BGP Psych Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following sources of evidence could be used to support the assertion that behavior is due
to nature? - CORRECT ANSWER Comparison of parents' behavior with child's behavior
Which of the following questions is not useful in determining whether an individual's pattern of
behavior fits psychology's definition of abnormal? - CORRECT ANSWER Is the pattern of
behavior statistically atypical.
Does it cause harm to the individual
Does it cause subjective distress for the individual.
All the above :)
Piaget's stage theory of development explains how children mature on which of the following
dimensions? - CORRECT ANSWER Cognitive skills
A change of an organism's behavior or thought as a result of experience is called ______. -
CORRECT ANSWER Learning
Which of the following traits is NOT part of the Big Five Personality Theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER Locus of Control
Which of the following psychological disorders consists of severe disorder of thought and emotion
associated with a loss of contact with reality? - CORRECT ANSWER Schizophrenia
To avoid the _____ effect during medication research, it is crucial that the subject remain ____ to
whether he/she has been assigned to the experimental group. - CORRECT ANSWER placebo;
blind
In an experiment to find out if taking ginseng increases IQ scores, the IQ scores would be -
CORRECT ANSWER the dependent variable.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which of the following sources of evidence could be used to support the assertion that behavior is due
to nature? - CORRECT ANSWER Comparison of parents' behavior with child's behavior
Which of the following questions is not useful in determining whether an individual's pattern of
behavior fits psychology's definition of abnormal? - CORRECT ANSWER Is the pattern of
behavior statistically atypical.
Does it cause harm to the individual
Does it cause subjective distress for the individual.
All the above :)
Piaget's stage theory of development explains how children mature on which of the following
dimensions? - CORRECT ANSWER Cognitive skills
A change of an organism's behavior or thought as a result of experience is called ______. -
CORRECT ANSWER Learning
Which of the following traits is NOT part of the Big Five Personality Theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER Locus of Control
Which of the following psychological disorders consists of severe disorder of thought and emotion
associated with a loss of contact with reality? - CORRECT ANSWER Schizophrenia
To avoid the _____ effect during medication research, it is crucial that the subject remain ____ to
whether he/she has been assigned to the experimental group. - CORRECT ANSWER placebo;
blind
In an experiment to find out if taking ginseng increases IQ scores, the IQ scores would be -
CORRECT ANSWER the dependent variable.
