Psychology Final Exam_S25

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Psychology can be defined as the study of...

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What is a major limitation of self-report personality tests?

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Sarah observes her older sister getting praise for good grades and begins studying harder herself. This best illustrates:

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Identify the psychologist associated with the following concepts.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Operant conditioning		John Watson
Hierarchy of needs		Abraham Maslow
Functionalism in psychology		William James

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According to humanistic theory, what is the primary motivating force in human behavior?

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Match the psychologist with their major contribution:

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Albert Bandura		Psychoanalysis & the unconscious mind
Carl Rogers		Behaviorism & Operant Conditioning
Sigmund Freud		Social Learning & Observation
B.F. Skinner		Client-Centered Therapy & self-actualization

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Which of the following is TRUE about scatterplot A comparing temperatures and ice cream?

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In her experiment, Ms. Gajda wanted to know the impact of donuts on memory. In this experiment, the number of words memorized would be a(n)...

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In the donut study mentioned in #10, Ms. Gajda had one group eat donuts before memorizing words and the other group NOT each a donut before memorizing words. The group that did not eat the donuts would represent...

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What advantage does an experiment have over a correlational study?

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When looking at descriptive statistics, which term refers to an average of scores?

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A set of rules or guidelines that define moral behavior is called...

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Which of these is/are ethical concerns in psychological research?

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Which of the following questions is best investigated by means of a survey?

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What are the three main parts of the brain. Check off three.

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Match the function with the correct lobe of the brain.

Decision making
Hearing/ auditory processing
Attention
Responsible for touch, feeling pressure and temperature.
Problem Solving
Planning
Vision
Understanding speech

Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal

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Match the function or description to the part of the brain.

Coordinates movement
Largest part of the brain
Responsible for balance
Controls heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure
Made up of the left and right hemisphere

Cerebrum
Brain stem
Cerebellum

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What is a function of the autonomic nervous system?

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What is neurotransmission?

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drag the term and line it up with the defintion

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proximity		idea that people prefer to see smooth patterns rather than disrupted oned
law of similarity		nearness of objects or figures to each other
closure		tendency to perceive a complete figure even if gaps exist
law of continuity		idea that people like to group similar items together

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What is the difference between sensation and perception?

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Place the following steps to the vision process in order.

axons send messages from the ganglion cells to the optic nerve
light passes through the pupil
light passes through the cornea
light is focused by the lens onto the retina
optic nerve carries signals to the brain
photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) convert light into neural impulses and send them to ganglion cells
visual cortex in the occipital lobe interprets signals

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Sort the concepts below into the correct categories.

retinal disparity
relative size
texture gradient
relative height
clarity
convergence

monocular clues
binocular clues

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There is a fan that is constantly running in Melinda's room. Most days, however, she forgets that it's on, even though it is noisy. Which idea explains why Melinda doesn't hear her fan?

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Sort the descriptions and examples into the appropriate category of drug.

cause perception without actual sensation
example: LSD (acid)
increase brain activity and autonomic functions such as breathing and heart rate
example: caffeine
example: alcohol
decrease brain activity and autonomic functions such as breathing and heart rate

Depressants
Stimulants
Hallucinogens

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Circadian rhythms primarily regulate which biological function?

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Drugs can...

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Match the reinforcement/punishment to its example

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Negative Reinforcement		A child throws a fit in a store because they want a toy. The parent gets the child the toy to get them to behave
Positive Reinforcement		The radio in your car will not turn on until you buckle your seat belt. So, you buckle your seat belt, now you can get your tunes on
Negative Punishment		You cussed in practice, the rule is you have 25 push-ups now... Every time you swear its 25 push-ups
Positive Punishment		You came home late (past curfew) your parents take away your car for a week

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Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about

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Every day as she walks to school, Susana passes a mural painted on the side of a building. However, when asked, she says she does not remember ever seeing it. Which of the following is the best explanation for this occurrence?

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Conscious memory of factual information is called ________ memory.

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Drag and drop the correct terms into their place in this diagram about memory.

Which of the following best describes the DIFFERENCE between classical and operant conditioning?

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Match the memory technique to the correct description.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Maintenance Rehearsal		breaking information into smaller parts to make it easier to remember
Elaborate Rehearsal		intentionally making connections between new and old information while reviewing to create deeper encoding
Chunking		repeating the information over and over to keep it in short-term memory longer (like repeating a phone number until you dial it)
Visualization		Using the first letter of a list of items to create one word to help keep information in short-term memory
Acronym		creating mental images of things in a list or steps in a procedure to help encode information into long-term
Spacing Review		Reviewing material in shorter but more frequent bursts (like 10 minutes each night) in order to improve long-term memory

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During Piaget's Sensorimotor stage, what is the ability to flexibly alter existing schemas into new schemas called?

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The intense, enduring, social-emotional relationship that develops between a child and a caregiver is termed

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Eddie’s parents often include him in decisions such as curfew and chores around the house. Once a decision is made, the rules are enforced. Eddie’s parents are using a(n)______ parenting style.

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Both nature and nurture can influence human learning and behavior. Sort the following examples and descriptions into the appropriate category.

Education and schooling
Joan had a genetic scan and was found to be carrying the gene for cancer.
Tim and Tim are twins who were raised apart. They both love music and play instruments.
Carlos was raised by a single mother and never had a strong father figure
Heredity
Parenting Style

Nature
Nurture

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Rules for expected and accepted behavior that are shared by a group of people are called...

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At which stage of development is the human brain fully developed and at its peak?

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During this stage of development teratogens an important outside influence.

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To encourage Mrs. Coleman, a withdrawn schizophrenia patient, to be more socially active, institutional staff members give her small plastic cards whenever she talks to someone. She is allowed to exchange these cards for candy and cigarettes. Staff members are making use of

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Illness anxiety disorder is characterized by

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The final exam in a calculus course would be an example of a(n) ________ test.

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A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school. The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is

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What distinguishes general intelligence from multiple intelligences?

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What is the purpose of the DSM-V?

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For a behavior to be considered a disorder, it must meet certain criteria. Match each description with the criterion listed below.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Dysfunction		disrupts the patient's everyday life
Deviant		against the norm for behavior in the patient's culture
Distressful		causes the patient or those around them anxiety or pain

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
C		dendrites
E		Nucleus
A		axon
D		soma (cell body)
B		axon terminals/ terminal buttons

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
C		dendrites
E		Nucleus
A		axon
D		soma (cell body)
B		axon terminals/ terminal buttons

Psychology Final Exam_S25

Psychology can be defined as the study of...

What is a major limitation of self-report personality tests?

Sarah observes her older sister getting praise for good grades and begins studying harder herself. This best illustrates:

Identify the psychologist associated with the following concepts.

According to humanistic theory, what is the primary motivating force in human behavior?

Match the psychologist with their major contribution:

Which of the following is TRUE about scatterplot A comparing temperatures and ice cream?

In her experiment, Ms. Gajda wanted to know the impact of donuts on memory. In this experiment, the number of words memorized would be a(n)...

In the donut study mentioned in #10, Ms. Gajda had one group eat donuts before memorizing words and the other group NOT each a donut before memorizing words. The group that did not eat the donuts would represent...

What advantage does an experiment have over a correlational study?

When looking at descriptive statistics, which term refers to an average of scores?

A set of rules or guidelines that define moral behavior is called...

Which of these is/are ethical concerns in psychological research?

Which of the following questions is best investigated by means of a survey?

What are the three main parts of the brain. Check off three.

Match the function with the correct lobe of the brain.

Match the function or description to the part of the brain.

What is a function of the autonomic nervous system?

What is neurotransmission?

drag the term and line it up with the defintion

What is the difference between sensation and perception?

Place the following steps to the vision process in order.

Sort the concepts below into the correct categories.

There is a fan that is constantly running in Melinda's room. Most days, however, she forgets that it's on, even though it is noisy. Which idea explains why Melinda doesn't hear her fan?

Sort the descriptions and examples into the appropriate category of drug.

Circadian rhythms primarily regulate which biological function?

Drugs can...

Match the reinforcement/punishment to its example

Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about

Every day as she walks to school, Susana passes a mural painted on the side of a building. However, when asked, she says she does not remember ever seeing it. Which of the following is the best explanation for this occurrence?

Conscious memory of factual information is called ________ memory.

Which of the following best describes the DIFFERENCE between classical and operant conditioning?

Match the memory technique to the correct description.

During Piaget's Sensorimotor stage, what is the ability to flexibly alter existing schemas into new schemas called?

The intense, enduring, social-emotional relationship that develops between a child and a caregiver is termed

Eddie’s parents often include him in decisions such as curfew and chores around the house. Once a decision is made, the rules are enforced. Eddie’s parents are using a(n)______ parenting style.

Both nature and nurture can influence human learning and behavior. Sort the following examples and descriptions into the appropriate category.

Rules for expected and accepted behavior that are shared by a group of people are called...

At which stage of development is the human brain fully developed and at its peak?

During this stage of development teratogens an important outside influence.

To encourage Mrs. Coleman, a withdrawn schizophrenia patient, to be more socially active, institutional staff members give her small plastic cards whenever she talks to someone. She is allowed to exchange these cards for candy and cigarettes. Staff members are making use of

Illness anxiety disorder is characterized by

The final exam in a calculus course would be an example of a(n) ________ test.

A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school. The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is

What distinguishes general intelligence from multiple intelligences?

What is the purpose of the DSM-V?

For a behavior to be considered a disorder, it must meet certain criteria. Match each description with the criterion listed below.

List three things you enjoyed learning about in psychology this semester.

Psychology can be defined as the study of...

What is a major limitation of self-report personality tests?

Sarah observes her older sister getting praise for good grades and begins studying harder herself. This best illustrates:

Identify the psychologist associated with the following concepts.

According to humanistic theory, what is the primary motivating force in human behavior?

Match the psychologist with their major contribution:

Which of the following is TRUE about scatterplot A comparing temperatures and ice cream?

In her experiment, Ms. Gajda wanted to know the impact of donuts on memory. In this experiment, the number of words memorized would be a(n)...

In the donut study mentioned in #10, Ms. Gajda had one group eat donuts before memorizing words and the other group NOT each a donut before memorizing words. The group that did not eat the donuts would represent...

What advantage does an experiment have over a correlational study?

When looking at descriptive statistics, which term refers to an average of scores?

A set of rules or guidelines that define moral behavior is called...

Which of these is/are ethical concerns in psychological research?

Which of the following questions is best investigated by means of a survey?

What are the three main parts of the brain. Check off three.

Match the function with the correct lobe of the brain.

Match the function or description to the part of the brain.

What is a function of the autonomic nervous system?

What is neurotransmission?

Match each part of the neuron listed below with the correct letter on the picture to the left.

drag the term and line it up with the defintion

What is the difference between sensation and perception?

Place the following steps to the vision process in order.

Sort the concepts below into the correct categories.

There is a fan that is constantly running in Melinda's room. Most days, however, she forgets that it's on, even though it is noisy. Which idea explains why Melinda doesn't hear her fan?

Sort the descriptions and examples into the appropriate category of drug.

Circadian rhythms primarily regulate which biological function?

Drugs can...

Match the reinforcement/punishment to its example

Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about