PSYCH 331 Cumulative Final Review Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Which of the following is NOT part of the psychological triad?
A. behavior
B. thoughts
C. pyschological health
d. feelings - ANSWER C
Which is NOT one of the basic approaches to personality?
A. psychoanalytic
B. learning
C. assessment
D. phenomenological - ANSWER C
Personality psychologists who adhere to the ___ approach focus on identifying,
conceptualizing, and measuring the ways in which people differ psychologically from
one another.
A. psychoanalytic
B. trait
C. cognitive
D. phenomenological - ANSWER B
The trait approach, the behaviorist approach, and the psychoanalytic approach ______.
A. are irreconcilable and contradictory views of human psychology
B. are all part of the One Big Theory (OBT)
C. all address the biological bases of human psychology
D. address different sets of questions about human psychology - ANSWER D
Personality psychology emphasizes how people are ____, whereas subfields such as
cognitive and social psychology emphasize how people are ____.
,A. similar to each other; different from each other
B. different from each other; similar to each other
C. essentially good; essentially bad
D. motivated by unconscious forces; motivated by conscious forces - ANSWER B
Which of the following types of personality data is the most objective and verifiable?
A. S
B. B
C. I
D. L - ANSWER D
According to the text, what simple example of L data is considered by clinical
psychologists to be a potential indicator of psychopathology?
A. an arrest record by age 21
B. an annual income below the poverty line
C. being fired from a job by age 30
D. never being married by age 40 - ANSWER D
In a priming study, participants solved puzzles that included words such as gray, wise,
retires, and Florida. After solving these puzzles, participants were observed as they
walked down a hallway. The observation of participants' speed of walking would be
considered ____ data.
A. experience sampling
B. experimental B
C. L
D. projective - ANSWER B
The most important advantage of B data is that they are based on ____.
A. common sense, so they have greater psychological relevance
B. a report by the best expert, so they are more accurate
C. direct psychological tests, so they have greater casual force and scientific value
D. direct observations of behavior, so they are more objective and quantifiable -
ANSWER D
The typical experimental social psychologist collects ___ data.
A. B
B. I
C. L
D. S - ANSWER A
A method or instrument that provides the same information repeatedly is ____.
, A. valid
B. reliable
C. significant
D. generalizable - ANSWER B
The most important and generally useful way to enhance reliability is to _____.
A. use the smallest possible number of items
B. measure something that is important
C. aggregate your measurement
D. maximize error variance - ANSWER C
If measurement errors are truly random, then they should ___.
A. never occur
B. not affect the reliability measure
C. not attenuate the validity of a measure
D. sum to zero - ANSWER D
Validity is the degree to which a measurement ___.
A. is consistent and stable
B. provides the same result if repeated
C. actually reflects or measures what you think it does
D. is reliable - ANSWER C
Reliability is ____ for validity.
A. a necessary and sufficient condition
B. a necessary but not sufficient condition
C. a sufficient condition
D. not at all relevant - ANSWER B
According to the text, the tendency of a group of people who lived at a particular time to
differ in some way from those who lived earlier or later is called a _____.
A. generational disparity
B. cohort effect
C. time of measurement effect
D. period history effect - ANSWER B
The most touted advantage of the experimental method is that ___.
A. it allows the assessment of causality
Questions With Correct Answers
Which of the following is NOT part of the psychological triad?
A. behavior
B. thoughts
C. pyschological health
d. feelings - ANSWER C
Which is NOT one of the basic approaches to personality?
A. psychoanalytic
B. learning
C. assessment
D. phenomenological - ANSWER C
Personality psychologists who adhere to the ___ approach focus on identifying,
conceptualizing, and measuring the ways in which people differ psychologically from
one another.
A. psychoanalytic
B. trait
C. cognitive
D. phenomenological - ANSWER B
The trait approach, the behaviorist approach, and the psychoanalytic approach ______.
A. are irreconcilable and contradictory views of human psychology
B. are all part of the One Big Theory (OBT)
C. all address the biological bases of human psychology
D. address different sets of questions about human psychology - ANSWER D
Personality psychology emphasizes how people are ____, whereas subfields such as
cognitive and social psychology emphasize how people are ____.
,A. similar to each other; different from each other
B. different from each other; similar to each other
C. essentially good; essentially bad
D. motivated by unconscious forces; motivated by conscious forces - ANSWER B
Which of the following types of personality data is the most objective and verifiable?
A. S
B. B
C. I
D. L - ANSWER D
According to the text, what simple example of L data is considered by clinical
psychologists to be a potential indicator of psychopathology?
A. an arrest record by age 21
B. an annual income below the poverty line
C. being fired from a job by age 30
D. never being married by age 40 - ANSWER D
In a priming study, participants solved puzzles that included words such as gray, wise,
retires, and Florida. After solving these puzzles, participants were observed as they
walked down a hallway. The observation of participants' speed of walking would be
considered ____ data.
A. experience sampling
B. experimental B
C. L
D. projective - ANSWER B
The most important advantage of B data is that they are based on ____.
A. common sense, so they have greater psychological relevance
B. a report by the best expert, so they are more accurate
C. direct psychological tests, so they have greater casual force and scientific value
D. direct observations of behavior, so they are more objective and quantifiable -
ANSWER D
The typical experimental social psychologist collects ___ data.
A. B
B. I
C. L
D. S - ANSWER A
A method or instrument that provides the same information repeatedly is ____.
, A. valid
B. reliable
C. significant
D. generalizable - ANSWER B
The most important and generally useful way to enhance reliability is to _____.
A. use the smallest possible number of items
B. measure something that is important
C. aggregate your measurement
D. maximize error variance - ANSWER C
If measurement errors are truly random, then they should ___.
A. never occur
B. not affect the reliability measure
C. not attenuate the validity of a measure
D. sum to zero - ANSWER D
Validity is the degree to which a measurement ___.
A. is consistent and stable
B. provides the same result if repeated
C. actually reflects or measures what you think it does
D. is reliable - ANSWER C
Reliability is ____ for validity.
A. a necessary and sufficient condition
B. a necessary but not sufficient condition
C. a sufficient condition
D. not at all relevant - ANSWER B
According to the text, the tendency of a group of people who lived at a particular time to
differ in some way from those who lived earlier or later is called a _____.
A. generational disparity
B. cohort effect
C. time of measurement effect
D. period history effect - ANSWER B
The most touted advantage of the experimental method is that ___.
A. it allows the assessment of causality
