Human Behavior Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental principles of human behavior from a multidisciplinary perspective, incorporating theories and research from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and neuroscience. Students will examine the biological, social, and cultural factors that influence how individuals think, feel, and act. Topics include perception, motivation, emotion, learning, personality development, social interactions, and behavior in groups. Through case studies and real-world examples, students will gain insight into the complexities of human behavior, enhancing their understanding of themselves and others in personal and professional contexts.
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What is Psychology Foundations Applications and Integration 4th Edition by Ellen E. Pastorino
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) Two well-known humanists are ____.
A) Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler
B) Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
C) John Watson and B. F. Skinner
D) Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener
Answer: B
Q2) Psychology became a distinct field of scientific study in ____.
A) 1653
B) 1776
C) 1879
D) 1928
Answer: C
Q3) The first American woman to earn a doctorate in psychology was ____.
A) Margaret Washburn
B) Karen Horney
C) Anna Freud
D) Rosalie Rayner
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Neuroscience
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Q1) Elena is given a drug that moves the resting potential of her neurons to ?90 mv. What effect will this likely have on Elena?
A) It will take less stimulation to get her neurons to fire action potentials.
B) It will take more stimulation to get her neurons to fire action potentials.
C) It will be impossible to get her neurons to fire action potentials.
D) Her neurons will begin to fire action potentials at random.
Answer: B
Q2) Each type of neurotransmitter has a specific ____, and each type of receptor site has a specific ____.
A) configuration; molecular shape
B) molecular shape; configuration
C) inhibitory potential; excitatory potential
D) excitatory potential; inhibitory potential
Answer: B
Q3) Axons on neurons in the brain are typically ____.
A) longer than those in the peripheral nervous system
B) shorter than those in the peripheral nervous system
C) about the same size as those in the peripheral nervous system
D) extremely variable in length, with some being very long and others very short
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Explain the role of top-down processing in perceptual errors.
Answer: Because of top-down processing, it can take us longer to accurately perceive objects when they are not in the context we expect them to be or are otherwise different from our experience and expectations.
Q2) Which perceptual effect is a binocular depth cue?
A) Relative size
B) Linear perspective
C) Retinal disparity
D) Interposition
Answer: C
Q3) The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are located in the ____.
A) inner ear
B) outer ear
C) middle ear
D) cochlea
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) If you are relaxed after drinking alcohol, it is most likely because of alcohol's effect on
A) oxytocin
B) epinephrine
C) cortisol
D) GABA
Q2) In the United States, alcohol-impaired driving is highest for people aged ____ years.
A) 16 to 25
B) 26 to 35
C) 36 to 45
D) 46 to 55
Q3) The margin of safety refers to the ____.
A) distinction between drugs that are dangerous to the brain and those that are not
B) amount of a drug you can take before it becomes illegal
C) difference between substance dependence and addiction
D) difference between a nonharmful and a potentially harmful dose
Q4) Describe several positive effects of sleep.
Q5) Describe the role of psychological factors in the effects of drugs on users.
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Chapter 5: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) According to self-determination theory, people need to feel ____.
A) competent, autonomous, and related
B) safe, happy, and productive
C) fulfilled, respected, and loved
D) important, influential, and safe
Q2) According to drive theory, we should not feel hungry when ____.
A) we are more tired than hungry
B) we have adequate fuel and nutrients in our bodies
C) we are highly aroused
D) our minds are engaged in challenging tasks
Q3) The hormone insulin is produced by____.
A) the small intestine
B) the liver
C) the pancreas
D) fat cells
Q4) Describe the potential factors associated with anorexia nervosa.
Q5) Name, in the correct order, the levels in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Q6) Are emotions understood across cultures? Explain your response.
Q7) Describe three significant biological factors influencing hunger.
Q8) What are the challenges in identifying "basic" emotions?
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Rick wants his daughter to spend more time studying. Which strategy is most likely to work for Rick?
A) He should spank his daughter when she does not study.
B) He should take his daughter's cell phone away when she does not study.
C) He should leave his daughter alone and let the problem fix itself.
D) He should reward his daughter when she does study.
Q2) What do Albert Bandura, Wolfgang Kohler, and Edward Tolman all have in common?
A) They are all strong advocates of the principles involved in operant conditioning.
B) They all believe strongly in the views of strict behaviorism.
C) They all have shown that latent learning is not a valid concept.
D) They all have conducted research demonstrating the importance to cognition in learning.
Q3) Which statement is TRUE regarding punishment compared to reinforcement?
A) Punishment is usually a more effective method of creating desired behavior.
B) Punishment often only has temporary effects.
C) Punishment has the ability to teach correct behavior.
D) Punishment has been shown to be more effective in creating the motivation to exhibit appropriate behavior.
Q4) Describe Albert Bandura's Bobo doll studies and their implications.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) Which statement is most accurate about maintenance rehearsal?
A) Maintenance rehearsal is effective in transferring information to long-term memory, but is not effective in transferring short-term information.
B) Maintenance rehearsal can sometimes be effective in transferring information to long-term memory.
C) Maintenance rehearsal is not effective at all in transferring information to long-term memory.
D) The effectiveness of maintenance rehearsal is based on effort; any amount of effort to use maintenance rehearsal will be rewarded with an equal benefit in the success of transferring information to long-term memory.
Q2) When Felipe goes to the grocery store, his wife usually tells him to get about three specific items. However, with advancing age, his ability to remember the items in his head is decreasing. If he still prefers to use his memory rather than writing the items down, which strategy will be most effective?
A) Drink a caffeinated beverage to increase his alertness.
B) Tie a bow around each finger for each item he wants to buy.
C) Take a nap before going to the store.
D) Have his wife show him pictures of the three items.
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Chapter 8: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) Which individual is given credit for developing the modern intelligence test?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Alfred Binet
C) Sir Francis Galton
D) Lewis Terman
Q2) David Wechsler's intelligence tests ____.
A) do not include a performance scale
B) do not include a verbal scale
C) yield two separate index scores
D) yield four separate index scores
Q3) Concepts we store in our long-term memories tend to be organized around the ____ of the information they represent.
A) emotional expression
B) auditory images
C) tactile images
D) meaning
Q4) What is IQ and how is it derived?
Q5) Compare how we use prototypes and exemplars in categorization.
Q6) Compare and contrast the views on intelligence of Spearman and Cattell to those of Gardner and Sternberg.
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Chapter 9: Human Development
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Q1) Piaget's preoperational phase is most associated with ____.
A) decentration
B) permanence
C) conservation
D) egocentrism
Q2) Dory cries whenever visitors come to her parents' home. Dory is exhibiting ____.
A) separation anxiety
B) attachment to her father
C) stranger anxiety
D) object permanence
Q3) Which group has the highest divorce rate?.
A) European Americans
B) Asian Americans
C) African Americans
D) Hispanic Americans
Q4) Explain Kubler-Ross's descriptions of reactions to dying and what subsequent research had to say about her theory.
Q5) Compare what happens to the brain during adolescence with brain development earlier in life.
Q6) Describe the visual abilities of a newborn infant.
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Chapter 10: Social Psychology
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Q1) When normally high-achieving females are asked to perform math problems and verbal tasks in a room where they are outnumbered by males, the women perform
A) worse on both math and verbal tasks
B) worse on math but not verbal tasks
C) better on math but not verbal tasks
D) better on both math and verbal tasks
Q2) When making attributions as the actor, our focus tends to be on ____.
A) the actor
B) the observer
C) the environment
D) ourselves
Q3) Describe the fundamental attribution error and give two specific examples.
Q4) Witnessing a restaurant server drop a food plate on the ground, and then concluding that the server is uncoordinated, would be an example of ____.
A) bystander apathy
B) the self-serving bias
C) the fundamental attribution error
D) cognitive dissonance
Q5) Describe the five steps of helping as proposed by John Darley and Bibb Latané.
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Chapter 11: Personality
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Q1) Whereas Freud focused on the scientific goal of ____, trait theorists focus on the goal of ____.
A) prediction; control
B) explanation; description
C) control; explanation
D) observation; prediction
Q2) Rosenberg's statements such as "I feel I do not have much to be proud of," which respondents agree or disagree with, assess self-esteem in a type of measurement known as a _____.
A) rating scale
B) projective test
C) personality inventory
D) clinical interview
Q3) Humanistic theory has been praised for ____.
A) having a very scientific approach
B) recognizing the animalistic tendencies in humans
C) developing concepts that are easily measured and observed
D) encouraging people to become aware of themselves
Q4) Explain the difference between an internal and external locus of control.
Q5) Explain the difference between cardinal, central, and secondary traits.
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Chapter 12: Health, Stress, and Coping
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Q1) An individual who is verbally aggressive is most likely to be classified as ____.
A) Type A
B) Type B
C) Type C
D) hardy
Q2) Nicotine acts on our brain as a(n) ____.
A) depressant
B) opiate
C) stimulant
D) hallucinogen
Q3) Research on daily hassles indicates that they ____.
A) do not create a significant amount of stress
B) can create a significant amount of stress
C) create more stress than conflicts but less stress than catastrophes
D) create more stress than major life events but less stress than conflicts
Q4) Identify three specific defense mechanisms and provide an example for each one.
Q5) Describe five adaptive stress management techniques.
Q6) What factors contribute to happiness?
Q7) Explain the relationship between Type C personality and cancer.
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Chapter 13: Mental Health Disorders
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Q1) People with schizophrenia who exhibit a catatonic stupor ____.
A) remain totally motionless and rigid
B) are highly agitated and fidgety
C) talk in a word salad
D) behave as if talking to an imaginary person
Q2) Gary believes that abnormal behavior results from the conflict between unconscious forces and the demands of society. His thinking is most consistent with the ____ theory of abnormal behavior.
A) cognitive
B) biological
C) humanistic
D) psychoanalytic
Q3) Freud believed that depression resulted from ____.
A) failure of repression to adequately defend the ego
B) an unresolved Oedipal complex
C) anger and hatred directed inward
D) the development of anal-retentiveness
Q4) How are panic disorder and agoraphobia related?
Q5) How does the DSM relate to the idea of self-fulfilling prophecies?
Q6) Describe antisocial personality disorder.
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Chapter 14: Mental Health Therapies
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Q1) Atypical antipsychotic medications like clozapine ____.
A) cause far more serious side effects than conventional antipsychotics
B) should be avoided in individuals who have bipolar disorder
C) may be effective in reducing both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
D) have higher rates of tardive dyskinesia
Q2) What are the critical elements of client-centered therapy?
Q3) In traditional psychoanalysis, which tool is most likely to be the early focus of therapy as a way of bringing important issues to light?
A) Resistance
B) Transference
C) Systematic desensitization
D) Free association
Q4) The aim of systematic desensitization is to have a client become relaxed and then
A) expose the client to positive statements designed to increase self-esteem
B) suddenly subject the client to the thing most feared by the client
C) have the client and therapist develop an anxiety hierarchy
D) vigorously challenge the self-defeating thinking of the client
Q5) Describe three methods that are employed in traditional psychoanalysis.
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