Psychology for Majors Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Psychology for Majors offers a comprehensive introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, specifically tailored for students pursuing a major in psychology. The course covers foundational concepts across key areas such as biological bases of behavior, cognition, human development, perception, learning, memory, personality, and abnormal psychology. Emphasis is placed on major theoretical perspectives, research methodologies, ethical considerations, and the application of psychological principles to real-world situations. Designed to build a solid academic foundation, this course prepares students for advanced study within the discipline and fosters critical thinking, analytical skills, and a deeper understanding of human behavior.
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Psychology An Introduction 10th Edition by Benjamin Lahey
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) Alfred Binet's work in psychometrics was initiated by a request from the London Ministry of Education.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What differentiated Sigmund Freud from most of the other influential founders of psychology?
A) Freud was the only founder from a European country.
B) Freud was trained as a philosopher and teacher.
C) Freud was interested in the unconscious mind.
D) Freud was a physician and treated psychological problems.
Answer: C
Q3) J.Henry Alston was notable as an African American psychologist and for his studies of the sensations of heat and cold.J.Henry Alston was an early
A) humanist.
B) behaviorist.
C) structuralist.
D) functionalist.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Research Methods in Psychology
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Q1) In a blind experiment,the researcher does not
A) know what treatment the participants received.
B) know who is in the experiment.
C) have the opportunity to see the participants.
D) have access to the results of the study.
Answer: A
Q2) In the middle of a study concerning pain reduction,you give a participant a pill and tell him it is a painkiller.It is actually a sugar pill.The person feels a reduction of pain.The ______ effect helps to explain how this can happen.
A) sample
B) replication
C) manipulation
D) placebo
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following statistics describes the spread of a series of numbers?
A) mode
B) standard deviation
C) midpoint
D) mean
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Biological Foundations in Behavior
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Q1) The cerebral cortex is part of the forebrain.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Axons are small branches of a neuron that extend out from the cell body.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The reticular formation spans the hindbrain and the midbrain.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The activity of a single neuron was recorded after its membrane was bathed with a neurotransmitter.If the neuron's firing rate increased after the bath,what would you conclude?
A) The neurotransmitter blocked the receptor sites.
B) The neurotransmitter was excitatory.
C) The neurotransmitter caused polarization.
D) The neurotransmitter was inhibitory.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Interplay of Nature and Nurture
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Q1) Traits controlled by large numbers of genes are termed monogenic traits.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The phrase "survival of the fittest" is most closely associated with the ______ perspective of psychology.
A) sociocultural
B) Gestalt
C) psychoanalytical
D) evolutionary
Q3) Males have ______ chromosomes and females have ______ chromosomes.
A) two Y;two X
B) an X and a Y;two X
C) two X;two Y
D) two X;an X and a Y
Q4) The band of fibers that connects the two brain hemispheres,known as the ______,has been found to be larger in women than in men.
A) septal region
B) corpus callosum
C) central sulcus
D) postmedial gyrus
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Information about the location and movement of skin,muscles,joints,and tendons is provided by
A) saccule and utricle cells.
B) kinesthetic receptors.
C) semicircular canals.
D) tactile discs.
Q2) The ______ threshold is the smallest magnitude of a stimulus that can be detected.
A) absolute
B) difference
C) relevant
D) partial
Q3) The trichromatic theory of color vision suggests that we perceive colors because there are ______ different types of cones in the retina.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
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Chapter 6: States of Consciousness
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Q1) Which of the following is true regarding the dreams we remember?
A) We remember negative dreams because they tend to wake us up.
B) We don't remember positive dreams because there are so many of them.
C) We remember negative dreams because they are the first dreams of REM sleep.
D) We don't remember negative dreams because our defense mechanisms protect us.
Q2) Psychotropic drugs that increase the activity of the central nervous system,providing a sense of energy and well-being,are called
A) depressants.
B) tranquilizers.
C) hallucinogens.
D) stimulants.
Q3) When taking a drug for the first time,people should be aware that _______ can make the drug's effects unpredictable.
A) withdrawal
B) psychological dependence
C) tolerance
D) personal characteristics
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Chapter 7: Basic Principles of Learning
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Q1) Research on operant conditioning suggests that the longer a reward for a good deed is delayed,the
A) less of an impact the reward has.
B) more tantalizing the reward becomes.
C) more strength gained by the conditioned stimulus.
D) less necessary is the unconditioned response
Q2) Responses that have been continuously reinforced are harder to extinguish than responses that have been reinforced on a variable ratio schedule.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When an instructor commends students for asking tentative questions in order to encourage the asking of more detailed and technical questions,the instructor is using A) classical conditioning.
B) a conditioned response.
C) shaping.
D) primary reinforcement.
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Chapter 8: Memory
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Q1) Mary,whose hobby is the study of whales,tells her teacher all about the buluga whale,even though she has never actually seen one.Mary's information is stored as a(n)_______ memory.
A) cued
B) motivated
C) episodic
D) semantic
Q2) Of the following,the best way to expand the amount of material one can store in short-term memory is to
A) visualize the spelling of each word.
B) repeat the material over and over.
C) rest momentarily before trying to recall the material.
D) organize the material into chunks.
Q3) The relearning method of long-term memory retrieval is the most sensitive method.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Procedural memory is memory for skills.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) What kind of intelligence test is best for measuring a person's work skills in a particular area?
A) tacit intelligence test
B) Stanford-Binet test
C) the Wechsler scale
D) general intelligence test
Q2) Persons raised in collectivist cultures when compared to persons raised in individualistic cultures
A) believe that group influence on behavior is very small.
B) believe that group influence is less than individual influence on our behavior.
C) believe that group influence is much greater on behavior.
D) show no difference in inferences.
Q3) When information is used to reach a goal that is blocked,what is the cognitive process called?
A) concept formation
B) conjunctive thinking
C) problem solving
D) neural pruning
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Chapter 10: Developmental Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is the correct order of stages in Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
A) premoral,conventional,principled
B) preconventional,principled,moral
C) preoperational,conventional,principled
D) premoral,principled,conventional
Q2) The age 30 transition is a component of ______'s stage theory of development.
A) Gilligan
B) Kohlberg
C) Piaget
D) Levinson
Q3) At the concrete operations stage,a clique refers to a
A) clothing style.
B) friendship group.
C) MP3 player.
D) musical genre.
Q4) Separation anxiety refers to a sense of loneliness at being forced out of the safety of the womb.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Personality and happiness are
A) unrelated traits.
B) environmentally determined or linked.
C) genetically determined or linked.
D) based upon cultural factors that shape learning.
Q2) An internal desire to do good just for the sake of doing good is evidence of _______ motivation.
A) competence
B) incentive
C) extrinsic
D) intrinsic
Q3) What is the name given to the pattern of behavior that occurs when a sexually fatigued male regains sexual vigor following introduction to a new sex partner?
A) the Coolidge effect
B) sexual machismo
C) the Krafft-Ebing effect
D) the refractory period
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Chapter 12: Personality Theories and Assessment
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Q1) According to humanistic theory,if a feeling has been symbolized,it means that we are
A) developing it.
B) considering it.
C) avoiding it.
D) aware of it.
Q2) Psychologists who support the idea that behavior is influenced by both enduring personal characteristics and the current situation
A) advocate Allport's theory of personality.
B) have valid evidence supporting their theory.
C) rank situations as cardinal,central,or secondary.
D) advocate identification theory.
Q3) If Pam is rated as negligent,careless,and undependable on a personality test,which of the following personality traits may also be low?
A) agreeableness
B) conscientiousness
C) openness
D) extraversion
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Chapter 13: Stress and Health
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Q1) Steve dislikes the thought of staying in school but does not want to work either.Which type of conflict is at work here?
A) approach-approach
B) avoidance-avoidance
C) approach-avoidance
D) double approach-approach
Q2) The ______ social support a person has,the ______ effect of stress on that person.
A) more;less
B) less;less
C) type of;more
D) more;more
Q3) You are not even considering the stressful,unacceptable desires in your consciousness,and you don't even know what you are not considering.This defense mechanism is known as
A) reaction formation.
B) repression.
C) regression.
D) rationalization.
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Chapter 14: Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) The main contribution of Hippocrates to the understanding of abnormal behavior was his
A) belief that the mind was in the brain.
B) suggestion that human behavior had counterparts in animal behavior.
C) belief that abnormal behaviors have natural causes.
D) belief that the body contains four important fluids.
Q2) A ______ is linked to a specific situation,while ______ is a cause of anxiety that is not linked to a specific situation.
A) generalized anxiety disorder;bipolar disorder
B) phobia;generalized anxiety disorder
C) somatoform disorder;phobia
D) bipolar disorder;somatoform disorder
Q3) Compulsions are irresistible urges to carry out a behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is a characteristic of inattention?
A) rarely forgetful
B) frequent interruptions
C) excessive talking
D) often disorganized
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Chapter 15: Therapies
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Q1) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)helps severely depressed individuals
A) by rearranging synaptic receptors at the neuronal level.
B) though a forced graded exposure technique.
C) via a mechanism that is not currently understood.
D) forget about the depression they were experiencing.
Q2) Sherice started seeing a psychotherapist because of marital problems.She is unhappy because she feels her husband does not give her enough attention.After several sessions,she is quite taken with her male therapist because he gives her undivided attention.This growing affection for the therapist is called A) resistance.
B) latent content.
C) reflection.
D) transference.
Q3) People who are low in omega-3 fatty acids are more likely to be A) depressed.
B) motivated.
C) self-actualized.
D) ambivalent.
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Chapter 16: Social Psychology
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Q1) Even in the most healthy and enduring relationships,passionate love usually transforms into
A) extreme hate.
B) companionate love.
C) mutual disregard.
D) storgic love.
Q2) A bicyclist finds that she can cycle faster during competition than when she is riding alone.This is likely to be caused by
A) social learning.
B) counter-conditioning.
C) social facilitation.
D) deindividuation.
Q3) If a person is asked to explain why she did not follow instructions,she is very likely to perceive and report her own behavior in terms of A) a lack of personal control.
B) a sense of responsibility for her actions.
C) situational factors.
D) her essential personality and deep values.
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Chapter 17: Psychology Applied to Business and Other
Professions
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Q1) Industrial-organizational psychologists attempt to do all of the following EXCEPT
A) work to improve employee selection.
B) treat employees with chronic mental illness.
C) increase work motivation and satisfaction.
D) develop ways to train new employees.
Q2) Employees who are assessed on their contribution to the social and psychological health of the organization are being assessed on the concept of
A) human-machine interface.
B) mainstreaming.
C) test-retest reliability.
D) organizational citizenship.
Q3) When an industrial-organizational psychologist shows an interest in the rate at which employees quit a particular job,she or he is interested in A) management by objectives.
B) turnover.
C) participative management.
D) absenteeism.
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