PSY 101 GRADED EXAM 3 – FOUNDATIONS OF
PSYCHOLOGY WITH ALL CORRECT DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS QUALIFIED PASS
Individuals with Down syndrome are
A) unlikely to have difficulty in regular school classes.
B) mentally retarded due to neglect during infancy.
C) mentally retarded, except for one specific ability in which they excel.
D) born with an extra chromosome. (D) born with an extra chromosome.
In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros," Samantha spells the word aloud 30 times.
She is using a technique known as:
A) rehearsal.
B) the "peg-word" system.
,C) chunking.
D) the method of loci. (A) rehearsal.
People experience surging physical growth and sexual maturation during:
A) late adolescence.
B) puberty.
C) the preoperational stage.
D) late childhood. (B) puberty.
Cheating on an exam is unfair to those who have worked really hard reflects what level of moral
reasoning according to Kohlberg:
A) pre-conventional;
B) conventional;
C) post-conventional;
, D) both conventional and pre-conventional (B) conventional;
Piaget is best known for his interest in the process of ________ development
A) social
B) cognitive
C) emotional
D) physical (B) cognitive
In the early twentieth century, the U.S. government developed intelligence tests to evaluate
newly arriving immigrants. Poor test scores among immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon
heritage were attributed by some psychologists of that day to:
A) stereotype threat.
B) innate mental inferiority.
C) savant syndrome.
PSYCHOLOGY WITH ALL CORRECT DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS QUALIFIED PASS
Individuals with Down syndrome are
A) unlikely to have difficulty in regular school classes.
B) mentally retarded due to neglect during infancy.
C) mentally retarded, except for one specific ability in which they excel.
D) born with an extra chromosome. (D) born with an extra chromosome.
In an effort to remember how to spell "rhinoceros," Samantha spells the word aloud 30 times.
She is using a technique known as:
A) rehearsal.
B) the "peg-word" system.
,C) chunking.
D) the method of loci. (A) rehearsal.
People experience surging physical growth and sexual maturation during:
A) late adolescence.
B) puberty.
C) the preoperational stage.
D) late childhood. (B) puberty.
Cheating on an exam is unfair to those who have worked really hard reflects what level of moral
reasoning according to Kohlberg:
A) pre-conventional;
B) conventional;
C) post-conventional;
, D) both conventional and pre-conventional (B) conventional;
Piaget is best known for his interest in the process of ________ development
A) social
B) cognitive
C) emotional
D) physical (B) cognitive
In the early twentieth century, the U.S. government developed intelligence tests to evaluate
newly arriving immigrants. Poor test scores among immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon
heritage were attributed by some psychologists of that day to:
A) stereotype threat.
B) innate mental inferiority.
C) savant syndrome.
