Introduction to Psychology Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Introduction to Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course covers foundational topics such as biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, learning, memory, cognition, development, emotion, motivation, personality, psychological disorders, and therapeutic approaches. Through examining key theories, classic experiments, and contemporary research, students gain insight into how individuals think, feel, and act, as well as how psychological principles can be applied to everyday life and various professional fields.
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Psychological Science Modeling Scientific Literacy 1st Edition by Mark Krause
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Chapter 1: Introducing Psychological Science
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Q1) The ability to understand analyze,and apply scientific information is called A)the biopsychosocial model.
B)scientific literacy.
C)skepticism.
D)empiricism.
Answer: B
Q2) Jose reads in an article from a psychology journal that people tend to remember the first and last few items in long lists of information,but have the most trouble remembering the items in the middle.He immediately starts thinking of how he can use this information to change the way he studies the long list of vocabulary terms for his upcoming exam.Which part of the scientific literacy model does this demonstrate?
A)application
B)scientific explanation
C)knowledge gathering
D)critical thinking
Answer: A
Q3) In order to be scientific,it must be possible to _________________ a hypotheses. Answer: test (falsify and reject are also acceptable answers)
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Chapter 2: Reading and Evaluating Scientific Research
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Q1) According to your text,which of the following is true of the use of animal research in psychology?
A)Animal research is important for several reasons,but it requires attention to many of the same ethical issues that apply to human research.
B)All animal research must be ended as soon as is possible because it is generally cruel.
C)Animal research is misguided because psychology is the study of human behavior.
D)Animal research is useful because risk and discomfort to non-human subjects do not need to be addressed.
Answer: A
Q2) In an experiment,the "measurable aspect of the behavior of the subject" is called the __________ variable.
A)dependent
B)focal
C)independent
D)control
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Biological Psychology
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Q1) Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which structure is like a locked door that only certain neurotransmitter keys can unlock?
A)synapses
B)receptors
C)neural chiasms
D)response terminals
Answer: B
Q3) What is the maximum value for heritability?
A)0)1
B)1)0
C)10
D)100
Answer: B
Q4) Because ________________ is a primary inhibitory neurotransmitter,it facilitates sleep and reduces arousal of the nervous system.
Answer: GABA
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Glenda looks at the textbooks on her shelf.Because her history book is covering part of her psychology book's cover,her brain can use the concept of ______________ to know that the history book is closer to her.
Q2) Special devices called _________________ consist of a microphone,speech processor,and electrodes,which can restore some hearing by artificially stimulating intact nerve endings in the ear.
Q3) Gina likes to use multiple forms of media at the same time.For example,she often watches TV while working on her computer or texting.Lilly prefers to focus on one task at a time.In class one day,the teacher gives both girls an assignment that requires concentration and switching from one task to another several times.Based on the research on multitasking discussed in your textbook,who is most likely to do a good job on the assignment?
A)Lilly
B)Gina
C)Both girls should do equally well.
D)It depends on whether the task involved memorization or not.
Q4) The primary taste called _____________ is associated with high-protein foods and the seasoning MSG.
Q5) Another name for the condition known as face blindness is _________________.
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Chapter 5: Consciousness
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Q1) The _________________releases a hormone called melatonin,which is critical to maintaining the sleep-wake cycle.
Q2) How does the dissociation theory explain hypnosis?
A)Hypnosis increases dopamine levels in the body.
B)People merely fake being hypnotized.
C)Hypnotized individuals dissociate the conscious mind into an "observer" part and a "hidden observer" part.
D)Hypnosis allows us to dissociate ourselves from our beliefs and expectations.
Q3) When Larry was a teenager,he began experiencing periods when he had a lot of trouble staying awake during the day,even though he was getting enough sleep each night.He also would experience sudden sleep "attacks" where he would collapse to the floor in the middle of an activity.Larry suffers from:
A)sleep apnea.
B)insomnia.
C)narcolepsy.
D)REM behavior disorder.
Q4) Young children sometimes experience ________________,which can cause them to wake from NREM sleep screaming.
Q5) What are some of the therapeutic uses for hypnosis? Is it generally effective?
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?
A)water
B)food
C)grades
D)physical support
Q2) Most young children put their hands over their ears when they hear the loud boom of firecrackers at a Fourth of July festival,but at first pay just scant attention to the person lighting the firecrackers.However,after just a few firecrackers have been exploded,some of the children put their hands over their ears as soon as they see the person approach the firecracker with a match! What is the unconditioned stimulus?
A)the person lighting the firecrackers
B)the loud booming sound made by the firecrackers
C)the children putting their hands over their ears when they see the person about to light the firecrackers
D)the children putting their hands over their ears when the firecrackers explode
Q3) One of the primary mechanisms that allows observational learning to take place is ______________,the recreating of a motor behavior or expression,often to accomplish a specific goal.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) Connie lost her keys.She searches her memory for when she last had them,and goes to that place in the hope that it will help her remember where she misplaced them.Connie is ________ activating her _________.
A)unconsciously; semantic memory
B)conscious; semantic memory
C)unconsciously; episodic memory
D)consciously; episodic memory
Q2) Your memories of personal information such as what you wore to work yesterday or what you ate for breakfast this morning are stored in
A)procedural memory.
B)semantic memory.
C)episodic memory.
D)nondeclarative memory.
Q3) The order of the basic memory processes in which information enters the memory system and is later used is
A)encoding,retrieval,and storage.
B)encoding,storage,and retrieval.
C)acquisition,elaboration,and storage.
D)acquisition,encoding,and retrieval.
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Chapter 8: Thought and Language
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Q1) The linguist relativity hypothesis suggests that:
A)the way we think about categories affects the language we use.
B)there are many different ways to describe the same category.
C)words are organized mentally based on their relationship to each other.
D)the language that we use affects how we think about the world.
Q2) When Howie's old girlfriend used to get upset with him,he could smooth things over by buying flowers or chocolates for her.He keeps trying this strategy with his current girlfriend,but she gets angry with him each time.It appears that Howie has developed _______________which is interfering with the development of a new relationship strategy.
A)a mental set
B)an anchoring effect
C)a prototype
D)a goal state
Q3) _____ are problem-solving strategies that provide a reasonable guess for the solution.
A)Algorithms
B)Heuristics
C)Operators
D)Subgoals
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Chapter 9: Intelligence, aptitude, and Cognitive Abilities
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Q1) According to your textbook,a key factor in why growing up in a low-income family is associated with lower IQs is likely A)stress.
B)genetics.
C)a lack of interest in learning. D)season of birth.
Q2) Regarding group racial differences in IQ scores,the authors of your textbook would agree with which statement?
A)There are strong genetically based differences between ethnic and racial groups in the area of IQ test performance.
B)Although differences between ethnic and racial groups on standardized IQ tests may be demonstrated,the more likely factor in this difference is environmental.
C)The issue should not be studied because of its disruptive nature to society.
D)The cultural differences between races completely accounts for the differences in IQ scores.
Q3) Some research suggests that gender differences in verbal fluency and visual-spatial cognitive ability are due to the hormone ___________________.
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Chapter 10: Life Span Development
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Q1) Which of the following parenting styles is associated with the most favorable outcomes for children?
A)uninvolved
B)permissive
C)authoritarian
D)authoritative
Q2) __________ adulthood is a period during a person's early 20s in which they still depend on their parents for financial and emotional support.
A)Early
B)Emerging
C)Transitional
D)Adolescent
Q3) Miss Johnson gave Mark and Tia equal sized lumps of clay.Tia immediately rolled hers into a long shape.Mark cried and complained that Tia had received more clay.Mark's behavior represents:
A)an inability to accommodate.
B)an inability to conserve.
C)difficulty with formal operational tasks.
D)an inability to assimilate.
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Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Which of the following factors increases an individual's risk for illness,heart disease,and even cancer?
A)Mortality salience
B)Loneliness
C)Performance motives
D)Avoidance goals
Q2) How do many current psychologists view the need to belong differently than Maslow did?
A)Maslow did not include belonging in his hierarchy.
B)Maslow viewed the need for food and shelter as more important than belonging,while many psychologists today consider it just as important.
C)Many psychologists today view the need for food and shelter as more important than belonging,while Maslow considered it just as important.
D)Maslow viewed belonging in terms of group membership,while psychologists today view it in terms of relationships between two individuals.
Q3) One factor in hunger seems to be the increase in __________ released from the pancreas,which causes blood sugar levels to eventually drop several hours after we eat.
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Chapter 12: Personality
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Q1) According to Eysenck,people who have decreased reactivity the limbic system (the emotional circuits),reticular activating system,and cortex are more likely to be
A)extraverts
B)neurotic
C)intorverts
D)conscientious
Q2) Your friend,who is normally introverted,is outraged at the taxi driver who is trying to overcharge you.He is cursing at the driver in a verbal altercation.This event is most likely due to his _____.
A)Temperament
B)Subjective state
C)Idealized self
D)Big Five personality traits
Q3) Research discussed in your textbook suggests that people on Facebook tend to present themselves:
A)accurately.
B)as they wished they were,not as they really are.
C)in extreme or exaggerated ways.
D)as being more extraverted than they really are.
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Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) The tendency to think in "all-or-none" terms is characteristic of
A)antisocial personality disorder.
B)borderline personality disorder.
C)paranoid schizophrenia.
D)a dissociative fugue.
Q2) Which statement best describes the effects of labeling someone with a mental disorder?
A)Labeling always leads to negative perceptions of the individual with the disorder.
B)Labeling can have either positive or negative effects,depending on factors such as context and cultural expectations.
C)Knowing that someone has a mental disorder leads to caring and compassionate responses.
D)Labeling does not work because the DSM-IV categories are not adequate.
Q3) Which of the following statements is most accurate concerning the biochemical basis of schizophrenia?
A)The neurotransmitter dopamine is overly active.
B)Dopamine is underactive.
C)Serotonin levels are too low.
D)There is too much glutamate activity.
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Chapter 14: Therapies
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Q1) Which of the following techniques results in intentionally killing nerve cells?
A)Deep brain stimulation
B)Electroconvulsive therapy
C)Focal lesion
D)Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Q2) Describe four key differences between humanistic therapies and psychoanalysis.
Q3) Tardive dyskinesia is:
A)a side effect of antipsychotics that involves motion control problems.
B)an antidepressant that breaks down enzymes in the synapse.
C)the growth of new neurons in the adult brain.
D)a side effect of antidepressant drugs.
Q4) By combining exposure therapy with a technology called __________________,psychologists have had some success treating soldiers suffering from PTSD.
Q5) Physicians who are trained to treat psychological disorders are called:
A)clinicians.
B)counselors.
C)psychiatrists.
D)psychiatric psychologists.
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Chapter 15: Social Psychology
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Q1) The person who conducted the most well-known research on obedience is _______.
A)Asch
B)Milgram
C)Luchens
D)Kelley
Q2) The __________ route to persuasion is more likely to be persuasive with topics that are less important to an individual and when the decision is likely to be made quickly.
Q3) Even though she thought it was silly,Emily wore pink and green ribbons in her hair as her friends did.This is an example of:
A)a group role.
B)a group norm.
C)conformity.
D)obedience.
Q4) Altruistic behavior is behavior that:
A)is intended to be helpful to others.
B)unintentionally harms others.
C)intentionally harms others.
D)has no known motivation behind it.
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Q5) ______________ attribution is also known as situational attribution.
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Chapter 16: Krause and Corts
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Q1) Which of the following is a major problem with using caloric restriction to increase longevity?
A)Caloric restriction does not actually increase longevity.
B)This effect as only been demonstrated in round worms.
C)Caloric restriction is associated with premature cognitive decline.
D)Calorie-restricted diet involves eating so little food that most people would not want to do it.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a contributor to the increase in sedentary lifestyles?
A)food advertisements
B)home entertainment
C)office jobs
D)modern conveniences,such as cars
Q3) According to set point theory,the set point is initially set by _______________,but can be modified by ______________.
A)genetic factors; environmental factors
B)environmental factors; genetic factors
C)exercise; caloric intake
D)caloric intake exercise.
Q4) Events or stimuli which trigger a stress response are called _____________.
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Chapter 17: Krause and Corts
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Q1) When an employee is really good at one aspect of their job,a supervisor may fail to notice that he or she performs another aspect of the job poorly.This is most likely due to A)the contrast effect.
B)stereotype threat.
C)trait affectivity.
D)the halo effect.
Q2) I/O pioneers Frank and Lillian Gilbreth began their research without any formal scientific training.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to your textbook,I/O psychologists are primarily interested in trait affectivity because of its potential to affect
A)hiring and assessment.
B)performance and job satisfaction.
C)salary and self-efficacy.
D)absenteeism and leadership style.
Q4) Pessimistic thinking is always a negative quality in an employee.
A)True
B)False
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