Introduction to Psychology Test Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The course explores key concepts, theories, and research across major areas of psychology, including biological bases of behavior, perception, learning, memory, development, emotion, motivation, personality, psychological disorders, and social interactions. Students will gain foundational knowledge in critical thinking, research methodologies, and the application of psychological principles to everyday life, preparing them for further study in psychology and related fields.
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Visualizing The Lifespan 1st Edition by Jennifer Tanner
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Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Theories and Approaches
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Q1) According to Piaget, organization and adaptation are inseparable.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Watson demonstrated the principle of ___________ in teaching Little Albert to fear rats and other furry animals.
A) positive reinforcement
B) negative reinforcement
C) classical conditioning
D) operant conditioning
Answer: C
Q3) A weakness of self-report data is one of the following
A) Researchers may maintain a biased approach to research.
B) Children never alter their typical behavior even if they know they are being observed.
C) Reporters are not always honest.
D) Reporters are always honest.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development and
Birth
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Q1) A heterozygous person who has one recessive allele
A) will pass the dominant trait to his or her children.
B) will pass the recessive trait to his or her children.
C) may be a carrier of the trait.
D) cannot pass on the trait.
Answer: C
Q2) Between 20% and 30% of the births in the United States are delivered via A) induced labor.
B) assisted vaginal delivery.
C) Cesarean section.
D) natural delivery.
Answer: C
Q3) The __________period refers to the first 2 weeks after fertilization.
A) fetal
B) embryonic
C) germinal
D) zygotic
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) Memory research suggests that early memories are:
A) implicit.
B) explicit.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
Answer: C
Q2) During the sensorimotor stage, a typically maturing infant develops from a reflexive to a symbolic thinker.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) When Gabrielle was born, doctors told her parents that the most effective way to reduce the risk of SIDS is to:
A) exclusively breastfeed her.
B) lay her on her back to sleep.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Socioemotional Development in Infancy: The
First Two Years
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Q1) Differences between boys and girls can be seen as early as:
A) 2 weeks.
B) 3 months.
C) 1 year.
D) the fetal period.
Q2) Researchers are not certain about the process of differentiation in infancy, but do agree that infants __________________ self-awareness.
A) are born prepared to develop
B) require an interpersonal context to develop
C) are born with predisposed behaviors that scaffold maturation of D) none of these choices
Q3) Self-awareness is an essential step in the development of:
A) emotional regulation.
B) secondary emotions.
C) attachment relationships.
D) social referencing.
Q4) Sex differences are clear biologically based differences between males and females.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) Preoperational development involves seemingly endless streams of "why?" questions, characteristic of
A) egocentric thought
B) animistic thought
C) symbolic function
D) intuitive thought
Q2) According to your text, from 2010 to 2020 the goal of international nutrition efforts is to decrease the percentage of preschool children at-risk for growth-stunting from 1 in every 4 to _____.
A) 1 in 5
B) 1 in 6
C) 1 in 7
D) 1 in 8
Q3) According to Piaget, egocentrism is:
A) the state of being selfish and self-indulgent
B) the ability to understand the world from another person's point of view.
C) an innate inability to be concerned with other's feelings
D) the belief that others see the world the same way you do
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Early
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Q1) Bob did something wrong and feels guilty but does not feel ashamed of who he is. This suggests
A) insecure attachment.
B) poor self-regulation.
C) no conscience.
D) good parenting and good adjustment.
Q2) Researchers who studied helping behavior among young boys reported that genetics explain approximately ____ of the differences they saw among 2-year-old boys.
A) 20%
B) 40%
C) 70%
D) 90%
Q3) Heritability estimates say nothing about the extent to which genes determine a personality trait within an individual.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Boys typically display stronger same-sex toy preferences.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
and Late Childhood: Six to Eleven Years Old
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Q1) Vygotsky is a developmentalist known for his research on child social development.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Lana likes to drink her juice in her Little Mermaid Cup. When the new babysitter gives her juice in an Aladdin cup, Lana gets upset. The babysitter pours the juice from the Aladdin cup into the Little Mermaid Cup, but Lana cries that her juice is not the same. Based on this scenario, Lana has not yet developed:
A) conservation.
B) reversibility.
C) transitivity.
D) seriation.
Q3) What is one significant criticism of intelligence research?
A) It fails to look at society.
B) It fails to look at culture.
C) It fails to include DSM diagnosis.
D) All of the choices are correct.
Q4) Obesity and asthma are two common issues in childhood well-being.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Middle and
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Q1) Self-esteem involves the process of children ____________________ about themselves.
A) making judgments
B) having feelings
C) both of the choices
D) neither of the choices
Q2) According to Kohlberg, it would be rare to observe a precocious child operating at a postconvetional level of moral development. However, a sign of such precocity would be reflected in a child becoming upset when:
A) another child is teased for not celebrating Christmas.
B) she doesn't get the first-place ribbon when she clearly won the race.
C) her side of the story is different from her friend's.
D) her parents expect her to set a good example for her younger siblings.
Q3) Given one minute to evaluate a child's self-esteem, a developmentalist is likely to conclude that a child has high self-esteem if she observes that the child:
A) is doing well in school.
B) has low levels of anxiety.
C) has a number of friends.
D) all of the choices
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) When 14-year-old Samantha is certain that the texts students are reading before class are about her having a "bad hair day," she is assuming there is a(n):
A) imaginary audience.
B) personal audience.
C) personal fable.
D) "good hair day."
Q2) In females and males, postpubescence is marked by:
A) fertility.
B) growth spurt .
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
Q3) Middle schools that operate form a developmental lens monitor the development of formal operational thinking because such achievements signal a student's preparedness to:
A) compute basic functions, for example, subtraction.
B) understand concepts of algebra.
C) memorize math facts.
D) visualize math facts, such as the multiplication table.
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Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) During adolescence, teens whose sexual identity and preferences don't conform to the norm face:
A) stigma;
B) prejudice;
C) discrimination;
D) all of the choices
Q2) Annually, approximately ____ of U.S. teens are victims of dating violence.
A) 2%
B) 5%
C) 10%
D) 33%
Q3) Adolescents are less likely to experience negative feelings and problems associated with identity development when identity _______________is reached; compared to identity __________________.
A) foreclosure; achievement
B) foreclosure; diffusion
C) diffusion; moratorium
D) diffusion; foreclosure
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood
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Q1) Emerging adulthood is a stage of the lifespan associated with creative potential.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The way to determine whether an emerging adult is developing creative talents or pursuing a pleasurable hobby involves assessing and evaluating whether the conditions are ripe for nurturing the specific __________________ interaction that results in creative productivity.
A) gene x environment
B) gene x biology
C) training x environment
D) training x education
Q3) Healthy lifestyle behaviors in emerging and young adulthood can reduce health risks.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Mood disorders are the most common type of psychiatric disorder diagnosed in emerging adulthood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood
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Q1) From the psychosocial perspective, a young adult who successfully achieved a sense of identity in adolescence and emerging adulthood is more likely to achieve _______________ in young adulthood.
A) integrity
B) intimacy
C) industry
D) inferiority
Q2) From the late teens through the 20s, emerging adults experience a decrease in negative emotionality.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If a young adult is having difficulty resolving the psychosocial task of development associated with young adulthood, she might describe feeling:
A) not knowing what she wants to do with her life.
B) a sense of wanting to "give back" to others.
C) loneliness and disconnection from life.
D) extreme contentment with being single.
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) When Shelley, a nurse, recognized that her father was having difficulty picking up the toy his infant granddaughter dropped on the floor and also had difficulty holding on tightly to the coffee pot, she recognized this as a sign of:
A) poor grip strength and diabetes.
B) poor grip strength and impaired general health.
C) impaired ability to focus on a task.
D) impaired ability to provide self-care.
Q2) Heart disease increases risk for:
A) heart attack.
B) stroke.
C) both a and b
D) both a and b but only in men
Q3) In middle adulthood, rigorous physical exercise:
A) improves cognitive functioning.
B) strengthens the cardiovascular system.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
Q4) Sight, hearing, smell, and taste all change during middle adulthood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Adult-Hood
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Q1) Developmental tasks of a family are typically organized by the age of the oldest child.
A)True
B)False
Q2) About ______ of middle-aged adults are remarried.
A) 5%
B) 20%
C) 40%
D) 60%
Q3) The effect of increased legal and social support for same-sex marriage is _________________, indicating that same-sex marriage is associated with
A) promising; mental health
B) promising; fewer health problems
C) disappointing; legal problems
D) disappointing; health problems
Q4) Relationships with siblings remain relatively steady through middle adulthood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in the Later Years
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Q1) Changes associated with senses in older adulthood take place rapidly.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The highest probability of achieving wisdom is associated with:
A) emerging adulthood.
B) young adulthood.
C) middle adulthood.
D) later adulthood.
Q3) The ____________________ theory of aging suggests that the human body ages as a result of use, overuse, and environmental stressors.
A) maltreatment and neglect
B) failure to thrive
C) overexertion
D) wear and tear
Q4) In older adults, sarcopenia is associated with observable changes, such as:
A) reduced mobility.
B) stooped posture.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in the Later Years
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Q1) SOC theory suggests that the behaviors of older adults are motivated by an inherent drive to:
A) minimize loss and differentiate self from others.
B) differentiate self from others and maximize emotional strength.
C) maintain strengths and minimize loss.
D) maintain strengths and differentiate self from others.
Q2) Ageism promotes feelings of youthfulness among older adults.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the United States, over the past 50 years ago one significant change in adults' work lives is that retirement is now no longer mandatory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In older adulthood, a stronger religious faith is associated with:
A) stronger social connections with others.
B) opportunities to keep active.
C) neither a nor b
D) both a and b
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Chapter 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving
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Q1) Negative beliefs about death may influence the way adolescents understand death. Fear of death is a conscious emotion and may be universal, whereas underlying, uneasy feelings about the possibility that death may occur-____________________-is not universal nor part of conscious awareness.
A) predictability of death
B) cost versus benefits of death
C) death anxiety
D) death distress
Q2) Ethel's funeral triggered painful feelings for her friends and family. Her 5-year-old grand daughter believed that Ethel ________________, while her 15-year-old grand-daughter knew this was not the case.
A) would still be able to come to her birthday party
B) died due to biological causes
C) would have died sooner or later
D) had stopped talking, breathing, and interacting with others
Q3) Absence of brain activity is determined by the EEG (electroencephalogram).
A)True
B)False
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