Psychology for Health Sciences Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Psychology for Health Sciences explores the fundamental concepts of psychology as they relate to health, illness, and healthcare settings. This course examines the interplay between psychological processes and physical health, focusing on topics such as stress, coping strategies, health behavior change, patient-provider communication, and the psychological impact of illness. Students will learn how psychological theories and research methods contribute to the understanding and improvement of health outcomes. Emphasis is placed on the application of psychological principles to promote well-being, enhance patient care, and address challenges in diverse health care environments.
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Psychology Core Concepts 7th Edition by
Philip G. Zimbardo
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Chapter 1: Mind, Behavior, and Psychological Science
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Q1) Professor Golder is studying hyperactivity in preschool age children. She is concerned that differences in child rearing, diet, and so forth may affect her results. To minimize these potential preexisting variables, she should be sure to do which of the following?
A) Use random assignment when forming her groups.
B) Include an independent variable.
C) Include a dependent variable.
D) Assign boys to the experimental group and girls to the control group.
E) Include multiple confounding variables.
Answer: A
Q2) What must happen after a study in which the participants were misled about the nature of the research?
A) Subjects must be assigned to experimental groups.
B) A debriefing must take place.
C) A placebo must be used.
D) An assessment of risk/gain must be made.
E) The confounds must be discussed with the participants.
Answer: B
Q3) Who was the founder of psychoanalysis?
Answer: Sigmund Freud
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Chapter 2: Biopsychology, Neuroscience, and Human Nature
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Q1) In most people, ________ of the brain is(are) most involved in visual and spatial activities.
A) the right side
B) the left side
C) neither side
D) the lower surface
E) rear aspect
Answer: A
Q2) The ________ is the basic building block of the nervous system.
A) soma
B) neuron
C) axon
D) terminal button
E) reflex
Answer: B
Q3) Describe the process of synaptic transmission.
Answer: Action potentials at the axon terminal release transmitter molecules into the cleft; which in turn activate receptors on the adjacent neuron
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Visible light occupies only a tiny segment of the __________ spectrum. Answer: electromagnetic
Q2) Pitch is to frequency as
A) frequency is to amplitude.
B) high is to low.
C) loudness is to amplitude.
D) peak is to wave.
E) timbre is to saturation.
Answer: C
Q3) According to the opponent-process theory of color vision, the correct pairings of opposite colors are
A) red versus green and blue versus yellow.
B) black versus gray and white versus colored.
C) blue versus red and green versus yellow.
D) blue versus green and red versus yellow.
E) grey versus black and green versus blue.
Answer: A
Q4) In __________ processing, perceptions are guided by the sensations themselves. Answer: bottom-up
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Chapter 4: Learning and Human Nurture
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Q1) Who is best known for studying the phenomenon of insight in animals?
A) Köhler
B) Tolman
C) Seligman
D) Skinner
E) Bandura
Q2) When good things happen to someone, the probability of repeating the behavior that occurred before the good things increases. This best illustrates
A) Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
B) the law of effect.
C) generalization.
D) the law of desirable consequences.
E) intermittent reinforcement.
Q3) The situation in which a CS is presented alone (no UCS) is termed __________ .
Q4) Reinforcement on an interval schedule is always based on
A) performance quality.
B) the amount of time that has passed.
C) the consistency of the behaviors.
D) the number of accurate responses.
E) the notion of reinforcement being unpredictable.
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Chapter 5: Memory
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Q1) A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone. You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard. What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?
A) primary memory
B) iconic memory
C) long-term memory
D) working memory
E) eidetic memory
Q2) Two strategies that are useful in dealing with the limits of working memory are to
A) encode and process.
B) chunk and rehearse.
C) recall and recognize.
D) relearn and retrieve.
E) prime and repress.
Q3) Name and discuss the two forms of amnesia.
Q4) Interference is most likely under what conditions?
Q5) Name and discuss at least five reasons why the memory of a healthy person may fail.
Q6) Damage to the hippocampus results in _________.
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Chapter 6: Thinking and Intelligence
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Q1) A hypothetical construct cannot be
A) defined.
B) changed.
C) described
D) observed.
E) discussed.
Q2) Which one of the following is NOT an artificial concept?
A) the dictionary definition of the word "truth"
B) Einstein's theory of relativity
C) your mental image of the Statue of Liberty
D) the lyrics to "New York, New York"
E) how to determine the radius of a circle
Q3) Brad is home when all of his lights suddenly go out. His thought that "this is what happens when a fuse is blown" would be said to be
A) demonstrating functional fixedness.
B) identifying the problem.
C) using an algorithm.
D) working backward.
E) evaluating a solution.
Q4) Name two general approaches to problem solving.
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Chapter 7: Development Over the Lifespan
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Q1) What term is used to describe a child's inability to see the world through anyone else's eyes except his or her own?
A) disparity
B) narcissism
C) egocentrism
D) autonomy
E) industry
Q2) In which of Piaget's stages does the child develop conservation?
A) sensorimotor
B) preoperational
C) formal operational
D) concrete operational
E) postformal operational
Q3) A child who has not mastered object permanence believes that A) not all grown-up men are fathers.
B) two small pieces of pizza are better than one large piece.
C) everyone is thinking about the child.
D) a hidden doll no longer exists.
E) rain occurs when the clouds are sad.
Q4) What are the characteristics of a preoperational child?
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Chapter 8: States of Consciousness
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Q1) Which of the following conditions would you least like the pilot flying your airplane to have?
A) enuresis
B) narcolepsy
C) sleep terror
D) daytime insomnia
E) encopresis
Q2) Which of the following is NOT classified as a hallucinogen?
A) psilocybin
B) angel dust
C) LSD
D) cocaine
E) cannabis
Q3) Our cyclical changes in consciousness are an example of
A) our interests.
B) biological tides.
C) our circadian rhythms.
D) what others tell us.
E) our genotypes.
Q4) How do opiates suppress pain?
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Chapter 9: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) ________ is defined as the urge to engage in activity for its own sake.
A) Intrinsic motivation
B) Extrinsic motivation
C) High n Ach
D) Low n Ach
E) Locus of control
Q2) Seeing a snake, and then simultaneously running away from it and becoming frightened, is the sequence of events postulated by ________ theory.
A) Plutchik's
B) the James-Lange
C) the Cannon-Bard
D) Schachter and Singer's
E) Ekman's
Q3) n Ach is an abbreviation for
A) no achievement.
B) need for achievement.
C) no challenge.
D) need for change.
E) negation of achievement.
Q4) Explain the key idea behind the James-Lange theory of emotion.
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Chapter 10: Personality: Theories of the Whole Person
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Q1) The fundamental attribution error is less likely to occur in ________ cultures.
A) individualistic
B) pluralistic
C) lonely
D) happy
E) collectivist
Q2) The factor of ________ is NOT one of the "Big Five" dimensions underlying personality.
A) agreeableness
B) conscientiousness
C) openness to experience
D) extraversion
E) anger
Q3) The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test does not measure
A) dominance and subordination.
B) sensing and intuition.
C) introversion and extroversion.
D) thinking and feeling.
E) judgment and perception.
Q4) Name the "Big Five" personality traits.
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Chapter 11: Social Psychology
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Q1) Obedience to an authority figure in a Milgram study was most likely when A) they are the only ones obeying.
B) the victim is nearby.
C) the authority figure has low status.
D) they have psychological problems.
E) the authority figure is nearby to the Teacher.
Q2) The term __________ refers to an innocent person who receives the blame when others feel threatened.
Q3) This report highlighted the social psychological factors that contributed to creating an abusive environment:
Q4) Laboratory studies of bystander intervention indicate that the likelihood of intervention ________ as the number of bystanders ________.
A) decreased; increased
B) decreased; decreased C) increased; increased D) was unchanged; increased
E) increased; decreased
Q5) This is the act of tormenting others, in school classrooms or work settings, by one or more others, for personal, sadistic pleasure:
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Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Hallucinations are to delusions as false perception is to ________.
A) false beliefs
B) intense fear
C) mood
D) repeated odd behaviors
E) intrusive thoughts
Q2) A person who suffers from bipolar disorder alternates between periods of A) anxiety and mania.
B) depression and manic episodes.
C) mania and schizophrenia.
D) depression and schizophrenia .
E) psychosis and neurosis.
Q3) An irrational fear of some object or specific situation is called A) agoraphobia.
B) a social phobia.
C) a specific phobia.
D) an interactive phobia.
E) a neurotic phobia.
Q4) Define shyness.
Q5) Name the two best-known depressive disorders.
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Chapter 13: Therapies for Psychological Disorders
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Q1) ________ treats psychotic symptoms by blocking ________ receptors.
A) Benzodiazepine; gastric
B) Haloperidol; dopamine
C) Lithium; cortical
D) Propanediol; GABA
E) Valium; serotonin
Q2) If Diane is seeing a biomedical therapist to treat her depression, she is most likely to receive
A) talking sessions.
B) medication.
C) group therapy.
D) aversion therapy.
E) psychoanalysis.
Q3) A ________ is able to prescribe drugs for mental disorders.
A) psychiatrist
B) clinical social worker
C) clinical psychologist
D) counseling psychologist
E) pastoral counselor
Q4) What drugs are commonly prescribed to treat bipolar disorder?
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Chapter 14: From Stress to Health and Well-Being
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Q1) Events that cause a stress reaction are referred to as A) hassles.
B) catastrophies.
C) eustresses.
D) stressors.
E) MLEs.
Q2) When those who underwent a severe ordeal are now recalling and reliving the event and having associated physical symptoms, they are experiencing
A) unresolved mild stress.
B) posttraumatic stress disorder.
C) hardiness.
D) learned helplessness.
E) immunosuppression.
Q3) ________ is the study of how mental processes influence the immune system.
A) Stress and coping
B) Health psychology
C) Psycho-neuroimmunology
D) Hardiness
E) Reappraisal
Q4) Name the three central components of subjective well-being.
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