Psychology 1000 Exam questions
and answers graded A+
What happens when a student has an unexcused absence from a research experiment (doesn't show
up for exp. they signed up for)? - ANS✅✅They will not receive the no "no show" bonus at the end
of the semester (7 pts.)
What are the policies to make-up missed participation (iClicker/REEF) points when a student misses
class? - ANS✅✅You are to visit him in his office hours with an official written excuse within one
week of your absence
What is the penalty if a student is absent but has another student respond with their clicker? -
ANS✅✅You will forfeit all participation points and will also be referred to the provost for
disciplinary action
Describe Nature vs. Nurture debate. How might each explain why someone excels in a field? -
ANS✅✅Nature- psychological characteristics are biologically innate (born with smart genes or
athletic genes)
Nurture- psychological characteristics are acquired through education, experience, and culture
(studied hard, practiced hard to acquire talent)
What is introspection? - ANS✅✅An analysis of subjective mental experiences that require people
to examine and report on content of their own thoughts
What is behaviorism? - ANS✅✅Emphasis on external behaviors and reactions to situations rather
than internal mental state. Relationship between environment and responses.
John Watson - ANS✅✅1879-1958; Grad student who studied "determinist" perspective on
behavior (no free will, action has cause not nervous system.) Promoted behaviorism.
How might a behaviorist explain why someone excels or has a psychological problem? What are the
major assumptions with behaviorism? What would a behaviorist support in a nature vs. nurture
debate? - ANS✅✅Exposed to it when they were little. (child/animal video) Psychological disorders
come from environment (fear, phobias, ect.) and are treated by changing behavioral patterns.
Nurture--we are who we are today based on the environment and our experiences.
, Neuroscience/Biological Psychologists - ANS✅✅How brain works
Cognitive Psychologists - ANS✅✅Memory, how you retain information, talking, decision making,
perceiving
Developmental Psychologists - ANS✅✅How you change over a course of time--infancy to old age
Personality Psychologists - ANS✅✅How we consistently behave. Why? Introvert vs. Extrovert
--how genes, culture, environment context shape our personality
Social Psychologists - ANS✅✅Interaction w/ people, how others influence us, peer pressure, ect.
Cultural Psychologists - ANS✅✅How your beliefs differ from others
Clinical Psychologists - ANS✅✅Psych disorders
Counseling Psychologists - ANS✅✅Helping w/ psych disorders
School Psychologists - ANS✅✅Prepare you for your future, help with problems that interfere with
learning
Industrial/Organizational Psychologists - ANS✅✅Large groups, think of most efficient way to run a
business/organization
What is an evolutionary approach to psychology? - ANS✅✅The brain, its activity, and resulting
behaviors have evolved over millions of years. Occurred in response to our ancestors' problems
related to survival and reproduction. Memory, perception, and language are seen as adaptions.
What is the influence of culture on behavior? - ANS✅✅Cultural rules are learned as norms--how
people should behave in different contexts (don't laugh at funeral)
Biological (levels of analysis) - ANS✅✅Brain systems, neurochemistry, genetics
and answers graded A+
What happens when a student has an unexcused absence from a research experiment (doesn't show
up for exp. they signed up for)? - ANS✅✅They will not receive the no "no show" bonus at the end
of the semester (7 pts.)
What are the policies to make-up missed participation (iClicker/REEF) points when a student misses
class? - ANS✅✅You are to visit him in his office hours with an official written excuse within one
week of your absence
What is the penalty if a student is absent but has another student respond with their clicker? -
ANS✅✅You will forfeit all participation points and will also be referred to the provost for
disciplinary action
Describe Nature vs. Nurture debate. How might each explain why someone excels in a field? -
ANS✅✅Nature- psychological characteristics are biologically innate (born with smart genes or
athletic genes)
Nurture- psychological characteristics are acquired through education, experience, and culture
(studied hard, practiced hard to acquire talent)
What is introspection? - ANS✅✅An analysis of subjective mental experiences that require people
to examine and report on content of their own thoughts
What is behaviorism? - ANS✅✅Emphasis on external behaviors and reactions to situations rather
than internal mental state. Relationship between environment and responses.
John Watson - ANS✅✅1879-1958; Grad student who studied "determinist" perspective on
behavior (no free will, action has cause not nervous system.) Promoted behaviorism.
How might a behaviorist explain why someone excels or has a psychological problem? What are the
major assumptions with behaviorism? What would a behaviorist support in a nature vs. nurture
debate? - ANS✅✅Exposed to it when they were little. (child/animal video) Psychological disorders
come from environment (fear, phobias, ect.) and are treated by changing behavioral patterns.
Nurture--we are who we are today based on the environment and our experiences.
, Neuroscience/Biological Psychologists - ANS✅✅How brain works
Cognitive Psychologists - ANS✅✅Memory, how you retain information, talking, decision making,
perceiving
Developmental Psychologists - ANS✅✅How you change over a course of time--infancy to old age
Personality Psychologists - ANS✅✅How we consistently behave. Why? Introvert vs. Extrovert
--how genes, culture, environment context shape our personality
Social Psychologists - ANS✅✅Interaction w/ people, how others influence us, peer pressure, ect.
Cultural Psychologists - ANS✅✅How your beliefs differ from others
Clinical Psychologists - ANS✅✅Psych disorders
Counseling Psychologists - ANS✅✅Helping w/ psych disorders
School Psychologists - ANS✅✅Prepare you for your future, help with problems that interfere with
learning
Industrial/Organizational Psychologists - ANS✅✅Large groups, think of most efficient way to run a
business/organization
What is an evolutionary approach to psychology? - ANS✅✅The brain, its activity, and resulting
behaviors have evolved over millions of years. Occurred in response to our ancestors' problems
related to survival and reproduction. Memory, perception, and language are seen as adaptions.
What is the influence of culture on behavior? - ANS✅✅Cultural rules are learned as norms--how
people should behave in different contexts (don't laugh at funeral)
Biological (levels of analysis) - ANS✅✅Brain systems, neurochemistry, genetics
