Psychological Science
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Course Introduction
Psychological Science is an introductory course that explores the scientific study of behavior, thought, and emotion. Emphasizing the empirical foundations of psychology, the course examines key topics such as perception, learning, memory, development, motivation, personality, and social interaction. Students gain an understanding of research methods used to investigate psychological phenomena, critically analyze scientific findings, and appreciate how psychological principles apply to everyday life. The course also addresses the biological bases of behavior and explores mental health, providing a foundation for further studies in the discipline.
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Psychological Science 4th Edition by Michael Gazzaniga
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) Recall your text's discussion of the cognitive approach in psychology.During which decade did cognitive neuroscience become an influential field in cognitive psychology?
A) the 1960s
B) the 1970s
C) the 1990s
D) the 2000s
Answer: C
Q2) Your text traces the nature/nurture debate back to:
A) the Chinese philosopher Confucius
B) the ancient Egyptians
C) Greek philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle
D) the Renaissance philosopher Descartes
Answer: C
Q3) Stimulus is to response as _____ is to _____.
A) environment; behavior
B) behavior; environment
C) behavior; mind
D) unconscious; conscious
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Research Methodology
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of serendipity in science?
A) Serendipity plays no important role in science because unexpected findings have always been unimportant.
B) Serendipity has led to groundbreaking discoveries that immediately resulted in the Nobel Prize for researchers.
C) Serendipitous findings in science illustrate that research does not always proceed in an orderly fashion.
D) None of the above are true.
Answer: C
Q2) Dr.Arthur examines the influence of social norms on binge drinking among college students.Dr.Arthur is engaged in:
A) rational analysis
B) scientific inquiry
C) critical thinking
D) observational study
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Biology and Behavior
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Q1) Chemical substances that carry messages from one neuron to the next are called:
A) agonists
B) neurotransmitters
C) enzymes
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Q2) Narcotics,such as heroin and morphine,are probably rapidly addictive because they:
A) block neural transmission
B) cause a placebo effect
C) activate the release of substance P
D) bind to endorphin receptors
Answer: D
Q3) Beau's mother and father each carry a dominant gene for brown eyes and a recessive gene for blue eyes.The probability that Beau's eyes are blue is:
A) 0.75
B) 0.50
C) 1.00
D) 0.25
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Annabeth is almost an hour late to meet Keir for dinner.At the entrance to the restaurant,she scans the room to see where he is sitting.Her _____ enables her to recognize Keir,and her _____ registers his mood and makes her cautious in approaching him.
A) fusiform gyrus; amygdala
B) occipital lobe; thalamus
C) fusiform gyrus; thalamus
D) occipital lobe; amygdala
Q2) Red,yellow,and blue are the _____ primary colors; when they are combined they make _____.
A) additive; white
B) additive; black
C) subtractive; white
D) subtractive; black
Q3) A(n)_____ is the minimum intensity of sensory stimulation required before the sensation is detected 50 percent of the time.
A) absolute threshold
B) minimum threshold
C) difference threshold
D) sensory adaptation
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Chapter 5: Consciousness
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Q1) If you were relaxed with your eyes closed and were given an EEG,what type of brain waves would show up on your EEG?
A) beta waves
B) alpha waves
C) theta waves
D) sleep spindles
Q2) Consciousness can by altered through:
A) hypnosis
B) meditation
C) drug use
D) all of the above
Q3) Which sleep disorder is characterized by the inability to sleep?
A) insomnia
B) sleep apnea
C) narcolepsy
D) night terrors
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement are similar in that both:
A) produce an increase in the probability of a behavior
B) produce a decrease in the probability of a behavior
C) involve the administration of a stimulus
D) involve the removal of a stimulus
Q2) What is a conditioned stimulus?
A) something that naturally elicits a response
B) something that elicits a response only after learning
C) a previously extinct stimulus
D) a second-order pairing of learned relations
Q3) Golf course owners put their sprinklers on a _____ schedule so that people can know when they can play on the course without getting wet.
A) fixed
B) variable
C) ratio
D) continuous
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Chapter 7: Attention and Memory
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Q1) The police have put an Asian American suspect in a lineup of Asian Americans.The identification is most likely to be accurate if the eyewitness is:
A) Caucasian
B) Asian American
C) African American
D) Hispanic
Q2) Short-term memory:
A) has a limited capacity
B) has an unlimited capacity
C) retains information for up to an hour
D) lasts a lifetime
Q3) You witness an accident and see one of the cars driving away from the scene.Even though you have just seen the license plate,you cannot remember the number.The license plate was probably NOT initially:
A) encoded
B) ignored
C) rehearsed
D) processed
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Chapter 8: Thinking and Intelligence
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Q1) In New York City,it might be a dress shoe.In Texas,it could be a cowboy boot.In Florida,it might be a sandal.In Montana,it could be a hiking boot.Each of these is a(n)_____ of the shoe category for the culture of that city.
A) exemplar
B) prototype
C) schema
D) representation
Q2) Shaina,Maria,and LaVonne are all about the same age and work for the same company.Shaina is a secretary.Maria and LaVonne are both advanced programmers,but LaVonne is two grades higher and makes more money.Given the data on work and IQ scores,you would expect their IQ scores to be ranked from lowest to highest as:
A) Shaina, LaVonne, Maria
B) LaVonne, Shaina, Maria
C) Maria, Shaina, LaVonne
D) Shaina, Maria, LaVonne
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Chapter 9: Human Development
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Q1) What is the correct order of the periods of the human developmental progression?
A) prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood
B) prenatal, infancy, adolescence, childhood, adulthood
C) prenatal, infancy, childhood, adulthood, adolescence
D) none of the above
Q2) Most psychologists now agree that behavior is the product of nature and nurture.An example of this interaction is that:
A) if the environment can prevent a gene from "expressing" itself, that gene will have little influence on behavior
B) genes focus our attention on aspects of the environment that are required for our survival
C) if nature has not prepared us to respond to a particular environmental stimulus, we cannot learn to respond to it
D) we are unable to adapt to changes in the environment
Q3) Erikson's final stage of adult development is focused on the issues of:
A) stagnation versus productivity
B) isolation versus intimacy
C) competence versus incompetence
D) integrity versus despair
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Chapter 10: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) Comparisons of sexual motivation in men and women have found that:
A) men and women have roughly equal sexual motivation
B) women have equal sexual motivation, but are more culturally constrained
C) men have a higher level of sexual motivation
D) differences between men and women are culture specific
Q2) Mr.Griffin has been encouraging his students to set the goal of concentrating completely all the way through their long calculus exam.If he wants to help his students achieve this goal,he should write the first few questions so that they are:
A) difficult
B) moderately difficult
C) easy
D) a mixture of difficulty levels
Q3) Makena is starting her first job as a teacher.To effectively motivate her students,she ought to develop a policy for rewards in which she:
A) rewards all activities to develop a high baseline level of motivation
B) rewards only those activities that are not inherently interesting
C) does not use rewards, so she can develop intrinsic motivation
D) rewards only inherently interesting activities to build interest in school
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Chapter 11: Health and Well-Being
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Q1) After reading your psychology textbook,your friend George decides that he uses primarily emotion-focused coping strategies when dealing with problems in his daily life.George's conclusion implies that he:
A) decides on which strategy to use by weighing the emotional costs and benefits associated with a particular strategy
B) tries to avoid or minimize his problems-for example, by reading a book or listening to music
C) first tries to assess how he feels emotionally, and then develops a rational plan of action
D) takes immediate steps to solve the problem
Q2) Which country has the highest proportion of smokers worldwide?
A) United States
B) India
C) China
D) Japan
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Chapter 12: Social Psychology
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Q1) Cybelle and Tupac love to spend time together and will call or e-mail several times a day to check in with each other.While they do not fight very often,when they do fight it is serious and intense.According to Gottsman,Cybelle and Tupac are likely to have a relationship that is _____ because _____.
A) at risk; the level of conflict is too high
B) lasting; they enjoy being together so much
C) at risk; they handle their disagreement by fighting
D) lasting; they have many more positive than negative interactions
Q2) A prosecutor in a rape trial needs to be aware of the fact that some members of the jury will likely believe that the woman who was raped must have done something to deserve or provoke the attack.This type of attribution is part of the:
A) just-world hypothesis
B) fundamental attribution error
C) self-serving bias
D) actor/observer effect
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Q1) When the "I" thinks about the "me," this capacity is referred to as:
A) self-awareness
B) self-schema
C) self-esteem
D) self-concept
Q2) Seeing personal growth through greater self-understanding is referred to as:
A) a person-centered approach
B) self-actualization
C) subjective well-being
D) none of the above
Q3) Tory was asked,"Do you consider yourself smart?" Tory immediately answered,"I think I am just as smart as anyone else." Tory's ability to answer effortlessly and automatically,without having to think much about the question,shows that:
A) she has low self-esteem and is providing a reactive answer
B) she is unconsciously differentiating between the "I" and the "me" in her answer
C) her self-schema includes information about her level of intelligence
D) she probably does not value intelligence
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Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) A clear influencing factor in the life of a person with borderline personality disorder is:
A) a history of violence or abuse
B) the traumatic breakup of the person's parents' marriage
C) an adolescent peer group that encourages impulsive, selfish behavior
D) the role modeling of a sibling with the same personality disorder
Q2) What is the difference between psychological testing and neuropsychological testing?
A) Psychological testing involves answering questions about mental health functioning, whereas neuropsychological testing involves answering questions about physical functioning.
B) Psychological testing involves answering interview questions about mental health functioning, whereas neuropsychological testing involves getting a medical exam.
C) Psychological testing involves performing behaviors, whereas neuropsychological testing involves getting a medical exam.
D) Psychological testing involves answering questions about mental health functioning, whereas neuropsychological testing involves performing tasks that may reveal problems in brain functioning.
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Chapter 15: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Two mental health providers are choosing treatment approaches for two different patients.Patient A has schizophrenia,believed to be caused by brain dysfunction,and is being seen by Dr.Brahma,a psychiatrist.Patient B has a mild eating disorder,believed to be caused in part by inaccurate beliefs,and is being seen by Dr.Johnson,a clinical psychologist.Patient A will likely receive _____ treatment,and Patient B will likely receive _____ treatment,each being one of the major treatment approaches available to mental health professionals.
A) applied behavior analysis; cognitive therapy
B) cognitive therapy; biological treatment
C) biological treatment; applied behavior analysis
D) biological treatment; psychotherapy
Q2) Approximately what percentage of children and adolescents in the United States experience mental disorders?
A) 10-20 percent
B) about 25 percent
C) 30-40 percent
D) about 50 percent
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