PSYCHOLOGY 1000 Exam test
questions and answers graded A+
A father believes that certain behaviours are more appropriate for boys than for girls. His wife has
heard him share these beliefs and she wonders whether they are partly responsible for the fact that
he relates differently to his son, with whom he tends to use more verbal and physical prohibition
than he does with his daughter. In this example, the father's beliefs would be examples of
____________, while the fact that he treats his children differently depending on their gender
demonstrates the concept of ______________ - ANS✅✅sex-role stereotypes; sex typing
Binet made two assumptions when developing his intelligence tests. His assumptions, if true, meant
that - ANS✅✅a child who is less than competent than expected at age 5 should also be lagging at
age 10
According to the information in the textbook, emotions are adaptive because - ANS✅✅all of the
above
When making the fundamental attributional error we are most likely to blame another student's
poor academic record on - ANS✅✅low ability
When researchers use a ____________ design, they typically find that both fluid and crystallized
intelligence decline relatively early in life, but when they use a ___________ design, they often find
that both of these abilities remain stable until much later in life - ANS✅✅cross-sectional;
longitudinal
At daycare, Nicole and Christine are both fighting over a broken cookie. They both had cookies the
same size, but Nicole's broke in half and now Christine thinks that Nicole has more than she does.
When the daycare provider shows the girls that they both have equal amounts of cookie, Christine
calms down as she now understands. Nicole continues to feel superior, having more cookie than
Christine. According to Piaget - ANS✅✅Christine has mastered conservation while Nicole has not
The Triangular Model of Love (Sternberg) describes Empty Love as having - ANS✅✅low passion,
low intimacy, high decision/commitment
You realize that the PowerPoint assignment that you were going to work on this weekend is actually
due today. You feel stressed, anxious, and show signs of physiological arousal such as muscle tension
and increased heart rate and blood pressure. According to the Canon-Bard theory of emotion -
ANS✅✅the physiological arousal and subjective experience occur simultaneously
, Mr. Inwood is a retired business man. He finds that his thinking pattern has changed significantly
from when he was in his early thirties. According to Cattell, Mr. Inwood's thinking has progressed
from using __________ intelligence to depending more on _____________ intelligence -
ANS✅✅fluid, crystallized
Asch's studies of conformity in a line judgment task best exemplify - ANS✅✅normative influence
Which of the following strategies will NOT reduce groupthink? - ANS✅✅group members should
maintain a strong sense of group unity
According to Freud, what motivates much of human behavior is - ANS✅✅the battle between
unconscious impulses struggling for release and psychological defenses used to keep them under
control
As was presented in the textbook, modern emotion researchers assume that most emotions -
ANS✅✅involve a combination of cognitive, physiological, and behavioral response patterns
Deductive reasoning is reasoning from ___________, and inductive reasoning is reasoning from
______________ - ANS✅✅'top down', 'bottom up'
Higher levels of _____________ usually increase the likelihood of ______________, which consists
of unprovoked aggressive acts that are designed to establish a dominance hierarchy among
members of a particular species - ANS✅✅testosterone; social aggression
Milgram's studies of obedience demonstrated that, in general - ANS✅✅most people obey
commands made by authority figures
You are at your first class in Psychology 020 and before the professor arrives the person sitting
beside you says 'Professor Smith is a very cold individual'. You note, however, the Professor Smith
smiles a lot when he teaches. When your roommate asks you about Professor Smith, you say he is an
'icy' personality. This is an example of - ANS✅✅a primacy effect
The presence of others is likely to lead to better performance in __________ and to worse
performance in ______________ - ANS✅✅simple tasks; complex tasks
questions and answers graded A+
A father believes that certain behaviours are more appropriate for boys than for girls. His wife has
heard him share these beliefs and she wonders whether they are partly responsible for the fact that
he relates differently to his son, with whom he tends to use more verbal and physical prohibition
than he does with his daughter. In this example, the father's beliefs would be examples of
____________, while the fact that he treats his children differently depending on their gender
demonstrates the concept of ______________ - ANS✅✅sex-role stereotypes; sex typing
Binet made two assumptions when developing his intelligence tests. His assumptions, if true, meant
that - ANS✅✅a child who is less than competent than expected at age 5 should also be lagging at
age 10
According to the information in the textbook, emotions are adaptive because - ANS✅✅all of the
above
When making the fundamental attributional error we are most likely to blame another student's
poor academic record on - ANS✅✅low ability
When researchers use a ____________ design, they typically find that both fluid and crystallized
intelligence decline relatively early in life, but when they use a ___________ design, they often find
that both of these abilities remain stable until much later in life - ANS✅✅cross-sectional;
longitudinal
At daycare, Nicole and Christine are both fighting over a broken cookie. They both had cookies the
same size, but Nicole's broke in half and now Christine thinks that Nicole has more than she does.
When the daycare provider shows the girls that they both have equal amounts of cookie, Christine
calms down as she now understands. Nicole continues to feel superior, having more cookie than
Christine. According to Piaget - ANS✅✅Christine has mastered conservation while Nicole has not
The Triangular Model of Love (Sternberg) describes Empty Love as having - ANS✅✅low passion,
low intimacy, high decision/commitment
You realize that the PowerPoint assignment that you were going to work on this weekend is actually
due today. You feel stressed, anxious, and show signs of physiological arousal such as muscle tension
and increased heart rate and blood pressure. According to the Canon-Bard theory of emotion -
ANS✅✅the physiological arousal and subjective experience occur simultaneously
, Mr. Inwood is a retired business man. He finds that his thinking pattern has changed significantly
from when he was in his early thirties. According to Cattell, Mr. Inwood's thinking has progressed
from using __________ intelligence to depending more on _____________ intelligence -
ANS✅✅fluid, crystallized
Asch's studies of conformity in a line judgment task best exemplify - ANS✅✅normative influence
Which of the following strategies will NOT reduce groupthink? - ANS✅✅group members should
maintain a strong sense of group unity
According to Freud, what motivates much of human behavior is - ANS✅✅the battle between
unconscious impulses struggling for release and psychological defenses used to keep them under
control
As was presented in the textbook, modern emotion researchers assume that most emotions -
ANS✅✅involve a combination of cognitive, physiological, and behavioral response patterns
Deductive reasoning is reasoning from ___________, and inductive reasoning is reasoning from
______________ - ANS✅✅'top down', 'bottom up'
Higher levels of _____________ usually increase the likelihood of ______________, which consists
of unprovoked aggressive acts that are designed to establish a dominance hierarchy among
members of a particular species - ANS✅✅testosterone; social aggression
Milgram's studies of obedience demonstrated that, in general - ANS✅✅most people obey
commands made by authority figures
You are at your first class in Psychology 020 and before the professor arrives the person sitting
beside you says 'Professor Smith is a very cold individual'. You note, however, the Professor Smith
smiles a lot when he teaches. When your roommate asks you about Professor Smith, you say he is an
'icy' personality. This is an example of - ANS✅✅a primacy effect
The presence of others is likely to lead to better performance in __________ and to worse
performance in ______________ - ANS✅✅simple tasks; complex tasks
