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PSYC 1504 Introduction to Psychology Exam2024-2025
In Milgram's controversial study on obedience, nearly __________ of the
participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks
to another person because they were told to do so by an authority figure.
Select one:
a. 1/3
b. 2/3
c. 3/4
d. 4/5 - ANSWER b. 2/3
Matt hopes that he and his ex-girlfriend, who broke up with him last month,
eventually will get back together. When he heard that she had talked about him
with a mutual friend, he took this as evidence that she was still interested in a
reunion. When he heard that she went on a date with someone else, he concluded
that she was just trying to get her mind off their break-up. Matt is exhibiting:
Select one:
a. A skeptical attitude
b. Mental continuity
c. Observational objectivity
d. The confirmation bias
e. The denial bias - ANSWER d. The confirmation bias
Which of the following is one of the main precepts of scientific psychology?
Select one:
a. subjectivism
,b. empiricism
c. idealism
d. naturalism - ANSWER b. empiricism
What is Abraham Maslow most famously known for proposing?
Select one:
a. Empirical research
b. Developmental milestones
c. Hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior
d. External stimuli's role in changing behavior - ANSWER c. Hierarchy of human
needs in motivating behavior
How are experimenter effects eliminated?
Select one:
a. with a single-blind design
b. with reactive measures
c. with a double bind design
d. with operational definitions
e. with convergent operations - ANSWER c. with a double bind design
True or False: Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline,
matters of the mind were undertaken by those in biology.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER False
Which subfield of psychology would be interested in finding out what factors make
an employee best suited for a given job?
,Select one:
a. I/O Industrial-Organizational
b. Social
c. Clinical
d. Human Resources
e. Personality - ANSWER a. I/O Industrial-Organizational
Operational definitions are:
Select one:
a. Scientifically approved definitions
b. Definitions illustrated with a concrete example or visual image
c. Definitions which are very precise
d. Dictionary definition
e. Definitions which tell how to collect data - ANSWER e. Definitions which tell
how to collect data
Which of the following is an example of a theory rather than an observation (or set
of observations)?
Select one:
a. People tend to yawn when they see someone else yawning
b. Yawning involves movements of many facial muscles
c. Yawning is caused by the need to increase brain activity - ANSWER c. Yawning
is caused by the need to increase brain activity
Who is known to be the father of behaviorism within Psychology?
Select one:
a. Sigmund Freud
, b. John B. Watson
c. Carl Rogers
d. Kurt Koffka
e. B.F. Skinner - ANSWER b. John B. Watson
Hypnosis has been found to work most effectively on:
Select one:
a. Individuals who are highly susceptible to suggestions
b. Individuals who have been hypnotized before
c. Everyone, given the appropriate environmental circumstances
d. None of the above - ANSWER a.Individuals who are highly susceptible to
suggestions
Rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep is associated with which of the following?
Select one:
a. Sleep walking
b. Increased brain activity
c. Sleep talking
d. All of the above - ANSWER b. Increased brain activity
True or False: Some research suggests that combining drug therapy with other
forms of therapy hinders the effect of the drug.
Select one:
True
False - ANSWER False
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