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Experimental Psychology explores the scientific methods and empirical approaches used to study human behavior and mental processes. This course covers the design, execution, and interpretation of psychological experiments, emphasizing topics such as perception, learning, memory, cognition, and emotion. Students will gain hands-on experience with experimental techniques, data analysis, and ethical considerations, preparing them to critically evaluate research findings and contribute to the development of psychological knowledge.
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Psychological Science Modeling Scientific Literacy 1st Edition by Mark Krause
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Chapter 1: Introducing Psychological Science
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Q1) Which two doctors were able to identify important language centers in the brain by studying their patients?
A)Gall and Spurzheim
B)Broca and Wernicke
C)Mesmer and Freud
D)Galton and Wundt
Answer: B
Q2) When a psychologist uses the term scientific theory,he or she is referring to something that
A)is guaranteed to be true.
B)explains a wide range of observations.
C)is no more or less plausible than any other theory.
D)is an educated guess.
Answer: B
Q3) All types of psychology involve
A)interactions between patients and therapists.
B)replicating what is already known via common sense.
C)treating people's behavioral and emotional problems.
D)the use of scientific method.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Reading and Evaluating Scientific Research
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Q1) Louis is participating in a survey on undergraduate drug use.When the interviewer asks Louis whether he has used illegal drugs in the last 6 months,he lies and says 'no' because he doesn't want the interviewer to have a poor opinion of him.Louis's response is an example of ________________.
A)socially desirable responding
B)sampling bias
C)peer review
D)an appeal to authority
Answer: A
Q2) Collecting objective data without interference in the subject's normal environment is associated with ________.
A)survey research
B)applied research
C)laboratory research
D)naturalistic observation
Answer: D
Q3) Before beginning an experiment,researchers use_________________ to define exactly how variables like "intelligence" or "happiness" will be measured.
Answer: operational definitions
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Chapter 3: Biological Psychology
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Q1) After split-brain surgery,patients are unable to walk or to care for the physical needs of everyday life.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The ________ regulates and maintains constant internal bodily states by stimulating the pituitary gland.
A)thalamus
B)hypothalamus
C)amygdala
D)hippocampus
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following techniques does not provide an actual picture of the brain?
A)PET scan
B)MRI
C)Electroencephalogram (EEG)
D)fMRI
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) What structure in your eye is most like the film in a camera?
A)the retina
B)the lens
C)the cornea
D)the pupil
Q2) In order to detect a noticeable difference between two similar stimuli,the difference between the two stimuli must be above the _____________________.
Q3) Our ________ enable us to make sense of the sensations that we are continually experiencing.
A)sensory organs
B)motor abilities
C)perceptual abilities
D)sensory abilities
Q4) An illusion due to misleading cues in stimuli which cause us to create perceptions that are inaccurate or impossible is called a(n)_______ illusion.
A)perceptual
B)induced
C)physical
D)stroboscopic
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Chapter 5: Consciousness
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Q1) Regarding the use of hypnosis to assist the memory of crime victims,what is the main problem observed in the recall of information in studies so far?
A)There is so much information recalled that it is difficult to handle.
B)Most people recall things under hypnosis as if they were someone else,which challenges the chain of evidence.
C)People under hypnosis are vulnerable to prompts and suggestion and can create a false memory.
D)The recall of crimes under hypnosis is extremely traumatic for the victim.
Q2) The problem-solving explanation of dreaming suggests that
A)the symbols and metaphors in a dream disguise a person's true unresolved problems. B)dreams are usually about our everyday problems and may even help us to solve those problems.
C)there is no purpose to dreaming; dreams occur because of random brainstem signals.
D)we are more likely to dream about good things that happen to us than about our problems.
Q3) What are some of the therapeutic uses for hypnosis? Is it generally effective?
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) A child is scolded for using his fingers instead of his fork to eat some spaghetti.The scolding stops when he picks up his fork.This is an example of _______ reinforcement.
A)positive
B)negative
C)tertiary
D)secondary
Q2) In classical conditioning the stimulus that normally evokes an automatic response without new learning is called the _____________.
A)conditioned stimulus
B)reflexive stimulus
C)unconditioned stimulus
D)orienting stimulus
Q3) Bandura conducted a classic study known as the "Bobo" doll study.The term Bobo refers to
A)Bandura's pet name for the dog used in the study.
B)Bandura's loyal but strange assistant that carried out the study.
C)Bandura's nickname that his wife had given him.
D)the type of inflatable doll that was used in the study.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) In the Atkinson-Shiffrin model,incoming information must make a brief stop in the sensory stores,the gateway to memory.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Flashbulb memories _______.
A)are not subject to periodic revision
B)concern events that are highly significant
C)are almost always highly accurate
D)include a memory's main subject,but not the background events
Q3) On a TV game show,Jeannette is asked to name the state capital of Vermont.This information is most likely stored in
A)procedural memory.
B)semantic memory.
C)episodic memory.
D)nondeclarative memory.
Q4) Encoding is:
A)recalling information.
B)recognizing information.
C)representing information.
D)remembering information
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Chapter 8: Thought and Language
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Q1) People often overestimate the danger of shark attacks because it is fairly easy to think of news stories and reports of shark attacks.This is an example of how the _____ can sometimes lead to poor judgments.
A)availability heuristic
B)anchoring effect
C)functional fixedness effect
D)representativeness heuristic
Q2) Which of the following is a hypothesis discussed in your textbook to explain the relative satisfaction maximizers tend to get from their decisions compared to satisficers?
A)Maximizers invest more in their decisions,so they expect more from the outcomes.
B)Maximizers are natural optimists,so they always see the best in everything.
C)Maximizers tend to display belief perseverance,and ignore evidence that conflicts with their expectations.
D)Maximizers prefer to have fewer choices,which makes it unlikely that the final choice will be "just right."
Q3) Children's brains appear to go through a ________________,during which their brains are primed to acquire language.
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Chapter 9: Intelligence, aptitude, and Cognitive Abilities
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Q1) There is some evidence that women do better than average on tests of ______________,while men do better than women on tests of_______________.
A)fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence
B)crystallized intelligence; fluid intelligence
C)visual-spatial manipulation; verbal fluency
D)verbal fluency; visual-spatial manipulation
Q2) Some researchers have used factor analysis to support the idea that there are multiple types of intelligences.Explain why evidence from head injuries,the existence of savants,and most people's everyday experiences with those around them also support the theory of multiple intelligences.
Q3) According to your textbook,a key factor in why growing up in a low-income family is associated with lower IQs is likely
A)stress.
B)genetics.
C)a lack of interest in learning.
D)season of birth.
Q4) There is a modest relationship between brain size and intelligence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Life Span Development
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Q1) In which stage of cognitive development does the conservation concept first appear?
A)formal operations
B)concrete operations
C)preoperational
D)sensorimotor
Q2) The study of psychological and physical changes from conception to death is _______ psychology.
A)personality
B)developmental
C)evolutionary
D)physiological
Q3) The ongoing development of the _____ may explain why adolescents are known to make risky or poor decisions.
A)hippocampus
B)temporal lobe
C)prefrontal cortex
D)parietal lobe
Q4) A(n)________________ is first created when a sperm and an ovum fuse together.
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Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) The two areas of the hypothalamus which appear to be related to eating behavior as a result of controlling the level of glucose in the body are called
and _________________.
A)ventromedial hypothalamus; lateral hypothalamus
B)lateral hypothalamus; basal hypothalamus
C)basal hypothalamus; ventrolateral hypothalamus
D)none of the above
Q2) Rested is to tired as satiation is to A)sleep.
B)hungry.
C)aroused.
D)full.
Q3) In a study discussed in your textbook,participants had nutrients delivered directly into their stomachs via a feeding tube.Compared to control subjects who believed they were being tube-fed but were not,tube-fed participants
A)consumed more food.
B)consumed less food.
C)consumed the same amount of food.
D)consumed less nutritious food but more junk food.
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Chapter 12: Personality
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Q1) Which aspect of the mind held the greatest fascination for Freud?
A)the preconscious mind
B)the conscious area
C)suppressions
D)the unconscious
Q2) According to Freud,defense mechanisms are unconscious attempts to reduce our feelings of ___________.
A)denial
B)anxiety
C)repression
D)isolation
Q3) The genetic correlation between identical twins raised in the same household is typically around ______ for all of the big five personality factors.
A).10
B).50
C).80
D).99
Q4) Describe two different techniques researchers use to investigate the relationship between genes and personality.
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Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Your aunt prefers to stay in her home and avoid public places and social situations.She would be diagnosed with
A)agoraphobiA
B)ailurophobiA
C)cynophobiA
D)specific phobiA
Q2) _____ are false beliefs about reality,whereas _____ are false perceptions of reality such as hearing internal voices.
A)Positive symptoms; negative symptoms
B)Negative symptoms; positive symptoms
C)Hallucinations; delusions
D)Delusions; hallucinations
Q3) Dissociative identity disorder is best described as:
A)a lost grasp on reality.
B)a lack of regard for the feelings of others.
C)a splitting of identity.
D)a problem with memory,attention,and the ability to form coherent thoughts.
Q4) Suicide rates are higher among the elderly than they are for adolescents.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Therapies
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Q1) If a doctor wanted to activate a very specific brain region in the hope of alleviating symptoms of a mental disorder,she would most likely use which of the following procedures?
A)Focal lesion
B)Cingulotomy
C)Electroconvulsive therapy
D)Deep brain stimulation
Q2) A procedure which severs the connections from parts of the brain that control emotions is:
A)limbic curettage.
B)trephining.
C)ECT.
D)prefrontal lobotomy.
Q3) SSRIs have been shown to increase _______________,the growth of brand-new neurons,in the hippocampus.
Q4) By combining exposure therapy with a technology called __________________,psychologists have had some success treating soldiers suffering from PTSD.
Q5) Describe four key differences between humanistic therapies and psychoanalysis.
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Chapter 15: Social Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of the phenomenon of costly signaling in action?
A)Making a private donation to a hospital
B)Failing to help because others are around
C)Showing off one's wealth
D)Chasing down a thief who has stolen a stranger's purse
Q2) When Milgram and his team set up several variations of his original study,they found that people were more likely to disobey when
A)the experimenter wore a white lab coat instead of street clothes.
B)a confederate acting as another teacher refused to comply.
C)a second experimenter agreed the experiment should continue.
D)the experimenter appeared to be an authority figure.
Q3) The chameleon effect occurs when individuals
A)unconsciously copy the behavior of those around them for no apparent reason.
B)try to avoid social situations by disappearing into the background and avoiding being noticed.
C)pretend to occupy a social role that is not their own.
D)change the color scheme of their clothing to match the clothing of those of the most popular people in their group.
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Chapter 16: Krause and Corts
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Q1) Overtime,groups of people who interact regularly can become increasingly similar in terms of body weight,smoking habits,and even happiness.This increased similarity is likely due to ____________.
A)genetic factors
B)social contagion
C)set point changes
D)coincidence
Q2) According to set point theory,which of the following could cause a person's set point to change?
A)exposure to food advertising
B)stress
C)deciding to lose weight
D)gaining a large amount of weight
Q3) ____________refers to the processes used to manage demands,stress,and conflict.
A)Reliance
B)Coping
C)Affectivity
D)Post-traumatic growth
Q4) The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is now known to be the cause of
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Q5) Events or stimuli which trigger a stress response are called _____________.
Chapter 17: Krause and Corts
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Q1) A key part of the hiring process is ______________,which is the process of writing a detailed description of a position in terms of the required KSAOs.
A)job analysis.
B)job crafting.
C)employee targeting.
D)validation study.
Q2) The "Conditional Reasoning Test" could theoretically be used by employers to detect _____ in employees.
A)mental illness
B)success potential
C)aggressive tendencies
D)high intelligence levels
Q3) Employees with very low job satisfaction may be experiencing A)the contrast effect.
B)burnout.
C)stereotype threat.
D)the halo effect.
Q4) The LEAST effective leadership style is referred to as _______________,which roughly means "leave it alone."
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