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Course Introduction
This course explores the complexities of human behavior by examining the biological, psychological, and social factors that influence individual and group actions. Students will investigate major theories of behavior, motivation, personality, learning, and development, as well as the effects of culture, environment, and society on behavior. Through case studies, interactive discussions, and research, the course aims to foster a deeper understanding of why people think, feel, and act in particular ways, providing a foundation for further study in psychology, social sciences, and related fields.
Recommended Textbook PSYCH 3rd Edition by Spencer A. Rathus
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Chapter 1: What Is Psychology
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Q1) Experimenters may believe that a certain kind of treatment is effective. Consequently, experimenter expectations can bias research outcomes. One way to control for experimenter and participant bias is to A)be sure they understand ethics.
B)debrief them.
C)remind them of the importance of the research.
D)use the double-blind technique.
Answer: D
Q2) Wilhelm Wundt felt that the object of psychology was the study of the mind as a natural event and that the best way to approach the study of psychology was to A)break down conscious experience into basic elements.
B)focus on the continuity between conscious experience and behavior.
C)analyze the relationship between sensory stimuli and behavior.
D)determine the functions of conscious experience.
Answer: A
Q3) The __________ perspective focuses on memory, language, and decision-making skills.
Answer: cognitive
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Chapter 2: Biology and Psychology
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Q1) Most neurons are located in the peripheral nervous system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Most individuals with Down syndrome have
A)one less chromosome on the 21st pair.
B)one extra chromosome on the 21st pair.
C)one less chromosome on the 23rd pair.
D)one extra chromosome on the 23rd pair.
Answer: B
Q3) Which of these scenarios provides the best evidence for a genetic link to a trait?
A)Fraternal twins raised apart.
B)Fraternal twins raised together.
C)Identical twins raised apart.
D)Identical twins raised together.
Answer: C
Q4) ___________ is a disruption in the ability to understand or produce language. Answer: Aphasia
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) You accelerate as you drive away from a stop light that has turned green. You are able to notice the change in speed because of receptors in the A)cochlea.
B)semicircular canals.
C)joints.
D)surface of the skin.
Answer: B
Q2) The ability to perceive whether your body is falling or changing speed is due to your A)virtual reality.
B)vestibular sense.
C)extrasensory perception.
D)sensory positioning.
Answer: B
Q3) Cosmic rays have a shorter wavelength than visible light.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The skin senses include touch, pressure, _______, cold, and _______. Answer: warmth; pain
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) Tiffany exhibits attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Her doctor may prescribe _____________ to help her concentrate.
Q2) When we refer to consciousness as not being sleep, a trance, meditation, or any other distorted state of perception, what are we defining consciousness as?
A)the self B)suppression.
C)the waking state
D)all of these
Q3) The effects of amphetamines include
A)a euphoric rush.
B)staying awake and high for days.
C)"crashing" into a deep sleep or depression.
D)all of these
Q4) Bed-wetting, sleep terrors, and sleepwalking all occur during REM sleep.
A)True B)False
Q5) Cocaine is classified as a(n) ____________.
Q6) When your professor talks of focusing on a particular stimulus, she is referring to _______ _______.
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) A student's preference for a grade of "A" rather than an "F" is most likely the result of A)classical conditioning.
B)operant conditioning.
C)adaptation conditioning.
D)counterconditioning.
Q2) To help a child who watches violent programs act less aggressively one should inform the child that
A)the violent behavior he or she sees in the media does not represent the behavior of most people.
B)the aggressive behaviors he or she watches are not real.
C)that there can be life changing consequences to violent behavior.
D)all of these.
Q3) __________ is a procedure for teaching complex behavior that first reinforces approximations of the desired behavior.
Q4) __________ helped to determine the principles of observational learning.
Q5) An unconditioned response (UCR) is a learned response to a conditioned stimulus.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Memory: Remembrance of Things Past--And Future
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Q1) The turn of the century psychologist McDougall found that people presented a list of 12 letters, shown for a fraction of a second, could recall
A)up to 12 letters, as long as the letters were presented in a single row.
B)most of the letters, if they were presented in rows of no more than three letters each.
C)six or seven letters, as long as they were presented in a row.
D)four or five letters in a single fixation.
Q2) Which of the following statements would Freud disagree with regarding long-term memory?
A)Nearly all of our perceptions and ideas are stored permanently.
B)Our ideas and perceptions may appear lost because of the lack of proper cues.
C)Our ideas and perceptions may appear lost because they were never properly encoded.
D)All of these.
Q3) The appearance of new information in short-term memory displaces old information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The two types of interference are __________ and _________ interference.
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Chapter 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) What is the ability to do things that are unique and beneficial and to generate novel combinations from existing elements called?
A)insight
B)creativity
C)intelligence
D)expertise
Q2) Children between the ages of three and five incorrectly apply the rules of past tense and of plural when they say "sitted" instead of "sat" and "gooses" instead of "geese." This phase of language development reflects
A)charming childish speech.
B)a beginning knowledge of grammar.
C)faulty language development.
D)inadequate instruction by parents.
Q3) Peter Salovey and John Mayer developed the theory of _______ _______.
Q4) A(n) _________ is a specific procedure for solving a type of problem.
Q5) We tend to organize concepts into ___________.
Q6) Novices are more likely than experts to use serial processing to solve problems.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) It is suspected that ___________ is a factor in obesity.
A)heredity
B)adaptive thermogenesis
C)having a high fat-to-muscle ratio
D)all of these
Q2) According to stimulus motives, if a person is bored they will be motivated to
A)fall asleep.
B)seek stimulation.
C)withdraw.
D)none of these.
Q3) Which of the following is part of orgasm?
A)involuntary muscle contractions
B)decreased respirations
C)decreased blood pressure
D)release of blood from engorged areas
Q4) _________ are hypothetical states within an organism that activate behavior and propel the organism toward goals.
Q5) Species-specific behaviors that do not rely on learning are called _________.
Q6) The top-level need in Maslow's hierarchy is referred to as _________.
Q7) What are the biological factors related to obesity?
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Chapter 9: The Voyage Through the Life Span
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Q1) The zygote journeys to the uterus, where implantation occurs. Which stage is this?
A)the germinal stage
B)the fallopian stage
C)the pre-embryonic stage
D)the pre-fetal stage
Q2) Diana Baumrind studied the connection between parental behavior and the development of instrumental competence which refers to the ability to A)function independently.
B)form relationships.
C)mature emotionally.
D)manipulate the environment to achieve one's goals.
Q3) Before infants demonstrate a clear-cut attachment they first exhibit
A)undifferentiated attachment.
B)initial pre-attachment.
C)undefined attachment.
D)indifferent attachment.
Q4) Major organ systems develop during the fetal stage of prenatal development.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Personality: Theory and Measurement
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Q1) Freudian psychoanalysis consists of talking about
A)whatever comes to mind when relaxed.
B)traumatic events only.
C)questions asked by the psychoanalyst.
D)rewards and punishments from childhood.
Q2) A major criticism of learning theories is that
A)they focus on personality development.
B)they ignore observable phenomena.
C)they do not explain personality.
D)they do not pay enough attention to cognitions.
Q3) A catalog of human traits made by __________ helped lay the foundation for future personality research.
A)Albert Ellis
B)Gordon Allport
C)Albert Bandura
D)Isaac Newton
Q4) Parents can help children develop self-esteem when they show them _____ _____ regard, or acceptance regardless of their behavior.
Q5) Jung believed we inherit a(n) _____ unconscious.
Q6) Freud believed we have three psychic structures: id, ego, and _____.
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Chapter 11: Stress, Health, and Coping
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Q1) Kathy hurt her back. She is afraid to go to the doctor because she is worried it is serious, but she is also concerned that it will only worsen without treatment. This is
A)multiple approach-approach conflict.
B)avoidance-avoidance conflict.
C)approach-approach conflict.
D)approach-avoidance conflict.
Q2) Connie is overweight, has high serum cholesterol, and hypertension. She is likely to experience _______.
A)a long life
B)HIV
C)a heart attack
D)none of these
Q3) Mary always tries to listen to her friend's problems and to express care and sympathy. What does Mary demonstrate?
A)appraisal
B)emotional concern
C)socialization
D)instrumental aid
Q4) The leading cause of death in the United States is _____ _____ disease.
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Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) A separation of thoughts, emotions, identity, and memory is to __________ disorders, as worrying, fear of the worst, nervousness, and an inability to relax is to __________ disorders.
A)anxiety; mood
B)schizophrenic; anxiety
C)dissociative; anxiety
D)mood; dissociative
Q2) A man witnessed an explosion in which a co-worker died, and afterward his vision failed. After many neurological tests, doctors could find no organic basis for the man's loss of his eyesight. A psychological explanation for this is
A)malingering.
B)conversion disorder.
C)guilt.
D)amnesia.
Q3) Personality disorders are temporary patterns of maladaptive behavior that are sources of distress to the individual or others.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ _____ disorder was formerly called multiple personality disorder.
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Chapter 13: Methods of Therapy
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Q1) Virtual therapy is a technique used to help people overcome schizophrenia.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Client-centered therapists believe in viewing the world through the client's frame of reference.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Steve has started responding to his therapist as if she was his mother. He often asks her for advice on different issues and seeks her approval for his behaviors. This is called A)transference.
B)resistance.
C)catharsis.
D)association.
Q4) Rapid smoking is a(n) __________ conditioning procedure involving overexposure to smoking.
A)aversive
B)drug-induced
C)operant
D)delayed
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Chapter 14: Social Psychology
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Q1) Generally, people make better decisions in groups than decisions by themselves.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Yarema is a cyclist. He notices that whenever he trains with someone else, his time improves markedly. This phenomenon is probably due to the process known as A)social facilitation.
B)social lubrication.
C)performance anxiety.
D)performance facilitation.
Q3) Attitude discrepant behavior may change an attitude.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research has found that persons are most likely to respond to a fear appeal when they believe that
A)they are capable of changing.
B)the risks are serious.
C)they can't do anything about their situation.
D)the risks are serious and they are capable of changing.
Q5) _____ _____ devised the triangular model of love.
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