Psychology 101 Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Psychology 101 offers an introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Through this course, students explore key concepts, theories, and research methods in psychology, including topics such as biological bases of behavior, learning, perception, memory, development, motivation, emotion, personality, psychological disorders, and social interactions. Students acquire foundational knowledge to understand how psychological principles apply to everyday life and develop critical thinking skills for analyzing human behavior.
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Introducing Psychology Brain Person Group 4th Edition by Stephen M. Kosslyn
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Science of Psychology:
History and Research Methods
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Q1) The structuralists were important in the history of psychology because they A) examined consciousness and the structure of mental processes. B) were the first to use brain-scanning techniques to learn about the structure of the brain.
C) realized the limits of introspection and focused on the structure of behaviors. D) were strongly influenced by Charles Darwin.
Answer: A
Q2) Dr. Braunz has been treating a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She decides to write a prescription for Ritalin. Given this information, it is most likely that Dr. Braunz is a _________________.
A) psychiatrist
B) psychoanalyst
C) humanistic psychologist
D) school psychologist
Answer: A
Q3) A good theory is one that can be rejected if its predictions are not confirmed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Biology of Mind and Behavior: The Brain in Action
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Q1) If a person is described as "punch-drunk," then it is quite likely that he or she is
A) suffering the effects of chronic alcohol consumption
B) delirious due to addiction furthered by the nucleus accumbens
C) suffering from sleep deprivation due to damage to the pons
D) an aging prizefighter with damage to the cerebellum
Answer: D
Q2) Name two hormones that are of particular interest to psychologists and state which gland they are related to and some of the tasks that these hormones perform.
Answer: The student in this case could cite any two of the hormones listed on page 62 of the textbook, including testosterone and/or estrogen (both of which are listed as being related to the developmental of primary and secondary sexual characteristics) and cortisol (which is listed as being related to stress or traumatic threats). Though the question does not specifically call for iT extra credit might be awarded if the student identifies which gland releases which hormone.
Q3) List in order of reception to release of chemicals four major parts of the neuron.
Answer: dendrites, cell body, axon, terminal buttons
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind
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Q1) According to your authors, we identify where objects are by coding ________.
A) categorical spatial relations
B) temporal relations
C) proximal spatial relations
D) occipital relations
Answer: A
Q2) A piece of paper looks white in both the noonday sun and under moonlight, even though there is less light being reflected off the paper under moonlight. This form of perceptual constancy is called _________.
A) size constancy
B) shape constancy
C) color constancy
D) relative constancy
Answer: C
Q3) Extrasensory knowledge of someone else's thoughts and feelings is called ______.
A) telepathy
B) precognition
C) clairvoyance
D) psychometry
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Learning: How Experience Changes US
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Q1) Which learning theorist is responsible for the discovery of conditioned taste aversions?
A) Seligman
B) Garcia
C) Skinner
D) Watson
Q2) What is the basic theme behind social learning theory?
Q3) As an infant, Stephanie received many penicillin injections from the doctor. When she later saw a photographer in a white coat that was similar to the doctor's coat, she started to cry. This is an example of _______________.
A) instrumental learning
B) observational learning
C) classical conditioning
D) habituation
Q4) Summarize the key findings from Bandura's famous Bobo doll experiment.
Q5) The Law of Effect emphasized that responses were more likely to be made if they were followed by some pleasing consequence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Memory: Living With Yesterday
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Q1) Declarative memories are sometimes referred to as ________ memories.
A) nondeclarative
B) explicit
C) sensory
D) structural
Q2) Examples of tests that use recognition are _____________.
A) multiple choice
B) fill-in-the-blank
C) essay
D) short-answer
Q3) Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone. The other five items in between are gone. His memory of things at the start of the list demonstrates the ____________.
A) encoding specificity effect
B) primacy effect
C) recency effect
D) TOT effect
Q4) How does information stored dynamically in the brain differ from memory consolidation?
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Chapter 6: Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What
Humans Do Best
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Q1) For an IQ test to be reliable, scores on the test must be ________.
A) valid
B) important
C) meaningful
D) consistent
Q2) What systematic problem-solving method guarantees a solution, provided that one exists?
A) heuristic method
B) algorithmic method
C) mnemonic device
D) cognitive shortcut
Q3) A person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas or possibilities based on that point. The person is engaging in ______.
A) functional thinking
B) circular thinking
C) convergent thinking
D) divergent thinking
Q4) Compare and contrast deductive and inductive reasoning and list some potential problems with each.
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Chapter 7: Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving
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Q1) The chief function of homeostasis is to ________.
A) prevent balance
B) maintain a steady state
C) regulate emotions
D) control sexual urges
Q2) To explain the human universality and variability of emotions, Ekman and his associates ______________.
A) developed a concept of "display rules," which are rules for emotional expression
B) developed an interobserver system to make sure that observers defined expressions reliably
C) interviewed all participants in order to assess unexpressed feelings and motivations
D) monitored the brain waves of participants to determine which hemisphere had higher activation
Q3) The Yerkes-Dodson Law says _________________.
A) performance is affected by levels of physical arousal
B) the more money you make the better your job will be
C) nausea from bad food causes a reluctance to eat that food again
D) performance on tests is better in the morning
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Chapter 8: Personality: Vive La Différence
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Q1) Which of Cloninger's personality dimensions has been shown to be related to Jeffrey Gray's behavioral inhibition system (BIS)?
A) persistence
B) novelty seeking
C) harm avoidance
D) reward dependence
Q2) Jung's idea that all people share certain ideas and memories at an unconscious level is what he called the ________.
A) subliminal consciousness
B) collective unconscious
C) stored consciousness
D) evolutionary consciousness
Q3) What are the three levels of personality that were proposed by Freud?
Q4) Which child is more likely to feel self-conscious?
A) firstborn
B) only child
C) middle-born
D) later-born
Q5) List and describe the three personality structures identified in Freud's theory.
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Chapter 9: Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up,
Growing Older, Growing Wiser
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Q1) What was Mary Ainsworth trying to determine when she devised an experimental method called the Strange Situation?
A) the nature of gestural communication between mothers and babies
B) aspects of purposeful exploration as the baby investigates a strange environment
C) parental discipline styles in the first year of life
D) the nature of attachment between caretakers and babies
Q2) Brad is 18 and is looking into career options. He is currently deciding whether he wants to become a gourmet chef or a race car driver. Brad is at what stage of Erik Erikson's psychosocial development?
A) integrity versus despair
B) intimacy versus isolation
C) generativity versus stagnation
D) identity versus role confusion
Q3) Adult personality tends to ________.
A) remain constant for men only
B) remain constant for women only
C) remain constant for men and women
D) fluctuate
Q4) Name and describe the four attachment styles.
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Chapter 10: Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing With Life
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Q1) Which of the following can be a physical symptom of sleep deprivation?
A) increased cortisol production
B) decreased risk for diabetes
C) decrease of REM sleep during later sleep cycles
D) increased immune functioning
Q2) Type A personality is characterized by a sense of urgency, competitiveness, and interpersonal hostility.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Consuming low doses of alcohol generally leads to ________.
A) increased reaction time
B) decreased relaxation
C) sleepiness
D) becoming talkative or outgoing
Q4) The system of cells, organs, and chemicals that defends the body against infection and disease is called the ________.
A) immune system
B) endocrine system
C) sympathetic nervous system
D) respiratory system
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Chapter 11: Psychological Disorders: More Than Everyday Problems
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Q1) The interactional theory of depression (Coyne, 1976) explains the influence of events at the level(s) of ________.
A) brain only
B) person only
C) group only
D) brain, person, and group
Q2) If Jerry has some sort of psychological disorder about which there are relevant social and/or environmental problems, then his clinician will likely note those problems on Axis ________ of the DSM-based diagnosis.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
Q3) Which of the following is a characteristic of major depressive disorder?
A) depressed mood that comes and goes frequently
B) diminished interest in daily activities
C) heightened interest in sexual activity
D) an enhanced sense of creativity
Q4) What are the three components used to define a psychological disorder?
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Chapter 12: Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words
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Q1) Part of systematic desensitization is progressive muscle relaxation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) At Skinner Elementary School, teachers pass out "skinner bucks" to students who turn in papers on time, obey the teacher, and finish their homework. The paper "bucks" can be traded in at the end of the week for special treats or game-playing time on the classroom computer. This system most resembles a________.
A) participant modeling technique
B) contingency contract
C) group extinction procedure
D) token economy
Q3) Suppose Sarah, who is suffering from bulimia nervosa, receives more relief from medication than cognitive-behavior therapy. Is Sarah's response typical of most individuals who have this disorder? If so, explain your response. If not, how can we make sense of her behavior?
Q4) One type of family therapy is known as systems therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the difference between REBT and Beck's view of cognitive therapy?
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Chapter 13: Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds
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Q1) Luis picks up a pack of cigarettes and reads, "Cigarette smoking is harmful to your health." Which one of the following statements leads one to believe Luis is actually having cognitive dissonance?
A) "I've been smoking my whole life and I don't have health problems."
B) "No one I know who smokes is sick."
C) "I know these cigarettes are killing me but I just can't stop."
D) "That is not true. Cigarettes are not that harmful."
Q2) What term do psychologists use for the phenomenon that occurs when people are less likely to aid a person in trouble if there are other people around who are also potential helpers?
A) bystander effect
B) sole-witness effect
C) subtle aggressive effect
D) antisocial behavior effect
Q3) State the three dimensions of Sternberg's triangular model of love.
Q4) Ari structures her life so as to avoid closeness. What type of attachment style does she probably have?
Q5) Briefly state, from an evolutionary perspective, what men are focusing on in women and why that focus is present.
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Chapter 14: Statistics Part B : How to Think About Research Studies
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Q1) Which correlation coefficient demonstrates the strongest relationship?
A) +0.5
B) -0.7
C) +1.2
D) -3.2
Q2) Which correlation coefficient indicates a positive relationship?
A) +1.2
B) 0.8
C) -0.8
D) 1.96
Q3) Your text authors suggest that the QALMRI method can serve the practical purpose(s) of ________.
A) quickly solving statistical related questions
B) determining the validity of a study only
C) understanding the meaning of a research study only
D) understanding the meaning of a research study and for reporting your own research
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