Introduction to Psychology Question Bank
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Introduction
Introduction to Psychology provides a broad overview of the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The course explores foundational concepts such as perception, learning, memory, motivation, personality, psychological disorders, and the biological bases of behavior. Students will examine major psychological theories, research methods, and the application of psychology in everyday life. Through lectures, discussions, and case studies, the course aims to develop a deeper understanding of how humans think, feel, and act, as well as the factors that influence individual and social behavior.
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What is Psychology Foundations Applications and Integration 4th Edition by Ellen E. Pastorino
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) Dr. Duarte is studying bullying behavior in children. Every day, he goes to the local playground at 3 P.M., sits on the sidelines, and records the number of times one child bullies another, the sex of the children involved in bullying, and the duration of the bullying. Dr. Duarte is using which research method in his study?
A) An experiment
B) A case study
C) A naturalistic observation
D) A quasi-experiment
Answer: C
Q2) Informed consent is one of the _______________ principles of ethical practices. A) fundamental
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) voluntary
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Neuroscience
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Q1) Due to untreated high blood pressure, Namir suffered a small stroke. While in rehab, his occupational therapist asked if he wanted to go to the supermarket-but, Namir heard "Do usen't go the markest else some?" Where might Namir's brain injury be located?
A) limbic system
B) Broca's area
C) Wernicke's area
D) somatosensory cortex
Answer: C
Q2) Your college roommate likes to binge drink on Saturday nights. After one particularly bad weekend, she becomes concerned about the effects of so much alcohol on her brain. Knowing that you are studying the brain in psychology, she asks you to explain the effects of alcohol on the brain. You should tell her that alcohol affects the function of the neurotransmitter ____.
A) acetylcholine
B) dopamine
C) GABA
D) norepinephrine
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) You are trying to see the color of your ink pen while taking lecture notes in a darkened auditorium. Where should you hold the ink pen to have the greatest chance of perceiving its color?
A) To the right side of your head
B) To the left side of your head
C) To either side of your head
D) Directly in front of your face
Answer: D
Q2) Which principle allows Averi to continue to perceive her friend as being the same height even though as her friend walks away from Averi, the image she casts on Averi's retina is smaller?
A) Bottom-up processing
B) Closure
C) Perceptual constancy
D) Motion parallax
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) Which type of drug has a medical use and is therefore prescribed by doctors?
A) LSD
B) Ecstasy
C) PCP
D) Oxycodone
Q2) Brenda is asleep and her brain is producing slow and large brain waves. Brenda is most likely in which stage of sleep?
A) Stage I
B) Stage II
C) Stage IV
D) REM
Q3) If you suddenly fall into REM sleep during alert times of the day, you may be diagnosed with ____.
A) insomnia
B) sleep apnea
C) narcolepsy
D) REM behavior disorder
Q4) Describe the role of psychological factors in the effects of drugs on users.
Q5) Describe the sleep cycle from start to finish.
Q6) Explain the risks associated with mixing energy drinks with alcohol.
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Chapter 5: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) An American woman has about a ____ chance of developing bulimia in her lifetime.
A) 1%
B) 5%
C) 10%
D) 15%
Q2) Anorexia is more common in cultures where ____.
A) food is scarce
B) the poverty level is high
C) there is extreme pressure to be thin
D) the education level is lower
Q3) The concept of homeostasis is most closely associated with ____.
A) arousal theory
B) incentive theory
C) primary drives
D) secondary drives
Q4) Intuitive eating occurs in response to ____.
A) physiological signals in the body
B) cultural traditions
C) learned eating habits and situational cues
D) emotional states
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Regarding the study of thoughts or feelings, B. F. Skinner believed that ____.
A) people do not really have thoughts or feelings
B) thoughts and feelings cannot be studied scientifically
C) individuals make cognitive choices about how they respond to the environment
D) classical conditioning explains more behavior than does operant conditioning
Q2) In Thorndike's work on the law of effect, he observed ____.
A) dogs salivating to meat and bells
B) humans learning how to work with electronic equipment
C) pigeons pecking at round disks
D) cats learning how to escape a puzzle box
Q3) Chang gets paid a $50 bonus for every 100 pairs of shoes that he sells. Chang is being reinforced on a ____ schedule of reinforcement.
A) fixed ratio
B) variable ratio
C) fixed interval
D) variable interval
Q4) Define shaping and describe an example of how shaping might be used to create a specific behavior.
Q5) Describe Albert Bandura's Bobo doll studies and their implications.
Q6) Explain the difference between habituation and dishabituation.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) One particular working memory model suggests that working memory has a central executive component and subordinate systems that process which of the following?
A) Emotional information and cognitive information
B) Autonomic information and somatic information
C) Visual information and auditory information
D) Sensory information and perceptual information
Q2) Describe Elizabeth Loftus's research and what it suggests about the accuracy of memory.
Q3) The fact that elaborative rehearsal is a more effective means of transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory is consistent with the ____ model of memory.
A) levels-of-processing
B) reconstruction
C) pyramid
D) reciprocal determinism
Q4) Explain the difference between proactive and retroactive interference.
Q5) Describe the capacity and duration of each stage of memory in the three-stages model.
Q6) Describe the three functions of memory.
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Chapter 8: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) Which test is used for emotional intelligence?
A) MSCEIT
B) WAIS-IV
C) EI Inventory
D) WISC-V
Q2) Perceived outcomes, the probability of achieving those outcomes, and the way in which options are framed are most important in ____.
A) the use of heuristics
B) decision making
C) incubation
D) divergent thinking
Q3) Which forms of mental representations have psychologists studied with the most success?
A) Emotions and procedures
B) Procedures and visual images
C) Emotions and concepts
D) Visual images and concepts
Q4) Compare and contrast the views of intelligence held by Charles Spearman and Howard Gardner.
Q5) Compare how we use prototypes and exemplars in categorization.
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Chapter 9: Human Development
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Q1) An important reason that a child may fail a conservation task is because of the child's tendency to ____.
A) make animistic judgments of objects
B) not understand object permanence
C) engage in dialectical thinking
D) center only on one aspect of the problem
Q2) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of early versus late maturation in puberty for both males and females.
Q3) The schemas for gender-role behavior are _____.
A) biologically determined and identical in all societies
B) more rigid for males than for females
C) culturally defined and vary from society to society
D) closely tied to levels of homosexuality in a society
Q4) The "visual cliff" studies show that infants at six months ____.
A) have difficulty detecting shadows
B) lack peripheral vision
C) are very nearsighted
D) have depth perception
Q5) Describe the three stages of prenatal development and the major events of each stage.
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Chapter 10: Social Psychology
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Q1) The use of critical analysis and logic in response to a persuasive appeal is most closely associated with the ____.
A) central route to persuasion
B) peripheral route to persuasion
C) cognitive dissonance theory of persuasion
D) attribution model of persuasion
Q2) Wearing the same style clothes that others are wearing would best be an example of ____.
A) compliance
B) obedience
C) informational conformity
D) normative conformity
Q3) Describe the major factors that influence successful persuasion including communicator, audience, and message variables.
Q4) Classical conditioning most often explains the ____ aspect of an attitude.
A) emotional
B) conscious
C) cognitive
D) informational
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Chapter 11: Personality
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Q1) At the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is the need for ____.
A) self-actualization
B) unconditional positive regard
C) locus of control
D) self-efficacy
Q2) According to Carl Rogers, if a child experiences unconditional positive regard he or she is less likely to lose contact with the ____ established at birth.
A) organismic valuing process
B) self-confirmation system
C) ego defense mechanism
D) principle of self-preservation
Q3) According to Freud, the job of the ego is to ____.
A) satisfy the demands of the id only
B) satisfy the demands of the superego only
C) satisfy the demands of both the id and the superego
D) eliminate the demands of both the id and the superego
Q4) Describe how Karen Horney differed from Freud's original psychoanalytic views.
Q5) Name the five factors in the five factor view of traits and give a brief definition of each.
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Chapter 12: Health, Stress, and Coping
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Q1) Research on Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale suggests that
A) major life events that are unscheduled are no more stressful than major life events that are scheduled
B) simply adding up the number of major life changes in a specific time period is the best way to measure stress
C) major life events that are involuntary are less stressful than major life events that are voluntary
D) positive life events can be just as stressful as negative life events
Q2) Which student is most likely to catch a virus during the final examination period?
A) Ren has a low level of stress but is socially isolated.
B) Tammy has a high level of stress but has social support.
C) Chris has a high level of stress and is socially isolated.
D) Erik has a low level of stress and has social support.
Q3) Explain the relationship between Type C personality and cancer.
Q4) Describe the stages of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome using a specific stressor as an example.
Q5) Describe five adaptive stress management techniques.
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Chapter 13: Mental Health Disorders
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Q1) Fay believes that she cannot control the events of her life-what happens at her job or in her relationship with her boyfriend. Fay is often depressed as a way of dealing with her belief that she cannot control these events. What is the best explanation for Fay's depression?
A) Unresolved issues of abandonment
B) Ruminative coping style
C) Excessive stress hormones
D) Learned helplessness
Q2) Ahmet is a person with schizophrenia. His ideas are loosely associated when he speaks. For example, he may say, "The dog wandered into the storm. I picked up the peas with the fork for seventy-two days." Which symptom of schizophrenia is most closely associated with Ahmet's behavior?
A) Delusions
B) Formal thought disorder
C) Hallucinations
D) Catatonia
Q3) How does the DSM relate to the idea of self-fulfilling prophecies?
Q4) How are persistent depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder similar to each other?
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Chapter 14: Mental Health Therapies
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Q1) Successful therapy is often characterized by a strong therapeutic alliance, meaning that ____.
A) the therapist takes responsibility for improvement and makes it happen
B) the client gets involved in group therapy with several others who can provide support and encouragement
C) the therapist and client work together in a collaborative effort to promote improvement
D) several therapists are used to treat the many parts of the client's problems
Q2) Describe what is known about the effectiveness of psychotherapy in general.
Q3) Ervin has been diagnosed with panic disorder. Which type of therapy is likely to be the most effective for Ervin?
A) Psychoanalysis
B) Humanistic therapy
C) Cognitive-behavior therapy
D) Group therapy
Q4) Describe how computer technology has influenced psychotherapy.
Q5) Describe the procedures involved in ECT and its effects.
Q6) Describe some of the career paths a person could take to fulfill a goal of becoming a psychotherapist.
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