PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE EXAM Q&A
According to the nature through nurture perspective - answer-behavior is the result of
constant interaction between biology and experience
John Locke, john Watson and b.f skinner would agree that - answer-nurture is more
important than nature
Which of the following is true of the ethical guidelines for doing psychological research
with animals? - answer-animals can be used, by should be treated humanely
True statement regarding enriched environments: - answer-multiple research studies
show that rats raised in enriched environments have bigger brains than rats raised in
impoverished environments
Which of the following is not one of the five ethical guidelines for medical and
psychological research - answer-honesty
Justice, beneficence, and respect for persons, responsibility, integrity = - answer-5
ethical guidelines
Obtaining informed consent - answer-having participants read and agree to sign a piece
of paper before doing an experiment
Trying to remember a new zip code but you can't get rid of your old one in your head -
answer-proactive interference
Attempted kidnapping as a child is what kind of memory? - answer-suggestibility
Memories we don't want to remember - answer-persistence , most of the time they tend
to be emotional
The inability to remember events that occur after an injury or onset of disease is termed
as - answer-anterograde amnesia
Deep processing of course material - answer-discussing the material in a study group
A psychologist who studies perception, memory, thought, language and problem solving
is most likely a - answer-cognitive psychologist
A psychologists who is studying changes in language across childhood is most likely a -
answer-developmental psychologists
Someone who studies the location of brain activity in response to pain is a - answer-
behavioral neuroscientist
According to the nature through nurture perspective - answer-behavior is the result of
constant interaction between biology and experience
John Locke, john Watson and b.f skinner would agree that - answer-nurture is more
important than nature
Which of the following is true of the ethical guidelines for doing psychological research
with animals? - answer-animals can be used, by should be treated humanely
True statement regarding enriched environments: - answer-multiple research studies
show that rats raised in enriched environments have bigger brains than rats raised in
impoverished environments
Which of the following is not one of the five ethical guidelines for medical and
psychological research - answer-honesty
Justice, beneficence, and respect for persons, responsibility, integrity = - answer-5
ethical guidelines
Obtaining informed consent - answer-having participants read and agree to sign a piece
of paper before doing an experiment
Trying to remember a new zip code but you can't get rid of your old one in your head -
answer-proactive interference
Attempted kidnapping as a child is what kind of memory? - answer-suggestibility
Memories we don't want to remember - answer-persistence , most of the time they tend
to be emotional
The inability to remember events that occur after an injury or onset of disease is termed
as - answer-anterograde amnesia
Deep processing of course material - answer-discussing the material in a study group
A psychologist who studies perception, memory, thought, language and problem solving
is most likely a - answer-cognitive psychologist
A psychologists who is studying changes in language across childhood is most likely a -
answer-developmental psychologists
Someone who studies the location of brain activity in response to pain is a - answer-
behavioral neuroscientist
