Psychology 101 clep practice test one with complete solutions updated&verified 2023

Which of the following is the philosophical approach to studying human behavior that emphasizes the purpose or usefulness of behavior? (A) structuralism (B) behaviorism (C) functionalism (D) psychoanalysis (E) humanism (C) functionalism Which of the following approaches is used by a psychologist who studies depression by examining levels of a certain neurotransmitter in the brain's of depressed and non-depressed people? (A) psychoanalytic (B) behavioral (C) humanistic (D) cognitive (E) biological (E) biological Which of the following approaches is used by a psychologist who emphasizes the power of rewards and punishments to influence behavior? (A) behavioral (B) cognitive (C) humanistic (D) psychoanalytic (E) biological (A) behavioral A researcher wants to know where the failure of a task causes aggression. As part of her study some subjects are told they have failed at a task, whereas others are told they have succeeded. Feeling you're not at the task would be? (A) A placebo. (B) The independent variable. (C) A within-subjects manipulation. (D) The Dependent variable. (E) A counterbalancing procedure. (B) The independent variable A researcher sits at a table in a restaurant all day on record with customers and a joining boots are saying and doing. What type of research strategy is this? (A) experiment (B) correlational study (C) case study (D) Survey (E) naturalistic observation (E) naturalistic observation Which of the following correlation coefficient represents the strongest relationship between two variables? (A) +.31 (B) -.06 (C) +.73 (D) -.81 (E) +.50 (D) -.81 Random assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups ensures that... (A) the number of subjects in each group will be the same. (B) subjects in each condition will not know each other. (C) prior to the experimental manipulation, the two groups of subjects would be equivalent with respect to the Dependent variable (D) prior to the experimental manipulation, the two groups of subjects would be equivalent with respect to the independent variable. (E) after the experimental manipulation, the two groups of subjects would differ with respect to the Dependant variable. (C) prior to the experimental manipulation, the two groups of subjects would be equivalent with respect to the Dependent variable "Nature" is to "nurture" as __________ is to _________ (A) genetics; environment (B) Biology; physiology (C) physiology; genetics (D) upbringing; social status (E) social status; biology (A) genetics; environment Which of the following areas of the brain, located at the top of the spinal cord, regulates breathing, walking, and heartbeat? (A) thalamus (B) reticular formation (C) Parietal lobe (D) medulla (E) cerebellum (D) medulla The simplest cell of the nervous system is a (A) neuron (B) dendrite (C) Axon (D) soma (E) terminal buttons (A) neuron Which of the following greatly speed up the transmission of signal through a neuron? (A) dendrites (B) a myelin sheath (C) depolarization (D) an action potential (E) vesicles (B) A myelin sheath