Introduction to Psychology Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. This course explores fundamental concepts such as perception, learning, memory, emotion, motivation, development, personality, and psychological disorders. Students will examine the methods psychologists use to investigate questions about the mind and behavior, and will gain insight into how psychological principles apply to everyday life. The course also introduces various theoretical perspectives, including biological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural approaches, equipping students with a foundational understanding of the field of psychology.
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THINK Psychology 2nd Edition by
Abigail A. Baird
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Dr.Andropov has been a licensed and practicing psychologist in New York for 15 years.He is frustrated by the fact that his clients have to go to another professional whenever they need a prescription for psychotropic medication.He has decided that he doesn't want to keep practicing this way,so he tells his wife "Pack your bags.We're moving to ___________ so that I can start writing prescriptions after consulting with a psychiatrist."
A) New Mexico
B) Oregon
C) Massachusetts
D) Louisiana
Answer: D
Q2) Testing a hypothesis is the fourth step in a scientific investigation.This step is derived from which goal of psychology?
A) describing
B) explaining
C) predicting
D) controlling
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Research Methods
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Q1) A test has __________ validity if the researcher is able to control all extraneous variables so that the only variable influencing the results of the study is the independent variable.
A) continuous
B) internal
C) face
D) external
Answer: B
Q2) A(n)_____________ is an ethics review panel established by a publicly funded institution to evaluate all proposed research by that institution.
A) psychological review consortium
B) institutional review board
C) research ethics panel
D) human considerations committee
Answer: B
Q3) Dogmatism is an essential component of critical thinking.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Human Brain
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Q1) In order for a neuron to fire,it must receive enough positive inputs to exceed its
A) threshold
B) sensory minimum
C) motor minimum
D) absolute difference
Answer: A
Q2) Approximately how many interneurons are contained in the human central nervous system?
A) 100 million
B) 100 trillion
C) 100 billion
D) 100 quadrillion
Answer: C
Q3) Once a neurotransmitter is released into a synapse,it stays there until it finds a receptor site on the surface of the next neuron's dendrite.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Genetics and Evolution
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Q1) Heritability refers to the degree to which genetics explains the individual variations in observable traits.
A)True B)False
Q2) People who believe that every human behavior or characteristic can be explained through genetics and heredity are making the naturalistic fallacy. A)True B)False
Q3) Hair color,eye color,and height are all examples of homogenic characteristics. A)True B)False
Q4) A normal zygote has 46 chromosomes,23 from mom and 23 from dad. A)True B)False
Q5) The basic building block of chromosomes is RNA,or Ribonucleic Acid. A)True B)False
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Generally speaking,the study of __________ refers to the process of understanding the human experiences of sensation and perception.
A) perceptuoregulation
B) psychophysics
C) transensation
D) physioreception
Q2) You come home from middle school one afternoon with a report card that boasts all A's.You can't wait to show your grandmother,who has recently been visiting from out of town.When you hand her the report card,she has to hold it at arm's length in order to read it,because the lenses of her eyes are no longer able to accommodate to objects that are nearby.This eye condition,called __________,is very common on older people.
A) cataract
B) presbyopia
C) presbycusis
D) retinitis pigmentosa
Q3) Parallel processing in the human brain is analogous to multitasking in a computer.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Consciousness
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Q1) Which of the following sleep disorders is most commonly seen in children?
A) night terrors
B) narcolepsy
C) sleepwalking
D) insomnia
Q2) The __________ rhythm is a biological clock that regulates body functions on a 24-hour cycle.
A) circadian
B) melatonic
C) REM
D) K-complex
Q3) Which of the following physical events occurs during REM sleep?
A) Breathing becomes rapid and irregular
B) Muscular tension increases as dream activity becomes more intense
C) Heart rate decreases
D) Eyes begin darting around behind the eyelids once or twice each hour
Q4) Most experts agree that meditation can be a powerful,natural antidote to anxiety and stress.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Learning
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Q1) The __________ action principle states that reduction in learning is proportional to the amount of brain tissue destroyed,no matter where in the brain the destruction occurs.
A) locus
B) mass
C) proportionate atrophy
D) cerebral cancellation
Q2) When two stimuli are associated to produce a reflexive response in an organism,that animal (or person)has demonstrated __________ conditioning.
A) classical
B) aversive
C) operant
D) associative
Q3) The development of superstitions is usually a result of __________.
A) continuous reinforcement
B) fixed-interval reinforcement
C) partial punishment
D) accidental reinforcement
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Chapter 8: Memory
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Q1) If you are taking an exam and you have the nagging sense that you know the answer to a question only to later find out that you never knew it,you have been a victim of pseudoforgetting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The process of encoding,storage,and retrieval is known as the __________-processing model of memory.
A) stimulus
B) information
C) interactive
D) attentive
Q3) The fact that the __________ is active and alert while we sleep gives evidence that our dreams do,in fact,draw from our own life experiences.
A) pons
B) thalamus
C) hippocampus
D) striate nucleus
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Chapter 9: Cognition and Intelligence
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Q1) __________ are informal rules that make the decision-making process quick and simple.
A) Scripts
B) Exemplars
C) Algorithms
D) Heuristics
Q2) According to psychologist Charles Spearman,the ___-factor refers to the entire skill set of overall intelligence that encompasses a range of abilities.
A) f
B) x
C) g
D) pi
Q3) The __________ bias describes the effect that occurs when a person's existing ways of thinking distort his or her logical decisions.
A) hindsight
B) representative
C) heuristic
D) belief
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Chapter 10: Human Development I: Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development
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Q1) Just like women experience chemical changes and a decline in fertility as they grow older,a process called menopause,men experience a version of this physical change called andropause.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Your best friend comes to you,visibly excited."I just couldn't wait to tell you the big news.I'm pregnant," she screams.She is clearly overjoyed by the news,and goes on to tell you,"It is SO amazing.The doctor says I'm about 6 weeks pregnant,and I already feel SO differently!" Wanting to show off your new knowledge of developmental psychology and the prenatal stages,you smugly reply,"It is just so great that your child is in the __________ of development because its organs are just starting to develop!"
A) fetal
B) embryonic
C) zygotic
D) germinal
Q3) Morphemes and phonemes are the basic structural units found in every language.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Sex and Gender
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Q1) While women are generally shorter and less muscular than men,there is good news! Which of the following statements has been supported by research findings?
A) Women, on average, have larger parietal lobes in their brains than men.
B) Women, on average, are better at puzzles of spatial skill than men.
C) Women, on average, have more muscle and less fat than men.
D) Women, on average, live 5 years longer than men.
Q2) People with gender identity disorder:
A) are homosexual.
B) can have any sexual orientation.
C) are asexual
D) are bisexual.
Q3) "Children observe the world around than and develop mental concepts to represent the concepts of male and female.They then develop a concept of their own gender,and adjust their behaviors to be consistent with that concept." This statement is the foundation of __________ theory.
A) gender role
B) gender schema
C) social learning
D) social gender
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Chapter 12: Human Development II: Social Development
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Q1) Which one of the following children would most likely be described as "independent?"
A) Jerome, who has a secure attachment to his mother.
B) Jesse, who has an anxious-ambivalent attachment to his mother.
C) James, who has an anxious-avoidant attachment to his mother.
D) Jeremiah, who has a disorganized-disoriented attachment to his mother.
Q2) In the United States of America,for every ten marriages there are likely to be ___ divorces.
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
Q3) The very first developmental crisis that human beings experience,according to the theory of Erik Erikson,is
A) autonomy vs. shame and doubt
B) trust vs. mistrust
C) initiative vs. guilt
D) intimacy vs. isolation
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Chapter 13: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) William came home from work one night to find that his wife looked like she'd had a long day.Her face screamed "I'm angry," and she was very quiet.When he asked her if anything was wrong,he got a short,terse "nothing." Which part of his wife's emotional component was speaking louder than her words?
A) Physiological arousal
B) Expressive behavior
C) Affective iteration
D) Cognitive experience
Q2) All emotions have a valence,which refers to a positive or negative value along a continuum.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that a person who makes a certain facial expression will feel the corresponding emotion,as long as he or she is not feeling a competing emotion.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Social Psychology
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Q1) A(n)__________ bias is the tendency for a person to rate physically attractive people as being more intelligent,competent,sociable,and sensitive than their less attractive counterparts.
A) attractiveness
B) first-impression
C) primacy
D) appearance
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the conditions that influenced obedience in the Stanley Milgram experiment?
A) The presence of an intermediary bystander.
B) The participant is affected by normative and informational influence.
C) The victim is kept at a distance and is depersonalized.
D) The promise of an increased reward or incentive for increased obedience.
Q3) In the experiments conducted by Solomon Asch,what was the main task that subjects had to perform?
A) Selecting line sizes
B) Pretend they were prison guards
C) Plunge their hands into buckets of water that were either ice cold or scalding hot
D) Deliver electric shocks to helpless victims
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Chapter 15: Health and Stress
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Q1) Behavioral medicine refers to the interventions used by physicians in a hospital setting.They include ECT,psychopharmacology,or psychosurgery.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The term "fight-or-flight response" was dubbed by American psychologist
A) Walter Cannon
B) William James
C) Francis Sumner
D) Mary Carver
Q3) Which of the following activities made up the majority of how most Americans spend their free time?
A) Socializing and communicating
B) Participating in sports, exercise, recreation
C) Reading
D) Watching television
Q4) Acute stress is a temporary state,while chronic stress is an extended situation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Personality and Individual Differences
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Q1) What is the purpose of a defense mechanism from the psychodynamic perspective?
A) To make sure that we make rational decisions that are based on reason and logic.
B) To make sure that people who are negative and can have a negative effect on our lives are kept outside of our consciousness.
C) To keep unpleasant thoughts and motivations in our unconscious mind.
D) To keep us from developing psychological pathologies that can cause problems in our lives.
Q2) One criticism of the Rorschach inkblot test is that
A) it only used black and white inkblots.
B) it is too brief and requires no real training to administer.
C) it seems like an unreliable and subjective way to assess the unconscious mind.
D) it is too outdated and does not reflect the personalities of the 21?? century.
Q3) Which theorist is responsible for promoting the theory of psychobiography?
A) Dan McAdams
B) Oprah Winfrey
C) Julian Rotter
D) Margaret Mahler
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Chapter 17: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) A __________ is a persistent false belief.
A) hallucination
B) neologism
C) psychosis
D) delusion
Q2) A __________ cause is an event in a person's day-to-day life that brings on the symptoms of a particular disorder.
A) premorbid
B) perpetuating
C) predisposing
D) precipitating
Q3) __________ syndrome is a disorder in which a person has normal levels of intelligence and cognitive abilities but displays deficits in their social interactions and relationships.
A) Rhett's
B) Autistic
C) Asperger
D) Dysthymic
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Chapter 18: Psychological Therapies
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Q1) According to psychologist __________,who created the technique called stress inoculation training,being fully aware of one's own thoughts,feelings,and sensations can help people to effectively self-edit their own harmful thoughts in negative situations.
A) Albert Watson
B) Fritz Perls
C) Donald Meichenbaum
D) Aaron Beck
Q2) __________ is an instance in which a client's unconscious feelings about a significant person in his or her life are directed at their therapist.
A) Resistance
B) Introjection
C) Projection
D) Transference
Q3) Which of the following is a kind of antidepressant medication?
A) ATAIs
B) MAOIs
C) EMDRs
D) ECTs
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