devry PSYC-110 Psychology week 1 homework
(TCO 1) Which of the following is a mental process?
Student Answer: Thinking
Feeling
Reading
Thinking and reading
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 4.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 2. Question :
(TCO 2) Because Timothy was laughed at by his second grade peers, he was reluctant to speak out in class. This is a demonstration of which goal of psychology?
Student Answer: Describing behavior
Explaining behavior
Predicting behavior
Changing behavior
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 5.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 3. Question :
(TCO 1) A person who believes that genetics, chemical imbalances in the brain, and hormonal imbalances are responsible for explaining behavior takes the side of _____.
Student Answer: nature
nurture
INCORRECT both nature and nurture
cognitive influences
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 5.
Points Received: 0 of 2
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Question 4. Question :
(TCO 1) Which of the following psychological theorists is most associated with the school of thought called structuralism?
Student Answer: Sigmund Freud
John Watson
Harry Sulliv Edward Titchener
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 7.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 5. Question :
(TCO 1) Dr. Watson, from the _____ school of psychology, focused on objective, observable behavior rather than on the unconscious.
Student Answer: behaviorism
cognitive
developmental
INCORRECT conditional
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 7.
Points Received: 0 of 2
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Question 6. Question :
(TCO 1) Behaviorists are MOST successful in treating _____.
Student Answer: neuroses of the mind
observable behavior problems
low self esteem
psychotic disorders
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 7.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 7. Question :
(TCO 1) The psychological perspective that emerged in the 1950s that stressed free will and self-actualization was the _____ perspective.
Student Answer: behavioral
cognitive
humanistic
psychodynamic
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 8.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 8. Question :
(TCO 1) Biopsychologists emphasize _____.
Student Answer: that behavior is the result of genetics and physiological processes occurring in the brain and nervous system
the belief that biology is destiny
the evolution of mental behavior
that the way to understand human behavior is to first understand animal behavior
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 8.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 9. Question :
(TCO 2) Basic research is BEST defined as research that _____.
Student Answer: is basic to one field only
advances scientific knowledge
is done to get a grade or a tenured teaching position
solves basic problems encountered by humans and animals in a complex world
Instruct/or Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 12.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 10. Question :
(TCO 2) What stage of the scientific method would someone be at if he or she makes a prediction that drinking alcohol will make people more violent during a sporting event?
Student Answer: INCORRECT Developing a theory
Forming a testable hypothesis
Designing a study
Reviewing the literature of existing theories
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 13.
Points Received: 0 of 2
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Question 11. Question :
(TCO 2) Debriefing is _____.
Student Answer: interviewing subjects after a study to find out what they were thinking during their participation
explaining the purpose of the study, anticipated results, and deceptions used when the study is over
disclosing potential physical and emotional risks, and the nature of the study prior to its beginning
interviewing subjects after a study to determine whether any deceptions were effective in preventing them from learning the true purpose of the study
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 14.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 12. Question :
(TCO 2) Researchers can isolate a single factor and examine the effect of that factor alone on a particular behavior through use of a(n) _____.
Student Answer: experiment
correlational study
biological study
descriptive study
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 16.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 13. Question :
(TCO 2) A survey is a(n) _____.
Student Answer: experimental technique for sampling a population’s attitudes
research technique for assessing behaviors and attitudes of a wide selection of people
noncorrelational research technique for sampling a wide variety of populations
unreliable and invalid research technique, usually used by magazines and political or commercial pollsters
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 19.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 14. Question :
(TCO 2) In an experiment to determine if rewards will increase recycling efforts on campus, the dependent variable is _____.
Student Answer: rewards versus no rewards
the amount of recycling done by students and faculty on campus
the students who recycle
INCORRECT A and C
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 16.
Points Received: 0 of 2
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Question 15. Question :
(TCO 2) Ethnocentrism in research refers to _____.
Student Answer: the belief that a typical behavior in one’s culture is typical of all cultures
a researcher’s inflated sense of his or her own research abilities
a central need to include people from all races and cultures in an experiment
an attitude among researchers that their field of study is more important than any other field
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, page 16.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 16. Question :
(TCO 2) Which of the following is an example of a zero correlation?
Student Answer: The relationship between your grades and how much time you spend studying
The relationship between your alcohol consumption and physical reaction time
INCORRECT The relationship between intensity of rain and umbrella use
The relationship between your adult height and intelligence
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, pages 16–17.
Points Received: 0 of 2
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Question 17. Question :
(TCO 3) If a trait is recessive, this means it will take _____ gene(s) for the trait to manifest itself in one’s offspring.
Student Answer: 1 dominant
2 recessive
2 dominant
3 or more recessive
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 34.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 18. Question :
(TCO 3) The three basic parts of the neuron can be likened to an arm, where the fingers represent the _____; the palm of the hand represents the _____; and the forearm represents the _____.
Student Answer: dendrites; myelin, axon terminal
somas; cell body; dendrite
receivers; generator; transmitter
dendrites; cell body; axon
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, pages 37–38.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 19. Question :
(TCO 3) One important difference between a mylinated and bare axon is _____.
Student Answe the neural impulse is faster in the mylinated axon
the neural impulse is faster in the bare axon
only the bare axons have nodes
the bare axons are heavier
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 38.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 20. Question :
(TCO 3) What part(s) of the cell receive incoming messages?
Student Answer: Axons and cell body
Dendrites alone
Dendrites and cell body
Axons
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 38.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 21. Question :
(TCO 3) An action potential is _____.
Student Answer: the likelihood that a neuron will take action when stimulated
the tendency for a neuron to be potentiated by neurotransmitters
a neural impulse that carries information along the axon of a neuron
the firing of a nerve, either toward or away from the brain
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 39.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 22. Question :
(TCO 3) Endogenous opiates are called _____.
Student Answer: neurotransmitters
endorphins
morphine
curare
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 41.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 23. Question :
(TCO 3) One of the hormones released by the adrenal glands in response to stress is _____.
Student Answer: cortisol
serotonin
dopamine
GABA
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 43.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 24. Question :
(TCO3) The peripheral nervous system _____.
Student Answer: is composed of the spinal cord and peripheral nerves
is less important than the central nervous system
is contained within the skull and spinal column
includes all the nerves and neurons outside the brain and spinal cord
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 44.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 25. Question :
(TCO 3) The spinal cord is found inside the spinal column and is involved in _____.
Student Answer: initiating voluntary behavior
the release of hormones body
higher order cognitive functioning
coordinating reflexes
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 46.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 26. Question :
(TCO 3) When a student raises her hand so that she can answer a teacher’s question, _____ division of the nervous system was responsible for her hand going up.
Student Answer: central nervous system
autonomic nervous system
somatic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 47.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 27. Question :
(TCO 3) Which of the following is a reaction of the sympathetic nervous system?
Student Answer: Decreased heart rate
Decreased respiration
Release of hormones into the bloodstream
Increase digestive processes
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 48.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 28. Question :
(TCO 3) Which of the following structures is a part of the forebrain?
Student Answer: Hypothalamus
Medulla
Pons
Cerebellum
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 52.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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Question 29. Question :
(TCO 3) What is the part of the brain that is most likely overactive in someone who suffers from panic disorder?
Student Answer: Amygdala
Thalamus
Pons
INCORRECT Hypothalamus
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 52.
Points Received: 0 of 2
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Question 30. Question :
(TCO 3) Abnormalities in which lobe are associated with schizophrenia?
Student Answer: Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
Frontal
Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 2, page 54.
Points Received: 2 of 2
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