PSYCHOLOGY 101 QUIZ 1 PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Closure.
Answer: (Gestalt laws of grouping) completing figures
◍ Binocular cues.
Answer: using cues from both eyes to determine depth perception
◍ CT scan.
Answer: x-ray of the brain
◍ Functionalism.
Answer: William James- how people work, play, and adapt to their
surroundings
◍ Your research class conducted an experiment on caffeine induced stress in
which neither the class researchers, nor the participants in the experiment,
knew who did and did not receive caffeine until after the study was
completed. This research technique is called______________.
Answer: a double blind study
◍ Unconscious conflicts.
Answer: The psychodynamic perspective emphasizes the presumed
importance of __
◍ psychiatrists.
Answer: __ are trained to prescribe drugs for the treatment of psychological
disorders
◍ Positron Emission Tomography(PET Scan).
Answer: Captures both the functions and structure of the brainIt maps the
, functions of blood flow, oxygen use and glucose consumption
◍ Amygdala.
Answer: (limbic system) involved in fear responses and memory of fear
◍ Control group.
Answer: similar subjects who don't receive special treatment
◍ Martavis is wondering whether extrasensory perception (ESP) really exists.
If he is using the steps of critical thinking, what is the first thing he should
ask himself?a. "What evidence is there that ESP actually exists?" b. "What
am I being asked to accept or believe about ESP?"c. "What conclusions can
I draw about the existence of ESP?"d. "How can I conduct research about
the existence of ESP?".
Answer: b. "What am I being asked to accept or believe about ESP?"
◍ Variable.
Answer: any condition or factor that can be manipulated, controlled, or
measured
◍ You are doing an experiment to test whether exercise improves self-control
in children. Half of the children will jump rope for five minutes before being
left alone in a room with a bowl of candy. The other half of the children will
color for five minutes before being left alone in the room with the candy.
You plan to measure how long it takes for each child to begin eating the
candy as well as how much candy the children consume. Which statement
about your research is true?a. Your dependent variable has two operational
definitions.b. Your independent variable has two operational definitions.c.
Your study does not have a control group. d. Your study has the advantage
of taking place in a real-world setting..
Answer: a. Your dependent variable has two operational definitions.
◍ Sleep Stages 1 and 2.
Answer: - We prepare for sleep, our brains transition from producing the
low amplitude, fast, and irregular beta waves that imply a relaxed state of
sleep, alpha wave activity decreases and larger slower theta wave activity
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Closure.
Answer: (Gestalt laws of grouping) completing figures
◍ Binocular cues.
Answer: using cues from both eyes to determine depth perception
◍ CT scan.
Answer: x-ray of the brain
◍ Functionalism.
Answer: William James- how people work, play, and adapt to their
surroundings
◍ Your research class conducted an experiment on caffeine induced stress in
which neither the class researchers, nor the participants in the experiment,
knew who did and did not receive caffeine until after the study was
completed. This research technique is called______________.
Answer: a double blind study
◍ Unconscious conflicts.
Answer: The psychodynamic perspective emphasizes the presumed
importance of __
◍ psychiatrists.
Answer: __ are trained to prescribe drugs for the treatment of psychological
disorders
◍ Positron Emission Tomography(PET Scan).
Answer: Captures both the functions and structure of the brainIt maps the
, functions of blood flow, oxygen use and glucose consumption
◍ Amygdala.
Answer: (limbic system) involved in fear responses and memory of fear
◍ Control group.
Answer: similar subjects who don't receive special treatment
◍ Martavis is wondering whether extrasensory perception (ESP) really exists.
If he is using the steps of critical thinking, what is the first thing he should
ask himself?a. "What evidence is there that ESP actually exists?" b. "What
am I being asked to accept or believe about ESP?"c. "What conclusions can
I draw about the existence of ESP?"d. "How can I conduct research about
the existence of ESP?".
Answer: b. "What am I being asked to accept or believe about ESP?"
◍ Variable.
Answer: any condition or factor that can be manipulated, controlled, or
measured
◍ You are doing an experiment to test whether exercise improves self-control
in children. Half of the children will jump rope for five minutes before being
left alone in a room with a bowl of candy. The other half of the children will
color for five minutes before being left alone in the room with the candy.
You plan to measure how long it takes for each child to begin eating the
candy as well as how much candy the children consume. Which statement
about your research is true?a. Your dependent variable has two operational
definitions.b. Your independent variable has two operational definitions.c.
Your study does not have a control group. d. Your study has the advantage
of taking place in a real-world setting..
Answer: a. Your dependent variable has two operational definitions.
◍ Sleep Stages 1 and 2.
Answer: - We prepare for sleep, our brains transition from producing the
low amplitude, fast, and irregular beta waves that imply a relaxed state of
sleep, alpha wave activity decreases and larger slower theta wave activity
