Psych 290 Exam 1 umich UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
definitions of personality presented in lecture and textbook - CORRECT ANSWER textbook:
patterns of though. emotion, and behavior with psych mechanisms behind those patterns
lecture: consistency in peoples thoughts feelings and behavior over time and across situations
psychological triad - CORRECT ANSWER feel, think, behave (overlapping conflict)
basic approach - CORRECT ANSWER limits what one looks at, paradigm, personality psych is
organized around several different basic approaches
trait approach (1) - CORRECT ANSWER personality traits to measure individual differences
biological approach (2) - CORRECT ANSWER understand mind in terms of the body
psychoanalytic approach (3) - CORRECT ANSWER unconscious mind and internal mental conflict
phemenological approach (4) - CORRECT ANSWER focused on conscious experience and
awareness
humanistic psych - CORRECT ANSWER how conscious awareness can proceed such uniquely
human attributes like existential anxiety, creativity, and free will
cross-cultural - CORRECT ANSWER how psych and reality may be different in different cultures
learning (5) - CORRECT ANSWER how behavior is changed as a result of rewards, punishments,
and other experiences in life
,behaviorists - CORRECT ANSWER overt behavior and how it is affected by rewards/ punishments
social learning - CORRECT ANSWER which behaviors are learned and how thee are performed
example of trait approach - CORRECT ANSWER the big five
example of psychoanalytic approach - CORRECT ANSWER dream analysis
example of phenmenological approach - CORRECT ANSWER two personalities w different
languages
example of biological - CORRECT ANSWER looking at genes vs personality
example of social learning - CORRECT ANSWER systematic desensitization
S-Data - CORRECT ANSWER self report
face validity - CORRECT ANSWER intends to measure what it seems to measure (under S-data so
keep that in mind)
pros/cons of S-Data - CORRECT ANSWER pro: best expert
con: fish in water illusion
I-Data - CORRECT ANSWER informant's report
judgments - CORRECT ANSWER subjective, human, biased
, expectancy effect - CORRECT ANSWER behavioral confirmation. If others expect you to be
something, you become that in their minds
I-Data pro/con - CORRECT ANSWER pro: pretty reliable, easy to administer
con: biased
L-Data - CORRECT ANSWER life data
L-Data pro/con - CORRECT ANSWER pro: objective
con: doesnt give you the "why: or "how"
B-data - CORRECT ANSWER behavioral data
B-data pros and cons - CORRECT ANSWER pro: control over context
con: situational
psychological measures - CORRECT ANSWER blood pressure, heart rate, CAT scans, etc
measurement error - CORRECT ANSWER variation of a number around its true mean due to
uncontrolled, essentially random influences; also called error variance
how does measurement error influence reliability - CORRECT ANSWER you cant trust something
it the info is skewed, and it affects repeatability
reliability - CORRECT ANSWER stability or repeatability of measurements. Reliable data are
measurements that reflect what you are trying to asses and are not affected by anything else
validity - CORRECT ANSWER degree to which a measurement actually measures what it is trying
to measure
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
definitions of personality presented in lecture and textbook - CORRECT ANSWER textbook:
patterns of though. emotion, and behavior with psych mechanisms behind those patterns
lecture: consistency in peoples thoughts feelings and behavior over time and across situations
psychological triad - CORRECT ANSWER feel, think, behave (overlapping conflict)
basic approach - CORRECT ANSWER limits what one looks at, paradigm, personality psych is
organized around several different basic approaches
trait approach (1) - CORRECT ANSWER personality traits to measure individual differences
biological approach (2) - CORRECT ANSWER understand mind in terms of the body
psychoanalytic approach (3) - CORRECT ANSWER unconscious mind and internal mental conflict
phemenological approach (4) - CORRECT ANSWER focused on conscious experience and
awareness
humanistic psych - CORRECT ANSWER how conscious awareness can proceed such uniquely
human attributes like existential anxiety, creativity, and free will
cross-cultural - CORRECT ANSWER how psych and reality may be different in different cultures
learning (5) - CORRECT ANSWER how behavior is changed as a result of rewards, punishments,
and other experiences in life
,behaviorists - CORRECT ANSWER overt behavior and how it is affected by rewards/ punishments
social learning - CORRECT ANSWER which behaviors are learned and how thee are performed
example of trait approach - CORRECT ANSWER the big five
example of psychoanalytic approach - CORRECT ANSWER dream analysis
example of phenmenological approach - CORRECT ANSWER two personalities w different
languages
example of biological - CORRECT ANSWER looking at genes vs personality
example of social learning - CORRECT ANSWER systematic desensitization
S-Data - CORRECT ANSWER self report
face validity - CORRECT ANSWER intends to measure what it seems to measure (under S-data so
keep that in mind)
pros/cons of S-Data - CORRECT ANSWER pro: best expert
con: fish in water illusion
I-Data - CORRECT ANSWER informant's report
judgments - CORRECT ANSWER subjective, human, biased
, expectancy effect - CORRECT ANSWER behavioral confirmation. If others expect you to be
something, you become that in their minds
I-Data pro/con - CORRECT ANSWER pro: pretty reliable, easy to administer
con: biased
L-Data - CORRECT ANSWER life data
L-Data pro/con - CORRECT ANSWER pro: objective
con: doesnt give you the "why: or "how"
B-data - CORRECT ANSWER behavioral data
B-data pros and cons - CORRECT ANSWER pro: control over context
con: situational
psychological measures - CORRECT ANSWER blood pressure, heart rate, CAT scans, etc
measurement error - CORRECT ANSWER variation of a number around its true mean due to
uncontrolled, essentially random influences; also called error variance
how does measurement error influence reliability - CORRECT ANSWER you cant trust something
it the info is skewed, and it affects repeatability
reliability - CORRECT ANSWER stability or repeatability of measurements. Reliable data are
measurements that reflect what you are trying to asses and are not affected by anything else
validity - CORRECT ANSWER degree to which a measurement actually measures what it is trying
to measure
