PSYCHOLOGY 101 FULL FINAL EXAM
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Psychology 101: Introduction to Psychology Final Examination
1. A patient loses the ability to form new long-term memories
following a severe traumatic brain injury, though they can still
easily recall events from their childhood and mirror-type
motor skills. A structural MRI reveals localized tissue damage
in the temporal lobe. Which specific subcortical brain
structure was most likely compromised by this trauma?
A) The amygdala
B) The hippocampus
C) The basal ganglia
D) The lateral hypothalamus
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The hippocampus is the primary subcortical structure
responsible for memory consolidation, which is the process of
converting short-term memories into stable long-term explicit
memories. Damage leaves remote memories and implicit procedural
habits (handled by the basal ganglia and cerebellum) intact.
2. During a neurological assessment, a physician shines a
penlight into a patient’s left eye, causing the pupil to instantly
constrict. This rapid, involuntary survival response is
managed by neural pathways that bypass the cerebral cortex
entirely. Which major branch of the human nervous system
coordinates this specific involuntary visceral reaction?
A) The somatic nervous system
B) The autonomic nervous system
,C) The central somatosensory cortex
D) The voluntary motor pathway
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The autonomic nervous system regulates the involuntary,
automatic functions of smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and endocrine
glands. Pupil constriction in response to environmental light stimuli is
a visceral reflex managed by this autonomic network.
3. A researcher designs an experiment to test whether a new
herbal supplement improves verbal memory in older adults.
Group A receives a capsule containing 500mg of the active
herbal extract, while Group B receives an identical looking
capsule filled with inert cornstarch. In this experimental
design, the inert cornstarch capsule serves as what?
A) The independent variable
B) The dependent variable
C) The placebo control
D) The confounding variable
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A placebo is an inactive or inert substance given to a control
group to evaluate and isolate the psychological effects of expectation
from the true biochemical efficacy of an active independent variable
substance.
4. While walking alone through a dark forest at midnight, a
hiker hears a sudden, loud growling noise behind a nearby
bush. Instantly, their heart rate spikes, their respiration
increases, their pupils dilate, and non-essential digestion
stops completely. Which specific division of the nervous
system has been activated to prepare the body for survival?
A) The parasympathetic nervous system
B) The sympathetic nervous system
C) The somatic motor system
D) The central visual cortex
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The sympathetic nervous system initiates the body's acute
stress response, commonly known as the "fight-or-flight" response. It
redirects metabolic resources away from vegetative tasks (like
,digestion) and toward the heart, lungs, and muscles to face an
immediate threat.
5. An individual goes to a loud rock concert and initially finds
the thumping bass and screeching guitars almost
overwhelmingly loud. However, after standing near the stage
for forty-five minutes, they notice that the sound no longer
feels intensely loud or disruptive. What physiological sensory
process explains this shift?
A) Sensory adaptation
B) Perceptual constancy
C) Transduction threshold shift
D) Top-down selective processing
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Sensory adaptation occurs when biological sensory receptor
cells show a progressive decrease in firing frequency when exposed to a
continuous, unchanging environmental stimulus over time. This keeps
our attention free for novel changes.
6. A cognitive psychologist presents a participant with a series
of flashing visual shapes on a screen, but the participant is so
intensely focused on counting the total number of black
triangles that they fail to see a bright red gorilla walk directly
across the background. This psychological phenomenon is
known as:
A) Change blindness
B) Inattentional blindness
C) Bottom-up sensory decay
D) Absolute threshold shift
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Inattentional blindness happens when a person fails to
perceive an unexpected visual stimulus that is in plain sight, simply
because their selective attentional resources are entirely consumed by a
primary demanding task.
7. A split-brain patient, whose corpus callosum was surgically
severed to treat intractable epilepsy, is seated at a table. An
experimenter flashes the visual word "APPLE" exclusively to
the patient’s right visual field, and the word "BANANA"
exclusively to the patient’s left visual field. When asked to
, state verbally what word they saw, what will the patient say?
[1]
A) "I saw a banana."
B) "I saw an apple."
C) "I saw an apple banana."
D) "I saw absolutely nothing."
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Stimuli presented to the right visual field project directly to
the left cerebral hemisphere. In the vast majority of humans, language
production centers (such as Broca's area) reside in the left hemisphere,
allowing the patient to speak the word "APPLE" but not the word
"BANANA" (which went to the non-verbal right hemisphere).
8. A child goes to a doctor’s clinic and receives a series of
painful allergy injections. Initially, the child only cries in
direct response to the needle puncture. However, after six
monthly visits, the child begins crying the moment they see the
doctor's white laboratory coat in the waiting room. In classical
conditioning terms, the white laboratory coat has become the:
A) Unconditioned stimulus
B) Unconditioned response
C) Conditioned stimulus
D) Conditioned response
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The white lab coat was originally a neutral stimulus.
Through repeated pairings with the painful needle puncture (the
unconditioned stimulus), it became a conditioned stimulus capable of
triggering an anticipatory conditioned response (crying).
9. A parent wants to train their toddler to clear their dinner
plate from the kitchen table. The parent begins by praising the
child for simply picking up the plate, then only praises them
for carrying it halfway, and finally only offers praise when the
child places it gently into the kitchen sink. This behavioral
training technique is called:
A) Systematic desensitization
B) Latent learning facilitation
C) Shaping via successive approximations
D) Intermittent negative reinforcement
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Psychology 101: Introduction to Psychology Final Examination
1. A patient loses the ability to form new long-term memories
following a severe traumatic brain injury, though they can still
easily recall events from their childhood and mirror-type
motor skills. A structural MRI reveals localized tissue damage
in the temporal lobe. Which specific subcortical brain
structure was most likely compromised by this trauma?
A) The amygdala
B) The hippocampus
C) The basal ganglia
D) The lateral hypothalamus
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The hippocampus is the primary subcortical structure
responsible for memory consolidation, which is the process of
converting short-term memories into stable long-term explicit
memories. Damage leaves remote memories and implicit procedural
habits (handled by the basal ganglia and cerebellum) intact.
2. During a neurological assessment, a physician shines a
penlight into a patient’s left eye, causing the pupil to instantly
constrict. This rapid, involuntary survival response is
managed by neural pathways that bypass the cerebral cortex
entirely. Which major branch of the human nervous system
coordinates this specific involuntary visceral reaction?
A) The somatic nervous system
B) The autonomic nervous system
,C) The central somatosensory cortex
D) The voluntary motor pathway
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The autonomic nervous system regulates the involuntary,
automatic functions of smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and endocrine
glands. Pupil constriction in response to environmental light stimuli is
a visceral reflex managed by this autonomic network.
3. A researcher designs an experiment to test whether a new
herbal supplement improves verbal memory in older adults.
Group A receives a capsule containing 500mg of the active
herbal extract, while Group B receives an identical looking
capsule filled with inert cornstarch. In this experimental
design, the inert cornstarch capsule serves as what?
A) The independent variable
B) The dependent variable
C) The placebo control
D) The confounding variable
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A placebo is an inactive or inert substance given to a control
group to evaluate and isolate the psychological effects of expectation
from the true biochemical efficacy of an active independent variable
substance.
4. While walking alone through a dark forest at midnight, a
hiker hears a sudden, loud growling noise behind a nearby
bush. Instantly, their heart rate spikes, their respiration
increases, their pupils dilate, and non-essential digestion
stops completely. Which specific division of the nervous
system has been activated to prepare the body for survival?
A) The parasympathetic nervous system
B) The sympathetic nervous system
C) The somatic motor system
D) The central visual cortex
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The sympathetic nervous system initiates the body's acute
stress response, commonly known as the "fight-or-flight" response. It
redirects metabolic resources away from vegetative tasks (like
,digestion) and toward the heart, lungs, and muscles to face an
immediate threat.
5. An individual goes to a loud rock concert and initially finds
the thumping bass and screeching guitars almost
overwhelmingly loud. However, after standing near the stage
for forty-five minutes, they notice that the sound no longer
feels intensely loud or disruptive. What physiological sensory
process explains this shift?
A) Sensory adaptation
B) Perceptual constancy
C) Transduction threshold shift
D) Top-down selective processing
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Sensory adaptation occurs when biological sensory receptor
cells show a progressive decrease in firing frequency when exposed to a
continuous, unchanging environmental stimulus over time. This keeps
our attention free for novel changes.
6. A cognitive psychologist presents a participant with a series
of flashing visual shapes on a screen, but the participant is so
intensely focused on counting the total number of black
triangles that they fail to see a bright red gorilla walk directly
across the background. This psychological phenomenon is
known as:
A) Change blindness
B) Inattentional blindness
C) Bottom-up sensory decay
D) Absolute threshold shift
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Inattentional blindness happens when a person fails to
perceive an unexpected visual stimulus that is in plain sight, simply
because their selective attentional resources are entirely consumed by a
primary demanding task.
7. A split-brain patient, whose corpus callosum was surgically
severed to treat intractable epilepsy, is seated at a table. An
experimenter flashes the visual word "APPLE" exclusively to
the patient’s right visual field, and the word "BANANA"
exclusively to the patient’s left visual field. When asked to
, state verbally what word they saw, what will the patient say?
[1]
A) "I saw a banana."
B) "I saw an apple."
C) "I saw an apple banana."
D) "I saw absolutely nothing."
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Stimuli presented to the right visual field project directly to
the left cerebral hemisphere. In the vast majority of humans, language
production centers (such as Broca's area) reside in the left hemisphere,
allowing the patient to speak the word "APPLE" but not the word
"BANANA" (which went to the non-verbal right hemisphere).
8. A child goes to a doctor’s clinic and receives a series of
painful allergy injections. Initially, the child only cries in
direct response to the needle puncture. However, after six
monthly visits, the child begins crying the moment they see the
doctor's white laboratory coat in the waiting room. In classical
conditioning terms, the white laboratory coat has become the:
A) Unconditioned stimulus
B) Unconditioned response
C) Conditioned stimulus
D) Conditioned response
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The white lab coat was originally a neutral stimulus.
Through repeated pairings with the painful needle puncture (the
unconditioned stimulus), it became a conditioned stimulus capable of
triggering an anticipatory conditioned response (crying).
9. A parent wants to train their toddler to clear their dinner
plate from the kitchen table. The parent begins by praising the
child for simply picking up the plate, then only praises them
for carrying it halfway, and finally only offers praise when the
child places it gently into the kitchen sink. This behavioral
training technique is called:
A) Systematic desensitization
B) Latent learning facilitation
C) Shaping via successive approximations
D) Intermittent negative reinforcement
