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Survey of Psychology provides a broad overview of the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. The course introduces students to key concepts, theories, and research findings in major subfields such as biological psychology, cognition, development, learning, motivation, emotion, personality, psychological disorders, and social behavior. Emphasizing critical thinking and real-world application, the course encourages students to explore how psychological principles influence individuals and society, while also developing an understanding of research methods and ethics in psychology.
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Psychology An Introduction 10th Edition by Benjamin Lahey
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) When the skin is stimulated with intense heat,both the cold and warm receptors are stimulated.Which psychologist is credited with this discovery?
A) Max Wertheimer
B) J.Henry Alston
C) William James
D) Mary Whiton Calkins
Answer: B
Q2) Forecasting the likelihood of adolescent chemical dependency following childhood sexual abuse fulfills the goal of:
A) description.
B) understanding.
C) prediction.
D) influence.
Answer: C
Q3) Plato received his training in philosophical methods from Aristotle.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Research Methods in Psychology
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Q1) A researcher interested in studying the life satisfaction of adolescents versus adults would be most likely to choose which of the following methods?
A) clinical
B) naturalistic observation
C) formal experiment
D) survey
Answer: D
Q2) The requirement that the only difference between experimental conditions in a formal experiment is the variable of interest is referred to as:
A) control grouping.
B) experimental control.
C) placebo control.
D) random assignment.
Answer: B
Q3) Experiments are particularly helpful in achieving the goals of understanding and influence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Biological Foundations in Behavior
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Q1) Which physical event would be MOST like an action potential?
A) a column of water moving simultaneously through a pipe
B) a pack of dogs barking,with each dog influencing the other dogs
C) a flashlight sending a code
D) a row of standing dominoes,where one falling domino tips over the next
Answer: D
Q2) Which brain structure is a slight swelling right at the top of the spinal cord,where the cord enters the brain?
A) thalamus
B) cerebellum
C) pons
D) medulla
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a function of the autonomic nervous system?
A) heart rate and breathing
B) emotional reactions
C) carrying messages to the skeletal muscles
D) activation of the digestive tract
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: The Interplay of Nature and Nurture
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Q1) In terms of emotional and social behavior,men are more likely than women to be:
A) anxious.
B) open.
C) assertive.
D) cooperative.
Q2) Compared to women in other societies,in societies where women can inherit property and hold political offices,they are more likely to be socialized to be:
A) obedient.
B) achievement-oriented.
C) competitive lovers.
D) better wives and mothers.
Q3) On average,brothers and sisters share approximately ______ of their genes.
A) 20%
B) 35%
C) 50%
D) 75%
Q4) ____________ is the subjective experience of being a male or female.
Q5) Twin studies and adoption studies help examine the influence of ____________ on humans.
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Hearing is synonymous with:
A) frequency.
B) rendition.
C) audition.
D) amplitude.
Q2) The ear's sensory receptor cells sit on the ____________.
Q3) The retina has three types of cones,each type responding to wavelengths in the:
A) blue,yellow,and red spectrums.
B) yellow,blue,and green spectrums.
C) blue,red,and green spectrums.
D) blue,yellow,and green spectrums.
Q4) You are pregnant.Your obstetrician looks at the fuzzy image on the sonogram and says,"There are your baby's legs,and there's his penis.He's a boy." You look at the image and can't determine where the legs are and which part is the penis.Your obstetrician is able to interpret what she sees to a greater extent than you are able,demonstrating her well-developed:
A) visual sense.
B) sensory receptor cells.
C) perceptual ability.
D) associative ability.
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Chapter 6: States of Consciousness
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Q1) Of the following pairs of drugs,which pair is MOST similar in its effects?
A) marijuana and cocaine
B) opium and cocaine
C) morphine and cocaine
D) amphetamines and cocaine
Q2) Sleeptalking occurs during:
A) REM sleep.
B) light sleep.
C) deep sleep.
D) any stage of sleep.
Q3) The first systematic study of dreams was conducted by:
A) Mary Whiton Calkins.
B) Sigmund Freud.
C) William James.
D) Rip Van Winkle.
Q4) The state of focusing oneself entirely on what is happening at the present is referred to as ____________.
Q5) Growth hormone is secreted primarily during the first two hours of sleep.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Basic Principles of Learning
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Q1) Peter is punched by several bullies at school.Now,whenever a bully merely swings his fist at Peter,Peter winces.In this example,the unconditioned stimulus is:
A) pain from being punched.
B) the punch.
C) a hand moving in the air.
D) wincing.
Q2) According to the partial reinforcement effect,responses that have been reinforced on which of the following schedules of reinforcement should be the MOST difficult to extinguish?
A) fixed interval
B) continuous
C) fixed ratio
D) variable interval
Q3) You love to watch for meteors,but as meteors are unpredictable,your pleasure in seeing one is reinforced on a:
A) fixed ratio schedule.
B) variable ratio schedule.
C) fixed interval schedule.
D) variable interval schedule.
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Chapter 8: Memory
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Q1) If you do not pay attention to information in a sensory register,how long will the information be retained?
A) less than a second for all types of information
B) 15 to 30 seconds for all types of information
C) less than a second for visual information and a few seconds for auditory information
D) 5 seconds for visual information and 15 to 20 seconds for skin information
Q2) Instead of mentally representing the digits 1298 as "one,two,nine,and eight," they can be represented as twelve and ninety-eight.What is this process called?
A) consolidation
B) chunking
C) reconstruction
D) relearning
Q3) In Atkinson and Shiffrin's stage theory of memory,to transfer information from sensory memory to short-term memory,one must ____________.
Q4) Visual information is contained in the ____________ for one-quarter of a second.
Q5) When you cannot recall your new phone number and keep giving out your old phone number,____________ interference is occurring.
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Chapter 9: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
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Q1) Emotion and problem solving are:
A) unrelated concepts.
B) rarely related.
C) not independent of one another.
D) are nearly the same thing in humans.
Q2) The basic sounds of a language are its:
A) phonemes.
B) syntax.
C) alphabet.
D) morphemes.
Q3) Megan is taking her nursing exam and sees that Professor Jensen asked an essay question requiring students to write about the "ideal" alternative care environment for an older individual.What kind of thinking will be most helpful to Megan in answering this question?
A) convergent thinking
B) divergent thinking
C) logical thinking
D) functional thinking
Q4) ____________ concepts are defined by the presence of one common characteristic,or another one,or both.
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Chapter 10: Developmental Psychology
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Q1) According to Kubler-Ross's research with terminally ill patients,when patients first hear they have only a short time to live,how do they react?
A) They become angry and resentful.
B) They calmly accept their fate.
C) They become sad,apathetic,and depressed.
D) They deny or ignore the diagnosis.
Q2) In the 2-year-old room of a day care center,you notice that children are engaged in a wide variety of activities but no one seems to be playing with anyone else.Which kind of play are the children MOST likely engaged in?
A) solitary play
B) parallel play
C) cooperative play
D) functional play
Q3) The neonatal period encompasses the:
A) last trimester of pregnancy.
B) first 2 months of life.
C) first 2 weeks of life.
D) first year of life.
Q4) List and briefly describe Kubler-Ross's stages of grief.
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Chapter 11: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Hunger,the need for novel stimulation,and the need for achievement are all psychological motives.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to Solomon's opponent-process theory,repeated exposure to the same stimulus will:
A) decrease the initial reaction and increase the opponent reaction.
B) increase both the initial and opponent reaction.
C) increase the initial reaction and decrease the opponent reaction.
D) decrease both the initial and opponent reactions.
Q3) Which theory might state that autonomic nervous system arousal and the experience of emotion are "events that occur at the same time"?
A) the Cannon-Bard theory
B) the Shachter-Singer theory
C) Izard's facial feedback hypothesis
D) the James-Lange theory
Q4) Catharsis is the process of releasing pent-up emotional energy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Personality Theories and Assessment
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Q1) Relate id,ego,and superego development to Freud's psychosexual stages.
Q2) Horney's concept of anxious insecurity stems from the observation that:
A) children of lower intelligence have difficulty solving emotional problems.
B) over-indulgent parents create children who are responsible and caring adults.
C) children who feel unloved develop emotional conflicts.
D) immature individuals play games to create jealousy in those who love them.
Q3) Self-efficacy is:
A) mastery of skills deemed important for survival.
B) a sense of personal worth.
C) the belief that one can accomplish whatever one wishes to accomplish.
D) the same as self-esteem
Q4) In Freudian theory,the ego:
A) makes moral decisions.
B) makes rational decisions.
C) uses primary process thinking.
D) seeks immediate gratification.
Q5) According to Freud,dreams are a(n)____________ process means of fulfilling motives.
Q6) Humanists believe that people possess a(n)____________ that pushes them to grow and become the best individuals they can be.
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Chapter 13: Stress and Health
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Q1) Frustration is the result of the inability to satisfy a motive.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following types of negative events would be the MOST stressful?
A) an event that is predictable and controllable
B) an event that is predictable but not controllable
C) an event that is not predictable but is controllable
D) an event that is neither predictable nor controllable
Q3) Of the following stressors,which one tends to be the MOST stressful?
A) stressors that are ignored
B) self-induced stressors
C) unfamiliar or surprising stressors
D) predictable stressors
Q4) Of anal,oral,and vaginal intercourse,which behavior(s)can allow for the transmission of HIV?
A) anal intercourse only
B) anal and vaginal intercourse only
C) anal and oral intercourse only
D) anal,oral,and vaginal intercourse
Q5) ____________ is stress that results from the threat of a negative event.
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Chapter 14: Abnormal Behavior
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Q1) Most people who experience the sudden loss of a loved one develop posttraumatic stress disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Compare and contrast generalized anxiety disorder with phobias and panic disorder.
Q3) Persons with somatization disorder display an interesting characteristic called "la belle indifference."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Six months following a rape,what percentage of female victims were still experiencing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder?
A) 10%
B) 42%
C) 60%
D) 75%
Q5) The practice of obtaining sexual pleasure from sexual contact with children is called ____________.
Q6) An obsession is an unwanted,distressing,and recurring ____________.
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Chapter 15: Therapies
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Q1) Your therapist has recommended brief psychotherapy that will focus on (1)helping you to express your feelings to others in constructive ways, (2)identifying the healthy and unhealthy relationships in your life,and (3)helping you develop skills for creating and maintaining healthy new relationships.Your therapist is using techniques associated with:
A) psychoanalysis.
B) cognitive-behavior therapy.
C) Gestalt therapy.
D) interpersonal therapy.
Q2) Louis has a fear of elevators.His therapist accompanies him through a series of gradually increasingly more fearful situations.They begin by simply entering a building with an elevator.Eventually,they are able to spend time on a stationary elevator.Eventually,Louis is able to ride on an elevator all the way to the top of a 30-story building.Louis's therapist uses a ____________ approach to psychotherapy and has used a technique known as ____________.
A) client-centered;free association
B) cognitive-behavioral;graded exposure
C) client-centered;progressive relaxation
D) cognitive-behavioral;role playing
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Chapter 16: Social Psychology
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Q1) According to your text,a stereotype is a(n):
A) inaccurate generalization on which a prejudice is based.
B) harmful attitude based on inaccurate generalizations about a group of people.
C) attitude in which a person believes that the values of their culture are superior to other cultures.
D) way of treating others that diminishes their value.
Q2) Which of the following questions would MOST interest a social psychologist?
A) How does prior experience with punishment affect one's ability to concentrate on a task?
B) What is the most effective way to eliminate a phobia?
C) Is there a correlation between job success and reported life satisfaction?
D) On what basis do people judge each other's personalities?
Q3) When you base an explanation for a behavior on some personal characteristic,you are making a(n)____________.
Q4) An individual who experiences ____________ will tend to change their attitudes to match their behavior.
Q5) Sherif conducted a study that took advantage of a perceptual phenomenon known as the ____________.
Q6) Describe three theories as to how stereotypes and prejudice develop.
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Chapter 17: Psychology Applied to Business and Other Professions
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Q1) ____________ is the practice of integrating physically and mentally challenged children into regular public school classrooms.
Q2) Andrea advises her company that it would lose less money on absenteeism if it provided free childcare for all employees.Andrea is functioning as a(n):
A) forensic psychologist.
B) industrial-organizational psychologist.
C) human factors psychologist.
D) clinical psychologist.
Q3) Health psychologists who suggest that companies that offer free health club memberships to employees:
A) offend applicants who feel that exercise is a private,not a company,matter.
B) do not really benefit because people who care about their health will exercise with or without a health club.
C) attract health-conscious workers who are already healthier.
D) attract employees who have had little interest in health prior to employment with the company.
Q4) The practice of involving all employees at all levels in management decisions is called ____________.
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