PSYCH 111 EXAM GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND 100%
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Study on the importance of physical appearance (Beautiful = Good)
- answer-- Participants were presented with photographs of people rated high in
attractiveness, moderate in attractiveness, and low in attractiveness (arrived at
these attractiveness scores by asking other individuals how they rate participants'
faces from 1-10)
- After showing photos, asked participants questions like how altruistic they think
this person is. How genuine? How sophisticated?
- Results: People rated higher on attractiveness believed to be more positive and
good
- Why could this happen? Drawn to and treat someone who is attractive well; they
in turn reciprocate and also treat you well → It is a self-fulfilling cyclic cycle
subjective well-being (SWB)
- answer-scientific term for happiness and life satisfaction (thinking and feeling
that your life is going well, not badly)
Talk is "cheap"
- answer-- Asked participants: "Did someone ever offer you money (coins or bills)
that you feel was tainted or dirty, literally or metaphorically? If so, how was it
tainted or dirty? Please provide as much detail as possible
- Literally dirty = blood, stinky, cocaine residue
- Metaphorically dirty = not wanting to accept money from a meth dealer, not
wanting to accept money someone got from selling their prescription medication,
not wanting to accept money someone stole from a dying old man
Results: 87% accepted literally dirty money, whereas 58% reported that they
accepted metaphorically dirty money
The five big ideas
- answer-1) Reality can play out differently than we think it will
2) Malfunctions, or breakdowns, illuminate how psychological systems work
3) Our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are determined by the interaction of inner
and outer forces
4) Human life is profoundly shaped by our connections to others
,5) We can change
The heat of the moment: Study on UC Berkeley undergraduate
- answer-- Gave students laptops → Half told to watch porn while answering
questions; the other half told to answer questions regularly (state or arousal or not)
- Results: more likely to answer yes to questions like "Could you enjoy sex with
someone you hated?"
- Significance: People are more often to think differently in a state of arousal; even
though we think we know what we will want and how we will behave, we might
not do these same things in a state of arousal; in other words, we are bad at
forecasting our own behaviors
"Luckies" vs. "leftovers"
- answer-Influential study on affective forecasting
Methods:
- Participants: college freshmen: luckies (still in relationships) vs leftovers (those
not in relationships)
-Questions to luckies: "How will you feel if you and your partner broke up?"
- Questions to leftovers: "How are you feeling now?"
Results:
- people are really bad at forecasting; luckies say they will be sad and upset, but
leftovers are actually doing pretty well
"The Doll Test"
- answer-- Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark
- Black children ages 3-7 were presented with a white and black doll; and asked a
series of questions like "Which doll would you like to play with" or "Which doll
looks bad"
- Findings: black children more likely to associate white dolls with positive
characteristics
- "The Doll Test" cited in Brown vs. Board of Education; used to highlight the
consequences of segregation
Additions to Milgram's study
- answer-Other variations of the study: found that obedience decreased when the
learner was in the same room as the experimenter, and when the teacher had to
physically touch the learner to administer the punishment
, Additions to Solomon Ash's study
- answer-- Increase in conformity with more confederates
- Teenagers are more prone to conforming than adults
- People conform significantly less when they believe the Confederates will not
hear their responses
- More conformity is found in collectivist countries such as China and Japan
Advantages and Disadvantages of having an ideal template for a mate?
- answer-- Advantages → convenience, boundary setting, predictability, etc.
- Disadvantages → limiting to new experiences
Ambiguity
- answer-- Not sure what to go or what to do
- ex: when you don't know where something is, you will usually follow other
people who are heading to the same place
American racism is alive and well
- answer-- White students are perceived as more compliant than Black students
- White homeowners are perceived as "cleaner" and "more responsible" than Black
homeowners
- White criminals are perceived as less blameworthy than Black criminals
Applications of the Eudaimonic perspective
- answer-- Erikson's eight stages: generativity vs stagnation (am I creating
something that will outlast me) + Integrity vs despair (did I live the life I really
wanted)
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs: physiological (food), safety, love/belonging,
esteem, self-actualization
- Karl Rogers: people are like plants; they have a natural tendency to grow and
thrive if given proper nutrients
Are conspiracy theories more appealing than satisfying?
- answer-- Just because they are appealing, does not mean they are satisfying
- Many times you endorse a conspiracy theory, but it does not make you feel any
better (so you are drawn into more and more crazy theories seeking the high)
Are we predisposed to divide into us and them?
- answer-Elizabeth Spelke language study → preference for accepting toys from
their own native language speaker (French vs. American infants)
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Study on the importance of physical appearance (Beautiful = Good)
- answer-- Participants were presented with photographs of people rated high in
attractiveness, moderate in attractiveness, and low in attractiveness (arrived at
these attractiveness scores by asking other individuals how they rate participants'
faces from 1-10)
- After showing photos, asked participants questions like how altruistic they think
this person is. How genuine? How sophisticated?
- Results: People rated higher on attractiveness believed to be more positive and
good
- Why could this happen? Drawn to and treat someone who is attractive well; they
in turn reciprocate and also treat you well → It is a self-fulfilling cyclic cycle
subjective well-being (SWB)
- answer-scientific term for happiness and life satisfaction (thinking and feeling
that your life is going well, not badly)
Talk is "cheap"
- answer-- Asked participants: "Did someone ever offer you money (coins or bills)
that you feel was tainted or dirty, literally or metaphorically? If so, how was it
tainted or dirty? Please provide as much detail as possible
- Literally dirty = blood, stinky, cocaine residue
- Metaphorically dirty = not wanting to accept money from a meth dealer, not
wanting to accept money someone got from selling their prescription medication,
not wanting to accept money someone stole from a dying old man
Results: 87% accepted literally dirty money, whereas 58% reported that they
accepted metaphorically dirty money
The five big ideas
- answer-1) Reality can play out differently than we think it will
2) Malfunctions, or breakdowns, illuminate how psychological systems work
3) Our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are determined by the interaction of inner
and outer forces
4) Human life is profoundly shaped by our connections to others
,5) We can change
The heat of the moment: Study on UC Berkeley undergraduate
- answer-- Gave students laptops → Half told to watch porn while answering
questions; the other half told to answer questions regularly (state or arousal or not)
- Results: more likely to answer yes to questions like "Could you enjoy sex with
someone you hated?"
- Significance: People are more often to think differently in a state of arousal; even
though we think we know what we will want and how we will behave, we might
not do these same things in a state of arousal; in other words, we are bad at
forecasting our own behaviors
"Luckies" vs. "leftovers"
- answer-Influential study on affective forecasting
Methods:
- Participants: college freshmen: luckies (still in relationships) vs leftovers (those
not in relationships)
-Questions to luckies: "How will you feel if you and your partner broke up?"
- Questions to leftovers: "How are you feeling now?"
Results:
- people are really bad at forecasting; luckies say they will be sad and upset, but
leftovers are actually doing pretty well
"The Doll Test"
- answer-- Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark
- Black children ages 3-7 were presented with a white and black doll; and asked a
series of questions like "Which doll would you like to play with" or "Which doll
looks bad"
- Findings: black children more likely to associate white dolls with positive
characteristics
- "The Doll Test" cited in Brown vs. Board of Education; used to highlight the
consequences of segregation
Additions to Milgram's study
- answer-Other variations of the study: found that obedience decreased when the
learner was in the same room as the experimenter, and when the teacher had to
physically touch the learner to administer the punishment
, Additions to Solomon Ash's study
- answer-- Increase in conformity with more confederates
- Teenagers are more prone to conforming than adults
- People conform significantly less when they believe the Confederates will not
hear their responses
- More conformity is found in collectivist countries such as China and Japan
Advantages and Disadvantages of having an ideal template for a mate?
- answer-- Advantages → convenience, boundary setting, predictability, etc.
- Disadvantages → limiting to new experiences
Ambiguity
- answer-- Not sure what to go or what to do
- ex: when you don't know where something is, you will usually follow other
people who are heading to the same place
American racism is alive and well
- answer-- White students are perceived as more compliant than Black students
- White homeowners are perceived as "cleaner" and "more responsible" than Black
homeowners
- White criminals are perceived as less blameworthy than Black criminals
Applications of the Eudaimonic perspective
- answer-- Erikson's eight stages: generativity vs stagnation (am I creating
something that will outlast me) + Integrity vs despair (did I live the life I really
wanted)
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs: physiological (food), safety, love/belonging,
esteem, self-actualization
- Karl Rogers: people are like plants; they have a natural tendency to grow and
thrive if given proper nutrients
Are conspiracy theories more appealing than satisfying?
- answer-- Just because they are appealing, does not mean they are satisfying
- Many times you endorse a conspiracy theory, but it does not make you feel any
better (so you are drawn into more and more crazy theories seeking the high)
Are we predisposed to divide into us and them?
- answer-Elizabeth Spelke language study → preference for accepting toys from
their own native language speaker (French vs. American infants)
