Basic Psychology Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Basic Psychology provides a comprehensive introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The course explores fundamental concepts, including perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, development, personality, and psychological disorders. Students will examine the key theories and research methods used in psychology, as well as the biological, cognitive, and social factors that influence human thought and action. Through case studies and practical examples, this course aims to build a foundational understanding of how psychological principles apply to everyday life and inform our understanding of individual and group behavior.
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Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik
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Chapter 1: Discovering Psychology
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Q1) A seventh grader in the United States wants to be a psychologist.She tells her mother about the career choice.The girl says that "it'll take a long time to become one." She needs to realize that "a long time" may mean:
A) two to three years after high school
B) about five years after earning an undergraduate degree
C) five years in medical school
D) four years of college
Answer: B
Q2) Of the following,which is not a good thing to do to stop procrastination?
A) get organized
B) set specific goals
C) reward yourself
D) think of the final goal
Answer: D
Q3) Freud argued that people have great freedom in determining the future and have much potential for personal growth.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Psychology and Science
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Q1) Juan has been smoking for years and really wants to quit.He decided to buy a specially formulated vitamin that he saw advertised on TV.Since he has taken the vitamin,his urge to smoke has disappeared.Juan is most likely to have experienced a(n):
A) placebo effect
B) double-blind effect
C) experimenter effect
D) dependent effect
Answer: A
Q2) Testimonials are based on careful objective observations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall affect children by:
A) increasing activity but only in nonhyperactive children
B) increasing activity
C) decreasing activity
D) decreasing activity but only in hyperactive children
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Brains Building Blocks
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Q1) According to Sgt.Bagge,who is described in Module Three,the toughest part of adjusting to a double amputation is:
A) phantom limb
B) limb plasticity
C) loss of smooth movements
D) tremors and shakes
Answer: A
Q2) What part of the brain might help us to understand other people's intentions and goals?
A) mirror neurons
B) GABA neurons
C) basal ganglia
D) stem cells
Answer: A
Q3) What is the most reliable test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease?
A) PET or MRI scan
B) behavioral observation by trained specialist
C) blood and spinal fluid tests
D) administering a questionnaire to the patient
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Incredible Nervous System
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Q1) Dakota's right somatosensory cortex was severely injured in a car accident.As a result,Dakota has great difficulty:
A) processing sensory information from the left side of the body
B) moving the right and left hands
C) understanding written words
D) carrying out plans
Q2) During the game show Jeopardy,the host says the answer,"The occipital lobe." Which of the following is the best question?
A) "Which lobe is critical to hearing and speech?"
B) "What is the name of the lobe that sends motor messages to the body?"
C) "What is the lobe that does not have an association cortex?"
D) "Which lobe is critical to vision?"
Q3) The new area of study that maps the paths of cognitive processes in the brain is called:
A) behavioral neuroscience
B) psychoanalysis
C) cognitive neuroscience
D) cognitive psychobiology
Q4) What does the case of Phineas Gage teach us about the brain?
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Chapter 5: Sensation
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Q1) If you see distant objects clearly but close objects appear blurry,you are:
A) nearsighted
B) farsighted
C) normal
D) abnormal
Q2) If the eyeball is too long,light from distant objects focuses at a point slightly in front of the retina,resulting in:
A) farsightedness
B) nearsightedness
C) cataracts
D) night blindness
Q3) Because of transduction,there is decreased responding in the sense organ when exposed to continuous levels of stimulation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The price of medicine does not affect its effectiveness.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the role that endorphins and beliefs play in acupuncture.
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Chapter 6: Perception
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Q1) A subject has been exposed to three lights flashing in rapid succession every thirty seconds.After many of these trials,the experimenter has two of them flash.If the subject,in error,reports seeing three lights flash for this trial,it is probably because of:
A) the fact that the stimuli were visual and not auditory
B) long-term memory distortion
C) perceptual acuity
D) perceptual set
Q2) A quality inspector at the local manufacturing plant carefully examines a product for flaws using a special light.The flaws show up as dark green spots of light.For this inspector,the ____ is the point at which a flaw can be detected.
A) threshold
B) JND
C) gestalt
D) subliminal threshold
Q3) Linear perspective is a monocular depth cue.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe how distance cues play a role in the moon illusion.
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Chapter 7: Sleep and Dreams
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Q1) A frequent flier has problems with jet lag.He decides that he can control this by changing the seat he normally occupies in the aircraft.This strategy is:
A) not likely to work because jet lag is caused by protein imbalances that result from having to eat at irregular times
B) going to fail because jet lag is caused by a lack of synchrony between biological and chronological clocks
C) likely to work because jet lag is caused by the nature of movement in an aircraft and this is experienced differently in different parts of the plane
D) not likely to work because jet lag is caused by the tiring nature of travel
Q2) Amanda seems to be developing SAD every fall.What substances may be triggering Amanda's SAD?
A) nitric oxide and anandamide
B) dopamine and acetylcholine
C) serotonin and melatonin
D) epinephrine and endorphins
Q3) Describe the effects of texting on driving.
Q4) Explain Freud's theory of dreams and the activation-synthesis model of dreams.
Q5) Describe the effects of sleep deprivation on the immune system.
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Chapter 8: Hypnosis and Drugs
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Q1) Alcohol's effects appear to be due to its ability to:
A) stimulate GABA receptors and impair the anterior cingulate cortex
B) prevent reuptake of GABA
C) increase the production of acetylcholine
D) increase the production of dopamine
Q2) How might you tell if a person is experiencing withdrawal symptoms following heavy drinking?
A) The person is experiencing short bursts of energy and alertness.
B) You notice the person has reduced inhibitions.
C) The person needs to drink more and more alcohol.
D) The person experiences shakes, nausea, and anxiety.
Q3) The body is capable of producing its own opiate-like chemicals in the form of:
A) endorphins
B) dopamine
C) thoraxine
D) adrenaline
Q4) Hypnosis is most effective in helping people with self-control problems such as smoking and excessive drinking.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Classical Conditioning
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Q1) Uncle Joe is a very wise old man.One day you asked him for advice and he said,"You are likely to do tomorrow what today led to a pleasurable consequence." You are impressed because he was defining:
A) stimulus substitution
B) the cognitive perspective of classical conditioning
C) a conditioned stimulus
D) the Law of Effect
Q2) The best example of stimulus discrimination in classical conditioning is:
A) a child learning to avoid rats but not hamsters
B) recognizing that a police siren sounding in San Diego, California, has a similar meaning to one sounding in Erie, Pennsylvania
C) blinking when words similar to "chime" are spoken
D) refusing to eat Chinese food after associating it with feelings of nausea
Q3) That which automatically causes a reflex response is called a(n):
A) unconditioned stimulus
B) unconditioned response
C) conditioned stimulus
D) conditioned response
Q4) What is the role stimuli and responses play in the three kinds of learning?
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Chapter 10: Operant and Cognitive Approaches
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Q1) In operant conditioning,a stimulus that increases the probability of a behavior occurring again is called a:
A) reinforcer
B) punisher
C) generalizer
D) conditioner
Q2) "I watched a show on television last month about a person eating several cups of earthworms.I paid attention to it and I remember it very well.I suppose I could do it,but there's no good reason for me to do it." Which process of social cognitive learning is lacking in this person's case?
A) motivation
B) generalization
C) discrimination
D) imitation
Q3) Negative reinforcement is a type of punishment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the main differences between operant conditioning and classical conditioning.
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Chapter 11: Types of Memory
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Q1) The ability to remember events that we personally experience is possible through ____ memory.
A) semantic
B) procedural
C) episodic
D) attentional
Q2) Place the three memory processes in their correct order with regard to the flow of memory.
A) retrieval, storage, encoding
B) encoding, retrieval, storage
C) storage, encoding, retrieval
D) encoding, storage, retrieval
Q3) The results of the Loftus study on food aversion suggests:
A) adults are not vulnerable to false memories about food preferences
B) food aversions are too complex to be created by false memories
C) false memories can change behaviors and preferences
D) false memories cannot change behaviors and preferences
Q4) Information in short-term memory is normally held a day or two.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Remembering and Forgetting
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Q1) A man was convicted of involuntary murder of an elderly woman.The incident took place while the two were arguing,and the woman suffered a heart attack and died.The man is very remorseful,but cannot remember anything about the argument.This type of forgetting best illustrates:
A) regression
B) repression
C) decay
D) consolidation
Q2) A technique for creating visual associations between memorized places and items to be memorized is called:
A) eidetic imagery
B) the method of loci
C) the peg theory
D) proactive rehearsal
Q3) Much of the controversy surrounding repression involves:
A) the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
B) the accuracy of flashbulb memories
C) recovered memories of sexual abuse
D) the validity of Freud's theory of personality
Q4) Explain how changing beliefs may alter the accuracy of memory.
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Chapter 13: Intelligence
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Q1) Describe how Gardner and Sternberg would explain Chris Langan's high IQ but less-than-expected career success.
Q2) ____ is a number that indicates the amount or proportion of some ability that can be attributed to genetic factors.
A) Heritability
B) Genetic range
C) Reaction range
D) Nature index
Q3) Shyness,fear of strangers,and cultural expectations are called ____,and can influence performance on intelligence tests.
A) triarchic factors
B) "s"
C) "g"
D) nonintellectual factors
Q4) One shortcoming of the book The Bell Curve was its assumption that A) skin color is a good way to identify different races
B) intelligence is primarily what is called "g"
C) intelligence cannot be measured
D) intelligence is multifaceted
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Chapter 14: Thought and Language
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Q1) What is one criticism of Chomsky's theory of language?
A) It downplays the importance of environmental influences.
B) It ignores the biological components of language.
C) It does not explain how children learn language.
D) It fails to account for how we can create new sentences.
Q2) At about six months of age,babies begin to verbalize one-syllable sounds called:
A) babbling
B) syntax
C) holophrasing
D) telegraphing
Q3) Explain the four rules of language.Be certain to give examples of each rule.
Q4) According to the study cited in the textbook,when looking at an underwater scene,Japanese subjects gave more statements about:
A) objects that were the largest
B) the background
C) the improbability of the scene
D) the size of the scene
Q5) In what ways is the use of language by dolphins and chimps similar to the way we use language? In what ways does human language use differ?
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Chapter 15: Motivation
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Q1) Carl works hard to get As on his report card because his mother pays him 25 dollars.Carl's behavior is being influenced by:
A) fixed action patterns
B) a hierarchy of needs
C) extrinsic motivation
D) drive-reduction theory
Q2) As a teacher of six-year-olds,you have noticed that verbal praise increases intrinsic motivation.Is this generally what happens when verbal praise is used?
A) yes-verbal praise increases intrinsic motivation
B) no-any external reward decreases intrinsic motivation
C) yes-verbal praise increases intrinsic motivation, but lowers actual performance
D) no-verbal praise, unlike other external rewards, decreases intrinsic motivation
Q3) Researchers have found a large amount of evidence to support Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss peripheral and central cues for hunger.
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Chapter 16: Emotion
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Q1) Specific rules that regulate the expression of emotions are called display rules.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The cognitive interpretation of events can influence emotions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ability to perceive and express emotion,understand and reason with emotion,and regulate one's emotion is called:
A) interpersonal intelligence
B) self-actualization
C) emotional intelligence
D) emotional maturity
Q4) To do well on a difficult task,the Yerkes-Dodson law would recommend:
A) high arousal
B) moderate arousal
C) low arousal
D) that arousal does not play a role in performance
Q5) What is the genetic evidence for universal emotional expressions?
Q6) What roles do the amygdala and prefrontal cortex play in detecting emotions?
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Chapter 17: Infancy Childhood
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Q1) The idea of gender schema is important for the ____ theory.
A) cognitive developmental
B) Freudian
C) biological-physiological
D) nature-nurture
Q2) The embryonic stage is the second stage of prenatal development.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Individuals interested in biological,emotional,cognitive,personal,and social factors across the life span are called:
A) humanistic psychologists
B) behavioral psychologists
C) developmental psychologists
D) psychoanalytic psychologists
Q4) Evaluations of Piaget's theory have suggested that:
A) children are passive participants in their cognitive development
B) his stages are not as rigid as he proposed
C) cognitive development should not be divided into subareas for research
D) the order in which cognitive skills are acquired is not affected by culture
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Chapter 17: Infancy Childhood Part II
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Q1) Present a summary of the sensory abilities of vision,hearing,and smell of a newborn.
Q2) What is resiliency? Describe the factors that contribute to it.
Q3) Describe the reasons Judith Harris concluded that parents have less effect on children's development than peers.
Q4) Describe the proximodistal and cephalocaudal principles of development.
Q5) Why is the nature-nurture issue such an important question?
Q6) What are teratogens,and why is development in the fetal stage most susceptible to them?
Q7) Describe the effects of smoking and alcohol on prenatal development.
Q8) According to Piaget,what are the four stages of cognitive development?
Q9) Explain the principle of bidirectionality in describing the interaction between a parent and an abused child.
Q10) Describe the significant changes in germinal,embryonic,and fetal stages of prenatal development.
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Chapter 18: Adolescence and Adulthood
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Q1) As the editor of a popular psychology magazine,you must write the titles for its articles.One article is on the cognitive changes associated with aging in adulthood.Which of the following titles would most accurately represent these changes?
A) "Stability from 20 through 40 Years"
B) "Any Change in Cognitive Skills Due to Alzheimer's"
C) "After 30 Years, It's Downhill!"
D) "Declines in Cognitive Abilities Are Irreversible"
Q2) In Gottman's Love Lab,what responses are being measured?
A) pupil size, facial, and perspiration responses
B) facial and physiological responses
C) alpha brain waves and facial responses
D) breathing, heart rate, and perspiration responses
Q3) A 2011 study by the Centers for Disease control found that life expectancy in the US has set a record of ___ years.
A) 73
B) 76
C) 78
D) 82
Q4) Based on Module 18,what factors can increase longevity?
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Chapter 19: Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Theories
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Q1) Tommy is a slob and messy.That is what his roommate says.How would Freud describe Tommy?
A) Tommy has an anal expulsive fixation
B) Tommy has an oral fixation
C) Tommy has an anal compulsive fixation
D) Tommy is in the latency stage
Q2) From a Freudian perspective,dreams:
A) have no meaning
B) are actually by-products of random firing in the brainstem
C) contain underlying hidden meanings and symbols that provide clues to unconscious thoughts and desires
D) contain meaning, but cannot be interpreted successfully
Q3) The term ____ is a Freudian concept that explains how repressed,threatening thoughts can impact our conscious thoughts and behaviors.
A) collective unconscious
B) unconscious motivation
C) manifest unconscious
D) cognitive unconscious
Q4) Discuss the interaction between id,ego,and superego.
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Chapter 20: Social and Cognitive and Trait Theories
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Q1) If genetics plays no role in a behavior,then the heritability would be:
A) -1
B) 100
C) 1
D) 0.0
Q2) A person's fear of snakes can be successfully treated by observing a fearless model handling a snake.This is based on:
A) psychodynamic theory
B) humanistic theory
C) social cognitive theory
D) the trait approach
Q3) A popular television game show has influenced our society.We imitate what the host says and how he dresses.Imitation best illustrates ____.Is that your final answer?
A) delay of gratification
B) self-actualization
C) locus of control
D) observational learning
Q4) To what extent does the trait approach predict behavior across situations?
Q5) Contrast objective personality tests with projective tests.
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Chapter 21: Health,stress and Coping
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Q1) Module 21 opens with a description of Luisa,who suffers from dizziness,shortness of breath,and dreading going to public places.Luisa suffers from:
A) Type D syndrome
B) social phobia
C) exhaustion
D) panic disorder
Q2) In problem-focused coping,one may seek information to resolve the difficulty.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe what happens to the body during the fight-flight response.
Q4) We experience ____ when we try to reach some goal,but our efforts are blocked because of personal,social,or environmental limitations.
A) frustration
B) anxiety
C) burnout
D) avoidance
Q5) Females tend to use emotion-focused coping.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 22: Assessment and Anxiety Disorders
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Q1) According to Module 22,what are the causes of abnormal behavior? Why is it important to recognize that abnormal behaviors may be caused by different factors?
Q2) A patient visits his doctor with complaints of headaches,a pounding heart,and muscle tension.With some prodding,the patient begins to talk about his extreme worry about the success of his work,the constant fear that his wife will leave him,and his apprehension about losing other important things in his life.The doctor may feel that this patient's symptoms are due to:
A) a phobic disorder
B) hypochondriasis
C) generalized anxiety disorder
D) somatization disorder
Q3) Which of the following would not be considered a specific phobia?
A) fear of snakes
B) fear of speaking in front of large groups of people
C) fear of heights
D) fear of enclosed spaces like elevators
Q4) Dennis Rader,the BTK Killer,was considered insane.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 23: Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia
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Q1) One side effect of ECT is:
A) loss of personality
B) loss of emotional responses
C) an inability to learn new material
D) memory loss
Q2) A man sees someone using a phone booth and believes that the caller is reporting on the man's every move.The man would be diagnosed as having what type of schizophrenia?
A) melancholic
B) paranoid
C) disorganized
D) catatonic
Q3) When a pregnant mother has the flu,she is more likely to have a child who will develop:
A) a phobia
B) schizophrenia
C) depression
D) dissociative identity disorder
Q4) Contrast dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue.
Q5) Describe the genetic factors and psychosocial factors involved in depression.
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Chapter 24: Therapies
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Q1) Who might have written,"These patients are humans.Thus we must treat them humanely.Let their stay with us be pleasant and relaxing?"
A) Benjamin Rush
B) Aaron Beck
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Dorothea Dix
Q2) Many clients have the temporary experience of falling in love with their therapists.Freud would consider such feelings an example of:
A) resistance
B) free association
C) transference
D) insight
Q3) Long-term psychoanalysis is more common than short-term dynamic psychotherapy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) From the behavioral therapy perspective,the problem behavior reflects some unconscious desire.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 25: Social Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of compliance?
A) slowing down in a school zone when children are present
B) deciding to work overtime in order to meet a project deadline, even though you wish you didn't have to, just because your boss asked if you would
C) wearing the same clothes as your friends
D) deciding to go on a diet
Q2) Which of the following characteristics is not considered to be true of physically attractive people?
A) they have good genes
B) they are healthy
C) they are potentially good mates
D) they are conceited
Q3) What effect does shifting attributions for poor academic performance to temporary conditions have on college students?
A) a reduced dropout rate
B) a reduced self-serving bias
C) an increased dropout rate
D) an increased self-serving bias
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Chapter 25: Extenssion: Social Cognition and Behavior
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Q1) An attractive face is actually related to averaging many faces.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Using the Asch and Milgram studies,describe the power of groups and authority figures.
Q3) The primary objective against mandatory vaccination for HPV is that the vaccine may cause ADHD.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Genetic factors predispose individuals to develop aggressive behaviors.
A)True
B)False
Q5) You start with a small request and then a large request in the foot-in-the-door technique.
A)True
B)False
Q6) An example of discrimination would be to think that a woman could not be president.
A)True
B)False
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