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Survey of Psychology Final Exam
Survey of Psychology offers a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course introduces students to major concepts, theories, and research findings across key areas such as biological foundations, sensation and perception, learning, cognition, personality, development, social psychology, psychological disorders, and treatment approaches. Through lectures, discussions, and real-life applications, students develop an understanding of how psychological principles apply to everyday life and gain a foundational base for further studies in psychology and related fields.
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Psychology Themes and Variations 5th Canadian Edition by Wayne Weiten
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Chapter 1: A: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) Phillip is a graduate student whose major area of interest is physiological psychology.What would Phillip be most interested in
A) the ways in which genetic factors influence and determine behaviour
B) the internal factors that lead people to act consistently across a variety of situations
C) how people relate to each other and influence each other
D) the ways in which behaviour and mental processes change over a lifetime
Answer: A
Q2) In which type of psychology would a psychologist work on trying to increase job satisfaction and productivity in a large company
A) counselling psychology
B) industrial and organizational psychology
C) clinical psychology
D) psychometrics
Answer: B
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Chapter 1: B: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) Even though you know it isn't good for you,you just ate an entire large bag of chips.What would Sigmund Freud say is the cause of your behaviour
A) your unconscious mind
B) your genetic influences
C) your history of reinforcement and punishment
D) your inability to think quickly
Answer: A
Q2) What did many psychologists begin to specialize in after World War II
A) clinical psychology
B) experimental psychology
C) industrial psychology
D) research psychology
Answer: A
Q3) If you normally use a knife,fork,and spoon to eat dinner,what does that reflect A) adaptation
B) subjective thoughts concerning proper behaviour
C) objective thoughts concerning proper behaviour
D) cultural heritage
Answer: D
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Chapter 1: C: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is the most likely to be a hypothesis for Arash's experiment
A) If someone is on a diet they will eat more when they are stressed.
B) Food and stress are positively correlated.
C) There is no difference between participants who are and those who are not in a diet.
D) Stress is the primary reason why people break their diets.
Answer: A
Q2) In Castiel's experiment what is the dependent variable
A)The participants' skin conductance.
B)The video the participants watched.
C)The participants' criminal record.
D)The participants' sex.
Answer: A
Q3) What is the independent variable in Arash's study
A) The participants' gender.
B) The participants' eating habits.
C) The task difficulty.
D) How many Timbits the participant eats.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: A: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
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Q1) Terry has a theory and has formulated a testable hypothesis.What is the next step that Terry needs to take in the scientific method
A) choosing the statistical procedures
B) selecting the research methods
C) refining the theory based on the hypothesis
D) collecting the data
Q2) What does the correlation coefficient measure
A) the central tendency
B) the degree of relationship between two variables
C) the difference between the largest and smallest scores in a data set
D) the amount of variability in a data set
Q3) What must a researcher do if she is particularly concerned about making sure that her results will generalize to the population as a whole
A) ensure that all the variables have been operationally defined
B) conduct a meta-analysis
C) use a double-blind procedure
D) draw a representative sample from the population of interest
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Chapter 2: B: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
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Q1) Jarrod explains his opinion against buying a certain model of car by noting that even though the model is popular and highly rated by numerous organizations,his cousin has that model and has had a lot of problems.How is Jarrod making his decision
A) He is basing his opinion on anecdotal evidence.
B) He is basing his opinion on first-hand information.
C) He is using the evidence-based decision-making procedure.
D) He is using critical thinking skills to reach an opinion.
Q2) What is the mean of the following distribution of scores: 1,2,3,7,7
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 7
Q3) Which term is used to describe how much the scores in a data set differ from each other and from the mean
A) correlation
B) mode
C) variability
D) central tendency
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Chapter 3: A: The Biological Bases of Behaviour
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Q1) What are three basic components of most neurons
A) vesicles, terminal buttons, synapses
B) myelin, nodes, axon terminals
C) cell body, axon, dendrites
D) hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain
Q2) Which of the following terms is unrelated to the others
A) positron emission tomography
B) computerized tomography scan
C) electroencephalograph
D) reticular activating system
Q3) What do we know about the heritability of schizophrenia
A) Schizophrenia is primarily social in origin, rather than biological.
B) Schizophrenia is inherited through the male line, which is why we don't see heritability from mothers to children.
C) Schizophrenia is essentially a personality variant, which is highly heritable.
D) Schizophrenia likely results from an inherited vulnerability that interacts with experience.
Q4) Choose a specific neurotransmitter or class of neurotransmitters and discuss its impact on behaviour.
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Chapter 3: B: The Biological Bases of Behaviour
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Q1) What are you describing if you describe Henry as tall,dark,and handsome
A) his homozygous condition
B) his heterozygous condition
C) his genotype
D) his phenotype
Q2) What is characteristic of endorphins
A) They have been related to the development of certain psychological disorders.
B) They are associated with the movement of voluntary muscles.
C) They are associated with sleep and wakefulness.
D) They resemble opiates in structure and effect.
Q3) What is the main function of dendrites
A) to receive information
B) to transmit information
C) to support and insulate the neuron
D) to release neurotransmitters
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Chapter 3: C: The Biological Basis of Behaviour
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Q1) In order to assess the brain damage,Malcolm's doctor needs to view an image from the left side of his brain,so he orders a _______ PET scan.
A) transaxial
B) coronal
C) sagittal
D) tomographic
Q2) In response to his disorder,Brian develops depression and his doctor prescribes an SSRI for him.Apart from serotonin,low levels of _________ are also implicated in the development of depression.
A) GABA
B) acetylcholine
C) norepinephrine
D) dopamine
Q3) One day,Sandy finds her mind wandering while watching make-up tutorials online in her room.Which of the following is most likely
A) Sandy will not listen to her roommate when she calls to her from the kitchen.
B) Sandy finds the task of applying make-up very challenging.
C) Sandy will be less creative the next time she does her make-up.
D) Sandy is likely thinking about doing her roommate's make-up.
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Chapter 4: A: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Ashley is trying to create a small model village on the mantle of her fireplace.She bought three-inch-high figures to put at the front of the mantle and smaller figures to put near the back that will appear to be very far away.What depth cue is Ashley using A) interposition
B) texture gradient
C) convergence
D) relative size
Q2) What happens to the pupil of the eye in dim light
A) It is dilated, producing a sharper image.
B) It is dilated, producing an image that is not as sharp.
C) It is constricted, producing an image that is not as sharp.
D) It is constricted, producing a sharper image.
Q3) What do neural transmission in the slow pain pathway depend on
A) pulsating neural impulses called pain spindles
B) opponent process receptors in the area surrounding the injury
C) thicker, myelinated neurons called A-delta fibres
D) thin, unmyelinated neurons called C fibres
Q4) Compare vision and hearing in terms of the proximal stimulus and information processing for each sense.
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Q1) Which modern artist frequently used impossible figures as the basis of his work
A) Pablo Picasso
B) René Magritte
C) Salvador Dali
D) M. C. Escher
Q2) What differs between a red light and a green light
A) purity
B) complexity
C) wavelength
D) amplitude
Q3) What is the term for the gradual decline in sensitivity to stimuli that follows prolonged stimulation
A) sensory overload
B) perceptual adaptation
C) perceptual overload
D) sensory adaptation
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Chapter 5: A: Variations in Consciousness
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Q1) Tara has been fighting with her best friend recently,and she has been dreaming about losing pieces of her body.According to Freud's concept of dreaming,what is the latent content of her dreams
A) the fight with her friend
B) the pain she experiences in her dream
C) the body parts that she loses in the dream
D) the emotions she experiences when she wakes up
Q2) Megan is working through an extremely difficult calculus problem.What sort of brain wave pattern would be recorded if the overall electrical activity in her brain was being recorded at this time
A) fewer than 4 cycles per second
B) between 4 and 7 cycles per second
C) between 8 and 12 cycles per second
D) between 13 and 24 cycles per second
Q3) Which sleep disorder are Erika's sleep problems consistent with
A) somnambulism
B) narcolepsy
C) insomnia
D) sleep apnea
Q4) Compare and contrast the "role-playing" and "altered state" views of hypnosis.
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Chapter 5: B: Variations in Consciousness
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Q1) When is sleepwalking most likely to occur
A) when a person has emotional or psychological problems
B) during REM sleep
C) during slow-wave sleep
D) after a person has been asleep for several hours
Q2) Imagine that you are a researcher conducting a study on the effectiveness of a new treatment that is hoped will be beneficial in helping alcoholics reduce their drinking.Which of the following is most important for you to do
A) provide an operational definition of alcoholism
B) know if alcoholism is a disease or not
C) determine whether alcoholism is a moral weakness or not
D) know how the medical and psychological community currently define alcoholism
Q3) As adults age,what happens to the proportion of time spent in slow-wave sleep
A) It remains stable.
B) It increases.
C) It ceases after puberty.
D) It decreases.
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Chapter 6: A: Learning
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Q1) Hanna finds that when her kids become too rowdy and noisy,she can successfully block out their noise if she closes the door to her study.What is the behaviour of closing the door in this example
A) unconditioned response
B) escape response
C) positive reinforcement
D) avoidance response
Q2) What is the term for a species-specific predisposition to be conditioned in certain ways and not others
A) instinct
B) phobia
C) preparedness
D) adaptation
Q3) What is the stimulus that naturally evokes an unlearned response in classical conditioning
A) conditioned stimulus
B) conditioned reinforcer
C) unconditioned reinforcer
D) unconditioned stimulus
Q4) Design a self-modification program to improve your study habits.
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Q1) What is the term for a previously neutral stimulus that,through conditioning,acquires the capacity to elicit a response
A) unconditioned stimulus
B) conditioned stimulus
C) unconditioned response
D) conditioned response
Q2) What is the first step in a behaviour modification program
A) Pick an appropriate reinforcement.
B) Design the program.
C) Gather baseline data.
D) Specify a target behaviour.
Q3) In a fixed interval schedule,when is the reinforcement given
A) at the first response after a variable time interval has elapsed
B) at the first response after a fixed time interval has elapsed
C) after a variable number of nonreinforced responses
D) after a fixed number of nonreinforced responses
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Chapter 6: C: Learning
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Q1) Tessa has to memorize the order of the colours in the light spectrum for her midterm.She comes up with the heuristic "Roy G. Biv" to remember red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. This is an example of an _____ that takes advantage of
A) acrostic; clustering
B) acronym; clustering
C) acrostic; chunking
D) acronym; chunking
Q2) One day,Olivia gets very upset and throws a huge temper tantrum.Despite the fact that she was supposed to get a sticker for brushing her teeth alone that day,Jared does not give her one because of her behaviour.This is an example of ________________.
A) positive reinforcement
B) negative reinforcement
C) disciplinary procedure
D) punishment
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Chapter 7: A: Human Memory
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Q1) Which list of words should be easiest to remember,based on Paivio's dual-coding theory
A) a list of nonsense words, such as filt and borm
B) a list of rhyming words, such as boy and destroy
C) a list of words for concepts or ideas, such as honesty and democracy
D) a list of words that you can visualize, such as dog and beer
Q2) Adrianna was skiing when she fell and hit her head.When the ski patrol team asks her what she was doing just before she fell,she really can't remember.What is consistent with Adrianna's memory loss
A) pseudoforgetting
B) retrograde amnesia
C) retroactive interference
D) anterograde amnesia
Q3) What causes pseudoforgetting
A) ineffective encoding
B) interference by imagination
C) failure of retrieval
D) decay of storage
Q4) Outline some strategies that can be used to improve everyday memory.
Q5) Describe Baddeley's model of short-term memory as working memory.
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Chapter 7: B: Human Memory
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Q1) What do we call the hypothetical process during which information is converted into durable long-term memory codes
A) storage
B) retention
C) consolidation
D) expansion
Q2) Which process explains why,when we think of one word,such as "fruit," it triggers our thinking of other words,such as "apples and oranges"
A) source monitoring
B) the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
C) parallel distributed processing
D) spreading activation within a semantic network
Q3) With which method of measuring forgetting are savings scores associated
A) relearning
B) retention
C) recall
D) recognition
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Chapter 8: A: Language and Thought
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Q1) Which of the following would constitute underextension,if done by a 3-year-old child
A) using the word "dress" for all items of clothing
B) only using the word "kitty" to refer to her own cat and not others
C) forgetting the word "banana" because it was just learned today
D) leaving words out of sentences, while retaining the basic meaning
Q2) Which statement is least accurate
A) Algorithms may be impractical when the problem space is large.
B) If an algorithm is available for a problem, it guarantees that a solution can eventually be found.
C) Algorithms exist for all clearly defined problems.
D) Algorithms can be used to apply the trial-and-error approach systematically.
Q3) Which type of decision does research indicate people find most satisfying
A) unconscious
B) conscious
C) preconscious
D) semi-conscious
Q4) Outline the key properties of language and use these properties to evaluate the ape-language controversy.
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Chapter 8: B: Language and Thought
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Q1) Barriers to effective problem solving,such as functional fixedness and mental sets,best reflect which unifying theme in psychology
A) Psychology is empirical.
B) People's experience of the world is highly subjective.
C) Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour.
D) Behaviour is shaped by cultural heritage.
Q2) Which child is exhibiting underextension
A) Britney, who uses the word "car" only when referring to her mother's car
B) Abby, who uses the word "swing" when referring to all the pieces of playground equipment on the playground
C) Danielle, who uses the word "puppy" when referring to all dogs, young or old.
D) Caitlin, who uses the word "doggie" when referring to both her dog Fido and her grandmother's cat Fluffy
Q3) Which of the following is the best example of overregularization
A) "Cookie."
B) "I eated a cookie."
C) "I want a cookie."
D) "Give cookie."
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Chapter 9: A: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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Q1) Where would an IQ score of 100 put you on the normal curve,when IQ scores are assumed to be normally distributed
A) to the right of the centre of the normal curve
B) at the centre of the normal curve
C) your exact location depends on the performance of others taking the test with you
D) to the left of the centre of the normal curve
Q2) What is the heritability estimate for intelligence,according to most researchers
A) less than 40 percent
B) around 50 percent
C) approximately 80 percent
D) close to 100 percent
Q3) In what ways do you think sociohistorical context may have influenced the investigation of intelligence,as well as our views of intelligence theories
Q4) Which statement does NOT characterize psychological tests
A) Psychological tests allow one to predict behaviour accurately.
B) Psychological tests are samples of behaviour.
C) Psychological tests measure individual differences.
D) Psychological tests are standardized measures of behaviour.
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Chapter 9: B: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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Q1) Which of the following seems to be associated with profound creativity,based on Ludwig's studies of the biographies of more than 1000 people who achieved creative success
A) mood disorders
B) absent-mindedness
C) obsessive-compulsive disorders
D) psychotic disorders
Q2) What is the term for an estimate of the proportion of trait variability in a population that is determined by variations in genetic inheritance
A) genetic range
B) inheritability
C) reaction range
D) heritability ratio
Q3) What do correlations between students' IQ scores and their school grades suggest about IQ tests
A) They are a reasonably reliable method to predict school performance.
B) They are not a valid method to predict school performance.
C) They are a reasonably valid method to predict school performance.
D) They are not a reliable method to predict school performance.
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Chapter 9: C: Intelligence Psychological Testing
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Q1) Based on Andrea's and Kirsten's professions,we can infer that ____________-.
A) Andrea is 40% more likely to develop depression
B) Kirsten is 40% more likely to develop depression
C) Both sisters are equally likely to develop depression
D) The sister with the higher IQ is 40% more likely to develop depression, regardless of her profession
Q2) When considering motivation,_____________ motives are primarily social.
A) Siobhan's
B) Andreas'
C) both Andreas and Siobhan's
D) neither Andreas nor Siobhan's
Q3) "If Nicola feels like the experience was thrilling,then she will be more likely to accept another date with Emil." This sentence indicates that Nicola's ________ will be affected by her ________.
A) cognitive reaction to the situation; behaviour
B) behaviour; emotional response
C) physiological arousal; behaviour
D) cognitive reaction to the situation; physiological arousal
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Chapter 10: A: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Joseph conducted a study on highly anxious children and examined the size of various brain structures,including the amygdala.Which terms describe this type of research
A) affective neuroscience
B) expressive neuroscience
C) clinical trials
D) evolutionary psychology
Q2) Which term refers to the condition of being overweight
A) heavy
B) body mass
C) obesity
D) diabetes
Q3) Which of the following asserts that two concepts or events are similar in some way
A) dichotomy
B) slippery slope
C) analogy
D) argument
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Chapter 10: B: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Which theory of emotion proposes that different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions
A) Schachter two-factor theory
B) common sense theory
C) Cannon-Bard theory
D) James-Lange theory
Q2) What was the topic of ground-breaking research conducted by Masters and Johnson
A) the physiology of the human sexual response
B) the psychology of the human sexual response
C) sexual preferences
D) sexual orientation
Q3) According to evolutionary theories of motivation,what is the result of motivated behaviour
A) restored homeostasis
B) maximized reproductive success
C) reduced biological needs
D) reduced incentives
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Chapter 11: A: Human Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) What are the expected effects of moderate,rather than heavy,drinking during pregnancy
A) Even normal social drinking by the expectant mother may be harmful to the fetus.
B) Most doctors recommend small amounts of alcohol throughout pregnancy.
C) Three drinks per day can be considered a safe level of alcohol consumption for most pregnant women.
D) Alcohol consumption by the mother poses almost no risk to the developing fetus in the last three months of the pregnancy.
Q2) Patricia is upset because she is convinced that her brother has a bigger piece of cake than she does.Her dad quickly slices Patricia's piece of cake in two and tells her that she now has "more" cake.What would it suggest about Patricia's cognitive development if she calms down and is convinced that she does have more cake than her brother
A) She does not yet understand conservation.
B) She has not yet mastered object permanence.
C) She does not understand the process of assimilation.
D) She is displaying egocentric reasoning.
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Q1) Which adolescents are most likely to feel subjective distress and emotional difficulties with the transition to adolescence
A) boys who mature early and girls who mature late
B) boys and girls who mature late
C) boys who mature late and girls who mature early
D) boys and girls who mature early
Q2) Which of the following principles suggests that physical properties of substances,such as volume,number,and mass,remain constant despite changes in their shape or appearance
A) centration
B) conservation
C) egocentrism
D) object permanence
Q3) According to Erik Erikson's theory,if an elementary school-age child does poorly in school,and does not get along well with classmates,what is she likely to develop a sense of
A) mistrust
B) inferiority
C) shame and doubt
D) industry
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Q1) How would Vicky score in a "Big Five" personality test
A) High in openness and low in agreeableness
B) High in openness and high in neuroticism
C) Low in conscientiousness and low in agreeableness
D) Low in conscientiousness and high in neuroticism
Q2) After the fight Jenny still feels extremely angry but outwardly seems very calm and even offers to do John's chores for him.Which defense mechanism is she likely using A) Repression
B) Denial
C) Reaction Formation
D) Sublimation
Q3) Sunil tells Arjun that he thinks his father's personality has changed a lot since he was young.His father is a better listener and considers many options before acting,whereas he seemed to get frustrated quickly when Sunil was younger.Arjun is displaying ___________ in his personality characteristics.
A) continuous change
B) discontinuous change
C) generativity
D) plasticity
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Chapter 12: A: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
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Q1) Aaron is an extravert who tends to have a high degree of self-efficacy.This week,however,he is not his usual self because his girlfriend ended their relationship.What would someone who takes an interactionist approach to personality suggest about Aaron's current state
A) It reflects the influence of the current situation, and his current state deviates from his typical state.
B) It reflects his latent insecurity, which has previously been masked by his extraversion.
C) It is evidence that he requires personal interaction in order to rebuild his self-image.
D) It is evidence of depression, because it is a distinct change from his stable pattern of behaviour.
Q2) Which defence mechanism involves giving yourself a plausible excuse that hides the real reasons for your behaviour
A) regression
B) reaction formation
C) projection
D) rationalization
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Q1) What is a commonly used projective test in which the subject is asked to examine ambiguous shapes and describe what they look like
A) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
B) The Sixteen Personality (16PF) Questionnaire
C) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
D) Rorschach Test
Q2) Ari is successful in his career,has a rewarding family life,and feels like he has achieved his goals in life.He is very satisfied with his accomplishments and finds his life very fulfilling.According to Maslow,what has Ari attained
A) self-actualization
B) self-efficacy
C) self-acceptance
D) self-sufficiency
Q3) According to Sigmund Freud,which of the following is entirely unconscious
A) ego
B) id
C) self
D) superego
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Q1) Ralph watches as a customer with at least 40 items lines up at his express checkout line.He decides the customer must be a real "idiot" to miss the sign that indicates Ralph's checkout line is an express line with a limit of 10 items.What is illustrated by this example
A) self-serving bias
B) illusory correlation
C) defensive attribution
D) fundamental attribution error
Q2) You've just been awarded a full scholarship for next year,which you perceive as confirmation of your superior intellectual ability.According to Weiner's model,what type of attribution have you made about your success
A) external-stable
B) internal-stable
C) external-unstable
D) internal-unstable
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Q1) Because of the fundamental attribution error,if you observe a construction worker relaxing under a tree,what would you be most likely to conclude about that worker
A) He is taking a break because it is hot and humid today.
B) He was fired.
C) He is lazy.
D) He is taking his scheduled work break.
Q2) Imagine a popular star baseball player with many endorsement contracts for sports drinks,athletic apparel,and personal care products is arrested for hitting his pregnant wife.Which of the following consequences might cause companies to cancel his endorsement contracts
A) His likability would decrease.
B) His baseball performance would decline.
C) His stress levels would increase.
D) His expertise would be questioned.
Q3) In persuasion,what is the term for the information that is transmitted
A) medium
B) message
C) sales pitch
D) argument
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A) fight-or-flight response
B) primary appraisal
C) resistance
D) catharsis
Q2) Emily is easy-going and relaxed.She doesn't tend to rush through her work,but she always gets things done.She's very even-tempered and doesn't anger very easily.Which of the following best describes Emily
A) Type B personality
B) Type A personality
C) constructive personality
D) prosocial personality
Q3) Which therapeutic technique focuses on altering a client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive emotions and behaviour
A) self-monitoring therapy
B) constructive coping therapy
C) behavioural therapy
D) rational-emotive therapy
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Q1) How does stress affect the immune system
A) Stress alters the immune system's activity to defend against specific illnesses.
B) Stress reduces the immune system's activity initially, but then increases its activity after an adjustment period.
C) Stress increases the immune system's activity, thus providing more protection from illness.
D) Stress reduces the immune system's activity, thus causing the body to become more vulnerable to illness.
Q2) People sometimes delay seeking medical attention,even for medical emergencies like heart attacks.What is NOT one of the primary reasons that people delay seeking medical attention under such circumstances
A) People tend to be immobilized by anxiety about their symptoms.
B) People worry about looking silly if the problem is not serious.
C) People misinterpret or downplay the significance of their symptoms.
D) People are reluctant to disrupt their plans.
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Q1) Reuben's friend Anoush says that his therapist asks him to think about how he would feel and respond if his coworker did not invite him to a surprise party for a mutual friend.This is an example of Beck's ___________.
A)reattribution technique
B)examining alternatives technique
C)decatastrophizing technique
D)fantasizing consequences technique
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the skills Laura might acquire in mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy
A) To focus more on the current moment instead of focusing on past worries
B) To show more compassion to herself
C) To accept things as they are and not as she wants them to be
D) To completely understand the reasons behind her anxiety
Q3) Emily and Jude want to know how they can help prevent Anton's relapses.What might Anton's doctor suggest
A) Let Anton know how scared they get when he does not take his medication.
B) Help Anton to avoid stressful or frightening situations.
C) Help Anton to make friends his own age who have similar interests.
D) Let Anton describe to them what will best help him in the moment.
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A) amenorrhea and low blood pressure
B) cardiac arrhythmias and osteoporosis
C) dental problems and cardiac arrhythmias
D) dental problems and elevated blood pressure
Q2) Ramsay is being treated for a psychological disorder.As part of her treatment program,she is taking medication that alters the activity of serotonin synapses.Which type of disorder is she likely being treated for
A) panic
B) somatoform
C) personality
D) schizophrenic
Q3) Which terms describes behaviour that does not coincide with cultural norms
A) insane
B) personally distressing
C) maladaptive
D) deviant
Q4) How are concussions and depression related
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A) absolutist view
B) pancultural view
C) culture-bound view
D) relativistic view
Q2) Shawna has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and lives at home with her parents.Her mother is always hovering around her and corrects her a lot.Her father is often very critical of her appearance and yells at her to go to her room whenever someone comes to the door.Which outcome is likely for Shawna
A) high probability of relapse
B) decreased rate of delusions
C) comorbid panic disorder
D) shift from positive to negative symptoms
Q3) Which personality disorder is most likely to be diagnosed in women
A) antisocial personality disorder
B) obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
C) borderline personality disorder
D) narcissistic personality disorder
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A) Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, and Sertraline
B) Chlorpromazine, Thioridazine, and Haloperidol
C) Elavil and Haldol
D) Nardil, Elavil and Prozac
Q2) What is the term for the transferring of treatment of mental illness from inpatient institutions to community-based facilities
A) deinstitutionalization
B) mainstreaming
C) decentralization
D) exit-transfer therapy
Q3) When Kayla was 6 years old,her older brother hid in her closet,then unexpectedly jumped out and grabbed her when she came into her dark bedroom.Kayla is still frightened in dark places,even as an adult.Based on principles of classical conditioning,what term describes the experience of being grabbed unexpectedly by her brother
A) conditioned stimulus
B) counterconditioning
C) negative reinforcement
D) unconditioned stimulus
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A) There is a greater emphasis on the scientist-practitioner model in the Psy.D. program.
B) Pursuing research as a career path is not essential to the Psy.D. professional development.
C) Ph.D. programs have a relatively heavier emphasis on research whereas the Psy.D. program encourages research but does not require it past the dissertation.
D) Psy.D programs are old and arguably outdated compared the Ph.D. programs.
Q2) Which statement best describes homelessness
A) Approximately one-third of people who are homeless suffer from a severe mental illness.
B) Approximately three-quarters of people who are homeless have a severe drug or alcohol problem.
C) Approximately half of people who are homeless are minorities.
D) Approximately one-third of people who are homeless have a violent criminal past.
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