Behavioral Science Review Questions
Course Introduction
Behavioral Science is an interdisciplinary field that explores the interactions among thoughts, emotions, and actions within individuals and groups. By drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and related disciplines, this course examines the underlying processes that drive human behavior. Students will learn about topics such as motivation, perception, decision-making, social influence, and the impact of culture on behavior. The course also covers methods for observing and analyzing behavior, with applications in fields like health, education, business, and public policy, providing a foundation for understanding and influencing behaviors in various real-world settings.
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Mastering the World of Psychology 5th Edition by Samuel E. Wood
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) The adaptation of human behavior over long periods of time for survival is the focus of the _____ school of thought.
Answer: evolutionary
Q2) Who is considered the "father" of psychology?
A)Charles Darwin
B)Wilhelm Wundt
C)Gustav Fechner
D)Sigmund Freud
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following would limit the effectiveness of the experimental method?
A)random assignment
B)selection bias
C)independent variables
D)representative samples
Answer: B
Q4) When interpreting the behavior of others, Nabila stresses the importance of cultural factors and social influences. Clearly, Nabila is coming from the _____ approach to studying human behavior.
Answer: sociocultural
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Chapter 2: Biology and Behavior
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Q1) A record of brain-wave activity is called a (an)_____
A)PET scan.
B)CAT scan.
C)EMG.
D)EEG.
Answer: D
Q2) When wanting a record of electrical activity in the brain in the form of brain waves, a (an)_____ machine would be used.
A)electroencephalogram
B)microelectrode
C)computerized X-ray
D)electrowave spectral imager
Answer: A
Q3) The left hemisphere controls movement on the _____ side of the body and handles most _____ functions.
A)left; motor
B)right; language
C)right; auditory
D)left; visual-spatial
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The last vision-processing step before signals are sent to the brain is in the _____
A)amacrine cells.
B)bipolar cells.
C)horizontal cells.
D)ganglion cells.
Answer: D
Q2) Tactile information is registered in the _____ cortex, which is located within the _____ lobe of the brain.
Answer: somatosensory; parietal
Q3) Closure is the tendency to _____
A)perceive objects, or figures, on some background.
B)complete figures that are incomplete.
C)perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping.
D)perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern.
Answer: B
Q4) The _____, which is/are located in the _____ ear, sense the rotation of the head thereby aiding in balance.
Answer: semicircular canals, or vestibular sacs; inner
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) Studies have shown that exposing people to _____ during their last 4 hours of sleep can help shift workers who experience a sleep-phase delay.
A)low light levels
B)cooler temperatures
C)warmer temperatures
D)bright light
Q2) In his sleep research, Drummond and others (2000)found that the _____ lobes were very active on the rested group but very inactive in the sleep-deprived group. Moreover, they found the _____ lobes of the sleep-deprived group to be highly active, perhaps to overcompensate for their sleep deprived condition.
Q3) The category of drugs called _____ decrease activity in the central nervous system.
A)hallucinogens
B)entactogens
C)stimulants
D)depressants
Q4) In the Native American Church in the United States, _____ is the controversial substance used during some of their rituals.
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) Which of the following are examples of behavior modification?
A)Your boss gives you a raise for good performance.
B)A husband compliments his wife every time she remembers to close the garage door.
C)A wife cleans up the kitchen whenever her husband makes dinner.
D)All of the above are examples of behavior modification.
Q2) For his graduate project, Seth wanted to demonstrate that he could condition a monkey to be afraid of a flower. Seth might have to come up with a different plan because _____
A)the monkey will eat the flower and they can't be made to fear food.
B)the monkey has no biological predisposition to fear flowers.
C)the monkey will fear a flower it hasn't seen without conditioning.
D)you can't classically condition a monkey.
Q3) Bethany wants to play baseball like her older sisters. Bethany watches them play for hours and is gradually learning how to play by studying what they do. This could be called _____
A)the modeling effect.
B)the disinhibitory effect.
C)the learning effect.
D)classical conditioning.
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Chapter 6: Memory
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Q1) Maggie memorized the speech she wrote for her business presentation. Because she was confident that she knew it, she went to bed knowing she would remember the speech just as well the next day when she was scheduled to give it. Based on memory research, what advice would you give Maggie?
A)Go over the speech again tomorrow anyway.
B)Stay up tonight so you don't forget it in your sleep.
C)You will probably remember every word for a week.
D)Drink a pot of coffee now, and have a cup before class.
Q2) A framework for studying memory that uses the computer as a model of human cognitive processes defines the _____
A)levels-of-processing theory.
B)information-processing theory.
C)sociocultural theory of memory.
D)social-cognitive theory.
Q3) Declarative memory includes _____
A)implicit memory and explicit memory.
B)episodic memory, explicit memory, and implicit memory.
C)semantic memory and episodic memory.
D)implicit memory and episodic memory.
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Chapter 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Sternberg and others believed that IQ-test and real-world success are based on different types of knowledge, _____ and _____
A)tacit; formal academic.
B)pragmatic; analytic.
C)spatial; verbal.
D)creative; organizational.
Q3) _____ occurs when a person sees only the original use of an object, which can ultimately interfere with problem solving.
A)Functional fixedness
B)A customary viewpoint
C)Cross-modal perception
D)Divergent thinking
Q4) Why can't achievement tests tell us about a person's intelligence?
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Chapter 8: Human Development
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Q1) In Ainsworth's study of American children and their attachment to their caretakers, she found that about _____ demonstrated an avoidant attachment.
A)5%
B)20%
C)35%
D)65%
Q2) Imogen was the recipient of excellent care by her mother during her first year of life. Which of the following stages of psychosocial development will Imogen have likely successfully resolved?
A)intimacy vs. isolation
B)ego integrity vs. despair
C)initiative vs. guilt
D)basic trust vs. mistrust
Q3) The concepts of symbolic function, pretend play, and egocentrism are characteristic of Piaget's _____ stage.
A)postconventional
B)preoperational
C)formal operations
D)concrete operations
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Which part of the brain is responsible for "conquering one's fear"?
A)hypothalamus
B)cortex
C)lateral hypothalamus
D)ventromedial hypothalamus
Q2) Bryce knows that the rest of the class got D's and F's on a difficult exam, so he is happy with a C, even though he knows he could have gotten an A with a little more effort. Bryce's motivation best matches _____
A)mastery/avoidance.
B)performance/approach.
C)performance/avoidance.
D)mastery/performance.
Q3) Activity in the _____ tells us to eat, whereas activity in the _____ tells us to stop eating because we are full.
A)amygdala; right frontal lobe
B)lateral hypothalamus; ventromedial hypothalamus
C)lateral hypothalamus; prefrontal cortex
D)amygdala; ventromedial hypothalamus
Q4) Why should we be concerned about a BMI over 30?
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Chapter 10: Health and Stress
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Q1) All of the statements below except one are correct. Which statement is NOT correct?
A)The incidence of STDs has increased over the past 30 years.
B)The barrier methods of contraception (such as condoms)provide complete protection against STDs.
C)About 16% of the adult population in the United States is infected with genital herpes.
D)Some bacterial STDs, like gonorrhea, are becoming antibiotic resistant.
Q2) Diane works in a bar where there is always heavy smoke from cigarettes. Her husband is worried about her exposure to tobacco smoke. Diane tells him not to worry, it is unpleasant to smell, but other people's smoke can't really hurt her. Who is right?
A)Diane, because she herself is not a smoker.
B)Her husband, because second-hand smoke exposure doubles the risk of a heart attack.
C)Who knows? There is no definitive research.
D)It only matters if Diane is pregnant.
Q3) How does a low T cell count relate to illness?
Q4) Where is the point of stress in the approach-avoidance conflict?
Q5) Why is feeling that we have some sense of control over our lives so significant?
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Chapter 11: Personality Theory and Assessment
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Q1) _____ is another term for a person's sense of self-worth.
A)Self-esteem
B)Reciprocal determinism
C)Catharsis
D)Cattell's cardinal trait
Q2) Lacie is known to most as outgoing and personable. She feels comfortable in a group of people and has never really been described as shy in any situation. Which factor of the five-factor model best relates to this scenario?
A)neuroticism
B)openness to experience
C)agreeableness
D)extraversion
Q3) Freud believed that the three systems of personality within the personality structure were _____, _____, and _____.
Q4) Conditions of worth are to _____ as fixations are to _____
A)Albert Bandura; Sigmund Freud.
B)Carl Rogers; Sigmund Freud.
C)Raymond Cattell; Carl Jung.
D)Abraham Maslow; Carl Jung.
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Chapter 12: Defining Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is TRUE of major depressive disorder?
A)About 90% of those hospitalized for major depressive disorder are fully recovered after one year.
B)Preventing recurrences of major depressive disorder is unimportant because subsequent episodes of depression seem to remain constant.
C)Even though some people only have one episode of major depressive disorder, 75% to 80% will have at least one recurrence.
D)Some studies show that psychotherapy can at times be just as effective as medication for treating major depressive disorder.
Q2) Based on the research by the National Alliance for Mental Illness, which of the following is thought to be the cause of an uncued panic attack?
A)a faulty cerebellum
B)compulsions
C)dysfunction in the fight-or-flight response
D)obsessions
Q3) Many studies suggest that the neurotransmitter _____ plays a role in schizophrenia.
Q4) Why would a forensic psychologist testify in court?
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Chapter 13: Therapies
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Q1) Mamie notices that when she discusses her issues in therapy, her therapist often says, "Okay, now let me make sure I understand. What it sounds like you are saying is that...." Mamie doesn't mind at all because it makes her feel like the therapist is paying attention, actually cares, and even gives her the opportunity to correct the therapist if what he says is not what she meant. Mamie's therapist is using the technique of _____
A)flooding.
B)active listening.
C)transference.
D)unconditional positive regard.
Q2) Which of the following is true regarding the comparison of psychologists with psychiatrists?
A)Only psychiatrists can be called doctors.
B)Psychiatrists attend medical school, whereas psychologists do not.
C)Psychologists are licensed to provide psychotherapy, but psychiatrists are not.
D)Only psychiatrists can prescribe medication for psychological disorders.
Q3) Why would a psychodynamic therapist inquire about an individual's childhood experience?
Q4) _____ and _____ are two examples of insight therapies.
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Chapter 14: Social Psychology
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Q1) The attitudes and standards of behavior expected of members of a particular group define _____
A)compliance.
B)social facilitation.
C)social norms.
D)conformity.
Q2) Why is deception sometimes necessary in psychological research?
Q3) When driving down the highway, Caesar could not help but notice the young-looking teenager who seemed to be driving in a reckless manner. He immediately assumed that he was one of those defiant, careless, and irresponsible teens who really did not deserve a license. Caesar just made a(n)_____
A)situational attribution.
B)impression attribution.
C)external attribution.
D)dispositional attribution.
Q4) Why after first meeting someone and forming an opinion about that person is it difficult to change that initial impression?
Q5) What was so significant about the ending of Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment?
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Chapter 15: Human Sexuality and Gender
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Q1) Before the 7th week of prenatal development, the gonads, or sex glands, of the male and female fetus are _____
A)clearly seen.
B)identical.
C)already different.
D)intersexed.
Q2) Jill and Jane are a lesbian couple. Bill and Sam are a gay couple. Jack and Jill are a heterosexual couple. Which of the following is true?
A)Jill and Jane will value monogamy and sexual faithfulness highly.
B)Bill and Sam will not value monogamy and sexual faithfulness.
C)We can't make any assumption.
D)Jack and Jill will be more faithful than either Jill and Jane or Bill and Sam.
Q3) The sexual response cycle consists of four phases, excitement, plateau, _____ and _____.
Q4) Describe the differences between Kohlberg's stages of gender identity, gender stability and gender constancy.
Q5) A combination of desirable masculine and feminine characteristics in one person is called _____.
Q6) Describe two ways in which biological sex may develop atypically.
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