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Course Introduction
Psychology for Non-Majors offers an engaging introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, tailored for students from diverse academic backgrounds. The course covers foundational topics such as biological bases of behavior, learning, memory, motivation, personality, psychological disorders, and social interactions. Emphasis is placed on applying psychological concepts to everyday life, fostering critical thinking, and enhancing self-awareness. Through interactive discussions, case studies, and real-world examples, students gain insight into how psychological principles impact individuals and society, equipping them with valuable skills for personal and professional development.
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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) Plato,a student of Aristotle,believed that to understand we need to observe.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which goal of psychology are clinical psychologists attempting when giving recommendations to parole boards about which prisoners to release early?
A) prediction
B) description
C) influencing
D) understanding
Answer: A
Q3) What do psychoanalytic and humanistic views have in common?
A) They believe self-concept is the most important human aspect.
B) They believe conscious processes are unimportant.
C) They view the unconscious mind as a source of human problems.
D) They have nothing but psychology in common.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Research Methods in Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT part of the ethical guidelines for research with animals?
A) necessity
B) freedom from coercion
C) healthy care of animals
D) humane treatment
Answer: B
Q2) The variable that the researcher controls is called the
A) manipulation check.
B) dependent variable.
C) placebo effect.
D) independent variable.
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is a condition that is required to be present for animal research to be considered valid?
A) humane treatment
B) lack of placebo effect
C) training in animal psychology
D) multiple independent variables
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Biological Foundations in Behavior
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Q1) The stronger the depolarization,the stronger the action potential.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Broca's area is located in the ________ lobe.
A) temporal
B) occipital
C) parietal
D) frontal
Answer: D
Q3) A person who walks in a jerky,uncoordinated way may well have a disorder most likely involving the
A) forebrain.
B) cerebellum.
C) hypothalamus.
D) midbrain.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Interplay of Nature and Nurture
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Q1) Chromosome abnormality caused by the presence of an additional twenty-first chromosome that results in physical irregularities and mental retardation is A) cretinism.
B) Down syndrome.
C) phenylketonuria.
D) sickle-cell anemia.
Q2) The intersection of culture and parenting can lead to some interested differences between children.For example,Chinese parents ______ their shy children,whereas American parents ______ their shy children.
A) praise;disapprove of B) punish;praise
C) disapprove of;disown
D) disown;praise
Q3) In DNA,nucleotides are located on the twin rails of the double helix.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Darwin's Origin of Species was published in 1859.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The color of the white paper and the correction fluid you use to cover up mistakes on the paper are not exactly the same,but they are so close that you cannot see any difference.This is because your _______ abilities are limited.
A) perceptual
B) sensory
C) associative
D) cognitive
Q2) Transduction is the process of turning perceptions into sensations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) You try to note the incredibly fine details of a computer microchip through a magnifying glass.On which area of the retina are you focusing this image?
A) optic chiasm
B) rods
C) periphery
D) fovea
Q4) Monocular cues to depth perception can be seen with one eye.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: States of Consciousness
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Q1) When Bob drinks a few scotch and sodas in public he is viewed by others as very witty and fun to be with.However,when Bob drinks a few scotch and sodas at home,his family reports that he becomes sad and regretful.What is most likely affecting Bob's differing responses to alcohol?
A) the purity of the alcohol
B) the social situation
C) Bob's expectations
D) the stimulant effect of alcohol
Q2) The semi-wakeful period that precedes light sleep is called
A) myoclonia.
B) the hypnagogic state.
C) REM sleep.
D) the transcendental state.
Q3) If you took a drug that lessened your feelings of fatigue,created an elevated mood,and decreased your appetite,which of the following did you probably take?
A) amphetamine
B) alcohol
C) heroin
D) Valium
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Chapter 7: Basic Principles of Learning
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Q1) In classical conditioning,an unlearned,inborn reaction to an unconditioned stimulus is a(n)
A) unconditioned stimulus.
B) conditioned stimulus.
C) unconditioned response.
D) conditioned response.
Q2) Escape conditioning causes a behavior to ______,while avoidance conditioning causes a behavior to ______.
A) stop;not happen
B) not happen;stop
C) start;accelerate
D) accelerate;start
Q3) The tendency for similar stimuli to elicit the same response is called
A) stimulus discrimination.
B) stimulus disinhibition.
C) response generalization.
D) stimulus generalization.
Q4) The abbreviation UCS stands for uncontrollable stimulus.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Memory
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Q1) In studying long-term memory,if you believe that memories are linked together through experience,then you believe in the ______ theory of long-term memory.
A) sensory register
B) associative network
C) retrograde interference
D) forgetting curve
Q2) You are unable to remember your previous address because you tend to confuse it with your current address.This illustrates _______ interference.
A) retroactive
B) retrograde
C) proactive
D) motivated
Q3) You were introduced to your date's best friend just 10 minutes ago.Now you need to get her attention but you cannot remember her name.You forgot because of the limits of A) transference.
B) transference strategies.
C) short-term memory.
D) sensory register fading.
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Chapter 9: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) The basic units of thinking are called
A) engrams.
B) behaviors.
C) neurons.
D) concepts.
Q2) In a discussion of intelligence,the concept of "g" refers to A) generational intellect.
B) generic performance.
C) genetic superiority.
D) general intelligence.
Q3) Cognition is both an active and useful process.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Generally,it is safer to fly in an airplane than to drive an automobile.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Binet's approach to measuring intelligence,the ratio IQ,is still the most-used way of measuring intellectual ability.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Developmental Psychology
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Q1) Mr.Anderson is approaching his 70th birthday and has been healthy his entire life.If he is given an intelligence test,it will probably show
A) a major decline in intelligence.
B) deficits in memory and vocabulary.
C) significant deficits in mathematical abilities.
D) no significant declines.
Q2) In helping to understand how we develop,the ______ approach suggests we are controlled by biological factors,while the ______ approach suggests that the psychological environment determines who we are.
A) continuity;discontinuity
B) nature;nurture
C) sensorimotor;preoperational
D) identity;despair
Q3) The ability to use abstract concepts is a key component of the ______ stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
A) preoperational
B) concrete operations
C) sensorimotor
D) formal operations
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Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) The degree of sexual pleasure is highest during the excitement phase of the human sexual response cycle.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Body fat levels are detected by the hypothalamus and are a cue for the long-term maintenance of body weight.
A)True
B)False
Q3) People who tend to score ______ on neuroticism tend to score _____ on happiness.
A) low;low
B) high;high
C) low;high
D) middle;high
Q4) "Higher motives become unimportant when lower motives are unmet" is a prediction based on whose theory?
A) Maslow
B) Cannon
C) James
D) Bard
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Chapter 12: Personality Theories and Assessment
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Q1) The theory known as interactionism posits that behavior is influenced by a combination of ______ and ______.
A) operant conditioning;classical conditioning
B) neurotransmitters;hormones
C) id;ego
D) the person;the situation
Q2) Jack has been described as spontaneous and natural,committed to cancer research,highly moral,and very positive about life.Jack probably has achieved A) desymbolization.
B) self-actualization.
C) interactionism.
D) the superego ideal.
Q3) According to Freud,______ is the key step in the development of the superego.
A) repression
B) differentiation
C) sublimation
D) identification
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Chapter 13: Stress and Health
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Q1) As a mother,you are really not fond at all of your daughter,but instead of being honest you work overly hard to try to find reasons to go visit your daughter.The ability to turn one desire into the opposite desire is known as the defense mechanism of A) projection.
B) sublimation.
C) reaction formation. D) rationalization.
Q2) Upsetting emotions and depression may affect the immune system by A) reducing the body's resistance to disease.
B) increasing the resistance of the autonomic nervous system.
C) reducing the response time of a person's general adaptation response. D) increasing tolerance to microstressors.
Q3) Denise always feels like she's running out of time.She rarely takes a vacation and finds it hard to relax at home.She demands perfection of herself and is competitive in all arenas of her life.Denise can be labeled a A) sensitizer.
B) Type B personality. C) repressor.
D) Type A personality.
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Chapter 14: Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) Of the following ethnic groups,which has the highest percentage of deaths due to suicide?
A) American Indians
B) Asian Americans
C) African Americans
D) Non-Hispanic whites
Q2) Which of the following would be a typical characteristic of an exhibitionist?
A) violent
B) unmarried
C) shy
D) uninhibited sex life
Q3) Persons with antisocial personality disorder have a(n)________ need for physiological arousal.
A) unusually low
B) moderate
C) fluctuating
D) unusually high
Q4) A phobia is a mild,realistic fear.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Therapies
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Q1) What is the relationship between the ethical use of a treatment and its evaluation?
A) Evaluation of treatment effectiveness is at the discretion of the therapist.
B) The effectiveness of a treatment must be evaluated in some way.
C) If a treatment is in use,it is assumed to be effective for most patients.
D) Insurance companies determine whether a treatment is effective or not.
Q2) Someone who uses cognitive restructuring believes that ______ are the causes of abnormal behavior.
A) parental relationships
B) maladaptive beliefs
C) chemical imbalances
D) childhood experiences
Q3) When Jane said,"I just feel like my father never listened to me;he just blocked me out like I wasn't significant enough to be considered," her counselor said,"You sound hurt and angry that your father didn't pay more attention to you." The therapist was using the client-centered technique of
A) reflection.
B) interpretation.
C) resistance.
D) flooding.
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Chapter 16: Social Psychology
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Q1) Which is one of the least important factors in the persuasiveness of the speaker?
A) logic
B) credibility
C) attractiveness
D) intent
Q2) Stanley Milgram's studies on obedience indicate that
A) most people will obey inappropriate demands if they are received from an authority figure.
B) less than half the people will obey inappropriate demands,even if they are received from an authority figure.
C) only a few people will obey inappropriate demands,even if they are received from an authority figure.
D) most people will obey a demand from an authority figure,unless it will result in hurting someone else.
Q3) Companionate love is a combination of friendship,intimacy,commitment,and security.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Psychology Applied to Business and Other
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Q1) Those psychologists who typically work with businesses are generally known as ______ psychologists.
A) industrial-organizational
B) social
C) development
D) health
Q2) Contrary to popular belief and images presented in films,
A) career criminals often fall for "good cop" and "bad cop" interrogation.
B) persons with low IQs do not give false confessions during interrogation.
C) lying persons blink more often than truth tellers.
D) lying persons blink less often than truth tellers
Q3) Workers in traditional office spaces report their offices to be less private are noisier compared to those in the office landscape format.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In order to protect the environment and reduce the effect of pollutants,we must A) get underdeveloped countries to use more technology.
B) change the behavior of people.
C) stop the spread of technology.
D) limit the number of children born.
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