PYC 1501 BASIC PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 6 2026
FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERS
BUNDLED PRACTICE COLLECTION
◉ Which of the following statements about Freud's work is true?
Answer: His theories don't lend themselves to experimentation
◉ A leading behaviorist who first explored classical conditioning
was ____.
Answer: Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
◉ Titchener's approach to psychology paralleled which of the
following trends of his day?
Answer: Efforts in chemistry to break molecules into elements
◉ Throughout his discussions of mental processes and behavior,
William James emphasized the role of ____.
Answer: Evolution
◉ William and Max are discussing how younger and older people
respond to lighter or darker skin on a person. William says they
should use fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) to study
older and younger participants' brains to find out which areas are
,"firing" when they see images of people with darker skin and lighter
skin.
Max believes only looking at participants' brains will result in a loss
of some important details that might also affect the participants,
such as their level of income and exposure to people from different
cultures. Which of the following is a true statement about these
students?
Answer: Max is espousing Gestalt psychology
◉ Humanistic psychologists believed that ____.
Answer: people behave badly only when corrupted by society
◉ What is the psychological perspective that focuses on the
relationships among mind, behavior, and their underlying biological
processes, including genetics, biochemistry, anatomy, and
physiology?
Answer: Biological psychology
◉ The psychological perspective that investigates how physical
structure and behavior have been shaped by their contributions to
survival and reproduction is called ____ psychology.
Answer: Evolutionary
,◉ The psychological perspective that investigates information
processing, thinking, reasoning, and problem solving is called ____.
Answer: Cognitive psychology
◉ The psychological perspective that examines the effects of one's
environment on the behavior of individuals is called ____ psychology.
Answer: Social
◉ The psychological perspective that examines the normal changes
in behavior that occur across the life span is called ____.
Answer: Developmental psychology
◉ The psychological perspective that seeks to explain, define, and
treat abnormal behaviors is called ____.
Answer: Clinical psychology
◉ In the 1970s, what initiated an explosion of knowledge about the
connections between brain and behavior?
Answer: New methods for observing brain activity
◉ An evolutionary psychologist would be most interested in the
question of ____.
Answer: Whether there is an adaptive reason why men tend to
gamble more than women
, ◉ Our judicial system relies heavily on eyewitness testimony;
however, ________ would say that eyewitness testimony can be shaped
by a community's perceptions of race and culture.
A
Answer: Social psychology
◉ Using the developmental perspective, a psychologist might look at
whether the loss of a parent ____.
Answer: Is experienced differently at different ages
◉ More recently, clinical and counseling psychologists have
expanded their perspective to include ____.
Answer: The promotion of general well-being
◉ Sam is an evolutionary psychologist. Which of the following is
likely to be a study he would author?
Answer:
◉ Many of the new ways of looking at the mind take advantage of
the revolution in techniques for studying the brain; for example, ____
currently investigate the biological factors that vary along with
FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS ANSWERS
BUNDLED PRACTICE COLLECTION
◉ Which of the following statements about Freud's work is true?
Answer: His theories don't lend themselves to experimentation
◉ A leading behaviorist who first explored classical conditioning
was ____.
Answer: Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
◉ Titchener's approach to psychology paralleled which of the
following trends of his day?
Answer: Efforts in chemistry to break molecules into elements
◉ Throughout his discussions of mental processes and behavior,
William James emphasized the role of ____.
Answer: Evolution
◉ William and Max are discussing how younger and older people
respond to lighter or darker skin on a person. William says they
should use fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) to study
older and younger participants' brains to find out which areas are
,"firing" when they see images of people with darker skin and lighter
skin.
Max believes only looking at participants' brains will result in a loss
of some important details that might also affect the participants,
such as their level of income and exposure to people from different
cultures. Which of the following is a true statement about these
students?
Answer: Max is espousing Gestalt psychology
◉ Humanistic psychologists believed that ____.
Answer: people behave badly only when corrupted by society
◉ What is the psychological perspective that focuses on the
relationships among mind, behavior, and their underlying biological
processes, including genetics, biochemistry, anatomy, and
physiology?
Answer: Biological psychology
◉ The psychological perspective that investigates how physical
structure and behavior have been shaped by their contributions to
survival and reproduction is called ____ psychology.
Answer: Evolutionary
,◉ The psychological perspective that investigates information
processing, thinking, reasoning, and problem solving is called ____.
Answer: Cognitive psychology
◉ The psychological perspective that examines the effects of one's
environment on the behavior of individuals is called ____ psychology.
Answer: Social
◉ The psychological perspective that examines the normal changes
in behavior that occur across the life span is called ____.
Answer: Developmental psychology
◉ The psychological perspective that seeks to explain, define, and
treat abnormal behaviors is called ____.
Answer: Clinical psychology
◉ In the 1970s, what initiated an explosion of knowledge about the
connections between brain and behavior?
Answer: New methods for observing brain activity
◉ An evolutionary psychologist would be most interested in the
question of ____.
Answer: Whether there is an adaptive reason why men tend to
gamble more than women
, ◉ Our judicial system relies heavily on eyewitness testimony;
however, ________ would say that eyewitness testimony can be shaped
by a community's perceptions of race and culture.
A
Answer: Social psychology
◉ Using the developmental perspective, a psychologist might look at
whether the loss of a parent ____.
Answer: Is experienced differently at different ages
◉ More recently, clinical and counseling psychologists have
expanded their perspective to include ____.
Answer: The promotion of general well-being
◉ Sam is an evolutionary psychologist. Which of the following is
likely to be a study he would author?
Answer:
◉ Many of the new ways of looking at the mind take advantage of
the revolution in techniques for studying the brain; for example, ____
currently investigate the biological factors that vary along with
