Psych 121 final Radford university
questions well answered graded A+
Cognitive restructuring - correct answer ✔✔teaches clients to question the automatic beliefs
assumptions , & predictions that often lead to negative thinking with more realistic and positive
beliefs
Mindfulness meditation - correct answer ✔✔teaches clients to be fully present in each moment
; be aware of own thoughts , feelings , & sensations ; & detect symptoms before they become a
problem
Cognitive behavioral therapy ( CBT ) : - correct answer ✔✔blend of cognitive & behavioral
strategies
Client centered therapy - correct answer ✔✔1. Unconditional positive regard : unqualified love
& acceptance
2. Empathetic understanding : understanding of problems & emotions ( vs sympathy ) 3.
Congruence : genuine - body language matches speech
Humanistic Therapy - correct answer ✔✔Self directed, therapist tends not to provide advice or
tell a client what to do. Belief that client will recognize right things to do with adequate support
Social psychology - correct answer ✔✔study of causes consequences of social habits
Social behavior - correct answer ✔✔how people interact with one another
Social influence - correct answer ✔✔how people change each other
, Social cognition - correct answer ✔✔how people think about each other
Attribution theory - correct answer ✔✔framework for understanding reasons behind the
actions of others
Attributions - correct answer ✔✔process of how we infer the cause of our own behavior or
another person's behavior
Self - fulfilling prophecy - correct answer ✔✔process by which expectations about a person
eventually lead to that person behaving in ways that confirm those expectations
Stanley Milgram - correct answer ✔✔conducted a series of experiments assessing obedience to
authority Findings :
Philip Zimbardo - correct answer ✔✔examined the power that situations have over determining
behaviors, Stanford Prison Experiment
Solomon Asch - correct answer ✔✔conducted a study to test how the presence of others
impacts conformity
Groupthink - correct answer ✔✔group decision - making style characterized by excessive
tendency among group members to reach same consensus
Cognitive dissonance - correct answer ✔✔unpleasant state of psychological tension ( or
dissonance ) when you realize inconsistency of own actions , attitudes , & / or beliefs
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔negative attitudes toward people who belong to specific social
group Learned via environment
questions well answered graded A+
Cognitive restructuring - correct answer ✔✔teaches clients to question the automatic beliefs
assumptions , & predictions that often lead to negative thinking with more realistic and positive
beliefs
Mindfulness meditation - correct answer ✔✔teaches clients to be fully present in each moment
; be aware of own thoughts , feelings , & sensations ; & detect symptoms before they become a
problem
Cognitive behavioral therapy ( CBT ) : - correct answer ✔✔blend of cognitive & behavioral
strategies
Client centered therapy - correct answer ✔✔1. Unconditional positive regard : unqualified love
& acceptance
2. Empathetic understanding : understanding of problems & emotions ( vs sympathy ) 3.
Congruence : genuine - body language matches speech
Humanistic Therapy - correct answer ✔✔Self directed, therapist tends not to provide advice or
tell a client what to do. Belief that client will recognize right things to do with adequate support
Social psychology - correct answer ✔✔study of causes consequences of social habits
Social behavior - correct answer ✔✔how people interact with one another
Social influence - correct answer ✔✔how people change each other
, Social cognition - correct answer ✔✔how people think about each other
Attribution theory - correct answer ✔✔framework for understanding reasons behind the
actions of others
Attributions - correct answer ✔✔process of how we infer the cause of our own behavior or
another person's behavior
Self - fulfilling prophecy - correct answer ✔✔process by which expectations about a person
eventually lead to that person behaving in ways that confirm those expectations
Stanley Milgram - correct answer ✔✔conducted a series of experiments assessing obedience to
authority Findings :
Philip Zimbardo - correct answer ✔✔examined the power that situations have over determining
behaviors, Stanford Prison Experiment
Solomon Asch - correct answer ✔✔conducted a study to test how the presence of others
impacts conformity
Groupthink - correct answer ✔✔group decision - making style characterized by excessive
tendency among group members to reach same consensus
Cognitive dissonance - correct answer ✔✔unpleasant state of psychological tension ( or
dissonance ) when you realize inconsistency of own actions , attitudes , & / or beliefs
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔negative attitudes toward people who belong to specific social
group Learned via environment
