Psychology 100 Exam 1 Questions and
CORRECT Answers | UPDATED ACTUAL |
2026
• An approach to psychology that sees people as inherently good and motivated to
learn and improve is called ____ -✓✓ humanistic psychology
• A leading behaviorist who first explored classical conditioning is ____ -✓✓ Ivan
Petrovich Pavlov
• Wilhelm Wundt's student, Edward Titchener, developed an approach in which the
mind is broken into the smallest elements of mental experience. What was this
called -✓✓ structuralism
• What is the approach to psychology that saw behavior as purposeful and
contributing to survival? -✓✓ functionalism
• What is the psychological perspective that focuses on the relationships between
mind, behavior, and their underlying biological processes, including genetics,
biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology? -✓✓ biological psychology
• An approach to psychology that features the study and careful measurement of
observable behaviors is called ____. -✓✓ behaviorism
• Many of the new ways of looking at the mind will take advantage of the
revolution in techniques for studying the brain; for example, ____ currently
investigate the biological factors that vary along with people's feelings and
experience of social inclusion, rejection, or loneliness. -✓✓ social nueroscientists
, • Harold is trying to decide between teaching at the nearby community college or
obtaining a therapist's license. What is the minimum degree required for these
positions? -✓✓ masters degree
• Contrary to popular belief during his time, the types of discoveries like Hermann
von Helmholtz's work on nerve conduction convinced scientists that ____. -✓✓ the
mind could be studied scientifically
• Why is it important for researchers to randomize the order that participants go
through the different conditions of the experiment? -✓✓ Going through one
condition may influence how participants behave in another condition.
Randomizing the order helps minimize the impact of these influences.
• One of the researchers mentions that he is looking for "affiliation cues" in the
video recordings of the experiment. How would you describe what these affiliation
cues indicate?
a.The participant is interested and engaged in the conversation.
b.The participant feels positively about what's being said.
c.The participant is using non-verbal methods of communication with her friend.
d. all of the above -✓✓ D all of the above
• Which of the following summarizes the results of this study? -✓✓ Participants
felt and behaved friendlier when the method of communication was more personal.
• miligrams experiment raised several important questions regarding researchers'
responsibilities towards participants. Laws today protect research participants in
several ways from unnecessary distress. What was the harmful aspect of milgrams
study?
CORRECT Answers | UPDATED ACTUAL |
2026
• An approach to psychology that sees people as inherently good and motivated to
learn and improve is called ____ -✓✓ humanistic psychology
• A leading behaviorist who first explored classical conditioning is ____ -✓✓ Ivan
Petrovich Pavlov
• Wilhelm Wundt's student, Edward Titchener, developed an approach in which the
mind is broken into the smallest elements of mental experience. What was this
called -✓✓ structuralism
• What is the approach to psychology that saw behavior as purposeful and
contributing to survival? -✓✓ functionalism
• What is the psychological perspective that focuses on the relationships between
mind, behavior, and their underlying biological processes, including genetics,
biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology? -✓✓ biological psychology
• An approach to psychology that features the study and careful measurement of
observable behaviors is called ____. -✓✓ behaviorism
• Many of the new ways of looking at the mind will take advantage of the
revolution in techniques for studying the brain; for example, ____ currently
investigate the biological factors that vary along with people's feelings and
experience of social inclusion, rejection, or loneliness. -✓✓ social nueroscientists
, • Harold is trying to decide between teaching at the nearby community college or
obtaining a therapist's license. What is the minimum degree required for these
positions? -✓✓ masters degree
• Contrary to popular belief during his time, the types of discoveries like Hermann
von Helmholtz's work on nerve conduction convinced scientists that ____. -✓✓ the
mind could be studied scientifically
• Why is it important for researchers to randomize the order that participants go
through the different conditions of the experiment? -✓✓ Going through one
condition may influence how participants behave in another condition.
Randomizing the order helps minimize the impact of these influences.
• One of the researchers mentions that he is looking for "affiliation cues" in the
video recordings of the experiment. How would you describe what these affiliation
cues indicate?
a.The participant is interested and engaged in the conversation.
b.The participant feels positively about what's being said.
c.The participant is using non-verbal methods of communication with her friend.
d. all of the above -✓✓ D all of the above
• Which of the following summarizes the results of this study? -✓✓ Participants
felt and behaved friendlier when the method of communication was more personal.
• miligrams experiment raised several important questions regarding researchers'
responsibilities towards participants. Laws today protect research participants in
several ways from unnecessary distress. What was the harmful aspect of milgrams
study?
