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PY 101 Exam 1 Questions with complete solution PY 101 Exam 1 According to the social brain hypothesis, each of us can deal effectively with social interactions with roughly 150 people. This implies that... - correct answer We are capable of maintaing social negworks of up to 150 people throu...

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PY 101 Exam 1
According to the social brain hypothesis, each of us can deal effectively with
social interactions with roughly 150 people. This implies that... - correct
answer ✔We are capable of maintaing social negworks of up to 150 people
throughout our lives


An important principle to remember when studying psychology is that... -
correct answer ✔The act of learning changes the physical structure of the
brain


A researcher presents his participant with a series of flashing lights at varying
intervals. After each presentation of a light, he asks the participant to fully
describe her internal experiences, a method known as... - correct answer
✔Introspection


Cognitive Psychology - correct answer ✔Focuses on how people think,
remember, store, and use information


How is natural selection related to psychology? - correct answer ✔Humans
behave as they do in part because that behavior promotes survival


Parents who agree with John Locke's notion of tabula rasa would most likely...
- correct answer ✔Expose their children to a rich variety of Ensor
experiences


Plato's allegory of the cave indicates that... - correct answer ✔Truths about
reality are not always obvious

, Psychology is best defined as the study of... - correct answer ✔The mind
and behavior


The hallmarks of psychology as a science are... - correct answer ✔Careful
experimentation and the application of critical thinking


The study of the nervous system is called... - correct answer ✔Neuroscience


The year 1879 might be thought of as the beginning of psychology as a
science because that is the year... - correct answer ✔Wilhelm Wundt
developed and opened the first psychology laboratory


What is a mainstream psychologist most likely to think about Sigmund Freud?
- correct answer ✔Freudian theory is untestable and not grounded in science


Which of the following approaches to psychology did Edward Titchener
advocate in the late 1800s? - correct answer ✔Structuralism


Which of the following perspectives argues that human behavior develops in
certain ways because it serves useful purpose? - correct answer
✔Functionalism


Which statement reflects a reasonable attitude for a good student of
psychology to have toward and claim about human behavior? - correct
answer ✔Skepticism is advisable until an idea is proven right


A good scientific hypothesis is... - correct answer ✔Tied to observable
phenomena

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