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Queen's PSYC 100 - Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
Structuralism is to __________ as functionalism is to __________. - Answers✔Elements of
consciousness; purpose of consciousness
Is Psychology most closely related to: - Answers✔Biology
Through their research on human responses to physical stimuli, both Helmholtz and Fechner
contributed to the beginning of: - Answers✔psychophysics
The concept of natural selection is most important for psychologists interested in the
_____________________ of behaviour. - Answers✔Functions
Psychology arose in the nineteenth century from developments in a number of areas, primarily: -
Answers✔Science and philosophy
Only __________ involve the manipulation of independent variables - Answers✔Experiments
The first step of the scientific method specifies that a researcher - Answers✔formulate a hypothesis
A researcher has two groups of subjects- one that has been taught a memory aid and one that has not.
Both groups are asked to learn a list of 20 nouns in two minutes, and both are then given a recall test.
What is the independent variable? - Answers✔whether or not the participants have been taught the
memory aid
Mean is to __________ as standard deviation is to __________. - Answers✔central tendency; variability
In psychological research, the term generalization refers to - Answers✔concluding that the results
obtained from a sample can also be applied to the larger population
Inferential statistics are useful in telling researchers whether the results of their experiments are -
Answers✔due to chance
Natural selection has favoured species that reproduce sexually because sexual reproduction: -
Answers✔leads to a longer life span and more variability in behaviour
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Intelligence has a heritability estimate of .50 in a North-American Caucasian population. This means
that: - Answers✔On average, about 50% of the variance in intelligence in a group of Caucasian-
Canadians can be explained by genetic inheritance.
An organism's phenotype is the result of: - Answers✔the influence of environmental influences and
experiences
Altruistic behaviour toward non-relatives can be explained by - Answers✔Reciprocal altruism
Most traits and disorders are caused by: - Answers✔multiple genes and the environment
Extinction would happen most rapidly following which reinforcement schedule? - Answers✔Fixed-ratio,
every response reinforced
People who live in cities often do not respond to night sounds while asleep. This is an example of: -
Answers✔habituation
To what is the tendency of the CS to elicit a CR related? - Answers✔The number of times the US has
elicited the CR
______ is a learning procedure that utilizes reinforcement to guide a response in closer and closer
approximations to a desired behavior: - Answers✔Classical Conditioning
Which schedule of reinforcement is most similar to that used in gambling? - Answers✔variable ratio
Which of the following is FALSE about brain plasticity?
a)
Early-life stress can produce physical changes in the brain
b)
After childhood, the functional organization of the human brain is unchangeable
c)
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Queen's PSYC 100 - Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
Structuralism is to __________ as functionalism is to __________. - Answers✔Elements of
consciousness; purpose of consciousness
Is Psychology most closely related to: - Answers✔Biology
Through their research on human responses to physical stimuli, both Helmholtz and Fechner
contributed to the beginning of: - Answers✔psychophysics
The concept of natural selection is most important for psychologists interested in the
_____________________ of behaviour. - Answers✔Functions
Psychology arose in the nineteenth century from developments in a number of areas, primarily: -
Answers✔Science and philosophy
Only __________ involve the manipulation of independent variables - Answers✔Experiments
The first step of the scientific method specifies that a researcher - Answers✔formulate a hypothesis
A researcher has two groups of subjects- one that has been taught a memory aid and one that has not.
Both groups are asked to learn a list of 20 nouns in two minutes, and both are then given a recall test.
What is the independent variable? - Answers✔whether or not the participants have been taught the
memory aid
Mean is to __________ as standard deviation is to __________. - Answers✔central tendency; variability
In psychological research, the term generalization refers to - Answers✔concluding that the results
obtained from a sample can also be applied to the larger population
Inferential statistics are useful in telling researchers whether the results of their experiments are -
Answers✔due to chance
Natural selection has favoured species that reproduce sexually because sexual reproduction: -
Answers✔leads to a longer life span and more variability in behaviour
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Intelligence has a heritability estimate of .50 in a North-American Caucasian population. This means
that: - Answers✔On average, about 50% of the variance in intelligence in a group of Caucasian-
Canadians can be explained by genetic inheritance.
An organism's phenotype is the result of: - Answers✔the influence of environmental influences and
experiences
Altruistic behaviour toward non-relatives can be explained by - Answers✔Reciprocal altruism
Most traits and disorders are caused by: - Answers✔multiple genes and the environment
Extinction would happen most rapidly following which reinforcement schedule? - Answers✔Fixed-ratio,
every response reinforced
People who live in cities often do not respond to night sounds while asleep. This is an example of: -
Answers✔habituation
To what is the tendency of the CS to elicit a CR related? - Answers✔The number of times the US has
elicited the CR
______ is a learning procedure that utilizes reinforcement to guide a response in closer and closer
approximations to a desired behavior: - Answers✔Classical Conditioning
Which schedule of reinforcement is most similar to that used in gambling? - Answers✔variable ratio
Which of the following is FALSE about brain plasticity?
a)
Early-life stress can produce physical changes in the brain
b)
After childhood, the functional organization of the human brain is unchangeable
c)
