PSYCHOLOGY 101 QUIZ 1 FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ Measures of central tendency.
Answer: a single number that demonstrates the overall characteristics for a
data set.
◍ Dendrite.
Answer: receives signals
◍ hypothalmus.
Answer: Regulates hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, internal body temp, and a
variety of emotional behaviorIt also houses our biological clock
◍ Your roommate tells you that he is planning to conduct an observational
study for his senior thesis. Which of the following questions would you ask
to demonstrate that you understand how observational studies are
designed?a. What is your dependent variable?b. How did you identify the
best case study to investigate?c. Will your research take place in the lab or
in the natural environment? d. Are you concerned that self-report bias may
affect your results?.
Answer: c. Will your research take place in the lab or in the natural
environment?
◍ Dark adaptation.
Answer: the process by which our eyes adjust to darkness after being
exposed to light
◍ Human Psychology.
Answer: Focused on the uniqueness of human beings and their capacity for
choice, growth, and psychological health
, ◍ Nurture Theory.
Answer: environmental factors such as parental styles, physical
surroundings, and economic issues
◍ Behaviorism.
Answer: John Watson-the study of behavior
◍ Psychodynamic perspective.
Answer: unconscious mind and its influence over conscious behavior on
wary childhood experiences
◍ Psychoanalysis.
Answer: Freud focused on subconscious and early childhood
◍ Pons.
Answer: (hindbrain) influences sleep, dreaming, and arousal
◍ A psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception
memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior is
________. social-cultural perspective learning perspective cognitive
perspective,.
Answer: cognitive perspective
◍ Sympathetic division.
Answer: (ANS) fight or flight system... gets body to deal with stress
◍ ________ focused on the good of humans that is innate rather than disorders
and problems. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow Plato
B. F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov, and John
B. Watson,.
Answer: Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
◍ The Cerebral Cortex.
Answer: an outer part of the brain that is mainly involved in the coordination
of sensory and motor information
◍ Hypothesis.
Answer: Testable prediction often implied by the theory
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ Measures of central tendency.
Answer: a single number that demonstrates the overall characteristics for a
data set.
◍ Dendrite.
Answer: receives signals
◍ hypothalmus.
Answer: Regulates hunger, thirst, sexual behavior, internal body temp, and a
variety of emotional behaviorIt also houses our biological clock
◍ Your roommate tells you that he is planning to conduct an observational
study for his senior thesis. Which of the following questions would you ask
to demonstrate that you understand how observational studies are
designed?a. What is your dependent variable?b. How did you identify the
best case study to investigate?c. Will your research take place in the lab or
in the natural environment? d. Are you concerned that self-report bias may
affect your results?.
Answer: c. Will your research take place in the lab or in the natural
environment?
◍ Dark adaptation.
Answer: the process by which our eyes adjust to darkness after being
exposed to light
◍ Human Psychology.
Answer: Focused on the uniqueness of human beings and their capacity for
choice, growth, and psychological health
, ◍ Nurture Theory.
Answer: environmental factors such as parental styles, physical
surroundings, and economic issues
◍ Behaviorism.
Answer: John Watson-the study of behavior
◍ Psychodynamic perspective.
Answer: unconscious mind and its influence over conscious behavior on
wary childhood experiences
◍ Psychoanalysis.
Answer: Freud focused on subconscious and early childhood
◍ Pons.
Answer: (hindbrain) influences sleep, dreaming, and arousal
◍ A psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception
memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior is
________. social-cultural perspective learning perspective cognitive
perspective,.
Answer: cognitive perspective
◍ Sympathetic division.
Answer: (ANS) fight or flight system... gets body to deal with stress
◍ ________ focused on the good of humans that is innate rather than disorders
and problems. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow Plato
B. F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov, and John
B. Watson,.
Answer: Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
◍ The Cerebral Cortex.
Answer: an outer part of the brain that is mainly involved in the coordination
of sensory and motor information
◍ Hypothesis.
Answer: Testable prediction often implied by the theory
