Survey of Psychology Practice Questions
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Survey of Psychology provides an introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course covers fundamental topics such as the biological bases of behavior, perception, learning, memory, development, emotion, motivation, personality, psychological disorders, and social psychology. Emphasizing both theory and practical application, students will gain an understanding of psychological principles, research methods, and the relevance of psychology to everyday life, equipping them with foundational knowledge for further study or diverse professional fields.
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What is Psychology Foundations Applications and Integration 4th Edition by Ellen E. Pastorino
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) Which statement is true?
A) We are either left-brain or right-brain thinkers.
B) Personality is set by our teenage years.
C) Psychologists analyze the behavior of other species as well as humans.
D) During sleep, the brain rests.
Answer: C
Q2) Psychoanalysis is a therapy developed by ________.
A) Freud
B) Pavlov
C) Watson
D) Skinner
Answer: A
Q3) Dr. Townsend wants to test the hypothesis that being tall for your age predicts that you will be shy. Which of the following types of research would Dr. Townsend be least likely to use?
A) An experiment
B) A case study
C) Naturalistic observation
D) A correlational study
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Neuroscience
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Q1) Alzheimer's patients are often prescribed medications that are designed to improve awareness and memory. The neurotransmitter most likely to be affected by these drugs is ____.
A) testosterone
B) GABA
C) acetylcholine
D) adrenaline
Answer: C
Q2) Which part of the brain forms the outside covering of the hemispheres?
A) The forebrain
B) The corpus callosum
C) The anterior commissure
D) The cortex
Answer: D
Q3) Without glia cells, your brain would ____.
A) experience no change in function
B) be forced to communicate more often through the endocrine system
C) repair itself more rapidly than normal in the case of an injury
D) send information more slowly
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The role of the pinna in hearing is ____.
A) to transmit vibrations to the auditory cortex
B) to gather sound waves
C) to convert sound waves into electrochemical energy
D) nothing, as the pinna has no practical hearing function
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is TRUE regarding the sense of taste?
A) Foods a mother eats can affect the flavor of her breast milk, which can affect her infant's later taste preferences.
B) Being exposed to a wide variety of flavors in infancy rarely affects later taste preferences.
C) The ability to be a supertaster and taste flavors others cannot taste is learned.
D) People who do not have a good sense of taste are often very underweight.
Answer: A
Q3) Explain the role of top-down processing in perceptual errors.
Answer: Because of top-down processing, it can take us longer to accurately perceive objects when they are not in the context we expect them to be or are otherwise different from our experience and expectations.
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) Su Fen relaxes after work by having a glass of wine. Su Fen now drinks several glasses of wine to achieve the same effect, thus demonstrating ____.
A) tolerance
B) withdrawal
C) intoxication
D) sensitization
Q2) The response set theory of hypnosis asserts that ____.
A) true hypnosis occurs only when the person behaves differently than normal
B) hypnotists must use a definite set of instructions in order for hypnosis to be effective
C) people can be hypnotized only when they are aware of their "hidden observer"
D) hypnosis is merely a willingness to respond in accordance with suggestions
Q3) As you relax in preparation to sleep (but, before you sleep), your brain waves will typically change from ____.
A) beta to alpha
B) theta to delta
C) alpha to delta
D) beta to theta
Q4) Describe several positive effects of sleep.
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Chapter 5: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) When fat cells release leptin into the bloodstream, it travels to the brain, where it is picked up by receptors near the ____.
A) cerebellum
B) pineal
C) spinal cord
D) ventricles
Q2) According to Maslow, which of the following needs is lower than the others in the hierarchy?
A) Self-actualization
B) Esteem
C) Cognitive
D) Aesthetic
Q3) The fact that Mahatma Gandhi was motivated to go on long hunger strikes suggests that ____.
A) his ventromedial hypothalamus was damaged
B) a smaller stomach contributes to faster satiation
C) body levels of leptin are significant factors in hunger regulation
D) hunger is influenced by many factors other than biology
Q4) Describe our understanding of intuitive and nonintuitive eating.
Q5) Describe binge-eating disorder.
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Operant conditioning is to ____ as classical conditioning is to ____.
A) temporary; permanent
B) quick; slow
C) association; consequences
D) active; passive
Q2) Secondary reinforcers ____.
A) include food, water, sex, and comfort
B) involve those things that we gain from other people, rather than from ourselves
C) involve those things that we gain from ourselves, rather than from other people
D) are those things that indirectly lead to other, directly pleasurable things
Q3) Dr. Trujillo is conducting studies on classical conditioning and experimenting on the effect of sometimes presenting the unconditioned stimulus without the neutral stimulus. She is investigating the element of ____.
A) contingency
B) habituation
C) contiguity
D) instrumentality
Q4) Explain the four steps in Bandura's modeling process.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) What is the best example of the use of explicit memory?
A) Remembering how to knit a sweater
B) Remembering how to drive a car
C) Remembering the name of an old friend
D) Remembering how to hit a curve ball
Q2) The phrase "7 ± 2 bits" describes the ____.
A) capacity of short-term memory
B) duration of short-term memory
C) capacity of sensory memory
D) duration of sensory memory
Q3) Roberto has not thought of his third-grade teacher in over 40 years. According to decay theory, the memory trace for his teacher should be ____.
A) available but inaccessible
B) accessible
C) available
D) unavailable
Q4) Describe the H.M. case study and what it suggests about memory.
Q5) Describe the newer view of working memory compared to the three-stages model.
Q6) Describe several techniques for improving memory.
Q7) Describe the three functions of memory.
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Chapter 8: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) Sometimes when making a decision we exhibit loss aversion, which means that we make a decision that reflects a ____.
A) desire to avoid taking a gamble at all costs
B) misunderstanding of the entire situation
C) focus on the costs associated with a potential gain
D) strong motivation to do the thing that will result in the greatest good for all concerned
Q2) To Alfred Binet, mental age refers to ____.
A) a child's intelligence quotient
B) a child's mental abilities in comparison to the "average" child of the same age
C) the age level at which a child should score based on the child's chronological age
D) the age at which the average child should be able to pass his test
Q3) In inductive reasoning, ____.
A) a general rule is apply to specific cases
B) heuristics are used to reach a conclusion
C) specific instances are used to discover a general rule
D) algorithms are used to reach a conclusion
Q4) What is IQ and how is it derived?
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Chapter 9: Human Development
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Q1) For the past two years, Regis has been working as an engineer. He enjoys the work and identifies himself as an engineer when people ask him what he does for a living. It is most likely that Regis is in the ____ phase of career development.
A) establishment
B) exploration
C) maintenance
D) retirement
Q2) Ellen has just been diagnosed with a terminal illness and has been given at most, a year to live. Ellen purchases a two-month European vacation that starts eight months from now. It is most likely that Ellen is in Kübler-Ross' emotional state of ____.
A) denial
B) anger
C) bargaining
D) depression
Q3) Compare what happens to the brain during adolescence with brain development earlier in life.
Q4) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of early versus late maturation in puberty for both males and females.
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Chapter 10: Social Psychology
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Q1) Name three main factors involved in determining attraction to others.
Q2) The contact hypothesis of reducing prejudice works when the contact is ____.
A) forced
B) natural
C) cooperative
D) competitive
Q3) Having an "us" versus "them" mentality about the world is most consistent with ____.
A) the fundamental attribution error
B) the self-serving bias
C) the in-group bias
D) being from a collectivistic culture
Q4) The formation of attitudes is influenced by operant conditioning through the ____. A) association of two stimuli leading to an emotional response
B) development of cognitive schemes
C) observation of others' behavior and the consequences they experience
D) consequences we receive for our own behaviors
Q5) Describe the research of Stanley Milgram and the factors that influenced the high rate of obedience he observed.
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Chapter 11: Personality
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Q1) In Eysenck's PEN model, extraversion includes tendencies toward ____.
A) optimism
B) being tough-minded
C) feeling guilty
D) being aggressive
Q2) Using Raymond Cattell's terminology, we should expect that ____.
A) cardinal traits do not really exist
B) central traits define most people
C) surface traits are more numerous than source traits
D) the five factor personality traits describe most people
Q3) The MMPI-2 is a ____.
A) rating scale
B) personality inventory
C) clinical interview
D) projective test
Q4) Humanistic theory has been praised for ____.
A) having a very scientific approach
B) recognizing the animalistic tendencies in humans
C) developing concepts that are easily measured and observed
D) encouraging people to become aware of themselves
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Chapter 12: Health, Stress, and Coping
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Q1) If your sister becomes upset when her best friend does not come to her birthday party, it would be safe to assume that her primary appraisal of this event was ____.
A) irrelevant
B) stressful
C) positive
D) counterfactual
Q2) Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale measures the amount of stress associated with a person's ____.
A) life events
B) daily hassles
C) catastrophes
D) conflicts
Q3) Which of the following is most likely to occur in the alarm stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
A) The body's resources begin to dwindle
B) Headaches, backaches, and insomnia
C) Heart rate and blood pressure begin to increase
D) Immune function decreases dangerously
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) How does the DSM relate to the idea of self-fulfilling prophecies?
Q2) Somatic symptom disorders involve ____.
A) irrational and intense anxiety
B) a split from reality
C) extreme depression to the point of catatonic stupor
D) physical complaints without an identifiable physical cause
Q3) Individuals with borderline personality disorder ____.
A) do not have any biological problems that could cause or influence the disorder
B) often report being abused or neglected as children
C) show unusually strong stability in moods and self-image
D) are usually young men
Q4) The concept of a mental health disorder as a disease of the body or brain is consistent with which view of abnormal behavior?
A) Biological
B) Cognitive
C) Sociocultural
D) Psychological
Q5) Describe the differences between dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder.
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Chapter 14: Mental Health Therapies
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Q1) Some research on the effectiveness of 12-step self-help groups has shown that they
A) can increase a client's adherence to treatment
B) are not as effective as therapy with a psychiatrist
C) are beneficial only for those with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders
D) are most beneficial for younger females
Q2) It is important for a humanistic therapist to have the quality of genuineness in order to ____.
A) force the client to see the contrast between his or her unhealthy behaviors and the therapist's healthy ones
B) enable the transference of the client's feelings toward loved ones onto the therapist
C) provide the sense of unconditional positive regard that the client will feel
D) provide a healthy model for healthy relationships with others
Q3) Which technique is most closely associated with behavior therapy?
A) Reflective listening
B) Classical conditioning
C) Transference
D) Resistance
Q4) Describe what is known about the effectiveness of psychotherapy in general.
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