Psychology for Social Sciences
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Course Introduction
Psychology for Social Sciences offers an introduction to key psychological theories, concepts, and research methods as they apply to social phenomena and human behavior within society. The course explores how psychological principles influence individual and group behavior, social interactions, attitudes, perception, and decision-making. Emphasis is placed on topics such as social cognition, motivation, personality, prejudice, group dynamics, and the role of culture in shaping behaviors. Students will gain foundational knowledge useful for applying psychological insights to fields such as sociology, political science, communication, and education, enhancing their understanding of social issues and human interactions.
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What is Psychology Foundations Applications and Integration 3rd Edition by Ellen E. Pastorino
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Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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Q1) Researchers use random sampling to obtain a(n)____.
A)population of interest
B)experimental sample
C)control group
D)representative sample
Answer: D
Q2) Which statement is best classified as pseudopsychology?
A)By visualizing that a cancerous tumor is dying, you can cure yourself of cancer without chemotherapy.
B)Research published in professional journals shows that dogs can detect the scent of certain cancers.
C)A number of studies of childhood cancers show that there can be psychological effects long after successful treatment has ended.
D)According to research, successful pain control for persons with terminal cancer is possible.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Neuroscience
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Q1) Your college roommate likes to binge drink on Saturday nights.After one particularly bad weekend,she becomes concerned about the effects of so much alcohol on her brain.Knowing that you are studying the brain in psychology,she asks you to explain the effects of alcohol on the brain.You should tell her that alcohol affects the function of the neurotransmitter ____.
A)acetylcholine
B)dopamine
C)GABA
D)norepinephrine
Answer: C
Q2) The medulla is to ____ as the reticular formation is to ____.
A)muscle movement; emotion
B)judgment; vision
C)breathing; arousal
D)pleasure drives; aggression
Answer: C
Q3) Describe three different physical or psychological disorders and the neurotransmitter systems that appear to be involved.
Answer: Answers will vary.
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The lock-and-key theory proposes that ____.
A)specific taste molecules have the power to excite specific receptors on the tongue
B)taste sensation occurs when specific molecules split apart to create a chemical chain reaction on the tongue
C)smell sensation occurs when specific molecules split apart to create a chemical chain reaction in the nose
D)specific odor molecules have the power to excite specific receptors in the nose
Answer: D
Q2) Our kinesthetic sense gathers its primary information from ____,whereas our vestibular sense gathers its primary information from ____.
A)the olfactory bulb; the basilar membrane
B)muscles; semicircular canals
C)the inner ear; the skin
D)the tongue; the eyes
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Consciousness
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Q1) Activation-synthesis theorists propose that dreams ____.
A)can provide us with some insight into ourselves
B)have rich hidden meaning
C)have no meaning at all
D)are largely unrelated to everyday life
Q2) What is one function of sleep?
A)Sleep can cure mental illness.
B)Sleep prevents Alzheimer's.
C)Sleep increases your immunity to disease.
D)Sleep inhibits the formation of memories.
Q3) If you have been asleep for about 50 minutes and are in a deep sleep such that when awakened you are disoriented,you have most likely been experiencing ____.
A)REM sleep
B)stage II sleep
C)stage III sleep
D)stage IV sleep
Q4) Define tolerance and substance dependence,and describe how they are related.
Q5) Describe the different types of drugs belonging to the hallucinogen category including their unique characteristics.
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Chapter 5: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) A furnace set at 72 degrees is a good analogy for which bodily process?
A)an instinct
B)a negative feedback loop
C)the endocrine system
D)an emotion
Q2) A critical difference between bulimia and binge eating disorder is that those with bulimia ____.
A)use recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors in order to prevent weight gain, while those with binge eating disorder do not
B)eat an amount of food that is "definitely" larger than what most individuals would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances, while those with binge eating disorder eat an amount that is "somewhat" larger
C)the behavior occurs at least once a week for three months, while it occurs at least twice a week for two months for those with binge eating disorder
D)are very upset by their eating disorder while those with binge eating disorder are not
Q3) Compare and contrast the James-Lange view of emotion with the Cannon-Bard view of emotion.
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Although Shera has not had any alcohol in 25 years,she will occasionally experience a slight craving. This experience,which is somewhat similar to the cravings she experienced when she drank regularly,is called ____.
A)acquisition
B)stimulus discrimination
C)stimulus revisitation
D)spontaneous recovery
Q2) The fact that you go to work each day in order to have enough money to pay your bills is best explained by ____.
A)habituation
B)dishabituation
C)classical conditioning
D)the law of effect
Q3) The orienting reflex is useful because it ____.
A)has a self-protective function
B)helps us ignore stimuli that are not important
C)helps us focus for a sustained period of time on one task
D)promotes risk-taking behavior
Q4) Explain the four steps in Bandura's modeling process.
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Q1) Traditionally,memory has been described as having ____ distinct stage(s)of storage.
A)three
B)two
C)one
D)four
Q2) What is the auditory processor in the multicomponent theory of working memory?
A)audiotape
B)phonological recorder
C)auditory recorder
D)phonological loop
Q3) Decay theory would have the hardest time dealing with any research finding suggesting that ____.
A)recognition memory lasts longer than recall memory
B)memories can last a very long time, even if they have not been accessed periodically
C)both proactive and retroactive interference are equally likely to create problems for memory retrieval
D)explicit memories are more easily forgotten than implicit memories
Q4) Describe the H.M.case study and what it suggests about memory.
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Chapter 8: Cognition, language, and Intelligence
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Q1) To Alfred Binet,mental age refers to ____.
A)a child's intelligence quotient
B)a child's mental abilities in comparison to the "average" child
C)the age level at which a child should score based on the child's chronological age
D)the age at which the average child should be able to pass his test
Q2) The finding that the constant use of male pronouns (he,him,his)when speaking about hypothetical people in general language can influence gender stereotyping provides support for the ____.
A)strong form of Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis
B)nature side of the nature-nurture language debate
C)weaker version of Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis
D)language acquisition device theory formulated by Noam Chomsky
Q3) When most people make shopping lists,they use terms like "apples," "shampoo," or "milk." A list like this is using ____ categories.
A)basic level
B)subordinate
C)superordinate
D)midordinate
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Chapter 9: Human Development
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Q1) Bereavement is to ____ as grief is to ____.
A)the experience of dying; experiencing another person's death
B)the experience of losing a loved one; the emotional reaction to the loss
C)sadness; anger
D)the stage of depression in response to a terminal illness; the entire process of dealing with death
Q2) Compared to a 10-year old,a three-year old would be expected to have ____.
A)a larger vocabulary
B)a larger number of neural connections
C)faster reflexes
D)better fine motor skills
Q3) The "empty nest" refers to ____.
A)a mother leaving home and entering the workplace
B)a home into which children have never been born
C)a situation where both parents have abandoned the children
D)the time when the last child has left the home
Q4) Describe Kohlberg's stages of moral development and discuss Carol Gilligan's views about Kohlberg's stages.
Q5) Compare what happens to the brain during adolescence with brain development earlier in life.
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Chapter 10: Social Psychology
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Q1) When you listen to an advertisement for a cellular phone service and pay particular attention to the information provided about the long-distance plan,the coverage,and the clarity of the calls,you are using the ____.
A)dissonance model of persuasion
B)peripheral route to persuasion
C)central route to persuasion
D)cognitive consistency model of persuasion
Q2) Instrumental aggression is to ____,as hostile aggression is to ____.
A)individualistic cultures; collectivistic cultures
B)satisfaction of a goal; desire to hurt
C)legal; illegal
D)serotonin; testosterone
Q3) Fran was recently treated very kindly by a man from Cuba.As a result,Fran feels at ease around people from Cuba.Fran's emotional response to Cubans is most likely the result of ____.
A)classical conditioning
B)mere exposure
C)habituation
D)social learning
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Chapter 11: Personality
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Q1) Which of the following best describes Freud's effect on modern thought?
A)Freud was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.
B)Freud's theories have contributed nothing to psychology.
C)Freud's theories about the unconscious explain more of human behavior than any other theory currently in use.
D)Because Freud developed his theories while under the influence of cocaine, they are more helpful in explaining the intoxicated mind than normal mental processes.
Q2) Which statement would be most agreeable to a trait theorist?
A)The focus in studying personality should be to find the characteristics that all people share.
B)People tend to behave differently depending upon the situation they are in.
C)A healthy personality is defined by a strong ego.
D)Personality characteristics tend to remain relatively stable as we age.
Q3) The social cognitive view of personality is criticized for ____.
A)not detailing the exact nature of personality development
B)focusing too much on internal elements of personality
C)not providing hypotheses and theories that are easily testable
D)not contributing anything to our understanding of how thinking influences behavior
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Chapter 12: Health, stress, and Coping
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Q1) Problem-focused coping is designed to ____.
A)control your reaction to a stressor
B)find the underlying reasons for the stressor's negative effects
C)discover the symptoms of stress
D)alter the environment that is causing the stress
Q2) Which of the following is most likely to occur in the alarm stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
A)the body's resources begin to dwindle
B)headaches, backaches, and insomnia
C)heart rate and blood pressure begin to increase
D)immune function decreases dangerously
Q3) Which student is most likely to catch a virus during the final examination period?
A)Ren, who has a low level of stress, but who is socially isolated
B)Tammy, who has a high level of stress, but who has social support
C)Chris, who has a high level of stress and who is socially isolated
D)Erik, who has a low level of stress and who has social support
Q4) What factors contribute to happiness?
Q5) Compare and contrast problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping.
Q6) Explain the relationship between Type C personality and cancer.
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Chapter 13: Mental Health Disorders
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Q1) Within the United States,which individual is most likely to attempt suicide?
A)a White male
B)an African American male
C)a White female
D)an African American female
Q2) Jeanette believes she has leukemia,but her doctors can find no physical evidence to suggest she has this blood disorder.Jeannette is most likely to be diagnosed with ____.
A)dissociative identity disorder
B)generalized anxiety disorder
C)illness anxiety disorder
D)schizophrenia
Q3) The difference between a somatic symptom disorder and a medical disorder is that
A)the person with the somatoform disorder is consciously faking it
B)symptoms of the somatoform disorder have no underlying medical cause
C)the medical disorder can be cured
D)medication can be used to cure somatoform disorders
Q4) Describe the criteria used to determine if a person's behavior is considered abnormal.
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Chapter 14: Mental Health Therapies
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Q1) Behavior therapy differs from psychoanalysis in that it ____.
A)attempts to remove defense mechanisms from the client
B)uses the term "client," rather than "patient"
C)focuses upon the present rather than the past
D)seeks to develop insight in the client
Q2) Psychoanalysts believe that the goal of therapy is to ____.
A)gain insight into the real source of problems
B)enhance one's sense of self-worth
C)achieve self-actualization
D)eliminate distorted beliefs and perceptions
Q3) Which age-group is most likely to have received mental health treatment in the past year?
A)18 to 25 year-olds
B)26 to 49 year-olds
C)those 50 or older
D)All age groups are equally likely to receive treatment.
Q4) Compare,in terms of effectiveness,the side effects and risks of the three classes of antidepressants: tricyclics,monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs),and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Q5) Describe the procedures involved in ECT and its effects.
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