Psychology 1000 exam questions
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Your roommate asks you for five minutes of your time, and you agree. Later she asks you for five
hours of your time. Your roommate is using the ___ technique.
1. that's-not-all
2. self-handicapping
3. door-in-the-face
4. foot-in-the-door - ANS✅✅4
A study of the experiences of a serial killer—someone with a very rare set of behaviors—is likely to
make use of ___
1. random selection
2. a case study
3. cross-sectional research
4. participant observation - ANS✅✅2
According to one study, the more hours students spend watching television, the lower their grades
in school. This relationship is an example of ___.
1. positive
2. negative
3. zero - ANS✅✅2
Genotype refers to the ___
1. genetic information carried by a cell.
2. physical or behavioral characteristics actually expressed.
3. results of a genetic mutation.
4. probability of a gene being expressed. - ANS✅✅1
What happens when the action potential reaches the terminal button?
1. The signal terminates, or ends.
2. The signal causes the vesicles to release neurotransmitters.
, 3. The terminal button sends it down the axon.
4. The signal causes reuptake of neurotransmitters in the synapse. - ANS✅✅2
A medication that blocks the reuptake of serotonin would lead to ___.
1. more serotonin in the synapse
2. less serotonin in the synapse - ANS✅✅1
Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship between two
variables? That is, which one would enable us to make the most accurate predictions of one variable
from the other?
1. 0
2. +0.5
3. -0.9
4. -0.5 - ANS✅✅3
In correlational studies, we cannot interpret which variable may be the cause and which variable
may be the effect. This phenomenon is known as ___.
1. observer bias.
2. the directionality problem.
3. experimenter expectancy effects.
4. the third variable problem. - ANS✅✅2
A social interaction during which a person responds to suggestions to experience changes in
memory, perception, and voluntary action is also called ___
1. a hallucination.
2. unconsciousness.
3. an illusion.
4. hypnosis. - ANS✅✅4
Which is the best example of the self-serving bias?
1. A blackjack player wins three hands in a row and lowers her bet, assuming the next hand must be
a loser
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Your roommate asks you for five minutes of your time, and you agree. Later she asks you for five
hours of your time. Your roommate is using the ___ technique.
1. that's-not-all
2. self-handicapping
3. door-in-the-face
4. foot-in-the-door - ANS✅✅4
A study of the experiences of a serial killer—someone with a very rare set of behaviors—is likely to
make use of ___
1. random selection
2. a case study
3. cross-sectional research
4. participant observation - ANS✅✅2
According to one study, the more hours students spend watching television, the lower their grades
in school. This relationship is an example of ___.
1. positive
2. negative
3. zero - ANS✅✅2
Genotype refers to the ___
1. genetic information carried by a cell.
2. physical or behavioral characteristics actually expressed.
3. results of a genetic mutation.
4. probability of a gene being expressed. - ANS✅✅1
What happens when the action potential reaches the terminal button?
1. The signal terminates, or ends.
2. The signal causes the vesicles to release neurotransmitters.
, 3. The terminal button sends it down the axon.
4. The signal causes reuptake of neurotransmitters in the synapse. - ANS✅✅2
A medication that blocks the reuptake of serotonin would lead to ___.
1. more serotonin in the synapse
2. less serotonin in the synapse - ANS✅✅1
Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship between two
variables? That is, which one would enable us to make the most accurate predictions of one variable
from the other?
1. 0
2. +0.5
3. -0.9
4. -0.5 - ANS✅✅3
In correlational studies, we cannot interpret which variable may be the cause and which variable
may be the effect. This phenomenon is known as ___.
1. observer bias.
2. the directionality problem.
3. experimenter expectancy effects.
4. the third variable problem. - ANS✅✅2
A social interaction during which a person responds to suggestions to experience changes in
memory, perception, and voluntary action is also called ___
1. a hallucination.
2. unconsciousness.
3. an illusion.
4. hypnosis. - ANS✅✅4
Which is the best example of the self-serving bias?
1. A blackjack player wins three hands in a row and lowers her bet, assuming the next hand must be
a loser
