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Psychology for Beginners introduces students to the foundational concepts, theories, and methods of psychology as a scientific discipline. The course explores key topics such as human development, cognition, perception, personality, learning, memory, motivation, and social behavior. Emphasis is placed on understanding how psychological principles apply to everyday life and on fostering critical thinking about mental processes and behavior. Through lectures, readings, and interactive activities, students gain a broad overview of the field and develop essential skills for further study in psychology or related disciplines.
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Psychology 10th Edition by Douglas Bernstein
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Science of Psychology
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Q1) Wundt's approach to psychology is called structuralism because he stressed that
A) childhood experiences structure later adult development
B) all conscious experience is built up of complicated combinations of elemental sensations
C) the structure of overt behavior is the only appropriate subject matter for psychology
D) the whole of the structure is different from its elemental parts
Answer: B
Q2) When Allison's father passed away,Allison decided that her mother should come to live with her.Jameson's father also passed away,but he decided that his mother should live in a nursing home.Based only on this information,Allison is probably from a(n)____ culture and Jameson is probably from a(n)____ culture.
A) multicultural; individualist
B) collectivist; multicultural
C) collectivist; individualist
D) individualist; collectivist
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Research in Psychology
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Q1) Dr.Bishop is studying the effects of a drug on memory.Half of his participants will receive the drug,while the other half will receive a placebo.The pills the two groups of participants will take look exactly the same.Dr.Bishop hopes that the use of a placebo will ____.
A) allow him to have control over the dependent variables
B) show if memory improvement is based on participant expectations
C) create a double-blind design for his research
D) eliminate the chance of random variables confounding his experiment
Answer: B
Q2) Marney is studying the relationship between the rate of teen pregnancies in U.S.high school students and the availability of contraceptives.She selects a sample composed of teens from a local high school.Marney's sample may not be generalizable because it is not ____.
A) double-blind
B) biased
C) representative
D) dependent
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Biological Aspects of Psychology
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Q1) Yoon always feels tired during her afternoon classes.You tell Yoon that she should avoid eating high-carbohydrate lunches because they increase the levels of ____ in her brain,which causes her to feel sleepy.
A) acetylcholine
B) glutamate
C) serotonin
D) dopamine
Answer: C
Q2) Veronica bent over in her garden to pick up a squash but bumped her head on a fence post and passed out.When she came to,she could not let go of the squash in her left hand; the hand would not open or close.She most likely injured cells in her ____ lobe.
A) right frontal
B) left frontal
C) right parietal
D) left parietal
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) After falling from his perch,the Scarecrow has difficulty sensing where his body parts are in relation to each other.This makes it difficult for him to move easily,but eventually he is able to adapt,thanks to special cells in his joints and muscles called ____.
A) otoliths
B) interneurons
C) papillae
D) proprioceptors
Q2) In perceiving depth and distance,we interpret the pattern of light and shadow,and we normally assume that illumination comes from ____.
A) below
B) above
C) the side
D) behind
Q3) Transduction of auditory information takes place in the ____.
A) fovea
B) pinna
C) cochlea
D) malleus
Q4) Explain the theories that describe how people see color.
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) Ta'Nisha,a regular smoker,is trying to quit.When she goes to bars or outdoor cafes where others are smoking,she finds the craving for a cigarette too strong to resist.Simply by avoiding bars and cafes that allow smoking,Ta'Nisha has found it easier to quit smoking completely.This example uses principles of ____.
A) skill learning
B) overlearning
C) stimulus control
D) punishment
Q2) Lavonne despises"new age" music.So,when Lavonne refuses to clean her room,her mother makes her stay in her room and plays new age music through the intercom.Her mother tells Lavonne that as soon as she finishes cleaning her room,the music will stop.This is an example of ____.
A) positive reinforcement
B) negative reinforcement
C) punishment
D) shaping
Q3) Explain the various types of intermittent schedules of reinforcement and how rates of responding differ for the different schedules.
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Chapter 5: Memory
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Q1) Today it is Joe's turn to pick up lunch for the staff at his office.Things are particularly busy,and Joe doesn't have time to write down each person's order.Instead,he tries to remember their orders by repeating to himself over and over "three buster burgers,one chicken club,two waffle fries,and a strawberry sundae" while he waits in the line at Fred's Burger Barn.Joe's memory strategy is called ____.
A) elaborative rehearsal.
B) parallel distributed processing.
C) chunking.
D) maintenance rehearsal.
Q2) Your friend Benjamin tells you that he's going to study for his upcoming exam by setting aside six hours one day to devote solely to the material.Having learned much from your psychology class,you explain to Benjamin that it's much more effective for him to utilize ____ to study because it will help him to spread out the material and learn it more deeply.
A) distributed practice
B) massed practice
C) the recency effect
D) the primacy effect
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Chapter 7: Thought and Language
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Q1) Geraldine is a researcher who is teaching her monkey,Gidget,to use a touch board to communicate with humans.Gidget can touch symbols on the board that symbolize things like "banana," "cup," "play," and "sleep." According to your text,which statement is true?
A) Gidget will generate sentences longer than three words.
B) The working memory limitations of monkeys are known.
C) Gidget can master between 130 and 500 symbols.
D) Gidget's language use is less primitive than children's.
Q2) When a group is making a decision,the option that is typically chosen is the one that is ____.
A) the best possible outcome for each member in the group
B) strongly supported by half of the group members and strongly opposed by the other half
C) presented first during the discussion
D) not strongly opposed by any of the group members
Q3) The two basic elements of a language are ____ and ____.
A) deep structure; surface structure
B) phonemes; morphemes
C) symbols; grammar
D) syntax; semantics
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Chapter 8: Intelligence
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Q1) If you obtained a high score on a test that measured basic powers of reasoning and problem solving where all the facts were supplied to you during the test,this would indicate that you have high ____intelligence.
A) crystallized
B) meta
C) fluid
D) verbal
Q2) Shavonne,an elementary school teacher,is told that some of her students scored very high on a scholastic aptitude measure.Actually,these "high aptitude" students were chosen randomly,regardless of ability.During the next year of school,these students' IQ scores increased more than the scores of other students who were in Shavonne's class.According to your text,the most likely explanation for these students' IQ gain is
A) their fluid intelligence
B) their interactions with classmates
C) the teacher's expectations for her students
D) their crystallized intelligence
Q3) Describe the four approaches to intelligence presented in the text.
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Chapter 9: Consciousness
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Q1) Rascalia is taking a drug that causes bizarre hallucinations and also has a stimulating effect.Though not a very addicting drug,it has nasty side effects that include panic attacks and permanent brain damage.Rascalia is most likely taking ____.
A) LSD
B) an amphetamine
C) MDMA
D) heroin
Q2) The activities ofthe liver,such asthe removal of impurities from the bloodstream,occur at the ____ level.
A) preconscious
B) nonconscious
C) unconscious
D) metaconscious
Q3) Twenty-eight year-old Stephanie scores high on a test of hypnotic susceptibility.Research suggests that Stephanie also ____.
A) has below average intelligence
B) processes information slowly
C) has a rich fantasy life
D) struggles to stay focused and ignore distractions
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Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Chicken Little is afraid the sky was falling,so he warns everyone about it.Henny Penny explains that Chicken Little's emotional experience (fear)is a result of him thinking that an event (the sky falling)will negatively affect his well-being.Henny Penny would most likely agree with ____ theory of emotion.
A) Cannon's central
B) James's peripheral
C) Schachter-Singer's
D) Lazarus's cognitive appraisal
Q2) Joani is a college student working two jobs to pay her tuition and living expenses.Despite working long hours,she is worried that she cannot afford to stay in college another semester.According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,Joani is attempting to satisfy needs at the ____ level.
A) safety
B) belongingness and love
C) self-actualization
D) esteem
Q3) Compare and contrast the James-Lange,Cannon-Bard,and Schachter-Singer theories of emotion.
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Chapter 11: Human Development
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Q1) Julio is not able to go to school because his family is poor and in his country,school is not free.His lack of schooling will be most likely to ____.
A) contribute to role confusion
B) leave him with a sense of isolation
C) decrease his concrete operational skills
D) decrease his formal operational skills
Q2) When Claude is angry,he has learned to count to ten in order to control his anger.This is an example of ____.
A) self-regulation
B) empathy
C) pretend play
D) conservation
Q3) Which event does not occur during menopause?
A) Estrogen levels drop.
B) Menstrual cycle ceases.
C) Reproductive capability ends.
D) Progesterone levels rise.
Q4) Describe the newborn's sensory and motor abilities.
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Chapter 12: Health, stress, and Coping
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Q1) Trina is thinking about how many papers she has to do before the end of the term,how to mend things with her boyfriend,and how to earn enough money to buy her family presents for the holidays.In other words,Trina is thinking about ____.
A) stress responses
B) stressors
C) stress mediators
D) chronic problems
Q2) The fact that cognitive restructuring is effective in managing stress indicates that ____.
A) we react not only directly to a stressor, but also to our cognitive appraisal of it
B) all the major stressors in our lives are psychological in nature
C) escaping stress is as effective as coping with it directly
D) psychotherapy is the best way of dealing with stress
Q3) Unlike posttraumatic stress disorder,burnout is the result of ____.
A) physiological events
B) interpersonal conflict
C) inadequate informal help
D) long-term or chronic stress
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Q1) One benefit of using projective personality tests instead of nonprojective personality tests is the ____.
A) higher difficulty for the respondent to guess the "correct" answer
B) higher validity and reliability of projective tests
C) ease with which projective tests can be administered
D) ease of interpreting scores and responses
Q2) Complete the following personal ad: Seeking an outgoing individual who enjoys social activities.Must also be adventurous and willing to try anything.In other words,must be high in ____ and high in ____.
A) neuroticism; extraversion
B) openness; conscientiousness
C) extraversion; openness
D) conscientiousness; neuroticism
Q3) Carl Rogers contends that a child's self-concept develops as she receives ____ from parents and teachers,has a congruent experience,and feels good about what she is doing.
A) a growth orientation
B) conditions of worth
C) self-efficacy
D) positive regard
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Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Ben displays odd perceptions,thoughts,beliefs,and behaviors that occasionally resemble the symptoms of schizophrenia,but are not as disturbed.Ben most likely has ____ personality disorder.
A) schizotypal
B) narcissistic
C) avoidant
D) antisocial
Q2) In the United States,which group is most likely to commit suicide?
A) Males over 65
B) American Indian males
C) Adolescents
D) African American females
Q3) Alexia is content to stay in her house because she becomes nervous and afraid when she ventures too far from home.Alexia is probably suffering from ____.
A) agoraphobia
B) a specific phobia
C) xenophobia
D) panic disorder
Q4) What are some of the causes of depressive disorders?
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Chapter 15: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Sally goes to Lucy for psychotherapy.In Lucy's office,Sally relaxes and says whatever comes to her mind.She also describes her dreams,and Lucy offers interpretations.Lucy claims that these methods help Sally become more aware of her unconscious mind.Lucy is most likely a ____ psychotherapist.
A) humanistic
B) psychodynamic
C) behavioral
D) cognitive
Q2) Dr.Bregel is a behavior therapist.When working with a client,Dr.Bregel seeks to change the client's behavior by ____.
A) using methods such as free-association and dream analysis
B) helping the client develop more adaptive behaviors
C) being empathic and reflective
D) gaining insight into the their childhood origins
Q3) Which drug is commonly used to treat the symptoms of bipolar disorder?
A) Prozac
B) anxiolytic drugs
C) neuroleptic drugs
D) lithium
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Chapter 16: Social Psychology
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Q1) Ezekiel asks,"Mom,may I eat a hot fudge sundae with extra whipped cream?" When his mother replies that he may not,Ezekiel then asks if he may eat one cookie.Ezekiel is using the ____ technique for gaining compliance.
A) bait-and-switch
B) door-in-the-face
C) foot-in-the-door
D) low-ball
Q2) The ____ theories of stereotyping predict that children who attend diversely-populated schools and who watch television programs like Sesame Street (which are sensitive to ethnic diversity)will have fewer negative ethnic stereotypes.
A) motivational
B) learning
C) psychodynamic
D) cognitive
Q3) According to the evolutionary approach,aggression ____.
A) is an instinctive biological urge
B) reflects mostly environmental influences
C) presupposes the existence of frustration
D) once helped people compete for mates
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Chapter 17: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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Q1) The attributes that are collectively known as KSAOs specifically include all of the following except ____.
A) knowledge
B) skills
C) ability
D) organization
Q2) If an employer wanted to evaluate an employee training session using trainee-learning criteria,that employer would most likely ____.
A) examine whether the trainees' productivity increases
B) commission experimental research on its training program
C) ask the trainees to fill out questionnaires about whether they enjoyed the training session
D) test each trainee's knowledge and skill in the areas covered by the training material
Q3) Which tool is most commonly used for job analysis?
A) electronic monitoring to measure employee productivity
B) assignment of specially trained job analysts to observe employees
C) questionnaires that ask current employees to describe their jobs
D) standardized testing that assess employee competence
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Chapter 18: Neuropsychology
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Q1) Dr.Genis is working with a hemineglect patient,Nathan.During the assessment,Dr.Genis wiggles her finger on the left,right,and then both sides of Nathan's field of vision.If Nathan is like the majority of hemineglect patients,this test will show that ____.
A) he is capable of seeing both sides of space but tends to ignore one side
B) his "what" system has been impaired
C) his symptoms are the result of damage to the upper part of the parietal lobes
D) he is completely blind in his right visual field
Q2) Difficulty with executing movements in the correct order is known as ____ apraxia.Difficulty with performing skilled movements is known as ____ apraxia.
A) ideational; ideomotor
B) ideomotor; ideational
C) ideational; ideational
D) ideomotor; ideomotor
Q3) A patient who suffers from apraxia will have difficulty with ____.
A) remembering new information
B) understanding language
C) producing language
D) movement
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Chapter 19: Appendix A: Statistics in Psychological Research
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Q1) Charlie,a cell,suddenly splits himself into an exact replica.There are now two Charlies.Not long after that,it happens again,and there are four Charlies.This process is called ____.
A) mitosis
B) meiosis
C) fertilization
D) symbiosis
Q2) Todd is a twenty-seven-year-old stockbroker.One of Todd's more striking features is his height-just 4 feet 2 inches tall.His parents,brothers and sisters,grandparents,aunts,uncles,and cousins are all over six feet tall.Based on your knowledge of the interplay between genetics and environmental factors,what is the most likely explanation for Todd's height?
A) an inherited gene
B) an early childhood illness
C) a sedentary lifestyle
D) genotype normalization
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Chapter 20: Appendix B: Behavioral Genetics
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Q1) While conducting statistical analysis,Gordon forgets how to calculate degrees of freedom.All he knows is that Group 1 has twenty-three subjects and Group 2 has twenty-seven subjects.How many degrees of freedom should Gordon use for his analysis?
A) 4
B) 48
C) 50
D) 2
Q2) Which of the following is one of the basic categories of descriptive statistics?
A) measures of central tendency
B) inferring causation
C) expressing the difference between two group means
D) predicting proportions in a population
Q3) If your research study had more than two experimental/control groups and encompassed more than one independent variable,you would have to use a(n)____ to determine the differences between the groups.
A) chi-squared test
B) analysis of variance
C) t test
D) correlation coefficient
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