Survey of Psychology
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Course Introduction
Survey of Psychology provides an overview of the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course introduces students to key concepts, theories, and research findings across major subfields of psychology, including biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, learning, motivation, cognition, development, personality, psychological disorders, and social psychology. The course also explores research methods used in psychology, ethical considerations, and real-world applications of psychological principles, equipping students with a foundational understanding of the discipline and its relevance to everyday life.
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Psychology Core Concepts 7th Edition by Philip G. Zimbardo
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Chapter 1: Mind, Behavior, and Psychological Science
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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) behavioral
C) humanistic
D) psychodynamic
E) temperament
Answer: A
Q2) Which type of research study would best be used to study the factors that shaped a notorious serial killer?
A) confounding
B) case study
C) introspection
D) naturalistic observation
E) experiment
Answer: B
Q3) Which "school" in psychology was dedicated to uncovering the basic "structures of the mind"?
Answer: structuralism
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Chapter 2: Biopsychology, Neuroscience, and Human Nature
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Q1) Joella was rollerblading when a cat jumped right in front of her causing her to trip and fall. When she fell, she partially landed on the front side of her head near her forehead. Shortly afterwards, Joella exhibited symptoms similar to that of Phineas Gage. Which lobe would have been most affected by this fall?
A) frontal
B) temporal
C) parietal
D) occipital
E) inguinal
Answer: A
Q2) What do we call the state of a neuron when it is not firing a neural impulse?
A) action potential
B) resting potential
C) myelination signal
D) transmission impulse
E) refractory impulse
Answer: B
Q3) Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine are three examples of __________ .
Answer: neurotransmitters
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The perceptual threshold for vision is defined as the ability to detect ________ located _________ on a clear night.
A) a candle flame; 1 mile away
B) car headlight; 1 mile away
C) an emergency flare; 30 miles away
D) a candle flame; 30 miles away
E) a camp fire; 8 miles away
Answer: D
Q2) Vibrating air molecules enter the ears at the __________ .
Answer: pinna
Q3) Top-down processing is also known as ________ processing.
A) stimulus-driven
B) data-driven
C) conceptually-driven
D) feature-driven
E) time-driven
Answer: C
Q4) The __________ sense is the sense of body position and the movement of body parts relative to each other.
Answer: kinesthetic
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Chapter 4: Learning and Human Nurture
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Q1) One outcome demonstrated by Watson and Rayner's testing with Little Albert was that
A) operant conditioning can modify behavior.
B) the fear response may generalize to other stimuli.
C) taste aversions can be formed in young children.
D) counterconditioning is difficult.
E) spontaneous recovery can occur at the wrong time.
Q2) Your text suggests that waiting for an elevator is a good example of a ________ reinforcement schedule.
A) continuous
B) fixed ratio
C) variable ratio
D) fixed interval
E) variable interval
Q3) The best strategy to teach an organism a new response quickly is to use
A) continuous reinforcement.
B) secondary reinforcement.
C) negative reinforcement.
D) intermittent reinforcement.
E) extinction.
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Chapter 5: Memory
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Q1) Suppose you're pitching in a baseball game facing a good hitter. You remember that you struck him out with a fastball the last time he was up. You also remember that your coach told you always to try to be unpredictable, so you decide to throw a curve ball this time. In making this decision, you are primarily using your
A) central executive.
B) fight-or-flight response.
C) modality-specific memory.
D) long-term potentiation.
E) phonological loop.
Q2) The word "mnemonics" comes from a ________ word meaning ________.
A) French; memory
B) Spanish; improve
C) Greek; remember
D) Hebrew; trick
E) Arabic; method
Q3) What is the capacity of working memory?
Q4) Damage to the hippocampus results in _________.
Q5) Name the form of memory that records our fleeting impressions about sights, sounds, and smells.
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Chapter 6: Thinking and Intelligence
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Q1) Concepts are ideas that represent
A) a class or category of objects, ideas, or experiences.
B) patterns of behavior.
C) higher-order conditioning and secondary reinforcers.
D) rules for public displays of emotion.
E) none of these
Q2) Deanna reads that horses are a type of animal, and that palominos are a type of horse. To understand this, Deanna will organize these concepts into a A) script.
B) syllogism.
C) hierarchy.
D) mental set.
E) cognitive map.
Q3) Scarr and Weinberg found that ________ by the time of late adolescence.
A) there was no difference between black and white adoptees' IQ scores
B) White adoptees' IQ scores were higher than Black children's
C) Black adoptees' IQ scores were higher than White children's
D) White adoptees' IQ scores improved while Black adoptees' scores plummeted
E) Black and White adoptees' IQ scores decreased
Q4) Describe Gardner's approach to understanding intelligence.
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Chapter 7: Development Over the Lifespan
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Q1) Ron, a toddler, takes a picture and puts it to the receiver of a phone in order to "show" it to his grandmother. This example illustrates
A) disoriented attachment.
B) conservation.
C) object permanence.
D) egocentrism.
E) reversibility
Q2) A child who has not mastered object permanence believes that A) not all grown-up men are fathers.
B) two small pieces of pizza are better than one large piece.
C) everyone is thinking about the child.
D) a hidden doll no longer exists.
E) rain occurs when the clouds are sad.
Q3) Billy looks at two identical strings of beads, one stretched out in a line and the other heaped in a small pile. His ability to recognize that although the beads look different they are not different in number is called ________.
Q4) What changes can a person expect as they age beyond their 60s?
Q5) The enduring, social-emotional relationship an infant forms with a parent or caregiver is called ________.
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Chapter 8: States of Consciousness
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Q1) The frequency of narcolepsy can be reduced by A) medication.
B) regular exercise.
C) psychotherapy.
D) mid-afternoon naps.
E) herbal therapy.
Q2) Illicit drug usage in the United States since the early 1990s has
A) increased for older adults.
B) remained constant for all people.
C) increased overall, but decreased for teens.
D) increased for all people.
E) declined overall.
Q3) The restorative theory views sleep as
A) having evolutionary advantages.
B) helping the body repair the wear and tear of the day's events.
C) a means to cope with stress.
D) important only to the extent that we don't enter a state of sleep deprivation.
E) helping us to restore our unconscious store of impulses.
Q4) How do opiates suppress pain?
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Chapter 9: Emotion and Motivation
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Q1) Anna Nicole weighed about 125 pounds most of her adult life. However, it seemed like whenever Anna Nicole gained weight it was easy to lose and get back to 125. But when she wanted to go below 125 it took forever, and even the slightest deviation from her diet got her back to 125. What explanation would you give Anna Nicole?
A) Use better diet products.
B) Start a reality TV show.
C) Her weight, 125, is her set point. Leave it alone.
D) Her BMR is not tied to her set point.
E) Her BAC is out of synchrony with her ATP.
Q2) Darwin argued that
A) emotional reactions are unrelated to states of arousal.
B) people are unable to cognitively label the source of their arousal.
C) some emotional expressions cross species boundaries.
D) understanding an emotional experience must occur before arousal can occur.
E) there is an infinite number of emotions for people throughout the world.
Q3) Explain the key idea behind the James-Lange theory of emotion.
Q4) Describe and critique Abraham Maslow's theory of motivation.
Q5) What is emotional intelligence?
Q6) Discuss the cues for detecting deception.
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Chapter 10: Personality: Theories of the Whole Person
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Q1) ________ are preconscious mental strategies used to reduce conflict.
A) Self-actualizing strategies
B) Schemas
C) Ego defense mechanisms
D) Archetypes
E) The anima and the animus
Q2) Jerod has saved plenty of money and has a lucrative business that he enjoys. He likes to volunteer his time in the community and enjoys the company of others - but still saves time to be alone. One of his favorite things to do in the evening is sit outside and watch the sunset. Rogers and Maslow might suggest that Jerod is A) retired.
B) experiencing a superiority complex.
C) self-actualizing.
D) emotionally conditioned.
E) Oedipally fixated.
Q3) Name the five psychosexual stages identified by Freud.
Q4) Jung's concept of animus explains __________ archetypes, whereas the anima explains __________ archetypes.
Q5) What is reciprocal determinism?
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Chapter 11: Social Psychology
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Q1) The decision to invade Iraq in 2003 may represent an instance of A) obedience.
B) scapegoating.
C) groupthink.
D) prejudice.
E) A and D are
Q2) The Asch effect is known as the classic illustration of A) intelligence.
B) conformity.
C) confusion.
D) obeying authority.
E) diffusion of responsibility.
Q3) If Tess has lost her contact lens, she is most likely to get help from others if she A) says aloud, "Will someone please help me?"
B) specifically asks one person for help.
C) stays quiet and starts searching.
D) begins crying loudly.
E) is obviously in a hurry.
Q4) Describe the four factors that underlie interpersonal attraction.
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Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Define shyness.
Q2) The fear of being in a crowded public space is known as A) social phobia.
B) acrophobia.
C) agoraphobia.
D) claustrophobia.
E) photophobia.
Q3) It is has been estimated that there are ________ varieties of psychopathology.
A) at least 150
B) more than 300
C) thirty main
D) approximately 1000
E) about 750
Q4) An obsession is a repetitive ________ whereas a compulsion is a compulsive
A) thought; behavior
B) behavior; thought
C) stressor; action
D) action; stressor
E) situation; fear
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Chapter 13: Therapies for Psychological Disorders
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Q1) A support group would be most unlikely to deal with
A) managing crises such as divorce or the death of a child.
B) addictions such as alcohol or gambling.
C) job-related work-place conflicts.
D) helping relatives or friends of addicts cope with the associated stresses.
E) coping with mental and physical disorders.
Q2) Benzodiazepine drugs ________ by ________.
A) increase anxiety; by promoting the release of serotonin in brain
B) reduce anxiety; enhancing the inhibitory effects of GABA
C) treat phobias; sedating the person
D) treat alcoholism; creating feelings of euphoria
E) promote sleep; increasing nervous system activity
Q3) 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.
E) Gestalt therapy.
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Chapter 14: From Stress to Health and Well-Being
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Q1) In which stage of the general adaptation syndrome has the body reached the limits of its ability to adapt to stress, which may result in the development of stress-related diseases?
A) alarm
B) collapse
C) exhaustion
D) resistance
E) automaticity
Q2) ________ involves relieving emotional pressure either directly or indirectly.
A) Venting
B) Catharsis
C) Ego defense strategies
D) Social support
E) Accommodation
Q3) A second heart attack is
A) twice as likely for a Type A patient.
B) half as likely for a Type B patient.
C) common in Type D patients.
D) less likely in patients given stress-management training.
E) A and B are
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