PSYCH 100 COMPREHENSIVE 2026/2027 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔reliability - ✔✔With so many different types of measures used to assess personality
it is important to examine both the extent to which scores change over time and the
consistency of test scores across repeated assessments. When completing test-retests
like this, researchers are assessing measures' _____________.
✔✔projective hypothesis - ✔✔The method where non-conscious needs, feelings, and
experiences influence a person's description of ambiguous stimuli is known as the:
✔✔phenomenological reality. - ✔✔Freud can be credited for creating or popularizing all
of the following trends, EXCEPT for:
✔✔reliability - ✔✔Dr. Peters gives the same personality test to a client three times over
the course of 6 months, and finds that the results are very similar. This test would be
described as having high ________ due to the consistency of its findings.
✔✔personality trait - ✔✔A relatively stable predisposition to behave in a certain way is
the definition of a:
✔✔there is a sixth dimension to the Five-Factor model - ✔✔The HEXACO model
proposes:
✔✔The honesty-humility dimension was added to describe people who are sincere, fair,
and modest, not manipulative, narcissistic, or self-centered. - ✔✔What are
characteristics of the dimension added by the HEXACO model to the Five-Factor
Model?
✔✔analyze the correlations among traits and identify the most important ones -
✔✔Factor analysis allowed personality theorists to:
✔✔agreeableness - ✔✔Istvan is well liked by his friends because he is trusting,
considerate, compassionate, loyal, and easy to get along with. Which of the Big 5
factors of personality would Istvan likely score high in?
✔✔normal distribution, with differences in degrees for individuals - ✔✔Which best
describes the distribution of a personality trait in a population?
✔✔standardized system for diagnosing mental disorders. - ✔✔Mental health
professions use the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-5) because it provides them a(n):
, ✔✔different forms of therapy are equally effective overall, although some are more
effective for specific types of problems. - ✔✔Analyses of many therapy outcome
experiments have shown that:
✔✔depression. - ✔✔Meira, a psychiatrist, is MOST likely to prescribe selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for a patient suffering from:
✔✔panic disorder - ✔✔Marvin suffers from unpredictable feelings of terror,
accompanied by a racing heart and shortness of breath. These feelings of distress are
not associated with a specific event and occur unpredictably, lasting for several
minutes. Which of the following would Marvin MOST likely be diagnosed with?
✔✔It causes people to plan for the future. - ✔✔Why would it be accurate to suggest that
anxiety has benefits?
✔✔depression. - ✔✔Alan writes in his journal that he feels like a nothing, that he cannot
imagine why his friends would want to be his friends, and that nothing seems to be
worth the trouble it takes to get it. Alan is apparently suffering from:
✔✔bipolar disorder - ✔✔One day, Betty felt lethargic, hopelessly sad, fatigued, and had
no interest in anything. A few days later she was feeling extremely euphoric and
powerful, engaged in risky sexual exploits, and spent money irresponsibly. Betty could
be diagnosed with:
✔✔antisocial personality disorder - ✔✔In the famous Harry Potter books, one of the
main characters is Voldemort. This individual kills at will, thinks only of his own needs,
and manipulates people into doing his bidding. He even uses magic to destroy anyone
who gets in his way! If Voldemort were seeing a psychologist, which diagnosis would be
the most appropriate?
✔✔Dissociative Identity Disorder - ✔✔What was previously known as Multiple
Personality Disorder is now known as ______.
✔✔flat affect - ✔✔Leanora recently found out that she had been awarded a scholarship
to the graduate school that was first on her list. Upon receiving the news, she did not
smile or show any emotion, and just said, "well that's good," sighed, and walked away.
This lack of emotional expression is a symptom of schizophrenia called __________.
✔✔Deduction: - ✔✔Reaching specific conclusions from general information.
If P, then Q. All X are Y. P is true. All Y are Z. Therefore, Q is true.Therefore, All X are
Z.
✔✔Induction: - ✔✔Making general conclusions from specific information.
Example- dog1, dog2, dog3, ... <DOG> conceptExample- Analogies (seeing underlying
general pattern in two apparently different situations)
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔reliability - ✔✔With so many different types of measures used to assess personality
it is important to examine both the extent to which scores change over time and the
consistency of test scores across repeated assessments. When completing test-retests
like this, researchers are assessing measures' _____________.
✔✔projective hypothesis - ✔✔The method where non-conscious needs, feelings, and
experiences influence a person's description of ambiguous stimuli is known as the:
✔✔phenomenological reality. - ✔✔Freud can be credited for creating or popularizing all
of the following trends, EXCEPT for:
✔✔reliability - ✔✔Dr. Peters gives the same personality test to a client three times over
the course of 6 months, and finds that the results are very similar. This test would be
described as having high ________ due to the consistency of its findings.
✔✔personality trait - ✔✔A relatively stable predisposition to behave in a certain way is
the definition of a:
✔✔there is a sixth dimension to the Five-Factor model - ✔✔The HEXACO model
proposes:
✔✔The honesty-humility dimension was added to describe people who are sincere, fair,
and modest, not manipulative, narcissistic, or self-centered. - ✔✔What are
characteristics of the dimension added by the HEXACO model to the Five-Factor
Model?
✔✔analyze the correlations among traits and identify the most important ones -
✔✔Factor analysis allowed personality theorists to:
✔✔agreeableness - ✔✔Istvan is well liked by his friends because he is trusting,
considerate, compassionate, loyal, and easy to get along with. Which of the Big 5
factors of personality would Istvan likely score high in?
✔✔normal distribution, with differences in degrees for individuals - ✔✔Which best
describes the distribution of a personality trait in a population?
✔✔standardized system for diagnosing mental disorders. - ✔✔Mental health
professions use the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-5) because it provides them a(n):
, ✔✔different forms of therapy are equally effective overall, although some are more
effective for specific types of problems. - ✔✔Analyses of many therapy outcome
experiments have shown that:
✔✔depression. - ✔✔Meira, a psychiatrist, is MOST likely to prescribe selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for a patient suffering from:
✔✔panic disorder - ✔✔Marvin suffers from unpredictable feelings of terror,
accompanied by a racing heart and shortness of breath. These feelings of distress are
not associated with a specific event and occur unpredictably, lasting for several
minutes. Which of the following would Marvin MOST likely be diagnosed with?
✔✔It causes people to plan for the future. - ✔✔Why would it be accurate to suggest that
anxiety has benefits?
✔✔depression. - ✔✔Alan writes in his journal that he feels like a nothing, that he cannot
imagine why his friends would want to be his friends, and that nothing seems to be
worth the trouble it takes to get it. Alan is apparently suffering from:
✔✔bipolar disorder - ✔✔One day, Betty felt lethargic, hopelessly sad, fatigued, and had
no interest in anything. A few days later she was feeling extremely euphoric and
powerful, engaged in risky sexual exploits, and spent money irresponsibly. Betty could
be diagnosed with:
✔✔antisocial personality disorder - ✔✔In the famous Harry Potter books, one of the
main characters is Voldemort. This individual kills at will, thinks only of his own needs,
and manipulates people into doing his bidding. He even uses magic to destroy anyone
who gets in his way! If Voldemort were seeing a psychologist, which diagnosis would be
the most appropriate?
✔✔Dissociative Identity Disorder - ✔✔What was previously known as Multiple
Personality Disorder is now known as ______.
✔✔flat affect - ✔✔Leanora recently found out that she had been awarded a scholarship
to the graduate school that was first on her list. Upon receiving the news, she did not
smile or show any emotion, and just said, "well that's good," sighed, and walked away.
This lack of emotional expression is a symptom of schizophrenia called __________.
✔✔Deduction: - ✔✔Reaching specific conclusions from general information.
If P, then Q. All X are Y. P is true. All Y are Z. Therefore, Q is true.Therefore, All X are
Z.
✔✔Induction: - ✔✔Making general conclusions from specific information.
Example- dog1, dog2, dog3, ... <DOG> conceptExample- Analogies (seeing underlying
general pattern in two apparently different situations)
