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PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEWQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Psychology is defined as the science of: - Answer-behavior and mental processes.
Who is considered the "father of psychology" by his establishment of the first
psychology lab? - Answer-Wilhelm Wundt
The behaviorists believed: - Answer-psychology should only study observable and
objectively described acts.
Sue believes the field of psychology should study various methods of problem solving,
how people memorize facts, and what changes our thinking structure. Sue would be
described as coming from which perspective of psychology? - Answer-cognitive
Jim, in his approach to psychology, stresses that individuals continually strive to reach
their full potential. Jim would be described as coming from which perspective of
psychology? - Answer-humanistic
Jim is a researcher for a local business. He believes that research should be "problem
centered" in that it tries to solve specific problems in the world. Jim is an advocate of: -
Answer-applied research.
A correlation indicates: - Answer-the degree to which one variable is influenced or
caused by another.
Throughout childhood people's height increases as their age increases. This
relationship between age and height would be called a (n): - Answer-positive correlation
Which of the following might create a biased survey? - Answer-social desirability
Consider the following experiment: Children are divided into two groups. One group
watches episodes of "Sesame Street." The other group watches cartoon episodes. Both
are then given a test that measures activity in children. In this study, the independent
variable is: - Answer-what the child watches on TV.
In an experiment which group would be given a placebo? - Answer-the control group
Which of the following is NOT considered one of the four basic principles for human
participation in an experiment? - Answer-replication
Kelly's father is trying to feed her a bottle of infant formula. Unfortunately, Kelly's head is
facing away from her father. Rather than physically moving Kelly's head, her father
, simply touches the bottle's nipple on Kelly's right cheek. Kelly, almost immediately, turns
her head to the right. Kelly's father is taking advantage of: - Answer-reflexes
Marja has decided to try a new fast food restaurant in town. After the experience she
decides the new restaurant is very similar to all the other fast food places she has been
to. According to Piaget, Marja's new experience could be classified as: - Answer-
assimilation
Ford and his sister, Mallory, are sitting down to eat a meatball. Their father puts one
meatball on each of their plates and then proceeds to cut them up. When he sets the
plates in front of Ford and Mallory, Mallory complains that Ford is getting more as he
has eight pieces of meatball and she has only six. No matter how hard Mallory's father
tries to explain that each started with one meatball, Mallory believes she is getting less.
Mallory has NOT gained the ability of: - Answer-conservation.
RJ's parents have a very loving warm parental style. They rarely discipline RJ and are
always asking about his thoughts and feelings. Their expectations of RJ maturity level
are low compared to other parents. RJ's parents would be labeled: - Answer-permissive.
A hospice is: - Answer-an alternative to dying at a hospital
The basic building block of the nervous system is: - Answer-neurons
At what point is the neuron recharging for the next charge? - Answer-refractory period
Which nervous system prepares the body for the "fight or flight response"? - Answer-
sympathetic nervous system
Which part of the brain is helping you now to coordinate your muscles to operate your
pen to take this final? - Answer-cerebellum
Jean is in charge of planning and coordinating a local charity drive. Which part of Jean's
brain will help her the most in planning the drive? - Answer-Frontal Lobes
Walking down the hall at school, someone accidentally bumps into to you. The part of
your brain which registers that sensation of touch is the: - Answer-somatosensory
cortex
Nathaniel, wearing headphones, is a subject for a sensation experiment. A variety of
sounds are
placed into each ear and Nathaniel says when the sounds are the same. The
experiment is
probably designed to measure Nathaniel's: - Answer-difference threshold
Samuel works at the local mall picking up the trash from the restaurants. Many people
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