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PSYC 1504 FINAL EXAM WITH 312 QUESTIONS ANDCORRECT ANSWERS
1. Which of the following was mentioned as a
skill to which psychology students would be
exposed?
a. critical thinking
b. use of the scientific method
c. critical evaluation of sources of information
d. all of the above - ANSWER d. all of the above
2. Psyche is a Greek word meaning ________.
a. essence
b. soul
c. behavior
d. love - ANSWER b. soul
3. Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the
mind were
undertaken by those in ________.
a. biology
b. chemistry
c. philosophy
d. physics - ANSWER c. philosophy
4. In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n)
,________.
a. observation
b. measurement
c. test
d. proposed explanation - ANSWER d. proposed explanation
5. Based on your reading, which theorist would
have been most likely to agree with this statement:
"Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components."
a. William James
b. Max Wertheimer
c. Carl Rogers
d. Noam Chomsky - ANSWER b. Max Wertheimer
6. ________ is most well-known for proposing his
hierarchy of needs.
a. Noam Chomsky
b. Carl Rogers
c. Abraham Maslow
d. Sigmund Freud - ANSWER c. Abraham Maslow
7. Rogers believed that providing genuineness,
empathy, and ________ in the therapeutic
,environment for his clients was critical to their
being able to deal with their problems.
a. structuralism
b. functionalism
c. Gestalt
d. unconditional positive regard - ANSWER d. unconditional positive regard
8. The operant conditioning chamber (aka
________ box) is a device used to study the
principles of operant conditioning.
a. Skinner
b. Watson
c. James
d. Koffka - ANSWER a. Skinner
9. A researcher interested in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus (a
structure in the brain related to learning and memory) are related to memory
formation would be most likely to identify as a(n) ________ psychologist.
a. biological
b. health
c. clinical
d. social - ANSWER a. biological
10. An individual's consistent pattern of thought
and behavior is known as a(n) ________.
a. psychosexual stage
, b. object permanence
c. personality
d. perception - ANSWER c. personality
11. 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.
a. 1/3
b. 2/3
c. 3/4
d. 4/5 - ANSWER b. 2/3
12. A researcher interested in what factors make
an employee best suited for a given job would
most likely identify as a(n) ________ psychologist.
a. personality
b. clinical
c. social
d. I-O - ANSWER d. I-O
13. If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, then
s/he would probably need a ________ degree in psychology.
a. bachelor of science
b. bachelor of art
c. master's
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