Psychology 101 Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Psychology 101 is an introductory course that explores the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course covers key concepts, theories, and research methods in various fields of psychology, including biological bases of behavior, learning, perception, development, personality, psychological disorders, and social interactions. Students will gain foundational knowledge about how humans think, feel, and act, and develop critical thinking skills to analyze psychological phenomena. The course also emphasizes the application of psychological principles to everyday life and provides insight into the diversity and complexity of human behavior.
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Introduction to PsychologyVersion 1.0 by Charles Stangor
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Chapter 1: Asking Good Psychological Questions
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Q1) The influence of the cognitive approach has declined with the development of neuroimaging techniques.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to your text,which challenge of studying psychology proved especially problematic for the structuralists
A) Behavior needs to be explained at many levels.
B) People vary greatly the behavior and mental processes.
C) There are many causes for any particular behavior.
D) The bases of our experiences are often outside our awareness.
Answer: D
Q3) Dr.Harris is describing the assumptions,rules,and procedures that psychologists use to gather observations.Dr.Harris is outlining the _____ method.
A) deductive
B) psychological
C) rational
D) scientific
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Learning Styles
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Q1) Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest relationship between two variables
A) -.75
B) .00
C) .30
D) .60
Answer: A
Q2) Informed consent is obtained at the beginning of a research session
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following specifies the correct relationship between study time on a task and memory errors on the task
A) A positive correlation
B) A negative correlation
C) No correlation
D) A curvilinear relationship
Answer: B
Q4) The mean is _________ affected by extreme values than is the median.
Answer: more
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Chapter 3: Social Psychology: Helping, Influence, and Obedience
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Q1) According to research reported in your text,levels of the hormone _________ are ________ correlated with crude,unruly,or violent behavior among fraternity members,juvenile delinquents,and prisoners.
A) adrenaline; negatively
B) adrenaline; positively
C) testosterone; not
D) testosterone; positively
Answer: D
Q2) Marisol is trying a new treatment for severe depression.Brief pulses are sent through her brain.Marisol is undergoing:
A) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
B) positron emission tomography (PET)
C) electroencephalography (EEG)
D) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
Answer: D
Q3) The brain's left hemisphere is specialized to process language,an example of _________;
Answer: lateralization
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Chapter 4: Stress, Anxiety Disorders and Classical Conditioning
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Q1) In an amusement park ride,the cars spin rapidly while accelerating along a track.The ____________ sense the rotational spinning motion.The linear acceleration is processed by the _________.
A) vestibular sacs; vestibular sacs, too
B) vestibular sacs; semicircular canals
C) semicircular canals; vestibular sacs
D) semicircular canals; semicircular canals, too
Q2) In the visual system,ganglion cells convert the light detected by the retina into electrical impulses,which then travel to the brain.This example illustrates the process of
A) translation
B) transduction
C) detection
D) transmission
Q3) __________ receptor cells detect airborne chemical molecules.
Q4) The beta effect underlies our perception of motion in movies.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Keisha works in a noisy factory.Damage to her cilia may eventually lead to _________ hearing loss.
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Chapter 5: Treating Psychological Disorders With Emphasis on Cognitive Therapy
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Q1) According to your text,how many Americans suffer from insomnia
A) 5% to 10%
B) 10% to 15%
C) 15% to 20%
D) 20% to 25%
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the four major classes of psychoactive drugs
A) depressants
B) stabilizers
C) opioids
D) hallucinogens
Q3) Late one night,Charlene takes a Xanax pill and drinks a glass of wine,thereby consuming two ________.
Q4) The slowest wave sleep is characteristic of
A) stage N1
B) stage N2
C) stages N1 and N2
D) stage N3
Q5) The intentional reduction of stimulation is at the heart of ________,one of the ways consciousness can be altered without drugs.
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Chapter 6: Psychological Science
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Q1) Provide three pieces of advice you might give an impending retiree to smooth their transition from working life
Q2) Edward is currently in the second grade.According to Piaget,Edward is in the ________ stage of cognitive development.
A) sensorimotor
B) preoperational
C) concrete operational
D) formal operational
Q3) Lee is in high school.He states that he is a Republican.However,he has given little thought to politics; he is a Republican mainly because his parents and neighbors are Republicans.Lee's example illustrates Marcia's _________ stage of identity formation.
A) foreclosure
B) moratorium
C) identity-exploration
D) identity-diffusion
Q4) Belinda is nine weeks into her pregnancy.Her developing baby is now called a(n)________.
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Chapter 7: Social Psychology: Stereotypes
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Q1) Which of the following scenarios is the best example of negative punishment
A) Astrid takes away her daughter's cell phone when she misbehaves.
B) Carly yells at her husband when he comes home late.
C) Jim makes his students run extra laps when they are unruly in gym class.
D) Kevin works as much overtime as he can for the extra pay.
Q2) One reason Carlos continues to work at his job is the check he receives every two weeks.Carlos' paycheck is a _________ reinforcer.
A) positive
B) primary
C) secondary
D) both A and C
Q3) Which of the following terms best expresses the relationship between stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination
A) They are unrelated.
B) They are opposites.
C) They are the same thing.
D) Stimulus discrimination is a type of stimulus generalization.
Q4) "Eureka! I've got it!" The sudden awareness of a problem's solution is termed ________ learning.
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Chapter 8: Brains, Bodies, and Behavior
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Q1) Sometimes we are prone to judge an individual based on our perception of his or her match to the category of people he or she most closely resembles; that is,we fall prey to the __________ heuristic.
Q2) Which of the following defines proactive interference
A) Memory impairment that occurs when earlier learning impairs later learning
B) Memory impairment that occurs when later learning is impaired by earlier learning
C) Memory impairment that occurs when longer lists come before shorter lists
D) Memory impairment that occurs in short-term memory
Q3) The "recency effect" refers to the fact that:
A) the last items on a list are more likely to be remembered than the middle items
B) the first several items on a list are more likely to be remembered than the middle items
C) rehearsed items are more likely to be remembered than unrehearsed items
D) the most personally relevant items on a list are most likely to be remembered
Q4) "It's like riding a bike; once you know how,you don't forget." This adage suggests that procedural memories do not require conscious attempts at recall; that is,procedural memories are often ________.
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Chapter 9: Emotions, An Introduction to Psychological Disorders,
and
Depression
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Q1) Which of the following is the best evidence for a genetic contribution to intelligence
A) the high correlation between intelligence scores of roommates
B) the fact that test scores of identical twins reared together tend to be more highly correlated than the scores of identical twins reared apart
C) the fact that intelligence scores of identical twins tend to be more similar than those of fraternal twins
D) the fact that intelligence scores of fraternal twins tend to be more similar than those of non-twin siblings
Q2) Important components of creativity include:
A) imagination
B) a creative environment
C) expertise
D) A, B, and C
Q3) The practice of forced sterilization,mostly of poor minorities,was abandoned:
A) in the 1920s
B) in the 1930s
C) between the 1940s and the 1960s
D) in the 1970s and 1980s
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Chapter 10: Schemas: Piagets Cognitive Development
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Q1) The hormone oxytocin triggers a tend-and-befriend response to stress.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following describes the James-Lange theory of emotion
A) Arousal creates emotion
B) Emotion creates arousal
C) Arousal and emotion happen at the same time
D) A cognitive label allows us to interpret arousal
Q3) In the psychology of health and stress,Hans Selye is associated with the study of:
A) the hardy personality
B) coping strategies
C) the general adaptation syndrome
D) emotion regulation
Q4) Which of the following is NOT among the physiological responses to stress
A) an increase in heart rate and blood pressure
B) an increase in the secretion of adrenal hormones
C) suppression of the sympathetic nervous system
D) suppression of the parasympathetic nervous system
Q5) The rate amount of energy the body expends at rest is termed ___________.
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Chapter 11: Schemas: Memory
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Q1) Which alternative correctly defines the ego
A) Represents morality and oughts
B) Consists of primitive, instinctual urges
C) The conscious controller of personality
D) The representation of sexual norms
Q2) Read the following vignettes: (1)Liz has become more responsive to her partner's advances since a real "hottie" moved in next door; (2)unable to accept his desire for other young men,15-year-old Juan pours himself into his studies; (3)Shauntel tells people that her coworker Mary dislikes her; if she were honest,though,Shauntel would realize that it is actually she who dislikes Mary; (4)"Ben's nasty; he's disgusting," says Renee; really,Renee secretly finds Ben sexy.Which individual is CORRECTLY matched with the defense mechanism he or she is using
A) Liz-projection
B) Juan-sublimation
C) Shauntel-reaction formation
D) Renee-displacement
E) All of these are correctly matched.
Q3) The hierarchy of motives is associated with Carl Rogers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Personality
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Q1) Sexual disorders are primarily physiological in origin.
A)True
B)False
Q2) With respect to potential gender differences in the prevalence of personality disorders,which of the following statements is true
A) Both borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder are seen just as often in one gender as they are in the other.
B) Both borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder are most often seen in men.
C) Both borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder are most often seen in women.
D) Borderline personality disorder is most often seen in women. Antisocial personality disorder is most often diagnosed in men.
Q3) Dyspareunia refers to:
A) low sexual desire
B) erectile dysfunction
C) premature orgasm
D) genital pain during intercourse
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Chapter 13: Visual Perception, Schizophrenia, Medications, sleeping
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Q1) Briefly describe the nature and the objectives of community mental health services.Distinguish among primary,secondary,and tertiary prevention programs.Provide a concrete example of each
Q2) Describe,using concrete examples,how a behavior therapist might use systematic desensitization and exposure therapy to treat a specific phobia or source of anxiety
Q3) Which of the following correctly defines secondary prevention
A) Prevention targeted at everyone in a given community
B) Prevention targeted at people who have been diagnosed with a disorder
C) Prevention targeted at people displaying the risk factors for a disorder
D) Prevention targeted at people who are being treated for a disorder
Q4) Which type of prevention is correctly defined
A) secondary prevention - targeted at everyone in a given community
B) primary prevention-targeted at people who have been diagnosed with a disorder
C) tertiary prevention - targeted at people displaying the risk factors for a disorder
D) None of these is correctly defined.
Q5) Psychoanalysis is based on Freudian and neo-Freudian principles.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Psychology Advising
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Q1) Over time,people tend to show weaker responses to emotional stimuli.This tendency is termed ___________.
A) catharsis
B) desensitization
C) extinction
D) habituation
Q2) Your text states that "group members will work harder if they feel that their contributions to the group are known ...." Keeping group member contributions identifiable may therefore guard against:
A) social inhibition
B) the dominant response bias
C) social facilitation
D) social loafing
Q3) Smith et al.(2006)found that about ______% of television programs feature some form of altruism; on average,an altruistic act is shown once every ________ minutes.
A) 65; 20
B) 65; 30
C) 75; 10
D) 75; 20
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