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Course Introduction
Behavioral Science is an interdisciplinary field that explores the complex interactions between human thought, emotion, and behavior within individual, social, and cultural contexts. This course introduces students to foundational theories and research methods from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and related disciplines to analyze how people make decisions, interact with others, and adapt to their environments. Key topics include the processes of perception, learning, motivation, and social influence, as well as applications of behavioral science in areas such as health, education, and organizational behavior. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and the practical use of behavioral concepts to address real-world problems.
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Understanding Psychology 12th Edition by Robert S. Feldman
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) _____is a broad term that refers to cultural background,nationality,religion,and language.
Answer: Ethnicity
Q2) Which of the following areas of psychology focuses on the biological mechanisms that enable inherited behavior to unfold?
A)Clinical neuropsychology
B)Behavioral genetics
C)Cognitive psychology
D)Experimental psychology
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following psychologists is associated with functionalism?
A)William James
B)Max Wertheimer
C)Hermann Ebbinghaus
D)Wilhelm Wundt
Answer: A
Q4) The relatively new field of _____unites the areas of neuroscience and clinical psychology.
Answer: clinical neuropsychology
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Chapter 2: Psychology Research
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Q1) The text opens the research methods chapter by recounting Kitty Genovese's rape and murder,in which not a single neighbor came to her aid.Describe how each step of the scientific method might be applied to better understand such a phenomenon.
Answer: The answer should include all four steps of the scientific method:
Q2) In a typical Latane and Darley "bystander" experiment,_____ is the independent variable and _____ is the dependent variable.
A)the presence of bystanders; whether a false emergency occurs
B)whether a false emergency occurs; the presence of bystanders
C)whether the participant helps; the number of people present
D)number of people present; whether the participant helps
Answer: D
Q3) In_____ ,a sample of people chosen to represent a larger group of interest is asked a series of questions about their behavior,thoughts,or attitudes.
Answer: survey research
Q4) In an experiment,a researcher manipulates participants' exposure to a stimulus.Exposure is a(n)_____variable in this example.
Answer: independent
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Chapter 3: Neuroscience and Behavior
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Q1) Soon,it may be possible to view the activity of individual neural circuits,due to the emerging field of:
A)optogenetics.
B)synaptic reflectance.
C)neurogenetics.
D)transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Answer: A
Q2) The somatic nervous system regulates voluntary movement; in contrast,the _____nervous system underlies involuntary movement.
Answer: autonomic
Q3) Dr.Schilling is investigating the potential genetic basis of antisocial personality disorder by examining the relative prevalence of the disorder among either identical or fraternal twins,raised either together or in different families.Dr.Schilling is best described as a _____.
A)behavioral geneticist
B)classical geneticist
C)development geneticist
D)molecular geneticist
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Gustation is to olfaction what _____ is to _____.
A)hearing; smell
B)taste; hearing
C)taste; smell
D)small; taste
Q2) Dr.Garner studies the relationship between the objective brightness of visual stimuli and observers' subjective impression of their brightness.Dr.Garner is a(n)_____.
Q3) Which of the following is the main reason for the fact that women experience pain more intensely than men?
A)Women produce certain hormones related to the menstrual cycle.
B)Women have more pain gates in the nervous system than men.
C)Women have more substance P than do men.
D)Women are encouraged by our culture to experience and express pain more intensely than men.
Q4) _____are a series of principles that describe how we organize bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
Q5) Review the processing of a visual image (a)prior to the retina; (b)from the retina to the cortex; and (c)within the cortex.
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Chapter 5: States of Consciousness
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Q1) Which of the following alternatives best expresses the relationship between the activation information modulation (AIM)and activation-synthesis theories of dreaming?
A)Activation information modulation (AIM)theory is a competitor to activation-synthesis theory.
B)Activation-synthesis theory is part of the activation information modulation (AIM)theory.
C)Activation-synthesis theory has been refined by the activation information modulation (AIM)theory.
D)Activation information modulation (AIM)theory was replaced by activation-synthesis theory.
Q2) _____drugs influence emotion,perception,and behavior.
Q3) The most common hallucinogen in widespread use today is _____.
A)lysergic acid diethylamide
B)marijuana
C)MDMA
D)heroin
Q4) Define the activation-synthesis theory.Make sure to include a discussion of AIM theory and how it relates to activation-synthesis theory.How does the theory explain dreaming?
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Money is an example of a _____reinforcer.
Q2) Which of the following scenarios exemplifies negative reinforcement?
A)Vanna fastens her seatbelt as soon as she gets in her car to stop the annoying alert sound.
B)Drake no longer cuts class,now that his parents confiscated his iPod.
C)Maria now buys a different brand of cigarettes to get two packs for the price of one.
D)Nate no longer arrives late at work following a reprimand from his boss.
Q3) June's cat runs to the kitchen at the sound of the electric can opener,which she has learned is used to open her food when her dinner is about to be served.The cat does not run when a blender is used,although it sounds similar.June's cat is demonstrating stimulus:
A)control.
B)discrimination.
C)generalization.
D)diffusion.
Q4) _____is a decline in the behavioral response following repeated exposure to the same stimulus.
Q5) In observational learning,the organism whose behavior is observed is termed the _____.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) _____ rehearsal occurs when information is considered and organized in some fashion.
A)Primary
B)Elaborative
C)Rote
D)Maintenance
Q2) Omar experienced a dissociative-fugue state.He suddenly snapped out of it in front of the pet-supplies display in a discount store; he had no memory whatsoever of his previous life in Greensboro,NC.Omar's amnesia is best described as:
A)proactive
B)anterograde
C)retroactive
D)retrograde
Q3) Our ability to recall an item from a list depends on where,in the list,the item occurs.This is the _____ effect.
A)serial position
B)list memory
C)cereal position
D)item order
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Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
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Q1) A detective tries to get a general picture of a murder from the specific evidence associated with the murder.This is an example of _____ reasoning.
A)convergent
B)divergent
C)inductive
D)analogical
Q2) Mental groupings of objects,events,or people that share common features are called:
A)concepts. B)ideas.
C)heuristics.
D)algorithms.
Q3) In the context of language acquisition,Skinner is to learning theory,what_____ is to nativism.
Q4) "Eureka! I've got it!" That sudden awareness of the path toward a problem's solution is termed_____ .
Q5) Renee has an idea of how her living room ought to look.She is moving the furniture,paintings,and accessories to get closer to that picture in her head.Renee is using the problem-solving technique of _____.
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Chapter 9: Intelligence
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Q1) Which of the following is TRUE of academic success and career success?
A)Academic success and career success both rely on the sort of intelligence assessed by traditional intelligence tests.
B)Academic success and career success are based on two different types of intelligence.
C)Traditional tests were designed to relate to career success,while contemporary tests are designed to relate to academic success.
D)Both academic and career success relate to practical intelligence.
Q2) Of those who are mentally retarded,what percentage are classified as mildly retarded?
A)90%
B)75%
C)65%
D)50%
Q3) _____are standards of test performance that permit the comparison of one person's score on a test to the scores of others who have taken the same test.
Q4) Describe the Flynn effect.Review several potential sources of the effect.
Q5) Tests for which norms have been developed are known as _____tests.
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Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) A "gut" reaction of internal organs is more formally termed a(n)_____.
Q2) The _____ is a stable,learned characteristic in which a person obtains satisfaction by striving for and meeting challenging goals.
A)need for achievement
B)need for survival
C)need for affiliation
D)need for power
Q3) One of Cannon's major objections to the James-Lange theory of emotion was that:
A)physiological arousal alone does not lead to the perception of emotion.
B)the sympathetic nervous system was not given a more prominent role.
C)emotions have different intensities.
D)motions are subjective experiences; therefore,no theory can be adequate in explaining them.
Q4) Briefly describe instinct,drive-reduction,arousal,incentive,and cognitive approaches to motivation.
Q5) Compare and contrast the James-Lange and Schachter-Singer theories of emotion.
Q6) Describe the needs for achievement and affiliation.Identify some of the characteristics associated with each of these needs.How are these needs often assessed?
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Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender
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Q1) Which of the following cannot be successfully treated by antibiotics?
A)Genital herpes
B)Chlamydia
C)Trichomoniasis
D)Syphilis
Q2) Charlotte and Robert are a married couple in their late 60s.All else being equal,which of the following statements probably best captures their sex life?
A)They have sex about once a week and find it satisfying.
B)They have sex about once a month and find it unsatisfying.
C)They have sex about once a month and find it satisfying.
D)They have sex a few times a year and find it unsatisfying.
Q3) Premature ejaculation refers to a male's inability to:
A)achieve or maintain an erection.
B)have an erection,though he has had one at least once in the past.
C)delay orgasm as long as he wishes.
D)ejaculate when he wants to,if at all.
Q4) The point at which an egg is released from the ovaries is called_____ .
Q5) The female sex hormones _____include progesterone and .
Q6) Alfred _____conducted pioneering research on Americans' sexual behavior.
Q7) The most widespread STI in the United States is _____.
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Chapter 12: Development
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Q1) Which of the following statements correctly identifies an advantage or a disadvantage of developmental research methods?
A)Longitudinal studies indicate changes in behavior over time.
B)Sequential studies are quite inexpensive.
C)Cross-sectional studies consider a number of different age groups and examine them at several points in time.
D)Cross-sectional studies require a greater time investment.
Q2) Hailey's parents demand that she follow their instructions without asking any question.Isabella's parents are firm as well,but are more likely to reason with her and explain the consequences of her behavior.In Baumrind's terms,Hailey's parents are _____; Isabella's are _____.
A)authoritarian; authoritative
B)authoritative; authoritarian
C)permissive; authoritarian
D)authoritative; permissive
Q3) Identical twins are _____identical.
Q4) The realization that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight is termed as_____ in Piaget's theory.
Q5) Belinda is eight weeks' pregnant.Her developing baby is now called a(n)_____.
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Q1) _____ is often considered the first feminist psychologist.
A)Karen Horney
B)Mary Calkins
C)Bertha Pappenheim
D)Anna Freud
Q2) Dr.Montgomery,a personality theorist,seeks to identify the basic attributes necessary to describe personality and consistencies in individuals' behavior.Dr.Montgomery is a(n)_____ theorist.
A)trait
B)psychosexual
C)humanistic
D)cognitive
Q3) The _____ includes the conscience,which prevents us from behaving in a morally improper way by making us feel guilty if we do wrong.
A)ego
B)alter ego
C)superego
D)id
Q4) _____is a sense of success in forming close bonds with other people.
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Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being
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Q1) Which of the following sequences correctly orders the stages of the general adaptation syndrome,from first to last?
A)Alarm \(\rarr\) exhaustion \(\rarr\) resistance
B)Alarm \(\rarr\) resistance \(\rarr\) exhaustion
C)Resistance \(\rarr\)alarm \(\rarr\)exhaustion
D)Exhaustion \(\rarr\) resistance \(\rarr\)alarm
Q2) Which of the following statements is TRUE about happiness?
A)Men and women report being equally happy.
B)African Americans are much less happy than whites.
C)People in poor countries are much less happy than people are in the West.
D)Countries that are not economically prosperous do not have happy residents.
Q3) Mick is a dedicated basketball player who believes in cultivating his sports skills by competing with others.He always feels driven to practice and improve his techniques of shooting,passing,and rebounding.Also,he is extremely patient and cooperative when he teaches the technique to his teammates.Mick's behavior:
A)reflects a Type B behavior pattern.
B)falls between Type A and Type B behavior patterns.
C)is a combination of Type C and Type D behavior patterns.
D)represents insecurity,anxiety,and hostility.
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Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is TRUE of manic-depressive disorder and bipolar disorder?
A)Manic-depressive disorder is a type of bipolar disorder.
B)Bipolar disorder is a type of manic-depressive disorder.
C)Manic-depressive disorder is a severe form of bipolar disorder.
D)Bipolar disorder is a new term that has replaced the label manic-depressive disorder.
Q2) _____,a type of psychological disorder,include anorexia nervosa,bulimia,and binge-eating disorder.
Q3) The _____ perspective on abnormality suggests that when an individual displays symptoms of abnormal behavior,the fundamental cause will be found through a physical examination of the individual.
Q4) A conversion disorder in which an individual's hand becomes entirely numb,while an area above the wrist,controlled by the same nerves,remains sensitive to touch is referred to as:
A)bipolar disorder.
B)cyclothymic disorder.
C)glove anesthesia.
D)dissociative disorder.
Q5) In _____,people take sudden,impulsive trips and sometimes assume a new identity.
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Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) _____ is said to occur when therapists imparting certain basic social skills to their clients maintain eye contact and act assertively.
A)Observational learning
B)Contingency contracting
C)Dialectical behavior therapy
D)Behavioral activation
Q2) _____ is the process in which the behavior of other people is modeled to systematically teach people new skills and ways of handling their fears and anxieties.
A)Token systematization
B)Contingency contracting
C)Observational learning
D)Exposure therapy
Q3) Which of the following alternatives correctly illustrates a term in Ellis's A-B-C model?
A)Activating condition-"I must get the top score in the class; a perfect score."
B)Irrational belief-extreme anxiety
C)Emotional consequence-a midterm test is scheduled for next week
D)Irrational belief-"I will never get a good score on my test."
Q4) Many newer antidepressants are selective_____ reuptake inhibitors.
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Chapter 17: Social Psychology
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Q1) "Probably,he cheated on the test because he is a dishonest person." This is a(n)_____ attribution.
A)dispositional
B)situational
C)central
D)peripheral
Q2) Which of the following is TRUE of factors that determine changes in attitudes?
A)Two-sided messages are less effective than one-sided messages.
B)Fear-producing messages are generally less effective when they provide the audience with a means for reducing the fear.
C)The communicator's expertise and trustworthiness are related to the impact of a message.
D)There is no existence of gender differences in persuasibility.
Q3) Discuss the significant findings made by Asch on conformity.
Q4) Behavior that helps others but that involves some self-sacrifice is termed:
A)altruism.
B)prosocial behavior.
C)catharsis.
D)empathy.
Q5) What are the major sources of social influence?
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