dogs prior to identifying the process he termed conditioning.
Answer: Ivan Pavlov
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Chapter 2: Research Methods in Psychology
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Q1) If Variable X is increasing at about the same rate as Variable Y is decreasing,what can you conclude?
A) Variable X is causing Variable Y.
B) Variable X is negatively correlated with Variable Y.
C) Variable Y is causing Variable X.
D) Variable X is positively correlated with Variable Y.
Answer: B
Q2) Sonja believes the pill her doctor gave her has cured her of her anxiety disorder,even though the pill contained no active ingredients.Sonja's belief is an example of the ____________ effect.
A) control
B) bias
C) dependent
D) placebo
Answer: D
Q3) The U.S.National Institutes of Health now require that all new research grants involving human participants must study ____________ samples.
Answer: diverse
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Chapter 3: Biological Foundations in Behavior
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Q1) The adrenal gland's main function is to regulate:
A) the body's growth and metabolism.
B) sleep/wake cycles.
C) the body's response to stress.
D) blood sugar.
Answer: C
Q2) The midbrain is a small area located:
A) in the cerebral cortex.
B) directly above the medulla.
C) at the top of the spinal cord.
D) at the top of the hindbrain.
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is the responsibility of the parasympathetic nervous system?
A) slowing heart rate
B) increasing blood flow and muscle tension in large muscles
C) opening the pupils of the eyes
D) dilating the passageways of the lungs to increase air flow
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Interplay of Nature and Nurture
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Q1) According to research,if Thomas is a male,which of the following statements is MOST likely to be true?
A) He is controlling of his partner yet comfortable with the idea of casual sex for himself.
B) He prefers a mate who is older and has good earning potential.
C) He is threatened by his partner's emotional infidelity more than sexual infidelity.
D) He is only sexually intimate with long-term partners.
Q2) Max was born with the standard anatomy of a male,but even as a small child,Max felt more like a girl than a boy,and he resents his male anatomy.Based on this information,Max probably has:
A) a female sexual orientation.
B) a homosexual orientation.
C) a female gender identity.
D) internal female anatomy.
Q3) In twin studies,if one monozygotic twin has schizophrenia,the other has about a 50% chance of developing the disorder.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) When the ear takes the physical vibrations of air and changes them to neural codes,the process is called:
A) translation.
B) transmission.
C) transduction.
D) transformation.
Q2) Decibels are units of measurement used to describe a sound's:
A) pitch.
B) frequency.
C) intensity.
D) timbre
Q3) Rods function well in low light and cones do not because:
A) the axons of many rods converge before reaching the optic nerve.
B) rods send their messages on single nerve fibers to the optic nerve.
C) the axons of cones converge before reaching the optic nerve.
D) cones are in the center of the retina and rods are near the periphery.
Q4) The ____________ theory of color vision states that all sensations of colors result from different levels of stimulation of the red,green,and blue receptors.
Q5) The moon appears closer when it is overhead due to its ____________ position.
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Chapter 6: States of Consciousness
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Q1) Which of the following is a true statement about REM sleep?
A) REM sleep plays an essential role in the consolidation of newly learned information
B) Sleepwalking occurs mainly during REM sleep.
C) If a person is deprived of sleep,they will have fewer REM periods when allowed to sleep.
D) The dream-inhibiting system is active during REM sleep.
Q2) "I felt like I was hovering over the room,watching the ladder fall on me.It was like I could see the whole thing,including myself standing there." This statement describes:
A) a hypnagogic state.
B) astral projection.
C) a transcendental state.
D) hypnosis.
Q3) An amateur chemist creates a new drug that has not yet been classified as illegal.This drug is referred to as a(n):
A) narcotic.
B) act-alike drug.
C) designer drug.
D) inhalant.
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Chapter 7: Basic Principles of Learning
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Q1) Explain the suggestion that "phobias are initially classically conditioned but are maintained over time through avoidance conditioning." Use an example to illustrate.
Q2) In Pavlov's original experiments with digestion,he noticed that the dogs began salivating simply when the laboratory attendant walked into the room.
A)True
B)False
Q3) While playing in the backyard one day,the neighbor's dog wandered over.Your playmate,who has a tremendous fear of dogs,let out a bloodcurdling scream,yanked you cruelly by the arm,and dragged you into the house.You no longer want to go outside to play because you are afraid of the "neighbor's dog." In this example,discuss the conditioning process that has taken place and identify each of the elements in the process.
Q4) When an unrelated event causes a temporary increase in the strength of an extinguished response,it is called:
A) stimulus discrimination.
B) spontaneous recovery.
C) disinhibition.
D) stimulus generalization.
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Chapter 8: Memory
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Q1) Information can be "renewed" in short-term memory through the process of:
A) masking.
B) chunking.
C) rehearsal.
D) encoding.
Q2) Linking new information to oneself is an excellent means to improve one's ability to retrieve the information later.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The concept of the sensory register is an integral part of the:
A) spreading activation model of memory.
B) levels of processing model of memory.
C) stage theory of memory.
D) reconstructive memory model.
Q4) In the serial position effect,items at the beginning of the list are still being held in short-term memory but they have been rapidly and efficiently organized.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia.
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Chapter 9: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) Which of the following concepts is a simple concept?
A) furniture
B) square
C) toy
D) vacation
Q2) To break out of a mental set,you should:
A) learn to reject unusual ideas.
B) develop persistence and work until a solution occurs.
C) narrow down solutions early.
D) let go of habitual ways of viewing elements of a problem.
Q3) Convergent thinking is:
A) logical.
B) unconventional.
C) only partially directed.
D) loosely defined.
Q4) Emotion and problem solving are:
A) unrelated concepts.
B) rarely related.
C) not independent of one another.
D) are nearly the same thing in humans.
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Chapter 10: Developmental Psychology
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Q1) What is the correct relationship between maturation and learning?
A) Maturation and learning are independent processes.
B) Maturation cannot occur until learning has taken place.
C) Maturation and learning always occur at the same time.
D) Learning cannot occur until sufficient maturation has taken place.
Q2) Gilligan suggests that for women,moral reasoning is centered on:
A) abstract principles of justice.
B) laws.
C) concern for the welfare of self and others.
D) rewards and punishments.
Q3) In studies with monkeys,monkeys who were isolated for the first 6 months of life were abusive and neglecting mothers as adults.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Stage theorists see developmental changes as involving:
A) quantitative changes only.
B) qualitative changes only.
C) quantitative and qualitative changes equally.
D) minor quantitative changes within prevailing qualitative changes.
Q5) List and briefly describe Kubler-Ross's stages of grief.
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Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) According to ____________ theory,people are aggressive when they have learned that it pays to be aggressive.
Q2) To which theory of emotion did Izard add the "facial feedback" hypothesis?
A) Cannon-Bard theory
B) opponent-process theory
C) James-Lange theory
D) Schachter-Singer theory
Q3) According to Solomon's opponent-process theory,repeated exposure to the same stimulus will:
A) decrease the initial reaction and increase the opponent reaction.
B) increase both the initial and opponent reaction.
C) increase the initial reaction and decrease the opponent reaction.
D) decrease both the initial and opponent reactions.
Q4) Social-learning theorists state that "catharsis":
A) will only produce better practiced violence.
B) will lower the probability of aggression against others.
C) has nothing to do with aggression.
D) will not stop aggression but will lead to less violent acts of aggression.
Q5) Izard incorporated the facial feedback hypothesis into the ____________ theory of emotions.
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Chapter 12: Personality Theories and Assessment
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Q1) Allport believed that the most important traits were motivational traits related to our ____________.
Q2) Skinner criticized the trait approach to personality by suggesting that:
A) different people react to a given situation in an unpredictable manner.
B) behavior is dependent on the specifics of any given situation.
C) behavior is consistently predictable across a wide variety of situations.
D) behavior is more dependent on traits than trait theorists have stated.
Q3) Humanists use the term ____________ to describe the process that pushes individuals to grow and improve.
A) self-regulation
B) inner-directedness
C) subjective reality
D) conscience
Q4) Personality is defined in part by:
A) human nature.
B) unpredictability.
C) one's thoughts,actions,and feelings.
D) cultural conditioning.
Q5) According to Freud,dreams are a(n)____________ process means of fulfilling motives.
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Chapter 13: Stress and Health
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Q1) "Getting it off your chest," or telling another person about one's troubles,appears have no effect on reactions to stress.
A)True
B)False
Q2) With approach-avoidance conflicts,the motive to approach is stronger than the motive to avoid at greater distances from the event,but the motive to avoid is stronger than the motive to approach at closer distances.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to your text,research using the Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Scale suggests that which of the following may bean effective way to manage life events and stress levels?
A) Seek professional help at the moment you begin to feel overwhelmed.
B) Just ride it out and don't allow yourself to get upset.
C) Deal with the major events only and let the daily hassles slide.
D) Try to space out your life changes whenever you can.
Q4) Progressive relaxation training teaches individuals to deeply relax their
Q5) ____________ is stress that results from the threat of a negative event.
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Chapter 14: Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) When Stacy drives to and from work,she is haunted by thoughts that she has "hit a person with her car." Often,she turns around and drives back along the route to check for any injured persons alongside the road.Her behavior has turned a 20-minute trip into an hour-and-a-half commute.Stacy likely suffers from:
A) dissociative identity disorder.
B) somatization disorder.
C) delusional disorder.
D) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Q2) Troy leaves the house and wonders if he left the water running.He goes in and checks the water,goes back out,and wonders if he left the light on when he checked the water.He goes back to check the light,goes out,and wonders if the back door is open.This behavior continues for 25 minutes.Of the following,which disorder is Ben MOST likely suffering from?
A) panic disorder
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder
C) schizophrenia
D) generalized anxiety disorder
Q3) Compare and contrast the following personality disorders: antisocial,schizoid,and avoidant.
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Chapter 15: Therapies
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Q1) In psychoanalysis,dreams are valued because they:
A) provide clues to unconscious desires in symbolized form.
B) reveal irrational thought patterns that need to be changed.
C) are the literal expression of the client's conflicts.
D) are so sexual in content.
Q2) Gestalt therapists believe that:
A) therapy should create an emotionally nonthreatening environment through warmth and unconditional acceptance.
B) if you teach more adaptive behaviors,self-awareness will follow.
C) therapists should be nondirective in order to prevent client dependence.
D) it is appropriate to upset your clients if it gets them to face reality.
Q3) Unlike traditional psychoanalytic therapy,interpersonal therapy focuses on:
A) early childhood experiences.
B) unconscious motivations that drive behavior.
C) the here and now.
D) unconscious sexual motives and their impact on current relationships.
Q4) In contrast to psychoanalysis,humanistic therapists believe that all thoughts and feelings are conscious.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Social Psychology
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Q1) Social roles have a powerful impact on behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In recent surveys,there were NO differences between men and women when they rated the importance of ____________ in a relationship.
A) occupational status
B) education
C) sense of humor
D) intelligence
Q3) ____________ refers to the faulty decision-making processes that can occur in groups.
Q4) If a message is complex or difficult to understand,____________ intelligent people will be easier to persuade.
Q5) Of the following,which is likely to be the BEST predictor of marriage failure?
A) unmatched education and income
B) length of time spent together before entering into marriage
C) unrealistic expectations of each other
D) unmatched physical beauty
Q6) The importance of first impressions has been termed the ____________.
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Chapter 17: Psychology Applied to Business and Other Professions
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Q1) In the ____________ design of workspace,offices are laid out in large open spaces and separated by low movable partitions,desks,and file cabinets.
Q2) Intellectual ability is associated with job performance because more intelligent people are:
A) less likely to get distracted.
B) more motivated.
C) quicker in gaining job knowledge.
D) more likely to have specific skills.
Q3) In terms of employee health programs,research has revealed that:
A) the costs of health programs significantly outweigh the benefits.
B) keeping employees healthy is profitable for employers.
C) investments in employee health are generally not effective.
D) employees continue to rack up insurance costs because they see their benefits as "free."
Q4) Project Follow Through was an educational experiment in which researchers were asked to develop educational programs for ____________ children.
Q5) In criterion-referenced testing,scores are evaluated against an average sample. A)True B)False
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