Foundations of Psychology Chapter Exam Questions
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Foundations of Psychology explores the fundamental concepts, theories, and research methods that form the basis of psychological science. The course examines major approaches within psychology, including biological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural perspectives, and introduces key topics such as perception, learning, memory, emotion, motivation, development, and personality. Students are encouraged to critically evaluate classic and contemporary studies, fostering an understanding of how psychological principles are applied to real-world scenarios and personal growth.
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Chapter 1: A: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following theorists most heavily influenced William James, who was a pioneer in the development of functionalism?
A)theorist Charles Darwin
B)theorist Sigmund Freud
C)theorist B. F. Skinner
D)theorist John Watson
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following was one of the first areas of applied psychology to develop?
A)personnel psychology
B)counselling psychology
C)psychological testing
D)sports psychology
Answer: C
Q3) How might the term "experimental psychologist" be somewhat misleading?
A)Experimental psychologists don't actually conduct true experiments.
B)The research conducted in experimental psychology is well established.
C)Researchers in other areas of psychology also conduct experiments.
D)Experimental psychologists are also counsellors.
Answer: C
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Q1) Lisa taught her son to buckle his seat belt in the car by allowing him to play one of his CDs on the car stereo only after he was buckled up. Which school of psychology would most endorse this method?
A)cognitive psychology
B)humanism
C)biological psychology
D)behaviourism
Answer: D
Q2) Which type of psychologist would be least interested in Alex's research?
A)a cognitive psychologist
B)a humanist
C)a functionalist
D)a behaviourist
Answer: B
Q3) Which type of student is the SQ3R method most helpful for?
A)those with medium to high reading ability
B)those with low to medium reading ability
C)those with extremely low reading ability
D)those with extremely high reading ability
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: A: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
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Q1) Why must Canadian researchers using animals adhere to ethical guidelines that are set by the three major research funding agencies, collectively known as the Tri-Council?
A)to be promoted within their university
B)to have their research funded by the national granting agencies
C)to have their research approved by independent provincial ethical boards
D)to avoid criminal prosecution
Answer: B
Q2) Which of your text's unifying themes is illustrated by the fact that subjects sometimes report beneficial effects from a placebo treatment?
A)Our behaviour is shaped by our cultural heritage.
B)Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour.
C)Psychology is empirical.
D)Our experience of the world is highly subjective.
Answer: D
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding the use of deception in psychological research is FALSE?
A)Participants in research involving the use of deception generally report that they enjoyed the experience.
B)Critics of deception believe that the deception may result in subjects becoming less trusting of others.
C)Critics of deception believe that the conclusions from studies involving deception are not valid.
D)Defenders of deception believe that some research questions can be studied only by using deception.
Q2) Which term is used to describe how much the scores in a data set vary from each other and from the mean?
A)correlation
B)mode
C)variability
D)central tendency
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Chapter 3: A:The Biological Bases of Behaviour
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Q1) The voltage at a receptor site has just changed from -70 millivolts to -67 millivolts. What will this lead to?
A)an absolute refractory period
B)increased likelihood of an action potential
C)decreased likelihood of an action potential
D)a relative refractory period
Q2) With which of the following can you expect to have problems if you have damaged your temporal lobe?
A)hearing
B)sight
C)touch
D)taste
Q3) If a brain has several synapses that are not particularly active, and those synapses are eliminated, what does this reflect?
A)the pruning of synapses in order to increase the efficiency of neural networks
B)overactive immune reactions in the nervous system
C)a loss of function that is typically associated with aging
D)a process similar to natural selection, where strong synapses 'kill' weaker synapses
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Q1) Which of the following is suggested by results from family, twin, and adoption studies?
A)Neither genetics nor experience exerts a predictable influence on human behaviour.
B)Genetics exerts the strongest influence on human behaviour.
C)Experience exerts the strongest influence on human behaviour.
D)Genetics and experience jointly influence human behaviour.
Q2) Which brain area would be activated as Carly plans her weekend?
A)the hypothalamus
B)prefrontal cortex
C)visual cortex
D)primary somatosensory cortex
Q3) What is the term for a chemical that mimics a neurotransmitter and can bind to receptor sites and cause postsynaptic potentials?
A)agonist
B)artificial neurotransmitter
C)endogenous neurotransmitter
D)antagonist
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Chapter 4: A: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Which of the following accurately describes the role of culture for pain perception?
A)Race has a larger impact on pain perception than does culture.
B)Culture has no impact on pain perception or attitudes toward pain.
C)Culture affects willingness to tolerate pain, but not the process of pain perception.
D)Cultural rules dictate the amount of pain experienced, but only above a certain innate threshold.
Q2) A microelectrode is recording the activity from a single cell in the visual cortex of a cat. The cell begins to fire rapidly when a line is presented at a 45-degree angle directly in front of the cat, but stops firing when the line is shifted to a position that is off to the left. What type of cell is likely being monitored in this case?
A)complex cell
B)simple cell
C)cell in the superior colliculus
D)hypercomplex cell
Q3) Using appropriate examples, show how perceptual experiences can be subjective.
Q4) Compare vision and hearing with regard to the proximal stimulus and information processing for each sense.
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Q1) Tia has sustained brain damage, and as a result she is no longer able to recognize objects. She is, however, still able to see and react to those objects. For example, although she can't name a coffee cup, when she wants coffee she will pick up the cup and fill it. Based on your knowledge of the brain regions involved in vision for perception, compared to vision for action, what area do you expect to be damaged in Tia's brain?
A)optic chiasm
B)occipito-temporal cortex
C)primary visual cortex
D)posterior parietal cortex
Q2) After visual information is processed in the primary visual cortex, it is often routed to other cortical areas for additional processing. Where does information travel if it is used for object recognition?
A)to the occipital lobe
B)to the parietal lobe
C)to the temporal lobe
D)to the frontal lobe
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Chapter 5: A: Variations in Consciousness
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Q1) Which of the following brain structures appears to be most important to sleep and wakefulness?
A)cerebellum
B)hippocampus
C)corpus callosum
D)reticular formation
Q2) Which EEG brain-wave patterns are found in stage 1 sleep?
A)theta
B)REM
C)synchronisitic
D)alpha
Q3) During adulthood, there are changes in the proportions of sleep stages. Which of the following shows a gradual decline as we age?
A)stage 1 sleep
B)stage 2 sleep
C)slow-wave sleep
D)all stages of NREM sleep
Q4) Describe the effects of complete, partial, and selective sleep deprivation. What, if anything, do these effects tell us about why we sleep?
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Q1) If Pauline's doctor gave her a psychoactive drug that is typically used as a sleeping aid, which type of drug would it be?
A)a counterintuitive stimulant
B)a benzodiazepine sedative
C)a narcotic
D)melatonin
Q2) Which of the following drugs have researchers recently found specific receptors in the brain for?
A)amphetamines
B)sedatives
C)THC (marijuana)
D)MDMA (ecstasy)
Q3) Connie was having a dream in which she met a celebrity. At one point she thought "I must be dreaming!" and from that point on she engaged in her dream and controlled it. What is this type of experience called?
A)latent dreaming
B)lucid dreaming
C)night terrors
D)somnambulism
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Chapter 6: A: Learning
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Q1) A woman reports feeling happy when she smells fresh hay and manure because of the association of these smells with wonderful visits to her grandparents' farm. How did the positive emotional response that this woman experiences develop?
A)operant conditioning
B)observational learning
C)classical conditioning
D)instrumental conditioning
Q2) Quyen woke up one night with a spider dangling in front of her face. She screamed, and from that point on she could not stand to be near spiders. What caused Quyen's fear of spiders?
A)observational learning
B)a response-outcome association
C)operant conditioning
D)classical conditioning
Q3) Which of the following could be accounted for by classical conditioning?
A)learning fear of the dark
B)learning to sing a song
C)learning to tie shoe laces
D)learning to print letters
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Q1) A rat gets reinforcement for responding when a green light is on but no reinforcement for responding when a red light is on. As a result of stimulus discrimination, what will the rat do?
A)respond primarily to the red light
B)stop responding to both the green and red lights
C)respond primarily to the green light
D)respond equally to the green and red lights
Q2) When Alek does not complete his homework in time, his mother takes away the power cord for his video game system. What does this example illustrate?
A)corporal punishment
B)punishment
C)aversion therapy
D)negative reinforcement
Q3) Which of the following occurs when an organism learns a response that prevents some aversive stimulation?
A)escape learning
B)punishment
C)secondary learning
D)avoidance learning
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Chapter 7: A: Human Memory
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Q1) Which of the following unifying themes of your text best reflects the reconstructive nature of memory?
A)Behaviour is determined by multiple causes.
B)Psychology evolves in a sociocultural context.
C)People's experience of the world is highly subjective.
D)Psychology is empirical.
Q2) Whitney's neighbours are surprised that she never forgets their anniversary, but their wedding anniversary falls on the same day as Whitney's birthday, so she finds it an easy date to remember. Which of the following is illustrated by Whitney's easy recall of the anniversary date?
A)spreading activation in a semantic network
B)prospective memory processes
C)semantic encoding
D)self-referent encoding
Q3) What is the term for the process of making attributions about the origins of memories?
A)reality monitoring
B)source monitoring
C)buffering
D)contraindication
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Q1) When their mom took them to the store yesterday, she asked Emil and Niklas to help her remember to buy apples. While Emil focused his attention on how apples were his favourite fruit, Niklas thought of seeing a bag of big red apples in the shopping cart. Which methods were the two boys using?
A)phonemic encoding and visual imagery
B)elaboration and structural encoding
C)elaboration and visual imagery
D)phonemic encoding and structural encoding
Q2) What is remembered using prospective memory?
A)previously learned information
B)actions that were performed in the past
C)to perform actions in the future
D)chronological, or temporally dated, recollections of personal experiences
Q3) Which of the following is suggested about a memory trace, based on evidence about long-term potentiation (LTP)?
A)It depends on biochemical changes at specific synapses.
B)It develops from altering hormonal levels in the brain.
C)It consists of specific neural circuits.
D)It involves anatomical changes in the structure of the brain.
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Chapter 8: A: Language and Thought
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Q1) You believe that getting a degree in business will guarantee you a high-paying career. Every time you hear about someone with a prestigious career, and a business degree, you take this as evidence to support your belief. Which of the following will you NOT do if you are vulnerable to confirmation bias?
A)Stick to your belief unless you hear a lot of supporting evidence.
B)Selectively ignore information that runs contrary to your belief about business degrees.
C)Look for more evidence that people with business degrees make a lot of money.
D)Look for evidence that some people with business degrees have low-paying careers.
Q2) Which of your text's unifying themes is illustrated by the fact that choices which are objectively identical can seem very different when reframed in different terms?
A)Our experience of the world is highly subjective.
B)Our behaviour is shaped by our cultural heritage.
C)Psychology is theoretically diverse.
D)Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour.
Q3) How does risky decision making differ from making decisions about preferences? How do people generally make each type of decision?
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Q1) When your classmate Sam says, "I never thought I'd say this, but I really enjoyed taking that psychology exam," which property of language does his statement best illustrate?
A)Language is structured.
B)Language is practical.
C)Language is generative.
D)Language is symbolic.
Q2) Which of the following is defined as a methodical, step-by-step procedure for trying all possible alternatives in searching for a solution to a problem?
A)an algorithm
B)a style
C)an analogy
D)a heuristic
Q3) In the statement "First the oven was preheated to 350 degrees," how many morphemes are in the word "preheated"?
A)3
B)5
C)6
D)9
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Chapter 9: A: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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Q1) The correlation in IQ scores between identical twins reared apart is lower than that between identical twins reared together. What does this suggest?
A)Environmental factors can have an influence on intellectual development.
B)Genetic factors have no impact on intellectual development.
C)Environmental factors have no impact on intellectual development.
D)Identical twins often do not have the same genotype.
Q2) According to your text, creativity tests may have limited value. Why is this the case?
A)The tests are not very reliable.
B)It is basically impossible to define creativity.
C)The tests measure creativity out of context.
D)Creativity is a subjective judgment.
Q3) What is the consequence of having the enzymatic disorder Phenylketonuria?
A)It may lead to retardation if accompanied by Fragile X syndrome.
B)It leads to retardation due to a lack of inhibitory control.
C)It leads to retardation if it occurs in infancy.
D)It may lead to retardation if not detected and treated in infancy.
Q4) In what ways have changing views about the influence of heredity and environment on intelligence affected the development of intelligence tests?
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Q1) Which type of validity is evaluated with logic more than with statistics?
A)criterion-related validity
B)construct validity
C)categorical validity
D)content validity
Q2) What was the stated purpose of the first useful intelligence test?
A)to identify gifted children
B)to identify children who had the potential to be successful in college
C)to evaluate the success of educational programs
D)to identify children in need of special training
Q3) What do we call a psychological test that is always presented, completed, and scored in the same way, no matter when or where it is being used?
A)standardized
B)normed
C)valid
D)reliable
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Chapter 10: A: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Malcolm is reading a mystery novel, and as the action builds he finds he is breathing more quickly than usual, and he feels like his stomach is tied in knots. What does this example illustrate?
A)cognitive component in Malcolm's emotional experience
B)physiological component in Malcolm's emotional experience
C)objective component in Malcolm's emotional experience
D)behavioural component in Malcolm's emotional experience
Q2) Among which of the following groups is development of an eating disorder most common?
A)females, athletes, those who idealize a thin body type
B)males, academics, people with low self-esteem
C)males, athletes, people with high self-esteem
D)females, academics, people with inherently poor appetites
Q3) What is typically found when people are asked to rate their happiness?
A)Only those who are relatively healthy consider themselves happy.
B)The vast majority indicate that they are unhappy.
C)About half the respondents indicate that they are happy.
D)A small minority place themselves below the neutral point on the scale.
Q4) In what ways are motivation and emotion similar to each other and different from each other?
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Q1) As Estella is watching the climax of a horror movie, all at once she is frightened, nervous, and excited. Which component of emotion does her response illustrate?
A)cognitive
B)physiological
C)behavioural
D)perceptual
Q2) PsychDate is a new online dating website that allows psychology majors to find and date other psychology majors. On this website, you have the opportunity to view a variety of different profiles and pictures of people you may wish to date. You may also send and receive messages with other users. Based on parental investment theory, what should you predict about the behaviour of female users of the website?
A)They will be more choosy than males about who they are willing to respond to.
B)They will send more flirtatious messages than males do.
C)They will prefer choosing multiple dates rather than trying to find one ideal date.
D)They will be more focused on the appearance of potential dates than on other characteristics.
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Chapter 11: A: Human Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) Sergio just turned 53, and he feels as though he is not making any real contributions through the career he has chosen. As he sits at his desk each day, he fails to find meaning in his life, and feels as though he has no purpose or direction. What would Erikson say about Sergio's personality development?
A)He is experiencing feelings of despair and bitterness.
B)He is displaying signs of isolation.
C)He is showing evidence of inferiority and doubt.
D)He is becoming self-indulgent and self-absorbed.
Q2) Jeremy's mother has been humming the same tune for five minutes. Four-month-old Jeremy is nearly asleep, and his heart rate and respiration are slow. His mother switches to a different tune, and Jeremy suddenly appears to be less drowsy and he is paying more attention. Which of the following is Jeremy's increase in attention when his mother switched tunes an example of?
A)habituation
B)sensorimotor responding
C)a conditioned response
D)dishabituation
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Q1) Robert does not have any idea about what he wants to do when he finishes school and "grows up." Additionally, he does not feel in any hurry to decide since there is plenty of time for that later. Which of the following identity statuses is illustrated by this example?
A)identity moratorium
B)identity foreclosure
C)identity diffusion
D)identity achievement
Q2) Which of the following terms is used to describe theories including the concept of M-capacity, as proposed by Juan Pascual-Leone?
A)staircase theory
B)Piagetian theory
C)neo-Piagetian theory
D)formal-operational theory
Q3) What is the likelihood that a fetus will survive if born at 26 weeks of gestation?
A)0 percent
B)10-20 percent
C)50 percent
D)75 percent
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Chapter 12: A: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
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Q1) Antony describes himself as an open and relaxed individual, but people who know him well would describe Antony as secretive and tense. Which of the following would be true of Antony, according to Carl Rogers?
A)He is low in self-efficacy.
B)He experiences congruence.
C)He experiences incongruence.
D)He is low in self-monitoring.
Q2) How many personality traits did Raymond Cattell suggest that humans have?
A)5
B)10
C)16
D)27
Q3) Which of the following is emphasized in social cognitive theory, but not in Skinner's approach?
A)secondary reinforcers
B)cognitive processes
C)genetic factors
D)respondent conditioning
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Q1) What is the term for personality tests that ask individuals to answer a series of questions about their characteristic behaviour?
A)objective tests
B)behavioural personality profiles
C)self-report inventories
D)projective tests
Q2) What is a primary criticism of the biological perspective of personality?
A)It doesn't fully integrate the 'nurture' perspective.
B)It overgeneralizes from animal behaviour to human behaviour.
C)It is unrealistically optimistic about human nature.
D)It is unrealistically pessimistic about human nature.
Q3) It is relatively easy for a person to develop plausible explanations for the personality traits of people he or she knows. Which term explains this ability?
A)hindsight bias
B)overconfidence effect
C)social desirability bias
D)foreshadowing bias
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Q1) Stein conducted an interview study of 1000 individuals in Winnipeg regarding their experiences with trauma. What did he find?
A)A majority of men had experienced at least one highly traumatic event, typically a natural disaster.
B)A minority of individuals had experienced at least one highly traumatic event.
C)A majority of women had experienced at least one highly traumatic event, typically a robbery.
D)A majority of individuals had experienced at least one highly traumatic event.
Q2) Jim is on the brink of flunking out of school. Instead of increasing his studying, he spends his time daydreaming about how he'll win the lottery so he won't need a degree. Which processes are illustrated by this example?
A)Jim is experiencing pressure and is engaging in vacillation.
B)Jim is experiencing burnout and is engaging in overcompensation.
C)Jim is experiencing frustration and is engaging in fantasy.
D)Jim is experiencing conflict and is engaging in denial.
Q3) Describe several recent occasions when you've experienced stress. For each case identify the type(s) of stress you experienced and whatever emotional, physiological, and/or behavioural responses to stress you made.
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Q1) What roughly triples a person's chance of cardiac death?
A)depression
B)being male
C)a professional occupation
D)anxiety
Q2) What is the term used to describe relatively healthful efforts that people make to deal with stressful events?
A)offensive coping
B)adaptive coping
C)constructive coping
D)defensive coping
Q3) What is described by the general adaptation syndrome?
A)physiological responses to stress
B)instinctive coping processes
C)constructive coping processes
D)behavioural responses to stress
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Q1) Rosa is the personnel director at Acme Enterprises. If she finds that an individual who has applied for employment has ever been treated for a psychological disorder, she doesn't consider that person for a job. She is concerned that the person will have another breakdown under the stressful conditions that exist at Acme Enterprises. Which of the following stereotypes is illustrated in this example?
A)Psychological disorders are often over-diagnosed.
B)All psychological disorders are incurable.
C)People with psychological disorders behave in bizarre ways.
D)People with psychological disorders are often dangerous.
Q2) Anique is being treated for a psychological disorder. As part of her treatment program, she is taking medication that alters the activity of GABA synapses. Which type of disorder is she likely being treated for?
A)anxiety
B)somatoform
C)personality
D)schizophrenic
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Q1) The neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia asserts that certain factors in early life are associated with an increased vulnerability to schizophrenia. Which of the following is one of those factors?
A)prenatal alcohol exposure
B)exposure to pets in early childhood
C)prenatal viral infection
D)repeated concussions in childhood
Q2) Which diagnosis would be most likely for individuals who have relatively mild symptoms of chronic depression?
A)major depressive disorder
B)cyclothymic disorder
C)dysthymic disorder
D)minor depressive disorder
Q3) Consistent with the medical model, what is the primary use of DSM-IV?
A)treatment
B)diagnosis
C)etiology
D)prognosis
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Q1) What do most experts advocate in order to deal with the problems deinstitutionalization has created?
A)increasing the number of traditional mental hospitals
B)reducing the problem of homelessness
C)returning to the era of mental hospitals as custodial homes
D)increasing the quality and availability of intermediate care facilities
Q2) Dr. Varsho is a psychotherapist who often argues openly with her clients. She is very assertive, and tries to persuade her clients to alter their patterns of thinking. Which of the following is most likely true of Dr. Varsho?
A)She is probably not very successful as a therapist.
B)She is using a client-centred approach to therapy.
C)She is a therapist who uses Beck's cognitive approach.
D)She is using a modern psychodynamic approach to therapy.
Q3) Which of the following is true of the risks of ECT (electroconvulsive shock therapy)?
A)Risks are so severe that the use of ECT has been banned by law.
B)Risks may include both short- and long-term intellectual impairment.
C)Risks have been completely eliminated by modern improvements in the procedure.
D)Risks are negligible, as long as appropriate precautions are taken.
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Q1) Which therapy is Dr. Basque recommending?
A)systematic desensitization
B)insight therapy
C)aversion therapy
D)client-centred therapy
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a goal of clients in client-centred therapy?
A)developing an accurate self-concept
B)gaining self-acceptance
C)realizing they do not have to worry about winning acceptance from others
D)resolving unconscious conflicts
Q3) Which statement concerning antipsychotic drugs is false?
A)They have an effect on dopamine synapses.
B)They usually show effects within two days to a week.
C)They reduce symptoms in approximately 95 percent of patients.
D)They have many side effects such as drowsiness, tremors, and muscular rigidity.
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Chapter 16: A: Social Behaviour
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Q1) The NASA personnel who were in charge of the space shuttle launch had clear evidence that freezing temperatures could pose a problem for the shuttle, but they chose to ignore the evidence and proceeded with the launch anyway. Which process best explains this decision?
A)group polarization
B)groupthink
C)reciprocity
D)collectivism
Q2) Which psychologist is known for conducting classic research on conformity?
A)Daryl Bem
B)Stanley Milgram
C)Solomon Asch
D)Leon Festinger
Q3) Groups seeking donations routinely send address labels and other small gifts with their pleas. Which of the following social influence techniques is illustrated by this approach?
A)foot-in-the-door technique
B)lowball technique
C)reciprocity norm
D)highball technique
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Q1) What is predicted by research on the bystander effect about the probability of receiving needed help?
A)It is not related to group size.
B)It increases as group size increases.
C)It decreases as group size decreases.
D)It decreases as group size increases.
Q2) In many cultures, what key element is associated with physical attractiveness?
A)facial symmetry
B)body type
C)height
D)hair colour
Q3) Which statement concerning stereotypes is false?
A)Stereotypes are frequently broad overgeneralizations.
B)All social schemas are stereotypes.
C)Stereotyping is a normal cognitive process.
D)Common stereotypes are based on gender, ethnicity, and occupation.
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Chapter 17: Appendix B: Statistical Methods
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Q1) Many human characteristics are dispersed in the population in a manner that is represented by a symmetrical or bell-shaped curve. What is the name for this type of distribution?
A)normal
B)skewed
C)significant
D)common
Q2) How is the median determined?
A)Add up all the scores and divide by the number of scores.
B)Arrange the scores in increasing order and find the middle score.
C)Divide the middle score by the number of scores.
D)Find the most frequently occurring score.
Q3) The relationship between variable X and variable Y is such that high scores on variable X are generally associated with high scores on variable Y and low scores on variable X are generally associated with low scores on variable Y. What would be found if the correlation coefficient is calculated?
A)a strong correlation
B)a positive correlation
C)a weak correlation
D)a negative correlation
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Chapter 18: Appendix C: Industrialorganizational Psychology
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Q1) Bindi and Keller work for XYZ Corporation. They both believe that the employer plans to continue to employ them for the rest of their careers. Bindi just started working for the corporation, while Keller has been working there for more than two years. According to Rousseau's notion of the psychological contract, what is likely to be true?
A)The company is more likely to abandon its perceived commitment to Bindi, because she is female.
B)Bindi will feel that she owes more to the company than does Keller.
C)The two employees will feel equally committed, so long as the company lives up to its promise.
D)Keller will feel that he owes a great deal to the company, while Bindi will be less committed.
Q2) You've been hired by a medium-sized company. You were told that you were recruited and hired because you seemed to be a great "fit" for the department. According to Schneider's ASA cycle, what could this pattern be labeled?
A)attrition and selection
B)attraction and selection
C)selection only
D)selection and adaptation
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Chapter 19: Appendix D: Evaluating the Quality of
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A)Students who use Internet sources are likely to be tempted to plagiarize.
B)Because the Internet is convenient, students may spend too much time using it as a resource and not spend enough time on more difficult research methods.
C)Internet sources are written at too low of a level to be useful for university-level research.
D)Internet resources are unstable and impermanent, so students are unable to provide verification of their research efforts.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT an important criterion when evaluating materials on the Internet?
A)Who is the publisher or sponsor of the website?
B)What is the quality of the online presentation?
C)How popular is the site, or how many "hits" has it received?
D)What is the identity and qualification of the author?
Q3) What is the role of sites such as The Argus Clearinghouse?
A)They scan websites for evidence of plagiarism and duplication.
B)They contain links to all educational sites in North America.
C)They are main sites for coordinating all research on a single topic.
D)They provide an estimate of quality for Internet-based information sites.
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