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Week 1 discussion

Psychological Research (graded)
The text gives seven major perspectives in modern psychology (Study Organizer 1.1). These
perspectives are based on observations of how people think, feel, and act. Select a perspective
that you think best explains human behavior and evaluate it for strengths and weaknesses.

Biological Foundations (graded)
An on-going debate continues on the influence of nature and nurture on human behavior. If you
had to argue that either genetics (nature) or environment (nurture) has the greater impact on
human development, which would you pick, and why?

Week 2 discussion

Stress (graded)
We are exploring the nature of stress, its effect on human functioning, and techniques to
minimize stress. What is the biggest source of stress you have in your life? What is the most
effective technique you have used to handle it?

Sensation and Perception (graded)
Sensation and perception are two different processes. Does sensory stimulus shape our
perceptions? Do our perceptions misinterpret our sensations? How does that happen?

Week 3 discussion

Learning (graded)
After you have read about the theories of learning, reflect on how you learned as a child? What
methods did your parents use to teach you how to act? Was it through classical conditioning?
What about operant conditioning and social learning theory? Which theory had the biggest
impact? Why? Give an example and state how it has impacted the person you are today.

Memory (graded)
We all seem to want a good memory. (What are my co-workers names? Where did I leave my
computer? What day was I supposed to submit that proposal to my boss?) might be typical
memory issues. After reading about memory, what is your most valuable tip for the class on
improving your ability to remember things?

Week 4 discussions

Physical and Cognitive Development (graded)

Human development is a process in which there are various milestones from conception to death
all of which require mastery. In terms of an individual's healthy physical functioning, is the
period of prenatal developmental more critical than any other stage of development? If you
answered yes, what makes it most critical? If you pick another stage, for example, adolescence,
what makes that most critical?

Social Development(graded)
On pages 264–265 in the textbook, you can find Erik Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial
development. Each of these stages comes with a corresponding psychosocial challenge. In stage
1, for example, the challenge is that of trust versus mistrust. While all of these challenges must
be met and overcome, which one of the challenges do you think is the most difficult for an
individual to successfully resolve? Please explain the reasons for your choice and supply
supporting data for your opinion.

week 5

Physical, Cognitive and Social
Development (graded)
Human development is a process in which there are various cognitive, physical, social, and
emotional milestones from conception to death, all of which require mastery. Our discussion
begins with an exploration of physical development. All stages are essential for development,
however, if you had to rank the importance of these physical stages, which would you rank as
most important? Please provide an explanation to support your answer.

Sexuality and Gender (graded)
Understanding sexuality varies from culture to culture, yet there are basic biological, cognitive,
and emotional components in sexuality and sexual development. A good starting point in
understanding our topic this week will be to explore the issues of sexual identity and gender role.
What is the difference between the two and what are some examples of sexual identity and
gender roles?

week 6

Stress (graded)
We are exploring the nature of stress, its effect on human functioning, and techniques to
minimize stress. What is the biggest source of stress you have in your life? What is the most
effective technique you have used to handle it?

Social Psychology (graded)
Why is it that some people will blame others for their misfortunes yet excuse themselves of
responsibility when they fail? Explain the fundamental attribution error and the self-serving bias
and offer some suggestions as to how to avoid those errors.

week 7

Psychological Disorders (graded)
Despite the best efforts of psychologists, psychiatrists, and medical researchers, psychological
disorders appear to be as prevalent today as they ever were—if not more so. What might be the
cause of this phenomenon? Inadequate genetic makeup? Inadequate parenting? Inadequate social
structures? What is different in our culture today than in previous generations? Please provide
support for your opinion.

Theories of Therapy (graded)
At some point in your life you may think you need therapy. At some point in your life, you may
think a coworker or a family member needs therapy. Should you find yourself in that situation,
which type of therapy would you recommend for another person or yourself: psychoanalysis,
cognitive, humanistic, group, behavioral, or biomedical (medication or surgery)? Why? (If you
would recommend no treatment for yourself or a coworker, please explain your rationale for
this.)

midterm

Question 1.1. (TCOs 1, 2) Participants in research early in psychology’s history might have been
asked to view a chair and describe its color, shape, texture, and other aspects of their conscious
experience. These individuals would have been using a method called (Points : 2)
hypnosis.
objective introspection.
psychosurgery.
psychoanalysis.

Question 2.2. (TCO 4) The administration of Midwest State University wants to know if the
arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms. What would be a good
operational definition of the dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this
relationship? (Points : 2)
Class size: under 50 or over 50
Number of students enrolled in each class
Chair arrangement: theater style or circular
Frequency with which students ask questions

Question 3.3. (TCOs 2, 3) Phineas Gage tragically had a tamping iron propelled through his
head. Both left and right sides of the prefrontal cortex were severely damaged. As a result of the
accident, Phineas Gage (Points : 2)
died from his injuries.
suffered loss of his arms and legs.
lost his sense of hearing.
suffered a change in personality.

Question 4.4. (TCOs 2, 3) What do we call the state of a neuron when it is not firing a neural
impulse? (Points : 2)
Action potential

Resting potential
Myelination signal
Transmission impulse

Question 5.5. (TCOs 2, 3) _____ synapses make it more likely that a neuron will send its
message to other neurons, whereas _____ synapses make it less likely that a neuron will send its
message. (Points : 2)
Excitatory; inhibitory
Inhibitory; excitatory
Augmentation; depletion
Depletion; augmentation

Question 6.6. (TCO 4) Jamie, a toddler, is making distinctions about various aspects of color in
terms of whether it looks red, blue, and so forth. In doing so, she is referring to its (Points : 2)
amplitude.
lightness.
hue.
reflection.

Question 7.7. ( TCO 4) What are the five primary tastes? (Points : 2)
Hot, sour, spicy, sweet, origami
Salty, sour, spicy, sweet, tart
Bitter, salty, sour, sweet, umami
Peppery, salty, sour, sweet, acidic

Question 8.8. (TCO 4) Perception is the (Points : 2)

process by which people take all the sensations they experience at any given moment and
interpret them in some meaningful fashion.
action of physical stimuli on receptors leading to sensations.
interpretation of memory based on selective attention.
act of selective attention from sensory storage.

Question 9.9. (TCO 5) Sid is taking part in research on the effects of sleep deprivation; he has
been without sleep for 75 hours. Right now, researchers have asked him to sit in front of a
computer screen and hit a button each time he sees the letter S on the screen. A few days ago, Sid
was a whiz at this task; however, he is doing very poorly today. How are sleep researchers likely
to explain Sid’s poor performance? (Points : 2)
Due to the sleep deprivation, Sid does not understand the task.
Microsleeps are occurring due to the sleep deprivation and he is asleep for brief periods of time.
He is determined to ruin the research because of the suffering he is enduring at the hands of the
researchers.
He is probably dreaming that he is somewhere else and has no interest in responding to the “here
and now.”

Question 10.10. (TCO 5) After taking a drug for several years, Bruce decides to quit taking it. He
begins to experience a variety of physical symptoms, psychological symptoms such as
irritability, and a strong craving for the substance. What term is used to describe what Bruce is
experiencing? (Points : 2)
Tolerance
Physical dependence
Withdrawal
Drug intoxication

Question 11.11. (TCO 5) A client tells his therapist about a dream in which he drives his wife to
the airport where she boards a plane. As the plane takes off, he is smiling. The therapist says the
dream suggests a desire for a divorce. The therapist’s interpretation represents what Sigmund
Freud called the dream’s ________. (Points : 2)
deep content

latent content
manifest content
subliminal content

Question 12.12. (TCOs 7, 8) Sue noticed that whenever she opened the door to the pantry, her
dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry by drooling and whining. She thought that
because the dog food was stored in the pantry, the sound of the door had become a(n) (Points : 2)
unconditioned stimulus.
conditioned stimulus.
unconditioned response.
conditioned response.

Question 13.13. (TCOs 7, 8) Mark and Kathy take their 2-year-old son to the supermarket every
Saturday. Each week, the same sequence of events unfolds: Their son screams, demanding that
they buy him treats. Although they refuse to give in to his demands, he continues to scream.
Finally, either Mark or Kathy gets in their son’s face and yells at the top of their lungs “Shut up!”
He stops screaming instantly. What operant conditioning concepts are illustrated in this story?
(Points : 2)
The parents are using negative reinforcement to increase their son’s screaming.
The parents are in a very dysfunctional marriage; their child’s screaming is his way of trying to
get his parents to remain married.
The parents are using punishment to suppress the screaming; their use of punishment is
negatively reinforced by the cessation of screaming.
Their son probably learned how to scream by observing his parents at home and now he is
reinforced on a variable-interval schedule of reinforcement.

Page 2

Question 1.1. (TCOs 7, 8) For observational learning to occur, each of the following must
happen EXCEPT (Points : 2)
paying attention to what the model does.

remembering what the model did.
doing what the model did.
being reinforced for imitating the model.

Question 2.2. (TCO 7) A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a
tone. You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard. What
aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess? (Points : 2)
Primary memory
Sensory memory
Long-term memory
Short-term memory

Question 3.3. (TCO 7) Adrianna is trying to memorize the names of the bones in the hand. She
had gone through a list of them when her phone rang. After she gets off the phone, she is MOST
likely to remember the first few bone names because of the (Points : 2)
elaboration effect.
recency effect.
primacy effect.
maintenance effect.

Question 4.4. (TCO 7) Which of the following pairings would result in the best overall memory?
(Points : 2)
Sad during learning and happy at recall
Happy during learning and sad during recall
Serious during learning and serious during recall
Intoxicated during learning and sober during recall

Question 5.5. (TCO 8) Sally is enrolled in a high school geometry course, which she describes as
“drawing figures and figuring drawings.” In a typical class, students draw geometric figures and
use a formula to calculate an aspect of the figure, such as its area. Each time Sally uses a
formula, she is making use of what psychologists call (Points : 2)
heuristics.
logarithms.
algorithms.
convergence.

Question 6.6. (TCO 8) Which of the following statements about gifted people is true? (Points : 2)
They are more likely to suffer from mental illnesses.
They are physically weaker than nongifted persons.
They are often skilled leaders.
They are socially unskilled.

Question 7.7. (TCO 9) Monica put all her time and energy into getting into the acting club
because her main goal in life “was to be a famous star!” Monica’s drive to be famous was a(n)
_____ drive. (Points : 2)
primary
reflexive
acquired
tertiary

Question 8.8. (TCO 9) Glenn believes he can learn from his mistakes and that study and
perseverance will help him improve his intelligence. According to Dweck, what locus of control
does Glenn have? (Points : 2)
Internal locus of control
Decremental
Incidental

External locus of control

Question 9.9. (TCO 9) You are walking in the forest and see a bear. According to the CannonBard theory, what happens next? (Points : 2)
You experience physiological changes followed by fear.
You feel fear followed by physiological changes.
You experience physiological changes and a feeling of fear simultaneously.
You experience physiological changes and context appraisal followed by fear.

Question 10.10. (TCO 11) Carolyn took home some printer paper from the office. Later, she felt
guilty for stealing it, so she brought some paper to work to replace what she took. Freud would
suggest that Carolyn’s _____ was influencing her motives and behavior. (Points : 2)
id
unconscious mind
ego
superego

Question 11.11. (TCO 11) Ruth-Ann just graduated from high school; she is trying out for the
soccer team at the college that she will attend in the fall. She knows that it will be more
competitive than her high school team, but she believes in her ability to succeed and plans to
practice all summer. Bandura would say that Ruth might have an edge over some competitors
simply because she has (Points : 2)
high self-efficacy.
self-actualization.
set aside the time to practice.
an external locus of control.

Question 12.12. (TCO 11) Travis is a participant in the X-Games every year, which features
events that are high-flying and exhilarating to watch or participate in, but also very dangerous to
the competitors. Because Travis is willing to take chances with his health to get the adrenaline
rush from these sorts of events, Cost and McCrae would argue that he ranks high on which of the
five factors? (Points : 2)
Openness
Neuroticism
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Page 3
Question 1. 1. (TCOs 2, 3, 4) Describe how sound waves become nerve impulses as they
enter the ear. How are the important characteristics of sound coded? (Points : 10)

Question 2. 2. (TCOs 5, 7) What are the main differences between physical dependence and
psychological dependence? Give examples of both types of dependence. (Points : 10)

Question 3. 3. (TCOs 7, 8) What is the definition of language? What is the evidence, pro
and con, as to whether nonhuman animals have a capacity for language? (Points : 10)

Question 4. 4. (TCOs 9, 11) Take three theories of emotion and apply them to one emotional
event in your life. Be specific about the event and make clear connections to the theoretical
assumptions. (Points : 10)

Question 5. 5. (TCOs 7, 8) Define learning. Given this definition, what types of behaviors
would not be considered learning? How does the concept of instinctive drift relate to these
examples? What types of behaviors would be included? (Points : 10)
midterm
1. (TCOs 1, 2) Sallie noticed that when her alarm clock goes off in the morning, her dog Ruffles is standing by her
bed salivating. Every morning when Sallie wakes to the alarm, she immediately rolls out of bed and feeds Ruffles,
who very much enjoys his canned dog food. It is likely that _____. (Points : 5)
Sallie has conditioned Ruffles to enjoy canned dog food
Sallie has conditioned Ruffles to sleep next to her bed

Sallie has conditioned Ruffles to salivate over canned dog food
Sallie has conditioned Ruffles to salivate to the sound of her alarm clock

Question 2.2. (TCOs 1, 2) Darley and Latané (1968) believe that the presence of other people in a distressing
situation decreased the likelihood that they would receive help due to _____. (Points : 5)
diffusion of anonymity
flaws in laws protecting Good Samaritans
timeliness of onset
diffusion of responsibility

Question 3.3. (TCOs 2, 3) Your teacher asks you to describe the sequence of parts of a neuron that the impulse
travels during neural conduction. Which of the following sequences will you offer? (Points : 5)
Dendrites, axon, soma, synaptic knob
Terminal buttons, axon, soma, dendrites
Axon, soma, dendrites, synaptic knob
Dendrites, soma, axon, synaptic knob

Question 4.4. (TCOs 2, 3) Andy has decided to seek medical help for mood disturbances and appetite problems.
Which neurotransmitter is most likely involved in the problems Andy is experiencing? (Points : 5)
GABA
Dopamine
Serotonin
Acetylcholine

Question 5.5. (TCO 4) The vestibular senses are concerned with _____. (Points : 5)
touch, pressure, temperature, and pain
the location of body parts in relation to the ground and to each other
movement and body position

your location as compared to the position of the sun

Question 6.6. (TCO 4) Suppose you look at a given figure and decide that, depending on how you look at it, it can be
perceived as either an old woman or a young lady. Such a figure would be said to be _____. (Points : 5)
mixed
confused
reversible
inconsistent

Question 7.7. (TCO 5) Which of the following stages of sleep is marked by the production of very slow delta waves?
(Points : 5)
REM
Stage 1 (N1)
Stage 2 (N2)
Stage 4 (N4)

Question 8.8. (TCO 5) A client tells his therapist about a dream in which he drives his wife to the airport where she
boards a plane. As the plane takes off, he is smiling. The therapist says the dream suggests a desire for a divorce.
The therapist’s interpretation represents what Sigmund Freud called the dream’s _____. (Points : 5)
deep content
latent content
manifest content
subliminal content

Question 9.9. (TCOs 7, 8) In a conditioning experiment, a sound is paired with a brief puff of air to the eye of the
rabbit. After several pairings, the rabbit ultimately blinks its eye when it hears the sound. Which of the following is
true? (Points : 5)
The blinking of the eye serves as stimulus.
The puff of air serves as the unconditioned stimulus.
The puff of air serves as the conditioned stimulus.

The blinking of the eye serves as the conditioned stimulus.

Question 10.10. (TCOs 7, 8) John has been working on a math problem late at night without success; he falls asleep.
Upon awakening, John suddenly realizes how to answer the problem. This best illustrates which of the following?
(Points : 5)
Observational learning
Latent learning
Insight learning
Cognitive learning

Question 11.11. (TCOs 7, 8) “The effectiveness of memory retrieval is directly related to the similarity of cues present
when the memory was encoded to the cues present when the memory is retrieved.” What concept does this
statement describe? (Points : 5)
Memorability
Registered learning
Encoding specificity
Accessible decoding

Question 12.12. (TCOs 7, 8) Evidence suggests that procedural memories are stored in the _____. (Points : 5)
cerebellum
prefrontal and temporal lobes of the cortex
hippocampus
amygdala

Question 13.13. (TCO 8) You are learning Russian in preparation for a trip next summer. Although you are doing a
good job recognizing the written signs you need to know, you are having trouble with the sounds of the Russian
language. Which of the following aspects of language is giving you trouble? (Points : 5)
Syntax
Phonemes
Morphemes

Audiograms

Question 14.14. (TCO 8) How many morphemes are there in the sentence “I wanted it”? (Points : 5)
Four
Six
Five
Seven

Question 15.15. (TCO 10) Emily and her husband are thrilled as they peer into Emily’s uterus by means of an
ultrasound. The physician reports that the pregnancy appears normal and that their baby’s fingers, toes, heart, and
circulatory system are developing as expected. The couple learns that the baby is only an inch long. Given this
information, the current stage of prenatal development is the _____. (Points : 5)
embryonic period
germinal period
zygotic period
fetal stage
Page 2

Question 1.1. (TCO 10) At what stage of moral development is moral thought guided by principles that have been
decided upon by the individual and may be in disagreement with accepted social norms? (Points : 5)
Preoperational
Preconventional
Postconventional
Conventional role conformity

Question 2.2. (TCO 9) Michael has trained very long hours in order to qualify for the Olympics in diving. He has
sacrificed a great deal—he put his education on hold and spent a lot of time away from his two small children and
wife. To Michael, qualifying for the Olympics is a(n) ____. (Points : 5)
instinctual drive
incentive

innate goal
optimum goal

Question 3.3. (TCO 9) Which of the following is a criticism of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? (Points : 5)
The highest level has never been attained.
Self-actualization is actually a biological drive.
The hierarchy does not have any focus on social needs.
There is a lack of scientific support.

Question 4.4. (TCO 11) Consider the following three circumstances: (1) Raul is walking toward a business office and
when he gets there, he opens the door for a woman and allows her to walk through ahead of himself. (2) Raul is
walking toward a business office, and when he gets there, he opens the door for a man and a woman who are also
approaching and allows both of them to walk through ahead of himself. (3) Raul is walking toward a business office,
and when he gets there, he opens the door for a woman and allows her to walk through ahead of himself, but then he
walks through without holding the door for the man with whom the woman was having a conversation. In which of the
above circumstances has Raul demonstrated the greatest example of benevolent sexism? (Points : 5)
Circumstances #1 and #2 only
Circumstance #1
Circumstance #2
Circumstance #3

Question 5.5. (TCO 11) Lance is in the 12th
grade and is presently dating the head cheerleader, Ava. Lance is attracted to Ava, who is very feminine in her
mannerisms, and Lance reports that he is attracted to girls who are petite and athletic. He and his buddies like to go
“cruising for girls” on the weekends, but he has never strayed from Ava and is thinking about proposing to her after
they graduate. He has never been attracted to any other boys. Lance is considered _____ in terms of his sexual
orientation. (Points : 5)
homosexual
heterosexual
bisexual
transsexual

Question 6.6. (TCO 6) Seira is very pleasant and likes to keep the peace. She finds it difficult to express emotions
and internalizes her anger. She has few friends and spends a lot of time alone. According to research, Seira _____.
(Points : 5)
is at high risk for coronary heart disease
is a hardy personality
is a Type B personality
is a Type C personality

Question 7.7. (TCO 6) Vanna’s mother is ill and Vanna is feeling overwhelmed and sad. To cope with this stress of
her mother’s illness, Vanna has been writing her feelings down in a journal. Vanna is using _____. (Points : 5)
problem-focused coping
emotion-focused coping
distraction
reappraisal

Question 8.8. (TCO 13) The classic Robber’s Cave study showed that prejudice can be reduced by _____. (Points :
5)
mere exposure
relearning social norms
cooperating to meet a mutually beneficial goal
rethinking one’s stereotypes

Question 9.9. (TCO 13) According to the research of Latané and Darley, which of the following situations would be
the most likely in which someone would offer to help? (Points : 5)
Person on the side of the road with a flat tire during rush hour
Person asking for help in a crowded stadium parking lot
Person falling down coming out of an elevator with only one other person in it
A student falling off a ladder outside a full classroom

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