Principles of Psychology
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Principles of Psychology introduces students to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course explores foundational concepts such as perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, development, personality, and psychological disorders. Students will examine how biological, psychological, and social factors interact to influence individual and group behavior. Through discussions, experiments, and case studies, learners gain insight into psychological research methods and real-world applications of psychological principles in everyday life and various professional fields.
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Psychology and Your Life 2nd Edition by Robert S. Feldman
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) Which perspective suggests that the field should focus on observable behavior that can be measured objectively?
A)Neuroscience
B)Psychodynamic
C)Cognitive
D)Behavioral
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following subfields in psychology focuses on how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death?
A)Cognitive Psychology
B)Developmental Psychology
C)Experimental Psychology
D)Counseling Psychology
Answer: B
Q3) Lab rats are used in experiments because they are an exact genetic match with humans.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Neuroscience and Behavior Concepts
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Q1) Certain behaviors are more likely to reflect activity in one hemisphere than in the other.This is called _______________.
A)splitting
B)trephining
C)supposition
D)lateralization
Answer: D
Q2) Explain what mirror neurons do when they are fired.
Answer: Mirror neurons fire not only when a person enacts a particular behavior,but also when a person observes another individual carrying out the same behavior.Mirror neurons may fire when we view other's behavior helping us to predict what their goals are and what they may do next.
Q3) The brain continually reorganizes itself in a process termed _______________. Answer: Neuroplasticity
Explanation: Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity shows that interconnections between neurons become more complex throughout life.Some new neurons are created in certain areas of the brain during adulthood.
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) If a psychologist is looking at the bits and pieces of information that a patient offers and turns it into a meaningful whole,then which theory is being applied?
A)Freud's stages of development
B)Erickson's stages of development
C)Gestalt laws of organization
D)Stimuli organization
Answer: C
Q2) _____ illusions are physical stimuli that consistently produce errors in perception. Answer: Visual
Explanation: Visual This is how errors in perception occur.
Q3) The difference in the images seen by the left eye and the right eye is known as binocular disparity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: States of Consciousness
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Q1) Drugs that are psychologically addictive are not really harmful to your body.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)may be due to sleep apnea.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _______________ is the awareness of the sensations,thoughts,and feelings being experienced at a given moment.
A)Perception
B)Sensation
C)Consciousness
D)Dreaming
Q4) Caffeine is a stimulant drug whose effect on the central nervous system causes a rise in heart rate,blood pressure,and muscular tension.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the consequences of sleep deprivation? Are these consequences permanent?
Q6) What are some suggestions for overcoming insomnia?
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) The process by which a stimulus increases the probability that a preceding behavior will be repeated is called ___________________.
A)reinforcement
B)satiety
C)likelihood
D)aversive
Q2) ____________ is a relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by experience.
Q3) The reemergence of an extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest and with no further conditioning is called ________________.
Q4) Classical conditioning was created by ________________.
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Ivan Pavlov
C) B.F. Skinner
D) John B. Watson
Q5) Positive reinforcement is the most effective method to shape behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are the steps in behavior modification to change behavior?
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Chapter 6: Thinking, Memory, Cognition, and Language
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Q1) The branch of psychology that focuses on memory,thinking,reasoning,and language is called ____________ psychology.
A)existential
B)psychoanalytic
C)cognitive
D)behavioral
Q2) ______________ consists of sentences in which words not critical to the message are left out.
A)Language
B)Telegraphic speech
C)Babbling
D)Overgeneralization
Q3) The intentional or conscious recollection of information is called ____________ memory.
A)explicit
B)implicit
C)flashbulb
D)external
Q4) Define the term "thinking."
Q5) Distinguish between decay and interference as they relate to memory.
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Chapter 7: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) According to the ______________ theory of emotion,emotions are determined jointly by a nonspecific kind of physiological arousal and its interpretation,based on environmental cues.
Q2) Extrinsic motivation causes us to participate in an activity for our own enjoyment rather than for any concrete,tangible reward that it will bring to us.
A)True
B)False
Q3) __________ are feelings that generally have both physiological and cognitive elements and that influence behavior.
A)Emotions
B)Feelings
C)Motivations
D)Inner thoughts
Q4) Obesity can be defined as weight that is more than 30 percent above the average weight for a person of a particular height.
A)True
B)False
Q5) _____________ is sexual attraction and behavior directed to the other sex.
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Chapter 8: Development
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Q1) Human attachment grows through the responsiveness of infants' caregivers to the signals the babies provide,such as crying,smiling,reaching,and clinging.
A)True
B)False
Q2) We have 46 pairs of chromosomes that come from our mother;they contain all basic heredity information.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Environmental agents such as a drug,chemical,virus or other factor that produce a birth defect are known as ________________.
A)Sickle-cell anemia
B)Down syndrome
C)Phenylketonuria
D)teratogens
Q4) Illustrate the changing roles of men and women in the home.
Q5) The process by which people examine and evaluate their lives is called
Q6) Fully explain the Ainsworth Strange Situation that was developed to measure attachment.
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Chapter 9: Personality and Individual Differences
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Q1) Why is the trait approach to personality significant?
Q2) The _______________ processing approach asserts that the way people store material in memory and use the material to solve intellectual tasks provides the most accurate measures of intelligence.
Q3) The ego operates according to the ____________ principle.
Q4) The id operates according to the _____________ principle.
A)reality
B)conscious
C)pleasure
D)unconscious
Q5) The part of the personality,according to Freud,that contains the memories,knowledge,beliefs,feelings,urges,drives,and instincts of which the individual is not aware is called the ______________.
Q6) Explain Skinner's behaviorist approach to personality.
Q7) A model of personality that seeks to identify the basic traits necessary to describe personality is called ____________ theory.
Q8) What are the criticisms of the Rorschach and the TAT?
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Q9) According to B.F.Skinner,personality is a collection of _______ behavior patterns.learned
Chapter 10: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) The ______________ perspective views the behavior itself as the problem.Using the basic principles of learning,these theorists see both normal and abnormal behaviors as responses to various stimuli.
A)medical
B)psychoanalytic
C)behavioral
D)cognitive
Q2) A personality disturbance characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance is known as ________________ disorder.
Q3) A major somatoform disorder that involves an actual physical disturbance,such as the inability to use a sensory organ or the complete or partial inability to move an arm or leg is called ______________ disorder.
Q4) A disorder in which individuals have difficulty developing a secure sense of who they are is called ______________ disorder.
Q5) Only people with mental illness experience anxiety.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How does the medical perspective apply to the theories of abnormal behavior?
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Chapter 11: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Therapists that use the biomedical therapies currently use drugs,electric shock,or surgery to provide treatment to their patients.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Recovery without treatment is known as ______________.
A)spontaneous remission
B)spontaneous combustion
C)curative
D)quackery
Q3) In a ____________,the therapist and client (or teacher and student,or parent and child)draw up a written agreement that includes behavioral goals the client hopes to achieve.It also specifies the positive consequences for reaching the goal.
A)token system
B)contingency contract
C)free association
D)transference
Q4) ________________ is a behavioral technique in which gradual exposure to an anxiety-producing stimulus is paired with relaxation to extinguish the response of anxiety.
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Chapter 12: Social Psychology
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Q1) A phenomenon in which victims of major catastrophes or strong personal stressors feel long-lasting effects that may include re-experiencing the event in vivid flashbacks or dreams is called _________________.
A)background stressors
B)cataclysmic stressors
C)personal stressors
D)post-traumatic stress disorder
Q2) The strong affection we have for those with whom our lives are deeply involved is known as ____________ love.
Q3) The tendency to attribute personal success to personal factors (skill,ability,or effort)and to attribute failure to factors outside oneself is known as __________________.
Q4) A mutual network of caring,interested others is known as ___________ support.
Q5) Perceived causes of behavior that are based on internal traits or personality factors are called _____________ of behavior.
A)attributions
B)situational causes
C)dispositional causes
D)causes
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