PSY 110 Final Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Dr. Hernandez is a psychoanalyst. In one of her recent sessions, her
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client began yelling at her when Dr. Hernandez asked them about their
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relationship with their mother. Which sign of psychoanalysis is this
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client showing? |
transference
While growing up, Gary was often described as "easy going, agreeable,
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and collaborative." Now, after graduating college, Gary has taken a job
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that requires constant competition with his co-workers in order to be
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successful. According to Skinner's behavioral approach to personality,
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how is Gary likely to respond to this new work environment?
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His personality will interact with the demands of his job and he may
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become more competitive in order to succeed.
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When you tell someone you are a psychologist, a common joke is for
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them to ask if you're "diagnosing" them. What mistake are they making
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in this joke?
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,Clinical psychology is only one part of psychology, and many
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psychologists are not clinical psychologists. | | | |
A friend is starting graduate school in psychology, and mentions that she
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|will have to do an internship with supervised training. What field is she
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likely specializing in?
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clinical or counseling psychology
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An empiricist philosopher who believed the mind was a "blank slate"
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would most likely believe what about mental illnesses?
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that they were the result of negative experiences during childhood
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Becky wants to see if there is an effect of "senioritis" on college
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students' grades. She asks psychology students in each year of school
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(freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior) to report their fall semester
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GPA. Which of the following would be the best way to illustrate Becky's
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results?
a frequency distribution, in order to observe patterns across different
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groups
, Prior research has identified a correlation between the size of the INAH-
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3 brain region and sexual orientation in men. Dr. Chandran wants to
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conduct a study where they will manipulate this brain region in order to
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determine its effect on sexual orientation. Could this experiment be
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conducted?
No, because it would be unethical to conduct an experimental study
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where that brain region is manipulated to examine the effect on
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orientation.
Ebony grew up in a low-income neighborhood and often bases her
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observations around what she learned growing up in the environment.
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Ebony is riding the bus and making casual observations about the other
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passengers. Which of the following observations is an example of
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Ebony's confirmation bias guiding her observations?
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A mother who scolds her child is a bad parent because she is likely a
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single mother, given that she is not wearing a wedding ring.
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Stuart conducted a study evaluating cancer survivors' adjustment
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following treatment. Another researcher from an outside institution
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asks Stuart for access to his data to conduct additional analyses. To
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ensure that participants' privacy and confidentiality are maintained,
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how would Stuart best handle this request?
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Answers
Dr. Hernandez is a psychoanalyst. In one of her recent sessions, her
| | | | | | | | | | | |
client began yelling at her when Dr. Hernandez asked them about their
| | | | | | | | | | | |
relationship with their mother. Which sign of psychoanalysis is this
| | | | | | | | | |
client showing? |
transference
While growing up, Gary was often described as "easy going, agreeable,
| | | | | | | | | | |
and collaborative." Now, after graduating college, Gary has taken a job
| | | | | | | | | | |
that requires constant competition with his co-workers in order to be
| | | | | | | | | | |
successful. According to Skinner's behavioral approach to personality,
| | | | | | | |
how is Gary likely to respond to this new work environment?
| | | | | | | | | |
His personality will interact with the demands of his job and he may
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
become more competitive in order to succeed.
| | | | | |
When you tell someone you are a psychologist, a common joke is for
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
them to ask if you're "diagnosing" them. What mistake are they making
| | | | | | | | | | | |
in this joke?
| |
,Clinical psychology is only one part of psychology, and many
| | | | | | | | | |
psychologists are not clinical psychologists. | | | |
A friend is starting graduate school in psychology, and mentions that she
| | | | | | | | | | |
|will have to do an internship with supervised training. What field is she
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
likely specializing in?
| |
clinical or counseling psychology
| | |
An empiricist philosopher who believed the mind was a "blank slate"
| | | | | | | | | | |
would most likely believe what about mental illnesses?
| | | | | | |
that they were the result of negative experiences during childhood
| | | | | | | | |
Becky wants to see if there is an effect of "senioritis" on college
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
students' grades. She asks psychology students in each year of school
| | | | | | | | | | |
(freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior) to report their fall semester
| | | | | | | | | |
GPA. Which of the following would be the best way to illustrate Becky's
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
results?
a frequency distribution, in order to observe patterns across different
| | | | | | | | | |
groups
, Prior research has identified a correlation between the size of the INAH-
| | | | | | | | | | |
3 brain region and sexual orientation in men. Dr. Chandran wants to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
conduct a study where they will manipulate this brain region in order to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
determine its effect on sexual orientation. Could this experiment be
| | | | | | | | | |
conducted?
No, because it would be unethical to conduct an experimental study
| | | | | | | | | | |
where that brain region is manipulated to examine the effect on
| | | | | | | | | | |
orientation.
Ebony grew up in a low-income neighborhood and often bases her
| | | | | | | | | | |
observations around what she learned growing up in the environment.
| | | | | | | | | |
Ebony is riding the bus and making casual observations about the other
| | | | | | | | | | | |
passengers. Which of the following observations is an example of
| | | | | | | | | |
Ebony's confirmation bias guiding her observations?
| | | | |
A mother who scolds her child is a bad parent because she is likely a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
single mother, given that she is not wearing a wedding ring.
| | | | | | | | | |
Stuart conducted a study evaluating cancer survivors' adjustment
| | | | | | | |
following treatment. Another researcher from an outside institution
| | | | | | | |
asks Stuart for access to his data to conduct additional analyses. To
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ensure that participants' privacy and confidentiality are maintained,
| | | | | | | |
how would Stuart best handle this request?
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