Human Behavior and the Mind
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Course Introduction
This course offers an in-depth exploration of the fundamental principles shaping human behavior and the workings of the mind. Students will examine psychological theories, biological foundations, cognitive processes, and the influence of social and cultural factors on behavior. Through analysis of current research and classic studies, the course fosters an understanding of how perception, motivation, emotion, learning, and personality contribute to human experience. Emphasis is placed on the applications of psychological concepts in everyday life and the development of critical thinking skills relevant to understanding oneself and others.
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Psychological Science 4th Edition by Michael Gazzaniga
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) The theories of Sigmund Freud and his followers:
A) are based on the idea that much of human behavior is determined by mental processes operating below the level of conscious awareness B) emphasize the functions served by the mind
C) emphasize the concept that the whole is different than the sum of its parts D) state that behavior can be altered by the application of reinforcement and punishment
Answer: A
Q2) Ethnomusicology examines music preferences from the ____ level of analysis.
A) biological B) individual C) social D) cultural
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes psychological science?
A) Psychological science is really just common sense.
B) Psychological science is applying common sense.
C) Psychological science principles are highly applicable to everyday life.
D) Psychological principles are too scientific to apply to everyday life.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Research Methodology
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Q1) Pablo is conducting research and trying to determine whether he should monitor the presence versus the absence of a behavior or how long a behavior occurs.What approach to research is he most likely using?
A) psychophysiological assessment
B) observational research
C) self-report method
D) experience sampling
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following statements is true regarding the use of deception in psychological research?
A) It is integral to the conduct of scientifically valid research.
B) It generally decreases the scientific validity of psychological research.
C) It is occasionally necessary to safeguard the validity of the research.
D) It is no longer permissible in psychological research.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Biology and Behavior
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Q1) According to the most recent estimate from the Human Genome Project,humans have approximately how many genes?
A) 1,000-5,000
B) 20,000-30,000
C) over 100,000
D) three times as many as most animals
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is NOT part of the temporal lobe?
A) primary auditory cortex
B) fusiform face area
C) Wernicke's area
D) nucleus accumbens
Answer: D
Q3) The amygdala plays an important role in _____,whereas the hippocampus plays an important role in _____.
A) fear or emotional reactions; spatial memory
B) emotions; automatic behaviors
C) spatial memory; fear or emotional reactions
D) automatic behaviors; emotions
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Jason is doing a psychology experiment in which he is seated in an absolutely dark room.An initially undetected point of light in front of him is gradually made more intense.With each increase,he is asked if he can see the light.In this experiment,Jason's _____ is being measured.
A) difference threshold
B) absolute threshold
C) just noticeable difference
D) psychophysical limit
Q2) The primary visual cortex is located in which brain lobe?
A) frontal
B) temporal
C) occipital
D) parietal
Q3) The primary auditory cortex is located in which brain lobe?
A) frontal
B) temporal
C) occipital
D) parietal
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Chapter 5: Consciousness
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Q1) Regarding the concept of addiction,which statement most nearly captures your text's position?
A) Physical dependence is necessary for addiction.
B) Both physical and psychological dependence are necessary for addiction.
C) Physical dependence is sufficient for addiction.
D) Psychological dependence is sufficient for addiction.
Q2) If you were relaxed with your eyes closed and were given an EEG,what type of brain waves would show up on your EEG?
A) beta waves
B) alpha waves
C) theta waves
D) sleep spindles
Q3) A mental procedure that focuses attention on an external object or sense of awareness is called:
A) hypnosis
B) automated behavior
C) meditation
D) concentrative consciousness
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) A relatively permanent change in behavior that is not due to maturation but is due to experience is called:
A) operant shaping
B) habituation
C) learning
D) behaviorism
Q2) Food is considered a primary reinforcer,whereas _____ is a secondary reinforcer.
A) water
B) sex
C) money
D) none of the above
Q3) The Premack principle explains why:
A) shaping desirable behaviors leads to accurate conditioning
B) a favored activity can be used to reinforce a less favored activity
C) reward is preferred to punishment for effective learning
D) the law of effect works
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Chapter 7: Attention and Memory
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Q1) Suzanne goes into therapy because she is continually anxious and has trouble sleeping due to disturbing nightmares.Her therapist diagnoses Suzanne with posttraumatic stress disorder and encourages her to talk about distressing childhood memories.Eventually,Suzanne recalls having been abused by her uncle as a child.The problem that this recovered memory poses is that:
A) her therapist has implanted a false memory
B) no one will believe that her kind uncle was abusive
C) it will distract her from her real problems
D) it is difficult to know whether her memory is accurate
Q2) You study Spanish during your freshman and sophomore years of college,but then take a Portuguese class your senior year.You have trouble learning Portuguese because of all the Spanish you learned.This effect is most likely due to:
A) proactive interference
B) retroactive interference
C) relearning
D) both B and C
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Chapter 8: Thinking and Intelligence
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Q1) Sun is a wonderful history student.According to Spearman's theory,her abilities at science should be _____; according to Gardner's theory,her abilities at science should be _____.
A) high; unrelated
B) low; high
C) high; high
D) unrelated; high
Q2) Yang believes that a whale is a fish,because a whale swims.Yang's misconception suggests that he is using a(n)_____ model for the fish category.
A) prototype
B) categorization
C) defining attribute
D) exemplar
Q3) A critical property of insight is that the solution to the problem:
A) has clear subgoals
B) emerges in a single step
C) emerges over several steps
D) develops clear subgoals
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Chapter 9: Human Development
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Q1) Separation anxiety appears in infants:
A) at various times, depending upon the cultures the infants are in
B) at 8 to 12 months of age
C) primarily if they have been deprived of caregiver comfort
D) at about the same time they reach the formal operational stage of development
Q2) An important consequence of having a theory of mind is that:
A) we think of ourselves as having mental as well as physical capacities
B) it allows us to predict how we might behave in various situations
C) it makes us more egocentric in our actions
D) it allows us to understand that others have intentions
Q3) The fetus has a heart by:
A) the second month
B) the fifth month
C) the seventh month
D) birth
Q4) All the following changes begin to happen at the start of puberty EXCEPT:
A) decreases in hormone levels
B) development of primary sex characteristics
C) development of secondary sex characteristics
D) a rapid, hormonally driven increase in height and weight
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Chapter 10: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) The purpose of homeostatic behaviors is to:
A) generate a drive to satisfy a need
B) stabilize conditions in the body
C) create a state of arousal
D) both A and C
Q2) Research on the role of hormones in the development of homosexuality has found that:
A) lesbians have higher levels of testosterone than heterosexual women
B) gay men have higher levels of estrogen than heterosexual men
C) homosexuals have had prenatal exposure to unusual levels of androgens
D) both A and B
Q3) How might the James-Lange theory of emotion describe the relationship between fear and trembling?
A) Fear and trembling are unrelated.
B) We tremble and feel afraid simultaneously.
C) We tremble because we feel afraid.
D) We feel afraid because we tremble.
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Chapter 11: Health and Well-Being
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Q1) Research suggests that the average adult smoker,compared to the nonsmoker: A) can plan to live about a decade less B) underestimates the number of people who smoke C) did not try cigarettes until college D) overestimates the number of health problems he or she has
Q2) The relationship between religiousness and health can be described as:
A) basically negative B) basically positive C) basically random D) difficult to infer
Q3) In response to stress,the adrenal glands release cortisol as well as two neurotransmitters,_____,which activate the sympathetic nervous system.
A) dopamine and serotonin
B) norepinephrine and epinephrine
C) acetylcholine and antihistamine
D) norepinephrine and serotonin
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Chapter 12: Social Psychology
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Q1) The manipulations in Milgram's studies that decreased obedience all involved:
A) increased personal responsibility
B) lesser consequences for disobeying
C) added choice about following instructions
D) greater purported risks to the learners
Q2) Research on friendship formation suggests that you would be best able to predict which students will become friends in their dorm by how:
A) much alike their majors are
B) far apart their rooms are
C) similar they are in attractiveness
D) much alike their backgrounds are
Q3) Sometimes after a big football game fans will riot,getting into fights and destroying property.People in such a crowd will often do things that they would never do on their own.This effect is due primarily to a process of:
A) social facilitation
B) social loafing
C) deindividuation
D) groupthink
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Q1) Some evolutionary psychologists,such as David Buss,believe that:
A) the five-factor theory is inadequate to account for normal personality variation
B) Eysenck's personality model best describes the characteristics needed for human survival
C) the five-factor theory describes the personality characteristics that are important in mate selection
D) most personality theories cannot describe personality in a way that fits well with evolutionary theory
Q2) In which of the following questions will the word kind be processed most efficiently and automatically?
A) Are you kind?
B) Is your best friend kind?
C) Is your mother kind?
D) Are most of the people you know kind?
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Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) If a particular disorder shows itself in similar ways in different cultures around the world,one would be correct to suspect that that disorder is based in:
A) dysfunctional family systems
B) human biology
C) similar environmental events
D) universally held beliefs
Q2) Which of the following statements is NOT an advantage of structured versus unstructured interviewing?
A) Structured interviewing is less dependent on the skill of the interviewer.
B) Structured interviewing gathers general and specific information.
C) Results using structured interviewing can be directly compared across research studies.
D) Structured interviewing allows the clinician to come up with an individualized and unique treatment plan.
Q3) ADHD is characterized by:
A) restlessness
B) inattentiveness
C) impulsivity
D) all of the above
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Chapter 15: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) According to your textbook,the prognosis for an autistic child is:
A) poor because problematic behaviors and deficits persist into adulthood
B) poor if treated with behavioral modification
C) excellent if biological treatments are used
D) good if the disease appears later in life
Q2) Tyresia is experiencing a depressive episode and undergoes cognitive therapy to treat her symptoms.If she were in therapy with Aaron Beck,she would most likely be asked to challenge her negative thoughts about:
A) herself and her upbringing
B) herself, her situation, and the future
C) her future as a successful human being
D) her skills and assets
Q3) Which of the following therapies represents the best treatment for schizophrenia?
A) second-generation antipsychotics such as risperidol combined with social skills training and family therapy
B) desensitization therapy combined with antidepressants
C) haloperidol and lithium
D) clozapine combined with insight therapy
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