PSY 352 Exam 3 with answers
Which of the following topics would a cognitive psychologist be
most likely to study? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decision
making
Gene has a history of depression. He recently failed his psychology
exam, and is now reflecting on why this failure happened.
Gene's explanatory style is likely to be __________. - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Internal
People with positive schemas __________. - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Tend to be overly optimistic about the future
Kelly's personal construct theory suggests that personal constructs
are _________. - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Different from
person to person
Hierarchically organized
Research presented in class (Alloy et al., 2006) examined the role of
negative explanatory style in predicting future depressive episodes.
,This study found that people with a negative explanatory style are
more likely to have depressive episodes __________. -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔whether or not they have had
previous depressive episodes
In terms of social interaction, field dependent people are more
likely to be highly __________ than field independent people. -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Agreeable
Field independent people tend to complete the Embedded Figures
Task __________ than field dependent people. - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔faster
Kelly proposed that our personal constructs are _________. -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bipolar in nature
Research presented in class (Vrij et al., 1995) suggests that police
officers make better decisions about whether or not to shoot if they
are __________. - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Field independent
, Leah is strongly field independent. Which of the following careers
is Leah least likely to be in? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Education
The Rod-and-Frame Test is designed to measure __________. -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Field dependence
__________ is the act of taking in information from the outside
world through sensory organs (e.g. eyes, ears, etc.). - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Sensation
Cognitive psychologists would be likely to say that psychological
disorders (e.g. depression) are due to __________. - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔the thoughts that a person has
You are a psychologist who is conducting a study on recognition of
facial expressions. In this study, participants try to judge a person's
emotional state by looking only at that person's eyes.
Which of the following people would you expect to perform best on
this task? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Jackie, who is strongly
Which of the following topics would a cognitive psychologist be
most likely to study? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decision
making
Gene has a history of depression. He recently failed his psychology
exam, and is now reflecting on why this failure happened.
Gene's explanatory style is likely to be __________. - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Internal
People with positive schemas __________. - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Tend to be overly optimistic about the future
Kelly's personal construct theory suggests that personal constructs
are _________. - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Different from
person to person
Hierarchically organized
Research presented in class (Alloy et al., 2006) examined the role of
negative explanatory style in predicting future depressive episodes.
,This study found that people with a negative explanatory style are
more likely to have depressive episodes __________. -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔whether or not they have had
previous depressive episodes
In terms of social interaction, field dependent people are more
likely to be highly __________ than field independent people. -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Agreeable
Field independent people tend to complete the Embedded Figures
Task __________ than field dependent people. - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔faster
Kelly proposed that our personal constructs are _________. -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bipolar in nature
Research presented in class (Vrij et al., 1995) suggests that police
officers make better decisions about whether or not to shoot if they
are __________. - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Field independent
, Leah is strongly field independent. Which of the following careers
is Leah least likely to be in? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Education
The Rod-and-Frame Test is designed to measure __________. -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Field dependence
__________ is the act of taking in information from the outside
world through sensory organs (e.g. eyes, ears, etc.). - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Sensation
Cognitive psychologists would be likely to say that psychological
disorders (e.g. depression) are due to __________. - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔the thoughts that a person has
You are a psychologist who is conducting a study on recognition of
facial expressions. In this study, participants try to judge a person's
emotional state by looking only at that person's eyes.
Which of the following people would you expect to perform best on
this task? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Jackie, who is strongly
