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Psychological Science is the systematic study of behavior and mental processes, integrating empirical research methods and theoretical approaches to understand how individuals think, feel, and act. This course introduces students to key concepts and methodologies in psychology, covering topics such as cognition, emotion, development, personality, social interaction, and the biological bases of behavior. By exploring classic and contemporary research, students gain insight into how psychological principles are applied to real-world issues, develop critical thinking skills, and examine ethical considerations in the study of human and animal behavior.
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Psychological Science Modeling Scientific Literacy 1st Edition by Mark Krause
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Chapter 1: Introducing Psychological Science
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Q1) Jan believes that all knowledge is acquired through experience with the world.Jan is probably _____.
A)an empiricist
B)a supporter of eugenics
C)a clinical psychologist
D)a phrenologist
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is true about the concept of scientific literacy?
A)Only trained scientists are considered scientifically literate.
B)Scientific literacy is the ability to answer basic science questions without looking up their answers.
C)A person who can understand,analyze,and apply scientific information is demonstrating scientific literacy.
D)Knowledge of scientific terminology is the most important part of scientific literacy. Answer: C
Q3) Although Ivan Pavlov is usually credited with its discovery,professor Edwin Twitmyer was one of the first people to study ___________________.
Answer: classical conditioning
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Chapter 2: Reading and Evaluating Scientific Research
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Q1) Under which of the following circumstances would the mean be the best measure of central tendency to use?
A)The data have a normal distribution.
B)The data are positively skewed.
C)The data are negatively skewed.
D)The mean is always the best measure of central tendency
Answer: A
Q2) A "fake treatment" is one way to define a ______.
A)decoy
B)demand characteristic
C)control group
D)placebo
Answer: D
Q3) One of the main reasons for using a laboratory for psychological research is to:
A)prevent subjects from escaping.
B)study behavior in a natural setting.
C)do large-scale studies.
D)allow the researchers to control certain factors.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Biological Psychology
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Q1) Which hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is usually dominant in language tasks?
A)the front hemisphere
B)the rear hemisphere
C)the left hemisphere
D)the right hemisphere
Answer: C
Q2) The main excitatory neurotransmitter in the nervous system that plays a role in memory and learning is
A)glutamate.
B)GABA.
C)acetylcholine.
D)serotonin.
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following best reflects the modern scientific approach to the nature-nurture question?
A)Why does environment have so little influence over behavior compared to genes?
B)How do genes and environment interact to produce behavior?
C)Why do genes have so little influence over behavior compared to genes?
D)Is nature or nurture more important for determining behavior?
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The hammer,anvil,and stirrup are the _______.
A)three components of the eardrum
B)three tiny bones in the middle ear
C)membranes in the oval window
D)three components of the basilar membrane cochlea
Q2) Figure-ground is to _______ as dream interpretation is to psychoanalysis.
A)structuralism
B)functionalism
C)Gestalt
D)humanism
Q3) Hue,saturation,and brightness are three separate aspects of our experience of: A)sensation.
B)acuity.
C)color.
D)night vision.
Q4) Which of the following is an example of a monocular cue?
A)far objects looking clear,and near ones looking blurry
B)the trees in a forest converging in the distance
C)the double image of a finger held in front of one eye
D)the appearance of a small light making movements against a dark background
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Chapter 5: Consciousness
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Q1) Which sleep disorder involves people literally acting out their dreams?
A)sleepwalking
B)REM rebound
C)REM behavior disorder
D)sleep misperception
Q2) People in Stage 4 sleep
A)dream all the time.
B)are hard to wake up.
C)are easy to wake up.
D)hallucinate.
Q3) Melatonin,a hormone involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms,is secreted by the pineal gland.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Shateesh takes a moderate dose of a benzodiazepine.She is likely to experience
A)wakefulness,alertness,and shortened reaction time.
B)reduced anxiety and panic,and sedation.
C)euphoria and relief of pain.
D)exhilaration,visions,and hallucinations.
Q5) What are some of the therapeutic uses for hypnosis? Is it generally effective?
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning?
A)A child learns to blink her eyes to a bell because the ringing of the bell has been followed by a puff of air to the eye.
B)A pigeon learns to peck at a disk in a Skinner box to get food.
C)Rich saw that when Donna banged her fist against a particular vending machine,she got a free soft drink,so now he bangs his fist against that machine when he wants a free soft drink.
D)A monkey learns to escape from a cage.
Q2) Suppose your friend owns a camera that makes a beeping noise 1 second before the flash goes off.After taking your photo many times,your friend starts to complain that you are always blinking in her photos.Explain what is likely happening using the following terminology: conditioned stimulus (CS),unconditioned stimulus (US),conditioned response (CR),and unconditioned response (UR).
Q3) In the experiment with Little Albert,the conditioned stimulus was _______.
A)the experimenter
B)the laboratory
C)the loud noise
D)the rat
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) Retroactive interference of long-term memory means __________.
A)new material interferes with memory of old material
B)new material has suppressed short-term memories
C)old material interferes with memory of new material
D)old material has eliminated memories of new material
Q2) Steve was recalling his first day in college,including walking into the wrong class,dropping his books as he left,and the long line at the registrar's office he encountered when he had to switch classes.These memories are examples of A)semantic memory.
B)nondeclarative memory.
C)procedural memory.
D)episodic memory.
Q3) The character of Dori from the movie Finding Nemo keeps complaining that she has short-term memory loss because she can't remember the name of the friend she met a few minutes earlier.What is a more likely explanation for her memory failure?
A)anterograde amnesia
B)retrograde amnesia
C)amygdala damage
D)blocking
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Chapter 8: Thought and Language
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of the loss aversion bias?
A)a soldier running into gunfire to save a wounded friend
B)a child not wanting to be separated from his parents
C)an employee being much more upset about a $100 per month pay cut,then he would be excited about a $100 per month raise
D)a women becoming upset because she cannot find her keys
Q2) Identify three specific nonhuman primates discussed in your textbook that researchers attempted to teach to use language.In each example,briefly describe the research and the results.
Q3) The _____ occurs when an individual searches for only evidence that will confirm his or her beliefs.
A)availability heuristic
B)confirmation bias
C)belief perseverance
D)satisficing
Q4) An algorithm is a problem-solving strategy based on a series of rules.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Intelligence, aptitude, and Cognitive Abilities
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Q1) Alfred Binet's insight regarding a method of measuring achievement had an international impact in the twentieth century.What was the original purpose of his test and how did he quantify (measure)achievement? What scoring system did later researchers base on Binet's method,and how was it originally calculated?
Q2) The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale provides a Full Scale IQ measurement,but also breaks intelligence into which two indices?
A)General Ability and Cognitive Proficiency
B)Emotional Intelligence and Academic Intelligence
C)Visual and Auditory
D)Achievement and Aptitude
Q3) Disidentification can occur when
A)children begin to think of themselves as "dumb" when they do poorly on tests.
B)women who are good at math feel that they do not fit the female stereotype.
C)people feel that they are being discriminated against because of racial or gender stereotypes.
D)children begin to believe that intelligence can change over time.
Q4) In healthy adults,_________________ does not decline very much in later adulthood,and may even increase.
Q5) Charles Spearman used the letter g as an abbreviation for
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Chapter 10: Life Span Development
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Q1) Which of the following stages is the most critical,according to Erikson?
A)generativity vs.stagnation
B)autonomy vs.self-doubt
C)identity vs.role confusion
D)trust vs.mistrust
Q2) Which of the following statements best summarizes the effects of preterm birth?
A)Preterm births are typically fatal.
B)The worrisome effects of preterm birth are exaggerated.There is little to worry about.
C)Some physical and cognitive problems may be present during early development,but eventually are reduced or eliminated with proper treatment.
D)Cohort effects make it impossible to answer this question.
Q3) The creation of new synaptic connections between neurons is called ___________________,whereas the removal of weak connections is called
A)myelination; conservation
B)conservation; myelination
C)synaptogenesis; synaptic pruning
D)synaptic pruning; synaptogenesis
Q4) A(n)________________ is first created when a sperm and an ovum fuse together.
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Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Motivation is best described as
A)the physiological triggers that tell us we may be deprived of something and cause us to seek out what is needed,such as food.
B)the body's physiological processes that allow it to maintain consistent internal states in response to the outer environment.
C)the stimuli we seek to reduce the drives such as social approval and companionship,food,water,and other needs.
D)the physiological and psychological processes underlying the initiation of behaviors that direct organisms toward specific goals.
Q2) Research indicates that,when it came to orgasms,
A)the capacity for sexual response of men surpasses that of women.
B)the similarity between men and women depends on the source of stimulation (vaginal versus clitoral).
C)men and women experience them quite differently.
D)men and women are remarkably similar.
Q3) ____________motives reflect a desire to understand or overcome a challenge for its own sake.
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Chapter 12: Personality
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Q1) _______________is a characteristic pattern of thinking,interacting,and reacting that is unique to each individual,and remains relatively consistent over time and situations.
A)Personality
B)Idiography
C)A state
D)A trait
Q2) Anna is a morally rigorous person who demands that her daughter remain a virgin until she is married.Anna cannot remember her own premarital sexual encounters.Which defense mechanism would likely account for this memory lapse?
A)rationalization
B)denial
C)repression
D)projection
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions of the Big Five?
A)conscientiousness
B)extraversion
C)openness
D)sociableness
Q4) Freud believed the id was fueled by an energy called _____________.
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Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is an advantage of using the dimensional view of psychological disorders?
A)The dimensional view creates a clear distinction between normal and abnormal behavior.
B)The dimensional view reflects the variety and complexity of human behavior.
C)The dimensional view is easier for non-experts to use when diagnosing mental illness.
D)The dimensional view uses biological markers to diagnosis psychological disorders.
Q2) One sign of abnormality is when a person engages in behavior that creates a great deal of
A)distress.
B)attention.
C)distraction.
D)disapproval.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a symptom of depression?
A)hallucinations
B)loss of appetite
C)inability to sleep properly
D)self-blame
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Chapter 14: Therapies
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Q1) According to Freud,the ___________ of the dream refers to the hidden,symbolic meaning of the dream,which,if correctly interpreted,reveals the unconscious conflicts that created the nervous disorder.
A)manifest content
B)free association
C)latent content
D)resistance
Q2) According to your textbook,analysis of several studies investigating the effectiveness of the self-help book Feeling Good suggests that self-help books probably have:
A)no effect.
B)a negative (detrimental)effect.
C)a large positive effect.
D)a positive effect,but the effect seems small.
Q3) Systematic desensitization is specifically designed to help a person to deal with his or her ____________.
A)depression
B)dissociative identity disorder
C)phobia
D)psychopathic personality
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Chapter 15: Social Psychology
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Q1) Nabila was at a busy grocery store when she and many others saw a gentleman on the ground.She stopped to stare and thought to herself that surely someone had already called for help for this man.She decided that because so many people were present to see the gentleman,help was already on the way.Nabila's decision not to call for help can be best explained by
A)groupthink.
B)the diffusion of responsibility.
C)social facilitation.
D)the fundamental attribution error.
Q2) Conceptually,_____ is the opposite of the fundamental attribution error.
A)cognitive dissonance
B)the self-fulfilling prophecy
C)outgroup bias
D)self-serving bias
Q3) The frustration-aggression hypothesis predicts that
A)being aggressive leads to higher levels of frustration.
B)individuals will become frustrated when someone is being aggressive towards them.
C)individuals become aggressive when they are prevented from achieving a goal.
D)high levels of frustration are associated with low levels of aggression.
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Chapter 16: Krause and Corts
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Q1) During stress,the hypothalamus can control the release of hormones from the adrenal glands via two major pathways.Describe the two pathways and the effects of the hormones they control.
Q2) Sheleigh and Henry are two married adults.Statistically speaking,how is their marriage most likely to affect their health?
A)Both likely experience health benefits from being married,but Henry probably benefits more than Sheleigh.
B)Both likely experience health benefits from being married,but Sheleigh probably benefits more than Henry.
C)Henry and Sheleigh are likely to experience equal health benefits from being married. D)Both Henry and Sheleigh are likely to have worse health outcomes because they are married.
Q3) Events which cause people to experience stress are called ___________.
A)stress stimuli
B)negative reinforcers
C)traumas
D)stressors
Q4) The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is now known to be the cause of ____________.
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Chapter 17: Krause and Corts
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Q1) Because of the cost of hiring and training new employees,high ___________ can be very expensive for companies.
Q2) Manuel works as the IT technician for a small company.Because he is good with electronics,other employees often ask Manuel for help when the photocopiers stop working.Although this was not part of Manuel's original job description,he now considers fixing the photocopiers as part of his job.This is an example of
A)360-degree feedback.
B)transformational leadership.
C)job crafting.
D)KSAOs.
Q3) I/O pioneers Frank and Lillian Gilbreth began their research without any formal scientific training.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Transactional leadership styles are most effective when:
A)the leader is assertive.
B)the leader manages by exception.
C)the task requires close attention to detail.
D)the employees are already highly motivated.
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