Social Sciences I Test Bank
Course Introduction
Social Sciences I provides an introduction to the foundational concepts, theories, and methods used within the social sciences to analyze human behavior, culture, and society. This course explores a variety of disciplines, such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, and political science, to help students understand the complex social structures and processes that shape everyday life. Through critical examination of key issues such as socialization, identity, inequality, and collective action students develop skills in critical thinking, comparative analysis, and empirical research, laying a solid groundwork for further study in the social sciences.
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The World of Psychology 7th Canadian Edition by by Samuel E. Wood
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) Psychological research on mate selection, mate retention, etc. would most likely be conducted by an evolutionary psychologists.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Woloshyn, Willoughby, Wood and Pressley's research on study strategies found that students recalled more information when they used A) imagery and "why" questions as they reviewed the material to be learned B) whatever method they had used secondary school to study.
C) someone else's notes to study the material to be learned.
D) repetition only, when studying the material to be learned.
Answer: A
Q3) Most subfields of psychology fall under the broader category of A) applied psychology B) school psychology.
C) health psychology.
D) private practice.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Biology and Behaviour
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Q1) Electrodes are implanted into the brain of a monkey. If the monkey is behaving aggressively, stimulation of the electrodes causes the monkey to stop. In which of the following areas is the electrode most likely implanted?
A) Cerebellum
B) Occipital lobe
C) Hippocampus
D) Hypothalamus
Answer: D
Q2) All of our thoughts, feelings and behaviour can ultimately be traced to the activity of the
A) neurons
B) ganglia.
C) genes.
D) nerve fibres.
Answer: A
Q3) The hypothalamus is controlled by the pituitary.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The condition that occurs when the lens focuses images of distant objects behind, rather than on, the retina is called
A) shortsightedness.
B) farsightedness
C) nearsightedness.
D) presbyopia.
Answer: B
Q2) Convergence is associated with monocular depth cues.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Frequency theory has difficulty explaining the ability to perceive
A) low-pitched sounds.
B) high-pitched sounds
C) differences pitches.
D) very low and very high pitches.
Answer: B
Q4) What are the binocular depth cues?
Answer: Depth cues that depend on two eyes working together; convergence and binocular disparity.
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Chapter 4: States of Conciousness
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Q1) In general, what have researchers found regarding the content of dreams?
Q2) Which of the following would Jim be most likely to do under hypnosis?
A) Refuse to engage behaviours that violate his moral code
B) Fall under the complete control of the hypnotist.
C) Relive events as they occurred his childhood.
D) Lift weights that are much heavier than he could ordinarily lift.
Q3) Each of the following is a potential side effect of prolonged marijuana use except A) problems concentration.
B) aggressiveness
C) decrease level of sex hormones males.
D) impairment the ability to form new memories.
Q4) This increase in the percentage of REM sleep to make up for REM deprivation is called
A) sleep appreciation.
B) REM accommodation.
C) REM rebound
D) REM accrual.
Q5) As Amy grows from infancy to old age, how is her sleep pattern likely to change?
Q6) Describe insomnia?
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) Which of the following does not increase the strength of the conditioned response in classical conditioning?
A) increasing thetensity of the unconditioned stimulus
B) Always following the conditioned stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus
C) Presenting the conditioned stimulus a considerable time before the unconditioned stimulus
D) More pairings of the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli
Q2) Recall what you have learned about classical and operational conditioning. Which of the following is descriptive of operant conditioning?
A) An association is formed between a response and its consequence
B) The response acquired is usually anvoluntary or reflexive response.
C) The responses acquired are usually emotional reactions.
D) The subject is usually passive.
Q3) In operant conditioning, the consequences of behaviour are manipulated to increase or decrease the frequency of a response or to shape an entirely new response.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the cognitive view of classical conditioning.
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Chapter 6: Memory
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Q1) Which of the following is not true about questioning an eyewitness?
A) Misleadingformation suggested to a witness can lead to the "misinformation effect."
B) A "showup" line up can lead to more failures to identify perpetrators.
C) Leading questions can help facilitate accurate recall
D) The more often a witness is questioned, whether theirformation is accurate or not, the more confidence they have it.
Q2) What is the state-dependent memory effect? Give an example of it.
Q3) The primacy effect occurs most likely because
A) theformation has not yet been displaced.
B) first things are remembered first.
C) theformation has already been placed long-term memory
D) theformation is still sensory memory.
Q4) What is the present status of the decay theory?
A) It is not accepted as an explanation of forgetting long-term memory
B) It is used to explain forgetting from declarative memory.
C) It is used to explain forgetting from nondeclarative memory.
D) It is used to explain forgetting long-term memory but not short-term memory.
Q5) Describe the role of hormones in memory.
Q6) Does hypnosis effect the memory of eyewitnesses?
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Chapter 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) What theory of language development suggests that speech is acquired through a combination of reinforcement and imitation?
A) Learning theory
B) Cognitive theory
C) Linguistic-relativity theory
D) The nativist position
Q2) John needs a paperweight to keep open a book from which he is making notes. He does not own a paperweight. There is small red building-brick keeping his door open that would be perfect as a weight, but when John looks at it, he doesn't think of it as a paperweight. In this case, John has fallen prey to
A) item compensation.
B) a very bad heuristic.
C) algorithmic failure.
D) functional fixedness
Q3) Which of the following is not one of Gardner's eight types of intelligence?
A) interpersonal
B) Musical
C) Linguistic
D) intuitive
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Chapter 8: Development
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Q1) According to Erikson, if the basic conflict of a given stage is not resolved satisfactorily, the individual A) will acquire the unhealthy basic attitude associated with the stage, which will adversely affect development at the next stage B) will be permanently damaged regardless of future experiences. C) will not enter the next stage. D) will be fixated at that stage.
Q2) One of your friends has just found out that she will be having a baby, and she has asked you what you know about something she thinks was called a teratogen. Define that term for her and inform her about some of the common teratogens and when they are the greatest threat to the developing organism.
Q3) The period when major systems, organs and structures are formed is called the period of the A) ovum.
B) fetus.
C) embryo
D) zygote.
Q4) What are the perceptual abilities of the newborn?
Q5) What are the three stages of prenatal development? Describe each stage.
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) In order for a woman's reproductive system to function properly, she must maintain
A) 20 percent body fat
B) no body fat.
C) 30 percent body fat.
D) 12 percent body fat.
Q2) Working in order to gain a reward is an example of extrinsic motivation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe and contrast the physical, cognitive, and behavioural components of emotions
Q4) According to the textbook passionate love often changes into companionate love.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following refers to the process that initiates, directs, and sustains behaviour in order to satisfy physiological and psychological needs?
A) Reflexes
B) Motivation
C) Emotion
D) Rewards
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Chapter 10: Social Psychology
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Q1) In the foot-in-the-door technique, people are asked to comply with a large request first, and then once denied, they become more likely to comply with the desired, smaller request.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Bridget rates a new song as only fair the first time she hears it. According to the mere-exposure effect, as the song is played more and more on the radio, she will begin to rate the song as
A) better than she originally rated it
B) the same as she originally rated it.
C) worse than she originally rated it.
D) something that can make her turn the radio off.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of discrimination?
A) Justine was promoted because the firm needed one French-Canadian manager.
B) To make his Asian employees feel good, Mr. Jones, who is white, gave them higher bonuses than he gave his white employees.
C) Danielle thinks all whites are racists.
D) Olga's salary is $5000 less than that of her male counterpart
Q4) Describe and compare conformity and compliance.
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Chapter 11: Personality Theory and Assessment
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Q1) Which statement is not true of people low in self-efficacy?
A) They persist their efforts
B) They avoid challenge.
C) They expect failure.
D) They lack confidence.
Q2) According to Allport, the kind of trait that is a defining characteristic of one's personality is a ________ trait.
A) source
B) cardinal
C) common
D) secondary
Q3) The best way to study the relative contribution of heredity and environment is to compare
A) identical twins reared together and apart
B) adopted children to their adoptive and biological parents.
C) identical and fraternal twins.
D) fraternal twins reared together and apart.
Q4) List and explain the basic assumptions of humanistic theories, and explain the concept of self-actualization.
Q5) Describe an inferiority complex according to Adler.
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Chapter 12: Health and Stress
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Q1) Who was the first to describe the fight-or-flight syndrome?
A) David Holmes
B) Richard Lazarus
C) Hans Selye
D) Walter Cannon
Q2) Unlike smoking, with its passive effects, the only risk for health in alcoholism is to the drinker.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text, emotion-focused coping is defined as
A) a response aimed at resisting, repressing or ignoring the source of stress.
B) a response aimed at coping by focusing on the emotions of others.
C) a response aimed at reducing the emotional distress caused by the stressor
D) a response aimed at reducing, modifying or eliminating the source of stress.
Q4) Studies have shown that stress only has an effect on the immune system when it is combined with another ailment, like depression.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are some of the health risks of alcohol?
Q6) What are some benefits of regular aerobic exercise?
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Chapter 13: Psychology Disorders
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Q1) What are the central causes of psychological disorders, according to each of the five current perspectives?
Q2) What is the most common pattern of seasonal affective disorder? What are the common symptoms, the believed cause, and the treatment?
Q3) Monteil has periods in which he is so depressed that he becomes suicidal. At other times, he is energetic and euphoric. He would probably receive the diagnosis of A) major depressive disorder.
B) seasonal mood disorder.
C) dysthymia.
D) bipolar disorder
Q4) The most common form of seasonal affective disorder is related to light.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast sexual dysfunctions and paraphilias. Include a brief description of three paraphilias.
Q6) What are some suggested causes of schizophrenia?
Q7) What is meant by the term sexual and gender identity disorder?
Q8) What makes anxiety healthy or unhealthy?
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Chapter 14: Therapies
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Q1) According to the behavioural therapists, many of our distressing psychological problems result from
A) learning experiences which taught us a maladaptive behaviour
B) faulty logic and simple needs to be reconditioned.
C) interactions with our parents, causingtra-psychic wounding.
D) genetic or biochemical processes which are not normative.
Q2) What is the technique of flooding, and how does it work?
Q3) Behaviour therapy's main goal is to eliminate the underlying causes of psychological disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In systematic desensitization, clients are exposed to the things they fear all at once so that their fear response becomes extinguished.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How does Beck's cognitive therapy help people overcome depression and anxiety disorders?
Q6) What are the role and the goal of the therapist in person-centred therapy?
Q7) What are some advantages of group therapy?
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