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Exam Solution
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PSYC 101 Exam 1 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE
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SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (0D81D)
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QUESTION 1 ms
What is psychology?
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ANSWER
Psychology is about understanding all the things we do Psych is practical; investigating human beha
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vior in a scientific way It teaches us a healthy respect for the complexity of behavior
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QUESTION 2 ms
Psych come from 2 parent disiplines
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philosophy & physiology ms ms
QUESTION 3 ms
Wilhelm Wundt ms
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founded the 1st formal psychology laboratory & founded the 1st journal devoted to publishing psych
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ology research Wundt - conscious experience
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QUESTION 4 ms
Sigmund Freud ms
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psychoanalysis unconscious - ms ms
the unconscious contains thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of consci
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ous awareness but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior Freudian slips
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,QUESTION 5 ms
John
B. Watson
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Behaviorism
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Behavior
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refers to any overt/observable response or activity by an organism
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QUESTION 7 ms
nature vs. nurturems ms
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concerned with whether behavior is determined mainly by genetic inheritance (nature) or by enviro
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nment and experience (nurture)
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QUESTION 8 ms
Skinner principle of behavior
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ANSWER
Organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes, and they tend to not repeat resp
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onses that lead to neutral or negative outcomes Skinner box Free will is an illusion
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QUESTION 9 ms
Humanism
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theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and
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their potential for personal growth takes an optimistic view of human nature
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QUESTION 10 ms
B. F. Skinner would say this . . .
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,ANSWER
"In the traditional view, a person is free . . He can therefore be held responsible for what he does a
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nd justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be reexamin
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ed when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environ
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ment." = explaining why he believes that freedom is an illusion
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QUESTION 11 ms
Carl Rogers would say this . . .
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ANSWER
"I do not have a Pollyanna view of human nature. . . . Yet one of the most refreshing and invigorati
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ng parts of my experience is to work with [my clients] and to discover the strongly positive directio
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nal tendencies which exist in them, as in all of us, at the deepest levels." = commenting on others' a
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ssertion that he had an overly optimistic (Pollyannaish) view of human potential and discussing hum
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ans' basic drive toward personal growth.
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QUESTION 12 ms
Behavioral people ms
ANSWER
John
B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov
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QUESTION 13 ms
Behavioral subject matter ms ms
ANSWER
effects of environment on the overt behavior of humans and animals
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QUESTION 14 ms
Behavioral basic premise ms ms
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Only observable events (stimulus-response relations) can be studied scientifically
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QUESTION 15 ms
Psychoanalytic people ms
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, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler
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QUESTION 16 ms
Psychoanalytical subject matter ms ms
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unconscious determinants of behavior
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QUESTION 17 ms
Psychoanalytical basic premise ms ms
ANSWER
unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders
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QUESTION 18 ms
Humanistic people ms
ANSWER
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
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QUESTION 19 ms
Humanistic subject matter ms ms
ANSWER
unique aspects of human experience
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QUESTION 20 ms
Humanistic basic premise ms ms
ANSWER
Humans are free, rational beings with the potential for personal growth, and they are fundamentally
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different from animals
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QUESTION 21 ms
Cognitive people ms
ANSWER
Exam Solution
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PSYC 101 Exam 1 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE
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SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (0D81D)
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QUESTION 1 ms
What is psychology?
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ANSWER
Psychology is about understanding all the things we do Psych is practical; investigating human beha
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vior in a scientific way It teaches us a healthy respect for the complexity of behavior
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QUESTION 2 ms
Psych come from 2 parent disiplines
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ANSWER
philosophy & physiology ms ms
QUESTION 3 ms
Wilhelm Wundt ms
ANSWER
founded the 1st formal psychology laboratory & founded the 1st journal devoted to publishing psych
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ology research Wundt - conscious experience
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QUESTION 4 ms
Sigmund Freud ms
ANSWER
psychoanalysis unconscious - ms ms
the unconscious contains thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of consci
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ous awareness but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior Freudian slips
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,QUESTION 5 ms
John
B. Watson
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ANSWER
Behaviorism
QUESTION 6 ms
Behavior
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refers to any overt/observable response or activity by an organism
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QUESTION 7 ms
nature vs. nurturems ms
ANSWER
concerned with whether behavior is determined mainly by genetic inheritance (nature) or by enviro
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nment and experience (nurture)
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QUESTION 8 ms
Skinner principle of behavior
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ANSWER
Organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes, and they tend to not repeat resp
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onses that lead to neutral or negative outcomes Skinner box Free will is an illusion
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QUESTION 9 ms
Humanism
ANSWER
theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and
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their potential for personal growth takes an optimistic view of human nature
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QUESTION 10 ms
B. F. Skinner would say this . . .
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,ANSWER
"In the traditional view, a person is free . . He can therefore be held responsible for what he does a
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nd justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be reexamin
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ed when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environ
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ment." = explaining why he believes that freedom is an illusion
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QUESTION 11 ms
Carl Rogers would say this . . .
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ANSWER
"I do not have a Pollyanna view of human nature. . . . Yet one of the most refreshing and invigorati
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ng parts of my experience is to work with [my clients] and to discover the strongly positive directio
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nal tendencies which exist in them, as in all of us, at the deepest levels." = commenting on others' a
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ssertion that he had an overly optimistic (Pollyannaish) view of human potential and discussing hum
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ans' basic drive toward personal growth.
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QUESTION 12 ms
Behavioral people ms
ANSWER
John
B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov
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QUESTION 13 ms
Behavioral subject matter ms ms
ANSWER
effects of environment on the overt behavior of humans and animals
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QUESTION 14 ms
Behavioral basic premise ms ms
ANSWER
Only observable events (stimulus-response relations) can be studied scientifically
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QUESTION 15 ms
Psychoanalytic people ms
ANSWER
, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler
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QUESTION 16 ms
Psychoanalytical subject matter ms ms
ANSWER
unconscious determinants of behavior
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QUESTION 17 ms
Psychoanalytical basic premise ms ms
ANSWER
unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders
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QUESTION 18 ms
Humanistic people ms
ANSWER
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
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QUESTION 19 ms
Humanistic subject matter ms ms
ANSWER
unique aspects of human experience
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QUESTION 20 ms
Humanistic basic premise ms ms
ANSWER
Humans are free, rational beings with the potential for personal growth, and they are fundamentally
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different from animals
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QUESTION 21 ms
Cognitive people ms
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