Introduction to Psychology
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. This course explores major topics such as biological foundations of behavior, perception, learning, memory, development across the lifespan, motivation, emotion, social behavior, psychological disorders, and therapy. Students will examine key theories, research methods, and contemporary findings in psychology, gaining a fundamental understanding of how individuals think, feel, and act. Through lectures, discussions, and practical activities, this course lays the groundwork for further study in psychology and related fields.
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Psychology Themes and Variations 5th Canadian Edition by Wayne Weiten
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Chapter 1: A: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) Dr.Asgaard believes that to fully understand complex processes,such as auditory processing,it is first necessary to understand all the separate component parts.Which psychologist would be most likely to share Dr.Asgaard's views
A) Ivan Pavlov
B) Carl Rogers
C) William James
D) Edward Titchener
Answer: D
Q2) Which statement best reflects Skinner's view of behaviourism
A) It focused on the importance of free will.
B) It focused on the study of behaviour and its consequences.
C) It encouraged speculative statements about consciousness.
D) It included hypotheses about motives and goals.
Answer: B
Q3) What area of psychology includes a specific focus on people who are elderly
A) developmental psychology
B) psychometrics
C) experimental psychology
D) cognitive psychology
Answer: A
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Chapter 1: B: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) What is one of your text's unifying themes related to psychology as a field of study
A) Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour.
B) Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
C) Behaviour is determined by multiple causes.
D) People's experience of the world is highly subjective.
Answer: B
Q2) Which two disciplines provided foundations for the field of psychology
A) physiology and theology
B) physiology and sociology
C) philosophy and physiology
D) sociology and philosophy
Answer: C
Q3) Who was NOT one of the founders of the positive psychology movement
A) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
B) Carl Rogers
C) Martin Seligman
D) Barbara Fredrickson
Answer: B
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Chapter 1: C: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) When looking at his results,Castiel notices that a large majority of his participants responded that they generally enjoy watching horror movies.The distribution of these participants in terms of their enjoyment of horror movies would be a
A)symmetrical distribution
B)positively skewed distribution
C)negatively skewed distribution
D)a skewed distribution,but we can't tell whether it's positively or negatively skewed unless we see the graph
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following represents the mode in Fidan's experiment
A) The weight that the most rats had at the end of the experiment.
B) The weight of the heaviest rat at the end of the experiment.
C) The weight that exactly half the rats have at the end of the experiment.
D) The weight that was equal to the central point of the weight distribution.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: A: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
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Q1) Imagine that a group of researchers designed a study to test the effectiveness of subliminal-message weight-loss tapes.Half the participants receive real tapes,and half receive similar tapes with the subliminal messages removed.The experimenter keeps track of which participant is in which group.All the participants are told that their tapes contain subliminal messages.What type of study is this
A) anecdotal research
B) case study
C) double-blind procedure
D) single-blind study
Q2) Which method do researchers use precisely because our experience of the world is highly subjective
A) psychoanalytic methods
B) independent variables
C) double-blind procedure
D) case studies
Q3) What are the relative weaknesses and strengths of descriptive/correlational research as opposed to experimental research
Under what conditions would a psychologist choose one method as opposed to the other
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Chapter 2: B: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
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Q1) Who worked at McGill University and made important contributions to our knowledge about the brain and memory processes by way of her work with the famous patient,Henry Molaison (HM)
A) Jane Goodall
B) Brenda Milner
C) Mary Ainsworth
D) Mahzarin Banaji
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the subtests of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE),a standardized test used in some schools in Canada to screen graduate school applicants
A) verbal
B) qualitative
C) analytical
D) quantitative
Q3) What are inferential statistics
A) data used to organize and summarize data
B) numerical indexes of the degree of relationship between two variables
C) calculations used to interpret data and draw conclusions
D) indicators of the variability of a population under study
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Chapter 3: A: The Biological Bases of Behaviour
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Q1) What would an evolutionary psychologist say about Trevor's physiological responses to the frightening experience of being bitten
A) Fight or flight responses are adaptations that evolved through natural selection.
B) The increase in heart rate is caused by an overactive hypothalamus.
C) Such responses put Trevor at risk for developing an anxiety disorder.
D) Fight or flight responses are a maladaptive consequence of exposure to danger.
Q2) Which feature do all the studies highlighting the possible importance of early experience in animals have in common
A) The researchers used very small samples.
B) They used species that cannot be logically compared to humans.
C) They used relatively crude measures of brain growth.
D) They used extreme conditions to make their comparisons.
Q3) What does an agonist do
A) It extends the absolute refractory period of neural transmission.
B) It blocks the action of neurotransmitters.
C) It mimics the action of a neurotransmitter.
D) It prevents reuptake of neurotransmitters.
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Chapter 3: B: The Biological Bases of Behaviour
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Q1) Terry read a study suggesting that listening to music can lower cortisol levels and reduce the experience of everyday stress.Terry then tells her friend that people with anxiety disorders should just listen to music to get rid of their symptoms.What error has Terry made
A) confirmation bias
B) illusory correlation
C) inappropriate extrapolation
D) fundamental attribution error
Q2) What is the correct order for information to pass through a neuron
A) axon, soma, dendrite
B) dendrite, axon, soma
C) dendrite, soma, axon
D) axon, dendrite, soma
Q3) Which brain structure contains dopamine-releasing neurons and,if it deteriorates,is involved in Parkinson's disease
A) midbrain
B) forebrain
C) limbic system
D) hindbrain
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Chapter 3: C: The Biological Basis of Behaviour
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Q1) Knowing that Vanessa and all her friends are Canadian students,which of the following would you expect to be a dream they report having the most frequently
A) Being chased by someone, but not being captured or injured.
B) Having the sense of falling from a great height without ever landing.
C) Having a superpower, such as the ability to fly or shapeshift.
D) Having a sexual experience with a member of the opposite sex.
Q2) Brian's doctor wants to examine his brain activity while he is performing simple mental operations to determine how widespread the effect of the disorder has progressed.Which of the following tests is the doctor most likely going to request Brian to take
A) CT scan
B) MRI scan
C) fMRI scan
D) EEG
Q3) Malcolm relies on his ______ to help him balance on his skates.
A) cerebellum
B) corpus callosum
C) cerebrum
D) spinal cord
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Chapter 4: A: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Will was painting a picture of a jet on a runway.In his painting,the plane is low in the visual field and the runway is higher up.The plane seems near,while the runway seems more distant.Which monocular pictorial depth cue has Will used
A) linear perspective
B) convergence
C) motion parallax
D) height in plane
Q2) Which type of artists were more concerned with interpreting a viewer's fleeting perception of reality than with re-creating the photographic "reality" of a scene
A) French Impressionists
B) Realists
C) Medievalists
D) Cubists
Q3) If you are experiencing gustatory perception,what are you doing
A) tasting
B) smelling
C) touching
D) balancing
Q4) Using appropriate examples,show how perceptual experiences can be subjective.
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Chapter 4: B: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) There is a difference in the visual image of an object projected to each eye.Which depth cue uses this information
A) accommodation
B) interposition
C) retinal disparity
D) linear disparity
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary tastes
A) sour
B) spicy
C) salty
D) sweet
Q3) At the absolute threshold,what proportion of the time is a target stimulus detected
A) 1 percent of the time
B) 25 percent of the time
C) 50 percent of the time
D) 100 percent of the time
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Chapter 5: A: Variations in Consciousness
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Q1) Which theory of dreaming proposes that dreams are the brain's attempt to make sense out of bursts of neural activity during sleep
A) activation-synthesis theory
B) reticular-activation theory
C) wish-fulfillment theory
D) problem-solving theory
Q2) What would you expect to happen if you sprayed water on the hand of an individual who was in REM sleep
A) He would wake up less able to recall his dream.
B) She would somnambulate toward the bathroom.
C) She would not be at all disturbed or affected by the experience, due to the deep nature of REM sleep.
D) He would incorporate the experience into his dream, perhaps as a rainstorm.
Q3) Which drug is least likely to cause a fatal overdose
A) heroin
B) cocaine
C) barbiturates
D) LSD
Q4) Compare and contrast the "role-playing" and "altered state" views of hypnosis.
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Q1) Which statement best describes the pattern of sleeping and waking in relation to body temperature
A) We fall asleep as temperature becomes stable and wake as it starts to fluctuate.
B) We fall asleep as temperature begins to rise and wake as it drops.
C) We fall asleep as temperature begins to drop and wake as it goes up.
D) We fall asleep as temperature starts to fluctuate and wake as it becomes stable.
Q2) Which theory of hypnosis is supported by the observation that age-regressed hypnotized individuals recall long-ago events in a vivid but incorrect manner
A) role-playing
B) wish fulfillment
C) dissociation
D) activation-synthesis
Q3) Which statement best supports the hypothesis that sleep has an adaptive function
A) People who sleep longer also tend to live longer.
B) Sleep deprivation reduces fertility.
C) Our brains use 30 percent less energy when we sleep.
D) Species that sleep more are more competitive.
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Chapter 6: A: Learning
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Q1) Why is much of the evidence about the effects of spanking considered to be controversial
A) Most of the studies are correlational, which does not allow for conclusive statements about cause and effect.
B) Although there is a lot of anecdotal data regarding the risks of spanking, there are no studies with large sample sizes.
C) Most of the studies have been conducted on children with pre-existing behaviour problems.
D) Because most adults have experienced corporal punishment, it is next to impossible to find a sample for the control group.
Q2) Steve is a professional basketball player.He never knows for sure which of his shots will result in a basket,but the more shots he takes,the more baskets he makes.How is Steve's shooting reinforced in this example
A) on a variable-ratio schedule
B) on a fixed-interval schedule
C) on a variable-interval schedule
D) on a fixed-ratio schedule
Q3) Design a self-modification program to improve your study habits.
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Chapter 6: B: Learning
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Q1) What is the major difference between responses that are relevant to classical conditioning and responses that are relevant to operant conditioning
A) Classical responses are elicited while operant responses are emitted.
B) Classical responses are emitted while operant responses are elicited.
C) Classical responses are innate while operant responses are learned.
D) Classical responses are learned while operant responses are innate.
Q2) While out trick-or-treating for Halloween,at first Billy's neighbours had to remind him to say "trick or treat" before they dropped their treats into his bag.As he continued to visit houses in the neighbourhood,soon Billy would say "trick or treat" as soon as the neighbours answered the door.In this situation,which operant conditioning term describes the treats he received for the behaviour of saying "trick or treat"
A) reward
B) discriminative stimulus
C) conditioned stimulus
D) reinforcement
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Chapter 6: C: Learning
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Q1) During a trial,Patricia cross-examines an expert on repressed memories.As a skeptic of recovered memories,which of the following arguments could Patricia use
A) People who claim they have repressed memories willingly lie about them.
B) People who claim they have repressed memories often suffer from mental illness.
C) Repressed memories are often from events that occur before the age of three, which is too young to remember many details.
D) Repressed memories are often recovered spontaneously while the person is sleeping, and could potentially just be a nightmare.
Q2) One day in her office,one of the other detectives challenges Molly in a memory competition.In order to win,the two have to memorize a list of 20 pairs of words.You are asked to come up with the list of words for the competition.Which pair would you expect to be the hardest to memorize
A) Loyalty and pride
B) Dog and sunrise
C) Effort and cat
D) Hotel and duty
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Chapter 7: A: Human Memory
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Q1) What has Dylan engaged in when he links the address to his favourite classical piece
A) the method of loci
B) constructive memory
C) shallow processing
D) self-referent encoding
Q2) In which level of processing is emphasis placed on the sounds of words
A) morphemic
B) phonemic
C) platonic
D) mnemonic
Q3) Which unifying theme of your text best reflects the reconstructive nature of memory
A) Behaviour is determined by multiple causes.
B) Psychology evolves in a sociocultural context.
C) People's experience of the world is highly subjective.
D) Psychology is empirical.
Q4) Outline some strategies that can be used to improve everyday memory.
Q5) Compare and evaluate decay theory and interference theory as explanations of forgetting.
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Chapter 7: B: Human Memory
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Q1) Joseph can't recall his old phone number now that he has learned his new phone number.What leads to this type of forgetting
A) proactive interference
B) negative interference
C) retroactive interference
D) positive interference
Q2) The phrase "My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas" can be used to recall the order of the planets in the solar system (Mercury,Venus,Earth ).What is the name of this method
A) method of loci
B) narrative method
C) acrostic method
D) acronym method
Q3) Which unifying theme in psychology is reflected by schemas,the misinformation effect,source monitoring,and the repressed memory controversy
A) People's experience of the world is highly subjective.
B) Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour.
C) Behaviour is shaped by cultural heritage.
D) Psychology is theoretically diverse.
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Chapter 8: A: Language and Thought
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Q1) There is a limited time span during which a child is particularly responsive to experiences which impact language development.Which term refers to this optimal period of development for language
A) acquisition period
B) manual mode period
C) critical period
D) sensitive period
Q2) Riley's algebra teacher is amazed at the creativity Riley shows in solving homework problems.He seldom uses the same method on two consecutive problems,even when the problems are very similar in content and structure.Although Riley makes lots of mistakes in algebra,what is he unlikely to experience
A) mental set in his problem solving
B) functional fixedness in his problem solving
C) overregularization in his problem solving
D) noncompensatory problem solving
Q3) Compare and contrast the behaviourist and nativist theories of language acquisition.What is the interactionist view,and how has it arisen out of dissatisfaction with the other two approaches
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Chapter 8: B: Language and Thought
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Q1) Max started saying words fairly reliably a few months ago,but recently there has been a dramatic increase in the number of words that he produces.It seems like every day there are a few new ones in his vocabulary! Everywhere he goes,he points at things and wants to know the names for everything.What age range is Max likely in
A) 6-10 months
B) 10-15 months
C) 18-24 months
D) 24-30 months
Q2) What is the same between the two sentences "The boy hit the ball" and "The ball was hit by the boy"
A) syntax
B) morphemes
C) semantics
D) grammar
Q3) What are the smallest units of meaning in a language
A) phonemes
B) sounds
C) words
D) morphemes
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Chapter 9: A: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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Q1) Lanette is arguing with her professor that questions on her last test were not covered during lectures or in the textbook.What does Lanette believe is the problem with the test
A) low test-retest reliability
B) low content validity
C) low criterion-related validity
D) low criterion-related reliability
Q2) Roland is an architect who can design dream homes based on vague ideas and images that his clients bring to him.Which intelligence does Roland display,according to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
A) logical-mathematical
B) spatial
C) intrapersonal
D) interpersonal
Q3) What is an individual's percentile score
A) percentage of people who score below the mean on a standardized test
B) percentage of people who score between the mean and his or her score
C) percentage of people who score above his or her score
D) percentage of people who score at or below his or her score
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Q1) According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5),what does a person have to display to qualify for a classification of intellectual disability
A) an IQ of 75 or below and poor functioning in everyday living skills
B) an IQ of 75 or below and adaptive functioning in everyday living skills
C) an IQ of 70 or below and adaptive functioning in everyday living skills
D) an IQ of 70 or below and poor functioning in everyday living skills
Q2) According to research conducted by Winner and others,which factor predicts the likelihood that a gifted child will develop problems with personal adjustment,including social problems or mental instability
A) level of creativity
B) gender
C) stress levels
D) degree of giftedness
Q3) What does it mean to say that someone has a lot of white matter
A) The person has a big brain.
B) The person has an inefficient brain.
C) The person has a lot of dendrites.
D) The person has a lot of axons.
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Chapter 9: C: Intelligence Psychological Testing
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Q1) Scott and Adam get into a fight about whether or not IQ tests are reliable and valid and open up their psychology notes to settle their argument.According to your textbook,______________.
A) IQ tests have high reliability and validity under all circumstances
B) IQ tests are reliable, but not valid
C) IQ tests are always reliable, but are only valid under certain specifications
D) IQ tests are neither reliable nor valid
Q2) What would you expect of Scott if Jordan is wrong and IQ tests indeed have high validity
A) He will exhibit rational thinking and effective decision-making.
B) He will get good grades and exhibit academic excellence.
C) He will get the same IQ score regardless of how many times he takes the test.
D) He will exhibit high practical, social, and verbal intelligence.
Q3) Based on the case study,Adrian's motivation to train for the triathlon is considered
A) intrinsic, biological motivation
B) extrinsic, biological motivation
C) extrinsic, social motivation
D) intrinsic, social motivation
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Chapter 10: A: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Which statement regarding sexual orientation has NOT been supported by empirical evidence
A) Homosexuality is a learned preference acquired when same-sex stimuli have been paired with sexual arousal.
B) There is a greater concordance for sexual orientation between identical twins than between other siblings.
C) In some cases, female homosexuality has been linked to prenatal exposure to abnormally high levels of androgens.
D) There are anatomical differences in the brain between homosexual and heterosexual men.
Q2) What is the correlation between health status and subjective well-being
A) negligible
B) strongly positive
C) moderately positive
D) negative
Q3) Compare and contrast sexual motivation with the basic motives of hunger and thirst.How well do the concepts of drive and homeostasis contribute to understanding sexual motivation
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Q1) What kind of impact do positive (e.g.,winning the lottery)and negative (e.g.,becoming disabled after an accident)experiences in life have on one's subjective well-being or level of happiness
A) very little, as personality seems to be a stronger factor in predicting levels of adjustment and well-being
B) a lot, as these things determine if you will be happy or not
C) no impact
D) not enough research on this subject to draw conclusions
Q2) According to drive theory of motivation,if you drink water when you are thirsty,then what is the result of drinking
A) need reduction and physiological equilibrium
B) drive reduction and physiological equilibrium
C) drive production and an incentive
D) need production and an incentive
Q3) What is the best predictor of an individual's future happiness
A) physical health
B) marital status
C) past happiness
D) financial status
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Chapter 11: A: Human Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) Which critical thinking skill would NOT be important in evaluating the argument that fathers are essential to normal development
A) recognizing conclusions that are based on common reasoning fallacies
B) recognizing how emotions can be manipulated through conditioning
C) searching for alternative explanations
D) understanding the limits of correlational evidence
Q2) As a parent,you are particularly worried that your child will engage in behaviours including disordered eating,poor school performance,and promiscuity.Which of the following individuals should you worry most about,given research evidence
A) a boy who matures late
B) a girl who matures early
C) a boy who matures early
D) a girl who matures late
Q3) Which disorder is associated with poor theory of mind or "mind blindness," according to Baron-Cohen
A) major depressive disorder
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder
C) attention-deficit disorder
D) autistic spectrum disorder
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Chapter 11: B: Human Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) Jean Piaget asserted that the child's experiences in the world,in combination with maturation,together influence the child's cognitive development.Which unifying theme in psychology is reflected by this example
A) Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
B) Psychology is theoretically diverse.
C) Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour.
D) Our experience of the world is highly subjective.
Q2) Which of the following individuals is most likely to increase their level of risk-taking in the presence of their friends
A) a 5-year-old girl
B) a 17-year-old boy
C) a 24-year-old woman
D) a 32-year-old man
Q3) What are the two most "mature" identity statuses
A) moratorium and foreclosure
B) diffusion and foreclosure
C) moratorium and achievement
D) diffusion and achievement
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Chapter 11: C: Human Development Across the Lifespan
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Q1) If Alaina awards a high score like the rest of the judges,(despite her internal conflict)this is a case of ________.
A) informational social influence
B) emotional social influence
C) cognitive social influence
D) normative social influence
Q2) When the children come back year after year,researchers hypothesize that their _________ will change,but their _________ probably will not.
A) attachment style; moral reasoning ability
B) temperament; cognitive schemas
C) moral reasoning ability; attachment style
D) attachment style; personality
Q3) How would Vicky score in a "Big Five" personality test
A) High in openness and low in agreeableness
B) High in openness and high in neuroticism
C) Low in conscientiousness and low in agreeableness
D) Low in conscientiousness and high in neuroticism
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Chapter 12: A: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
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Q1) Lucas is a 25-year-old male who is extremely anxious about any type of sexual activity.How might this anxiety have developed,according to Freud's view of personality development
A) an unresolved crisis during the latency stage
B) excessive punishment during his toilet training as a toddler
C) improper weaning from the bottle when he was an infant
D) fixation at the genital stage of psychosexual development
Q2) What do children go through during Freud's latency stage
A) They attempt to cope with the desires they have for their same-sex parent.
B) They turn their biological urges loose.
C) They begin to focus their sexual energy on their opposite-sex peers.
D) They begin to expand their social contacts beyond the immediate family.
Q3) In explaining behaviour,what is social learning theorist Walter Mischel most interested in
A) unconscious forces
B) personality traits
C) instincts
D) the situation
Q4) Discuss ways in which each of the major perspectives on personality has influenced some aspect of everyday life in modern society.
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Q1) When Mike was turned down by the prestigious school that he applied to,he told his family that he didn't mind because that school doesn't offer the program that he really wants.Which defence mechanism does this illustrate
A) rationalization
B) projection
C) displacement
D) reaction formation
Q2) According to Daniel Nettle,which personality trait would have,in particular,conferred a survival advantage through avoidance of danger and therefore would have been selected for in our ancestral environment
A) openness
B) introversion
C) neuroticism
D) extraversion
Q3) At what age did Freud believe that personality was formed
A) 5
B) 10
C) 18
D) 25
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Q1) What term is used by evolutionary theorists for a group that one belongs to and identifies with
A) ingroup
B) clan
C) clique
D) family
Q2) In Milgram's research on obedience,what did the experimenter do to the teacher when the teacher questioned whether the experiment should continue
A) The teacher was given verbal prompts to continue.
B) The teacher was shocked.
C) The teacher was verbally abused.
D) The teacher was requested to change places with the learner.
Q3) Keira had parents who were warm and responsive while she was an infant.According to the theory developed by Hazan and Shaver,what is Keira likely to find as an adult
A) She has a wide circle of superficial friends, but very few close friends.
B) Her relationships lack intimacy and trust.
C) It is relatively easy for her to form close relationships with others.
D) It is difficult to trust other people as much as she trusts her parents.
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Q1) According to the perspective that views romantic love as attachment,which type of attachment predicts the pattern or form of your intimate relationships in adulthood
A) attachment to caregivers in infancy
B) attachment to the first romantic partner in adolescence
C) attachment to peers in childhood
D) attachment to role models in childhood
Q2) According to social psychologists,what is attribution
A) widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group
B) inferences that people draw about the causes of their own behaviour and the behaviour of others
C) the process of forming impressions of others
D) positive feelings toward another person
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a factor that directly influences person perception
A) social schemas
B) physical appearance
C) conformity
D) stereotypes
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Q1) What do people typically experience if they use behavioural disengagement as a coping strategy
A) catastrophic thinking and self-blame
B) release of negative emotional tension
C) increased, rather than decreased, distress
D) overcompensation or intellectualization
Q2) Which of the following best describes stress and emotional response
A) negative emotions only
B) both positive and negative emotions
C) negative emotions in adults but positive emotions in children
D) males experience more positive emotions than females
Q3) Contrary to popular belief,people often experience pleasant emotions while enduring stress,challenges,pain or suffering.Which positive emotion does research suggest is often experienced after a crisis such as a disaster
A) gratitude
B) joy
C) happiness
D) pride
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Q1) According to Albert Ellis,what should people alter to change their response to stress
A) diet
B) supportive aspects of their environments
C) baseline levels of arousal
D) cognitive appraisal of stress
Q2) As Jim was walking,someone suddenly punched him.Jim was very startled,and immediately experienced a series of physiological reactions including increased heart rate,dilated pupils,and a clenching in his gut (as his digestive process stopped).What is illustrated by this example
A) fight-or-flight response
B) tend-and-befriend response
C) general adaptation response
D) amygdala rage response
Q3) What is the fight-or-flight response
A) a coping reaction to threat involving the parasympathetic nervous system
B) a physiological reaction to threat involving the autonomic nervous system
C) an emotional reaction to threat involving the central nervous system
D) a behavioural reaction to threat involving the somatic nervous system
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Chapter 14: C: Stress, Coping Health
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Q1) Which of the following is likely to be the lowest item in Laura's anxiety hierarchy
A) Answering a tough question in front of three interviewers.
B) Giving a complex presentation in front of a single interviewer.
C) Waiting in the hallway before her interview.
D) Saying hello to the person who is interviewing her.
Q2) Amelie studies hard for her exams,but still worries she will fail.When is this stress beneficial
A) Stress is never beneficial.
B) When the level of stress is low enough to not impact her performance.
C) When the level of stress is high enough to maximize her performance.
D) When the level of stress is as high as possible.
Q3) A few months after she starts her new job Laura enrols herself in mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy.This is because Laura _______________.
A) wants to gain a greater understanding of herself and her anxiety
B) needs help accepting her genuine self in order to grow as a person
C) needs help recovering from her maladaptive unconscious conflict
D) wants to avoid relapsing and to eliminate her maladaptive cognitions
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Q1) Which statement best represents the incidence rate of bipolar disorders in males and females
A) It occurs nearly twice as frequently in women as in men.
B) It occurs with equal frequency in women and in men.
C) It occurs nearly twice as frequently in men as in women.
D) It occurs nearly four times as frequently in women as in men.
Q2) Claire has been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.What should you expect to find in Claire's medical record,based on the physical symptoms listed in your text
A) cardiac arrhythmias and elevated blood pressure
B) metabolic disturbances and dental problems
C) amenorrhea and low blood pressure
D) dental problems and cardiac arrhythmias
Q3) What percentages of young women develop anorexia nervosa and bulimia,respectively
A) 1 percent anorexia; 2 to 3 percent bulimia
B) 3 percent anorexia; 1 percent bulimia
C) 10 percent anorexia; 20 percent bulimia
D) 20 percent anorexia; 5 percent bulimia
Q4) How are concussions and depression related
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Q1) Jason has been diagnosed with depression,as well as a specific phobia.What term is used for this double diagnosis
A) comorbitidy
B) etiology
C) overdiagnosis
D) categorical approach
Q2) Consistent with the medical model,what is the primary use of the DSM-5
A) treatment
B) diagnosis
C) etiology
D) prognosis
Q3) Veronica seems very withdrawn from the world.She rarely speaks,and when she does it is somewhat empty of meaning and quiet.She doesn't seem to react with emotion to things going on around her,and she just seems generally dazed.If Veronica is diagnosed with schizophrenia,which category fits her symptoms best
A) negative symptoms
B) behavioural symptoms
C) positive symptoms
D) perceptual symptoms
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Q1) Belle has her master's degree,and she helps people integrate back into the community after treatment in a mental health facility.Which type of mental health professional is Belle
A) a psychiatrist
B) a clinical social worker
C) a psychiatric nurse
D) a counselling psychologist
Q2) A therapist attempts to treat a man for his sexual attraction to animals by pairing pictures of animals with painful electric shocks.What procedure is being used
A) aversion therapy
B) electroconvulsive therapy
C) extinction
D) systematic desensitization
Q3) Some disorders are expressed differently,with distinct differences in symptoms,across different cultures.What does this finding illustrate
A) Behaviour is shaped by our cultural heritage.
B) People's experience of the world is highly subjective.
C) Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
D) Psychology is theoretically diverse.
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A) avoidance therapy
B) systematic desensitization
C) aversion therapy
D) psychotherapy
Q2) What therapeutic drugs are used to control bipolar disorder
A) mood stabilizers
B) antianxiety drugs
C) antipsychotics
D) antidepressants
Q3) Which therapeutic drugs used to treat psychological disorders are commonly referred to as "tranquilizers"
A) antianxiety drugs
B) mood stabilizers
C) antidepressant drugs
D) antipsychotic drugs
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