Psychology 101 Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Psychology 101 is an introductory course that explores the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Covering foundational topics such as perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, development, and personality, the course provides students with an understanding of key psychological theories and research methods. It also examines the biological and social bases of behavior, introduces major historical and contemporary figures in psychology, and discusses practical applications of psychological principles in everyday life. Psychology 101 serves as a basis for more advanced study in the field and helps students develop critical thinking and analytical skills relevant across various disciplines.
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Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik
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Chapter 1: Discovering Psychology
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Q1) As the professor hands him the exam,Andre thinks to himself,"Oh,if I don't do well on this exam,I'll lose my scholarship.And if I lose my scholarship ..." Andre is clearly worrying about his performance.This is an example of the ____ component of test anxiety.
A) biological
B) cognitive
C) behavioral
D) psychoanalytic
Answer: B
Q2) Your research paper is on the thinking styles of college students.Which professor is probably the most useful resource?
A) Dr. Campbell-a psychometrician
B) Dr. Buckbee-a clinical psychologist
C) Dr. Karweick-a cognitive psychologist
D) Dr. Cole-a psychiatrist
Answer: C
Q3) Introspection was criticized for being too scientific.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Psychology and Science
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Q1) Of the following,which is not among the seven rules of conducting an experiment according to your textbook?
A) identify
B) choose
C) manipulate
D) observe
Answer: D
Q2) You are writing a paper on the effects of cough medicine.Based on the research cited in the textbook,which of the following should be the conclusion of your paper?
A) Using cough medicine is an effective method to control coughing.
B) Cough medicine helps to reduce but not eliminate coughing.
C) Cough medicines have no scientifically demonstrated effect on coughing.
D) Certain types of coughs are most likely to be reduced with cough medicine.
Answer: C
Q3) The ethnicity of the person asking survey questions may affect the answer received.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Brains Building Blocks
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Q1) A synapse is the:
A) part of the dendrite that receives incoming signals
B) small space between the end bulb and its neighboring organ, muscle, or cell body
C) chemical that transmits signals from one neuron to another
D) signal that travels from one neuron to another
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is most closely related to phantom limb?
A) reattached limb
B) amputated limb
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) mescaline use
Answer: B
Q3) End bulbs release neurotransmitters into the:
A) cell body
B) synapse
C) myelin sheath
D) axon
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Incredible Nervous System
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Q1) "Wow,look at that guy," David remarks looking at a picture of a man standing over 8 feet tall."This guy must have had a dysfunctional ____ that caused too much growth hormone to be secreted."
A) anterior pituitary
B) posterior pituitary
C) lateral pituitary
D) thyroid
Q2) If you wanted to reach with your right hand to grab a pen,where would that message originate in your nervous system?
A) in the left somatosensory cortex
B) in the ascending pathway of the spinal cord
C) in the right motor cortex
D) in the left motor cortex
Q3) What does the case of Phineas Gage teach us about the brain?
Q4) Women tend to be better than men at tasks that require:
A) spatial ability
B) verbal fluency
C) analytic ability
D) rotating mental objects
Q5) Illustrate the different functions of the hemispheres.
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Chapter 5: Sensation
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Q1) The ____ of the eye can adjust its shape and focus light on the back surface of the eye called the ____.
A) cornea; lens
B) iris; fovea
C) lens; retina
D) pupil; ocular membrane
Q2) What effect do social,psychological,and emotional factors have on pain?
A) All three factors can cause pain, but not increase or decrease it.
B) Just social and emotional factors cause pain.
C) All may cause, increase, or decrease pain.
D) Only emotional factors can increase pain.
Q3) How we individually experience "red" depends on:
A) how many color genes a person has
B) how many rods a person has
C) the gender of the individual
D) the age of the individual
Q4) Disgust as a facial expression is displayed differently throughout the world.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain why we soon stop smelling scents if we are repeatedly exposed to them.
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Chapter 6: Perception
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Q1) What is the most important factor in our perception of the moon's distance?
A) the perceived color of the moon
B) the distance of the moon from the Earth
C) the phase of the moon
D) the landscape surrounding the moon
Q2) The principle of closure states that:
A) we group objects if they are in close physical proximity
B) we group objects together that appear similar
C) memory for organized perceptions is superior to that of unorganized perceptions
D) we tend to fill in missing parts of a figure
Q3) Transduction is the process by which sensations are changed into meaningful perceptions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ____ areas in the brain change sensations to perceptions.
A) Primary
B) Transductive
C) Association
D) Hindbrain
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Chapter 7: Sleep and Dreams
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Q1) Dr.Smithson is a Freudian therapist and asks his clients to remember their dreams.His task is to:
A) analyze the spiritual dimension of the dreams
B) analyze how the dreams relate to their waking lives, since they reflect the same emotions we experience when awake
C) simply carefully record the dreams
D) interpret the symbols in the dreams
Q2) After the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus is turned on,the neurotransmitter ____ is secreted.
A) GABA
B) REM
C) dopamine
D) benzodiazepine
Q3) The continuum of consciousness ranges from:
A) acute awareness to total unawareness and unresponsiveness
B) limited awareness to fantasizing
C) automatic processes to altered states
D) unconsciousness to dreaming
Q4) Describe the effects of sleep deprivation on the immune system.
Q5) Describe the effects of texting on driving.
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Chapter 8: Hypnosis and Drugs
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Q1) The federal government has made amphetamines illegal,except when prescribed for narcolepsy and:
A) attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder
B) major depression
C) anxiety
D) nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Q2) Karl continues to use a drug to avoid withdrawal symptoms from occurring.Karl shows:
A) tolerance
B) addiction
C) dependence
D) withdrawal
Q3) According to Module Eight,which famous figure in psychology had a serious drug addiction?
A) Abraham Maslow
B) Ivan Pavlov
C) F. Skinner
D) Sigmund Freud
Q4) What is hypnosis? How do the altered-state theory and sociocognitive theory explain hypnosis?
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Chapter 9: Classical Conditioning
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Q1) The fact that backward conditioning does not usually result in classical conditioning supports:
A) emotional-conditioned response
B) the contiguity theory
C) the cognitive perspective
D) stimulus generalization
Q2) _____ is an unfair,biased,or intolerant attitude toward another group of people.
A) A stereotype
B) Discrimination
C) Conformity
D) Prejudice
Q3) An unconditioned stimulus:
A) automatically triggers a physiological reflex
B) requires conscious effort
C) is paired with a conditioned response
D) is acquired through practice
Q4) In classical conditioning,the neutral stimulus triggers the conditioned response.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Operant and Cognitive Approaches
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Q1) In classical conditioning,a stimulus is paired with ____; in operant conditioning,a behavior is paired with ____.
A) a reward; a stimulus
B) another stimulus; a consequence
C) a reflex; a stimulus
D) a consequence; another organism
Q2) How did Shinichi Suzuki adapt the Suzuki method to three- and four-year-olds who do not have fully developed verbal skills?
A) The Suzuki method is not appropriate for this age group.
B) The principles of classical conditioning are used to give instructions to young children.
C) Information is given to the child through games and exercises.
D) The child is constantly rewarded for imitating the teacher.
Q3) A ____ refers to a reinforcer occurring only after an unchanging amount of time has lapsed.
A) fixed-interval
B) fixed-ratio
C) variable-interval
D) variable-ratio
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Chapter 11: Types of Memory
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Q1) Actively making meaningful connections between the information you are learning with information you already know is called:
A) automatic encoding
B) maintenance rehearsal
C) elaborative rehearsal
D) sensory encoding
Q2) Corroborating evidence is found in ___ of recovered repressed memories when the memory is discovered outside therapy.
A) 7%
B) 17%
C) 37%
D) 47%
Q3) Elizabeth Loftus would advise therapists who are treating survivors of incest to:
A) push individuals to imagine the trauma again, so healing can occur
B) use hypnosis to help individuals recall the trauma
C) use the method of loci to help memory recall
D) be careful that they are not aggressive in getting individuals to recall traumatic memories
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Chapter 12: Remembering and Forgetting
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Q1) Describe how propranolol may have promise in helping people deal with painful memories; in particular,describe the action the drug has on the brain.
Q2) A novice lawyer is about to question her first witness.Before the trial begins,an experienced partner in the law firm tells the novice to choose her verbs carefully when asking questions.The partner's advice is:
A) based on the finding that memory can be influenced by the nature of a question
B) common sense for impressing the jury, but does not affect the nature of the witness's answers
C) of little value, since eyewitness reports are firmly set in memory and cannot be manipulated
D) based on the belief that juries and judges listen more critically to the words of a female lawyer
Q3) What are the types of interference? Provide an example for each.
Q4) Culture appears to have no effect on the encoding and recall of information.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain how changing beliefs may alter the accuracy of memory.
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Chapter 13: Intelligence
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Q1) If you know Ricardo's IQ score,how easily could you predict his specific academic performance?
A) very easily-there is strong correlation between IQ and academic performance
B) very easily-there is moderate correlation between IQ and academic performance
C) it would be tricky-there is no correlation
D) difficult-there is moderate correlation between IQ and academic performance
Q2) IQ is strongly correlated with job performance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following IQ tests for children has a similar test for adults?
A) the Binet-Simon test
B) the Stanford-Binet test
C) the Wechsler test
D) the Tolman test
Q4) According to Sternberg,intelligence is made up of three different types of reasoning ability.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What accounts for group ethnic differences in IQ scores? In particular,what role does environment play in doing well on IQ tests?
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Chapter 14: Thought and Language
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Q1) An algorithm is a rule of thumb.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most basic speech sounds of a given language are called:
A) phonemes
B) morphemes
C) syllables
D) semantics
Q3) Joyce and Phil are having an argument.The argument is over the semantics of Joyce calling Phil a "clown." Semantics is involved with:
A) phonology of words
B) morphology of words
C) the meaning of words
D) the order of words in a sentence
Q4) What term is given to an autistic person who shows some incredible memory,music,or drawing talent?
A) creative
B) gifted
C) genius
D) savant
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Chapter 15: Motivation
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Q1) The need for achievement differs from the need for sex because achievement motivation:
A) is a social rather than a biological need
B) is only found among white males
C) ranks low on Maslow's hierarchy of needs
D) cannot be measured
Q2) The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)can be used to measure:
A) sexual motivation
B) hunger and thirst motivation
C) the need for achievement
D) the need for self-actualization
Q3) Studies on the childhoods of male homosexuals have shown that they:
A) were no different from heterosexuals
B) were more likely to have engaged in opposite sex behaviors and activities than heterosexuals
C) were often abused
D) come more often from single-parent families than heterosexuals do
Q4) The biosocial model of sexual behavior stresses social and cultural forces. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Emotion
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Q1) According to cross-cultural evidence,which of the following emotions is least likely to have universal expression?
A) fear
B) anger
C) sadness
D) shame
Q2) Which of these is not generally considered an emotional expression recognized across cultures?
A) frustration
B) happiness
C) surprise
D) sadness
Q3) The James-Lange theory argues that experiencing an increase in heart rate when you see a bear causes fear.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is emotional intelligence? What do proponents claim about it relative to success in life? If you were to assess someone's emotional intelligence,what would you ask them?
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Chapter 17: Infancy Childhood Part II
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Q1) What is resiliency? Describe the factors that contribute to it.
Q2) Why is the nature-nurture issue such an important question?
Q3) Present a summary of the sensory abilities of vision,hearing,and smell of a newborn.
Q4) Describe the reasons Judith Harris concluded that parents have less effect on children's development than peers.
Q5) Describe the effects of smoking and alcohol on prenatal development.
Q6) Describe the significant changes in germinal,embryonic,and fetal stages of prenatal development.
Q7) Describe the proximodistal and cephalocaudal principles of development.
Q8) Explain the principle of bidirectionality in describing the interaction between a parent and an abused child.
Q9) What are teratogens,and why is development in the fetal stage most susceptible to them?
Q10) According to Piaget,what are the four stages of cognitive development?
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Chapter 18: Adolescence and Adulthood
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Q1) The positive resolution of the conflict of old age as described by Erikson is known as:
A) integrity
B) generativity
C) intimacy
D) identity
Q2) What happens in each of Erikson's eight stages?
A) growth in moral reasoning
B) advancement in cognitive reasoning
C) sexual pleasure moves from one body area to another
D) a unique psychosocial conflict
Q3) Phil is driving his wife,who is in labor,to the hospital.While his wife is about to deliver a baby,she yells to Phil to drive faster.Phil refuses and says,"It is against the law to speed." Phil is probably at what stage of moral reasoning?
A) stage 1
B) stage 2
C) stage 4
D) stage 5
Q4) Describe the effects of early versus late maturation for girls and boys.
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Chapter 19: Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Theories
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Q1) In studying shyness,social cognitive theory focuses on defense mechanisms.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When Rachel left for college,she promised her parents that she would not use any drugs.At a party someone passed her some pot,which she decided to try.If her superego is operating,this behavior will cause Rachel to feel:
A) pleasure
B) guilt
C) sadness
D) anger
Q3) The correct level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs are physiological,self-actualization,safety needs,esteem needs,love and belongingness,and unconscious needs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Academic success among Indo-Chinese children is primarily due to:
A) genetic differences
B) low rates of poverty among Indo-Chinese refugees
C) high percentages of Indo-Chinese adults with college degrees
D) cultural and personal values taught by the family
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Chapter 20: Social and Cognitive and Trait Theories
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Q1) Objective personality tests tend to have good reliability.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An important name in social cognitive theory is Albert Bandura.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When making decisions,Kevin doesn't systematically consider options and their possible consequences.In fact,you could say he makes decisions carelessly.Which of The Big Five traits is most relevant to Kevin?
A) conscientiousness
B) anal expulsive
C) extraversion
D) fixation
Q4) In reviewing the psychodynamic theory of personality,select the word that does not match the theory.
A) free association
B) trait
C) superego
D) phallic
Q5) Contrast objective personality tests with projective tests.
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Chapter 21: Health,stress and Coping
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Q1) According to the discussion on appraisal,one reason why harm/loss appraisals are stressful is that they:
A) elicit negative emotions
B) cause us to avoid stressful situations
C) elicit negative and positive emotions
D) cause physical damage
Q2) "Paperwork and more paperwork; regulations and more regulations.I wish the government wouldn't require so much.I don't qualify for a loan,so I won't be able to start my own business-thanks to the bureaucrats!" This individual is experiencing ____ because of ____.
A) frustration; personal limitations
B) burnout; social or personal limitations
C) frustration; social or environmental limitations
D) burnout; internal locus of control
Q3) The example of the woman experiencing severe allergic reactions to red roses illustrates that:
A) operant conditioning can affect the immune system
B) the immune system can be altered by psychological factors
C) the immune system functions independently of cognitive factors
D) the neutral stimulus never reliably predicts the conditioned stimulus
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Chapter 22: Assessment and Anxiety Disorders
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Q1) "Depression is caused by such things as war,a serious accident,or a serious illness." A statement like that is most likely to reflect:
A) psychosocial factors
B) cognitive factors
C) behavioral factors
D) environmental factors
Q2) You are a clinical psychologist.You are currently interviewing a 52-year-old male who is severely depressed.You learn that this man has recently lost his wife to cancer.Where should the information about his loss be placed?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
Q3) For the cognitive-behavioral therapist,the two most important aspects of phobia that need to be addressed are:
A) unconscious conflicts and limiting behaviors
B) anxious thoughts and limiting behaviors
C) unconscious conflicts and early childhood experiences
D) fearful thoughts and failure to self-actualize
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Chapter 23: Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia
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Q1) Treatment of dissociative identity disorder involves:
A) integration of the various personalities into one unified self
B) ECT
C) age regression therapy
D) atypical neuroleptic drugs
Q2) One commonly used drug treatment for bipolar depression is:
A) Valium
B) tricyclic therapy
C) MAOIs
D) lithium
Q3) When a schizophrenic person hears voices or feels bugs crawling under their skin,they are experiencing disorders of perception known as:
A) illusions
B) neologisms
C) delusions
D) hallucinations
Q4) Type I schizophrenia includes having negative symptoms.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the most effective treatments for depression and bipolar disorder?
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Chapter 25: Social Psychology
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Q1) "If I said it,it must be true,because I've reduced the inconsistency of my beliefs and behavior." This best describes the:
A) arousal-cost-reward model
B) cognitive dissonance theory
C) covariation theory
D) self-perception theory
Q2) What does deindividuation provide an individual in a crowd?
A) social inhibition
B) motivation
C) anonymity
D) an identity
Q3) When compared to men who are not sexually aggressive,men who are,tend to:
A) engage in activities that lead to catharsis
B) make fundamental attribution errors in explaining a woman's behavior
C) perceive women as showing sexual interest in nonsexual situations
D) have lower levels of serotonin
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Chapter 25: Extenssion: Social Cognition and Behavior
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Q1) Differentiate between stereotypes,prejudice,and discrimination by giving an example of each term.
Q2) Cognitive dissonance is an unpleasant feeling that motivates us to change. A)True B)False
Q3) Group polarization occurs when the group's point of view becomes stronger. A)True B)False
Q4) In groupthink,the groups are most concerned with making good decisions. A)True B)False
Q5) Describe how to use principles of persuasion to get teenage girls to receive a vaccination against HPV?
Q6) The most common type of rapist is the power rapist. A)True B)False
Q7) Use real-life examples to illustrate the common biases we make in attribution.
Q8) Genetic factors predispose individuals to develop aggressive behaviors. A)True B)False
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