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Course Introduction
This course offers an introduction to the fundamental principles and concepts of psychology, providing students with an overview of the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Topics include the history and approaches of psychology, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, learning, memory, development, personality, psychological disorders, and social psychology. Through lectures, discussions, and practical examples, students will gain foundational knowledge that will help them better understand themselves and others in a variety of contexts.
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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) Neuroscientists are coming very close to understanding the connection between brain and behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Why did Hermann Ebbinghaus make up nonsense syllables for his memory studies?
A) By using nonsense syllables comprised of the initials of his friends,he thought his memory performance would be improved.
B) He really didn't have a specific reason for using nonsense syllables,but he thought it was a good idea.
C) Because if he used real words,his prior experience with those words might influence his memory.
D) Because he did not have copyright permission to use words in actual use,so he had to make up his own non-words.
Answer: C
Q3) Plato,a student of Aristotle,believed that to understand we need to observe.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Research Methods in Psychology
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Q1) Practical significance is the same thing as statistical significance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In the past,much of the research was conducted by white men using white men as research participants.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) In a blind experiment,the participants do not know
A) the hypothesis.
B) the dependent variable.
C) which level of the independent variable they received.
D) which level of the dependent variable they received.
Answer: C
Q4) Blind formal experiments are conducted in an effort to rule our experimental bias.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Biological Foundations in Behavior
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Q1) Axons are small branches of a neuron that extend out from the cell body.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Susan stepped on a bee with her bare foot.Pain receptors transmitted information to her brain on
A) hormonal systems.
B) association neurons.
C) efferent neurons.
D) afferent neurons.
Answer: D
Q3) Wernicke's area is located in the ______ lobe,while Broca's area is located in the ______ lobe.
A) occipital;parietal
B) frontal;temporal
C) temporal;frontal
D) parietal;occipital
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: The Interplay of Nature and Nurture
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Q1) According to evolutionary theory,men select mates who are older and have good character.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is true regarding inheritance and behavior?
A) Behaviors that are inherited often skip a generation.
B) Humans do not inherit specific patterns of behavior.
C) Humans inherit behavior based on animal development.
D) Humans are only capable of inheriting very specific behaviors.
Q3) Considering anti-social behavior,when the genes that increase the likelihood of antisocial behavior also lead to experiences that increase the risk for antisocial behavior,a(n)______ correlation is occurring.
A) passive
B) active
C) analytic
D) possessive
Q4) On average,women tend to be more nurturing,friendly,and helpful than men.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) What is the major function of the hammer,anvil,and stirrup of the middle ear?
A) to soften the tone of incoming stimuli for appropriate processing
B) to stir cochlear fluid so that bone conduction hearing can occur
C) to amplify vibrations and pass them on to the inner ear
D) to clean the external auditory canal of any potential wax buildup
Q2) We are able to taste due to approximately ______ taste buds on our tongue.
A) 10,000
B) 100,000
C) 1,000,000
D) 1,000
Q3) A door is still perceived as a rectangle even after we view it from different angles.This is due to
A) depth cues.
B) retinal disparity.
C) shape constancy.
D) linear constancy.
Q4) The vestibular organ provides the brain with information about pain and temperature.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: States of Consciousness
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Q1) Another name for an out-of-body experience is astral projection.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Of the following,which occurs in your dreams most often?
A) animals
B) family members
C) friends
D) you
Q3) The perception that your mind has left your body is known as
A) mesmerism.
B) astral meditation.
C) transcendental state.
D) astral projection.
Q4) Which of the following is true regarding the dreams we remember?
A) We remember negative dreams because they tend to wake us up.
B) We don't remember positive dreams because there are so many of them.
C) We remember negative dreams because they are the first dreams of REM sleep.
D) We don't remember negative dreams because our defense mechanisms protect us.
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Chapter 7: Basic Principles of Learning
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Q1) All changes in behavior are the result of learning.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If the state troopers drive yellow Fords in your state,there may be an immediate braking response when you see any yellow Ford.This reaction is known as A) an escape response.
B) stimulus discrimination.
C) superstitious behavior.
D) stimulus generalization.
Q3) Operant conditioning was first described by John B.Watson based on the study of Little Albert.
A)True
B)False
Q4) If after some extinction has occurred,the CS is presented and an occasional CR is observed,this is called response prevention.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Memory
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Q1) According to motivated forgetting theory,which type of experience is most likely to be forgotten?
A) a recent experience
B) a happy occasion
C) an upsetting experience
D) a childhood experience
Q2) Mary's study of psychology interfered with her capacity to recall sociology.Since psychology was studied first,the interference is
A) elaborative.
B) maintenance.
C) proactive.
D) retroactive.
Q3) Decay theory is not particularly good at explaining forgetting in long-term memory. A)True
B)False
Q4) The relearning method of long-term memory retrieval is the most sensitive method. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) The mathematical approach that Binet used to calculate the IQ of children is known as the
A) deviation IQ.
B) ratio IQ.
C) normal IQ.
D) valid IQ.
Q2) A test of tacit intelligence tests a person's ability to solve everyday problems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The habitual way of approaching a problem is called a mental set.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Fluid intelligence declines from middle age on.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Using shortcuts to solve complex problems is using algorithmic reasoning.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Developmental Psychology
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Q1) Crystallized intelligence reaches its peak in the early 20s and declines thereafter.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How many stages does Levinson use to describe developmental transitions in early adulthood?
A) one
B) three
C) five
D) nine
Q3) According to Kübler-Ross,the first stage of death and dying is
A) anger.
B) bargaining.
C) denial.
D) acceptance.
Q4) Which of the following is a primary sex characteristic for females?
A) accumulation of fat around the hips
B) growth of pubic hair
C) ovulation in females
D) development of breasts
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Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) When a biologist tells you it is the rutting season for deer,it means the _______ deer are _______.
A) female;ovulating
B) male;producing sperm
C) female;infertile
D) male;infertile
Q2) The more jobs a person has,the happier they tend to be.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The stop feeding system for food is located in the ventromedial hypothalamus.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The message to drink fluids is sent to the cerebral cortex when the level of sodium salts _______ on the _______ of body cells.
A) increases;outside
B) increases;inside
C) decreases;outside
D) decreases;inside
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Chapter 12: Personality Theories and Assessment
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Q1) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)is a(n)_______ personality test.
A) objective
B) projective
C) subjective
D) retrospective
Q2) The ego operates according to the pleasure principle.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a major criticism of personality tests?
A) cost
B) time constraints
C) objectivity
D) accuracy
Q4) Brains of neurotic persons shown sad scenes evoking negative emotions
A) showed increased amygdala activity.
B) showed decreased activity in the amygdale.
C) showed increases in activity in the cerebral cortex.
D) showed no changes in the cortical brain activity.
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Chapter 13: Stress and Health
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Q1) Moderate aerobic exercise means ______ minutes of continuous exercise that raises the heart rate at least _____ times a week.
A) 60;5
B) 20;2
C) 30;3
D) 45;4
Q2) Members of a minority culture experience _____ stress as compared to those members of the majority culture.
A) less
B) more
C) almost no
D) minimal
Q3) Regular aerobic exercise can _______ blood pressure and _______ blood cholesterol levels.
A) increase;decrease
B) increase;increase
C) decrease;increase
D) decrease;decrease
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Chapter 14: Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) Judith is experiencing delusions and hallucinations.She is withdrawing from human contact and often acts silly,with childlike behaviors.When she was admitted to the state hospital,she was diagnosed with
A) dissociative reaction.
B) catatonic schizophrenia.
C) disorganized schizophrenia.
D) general anxiety reaction.
Q2) An individual who engages in stealing and vandalism,who cannot uphold financial obligations,and who shows no remorse after harming someone may have a(n)
A) schizoid personality disorder.
B) bipolar anxiety disorder.
C) somatoform disorder.
D) antisocial personality disorder.
Q3) Social learning theorists have hypothesized that dissociative identity disorder results from a patient's high degree of
A) rebelliousness toward the therapist.
B) egocentric thought processes.
C) autonomic arousal.
D) suggestibility to the idea of hidden personality.
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Chapter 15: Therapies
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Q1) After her poem was not selected for the school literary magazine,Kate concluded that she must not be a good writer.Which type of maladaptive cognition best fits Kate's thinking?
A) selective abstraction
B) projection
C) overgeneralization
D) rationalization
Q2) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)helps severely depressed individuals
A) by rearranging synaptic receptors at the neuronal level.
B) though a forced graded exposure technique.
C) via a mechanism that is not currently understood.
D) forget about the depression they were experiencing.
Q3) Psychotherapy is a specialized process in which a trained professional uses psychological methods to help a person with physical problems.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Group therapy can sometimes be an efficient use of a therapist's time.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Social Psychology
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Q1) The impact of the first information we learn about a person is called the erstwhile effect.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An athlete responds to a career-threatening injury by persevering through a rigorous rehabilitation program.Those who know this athlete explain his perseverance in terms of his desire to compete and to express his natural talents.The social process underlying this explanation is
A) social penetration.
B) dissonance reduction.
C) attribution.
D) diffusion of responsibility.
Q3) The process of changing another person's attitudes through arguments and other related means is called
A) conformity.
B) obedience.
C) persuasion.
D) attribution.
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Chapter 17: Psychology Applied to Business and Other Professions
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Q1) The procedure known as the "Purdue Pegboard" is an example of a/n ______ test.
A) intelligence
B) performance
C) assessment
D) projective
Q2) Mastery learning is a technique used to encourage mainstreaming.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Those psychologists who work in business are most often found in the ________ department.
A) marketing
B) consumer relations
C) personnel
D) production
Q4) In a structured employment interview,every applicant is
A) asked to sit in the same chair.
B) interviewed at least twice.
C) interviewed by two people.
D) asked the same questions.
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