Human Behavior Test Questions
Course Introduction
Human Behavior is an interdisciplinary course that examines the biological, psychological, and social factors influencing how individuals think, feel, and act. Students explore foundational theories and research in areas such as motivation, emotion, perception, learning, personality, and social interaction. The course emphasizes understanding the complexities of human actions in diverse settings, considering both innate predispositions and the impact of culture and environment. Through case studies, observations, and experiential activities, students gain insight into behavioral patterns and develop skills to analyze and address human behavior in personal, academic, and professional contexts.
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Discovering Psychology The Science of Mind 3rd Edition by John T. Cacioppo
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Chapter 1: The Science of Mind the Discipline of Psychology
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Q1) While writing a research paper examining the theoretical view of Wilhelm Wundt,Jackson notes that Wundt felt that the mind constructs an overall perception
A)based on prior life experiences
B)based on its relationship to evolutionary survival
C)by perceiving complete forms within their context
D)out of building blocks made up of separate sensations and emotional responses
Answer: D
Q2) Entering the 21st century and armed with in-depth research results compiled in the various perspectives,psychologists are returning to ____.
A)the structuralist view of the mind
B)viewing the mind as a set of building blocks based on introspection
C)viewing the "whole as greater than the sum of its parts"
D)a more comprehensive view of the mind
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Measure of Mind Methods of Psychology
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Q1) Barack and Don support different presidential candidates,and frequently debate the claims that each candidate makes against the other on various issues.Don persists in heatedly arguing that he feels his wears nice clothes and that fashion sense equates to political sense.Barack insists that they both look up evidence that supports both candidates' positions using independent sources.Barack's ground rules for the debate show good principles of ____.
A)critical thinking
B)debate
C)psychology
D)social control
Answer: A
Q2) The text described a survey that asked a representative sample of middle-school students to respond to 17 motives for playing violent video games on a four-point scale.Surprisingly,around 20% of boys indicated that they liked to play these games in order to ____.
A)compete and win
B)help get their anger out
C)reduce boredom
D)make friends and teach others
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Evolving Mind Nature and Nurture
Intertwined
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Q1) Evolutionary psychologists suggest that sacrificing yourself for others is much more likely when the "others" are ___.
A)members of the same sex
B)members of the opposite sex
C)genetically related relatives
D)genetically diverse individuals
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of sex-linked disorders?
A)Childbirth and the stress of raising children contribute to the prevalence of sex-linked disorders in women.
B)Hormonal fluctuations lead to a great prevalence of sex-linked disorders in women than men.
C)Sex-linked disorders,which are more prevalent in males,are typically caused by recessive diseased alleles found on the X chromosome.
D)Sex-linked disorders are caused by genetic mutations on the X chromosome for females and on the Y chromosome for males.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: The Biological Mind the Physical Basis of Behavior
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Q1) Professor Freeman calls on his student Maya to describe how the presence of myelin affects an action potential.Maya should respond with which of the following statements?
A)Current flows along the unmyelinated segments and action potentials propagate along the myelinated portions of the axon,decreasing the speed and efficiency of the action potential.
B)Current flows under the myelin and action potentials propagate along the unmyelinated segments of the axon,decreasing the speed and efficiency of the action potential.
C)Current flows along the unmyelinated segments and action potentials propagate along the myelinated portions of the axon,increasing the speed and efficiency of the action potential.
D)Current flows under the myelin and action potentials propagate along the unmyelinated segments of the axon,increasing the speed and efficiency of the action potential.
Q2) Enclosed within axons are ____,which are hollow spheres containing ____.
A)peroxisomes;myelin
B)chemical messages;synaptic vesicles
C)peroxisomes;chemical messengers
D)synaptic vesicles;chemical messengers
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Chapter 5: The Perceiving Mind Sensation and Perception
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Q1) For his creative writing class,Dorian writes a short story about the adventures and perils of space travel.As he describes an epic space battle between two enemy ships,Dorian portrays the battle fought in an eerie silence.Why is Dorian correct that an otherwise noisy battle would produce no sound in space?
A)Sound waves cannot be generated in a vacuum.
B)Sound waves are too diffuse in the absence of gravity.
C)In the absence of matter,sounds waves travel in a multipath direction.
D)Sound waves are readily absorbed by gamma particles.
Q2) According to the Müller-Lyer illusion,we tend to see lines with outward-pointing arrowheads as ____.
A)the focal point of an image
B)the secondary object of an image
C)being farther away from us
D)being closer to us
Q3) Information about touch travels from the skin directly to the ____.
A)medulla
B)somatosensory cortex
C)spinal cord
D)thalamus
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Chapter 6: The Aware Mind Elements of Consciousness
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Q1) Regina wakes her husband in the middle of the night and tells him,"Where am I? This isn't our bedroom." After a visit to the emergency room,Regina learns that she likely suffered a partial seizure originating in her ____ lobe.
A)Temporal
B)Parietal
C)Occipital
D)Frontal
Q2) The addictive potential of alcohol is probably best explained by the way it stimulates the reward pathways for ______ in the brain.
A)dopamine
B)serotonin
C)GABA
D)acetylcholine
Q3) From an evolutionary perspective,why is self-awareness advantageous for animals?
A)It is correlated with heightened meaningfulness of self-preservation.
B)It facilitates the development of complex motor and sensory control.
C)It allows animals to respond instinctively to oncoming threats.
D)It provides the opportunity to choose responses rather than to respond instinctively.
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Chapter 7: The Feeling Mind Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) Several months ago,Ambreena suffered moderate brain damage following the surgical removal of a brain tumor.Her husband is perplexed by the fact that she struggles to smile when they are together sharing a happy moment,but when looking at a recent family photograph,he notices a big grin on her face.This indicates that Ambreena suffered damage involving ____.
A)lateralization of the somatosensory cortex
B)activation of the amygdala
C)cortical input
D)subcortical input
Q2) Which model or theory of emotion proposes that general arousal leads to assessment,which in turn calls for an assessment that leads to subjective feelings?
A)James-Lange theory
B)Schachter-Singer two-factor theory
C)Somatovisceral Afference Model of Emotion
D)Cannon-Bard theory
Q3) Describe John Gottman's work in predicting the success of a relationship (Gottman,2011).Think about your own relationship with a romantic partner or close friend.How does your style of communication affect this relationship? How might it be improved?
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Chapter 8: The Adaptive Mind Learning
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of a variable interval schedule of partial reinforcement?
A)In hopes of winning a big jackpot,Penny plays the slot machines at a nearby casino.
B)Sam earns extra money by shoveling his neighbor's driveways and sidewalks in the winter.He charges $20 per job but only shovels for snow falls of 1 inch or more.
C)Marcus takes his daughter Rebekah fishing,and explains that you never know how long you have to leave your line in the water before a fish will bite.
D)Jaime has a paper due once a month in his sociology course.His productivity is low at the beginning of the month and high as the deadline approaches.
Q2) What is a disadvantage of continuous reinforcement?
A)It is not convenient to do so for an extended time period.
B)It is not effective when compared to the effects of punishment.
C)The individual cannot adapt the target behavior to new stimuli.
D)The individual will eventually become desensitized to the target behavior.
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Chapter 9: The Knowing Mind Memory
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Q1) Dinesh takes a look through his office desk and makes a mental note of the supplies he needs to replenish.On the way to the supply room,he realizes that he can remember only the first three supply items he needs to replenish in his office desk.This illustrates the
A)spreading activation model
B)primacy effect
C)recency effect
D)maintenance model
Q2) Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the relationship between negative emotions and memory?
A)Such emotions can enhance or impair memories.
B)Negative emotions can lead to disruption of retrieval cues.
C)Such emotions are almost guaranteed to lead to source monitoring errors.
D)Negative emotions enhance the encoding specificity effect.
Q3) What is the basis for the effectiveness of the method of loci?
A)The method provides mnemonics to store memories.
B)Explaining material to someone else points out our gaps in understanding.
C)We form excellent representations of visual images in memory.
D)Distributing practice over time consolidates memories.
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Chapter 10: The Thinking Mind Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) The loss of the ability to speak or understand language is called ____.
A)amnesia
B)dyslexia
C)aphasia
D)muteness
Q2) Concepts can guide our thinking and be continually tested for accuracy against new,incoming information,such as by judging category membership.In this way,concept formation can be viewed as a type of ____.
A)theory building
B)schema
C)feature detection
D)prototype
Q3) At the start of the spring semester,Marie decides that she will focus more on her physical health.Her solution is to start jogging with a goal of running in the annual Memorial Day 10K.The most critical element for Marie to successfully implement her solution is to ____.
A)maintain a better diet
B)keep up with her studies
C)approach it with careful planning
D)start a buddy system
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Chapter 11: The Developing Mind Life Span Development
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Q1) Research suggests that African American and Hispanic youth who identify with an ethnic group during adolescence and young adulthood have ____ (Erol & Orth,2011).
A)higher grade point averages
B)more encounters with law enforcement
C)higher overall self-esteem
D)greater generative capacity
Q2) Myelination of the frontal lobes is much greater in adults aged 23 to 30 than in youth between the ages of 12 and 16.Unfortunately,the adolescent's white matter is more susceptible than an adult's to damage from ____.
A)schizophrenia
B)unprotected sex
C)marijuana use
D)binge drinking
Q3) At the onset of puberty,____.
A)the brain has completed its adult development
B)the risk of schizophrenia decreases
C)there is substantial gray matter growth
D)brain development is virtually complete
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Chapter 12: The Individual Mind Personality and the Self
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Q1) Paula is conducting her doctoral dissertation research in the contemporary offshoot of humanistic psychology.Which would be an appropriate title for Paula's dissertation?
A)"A Gestalt Approach-Eschewing Parts for Wholes"
B)"Positive Psychology-Focusing on What Works"
C)"Interpersonal Psychology-Relationships That Matter"
D)"Eclecticism-Many Become One"
Q2) In Freud's theory of personality development,the correct order of stages is ____.
A)latency,oral,anal,phallic,and genital
B)phallic,latency,oral,genital,and anal
C)anal,oral,genital,phallic,and latency
D)oral,anal,phallic,latency,and genital
Q3) East Asians have a much higher probability of having the S allele of the serotonin transporter gene than people living in many other parts of the world.There is a positive correlation between the percentage of S allele carriers and a culture's rating on a scale from individualistic to collectivistic.What does this correlation mean at the population level? How do individuals with the S allele vary from those with the L allele,individually and within societal context?
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Chapter 13: The Connected Mind Social Psychology
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Q1) Benny received a C on his Psychology exam and an A on his Western Civilization exam.Which of the following would best reflect Benny's reasoning if he exhibited a self-serving bias?
A)His Psychology grade was because he was coming down with the flu and his Western Civilization grade was because the professor was an easy grader.
B)His Psychology grade was because he is not good with understanding abstract concepts and his Macroeconomics grade was because the professor was an easy grader.
C)His Psychology grade was because he was coming down with the flu and his Western Civilization grade was because he has an innate gift for understanding the past.
D)His Psychology grade was because he does not study and his Western Civilization grade was because the professor happened to ask the questions he studied the most.
Q2) Which of the following is true regarding physical attraction?
A)Cultural definitions of physical beauty are completely distinctive.
B)Subjective judgments of beauty are not present until they are taught.
C)Subjective judgments of beauty are heavily influenced by symmetry.
D)Women prioritize symmetry while men prioritize curves.
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Chapter 14: The Troubled Mind Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is an accurate statement?
A)Rates of psychological disorders in young adults are lower than in the general population and appear to be increasing.
B)College students have about the same rates of psychological disorders as their same-age peers who are not attending college.
C)College students have far fewer psychological disorders than their same-age peers who are not attending college.
D)Rates of psychological disorders in young adults are higher than in the general population but appear to be decreasing.
Q2) Women experience depression more frequently than men do.This discrepancy between rates of depression in men and women has been observed to ____.
A)be independent of race,ethnicity,social class,and country of residence
B)be dependent on race,ethnicity,social class,and country of residence
C)vary by race,ethnicity,social class,and country of residence
D)be causally related to race,ethnicity,social class,and country of residence
Q3) Describe major depressive disorder and symptoms that must be present for diagnosis.Discuss the sex differences in the prevalence of depression and possible causes.
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Chapter 15: Healing the Troubled Mind Therapy
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Q1) In psychoanalysis,how is the client-therapist relationship structured?
A)The client controls the sessions.
B)The therapist is in charge of the sessions.
C)The client and therapist have equal control.
D)The therapist gradually hands over control to the client.
Q2) Ritalin and Adderall,two medications prescribed for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),act by ____.
A)decreasing norepinephrine and increasing dopamine activity
B)increasing norepinephrine and decreasing dopamine activity
C)decreasing norepinephrine and decreasing dopamine activity
D)increasing norepinephrine and increasing dopamine activity
Q3) Cognitive behavioral therapy has an excellent record of success,particularly in the treatment of ____.
A)bipolar disorder
B)generalized anxiety disorder
C)major depressive disorder
D)obsessive-compulsive disorder
Q4) Describe the approach to psychological services known as life coaching and evaluate its effectiveness.
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Chapter 16: The Healthy Mind Stress and Coping, Health
Psychology, and Positive Psychology
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Q1) Give an example of a highly stressful circumstance that you have experienced (or you may create a fictitious scenario)and discuss the various physiological changes that would occur at each stage of Selye's general adaptation syndrome as a result of that event.
Q2) Describe the process by which excess cortisol can accumulate in the bloodstream due to chronic stress,after its release by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)axis.What are some of the adverse health effects of excess cortisol?
Q3) What is one of the ways in which positive psychology differs from humanism?
A)It emphasizes scientific reasoning and research.
B)It emphasizes trait theory and personality types.
C)It emphasizes stages of psychosexual development and defense mechanisms.
D)It emphasizes human growth and fulfillment.
Q4) What does research indicate is the major source of marital happiness?
A)How you perceive your partner
B)How long you have been married
C)How you see yourself perceived by your partner
D)How happy you were before your marriage
Q5) Discuss three types of coping.
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