PSYC 379 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS;
ALREADY GRADED A; 2026
Affective forecasting - correct answer- The
process of predicting how one would feel in response to
future emotional events. People often overestimate the
strength and duration of their emotional reactions, a
phenomenon known as the impact bias.
Aggression - correct answer- Behavior that is
intended to harm another individual.
Altruistic - correct answer- Motivated by the
desire to increase another's welfare.
Ambivalent Sexism - correct answer- A model
of sexism that includes both hostile and benevolent
sexism.
,Applied Research - correct answer- Research
that focuses more specifically on making applications to
the world and contributing to the solution of social
problems.
Attachment styles - correct answer- Learned
patterns of attachment in romantic relationships, often
categorized as secure, avoidant, or anxious.
Attitude - correct answer- A positive, negative,
or mixed evaluation of an object expressed at some level
of intensity.
Attitude Scales - correct answer- Multiple-item
questionnaires designed to measure a person's attitude
toward an object.
Attribution Theory - correct answer- A set of
theories describing how people explain the causes of their
own and others' behavior.
,Audience Inhibition - correct answer-
Reluctance to help for fear of making a bad impression on
observers.
Availability Heuristic - correct answer- A
cognitive heuristic for estimating the likelihood of an
event by how easily instances of it come to mind.
Aversive Racism - correct answer- The conflict
between consciously held fair-minded attitudes and
unconscious, unrecognized prejudicial feelings.
Base-Rate Fallacy - correct answer- The
tendency to ignore numerical base rates (statistical
probabilities) when judging the likelihood of an event.
Basic Research - correct answer- Research that
seeks to increase our understanding of human behavior
and is often designed to test a specific hypothesis from a
theory.
, Bask in reflected glory (BIRG) - correct answer-
A self-enhancement strategy whereby people enhance
their self-esteem by associating themselves with others
who are successful.
Behavioral Economics - correct answer- A
subfield that focuses on how psychology—particularly
social and cognitive psychology—relates to economic
decision making, revealing that traditional economic
models fail to account for powerful psychological factors.
Behavioral Genetics - correct answer- A subfield
of psychology that examines the effects of genes on
behavior.
Belief in a Just World - correct answer- The
belief that individuals get what they deserve in life,
leading to a tendency to blame victims for their
misfortune.
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS;
ALREADY GRADED A; 2026
Affective forecasting - correct answer- The
process of predicting how one would feel in response to
future emotional events. People often overestimate the
strength and duration of their emotional reactions, a
phenomenon known as the impact bias.
Aggression - correct answer- Behavior that is
intended to harm another individual.
Altruistic - correct answer- Motivated by the
desire to increase another's welfare.
Ambivalent Sexism - correct answer- A model
of sexism that includes both hostile and benevolent
sexism.
,Applied Research - correct answer- Research
that focuses more specifically on making applications to
the world and contributing to the solution of social
problems.
Attachment styles - correct answer- Learned
patterns of attachment in romantic relationships, often
categorized as secure, avoidant, or anxious.
Attitude - correct answer- A positive, negative,
or mixed evaluation of an object expressed at some level
of intensity.
Attitude Scales - correct answer- Multiple-item
questionnaires designed to measure a person's attitude
toward an object.
Attribution Theory - correct answer- A set of
theories describing how people explain the causes of their
own and others' behavior.
,Audience Inhibition - correct answer-
Reluctance to help for fear of making a bad impression on
observers.
Availability Heuristic - correct answer- A
cognitive heuristic for estimating the likelihood of an
event by how easily instances of it come to mind.
Aversive Racism - correct answer- The conflict
between consciously held fair-minded attitudes and
unconscious, unrecognized prejudicial feelings.
Base-Rate Fallacy - correct answer- The
tendency to ignore numerical base rates (statistical
probabilities) when judging the likelihood of an event.
Basic Research - correct answer- Research that
seeks to increase our understanding of human behavior
and is often designed to test a specific hypothesis from a
theory.
, Bask in reflected glory (BIRG) - correct answer-
A self-enhancement strategy whereby people enhance
their self-esteem by associating themselves with others
who are successful.
Behavioral Economics - correct answer- A
subfield that focuses on how psychology—particularly
social and cognitive psychology—relates to economic
decision making, revealing that traditional economic
models fail to account for powerful psychological factors.
Behavioral Genetics - correct answer- A subfield
of psychology that examines the effects of genes on
behavior.
Belief in a Just World - correct answer- The
belief that individuals get what they deserve in life,
leading to a tendency to blame victims for their
misfortune.
