Survey of Psychology Review Questions
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Survey of Psychology provides a comprehensive introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course covers major psychological concepts, key theories, and foundational research across core areas such as biological psychology, learning, memory, sensation and perception, motivation, development, personality, psychological disorders, and social behavior. Students will explore the application of psychological principles in everyday life, gain insight into human thought and action, and develop critical thinking skills through the analysis of psychological research and real-world examples.
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Mastering the World of Psychology 5th Edition by Samuel E. Wood
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) Jeanette needed a large number of responses for her survey about taste preferences so she chose to do an internet survey. A significant problem she may have is _____
A)no one will respond to her survey.
B)her sample will not be representative.
C)her sample may be too big.
D)her sample may be representative.
Answer: B
Q2) The _____ variable is the variable that the experimenter manipulates, or changes, in the experimental method.
Answer: independent
Q3) James tells his research subjects to report their stream of consciousness so he can study how they adapt to their environment. James is part of the early school of psychology called _____
A)cognitive psychology.
B)structuralism.
C)functionalism.
D)psychoanalysis.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Biology and Behavior
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Q1) The function of the neuron's axon is to _____
A)carry messages to other cells.
B)regulate the neuron's life processes.
C)receive messages from neighboring neurons.
D)insulate against leakage of electrical impulses.
Answer: A
Q2) The endocrine system consists of various _____ that create and release _____
A)glands; hormones.
B)neurons; neurotransmitters.
C)glial cells; hormones.
D)glands; acetylcholine.
Answer: A
Q3) The cerebral cortex contains three types of areas. These are the _____, _____, and _____ areas.
A)sensory, motor, association
B)cerebrum, cerebellum, callosum
C)emotion, thinking, language
D)organ, skin, muscle
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) During a classroom experiment, Jay found out that he could sense a hair on his arm when it was barely touched with a pencil tip by Gerard. However, Jay had to wiggle a hair on Gerard's arm back and forth several times before Gerard could detect the sensation. The scientific explanation for this is that Jay and Gerard have different _____ thresholds.
A)difference
B)Weber's
C)standard
D)absolute
Answer: D
Q2) What is the basic function of the outer ear?
A)to protect the hair cells
B)to concentrate and funnel sound waves to the eardrum
C)to amplify low-intensity sounds to detectable levels
D)to filter out high-intensity sound waves that can be harmful
Answer: B
Q3) The ossicles are housed in the _____ ear, whereas the cochlea is housed in the _____ ear.
Answer: middle; inner
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) LSD, also known as _____, produces hallucinatory experiences that can last for up to _____ hours.
A)MDMA; two B)crack; one C)ecstasy; twenty-four D)acid; twelve
Q2) Depressants act on the _____ neurotransmitters to produce a _____ effect. A)endorphin; revved up B)glutamate; high energy
C)GABA; sedating D)dopamine; sedating
Q3) According to this theory, sleep is necessary for growth and repair of the body.
A)restorative theory
B)adaptive theory
C)psychoanalytic theory
D)dream theory
Q4) Based on EEG evidence, the brain is _____ active during REM sleep.
Q5) Glenn supports the notion that we sleep to reenergize ourselves for the next day. Based on this information, it is clear that Glenn is referring to the _____ theory of sleep.
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) Fourteen-year-old Judy Ann is frustrated with the way the kids at school treat her during lunch. Instead of sitting by herself like she normally does, she sits with another student at lunch. As they begin to engage in conversation, she notices that no one stops to make fun of her. Because of this, she decides to no longer sit by herself at lunch. Which of the following can be considered the operant?
A)the kids making fun of her
B)sitting with another student instead of sitting by herself
C)her frustration
D)the student she talks to at lunch
Q2) Learning to make a reflex respond to a stimulus other than to the original, natural stimulus is called _____
A)classical conditioning.
B)operant conditioning.
C)memory linkage.
D)adaptation.
Q3) Though Pavlov's classical conditioning and Skinner's operant conditioning are both forms of learning, what is it that makes them different?
Q4) Why is ecological relevance significant in classical conditioning?
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Chapter 6: Memory
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Q1) The blocking or preventing of long-term potentiation results in _____
A)increased encoding.
B)the formation of many new memories.
C)the interference of learning.
D)an increase of synaptic efficiency.
Q2) Which of the following brain structures is most utilized when someone is engaged in working memory?
A)the hippocampus
B)the prefrontal cortex
C)the hypothalamus
D)the cerebellum
Q3) When a person has a better memory for items at the end of a list he/she tries to learn, the _____ is demonstrated.
A)recency effect
B)serial cognition effect
C)metamemory effect
D)primacy effect
Q4) The three basic processes, in addition to consolidation, required for remembering are _____, _____, and _____.
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Chapter 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) Discuss gender differences in cognition. Include biological and social factors that may contribute to them. Discuss why it is important to keep gender differences in cognition in perspective.
Q2) Which of the following is true about preschoolers who are fluent in more than one language?
A)They have more difficulty communicating because they mix up words.
B)They talk less because they have to choose which language to speak in.
C)They have better development of executive control s for language.
D)They have better memory for word tasks.
Q3) Everyone was talking at lunch about how awful it is that so many criminals try to get off by pleading insanity. Since less than 1% of violent felons actually make that plea, something other than the truth must be at play. It is probably the _____ because a recent case has been in the news constantly.
A)representative heuristic
B)recognition heuristic
C)algorithm heuristic
D)availability heuristic
Q4) Amid all of the controversy, what purposes do intelligence tests serve?
Q5) What factors-name at least four-can get in the way of solving a problem?
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Chapter 8: Human Development
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Q1) Stranger anxiety peaks around _____
A)4 months of age.
B)6 months of age.
C)12 months of age.
D)18 months of age.
Q2) According to your text, which of the following events seems to be the most stressful in the lives of older adults?
A)retirement
B)change in sleep patterns
C)physical changes
D)death of a spouse
Q3) Ten-year-old Maddie has been sick with cancer for the last 3 years. She tells her Dad that she no longer wants chemotherapy and that she is ready to go to heaven. He can't help but notice how peaceful she seems with her decision. According to Kübler-Ross, Maddie is in the _____ stage of death and dying.
A)bargaining
B)denial
C)anger
D)acceptance
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Adam has had difficulty controlling his insulin level for years. While he monitors his blood glucose level and tries to eat right, he finds that he still has insulin levels that are too high. In fact, medical tests have shown that his body chronically oversecretes insulin. Based on research, Adam likely _____
A)is very thin.
B)never feels hungry.
C)has too much activity in his ventromedial hypothalamus.
D)is overweight or even obese.
Q2) The three important components to the expectancy theory are _____, _____, and _____.
Q3) According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, successful performance on a simple task requires _____
A)no arousal.
B)lower arousal.
C)moderate arousal.
D)higher arousal.
Q4) Changes in _____, the hormone produced by the body's fat tissues, appears to play a role in the regulation of body weight.
Q5) Richard Lazarus explains his theory of emotion as beginning with a(n)_____.
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Chapter 10: Health and Stress
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Q1) In the _____, a person cognitively evaluates available resources and options prior to deciding how to deal with a stressor.
A)primary appraisal
B)approach-avoidance conflict
C)adjustment phase
D)secondary appraisal
Q2) Helen is a researcher interested in topics such as cancer and heart disease. She wants her psychological research to address why some people get sick, how some people stay healthy, and what they do when they get sick in order to try to recover. Helen is likely a _____
A)primary care physician.
B)neuropsychologist.
C)cognitive psychologist.
D)health psychologist.
Q3) Discuss how to evaluate health information on the Internet. What should you trust and how much? What are the rules governing health information on the Internet? How do you evaluate a source? What do you need in order to make the best decision about health information on the Internet?
Q4) Why do people tend to get sick AFTER the stressful event has passed?
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Chapter 11: Personality Theory and Assessment
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Q1) Developing one's fullest potential is the goal of _____
A)a fixation.
B)catharsis.
C)rationalization.
D)self-actualization.
Q2) _____ consists of a person's characteristic patterns of behaving, thinking, and feeling.
A)Emotion
B)Personality
C)An external locus of control
D)Motivation
Q3) Unpleasant, argumentative, and cold would describe a _____ score on the _____ factor of the five-factor model.
A)high; agreeableness
B)low; conscientiousness
C)low; extroversion
D)low; agreeableness
Q4) According to the psychoanalytic theory, what is the main job of the ego?
Q5) Explain the concept of reciprocal determinism and discuss its relation to other learning theories.
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Chapter 12: Defining Psychological Disorders
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Q1) It was long assumed that early _____ played a key role in the development of dissociative identity disorder. However, we now know this has not happened in most cases.
A)nutritional deficiencies
B)emancipation from parents
C)drug and alcohol use
D)trauma
Q2) What is the reason that psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals use diagnostic categories and labels for psychological disorders?
Q3) Milo has been feeling down for the last month or so. However, he cannot quite trace back to what may have caused this feeling to begin with. Aside from feeling sad, he cannot seem to eat or sleep as he normally does. He has never felt this way before and it is beginning to scare him because he is starting to feel as if there is nothing he can do to stop feeling this way. Which diagnosis currently seems to best fit Milo's symptoms?
A)bipolar disorder
B)generalized anxiety disorder
C)major depressive disorder
D)paranoid schizophrenia
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Chapter 13: Therapies
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Q1) Nina is an African-American therapist. Most of her clients are also African-American because they request a therapist who shares a similar cultural makeup. Nina is quite successful not only because she is a brilliant psychologist, but also because she knows well the African-American culture and chooses therapeutic interventions for her clients accordingly. Nina clearly provides _____
A)gender-sensitive therapy.
B)healing circles.
C)e-therapy.
D)culturally sensitive therapy.
Q2) _____ is any type of psychotherapy in which the therapist takes an active role in determining the course of therapy sessions and provides answers and suggestions to the client.
A)Humanistic therapy
B)Aversion therapy
C)Directive therapy
D)Psychoanalysis
Q3) Why isn't ECT one of the first types of treatment prescribed to those who have major depressive disorder?
Q4) _____ and _____ are two examples of insight therapies.
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Chapter 14: Social Psychology
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Q1) Tabitha was not quite sure how she felt about the new health care law signed by President Obama. She was leaning toward the idea that the health care bill was a good one, but she was still not completely for it. After discussing the bill with her four roommates, who were all in full support of the new legislation, Tabitha became a strong supporter of the new bill. What psychological phenomenon just occurred that caused Tabitha to solidify her point of view?
A)group polarization
B)social loafing
C)the actor-observer effect
D)social facilitation
Q2) When a person assigns causes to another individual's behavior and assumes that the behavior is due to that individual's personal characteristics, a(n)_____ is made.
A)situational attribution
B)dispositional attribution
C)attribution error
D)external attribution
Q3) Christopher is a teacher who utilizes group work. How can he prevent social loafing?
Q4) What factors influence conformity? That is, why do people conform?
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Chapter 15: Human Sexuality and Gender
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Q1) Several sexually transmitted bacterial infections are particularly dangerous for women because, unlike in men, they cause _____.
Q2) Since he was about 3 years of age, Antonio has felt that although he appears physically male, he is really female. If Antonio's development follows the course of most children who feel this way, he will _____
A)have sex reassignment surgery as soon as he is of legal age.
B)not have this strong feeling of being female after puberty.
C)want to date only men.
D)be bisexual when he becomes sexually active.
Q3) Sexual disorders can have psychological or biological causes. One medication that has been found helpful for premature ejaculation is _____
A)Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, a type of antidepressant.
B)Benzodiazepines, such as Valium.
C)Opiods, such as morphine.
D)Endocannibinoid, such as medical marijuana.
Q4) The most common sexual dysfunction in women is _____.
Q5) The term _____ is used to refer to psychological and social variables associated with being male or female.
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