PSYC 379 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWER; LATEST UPDATED
VERSION 2026; ALREADY GRADED A+
______ ______ ______: attributing others'
behavior/outcomes to the actor's disposition even in the
presence of very obvious situational causal factors -
correct answer- fundamental attribution error
______ ______ ______: humans are aware of and
terrified of inevitable death. Higher self esteem helps
cope with that fear - correct answer- terror
management theory
______ ______ attachment: doesn't care when left or
returned, slight interruption of play - correct
answer- insecure avoidant
______ ______ attachment: upset when left, extremely
attached upon return, does not return to play -
correct answer- insecure ambivalent
,______ ______ attachment: upset when left, scared to
seek comfort upon return - correct answer-
insecure disorganized
______ _______: process of forming impressions about
others. Judgments of appearance, attractiveness,
personality traits, and recognizing others - correct
answer- person perception
______ ______: defensiveness, externalization of blame -
correct answer- ahq mentality
______ ______: govern how universal emotions should be
expressed - correct answer- display rules
______ ______: one is not recognized as a member of the
group to which they identify - correct answer-
identity denial
______ adaptations: goals, values, motives, beliefs, self-
concepts, etc that account for additional individual
, differences and that result from the interaction of basic
tendencies and environmental influences - correct
answer- characteristic
______ advantage: better at recognizing emotions of
those within same cultural group than outside of group -
correct answer- ingroup
______ attachment: upset when left, happy when mom
comes back, returns to play quickly - correct
answer- secure
______ attributions (dispositional): specify cause of
behavior for others is within that person - correct
answer- internal
______ attributions (situational): locate cause of behavior
as outside a person such as other people, luck, nature, or
God - correct answer- external
AND ANSWER; LATEST UPDATED
VERSION 2026; ALREADY GRADED A+
______ ______ ______: attributing others'
behavior/outcomes to the actor's disposition even in the
presence of very obvious situational causal factors -
correct answer- fundamental attribution error
______ ______ ______: humans are aware of and
terrified of inevitable death. Higher self esteem helps
cope with that fear - correct answer- terror
management theory
______ ______ attachment: doesn't care when left or
returned, slight interruption of play - correct
answer- insecure avoidant
______ ______ attachment: upset when left, extremely
attached upon return, does not return to play -
correct answer- insecure ambivalent
,______ ______ attachment: upset when left, scared to
seek comfort upon return - correct answer-
insecure disorganized
______ _______: process of forming impressions about
others. Judgments of appearance, attractiveness,
personality traits, and recognizing others - correct
answer- person perception
______ ______: defensiveness, externalization of blame -
correct answer- ahq mentality
______ ______: govern how universal emotions should be
expressed - correct answer- display rules
______ ______: one is not recognized as a member of the
group to which they identify - correct answer-
identity denial
______ adaptations: goals, values, motives, beliefs, self-
concepts, etc that account for additional individual
, differences and that result from the interaction of basic
tendencies and environmental influences - correct
answer- characteristic
______ advantage: better at recognizing emotions of
those within same cultural group than outside of group -
correct answer- ingroup
______ attachment: upset when left, happy when mom
comes back, returns to play quickly - correct
answer- secure
______ attributions (dispositional): specify cause of
behavior for others is within that person - correct
answer- internal
______ attributions (situational): locate cause of behavior
as outside a person such as other people, luck, nature, or
God - correct answer- external
