Psychology for Social Sciences
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Course Introduction
Psychology for Social Sciences introduces students to foundational psychological theories, research methods, and concepts relevant to understanding human behavior in social contexts. The course emphasizes the ways in which psychological principles underpin social interactions, group dynamics, attitudes, motivation, perception, and cultural influences. By examining topics such as social cognition, prejudice, conformity, and group behavior, students learn how psychological insights can be applied to analyze contemporary social issues and contribute to fields such as sociology, anthropology, political science, and communication. This course encourages critical thinking and equips students with analytical tools essential for interpreting complex social phenomena through a psychological lens.
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What is Psychology Foundations Applications and Integration 3rd Edition by Ellen
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) The first female president of the American Psychological Association was ____.
A)Karen Horney
B)Mary Calkins
C)Elizabeth Loftus
D)Anna Freud
Answer: B
Q2) The first American woman to earn a doctorate in psychology was ____.
A)Margaret Washburn
B)Karen Horney
C)Anna Freud
D)Rosalie Rayner
Answer: A
Q3) Compared to a clinical psychologist,a counseling psychologist is more likely to
A)prescribe medicine
B)have earned an M.D. degree
C)provide therapy to people with life adjustment problems
D)see clients who have serious mental health disorders
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Neuroscience
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Q1) Based on the available research,which statement is TRUE?
A)Exercise increases endorphin release.
B)Chocolate is the only food that causes endorphin release in the brain.
C)It takes about 45 minutes to release endorphins after consuming fatty foods.
D)Endorphins increase sensitivity to pain when an injury has occurred.
Answer: A
Q2) You have just witnessed a car accident.Your heart rate and respiration rate are likely to be elevated due to ____ nervous system activity.
A)somatic
B)parasympathetic
C)iconic
D)sympathetic
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is primarily an excitatory neurotransmitter?
A)glutamate
B)serotonin
C)dopamine
D)GABA
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Which statement is TRUE regarding the theories of color vision?
A)The trichromatic theory has been shown to provide the best explanation.
B)The opponent-process theory has been shown to provide the best explanation.
C)Both the trichromatic theory and the opponent-process theory have been shown to be invalid.
D)Both the trichromatic theory and the opponent-process theory have been shown to explain many aspects of color vision.
Answer: D
Q2) If you put your favorite food in your mouth but cannot taste it momentarily,it is most likely because the food is on the ____ of the tongue.
A)back
B)front
C)middle
D)side
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) David drinks two cups of coffee before leaving for a four-hour drive to visit a friend. What effect will the coffee have on David's behavior?
A)decreased attention while driving
B)increased alertness while driving
C)increased irritability with other drivers on the road
D)increased intelligence
Q2) In 2012,approximately ____ of high school seniors reported smoking cigarettes in the past month.
A)11%
B)14%
C)17%
D)20%
Q3) Which statement is TRUE regarding sleep stages?
A)Dreaming can occur in all stages.
B)As the night progresses, we spend more time in stage IV sleep and less time in REM sleep.
C)We typically spend four hours a night in REM sleep.
D)A kind of body paralysis occurs in stage IV sleep.
Q4) Define tolerance and substance dependence,and describe how they are related.
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Chapter 5: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Researchers are currently investigating the role that the neurotransmitter ____ plays in mediating leptin action in the brain.
A)acetylcholine
B)serotonin
C)dopamine
D)endorphin
Q2) The correct successive phases of human sexual responses are ____.
A)plateau, excitement, orgasm, and resolution
B)excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution
C)plateau, orgasm, plateau, and resolution
D)excitement, orgasm, resolution, and plateau
Q3) Which statement is true?
A)The APA regards homosexuality as a mental disorder.
B)As of 2014, the U.S. federal government affords the same rights to same-sex couples as opposite-sex couples.
C)Gays and lesbians have the same legal protection under United States law as other minorities.
D)The children of gay and lesbian parents show adjustment and developmental problems.
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Yanna used to date a man who wore a lime-scented aftershave.Yanna was very attracted to this man,and now when she smells the scent of lime,she finds herself feeling slightly aroused.In this example,the man Yanna used to date is the ____.
A)US
B)CS
C)UR
D)CR
Q2) Whenever you walk into your grandparent's house,you notice the wintergreen smell of the cream they rub into their knees to relieve the pain of arthritis.However,after you have been there for a while,you no longer notice it.This is because of ____.
A)extinction
B)spontaneous recovery
C)orientation
D)habituation
Q3) Describe John B.Watson's research with Little Albert and identifying the unconditioned,neutral,and conditioned stimuli and the unconditioned and conditioned responses in the original study.
Q4) Describe Albert Bandura's Bobo doll studies and their implications.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) If you had recently suffered damage to your hippocampus,it is most likely that you would have difficulty remembering ____.
A)what you ate for breakfast
B)how to tie your shoes
C)your junior high school graduation
D)the year of John F. Kennedy's assassination
Q2) Possibly because of damage to his ____,Kim Peek had difficulty learning new motor skills.
A)amygdala
B)hippocampus
C)cerebellum
D)occipital lobe
Q3) When maintenance rehearsal is used,____ is lost in only two days.
A)45%
B)75%
C)55%
D)65%
Q4) Explain the difference between proactive and retroactive interference.
Q5) Describe the H.M.case study and what it suggests about memory.
Q6) Use the SQ3R method.
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Chapter 8: Cognition, language, and Intelligence
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Q1) A popular meme suggests that since chocolate grows on trees,it must be a fruit and since fruit is good for you,chocolate must be good for you.This illustrates use of a ____ concept.
A)formal
B)affective
C)natural
D)intuitive
Q2) Which individual is given credit for developing the modern intelligence test?
A)Charles Darwin
B)Alfred Binet
C)Sir Francis Galton
D)Lewis Terman
Q3) If successful performance on a test requires knowledge that people of a particular culture do not generally have,the test is said to be ____.
A)culturally biased
B)unreliable
C)inappropriate
D)invalid
Q4) Compare how we use prototypes and exemplars in categorization.
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Chapter 9: Human Development
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Q1) A person experiencing Erikson's generativity stage would most likely ____.
A)feel a need to contribute something worthwhile to society
B)feel a need to commit to a permanent partner
C)be motivated to develop one's talents
D)desire to put closure on one's life
Q2) A child born premature that lives has most likely ____.
A)not been exposed to any teratogens
B)been exposed to a teratogen
C)spent at least 24 weeks inside the womb
D)not developed a complete bone structure
Q3) Clive touches the side of his infant daughter's cheek and she turns in that direction.His infant daughter is demonstrating the ____ reflex.
A)crawling
B)sucking
C)rooting
D)grasping
Q4) Describe Kohlberg's stages of moral development and discuss Carol Gilligan's views about Kohlberg's stages.
Q5) Describe common teratogens and their effects.
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Chapter 10: Social Psychology
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Q1) Which statement is true about televised violence in the United States?
A)TV portrays violent acts at about the same rate as they occur in real life.
B)TV portrays few negative consequences for those who behave aggressively.
C)TV accurately portrays the long-term effects of violence.
D)Reality TV shows depict life more realistically than other types of TV shows.
Q2) When enthusiastically applauding at the end of a concert,you feel like giving a standing ovation,but you are not sure if you should do so.When you notice that a couple of other people in the crowd begin to stand,you will most likely ____.
A)stand also
B)wait to see if everyone stands
C)wait to see if at least 10 people stand
D)wait until a 75% of others are also standing
Q3) Tom dislikes all people of a certain race because he feels that they are somehow less capable than him. Tom would most specifically be described as ____.
A)having a prejudice
B)engaging in discrimination
C)being homophobic
D)holding a stereotype
Q4) Describe the five steps of helping as proposed by John Darley and Bibb Latané.
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Chapter 11: Personality
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Q1) When Wendy kisses James,she says,"I love you,Bill." Followers of Freud would say that this is ____.
A)sublimation
B)a reality principle
C)rationalization
D)a Freudian slip
Q2) Your newborn niece's personality consists of ____.
A)ego, superego, and id
B)only an ego and id
C)only an ego
D)only an id
Q3) MOD: Self-distortion of self-report measures is greatest when ____ complete the instrument.
A)clinicians
B)clients
C)partners
D)teachers
Q4) Name the five factors in the five factor view of traits and give a brief definition of each.
Q5) Describe the major strengths and weaknesses of Freud's view of personality.
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Chapter 12: Health, stress, and Coping
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Q1) Compared to high school seniors,college men and women report a rate of being drunk during the last month which is ____.
A)higher
B)lower
C)higher for women, lower for men
D)roughly the same
Q2) A threat that is appraised as ____ is one that we believe will do us some damage or injury.
A)conflicting
B)obstructive
C)challenging
D)harmful
Q3) For most people having to choose between taking a two-hour final exam and giving a 30-minute oral presentation would be an example of an ____ conflict.
A)approach-avoidance
B)avoidance-avoidance
C)avoidance-approach
D)approach-approach
Q4) Identify three specific defense mechanisms and provide an example for each one.
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Chapter 13: Mental Health Disorders
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Q1) Which statement could help explain the higher incidence of depression in women?
A)Women are less likely to use a ruminative coping strategy.
B)Women are more likely to have an interpersonal orientation.
C)Women are more likely to engage in activities to take their minds off their feelings.
D)Women are less likely to have experience with stressful life events.
Q2) Abnormal functioning of the ____ has been investigated as a possible factor in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
A)amygdala
B)hippocampus
C)striatum
D)dopamine-system
Q3) Your friend's therapist believes that your friend has developed a ruminative coping style.This means that your friend ____.
A)relies too much on others
B)spends a lot of time repetitively analyzing feelings
C)has learned to repress important feelings
D)uses cognitive distortions to make herself feel better
Q4) Identify the differences between major depression and dysthymia.
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Chapter 14: Mental Health Therapies
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Q1) Kitchell's son is throwing an absolute fit at the pool.He screams and stamps his feet.Kitchell ignores him,all the other parents ignore him,and so do his friends.Eventually his tantrum stops.Kitchell has used which operant conditioning strategy?
A)positive reinforcement
B)negative reinforcement
C)nonreinforcement
D)shaping
Q2) In order for change to occur in clients,the behavior therapist attempts to ____.
A)uncover the internal conflicts within the client
B)show clients the effects of their own thinking
C)change the environment to produce different behaviors
D)present an environment in which the client feels safe to explore and make choices
Q3) Contrary to psychoanalysis,humanistic therapy ____.
A)focuses more on unconscious forces controlling behavior
B)assumes that people will naturally strive toward personal growth
C)uses transference as a therapeutic technique
D)emphasizes past behavior rather than current behavior
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