Survey of Psychology Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Survey of Psychology offers a comprehensive introduction to the major principles, methods, and fields within psychology. Covering a broad array of topics, including biological foundations of behavior, sensation and perception, learning, motivation, emotions, development, personality, psychological disorders, and social behavior, this course provides students with a foundational understanding of how psychological principles apply to everyday life. Through the study of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, students gain insight into both individual and group behaviors, as well as the scientific approaches used to explore the complexities of the human mind.
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THINK Psychology 2nd Edition by Abigail
A. Baird
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) The view that knowledge originates through experience is called __________.
A) scientology
B) structuralism
C) empiricism
D) functionalism
Answer: C
Q2) Maggie was sent to the school psychologist for an intelligence test.Based on the results of that test,it was decided that she would do well in the gifted child program.This is an example of which goal of psychology?
A) Describing behavior
B) Explaining behavior
C) Predicting behavior
D) Controlling behavior
Answer: C
Q3) A psychologist who adopts the "nature" view believes that we are born with specific behavioral tendencies that are unlearned and innate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Research Methods
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Q1) In a formal experiment,the participants who are given no treatment or a treatment that is believed to have no effect make up the __________ group.
A) experimental
B) comparison
C) control
D) outcome
Answer: C
Q2) Why is it important to make sure that different participant groups are roughly equivalent in terms of personal characteristics (e.g.,age,gender)before any independent variable is introduced?
A) Because it is important to treat all research participants equally so that they feel that they are not being manipulated.
B) Because research ethics forbid any experiment to take place when the participant groups are fundamentally different from each other.
C) So that no major differences between the groups unduly bias the results of the experiment.
D) Because it threatens the integrity of a within-group experimental design.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Human Brain
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Q1) The __________ gland is responsible for secreting growth hormone and for regulating other glands in the body.
A) thyroid
B) pituitary
C) adrenal
D) pancreothyrotic
Answer: B
Q2) Who is most likely to have some amount of language functioning controlled by both hemispheres of their cerebrum?
A) Women
B) The elderly
C) Right-handed people
D) Children
Answer: A
Q3) The brain is connected to the spinal nerves by the __________.
A) hypothalamus
B) foramen magnum
C) brainstem
D) spinal cord
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Genetics and Evolution
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Q1) On average,how many of your genes do you share with each of your parents?
A) 50%
B) 10%
C) 25%
D) 5%
Q2) Which of the following commonly held beliefs about single-celled organisms is,in fact,untrue according to evolutionary principles?
A) Single-celled organisms are less evolved than more complex organisms.
B) Single-celled organisms are well-adapted to their environments.
C) Single-celled organisms are less complex than multi-celled organisms.
D) Single-celled organisms are as evolved as human beings because of their ability to adjust and adapt to changing circumstances.
Q3) The fact that human beings have an elongated torso,strong lower/hind limbs,and weak upper/forelimbs demonstrates that we are biologically __________ to walk on two legs.
A) developed
B) advantaged
C) premeditated
D) prepared
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) When light is shined onto the retina,that energy is received and then sent to the brain via the __________.
A) visual cortex
B) optic nerve
C) ocular connection
D) sclera link
Q2) Parallel processing in the human brain is analogous to multitasking in a computer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How many basic taste sensations do human beings have according to the most recent research?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 4
D) 6
Q4) Unlike our visual system,our olfactory system does not normally decline as we age.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Consciousness
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Q1) According to Sigmund Freud,the __________ content of a dream refers to the underlying meaning of the dream through which threatening or unacceptable drives and wishes are discharged.
A) lucid
B) manifest
C) unconscious
D) latent
Q2) Sheri has been having difficulty sleeping lately,and the problem has gotten bad enough that is interfering with her daily functioning.At the suggesting of her physician,she goes to a sleep laboratory to see if something treatable is going on.The sleep specialists want to study her brain activity while she sleeps,so which of the following instruments is she most likely to be connected to during the night in the lab?
A) An EMG machine
B) An EKG machine
C) An EEG machine
D) An ESP machine
Q3) The average human being will have over 100,000 dreams in his or her lifetime.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Learning
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Q1) At the age of 16,Martin watched his older brother Lawrence get trained as an EMT,and then as a paramedic.He enjoyed hearing the stories of how Lawrence worked on the ambulances,occasionally saving a life,and this led Martin to experience a strong desire to become an EMT himself.In this case,Lawrence served as a __________ model for his younger brother.
A) benevolent
B) prosocial
C) automatic
D) familial
Q2) Which part of the brain has been found to be most associated with operant conditioning?
A) Corpus callosum
B) Ascending pyramidal tracts
C) Optic chiasm
D) Basal ganglia
Q3) Which of the following is the last-occurring part of the three-term contingency?
A) observational learning
B) a discriminative stimulus
C) an operant response
D) a reinforce/punisher
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Chapter 8: Memory
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Q1) Students often use fancy report covers,exciting fonts,and vivid pictures on the covers of their term papers to try to impress their teacher.If their various strategies cause the teacher to have a more vivid memory of their individual paper,then they have succeeded in using __________ to influence the teacher's memory.
A) deep processing
B) decoy processing
C) interferent processing
D) shallow processing
Q2) Which lobe of the cerebrum plays a prominent role in the encoding and storage of working and long-term memory?
A) The occipital lobe
B) The parietal lobe
C) The frontal lobe
D) The temporal lobe
Q3) Repeating a stimulus to yourself over and over again to keep it from fading away is called elaborative rehearsal.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Cognition and Intelligence
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Q1) In the chapter on memory,you learned that our sensory memory is a temporary storage facility with a duration of only a brief second or two where information is maintained while we decide what to do with it.In the filter theory of attention,the sensory __________ serves the same purpose of holding information until it is accepted or rejected by a filter.
A) container
B) retainer
C) nucleus
D) buffer
Q2) According to linguistic theory,a spoonerism occurs when a person inadvertently exchanges the initial sounds of two or more words in a phrase.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Approximately every ___ years,the average IQ scores in the human population rise 9-15 points.
A) 15
B) 30
C) 45
D) 60
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Chapter 10: Human Development I: Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development
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Q1) What is the age range bound by the four stages of Piaget's theory?
A) Birth through adolescence
B) Toddlerhood through adolescence
C) Birth through adulthood
D) Birth through toddlerhood
Q2) All of the following are infantile reflexes: rooting,Babinski,Grasping,stepping,and crying.
A)True
B)False
Q3) "Raindrops keep falling on my head.And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed,nothing seems to fit!" These lyrics to a popular song describe a very uncomfortable sleeping arrangement! There are several ways this problem can be solved.If the singer chooses to go out in the morning and buy a bigger bed,this would be similar to the Piagetian concept of __________.
A) assimilation
B) accommodation
C) schema transformation
D) adaptation
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Chapter 11: Sex and Gender
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Q1) Aaron,who is generally a very open-minded and accepting person,is very different when it comes to the issue of homosexuality.While having a talk with his friend Elena,he says "I know that some people think that being gay is something you are born with,but I just don't agree.I think it is a choice,and I know that research has found that to be the case." Since Elena just read Chapter 11 of your textbook,what would she be most likely to say to Aaron?
A) Aaron, I knew we got along for a reason. The research is very clear that people who try hard enough can, in fact, change from being homosexual to being heterosexual.
B) Aaron, you silly boy! The only way a person can change their sexual orientation is if they have a procedure to surgically alter the lateral geniculate nucleus of the hypothalamus, because that is where sexual orientation is controlled!
C) Well, Aaron, you are only partially correct, because only with the use of hormone pills can a person truly change his or her sexual orientation.
D) Aaron, you are such a nice guy, but you are wrong. There is really no evidence that a person can either choose or voluntarily change their sexual orientation.
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Chapter 12: Human Development II: Social Development
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Q1) Which of the following statements about the effect of culture on play is the most accurate?
A) Children play in every culture, and the way they interact is surprisingly universal.
B) Children in very religious cultures play in a much more reserved manner than children in cultures that place less emphasis on religion.
C) Children in collectivist cultures play more cooperatively than children in individualistic cultures.
D) Children's play varies greatly from culture to culture, and no one variable can predict exactly which type of interactions will be seen.
Q2) The appearance of __________,which normally shows up at around 8 months of age,is an indication that a child's attachment to his or her primary caregiver(s)is getting stronger.
A) agoraphobia
B) separation anxiety
C) stranger anxiety
D) bedwetting
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Chapter 13: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) When Harry and Suzette recently applied for the same job,they found out that they had interviews on the same day,in consecutive hours.As they sat making idle chitchat before the first interview,each wished each other good luck,shook hands,and smiled.Deep inside,however,each was really thinking that they'd like the other to do poorly so that the job would be more easily won! This process of showing one emotion while feeling another is called __________.
A) masking
B) muting
C) deceiving
D) affective re-expressing
Q2) Stanley Schachter and Robert Zajonc worked together to postulate the two-factor theory of emotion.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Yerkes-Dodson law states that the more arousal a person experiences the better their performance will be.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Social Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following factors is not related to an increased tendency to cooperate with others?
A) Having no concern about damage to your own reputation
B) Experiencing norms of fairness
C) Feeling a high level of personal accountability
D) Experiencing a shared identity with a group
Q2) __________ is prosocial behavior that is carried out without concern for one's own safety or self-interest.
A) Altruism
B) Cooperation
C) Self-sacrifice
D) Kindness
Q3) Gender,age,race,and religion are examples of social categories.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A(n)__________ is a belief where _________ is an action.
A) explicit stereotype; an implicit stereotype
B) stereotype; prejudice
C) implicit stereotype; an explicit stereotype
D) stereotype; discrimination
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Chapter 15: Health and Stress
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Q1) __________ is a low-level,positive type of stress that helps a person perform a task or achieve a goal.
A) Distress
B) Reactive stress
C) Adaptive stress
D) Eustress
Q2) What physiological factors of those with type A personalities seems to be related to their increased level of heart disease?
A) The fact that type A appears mostly in men, and the XY chromosome type has genes that make a man more susceptible to heart disease than women.
B) The genetic cause of type A personality is highly linked to the genetic cause of heart disease.
C) The increased physiological reactivity to being harassed, challenged, or threatened.
D) The fact that type A personality cause increased serotonergic activity in the brain, which leads to increased blood flow through the heart. This flow leaves excess deposits that lead to heart disease.
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Chapter 16: Personality and Individual Differences
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Q1) Which of the following researchers proposed a theory of personality that is based on the existence of certain traits?
A) Carl Jung
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Margaret Mahler
D) Hans Eysenck and Jeffrey Gray
Q2) __________ theories of personality place emphasis on the beliefs and habits of thought,both conscious and unconscious,that we form through our interactions with society.
A) Social cognitive
B) Behavioral
C) Dichotomous
D) Diathesis
Q3) __________ is a personality trait exhibiting the tendency to think and act in a collectivist manner.
A) Ideocentrism
B) Dependence
C) Allocentrism
D) Nomotheticism
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Chapter 17: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Which physical change to the brain has been noted in those suffering from schizophrenia?
A) Enlargement of the anterior ventricles.
B) Demyelination of the basal ganglia
C) Delateralization of the corpus callosum
D) Shrinking of the overall brain.
Q2) According to the DSM-IV-TR,approximately ___% of individuals will develop generalized anxiety disorder at some point in their lives.
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 10
Q3) In order for an individual to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder,(s)he must show signs of severe depressive symptoms for a period of at least __________.
A) 1 week
B) 2 weeks
C) 1 month
D) 2 months
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Chapter 18: Psychological Therapies
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Q1) Dr.Michelin believes that the best way to conquer your fear is to face it.She has a client who has a crippling fear of dogs,and so Dr.Michelin believes that this client must come face to face with a dog at some point if she is to overcome her fears.Dr.Michelin clearly believes in the use of __________ treatments.
A) exposure
B) aversive
C) operant
D) stress inoculation
Q2) There are many different kinds of mental health professionals,each with their own unique types of training and specialties.A mental health professional who is a medical doctor with special training in the treatment of psychological disorders and who can prescribe medications is a __________.
A) psychiatric nurse
B) psychiatrist
C) clinical psychologist
D) psychiatric social worker
Q3) The terms 'client' and 'patient' mean the same thing and are interchangeable.
A)True
B)False
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