PSY100 UTM EXAM 2024 |UPDATED WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS |
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In Festinger and Carlsmith's classic study of cognitive dissonance, which group of
subjects experienced both a high level of cognitive dissonance and exhibited more
attitude change? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅subjects who were offered $1 to
"lie"
Which emotional symptom is fairly typical for an individual with a schizophrenic
disorder to exhibit? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅a "flattening" of emotions
What do we call the stage during which sexual functions reach maturity? -
ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅puberty
Garcia and his colleagues conducted a series of studies on conditioned taste
aversion. Which finding is NOT relevant to the results of their research? -
ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Odor-nausea associations were almost impossible to
prevent.
,What is a component of both Freud's psychoanalytic theory and Rogers's person
centered theory? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅defense mechanisms
Which task is involved in analogy problems such as "Dog is to puppy as cat is to
____"? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅inducing structure
PsychDate is a new online dating website that allows psychology majors to find
and date other psychology majors. On this website, you have the opportunity to
view a variety of different profiles and pictures of people you may wish to date.
You may also send and receive messages with other users. Based on parental
investment theory, what should you predict about the behavior of male users of the
website? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅They will be more focused on the
appearance of potential dates, before other characteristics.
What has been demonstrated by research comparing the effectiveness of
psychotherapists who received training in several different areas (psychology,
psychiatry, counseling, and social work)? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅No
reliable association exists concerning therapists' professional training and
effectiveness.
Which psychological disorder involves the coexistence in one person of two or
more largely complete, and usually very different, personalities? - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅dissociative identity disorder
If researchers were interested in studying common attitudes toward "animal rights
issues," which of the following would they be most likely to use? - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅a survey
Violent behavior by an individual with a psychological disorder generally receives
more attention than nonviolent behavior. What does this lead to? - ACCURATE
, ANSWER✅✅the availability heuristic, which leads people to overestimate the
likelihood of violence by those with psychological disorders
What does the bystander effect refer to? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅the
tendency for people to be less likely to provide needed help when they are in
groups
What is the largest specialization in professional psychology? - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅clinical psychology
If Mark uses the door-in-the-face technique to try to convince his frugal wife Maria
to buy a $25,000 sports car, what will he first propose? - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅That they purchase a $44,000 sports car.
Steve is becoming very aggravated with his therapist, and he has been missing
appointments and reacting with sarcasm and hostility to his therapist's comments.
What would Freud call this reaction? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅resistance
What class of therapeutic drugs gradually reduces symptoms such as
hallucinations, delusions, hyperactivity, and mental confusion? - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅antipsychotic drugs
If a pain message is being transmitted to the brain through the fast pathway, what
kind of pain will be experienced? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅a sharp pain
When is the embryonic stage of prenatal development? - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅from two weeks until the end of the second month after
conception