Principles of Psychology Exam Questions
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Introduction
Principles of Psychology introduces students to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The course covers foundational concepts such as sensation, perception, learning, memory, intelligence, emotion, motivation, personality, psychological disorders, and social interaction. Emphasis is placed on understanding the biological, cognitive, and socio-cultural influences on human thought and behavior, as well as the methods psychologists use to investigate and interpret psychological phenomena. Through this course, students develop critical thinking skills and gain insights into the applications of psychological principles in everyday life.
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Psychology An Exploration 2nd Edition by Saundra
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association?
A)Participants may not withdraw once they start.
B)Participants cannot be deceived about aspects of the research.
C)Participants cannot be subjected to any physically or emotionally painful stimuli.
D)Deception must be justified.
Answer: D
Q2) Using both independent and dependent variables is associated with which of the following types of research used in psychology?
A)experimentation
B)naturalistic observation
C)correlation
D)correlation and experimentation
Answer: A
Q3) The first step in a psychological experiment is developing a method.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Biological Perspective
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Q1) When the electric potential in a cell is in action versus a resting state,this electrical charge reversal is known as the __________.
A)resting potential
B)excitation reaction
C)action potential
D)permeable reaction
Answer: C
Q2) Calm is to aroused as _______ is to _______.
A)parasympathetic; sympathetic
B)autonomic; motor
C)sympathetic; parasympathetic
D)central; peripheral
Answer: A
Q3) Positron-emission tomography (PET scan)is a brain-imaging method using radio waves and magnetic fields of the body to produce detailed images of the brain.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Lory entered a dark movie theater from the bright sunlight.Which of the following was occurring in her retinal system?
A)a slow shift from cone vision to rod vision
B)a rapid shift from cone vision to rod vision
C)a slow shift from rod vision to cone vision
D)a rapid shift from rod vision to cone vision
Answer: A
Q2) The principle that the just noticeable difference of any given sense is a constant fraction or proportion of the stimulus being judged is called ___________.
A)the opponent-process principle
B)the doctrine of specific nerve energies
C)the phi phenomenon
D)Weber's law
Answer: D
Q3) Substance P is related to the sense of balance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Learning
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Q1) An experiment finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he hears a certain piece of music.The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then plays the piece of music.The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone.In this situation the UNCONDITIONED response is the:
A)increased heartbeat.
B)piece of music.
C)sound of the buzzer.
D)listening to the music.
Q2) When Karawynn Long trained her cat Misha to use a toilet instead of a litter box,the last step in the training was teaching the cat to flush the toilet.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Bill hates to clean up after dinner.One night,he volunteers to bathe the dog before cleaning u
A)Bill will start cleaning up the kitchen before he bathes the dog.
B)Bill's wife has positively reinforced him for bathing the dog.
C)Bill's wife has negatively reinforced him for bathing the dog.
D)Bill will never bathe the dog again.
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Chapter 5: Memory
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Q1) Personal facts and memories of one's personal history are parts of ___________.
A)episodic memory
B)procedural memories
C)declarative memories
D)semantic memory
Q2) The research of Eich and Metcalf would suggest that if you were really angry when you were learning Spanish,you should be __________ when taking the final exam for best retrieval.
A)really calm
B)unemotional
C)angry
D)depressed
Q3) Most normal adults have a memory span:
A)of between 5 and 9 items.
B)that averages 7.
C)of 7 plus-or-minus 2.
D)all of the above.
Q4) Recognition is typically harder than recall.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Consciousness and Cognition
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Q1) The hypothalamus controls the __________.
A)hypnotic suggestibility ratio
B)sleep-wake cycle
C)frequency of nightmares
D)growth hormones that occur during sleep
Q2) The stage of sleep in which delta waves begin to appear is ________ slee
A)stage 1
B)stage 2
C)stage 3
D)stage 4
Q3) What is the first stage of sleep in which,if awakened,you will realize that you were asleep?
A)Stage 1
B)Stage 2
C)Stage 3
D)Stage 4
Q4) A sleep disorder characterized by difficulty in falling asleep or remaining asleep throughout the night is called sleep apnea.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) The most common time for a spontaneous abortion,or miscarriage,is during the third trimester.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Gender schema theory is based on _____________.
A)Freudian psychoanalysis
B)Piaget's theory of development
C)biological inheritance theory
D)social learning theory
Q3) In contrast to Piaget,Vygotsky emphasized the role of ________ during development.
A)learned responses
B)social interactions
C)individual differences
D)the child's representations of the world
Q4) Menopause is cessation of the menstrual cycle and ovulation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Hamer and colleagues discovered that homosexuality may be transmitted by genes on the _____ chromosome which is passed from mother to son,not father to son.
A)X
B)Y
C)XX
D)YY
Q2) What did Charles Darwin believe about the origin of emotions?
A)They are learned through experience.
B)They do not merit scientific consideration.
C)They are a product of evolution.
D)They are remnants of our earliest ancestors and,thus,have little relevance today.
Q3) An example of intrinsic motivation is reading a textbook because:
A)you want to earn an A on a test.
B)you want to avoid a D or F.
C)you enjoy reading it.
D)you are being paid to read it.
Q4) Incentives are things that attract or lure humans into action.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Stress and Health
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Q1) A name for one type of immune system cell that helps to fight cancerous tumors is
A)B cell
B)activator cell
C)natural killer cell
D)neuroimmunological cell
Q2) A conflict in which a person must choose between two undesirable routes to a goal or goals is called__________.
A)approach-avoidance
B)avoidance-avoidance
C)approach-approach
D)multiple approach-avoidance
Q3) The highest rate of obesity in the world is found in _______________.
A)France
B)Germany
C)Sweden
D)the United States
Q4) The highest rate of obesity in the world is found in the United States.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Social Psychology
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Q1) A college instructor's schedule has her teaching an honors section of psychology.Halfway through the semester,she is told that her class was NOT an honors section after all.She responds,"This is the best class I have ever taught,and the grades prove it." What concept might a social psychologist use to explain the high grades this class obtained and the teacher's high opinion of the class?
A)subject bias
B)self-fulfilling prophecy
C)covert sensitization
D)collectivism
Q2) One technique that a person may use to reduce cognitive dissonance is changing their conflicting behaviors to match their attitudes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If a person sees a victim in dire need,but doesn't know how to help,that person will most likely:
A)stay with the victim.
B)do nothing.
C)go for help.
D)attempt to offer first aid.
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Chapter 11: Theories of Personality and Intelligence
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Q1) Carl Jung believed that the most important thing during the early years was sexual awareness.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Marcos' mother drank heavily while pregnant with him,and he has been diagnosed with mild intellectual disability.Marcos most likely suffers from _________________.
A)Down Syndrome.
B)Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
C)fragile X Syndrome.
D)Cretinism.
Q3) The individual test most often given to adults is __________.
A)the WAIS-IV
B)the MMPI
C)the Stanford-Binet
D)the WISC-III
Q4) According to Rogers,one's perception of whom one should be or would like to be is called the real self.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) As Carol and Ken are leaving for a trip,Carol repeatedly asks Ken,"Did we turn off the coffee pot?" For their entire trip,Carol worries about the coffee pot.Carol's doubt about turning off the coffee pot is a(n)________.
A)obsession
B)compulsion
C)delusion
D)hallucination
Q2) Which of the following is true regarding gender differences in the diagnosis of depression?
A)Gender differences are nonexistent in college students and single adults.
B)Gender differences get larger as adults get older.
C)Gender differences in childhood tend to reverse themselves in adulthood.
D)Women are always diagnosed with depression more than men,regardless of occupation.
Q3) There is strong evidence that _______ play an important role in depression.
A)secondary motives
B)environmental cues
C)primary drives
D)genetic factors
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Chapter 13: Psychological Therapies
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Q1) The overall goal of psychoanalysis is to:
A)make the unconscious conscious.
B)promote fulfillment of the person's potential.
C)remove symptoms as quickly as possible.
D)correct faulty thinking and perception.
Q2) Psychoanalysis was a therapy technique designed by __________.
A)Fritz Perls
B)Sigmund Freud
C)Carl Rogers
D)Alfred Adler
Q3) Lily sees a professional once a month to manage the medication she is taking to help alleviate the symptoms of her anxiety disorder.The type of therapy Lily is undergoing is called ______________.
A)psychotherapy
B)psychopharmacology
C)physical therapy
D)electroconvulsive shock therapy
Q4) The primary goal of the person-centered therapist is to facilitate transference.
A)True
B)False
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