Human Behaviour Practice Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the scientific study of human behavior, examining the biological, psychological, and social factors that influence how individuals think, feel, and act. Students will analyze key theories and concepts from disciplines such as psychology, sociology, and anthropology to gain a comprehensive understanding of individual and group behavior. Topics covered include perception, motivation, learning, communication, personality, culture, social interaction, and the impact of environment on behavior. Through lectures, case studies, and practical exercises, students will develop critical insights into human actions and the underlying processes that drive them in everyday life and diverse contexts.
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Psychology 2nd Canadian Edition by
Saundra K. Ciccarelli
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) While on a visit to a large city,you observe several billboards in which a series of lights seems to move.Which perspective in psychology would most likely help you understand this phenomenon?
A)Gestalt
B)behavioural
C)humanistic
D)psychodynamic
Answer: A
Q2) Why was the perspective followed by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called structuralism?
A)They wanted to identify the major brain structures.
B)Their primary goal was to understand the physiology of the mind.
C)They focused their efforts on analyzing the elements of the nervous system.
D)Their primary focus was on describing the structure of conscious experience.
Answer: D
Q3) One of the common guidelines for ethical research is that participants may not withdraw from a study once they start.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Biological Perspective
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Q1) Which of the following statements is correct concerning critical thinking and astrology?
A)Although there are many skeptics,astrology has strong evidence suggesting it is a valid science.
B)Research shows no connection between astrological signs and personality.
C)Astrology is used by a lot of people.
D)Astrology is based on stars and,therefore,it is scientific.
Answer: B
Q2) Vladimir is typing on the computer keyboard.The motion of his fingers on the keys is probably being controlled by:
A)the autonomic nervous system.
B)afferent neurons.
C)efferent neurons.
D)autonomic neurons.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Saccades are defined as:
A)tiny vibrations of the eye that prevent images from fading.
B)visual sensory receptors found at the back of the retina,responsible for colour vision and sharpness of vision.
C)the photoreceptors in the eye responsible for night vision.
D)the area in the retina where the axons of the three layers of retinal cells exit the eye to form the optic nerve,insensitive to light
Answer: A
Q2) Ned found a decaying carcass lying on the beach one day.Looking at the size of the body (which had decomposed quite a bit),Ned decided that it was the body of a sea monster,something like the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.If we know that Ned loves to read about weird,mythical animals,we might expect that he has made an error of perception because of:
A)perceptual set.
B)perceptual defence.
C)bottom-up processing.
D)none of the above
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs
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Q1) One major danger of barbiturates is:
A)overstimulation.
B)hyperactivity.
C)drug interaction.
D)sleepwalking.
Q2) A client tells his therapist about a dream of riding on a train with his boss.At the end of the journey,the boss gets off the train at a terminal.The therapist suggests that the "terminal" in the dream indicates an unconscious desire by the client to "terminate" his boss.This desire to terminate the boss,if it exists,would reflect what Freud called the ________ content of the dream.
A)primary
B)manifest
C)true
D)latent
Q3) Interpretation of the ________ content of a dream is expected to reveal the ________ content.
A)latent; manifest
B)manifest; latent
C)manifest; repressed
D)metaphoric; meaningful
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of dogs,and they began to salivate.The food acted as a/an:
A)unconditioned response.
B)unconditioned stimulus.
C)conditioned response.
D)conditioned stimulus.
Q2) Seligman found many similarities between his "helpless" dogs and people suffering from:
A)aggressive behaviour syndrome.
B)mental illness.
C)schizophrenia.
D)depression.
Q3) Why does fear caused by punishment make the punishment ineffective in changing behaviour?
A)Fear leads the child to forget the behaviour that was punished.
B)Fear produces resentment that makes the child rebellious and disobedient.
C)Fear interferes with the child's ability to learn from the punishment.
D)Fear frequently leads to insecure,attention seeking behaviour.
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Chapter 6: Memory
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Q1) Fethia learned her multiplication facts by repeating them over and over until she had them memorized.Fethia was using what kind of rehearsal?
A)repetitive
B)imagery
C)elaborative
D)maintenance
Q2) When a person "forgets" what someone has just said because he or she wasn't paying attention to the speaker at all,it is an example of the ___________ explanation of forgetting.
A)interference
B)memory trace
C)encoding failure
D)repression
Q3) Loftus and others have found that people constantly update and revise their memories of events,adding information to a memory that occurred later even when that information is in error.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language
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Q1) Zachary has been taking Ritalin for his ADHD but finds it is not helping with his symptoms as much as it used to.His doctor suggests changing the dosage.Zackary is likely experiencing drug:
A)tolerance.
B)detoxification.
C)withdrawal.
D)dependence.
Q2) Prefixes,suffixes,and words are examples of: A)syntax.
B)semantics.
C)morphemes. D)phonemes.
Q3) In Gardner's view,astronauts,navigators,and artists would be high in ___________ intelligence.
A)verbal/linguistic
B)visual/spatial
C)interpersonal
D)intrapersonal
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Chapter 8: Development Across the Life Span
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Q1) Which of the following issues typically creates a lot of conflict between most teens and their parents?
A)serious issues of drug and alcohol use
B)trivial issues of hair,clothing,and music choices
C)issues of postconventional morality
D)issues of achieving an identity
Q2) Many Canadian researchers and scientists caution that the availability of personal genomes may:
A)incite mass hysteria unless the information is properly interpreted.
B)result in increased depression/anxiety responses in the general public.
C)result in a significant loss of privacy.
D)change the way decisions are made in mate selection.
Q3) Melatonin is a:
A)hormone.
B)neurotransmitter.
C)depressant.
D)stimulant.
Q4) Genes are made up of rodlike structures called chromosomes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) People with intersex conditions have had his or her gender surgically reassigned.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Health Canada defines obesity in men as ____percent over ideal weight and obesity in women as _______ percent over ideal weight.
A)30,20
B)30,30
C)20,30
D)25,30
Q3) Canadian researchers Herman and Polivy identified that the presence of others strongly influences the amount of food a person will eat.Which of the following statements is NOT one of their findings?
A)Social influences have more impact than any other eating influence.
B)The presence of others can override the effects of being full.
C)The presence of others can override extreme hunger.
D)The presence of others does not influence eating patterns if the food is perceived as really enjoyable.
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Chapter 10: Stress and Health
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Q1) Coping strategies can be both __________ and ________ in nature.
A)behavioural; psychological
B)behavioural; physiological
C)physiological; spiritual
D)spiritual; behavioural
Q2) Pepe moved from Argentina to France.He chose not to learn to speak and write French,continues to maintain his old culture's styles of dress and customs,and lives in a neighbourhood where only people from Argentina live.Pepe has used which method of entering the majority culture?
A)integration
B)assimilation
C)separation
D)marginalization
Q3) Research has shown that __________ have a long-term effect on physical and mental health,but __________ have a greater impact on short-term health.
A)hassles; major life events
B)major life events; hassles
C)major life events; catastrophes
D)hassles; catastrophes
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Chapter 11: Theories of Personality
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Q1) According to Albert Bandura,a person's belief about his or her skills and ability to perform certain behaviours is known as:
A)self-efficacy.
B)locus of control.
C)phenomenology.
D)reciprocal determinism.
Q2) According to Freud and his followers,what is the most significant event that occurs during the anal stage of psychosexual development?
A)The child is toilet trained.
B)The child discovers his or her genitals.
C)The child develops sexual feelings toward the parent of the other sex.
D)The child has nightmares that reflect the development of sexual feelings.
Q3) An individual operating on the reality principle seeks:
A)immediate gratification.
B)perfect accomplishments.
C)to reveal unconscious motivations.
D)rational means for obtaining gratification.
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Chapter 12: Social Psychology
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Q1) Recent research using the Asch paradigm has found less conformity in the United States than the original study found in the 1950s.The reason for this decrease in conformity may be that:
A)the nature of the people in 1950s seemed to be more conforming.
B)people today are more obedient.
C)people in the 1950s had less money.
D)people today watch more television.
Q2) Collectivist cultures seem to be more conducive to conformity than individualistic cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Expertise,attractiveness,and trustworthiness all relate to which factor of persuasion?
A)channel
B)message
C)source
D)audience
Q4) Social categorization occurs without conscious awareness.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) The behavioural perspective views anxiety as:
A)a danger signal that repressed conflicts are threatening to surface.
B)a learned reaction.
C)the result of illogical,irrational thought processes.
D)linked to an imbalance in several neurotransmitters in the nervous system.
Q2) An anxiety disorder characterized by frequent panic attacks that affect the person's ability to function in day-to-day living is called:
A)panic disorder.
B)obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C)generalized anxiety disorder.
D)phobic disorder.
Q3) Axis IV of the DSM-IV-TR includes:
A)all physical disorders that affect a person's psychological adjustment.
B)all psychological disorders except personality disorders.
C)information about problems in the person's life that might affect adjustment,such as death of a loved one.
D)an overall judgment made by the psychological professional of the person's mental health and adjustment based on a scale from 0 to 100.
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Chapter 14: Psychological Therapies
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Q1) Lulu sees a professional once a month to manage the medication she is taking to help alleviate the symptoms of her anxiety disorder.The type of therapy Lulu is undergoing is called:
A)psychotherapy.
B)biomedical therapy.
C)physical therapy.
D)electroconvulsive shock therapy.
Q2) Eileen goes to a therapist for help in losing weight.She and her therapist develop a written agreement spelling out weekly,step-by-step methods for Eileen to use in order to reach her weight goal.The plan specifies rewards for reaching weekly goals and penalties for not achieving them.Eileen's therapist is using which of the following methods?
A)classical conditioning
B)desensitization
C)a contingency contract
D)a token economy
Q3) The primary goal of the person-centred therapist is to facilitate transference.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Psychology and Human Development
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Q1) In late 2004,Health Canada began requiring drug manufacturers to include an information sheet with all antidepressants that says the medication ____________.
A)is associated with an increased risk of suicide in children and adolescents
B)may cause heart attacks in children and adolescents
C)should be taken only after meals
D)may cause schizophrenia in children and adolescents
Q2) The process of learning through the observation and imitation of others is called:
A)modelling
B)free association
C)voyeurism
D)flooding
Q3) When one thinks of "value judgment" in relation to personality,one is thinking about: A)soul.
B)character.
C)temperament.
D)conscience.
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