Principles of Psychology Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Principles of Psychology introduces students to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, exploring major concepts, theories, and empirical findings within the field. The course covers foundational topics such as perception, cognition, learning, motivation, emotion, development, personality, psychological disorders, and social interactions. By examining classic and contemporary research, students gain insight into how psychologists investigate human and animal behavior, apply critical thinking skills, and consider the relevance of psychological principles to everyday life and various professional contexts.
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Samuel E. Wood
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following best reflects psychology's goal of influence?
A) Researchers have examined hundreds of cases of dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality) order to provide a clear picture of the disorder.
B) Researchers have studied how smoking habits develop so that they may develop techniques to prevent teenagers from starting the habit
C) Researchers have developed a test that shows whichdividuals are likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.
D) Researchers have identified a genevolved many cases of obesity.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following correlational coefficients represents the strongest relationship between two variables?
A) 0.00
B) - .59
C) + .70
D) -. 76
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Biology and Behaviour
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Q1) The motor cortex is located in which of the four lobes?
A) temporal
B) frontal
C) occipital
D) parietal
Answer: B
Q2) Endorphins, norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin are all examples of A) neuropeptides.
B) hormones.
C) neuromodulators.
D) neurotransmitters
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following statements about the motor cortex is true?
A) The neurons the motor cortex are highly specialized anddependent.
B) Seizures are not associated with the motor cortex.
C) The motor cortex is the only area of the brain that can regenerate afterjury.
D) There is considerable overlap the neurons that fire to move any body part
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) In which of these body locations would you expect to find the least dense concentration of touch receptors?
A) Fingertips
B) Face
C) Legs
D) Lips
Answer: C
Q2) is the phenomenon in which we shift our focus from one object to another and, in the process, fail to notice changes in objects to which we are not directly paying attention.
A) Subliminal distraction
B) Attentional blindness
C) inattentional blindness
D) Distractional blindness
Answer: C
Q3) Hue, saturation, and wave length combine to create the visual image of colour we perceive.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: States of Conciousness
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Q1) Which of these is not a narcotic?
A) Codeine
B) Valium
C) Morphine
D) Heroin
Q2) If awakened during a sleep terror, a child
A) will not be able to go back to enter REM again.
B) will not recall anything they are thinking about.
C) may develop a fear of being awakened a night.
D) may recall a single frightening image
Q3) Describe insomnia?
Q4) Which of the following results in impairment of daytime functioning because of difficulty falling and staying asleep?
A) Sleep apnea
B) Narcolepsy
C) Parasomnia
D) insomnia
Q5) What is sleep apnea?
Q6) Compare and contrast short with long sleepers.
Q7) Describe ways to avoid or reduce the effects of jet lag.
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) According to the text, television advertisements are most effective if the products are presented just after the beautiful people are shown.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Conditioning occurs most quickly when the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus occur at the same time.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The dog in Pavlov's experiment, that only salivated when the original-and no other-bell was rung, had shown the ability to
A) generalize.
B) recover.
C) detect.
D) discriminate
Q4) A secondary reinforce is acquired or learned.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How does operant conditioning explain the learning of new behaviours?
Q6) How is shaping used to condition a response?
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Chapter 6: Memory
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Q1) Which of the following would not be stored in semantic memory?
A) The chemical formula for water
B) Games played at your sixth birthday party
C) The definition of "carnivore"
D) The capital of France
Q2) Which of the following is the name of the physiological change in the brain that allows information to be stored?
A) Habituation
B) Conditioning
C) Consolidation
D) Memory alteration
Q3) Which of the following memories is linked to general knowledge not associated with specific times or contexts?
A) Nondeclarative memory
B) Semantic memory
C) Episodic memory
D) Sensory memory
Q4) What is long-term memory, and what are its subsystems?
Q5) What is the state-dependent memory effect? Give an example of it.
Q6) What is Bartlett's contribution to our understanding of memory?
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Chapter 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) The aspect of grammar that specifies the rules for arranging and combining words is known as
A) morphology. B) phonology.
C) semantics.
D) syntax
Q2) A strategy for solving a problem by dividing it into parts then trying to solve each part in turn is called A) algorithms.
B) trial-and-error.
C) linear reasoning.
D) means-ends analysis
Q3) On an intelligence test, a five-year-old child is able to answer the questions that the average seven-year-old can answer. The child's IQ is A) 125.
B) 140
C) 110. D) 120.
Q4) What is creativity, and what tests have been designed to measure it?
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Chapter 8: Development
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Q1) Teratogens are agents in the prenatal environment that can cause serious problems for development, especially during critical periods.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Another term for a newborn child is A) neonate
B) embryo.
C) fetus.
D) toddler.
Q3) What physical changes occur during puberty?
Q4) As the child enters adolescence, peer groups begin to A) break down and stop offering friendship to their members. B) provide a vital source of emotional support and approval C) become less important to their development of an identity. D) have some form offluence on us.
Q5) When, and how, is the attachment to the mother formed?
Q6) Infants' experiences in the womb can affect their preferences shortly after birth. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) According to the set-point theory, when people gain weight, their
A) fat-cell countcreases.
B) appetite decreases
C) metabolic ratecreases.
D) set point changes either up or down.
Q2) The set point for weight appears to be set by genetic factors and is thus unchangeable.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Working in order to gain a reward is an example of extrinsic motivation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The condition in which sensory stimulation is reduced to a minimum or eliminated is called
A) stimulus reduction.
B) sensory deprivation
C) sensory reduction.
D) stimulus deprivation.
Q5) What are the roles of the lateral hypothalamus and the ventromedial hypothalamus in the regulation of eating behaviour?
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Chapter 10: Social Psychology
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Q1) The bystander effect suggests that if your car is disabled, you are more likely to have someone stop and assist you if
A) you are on a rural road a fairly unpopulated area
B) you are on a busy highway at rush hour.
C) you are on an urban street during the daytime.
D) you are a dark alley.
Q2) The frustration-aggression hypothesis suggests that
A) frustration that is objective, not emotional, produces aggression.
B) frustration does not produce aggression.
C) there is a negative correlation between frustration and aggression.
D) frustration produces aggression
Q3) When searching for a mate, the majority of people look for someone with complementary needs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The contact hypothesis suggests that when people feel prejudice toward a group, simply bringing them together is likely to reduce the prejudice.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Personality Theory and Assessment
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Q1) Twin studies have suggested that our tendency to accept and endorse traditional moral values and follow rules and authority have a genetic influence.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Kay resents her mother because she feels that her mother neglected her when she was growing up. Kay's overly kind and solicitous behaviour toward her mother, who is old and sick, may be an example of the defence mechanism called
A) reaction formation
B) sublimation.
C) displacement.
D) rationalization.
Q3) The defence mechanism in which people defend against anxiety by adopting behaviours opposite of their true feelings is called A) reaction formation
B) sublimation.
C) displacement.
D) rationalization.
Q4) Compare and contrast Freud's and Horney's theories of personality.
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Chapter 12: Health and Stress
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Q1) Which of these has not been shown to benefit from a strong social support system?
A) heart attack survival
B) Long-term memory
C) self-esteem
D) The immune system
Q2) Matt has just been told the only summer job he applied for has been given to someone else. He's panicking now because he doesn't know how he will get enough money to return to college in the fall. He starts to consider what he could do, and how to calm down. Lazarus would say he is engaged in a
A) secondary appraisal
B) the resistance stage.
C) primary appraisal.
D) tertiary appraisal.
Q3) As HIV infection progresses all of the following are typical except
A) cirrhosis of the liver
B) fever
C) swollen lymph nodes
D) rare cancers
Q4) What is Selye's theory of stress?
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Chapter 13: Psychology Disorders
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Q1) Explain why the label conversion disorder is a good label for describing the disorder.
Q2) Psychotherapy has ________ in the treatment of multiple personality.
A) been replaced by drug therapy
B) been used successfully
C) not been very effective
D) produced only mediocre effects
Q3) Which of the following is not a question offered by the text to determine what behaviour is abnormal?
A) Is the person considered by people authority to be abnormal?
B) Is the behaviour considered strange within the person's own culture?
C) Is the behaviour maladaptive?
D) Is the person a danger to him- or herself or to others?
Q4) Dayna hears voices in her head calling her names and accusing her of terrible acts. She is experiencing
A) hallucinations
B) obsessions.
C) delusions.
D) compulsions.
Q5) Describe some of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
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Chapter 14: Therapies
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Q1) For what disorder is interpersonal theory (IPT) most effective?
A) Bipolar
B) Schizophrenia
C) Depression
D) Anxiety
Q2) All of the following have been shown to be effective in treating depression except A) stimulus satiation
B) antidepressants.
C) cognitive therapy.
Dterpersonal therapy.
Q3) Discuss the theoretical underpinning of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT).
Q4) Antidepressants are commonly used to treat depression and A) conversion disorder.
B) schizophrenia.
C) dissociative amnesia.
D) panic disorder
Q5) Explain the theory behind EMDR.
Q6) How cognitive therapies attempt to help people?
Q7) What is psychosurgery, and for what problems is it used?
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