PSYC 305 FINAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS A+ GUARANTEED
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PSYC 305 FINAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
A+ GUARANTEED
Which of the following research methods can be used to test a cause-and-effect
relationship between two variables?
a) experiments
b) clinical interviews
c) questionnaires
d) correlations - ANSWER a) experiments ...
PSYC 305 FINAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
A+ GUARANTEED
Which of the following research methods can be used to test a cause-and-effect
relationship between two variables?
a) experiments
b) clinical interviews
c) questionnaires
d) correlations - ANSWER ✔ a) experiments
Effective parenting of adolescents strikes a balance between ______ and _____. -
ANSWER ✔ separateness and connection
The ratio of boys to girls who commit suicide is [1] _____ (write your answer as a
numerical ratio, no spaces. For example 9:5). Girls, however, make (more or less)
[2] ______ unsuccessful attempts at suicide than boys. - ANSWER ✔ [1] 3:1
[2] more
Only about 50% of American youth who enroll in college earn their degree by age
25. - ANSWER ✔ True
Many young adults enter a period of excitement and personal expansion as they
explore the emergence of adulthood. For many low SES adults this period may be
more difficult because of early parenthood, inadequate schooling, or lack of
vocational training. They may have a floundering period marked by ______ and
_____. - ANSWER ✔ dead end, low paying jobs and unemployment
Achieving _____ is the major personality task of early adulthood according to
Erikson's theory. - ANSWER ✔ intimacy
Relativistic thinking is the belief that there are many possible truths and each is
relative to a particular context. - ANSWER ✔ True
The experience of distress due to loneliness peaks in what age range _____? (look
carefully at the tables in the chapter to find this information). - ANSWER ✔ age
19-30
, In class we discussed Gottman's four horsemen of the apocalyse. Below match
each with it's description:
A. being mean, treating the partner with disrespect by using sarcasm, ridicule,
name-calling, and/or body language such as eye-rolling.
B. attacking the partner's personality traits with the implication that they are flawed
as a person (this is distinguished from complaining about a specific behavior or
situation)
C. meeting the partner's complaint, or criticism with a complaint of your own,
ignoring what the partner said
D. Withdrawing from the discussion/ partner as a way to avoid conflict. Partners
may think they are trying to be "neutral" but this acutally comes off as disapproval,
disconnection, and/or smugness: - ANSWER ✔ A. contempt
B. criticism
C. defensiveness
D. stonewalling
For young adults in modern America half prefer to enter into a committed intimate
partnership by choosing to live together before getting married. - ANSWER ✔
True
According to the textbook, successful marriage is marked by good communication
and the recognition that the escalation of negative emotion is present in all
marriages. - ANSWER ✔ False
At the microsystem level in Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, one
might exam the
a) interactions between a mother and her children
b) relationship between home and school environments
c) health and welfare services of a community
d) moral, ethical, and religious values of a society - ANSWER ✔ a) interactions
between a mother and her children
In B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning theory, ____ decreases the strength of a
behavior.
a) modeling
According to the behavioristic approach, the proper focus of study for psychology
should be
a) unconscious impulses and drives
b) adaptive evolutionary behavior patterns
c) each person's unique inner experience
d) directly observable events - ANSWER ✔ d) directly observable events
Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky viewed cognitive development as a(an) ____ process.
a) active
b) socially mediated
c) innate
d) quantitive - ANSWER ✔ b) socially mediated
Freud's theory was the first theory to emphasize the role of ____ in child
development.
a) childhood experiences
b) the four parenting styles
c) individual differences
d) genetic processes - ANSWER ✔ a) childhood experiences
In a study examining the development of pretend play, Professor Tomy observed
two-, three-, four-, and five-year-olds on one occasion in a specially designed
playroom. The design of this study is
a) cross-sequential
b) longitudinal-sequential
c) cross-sectional
d) longitudinal - ANSWER ✔ c) cross-sectional
The concept of ____ is characteristic of ____ theories.
a) stage; discontinuous
b) nurture; continuous
c) change; heredity
d) stability; stage - ANSWER ✔ a) stage; discontinuous
Which of the following statements is true of 'disciplining a child':
, a) parents interact with sons and daughters differently
b) spanking is ineffective under all circumstances
c) it involve effectively teaching a child what expected of them
d) corporal punishment is more common in high SES families - ANSWER ✔ c) it
involve effectively teaching a child what expected of them
____ is feeling sorry for another because they have been harmed or is upset. These
types of feelings associated with ____ behavior, actions that benefit another
without expected reward for the self.
a) sympathy; relationally aggressive
b) empathy; self-conscious
c) empathy; retaliatory
d) sympathy; altruistic - ANSWER ✔ d) sympathy; altruistic
Which of the following statements is true?
a) Girls and boys are equally socialized to focus on and understand emotions
b) Boys are socialized to compete, achieve, and control emotion
c) Girls and boys are held to gender-typed behavior to the same extent
d) young children do not exhibit gender-typed behavior until elementary school -
ANSWER ✔ b) Boys are socialized to compete, achieve, and control emotion
Aaron's parents have high standards for his behavior. At the same time, they do
not provide him with emotional warmth or respond consistently to his emotional
needs. Aaron frequently hears, "Do it because I said so!" His parent can be
classified as
a) authoritative
b) permissive
c) uninvolved
d) authoritarian - ANSWER ✔ d) authoritarian
The ____ parenting style is associated with the most successful child development
outcomes.
a) uninvolved
b) permissive
c) authoritative
d) authoritarian - ANSWER ✔ c) authoritative
Crystal's parents do not provide her with enough food or adequate clothing. They
do not keep their eye on her, although she is too young to be without parental
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