Principles of Psychology Review Questions
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Principles of Psychology is an introductory course that explores the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Students will examine foundational concepts including perception, learning, motivation, emotion, development, personality, and abnormal behavior. The course also introduces key research methods used in psychology and discusses the application of psychological principles to real-world situations. By understanding the biological, psychological, and social factors that influence individuals, students will gain insight into the complexities of human thought and behavior.
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Mastering the World of Psychology 5th Edition by Samuel E. Wood
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) We still teach about structuralists and functionalists and rate Freud's theory as very important because of their _____
A)success.
B)practical value.
C)predictive value.
D)heuristic value.
Answer: D
Q2) The early perspective called Gestalt psychology has evolved into the current perspective called _____
A)psychoanalytic psychology.
B)cognitive psychology.
C)behavioral psychology.
D)social psychology.
Answer: B
Q3) An example of the result of gender bias is that _____
A)females are considered inferior.
B)results from all-male studies are generalized to everyone.
C)results from all-female studies are generalized to men.
D)most psychological studies have been done with females.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Biology and Behavior
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Q1) In order to have the right balance of calcium and magnesium in our bloodstream, we need a functional _____ gland.
A)thyroid
B)parathyroid
C)adrenal
D)thymus
Answer: B
Q2) Ever since he suffered a brain injury by falling from a ladder, Zack's wife has continued to tell the doctor that Zack's personality has changed. He used to be fun loving and carefree, but he is now more critical and yells at the children for little reason. Zack is likely to have suffered damage to the _____ of his cortex.
A)occipital lobe
B)parietal lobe
C)prefrontal area
D)postfrontal area
Answer: C
Q3) The brain's ability to adapt and/or reorganize as a result of an injury is called
Answer: plasticity
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Bottom-up processing is a _____-driven strategy used to form complete, meaningful, perceptions.
A)concept
B)visual
C)somatic
D)data
Answer: D
Q2) What is the basic function of the outer ear?
A)to protect the hair cells
B)to concentrate and funnel sound waves to the eardrum
C)to amplify low-intensity sounds to detectable levels
D)to filter out high-intensity sound waves that can be harmful
Answer: B
Q3) Our brain seems to search for a stable _____ point in the environment in order to judge motion.
A)relative
B)interposition
C)parallax
D)reference
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) Why was the development of the EEG so significant as it pertains to sleep research?
Q2) Certain neurotransmitters that exert inhibiting influences on impulsive thoughts and acts during the day are less plentiful during REM dreaming. They are _____ and _____
A)dopamine; acetylcholine.
B)endocannabinoid; endorphine.
C)adrenaline; cortisol
D)serotonin; norephinephrine
Q3) The _____ theory proposes that dreams are thinking while asleep and represent a broad range of the dreamer's _____
A)activation-synthesis; random neural firing.
B)evolutionary; threats.
C)cognitive; concerns.
D)cognitive; repressed wishes.
Q4) _____, the active ingredient in marijuana, seems to have many receptors located in the _____ of the brain, thereby affecting memory.
Q5) If left untreated, severe sleep apnea can disturb physiological functioning and result in _____ and _____.
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) A primary reinforcer such as _____ and a secondary reinforcer such as _____ can both be used with success in _____ conditioning.
Q2) Demonstrate your understanding of Pavlov's work by creating a scenario that involves simple classical conditioning. After you have written out your scenario, identify the neutral stimulus, the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), the unconditioned response (UCR), the conditioned stimulus (CS), and the conditioned response (CR).
Q3) _____ argued that humans and other animals seem to be most affected by classical conditioning when it affects their survival. From an evolutionary standpoint, he/she suggests that humans have a biological predisposition to associate fear with certain kinds of stimuli.
A)Robert Rescorla
B)Ivan Pavlov
C)Rosalie Rayner
D)Martin Seligman
Q4) Taking an aspirin every time you get a headache is an example of negative reinforcement. In this scenario, _____ is the behavior that is being strengthened.
Q5) Two of the four disadvantages to using punishment are _____ and _____.
Q6) _____ studied insight learning, whereas _____ studied latent learning.
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Chapter 6: Memory
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Q1) Bringing to mind the information when you need it is referred to as _____
A)metacognition.
B)storage.
C)encoding.
D)retrieval.
Q2) Define and describe dementia. Discuss some of the common causes of dementia and the prevalence of dementia.
Q3) Based on the information-processing theory, _____ would be an accurate example of software.
A)the limbic system
B)a mnemonic
C)the skull
D)the hippocampus
Q4) When new learning gets in the way of recalling previously learned information, _____ has occurred.
A)proactive interference
B)retroactive interference
C)anterograde amnesia
D)proactive amnesia
Q5) Why is recall generally more difficult than recognition?
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Chapter 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) Which of the following correctly reflects the average IQ score?
A)70
B)85
C)100
D)115
Q2) Researchers have found that despite the number of color names in a language, the basic abilities to perceive color are unchanged. This finding would be troublesome for the theory of _____
A)the idealized prototype.
B)bottom-up processing.
C)deep structure elaboration.
D)linguistic relativity.
Q3) As Sabra was taking her sociology final, she was confused as to what one of the questions was really asking. She read it again and again, but did not understand the meaning of it. Based on the structure of language, Sabra was struggling with the _____ of that question.
Q4) Laurie works for an advertising agency. She has won multiple awards for her creativity and efficiency. According to the triarchic theory, Laurie would have a high _____ intelligence.
Q5) What factors-name at least four-can get in the way of solving a problem?
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Chapter 8: Human Development
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Q1) According to Erikson, searching for one's identity begins in _____ with the _____ stage.
A)adolescence; industry vs. inferiority
B)adulthood; intimacy vs. isolation
C)early adulthood; generativity vs. shame and doubt
D)adolescence; identity vs. role confusion
Q2) Imogen was the recipient of excellent care by her mother during her first year of life. Which of the following stages of psychosocial development will Imogen have likely successfully resolved?
A)intimacy vs. isolation
B)ego integrity vs. despair
C)initiative vs. guilt
D)basic trust vs. mistrust
Q3) _____ intelligence is defined by one's verbal ability and accumulated knowledge.
A)Fluid
B)Nonverbal
C)Contextual
D)Crystallized
Q4) Piaget's stages (in order)are _____, _____, _____, and _____.
Q5) Why is Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning controversial?
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) The _____ assumes that humans are motivated to reduce tension, whereas the _____ assumes humans are sometimes motivated to increase tension.
A)drive-reduction theory; arousal theory
B)arousal theory; hierarchy of needs
C)drive-reduction theory; instinct theory
D)arousal theory; drive-reduction theory
Q2) Ahmed is an artist who has been working on a particular sculpture. Because he was enjoying the creative process so much, he did not notice that two hours had gone by. Additionally, because he was focusing his mental effort and attention on the piece of art, he did not even hear the phone ring. Which of the components of motivation best describe the focused attention Ahmed demonstrated during those two hours of work?
A)activation
B)persistence
C)intensity
D)assimilation
Q3) How does Clark Hull's drive-reduction theory rest on the concept of homeostasis?
Q4) What will likely result in an individual whose body produces too much insulin?
Q5) Why should we be concerned about a BMI over 30?
Q6) Why is persistence an important component of motivation?
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Chapter 10: Health and Stress
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Q1) Poverty explains _____ in health risks and outcomes become different ethnic groups.
A)all of the differences
B)only the differences between Whites and Hispanics
C)only part of the differences
D)none of the differences
Q2) _____ percent of Americans believe that there are effective ways of preventing and curing illnesses that are not recognized by the medical profession.
A)Ten
B)Fifty
C)Over eighty
D)Twenty-five
Q3) Selye demonstrated in his research that _____ seem(s)to be the main culprit causing the harmful effects of stress on the body, namely an increase in blood pressure, weakening of the muscles, and a lowering of the immune system.
Q4) According to your text, _____, _____, and _____ are three of the four social sources of stress.
Q5) What is the purpose of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)?
Q6) Where is the point of stress in the approach-avoidance conflict?
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Chapter 11: Personality Theory and Assessment
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Q1) Why is Walter Mischel opposed to the five-factor model of personality?
Q2) Unpleasant, argumentative, and cold would describe a _____ score on the _____ factor of the five-factor model.
A)high; agreeableness
B)low; conscientiousness
C)low; extroversion
D)low; agreeableness
Q3) Tarrin is a teenager who is struggling with feelings of hostility and angst. Because she was arrested for vandalism, she was court-ordered to therapy. Her treatment goal is to understand these feelings or at least to learn how to keep them in check. If Freud were her psychoanalyst, he would speculate that her _____ was to blame for her hostility and angst.
A)superego
B)death instinct
C)libido
D)life instinct
Q4) Alfonsia is convinced that getting a good job is a matter of having the right connections and getting lucky. Based on this information, Alfonsia displays a(n)_____, according to Julian Rotter.
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Chapter 12: Defining Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Lila recovered from an episode of depression about four months ago. Now, however, she is beginning to feel incredibly energetic, elated, and hyperactive. She finds she has very little need for sleep. Her friends are starting to get worried because she has been talking repeatedly about taking her life savings and investing it into an unknown company. Lila may likely meet the criteria for _____
A)schizophrenia.
B)panic disorder.
C)an anxiety disorder.
D)bipolar disorder.
Q2) In determining if a behavior is abnormal, a person's _____ should be considered because they vary in what is considered abnormal.
A)family
B)ideas
C)friends
D)culture
Q3) In any given year, the prevalence rate for bipolar disorder in the United States is _____.
Q4) What is meant by positive symptoms of schizophrenia and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
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Chapter 13: Therapies
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Q1) Tanisha, a therapist, works with individuals who display poor social s. In treatment, she uses reinforcements and other operant conditioning principles to bring about more adaptive responses in her clients. Tanisha is a _____ therapist using _____ in her therapy sessions to help treat the individuals.
A)psychoanalytic; resistance
B)humanistic; reflection
C)cognitive; rational emotive behavior therapy
D)behavior; behavior modification
Q2) Blocking the reuptake of certain neurotransmitters will lead to a(n)_____ in _____
A)decrease; overall neural transmission.
B)decrease; the binding of that particular neurotransmitter.
C)decrease; the amount of that neurotransmitter in the synapse.
D)increase; the binding of that particular neurotransmitter.
Q3) Which of the following are techniques used by a person-centered therapist?
A)active listening
B)analyzing resistance
C)transference
D)dream analysis
Q4) What is a potential drawback with in vivo flooding?
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Chapter 14: Social Psychology
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Q1) Individuals whose behavior (usually negative)is directed toward others based on their gender, religion, race, or membership in a particular group have engaged in _____
A)social loafing.
B)discrimination.
C)stereotyping.
D)prejudice.
Q2) Which of the following researchers led a classic study on conformity in the 1950s?
A)Solomon Asch
B)David Buss
C)Philip Zimbardo
D)Robert Sternberg
Q3) Based on the triangular theory of love, _____ create(s)the concept of liking.
A)passion and commitment
B)intimacy only
C)passion only
D)commitment and intimacy
Q4) Why is deception sometimes necessary in psychological research?
Q5) What effect does groupthink have on decision making? Why?
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Chapter 15: Human Sexuality and Gender
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Q1) A criticism of the Bem Sex Role Inventory is that the categories it uses perpetuate
A)gender roles.
B)gender stereotypes.
C)male-female differences.
D)male-female conflict.
Q2) Lewis Terman and Catherine Cox Miles developed a test of masculinity and femininity based on the idea that these are _____
A)on a continuum.
B)opposites.
C)stereotypes.
D)biological.
Q3) Maria is very surprised when her boyfriend begins to cry during an argument with her. She believed that boys never cry. In the language of gender schema theory, Maria is surprised because boys crying is not part of her _____ about boys.
A)knowledge
B)information
C)socialization
D)stereotype
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