TMA05 D120 ENCOUNTERING
PSYCHOLOGY - OPEN UNIVERSITY FINAL
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Behavioral perspective on etiology.
Answer: mental illness is caused by maladaptive learned associations and
habits
◍ Compliance.
Answer: Conforming to a request or demand.
◍ Social Facilitation.
Answer: Stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence
of others.
◍ Peripheral Route Persuasion.
Answer: Attitude change path in which people are influenced by incidental
cues, emotional responses such as a speaker's attractiveness.
◍ Humanistic perspective on etiology.
Answer: mental illness is caused by a lack of social support and being
unable to fulfill one's potential
◍ Norm.
Answer: An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. They
prescribe "proper" behavior.
◍ Discrimination.
Answer: (Social) unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its
members.
, ◍ Stanley Milgram.
Answer: Examined the impact of obedience to authority with his
controversial Shock experiment.
◍ International Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD).
Answer: Handbook produced by the World Health Organization (WHO).
◍ Post-traumatic growth.
Answer: positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with
extremely challenging circumstances and life crises
◍ General adaptation syndrome (GAS).
Answer: a three-stage physiological response that appears regardless of the
stressor that is encountered: alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
◍ Informational Social Influence.
Answer: Influence (conforming) resulting from one's willingness to accept
others' opinions about reality.
◍ Groupthink.
Answer: The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a
decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.
◍ Scapegoat Theory.
Answer: The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing
someone to blame.
◍ Just-World Phenomenon.
Answer: The tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people
therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get. (Blame the
Victim)
◍ False Consensus Effect.
Answer: overestimating the number of people who share our belief or
action.
◍ Ingroup Bias.
Answer: The tendency to favor our own group.
PSYCHOLOGY - OPEN UNIVERSITY FINAL
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Behavioral perspective on etiology.
Answer: mental illness is caused by maladaptive learned associations and
habits
◍ Compliance.
Answer: Conforming to a request or demand.
◍ Social Facilitation.
Answer: Stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence
of others.
◍ Peripheral Route Persuasion.
Answer: Attitude change path in which people are influenced by incidental
cues, emotional responses such as a speaker's attractiveness.
◍ Humanistic perspective on etiology.
Answer: mental illness is caused by a lack of social support and being
unable to fulfill one's potential
◍ Norm.
Answer: An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. They
prescribe "proper" behavior.
◍ Discrimination.
Answer: (Social) unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its
members.
, ◍ Stanley Milgram.
Answer: Examined the impact of obedience to authority with his
controversial Shock experiment.
◍ International Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD).
Answer: Handbook produced by the World Health Organization (WHO).
◍ Post-traumatic growth.
Answer: positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with
extremely challenging circumstances and life crises
◍ General adaptation syndrome (GAS).
Answer: a three-stage physiological response that appears regardless of the
stressor that is encountered: alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
◍ Informational Social Influence.
Answer: Influence (conforming) resulting from one's willingness to accept
others' opinions about reality.
◍ Groupthink.
Answer: The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a
decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.
◍ Scapegoat Theory.
Answer: The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing
someone to blame.
◍ Just-World Phenomenon.
Answer: The tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people
therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get. (Blame the
Victim)
◍ False Consensus Effect.
Answer: overestimating the number of people who share our belief or
action.
◍ Ingroup Bias.
Answer: The tendency to favor our own group.
