Human Behaviour Test Preparation
Course Introduction
This course explores the complexities of human behaviour through a multidisciplinary lens, examining psychological, biological, social, and cultural influences on individual and group actions. Students will gain an understanding of key theories and research methods used to analyze behaviour, motivation, emotion, learning, and development. The course also highlights the impact of environmental and contextual factors on decision-making, interpersonal relationships, and mental health, providing foundational knowledge applicable to fields such as psychology, sociology, education, and human resources.
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Psychology From Inquiry to Understanding 2nd Australia Edition by Scott O. Lilienfeld
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Chapter 1: Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology
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Q1) A sceptic is one who
A)accepts claims on the basis of persuasive scientific evidence.
B)accepts claims only from trusted authority figures.
C)accepts claims only on the basis of logical reasoning.
D)accepts claims only on the basis of their popularity with the public.
Answer: A
Q2) ________ refers to the belief that we see the world precisely as it is.
A)Commonsense
B)Confirmation bias
C)Single-variable explanation
D)Naive realism
Answer: D
Q3) A claim must be testable in order to be useful. However, we also need this claim to A)contradict the available body of evidence.
B)be detailed and, when necessary, complex in its explanation of the evidence.
C)be replicated by others.
D)be unique to a specific sample without overgeneralising to a larger population.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Research Methods
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Q1) An important danger of the heuristics and cognitive biases discussed in Chapter 2 is that they lead us
A)to become anxious or depressed about our place in the world.
B)to draw incorrect conclusions and then become convinced that they are accurate.
C)to doubt our intuition and gut feelings in important real-life circumstances.
D)to underestimate our general levels of cognitive abilities and skills.
Answer: B
Q2) The group that receives the manipulation is called the A)control group.
B)dependent group.
C)experimental group.
D)independent group.
Answer: C
Q3) Numerical characterisations that describe data are known as A)central tendencies.
B)inferential statistics.
C)dispersion.
D)descriptive statistics.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Biological Psychology
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Q1) The state during which a neuron contains more negatively charged ions inside the cell than outside the cell and is not firing is referred to as the ________.
A)action potential
B)quiet potential
C)synaptic potential
D)resting potential
Answer: D
Q2) When a neuron fires, it fires in a(n)________ fashion, as there is no such thing as "partial" firing.
A)all-or-none
B)rapid fire
C)accidental patterned
D)quick succession
Answer: A
Q3) The process by which the synaptic vesicle absorbs the neurotransmitters that it just released is called ________.
Answer: reuptake
Q4) The part of the brain dedicated to emotion is called the ________.
Answer: limbic system
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) What discipline within psychology seeks to optimise the interaction between equipment and technology and our human sensory and perceptual abilities?
A)Cognitive neuroscience
B)Human factors
C)Industrial-organisational psychology
D)Social psychology
Q2) We are sensitive to ________ basic tastes.
A)three
B)five
C)seven
D)countless
Q3) Our sense of taste is called
A)gustation.
B)olfaction.
C)proprioception.
D)the vestibular sense.
Q4) Describe how an artist might make use of the monocular cues for depth perception to create a three-dimensional feel in a two-dimensional painting. Make sure to include at least three different monocular depth cues in your answer.
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Chapter 5: Consciousness
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Q1) Ward notices that as his supply of marijuana decreases he starts thinking more and more about where he can get another supply, as well as feeling nervous and anxious. This is an example of ________.
A)withdrawal
B)psychological dependence
C)tolerance
D)physical dependence
Q2) The positive effects that have been noted when using hypnosis have been explained in a number of ways. One suggestion is that the relaxed state that accompanies a "hypnotic trance" is uniquely responsible for all of the effects. This reminds us of which principle of critical thinking from your book?
A)Replicability
B)Ruling out rival hypotheses
C)Correlation versus causation
D)Falsifiability
Q3) The sleep disorder ________ would be the most problematic for a taxi driver to be diagnosed with.
Q4) Discuss how one's expectations of the influence of a drug affect one's subsequent behaviour after using that drug.
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Which two theorists laid the groundwork for the theory of operant conditioning?
A)Pavlov and Skinner
B)Thorndike and Skinner
C)Watson and Skinner
D)Bandura and Skinner
Q2) Which of the following is true concerning operant conditioning principles?
A)Chaining involves reinforcing behaviours that come closer to the target behaviour.
B)Fading involves gradually decreasing the frequency of reinforcement for "not-exactly-right" behaviours.
C)Shaping involves delivering punishment for unwanted behaviours.
D)Chaining involves the shaping of the behaviour by use of punishment and reinforcement.
Q3) Who is best known for studying the phenomenon of insight in animals?
A)Köhler
B)Tolman
C)Seligman
D)Bandura
Q4) Food and water are examples of ________ reinforcers.
Q5) ________ was an advocate of radical behaviourism.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) Knowing how to navigate the route from one's house to the location of one's psychology class at university is an example of a ________.
A)priming cue
B)retrieval cue
C)script
D)schema
Q2) Kira is jogging down the street listening to her portable music player. Abruptly, her batteries die and the music stops. Which of the following accounts for her ability to still "hear" the last part of the song that was playing?
A)Short-term memory
B)Eidetic imagery
C)Iconic memory
D)Echoic memory
Q3) The most sensitive measure of memory is
A)priming.
B)recall.
C)recognition.
D)relearning.
Q4) Discuss how our memories both serve us well and lead to memory errors.
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Chapter 8: Thinking, Reasoning and Language
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Q1) The need for cognitive efficiency is very important, but sometimes it can lead people to poor decision-making. For example, when considering whether or not to buy the latest "miracle diet" programme, one should balance cognitive efficiency with A)the principle of Occam's Razor.
B)the fact that correlation does not equal causation.
C)the fact that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
D)the premise of replicability.
Q2) Proponents of the imitation theory of language acquisition suggest that this model is the simplest for explaining the varieties of how children gain language skills. These theorists are banking on which principle of critical thinking to support their views?
A)Ruling out rival hypotheses
B)Replicability
C)Occam's Razor
D)Extraordinary claims
Q3) The closest vocalisations observed among animals that mirror human language are the different ________ of the vervet monkey.
Q4) Sign language requires the signer to use the face, hands, body, and ________ to communicate.
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Chapter 9: Intelligence and Iq Testing
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Q1) Researchers have identified that people with high IQs are ________ as prone as other people to believe in conspiracy theories
Q2) The IQ of a 10-year-old with a mental age of 12 would be ________.
Q3) According to the Flynn effect, for at least several generations
A)the IQ scores of children are higher than those of their parents and grandparents.
B)the IQ scores of children are lower than those of their parents.
C)the IQ scores of both children and parents have remained about the same.
D)there is no correlation between the IQ scores of children and their parents.
Q4) The WAIS-IV, the most recent edition of this test, contains ________ different subtests that assess five different areas of intelligence.
Q5) What famous quote from the movie Forrest Gump best exemplifies Edwin Boring's definition of intelligence?
A)"Life is like a box of chocolates."
B)"Run, Forrest, run!"
C)"Stupid is as stupid does."
D)"My name is Forrest ... Forrest Gump."
Q6) Men tend to outscore women on ________ tasks.
Q7) Describe at least three ways in which IQ tests have been misused historically.
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Chapter 10: Human Development
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Q1) The maturity level a person develops based upon his or her life experiences describes that individual's ________ age.
A)social
B)cognitive
C)chronological
D)affective
Q2) Kevin is a 45-year-old college professor. Compared to when he was 20, Kevin is now likely to
A)struggle hearing students' questions during lecture.
B)struggle analysing students' questions during lecture.
C)struggle formulating his thoughts when responding to students' questions.
D)struggle verbalising his thoughts when responding to students' questions.
Q3) Which one of the following children would most likely be described as "independent"?
A)James, who has an insecure-avoidant attachment to his mother
B)Jesse, who has an insecure-anxious attachment to his mother
C)Jerome, who has a secure attachment to his mother
D)Jeremiah, who has a disorganised attachment to his mother
Q4) The termination of menstruation signalling the end of a woman's reproductive potential is termed ________.
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Chapter 11: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) Which answer represents the correct sequence of the phases of the human sexual response?
A)Desire, excitement, resolution, orgasm
B)Orgasm, desire, resolution, excitement
C)Desire, excitement, orgasm, resolution
D)Resolution, orgasm, excitement, desire
Q2) Hanging out with friends with the same hobbies can best be explained by the ________ principle of relationship formation.
A)proximity
B)similarity
C)reciprocity
D)serendipity
Q3) Describe the levels of personal space and provide an example for each level.
Q4) A predisposition toward certain stimuli, such as food, is known as ________.
Q5) Which of the following cannot be used to detect lies?
A)The polygraph test
B)The Controlled Question Test
C)The guilty knowledge test
D)Shifty eyes
Q6) In addition to direct stimuli, emotions are also subject to ________ influences.
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Chapter 12: Stress, Coping and Health
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Q1) Donald served in the military and was deployed during wartime. He does not often talk about the things he saw and did in combat, but sometimes he has ________, which include vivid memories, feelings, and images of the traumatic experiences he endured. As a result, he has been diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder by a psychiatrist who specialises in working with combat veterans.
A)trips
B)delusions
C)flashbacks
D)hallucinations
Q2) Which scale is used to rank order different life events, such as "jail term" or "personal injury or illness", in terms of their stressfulness?
A)Social Readjustment Rating Scale
B)Beck Stress Response Inventory
C)Minnesota Multiphasic Stress Scale
D)Rorschach Test
Q3) Psychological debriefing is most effective when it ________ cognitive processing and reframing of the trauma.
Q4) Discuss stress as both a cause and effect of illness.
Q5) Discuss the role of stress in coronary heart disease (CHD).
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Chapter 13: Social Psychology
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Q1) A ________ attribution looks at ________ factors, while a(n)________ attribution looks at ________ factors.
A)biased: genuine; unbiased; influenced
B)biased; influenced; unbiased; genuine
C)dispositional; external; situational; internal
D)situational; external; dispositional; internal
Q2) The overwhelming majority of United States prison guards during the Iraqi War did not engage in abuse, so the reasons for such abuse don't lie entirely in the ________, but in the ________ of the guards.
A)disposition; situation
B)situation; propositional stance
C)situation; oppositional defiance
D)situation; disposition
Q3) ________ refers to the tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional influences on others' behaviour.
Q4) Discuss groupthink. Give several examples and explain the treatments for groupthink.
Q5) ________ theory suggests that we don't really change our attitudes, but that we report that we have done so, so as to appear consistent.
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Chapter 14: Cross-Cultural Psychology
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Q1) The degree of cultural adaptation that a person experiences when moving from one culture to another may depend on their reason for moving. Refugees may have adaptation issues because of negative experiences in their lives that might not be experienced by voluntary migrants. Which of the following is a common experience of both migrants and refugees?
A)They had no choice in leaving their country.
B)They had no say in which country they would travel to.
C)They are likely to have been traumatised by war or civil dispute.
D)They are likely to have had to learn a new language and set of customs.
Q2) Culture helps us to ________ ourselves and interact with others.
Q3) How does Australian Indigenous psychology differ from "Western" psychology?
Q4) ________ means studying a culture's behaviour from the point of view of an insider.
Q5) Progress towards provision of culturally appropriate mental health interventions requires specific ________ and development of mental health professionals
Q6) When psychologists assess human characteristics using standard instruments, and make interpretations without taking cultural differences into account, they are adopting the theoretical orientation of ________.
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Chapter 15: Personality
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Q1) Research suggests that the Big Five personality traits are
A)unique to each culture.
B)identical in every culture.
C)fairly consistent across many cultures.
D)useless for cultural evaluation.
Q2) Which of the following represents a shared environmental influence?
A)Todd and Vie both receive $5 for each "A" they earn on their report cards.
B)Taryn has chores to do around the house.
C)June goes to ballet, while Mitch is at football.
D)Eli gets to go to sleepaway camp while Jonah gets to stay home for camp.
Q3) Marcus loves going to parties, and while there, he can have a conversation with just about anyone, whether he knows them or not. Which of the following Five Factors would Marcus probably rate highly on based on this information?
A)Neuroticism
B)Conscientiousness
C)Extraversion
D)Openness to new experiences
Q4) The biased assumption that females were inferior to males was a major point of contention between Freud's ideas and those of the neo-Freudian theorist ________.
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Chapter 16: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) ________ involves an intense fear of being embarrassed or humiliated in public.
Q2) What do psychologists call disorders that are found only in particular cultures?
A)Restricted syndromes
B)Naturalistic syndromes
C)Culture-bound syndromes
D)Sociocultural disorders
Q3) According to the data, the single best predictor of suicide is A)loss of a loved one.
B)a previous attempt.
C)depression.
D)unemployment.
Q4) Felix has a strong feeling of grandiosity, experiences racing thoughts throughout the day, and is much more active and agitated than normal. Felix appears to be experiencing ________.
Q5) Serial killers Ted Bundy and Aileen Wuornos each are prototypical examples of a A)borderline personality.
B)histrionic personality.
C)psychopathic personality.
D)schizotypal personality.
Q6) Contrast the demonic and moral treatment approaches of mental illness.
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Chapter 17: Psychological and Biological Treatments
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Q1) Ralph has been disruptive and misbehaving in 5<sup>th</sup> grade for the last three months. His therapist understands that this behaviour stems from repeated teasing that Ralph has been subjected to. Ralph's therapist demonstrates how Ralph can cope with the teasing, and then he guides him through the steps of the situation until Ralph can cope unassisted. This is known as
A)therapist rehearsing.
B)therapist modelling.
C)participant rehearsing.
D)participant modelling.
Q2) Which treatment is an absolute last resort for those who do not respond to traditional psychological treatment?
A)Electroconvulsive therapy
B)Psychosurgery
C)Vagus nerve stimulation
D)Psychotherapy
Q3) Discuss how the critical thinker would use what he or she knows to help distinguish between effective and ineffective therapies so as not to be fooled into using an ineffective therapy.
Q4) The most nondirective form of psychotherapy is ________.
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