PY101 final exam review
1. Tim is telling his parents about his classes this semester. He tries to explain
what his introductory psychology class is all about. Tim can best describe
psychology as the study of. - correct answer ✔Behavior and mental
processes
2. Dr. Vance is attempting to discover where emotional experience is localized
in the brain by using brain imaging technology. Dr. Vance works in the
subfield of ___ psychology - correct answer ✔Biological
3. Dr. Foust studies the causes and treatment of schizophrenia. Dr. Foust is
most likely a _____ psychologist. - correct answer ✔Clinical
4. Martha is a psychologist interested in the treatment of eating disorder. She
focuses on the maladaptive ways in which its sufferers receive and process
information about themselves. Martha is most likely a _____ psychologist with
a ______ approach. - correct answer ✔Clinical; cognitive
5. A cognitive psychologist would be most likely to design a study of - correct
answer ✔What processes are involved in decision making.
6. Dr. Obryan works with children trying to understand the changes that occur
in their play activities as they grow older. Dr, Obryan is a ______ psychologist.
- correct answer ✔developmental
7. Leon is working with state officials to restructure the curriculum in the public
school system . His research has suggested certain changes will help reduce
dropout rates while creating a collegial learning environment for students.
Leon likelye works in the _____ subfield of psychology. - correct answer
✔educational
, 8. The interiors of cars have been redesigned in recent years so that most of
the controls can be operated without the hands of the driver leaving the
steering wheel. These changes would most likely be made by a ______
psychologist. - correct answer ✔engineering
9. Maggies is a graduate student in human factors. She is working with a local
grocery store to improve their customer service while reducing the costs to the
consumers. Most likely Maggie will____ - correct answer ✔Help design a self
checkout system tat is intuitive and logical
10. In her job, charisse creates criminal profiles for the fbi and often consults
with lawyers during the jury selection process. Clarisse is most likely a
_______psychologist. - correct answer ✔forensic
11. Like all sciences, psychology relies on ____ data to test its predictions -
correct answer ✔empirical
12. The modern age of psychology began when - correct answer ✔Wilhelm
wundt established the first psychology research laboratory at the university of
lepzig.
13. If you were to study consciousness by having your friends use
introspection and report the results to you, your research method would be
most similar to that used by__ - correct answer ✔psychoanalysts
14. As a homework assignment, you choose to research the concept of
introspection from your psychology textbook. You would first explain that
introspection is the_____ - correct answer ✔Process of observing your own
mental processing
1. Tim is telling his parents about his classes this semester. He tries to explain
what his introductory psychology class is all about. Tim can best describe
psychology as the study of. - correct answer ✔Behavior and mental
processes
2. Dr. Vance is attempting to discover where emotional experience is localized
in the brain by using brain imaging technology. Dr. Vance works in the
subfield of ___ psychology - correct answer ✔Biological
3. Dr. Foust studies the causes and treatment of schizophrenia. Dr. Foust is
most likely a _____ psychologist. - correct answer ✔Clinical
4. Martha is a psychologist interested in the treatment of eating disorder. She
focuses on the maladaptive ways in which its sufferers receive and process
information about themselves. Martha is most likely a _____ psychologist with
a ______ approach. - correct answer ✔Clinical; cognitive
5. A cognitive psychologist would be most likely to design a study of - correct
answer ✔What processes are involved in decision making.
6. Dr. Obryan works with children trying to understand the changes that occur
in their play activities as they grow older. Dr, Obryan is a ______ psychologist.
- correct answer ✔developmental
7. Leon is working with state officials to restructure the curriculum in the public
school system . His research has suggested certain changes will help reduce
dropout rates while creating a collegial learning environment for students.
Leon likelye works in the _____ subfield of psychology. - correct answer
✔educational
, 8. The interiors of cars have been redesigned in recent years so that most of
the controls can be operated without the hands of the driver leaving the
steering wheel. These changes would most likely be made by a ______
psychologist. - correct answer ✔engineering
9. Maggies is a graduate student in human factors. She is working with a local
grocery store to improve their customer service while reducing the costs to the
consumers. Most likely Maggie will____ - correct answer ✔Help design a self
checkout system tat is intuitive and logical
10. In her job, charisse creates criminal profiles for the fbi and often consults
with lawyers during the jury selection process. Clarisse is most likely a
_______psychologist. - correct answer ✔forensic
11. Like all sciences, psychology relies on ____ data to test its predictions -
correct answer ✔empirical
12. The modern age of psychology began when - correct answer ✔Wilhelm
wundt established the first psychology research laboratory at the university of
lepzig.
13. If you were to study consciousness by having your friends use
introspection and report the results to you, your research method would be
most similar to that used by__ - correct answer ✔psychoanalysts
14. As a homework assignment, you choose to research the concept of
introspection from your psychology textbook. You would first explain that
introspection is the_____ - correct answer ✔Process of observing your own
mental processing
