Human Behavior Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the fundamental principles that shape human behavior, drawing from psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Students will analyze the psychological, social, and biological factors influencing individual and group behaviors across diverse contexts. Key topics include perception, motivation, learning, emotion, personality, social interaction, and cultural influences. Through lectures, case studies, and experiential activities, learners will develop a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of human action and decision-making, preparing them to assess and apply behavioral concepts in real-world settings.
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Psychology Themes and Variations 5th Canadian Edition by Wayne Weiten
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Chapter 1: A: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) Which area is most similar to clinical psychology
A) personality psychology
B) social psychology
C) psychometrics
D) counselling psychology
Answer: D
Q2) One psychologist explains a phobia in terms of learning principles,whereas another looks to the unconscious for an explanation.What is most likely happening in this scenario
A) The two psychologists are using different theoretical perspectives.
B) The two psychologists are probably using different sociohistorical contexts.
C) Insufficient data have been collected to support either explanation.
D) One of the two psychologists is mistaken.
Answer: A
Q3) Who is most closely associated with the cognitive perspective on language
A) Noam Chomsky?b.
B) F. Skinner
C) Abraham Maslow
D) David Buss
Answer: A
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Chapter 1: B: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following includes the widely shared customs,beliefs,values,norms,institutions,and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations
A) cultural heritage
B) legal heritage
C) religious heritage
D) sociohistorical heritage
Answer: A
Q2) Which statement is one of your text's unifying themes related to the subject matter of psychology
A) Psychology is empirical.
B) Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
C) Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour.
D) Psychology is theoretically diverse.
Answer: C
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Chapter 1: C: The Evolution of Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following represents an operational definition of bullying Jordan could use in her study
A) The aggressive personality traits for each student.
B) The number of times a student attempted to assault another student.
C) A student's general aggressive attitude towards other students.
D) A combination of a student's general aggressive attitude and how the other students viewed them.
Answer: B
Q2) Castiel analyzes his results and comes to the conclusion that there is a strong positive correlation between subjective feelings of fear and autonomic nervous system response.What would be his next step
A)Present his data at a conference.
B)Publish his data in a scientific journal.
C)Obtain ethics approval.
D)Publish his data in a textbook.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: A: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
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Q1) Which approach is defined by manipulating a variable under carefully controlled conditions and observing the changes in a second variable
A) experimental approach
B) survey approach
C) testing approach
D) correlational approach
Q2) NASA wanted to know if extended periods of weightlessness would have an impact on long-term circulatory function.The agency located seven former astronauts who had spent more than one month in space under conditions of weightlessness,and tested all aspects of their cardiovascular function.What sort of research did NASA conduct in this situation
A) experimental research
B) survey research
C) case study research
D) naturalistic observation
Q3) Design a simple descriptive/correlational study to investigate the relationship between television violence and children's aggressive behaviour.
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Chapter 2: B: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a common methodological flaw to consider when evaluating scientific research
A) subject effect
B) placebo effect
C) social desirability bias
D) sampling bias
Q2) Compared to the other scientific research methods,what is the principal advantage of the experimental method
A) It allows for a description of behaviour.
B) It permits conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships.
C) It observes behaviour in its natural setting.
D) It can easily be used to study all research questions.
Q3) Which statement does NOT accurately describe anecdotal evidence
A) It consists of personal stories about specific incidents and experiences.
B) Researchers have found that anecdotal evidence accounts for less persuasive impact than sound factual and statistical evidence.
C) People are easily tempted or swayed by this type of information.
D) This type of evidence tends to be concrete, vivid and memorable.
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Chapter 3: A: The Biological Bases of Behaviour
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Q1) Which of the following terms is unrelated to the others
A) hemispheric lateralization
B) positron emission tomography
C) magnetic resonance imaging
D) electroencephalography
Q2) Which brain structure controls unconscious but essential functions such as breathing and circulation
A) corpus callosum
B) pons
C) medulla
D) cerebellum
Q3) What will be difficult for you if you experience damage to Broca's area
A) controlling your arms and legs
B) being creative
C) hearing
D) speaking
Q4) Compare and contrast the nervous system and the endocrine system.
Q5) Compare and contrast lesioning and electrical stimulation of the brain.
Q6) Choose a specific neurotransmitter or class of neurotransmitters and discuss its impact on behaviour.
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Chapter 3: B: The Biological Bases of Behaviour
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Q1) In 1949 at McGill University,whose work focused on how neurons are linked in complex networks and how brain processes are fundamental to understanding human behaviour
A) Solomon Snyder
B) Wilder Penfield
C) Donald Hebb
D) Brenda Milner
Q2) In family studies,how do researchers assess hereditary influence
A) by comparing the resemblance of adopted children to both their biological and adoptive parents on specific traits
B) by comparing members of one family to unrelated individuals to see how much they resemble one another on specific traits
C) by comparing blood relatives to see how much they resemble one another on specific traits
D) by comparing the resemblance of identical and fraternal twins on specific traits
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Chapter 3: C: The Biological Basis of Behaviour
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Q1) Why does Zoe's presentation target high school and university students specifically (i.e.,the 15-24 year old age group)
A) This age group uses significantly more drugs than those older than 25.
B) The effects of drugs are significantly more prominent in this age group.
C) People in this age group go from occasional users to regular users more quickly.
D) Rehabilitation efforts are less successful in this age group.
Q2) While Diem is pregnant,she worries that her children are also going to suffer from schizophrenia.Trying to calm her down you present her with research that suggests that _______________.
A) because they are twins at least one of them will not have the disorder
B) if they diagnose the disorder early they can completely cure it
C) schizophrenia has a very weak genetic link
D) they will not inherit the disorder, but only a vulnerability to it
Q3) Which of the following is most likely
A) Pam's symptoms will spontaneously clear up.
B) Pam is suffering from "pseudo-insomnia."
C) Pam has a lower than average body temperature.
D) Pam's symptoms will improve as she ages.
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Chapter 4: A: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) What increases led to Darcy being startled when Darcy's brothers started yelling
A) frequency of the sound
B) amplitude of the sound
C) purity of the sound
D) timbre of the sound
Q2) Zachary is looking at a reversible figure that first appears to be a vase and then appears to be two faces.His perception of the figure keeps switching between these two interpretations.What causes the switch in perception
A) The Gestalt principle of simplicity doesn't work for reversible figures.
B) The figure-ground distinction in reversible figures is often ambiguous.
C) The Gestalt principles of proximity and closure are both at work in reversible figures.
D) Reversible figures cause people to experience the phi phenomenon.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of the phi phenomenon
A) mixing of coloured lights to produce different colours
B) flashing lights that produce the illusion of movement
C) drawing a two-dimensional image that shows depth
D) seeing a reversible figure differently after priming
Q4) Using appropriate examples,show how perceptual experiences can be subjective.
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Chapter 4: B: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) If you play two different notes on the same instrument,what will be the primary difference between the two sounds
A) pitch
B) timbre
C) purity
D) amplitude
Q2) Which structure of the eye changes size to help regulate the amount of light entering the inner areas of the eye
A) retina
B) pupil
C) lens
D) cornea
Q3) Which unifying theme in psychology is most consistent with the existence of ambiguous figures and visual illusions
A) People's experience of the world is highly subjective.
B) Behaviour is determined by multiple causes.
C) Behaviour is shaped by cultural heritage.
D) Psychology is theoretically diverse.
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Chapter 5: A: Variations in Consciousness
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Q1) There is evidence that people under surgical anesthesia occasionally hear and remember comments that were made during their surgeries.What does this evidence suggest
A) There is no difference between conscious and unconscious processes.
B) Psychic abilities are more pronounced when certain types of drugs are administered.
C) We have the ability to resist the effects of anesthesia.
D) People continue to maintain some awareness during times of unconsciousness.
Q2) Cody is visiting his pen pal in a tropical,non-industrialized village.What is Cody likely to observe about the inhabitants of the village
A) They are less likely than Canadians are to encourage co-sleeping.
B) They experience less REM sleep than is typical for Canadians.
C) They experience less slow-wave sleep than is typical for Canadians.
D) They are more likely than Canadians to take a nap each day.
Q3) Which statement about dreams is NOT accurate
A) Dreams are not as bizarre as widely assumed.
B) Dreams have had a profound impact on art and culture.
C) Dreamers sometimes realize that they are dreaming.
D) Dreams occur only during REM sleep.
Q4) Compare and contrast the "role-playing" and "altered state" views of hypnosis.
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Chapter 5: B: Variations in Consciousness
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Q1) Tammy uses a benzodiazepine sedative to help her get to sleep,on a regular basis.What is likely to occur with Tammy's use of this "downer"
A) She will spend more and more time in REM sleep.
B) She will develop an aversion to the drug.
C) The placebo effect will begin to interfere with the drug effect.
D) She will consume more of the drug than is prescribed for medical purposes.
Q2) Rachel has bouts of sudden uncontrollable sleepiness during the day.She has fallen asleep while driving,and in the middle of conversations.Which sleep problem does Rachel experience
A) narcolepsy
B) insomnia rebound
C) somnambulism
D) sleep apnea
Q3) What is your dominant brain wave pattern at this moment,as you are concentrating on answering this exam question correctly
A) delta waves
B) alpha waves
C) theta waves
D) beta waves
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Chapter 6: A: Learning
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Q1) What is continuous reinforcement
A) Reinforcement is always available, regardless of what type of response occurs.
B) Every participant in the group is reinforced.
C) Every occurrence of the target response is reinforced.
D) Reinforcement is delivered continually, regardless of whether or not a response is made.
Q2) Geraldo begins to chew his fingernails every time his teacher enters the classroom.What is the antecedent in this case
A) anticipated punishment
B) the fear associated with the teacher
C) the teacher entering the classroom
D) chewing the fingernails
Q3) Compare the acquisition procedures in classical and operant conditioning.What is the essential difference between the two types of conditioning
Q4) Provide specific,everyday examples (for instance,from child-rearing)of the following operant-conditioning phenomena: positive reinforcement,negative reinforcement,and punishment.
Q5) Design a self-modification program to improve your study habits.
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Chapter 6: B: Learning
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Q1) A dog has been conditioned to salivate in the presence of a 1000 hertz tone.Which of the following tones will elicit the MOST salivation from the dog
A) 900 hertz
B) 1200 hertz
C) 1400 hertz
D) 1500 hertz
Q2) In an FR schedule,when is the reinforcement given
A) for the first response that occurs after a fixed time interval has elapsed
B) after a fixed number of nonreinforced responses
C) for the first response after a variable time interval has elapsed
D) after a variable number of nonreinforced responses
Q3) Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement
A) ending a time-out when the child apologizes for her behaviour
B) allowing a student to take a make-up exam
C) grounding a teenager for missing curfew
D) giving a student extra credit for class participation
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Chapter 6: C: Learning
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Q1) Alicia is actively trying to get her poker playing under control and decides to enrol in a behaviour modification program.The program facilitator asks Alicia to count how many times she visits the online poker site,how many games she plays,and the events that happen right before she goes online to play another game.Alicia was asked to gather her ______ and monitor her ______,respectively.
A) baseline data; antecedents
B) response rate; antecedents
C) baseline date; positive reinforcers
D) response rate; positive reinforcers
Q2) One day,Ross is hanging out in Monica's dorm room when Rachel,Monica's best friend,storms in and her punches a pillow in rage.In which of the following scenarios is Ross also likely to punch a pillow
A) If he sees Monica high-five Rachel after she punches the pillow.
B) If he has a crush on Rachel.
C) If he is told not to ever punch a pillow like Rachel.
D) If he has also seen someone punch a pillow in a movie.
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Chapter 7: A: Human Memory
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Q1) During a party,Michael was talking to a friend about the symbolism involved in a recent movie.Michael attributed the explanation of the symbolism to a prominent movie critic,when actually he heard it from his roommate.Which phenomena does this example illustrate
A) cryptomnesia
B) source-monitoring error
C) amnesia
D) serial-position effect
Q2) Which memory process would you be using if you were attempting to remember where you left your keys
A) encoding
B) storage
C) retrieval
D) acquisition
Q3) Which type of memory includes all the others
A) episodic memory
B) procedural memory
C) long-term memory
D) semantic memory
Q4) Outline some strategies that can be used to improve everyday memory.
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Chapter 7: B: Human Memory
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Q1) What are sensory memory,short-term memory,and long-term memory the three components of
A) elaboration
B) storage
C) encoding
D) retrieval
Q2) Which memory phenomenon provides evidence to suggest that recovered memories may be false
A) proactive interference
B) state-dependent learning
C) misinformation effect
D) pseudoforgetting
Q3) What method measures retention by requiring an individual to memorize information a second time to determine how much time or effort is saved
A) recitation
B) relearning
C) recall
D) recognition
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Chapter 8: A: Language and Thought
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Q1) What is the term for basing the estimated probability of an event on the ease with which instances come to mind
A) representativeness heuristic
B) law of small numbers
C) conjunction fallacy
D) availability heuristic
Q2) Overregularizations occur as children master language skills.Which theory of language development does this provide evidence against A) behavioural
B) linguistic relativity
C) interactionist
D) nativist
Q3) Why does a child's pronunciation improve over time,according to learning theory
A) The brain matures with age.
B) The quality of their problem-solving ability improves.
C) Transformational rules are mastered.
D) Parents insist on better pronunciation before providing reinforcement.
Q4) Outline the key properties of language and use these properties to evaluate the ape-language controversy.
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Chapter 8: B: Language and Thought
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Q1) Imagine you have a problem to solve that has some similarities to problems you have previously solved.If focusing on the similarities leads you relatively quickly to a solution,then which heuristic do you benefit from
A) changing the representation of the problem
B) working backward
C) searching for analogies
D) functional fixedness
Q2) When is the trial-and-error approach to problem solving most effective
A) when there are no time constraints on solving the problem
B) when there is a relatively large number of possible solutions
C) when a solution to the problem must be found quickly
D) when there is a relatively small number of possible solutions
Q3) In which class of problems is it necessary to carry out a sequence of intermediate actions to solve the problem
A) arrangement
B) transformation
C) inducing structure
D) probability
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Chapter 9: A: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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Q1) According to Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence,which type of intelligence is associated with the ability to cope well with unique or novel tasks
A) creative
B) analytic
C) practical
D) contextual
Q2) What is the approximate heritability of IQ,according to researchers who believe that IQ is largely genetic (such as Arthur Jensen and J.Philippe Rushton)
A) 50 percent
B) 60 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 100 percent
Q3) What are you calculating when you use the formula (mental age/chronological age)x 100
A) intelligence quotient
B) Binet quotient
C) maturity quotient
D) achievement quotient
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Chapter 9: B: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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Q1) What is the largest category of intellectual disability
A) mild
B) moderate
C) profound
D) severe
Q2) IQ tests produce consistent results when people take a retest.What,then,can be said about IQ tests
A) They are accurate.
B) They are standardized.
C) They are valid.
D) They are reliable.
Q3) Approximately what percentage of IQ scores fall between 85 and 115
A) 33
B) 50
C) 68
D) 95
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Chapter 9: C: Intelligence Psychological Testing
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Q1) Siobhan's desire to help others is considered a ____________.
A) need for affiliation
B) behavioural need
C) intrinsic motive
D) sympathetic motive
Q2) Andrea is proud that she has a clear understanding of her own emotions as well as her strengths and weaknesses.However,she does not always understand or respond appropriately to other people's moods and temperament.Andrea has _____ interpersonal and _____ intrapersonal intelligence.
A) high; high
B) high; low
C) low; low
D) low; high
Q3) Adam's IQ at this age is relatively ______ and a _____ predictor of his IQ at age 18.
A) unstable; bad
B) stable; bad
C) unstable; good
D) stable; good
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Chapter 10: A: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Which emotion is NOT easily identified from facial cues in photographs,according to research by Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen
A) anger
B) happiness
C) sympathy
D) fear
Q2) Travis has been doing quite well in his political science course,and he has just started working on his final paper for that class.His professor announces that the top paper will earn a prize of a $200 gift card for the bookstore What has changed in this achievement situation
A) Travis's achievement motivation
B) probability of success
C) incentive value of success
D) relative task difficulty
Q3) Which motive leads you to feel bad when your friends get together without you
A) dominance
B) achievement
C) affiliation
D) ostracism
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Chapter 10: B: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Which component of emotion includes autonomic arousal
A) cognitive component
B) behavioural component
C) physiological component
D) perceptual component
Q2) What would you expect of someone with a strong affiliation motive
A) joining a lot of clubs
B) gossiping about others online
C) needing "alone time" after a busy day
D) high sex drive
Q3) Which component of emotion includes the subjective conscious experience of an emotion
A) cognitive component
B) behavioural component
C) perceptual component
D) physiological component
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Chapter 11: A: Human Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) You ask a 3-year-old why the sky is blue; she says it is because blue is her favourite colour.What would Piaget call this type of thinking
A) egocentric
B) irreversible
C) animistic
D) operational
Q2) How do Thomas and Chess refer to a child who tends to be glum,erratic in sleep and eating,and resistant to change
A) a slow-to-warm-up child
B) an easy child
C) an uninhibited child
D) a difficult child
Q3) What stage of development is Diane's pregnancy at A) fetal
B) germinal
C) embryonic
D) conceptive
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Chapter 11: B: Human Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) Which statement best reflects the impact of day-care on attachment
A) Attachment, once established, cannot be changed and for this reason no research is required on the topic.
B) Very little research supports the notion that day-care does not have a harmful effect on children's attachment relationships.
C) Research mostly suggests that day-care has a harmful effect on children's attachment relationships.
D) Research mostly suggests that day-care does not have a harmful effect on children's attachment relationships.
Q2) What is the sequence of phases during the approximately nine months of prenatal development
A) germinal, fetal, embryonic
B) germinal, embryonic, fetal
C) embryonic, germinal, fetal
D) fertilization, germinal, fetal
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Chapter 11: C: Human Development Across the Lifespan
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Q1) Angelica finds out that she is pregnant after implantation but before the baby is old enough to be called a fetus.Angelica is worried that she has not yet felt her baby move inside her.She should not worry because Angelica and Dominic's baby
A) does not yet have a skeleton that has hardened
B) does not yet have vernix and lanugo
C) is awake less than 15% of the time D) is not yet viable
Q2) Dominic has been watching the news and learns about the Zika virus that is threatening mothers and newborns globally.He asks Angelica whether she has read about Zika in her book.She is not sure,but she decides to check the _____________ to see if it is in there.
A) section about sensitive periods during development
B) chapter on teratogens and their effect on development
C) section about maternal nutrition during development
D) chapter on genetic susceptibility to certain diseases
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Chapter 12: A: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
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Q1) Which trait is most strongly correlated with mental and physical illnesses
A) conscientiousness
B) agreeableness
C) extraversion
D) neuroticism
Q2) What is the term for people who are outgoing,sociable,upbeat,friendly,and assertive,according to the five-factor model of personality
A) conscientious
B) open to experience
C) neurotic
D) extraverted
Q3) Dr.Linzle believes that it is necessary to understand each individual's personal,subjective experiences if you are to truly understand that individual's personality and behaviour.Which perspective best reflects Dr.Linzle's views
A) psychodynamic
B) humanistic
C) biological
D) behavioural
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Q1) Which term refers to Albert Bandura's idea that internal mental events,external environmental events,and overt behaviours all influence one another
A) self-efficacy
B) reciprocal determinism
C) introversion-extraversion
D) archetypes
Q2) How would Adler describe an average or typical child
A) The child has feelings of inferiority.
B) The child has strong sexual desires.
C) The child has feelings of superiority.
D) The child has an accurate self-concept.
Q3) Who would be most likely to suggest that a person's behaviour will be highly variable from one situation to another
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Alfred Adler
C) Albert Bandura
D) Walter Mischel
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Chapter 13: A: Social Behaviour
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Q1) Milton has always been "in love with the idea of being in love," yet his romances have been threatened by his feelings of jealousy.His current girlfriend,Emilia,often assures him that she'll love him forever,but he's not so sure about that.What term would Hazan and Shaver use to describe Milton's relationship style
A) avoidant
B) secure
C) anxious-ambivalent
D) perfectly normal
Q2) Mort is trying to convince his parents that he should go to a university in another province,rather than the local university.He has made five strong points that support his position,but his parents are not convinced.Based on the research into factors that influence persuasion,what should Mort do
A) Repeat the arguments that he has already made.
B) Play some soft background music while he and his parents discuss the issue some more.
C) Add additional points that support his position, even if they are weaker arguments.
D) Ask his parents to think about their decision for a few days.
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Q1) Which type of argument is perceived as most credible
A) one-sided argument
B) emotion-calming argument
C) two-sided argument
D) fear-arousing argument
Q2) In the Stanford Prison Experiment,what did Phillip Zimbardo suggest led some people to become abusive guards
A) obedience to authority
B) a self-fulfilling prophesy
C) a stereotype
D) adopting a social role
Q3) Shane believes that Tammy failed the midterm because she couldn't grasp the course material.What is most clearly illustrated by Shane's belief
A) an internal attribution
B) an external attribution
C) an unstable attribution
D) a stable attribution
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Q1) Two blockbuster movies are opening on the same weekend,and Andrea is having trouble deciding which movie to see first.What type of conflict is Andrea experiencing
A) risk-aversion
B) avoidance-avoidance
C) avoidance-approach
D) approach-approach
Q2) What is the role of humour in times of stress
A) It is used as a defence mechanism by neurotics when dealing with stress.
B) It typically follows catastrophic thinking.
C) It is an example of counterproductive coping.
D) It can relieve stress in most people.
Q3) Vanessa experiences her share of stressors but doesn't seem to be impaired by them.She tends to see them as challenges to overcome.She feels like she is in charge of her time and her behaviours,and she is dedicated to the work that she takes on.Which term best describes someone like Vanessa
A) optimist
B) hardy
C) Type A
D) overachiever
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Q1) Which type of conflict tends to be least stressful
A) approach-approach conflict
B) attractive-attractive conflict
C) avoidance-avoidance conflict
D) approach-avoidance conflict
Q2) On the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS),which life event has the highest change score associated with it
A) birth of a child
B) divorce
C) retirement
D) change in responsibilities at work
Q3) When would university health clinics most likely expect to experience an increase in students seeking treatment for colds and other minor illnesses
A) during the weekend
B) during the middle of the week
C) during finals week
D) during the middle of the semester
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Q1) Which of the following best represents the technique Latoya's psychologist is using to help her overcome her social anxiety
A) She encourages Latoya to watch and mimic socially adept friends.
B) She helps Latoya practice social techniques using structured role-play exercises.
C) She encourages Latoya to gradually handle increasingly more difficult social tasks.
D) She invites Latoya to a new social setting so she can show her it's not as scary as Latoya thinks.
Q2) When Kevin's mother first came to Canada for university,she knew very little English,but believed her first year would be an exciting adventure,and she did not find it very stressful.Albert Ellis would call her belief a ________,but it could also be called
A) rationalization; cognitive appraisal
B) activating event; cognitive restructuring
C) activating event; constructive coping
D) consequence; cognitive restructuring
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A) dissociative disorders
B) multiple personality disorder
C) bipolar disorder
D) conversion disorder
Q2) Would Angela's disorder mean that she would be found not criminally responsible if she was convicted of a crime
A) Yes, because her disorder is a diagnosable mental disorder.
B) Yes, because her disorder causes her to act like an automaton.
C) No, because she is capable of understanding criminal proceedings.
D) No, because she is not delusional and knows right from wrong.
Q3) Ankha is so terrified of fire that she cannot light a match or even enjoy dinner by candlelight.If Ankha has a phobia,what is she likely to experience in the presence of fire
A) compulsive behaviours like counting
B) free-floating anxiety about a variety of things at the same time
C) physical signs of anxiety like trembling
D) loss of consciousness
Q4) How are concussions and depression related
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Q1) Which disorder is associated with flashbacks,anger,and guilt
A) post-traumatic stress disorder
B) hoarding disorder
C) dissociative identity disorder
D) bipolar disorder
Q2) Which statement best describes people who show Antisocial Personality Disorder
A) They are usually male.
B) They are usually female.
C) They are not very intelligence.
D) They tend to avoid incarceration due the their intellect and are rarely seen in jails.
Q3) For her height,Zara should weigh approximately 40 kg,but she only weighs about 32 kg.She eats when her family is around,but she carefully documents her calorie intake and makes sure to spend enough time on the treadmill to burn all of it off.Which eating disorder is illustrated by this example
A) anorexia nervosa
B) binge eating disorder
C) dieting disorder
D) bulimia nervosa
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Q1) Which statement is the best example of transference
A) A therapist encourages a client to see the symbolism in her dreams.
B) A client starts skipping appointments in order to take control of his life.
C) A client starts dreaming about the therapist and the therapeutic process.
D) A client reacts toward the therapist in the way that used to react to his father.
Q2) Which disorder would be a good candidate for treatment with exposure therapy
A) anorexia nervosa
B) schizophrenia
C) obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) major depression
Q3) In therapy,George is shown pictures of children,and every time he begins to evidence sexual arousal,he is given a shock.What technique is being used
A) aversion therapy
B) biofeedback therapy
C) electroconvulsive therapy
D) systematic desensitization
Q4) Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic and humanistic brands of insight therapy.
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A) aversion therapy
B) drug therapy
C) systematic desensitization
D) chemotherapy
Q2) Which psychotherapy is being employed by therapists who emphasize "talk therapy" in treatment
A) insight therapy
B) biomedical therapy
C) emotion therapy
D) behaviour therapy
Q3) What term is used to describe largely unconscious defensive manoeuvres by a client intended to hinder the progress of therapy
A) transference
B) therapeutic obstacles
C) resistance
D) maladaptive behaviours
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