Straighterline PSY 101 EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT
Why does the sociocultural perspective promote cultural relativity? - ✔✔to
discourage passing judgment on other cultures
It is the ______ that transfers a signal from an afferent nerve to an efferent neuron. -
✔✔interneuron
In which time period did psychology became a recognized field of study? - ✔✔when
the first laboratory was established in the late 1800s
Your brain receives information about your body orientation and movement from -
✔✔the vestibular organ.
A nonhuman animal experiment meets the condition of necessity when - ✔✔the
research can significantly advance our understanding of behavior or mental processes.
When women are threatened by a man's cheating on them, women are more
concerned about ______ infidelity than ______ infidelity. - ✔✔emotional; sexual
Necessity refers to the need to use an animal for research because of the _______
potential for advancement of our knowledge about behavior and mental processes. -
✔✔significant
Late 19th- and early 20th-century psychology - ✔✔was dominated by white-male
thinking and cultural conditioning.
, Just before you went on a job interview you broke out into a cold sweat, experienced
shortness of breath, and felt a need to go to the bathroom. These symptoms were most
likely produced by your ________ nervous system. - ✔✔sympathetic
Dr. Carr needs a lot of information directly from people and has only one week to collect
that information. Dr. Carr would probably benefit most by using - ✔✔the survey
method
The science of genetics was founded in the - ✔✔1860s
We hear a tuning fork when it is struck because it - ✔✔causes compression and
rarefaction of air molecules
Since most nonprimate mammals have no color vision, you would expect their eyes to
have - ✔✔mostly rods
A researcher who places closely spaced electrodes on her subjects' heads in order to
study brain activity is using the ________ technique - ✔✔EEG
In the endocrine system, neuropeptides are secreted into the ______ and hormones are
secreted into the ______. - ✔✔bloodstream; bloodstream
Which of the following is a potential disadvantage to using the survey method to answer
questions of interest? - ✔✔You cannot be sure that answers are completely honest
to questions about sensitive topics.
Why did women participate less in the development of psychology than men? -
✔✔Sexual discrimination prevented women from contributing to psychology.
WITH ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT
Why does the sociocultural perspective promote cultural relativity? - ✔✔to
discourage passing judgment on other cultures
It is the ______ that transfers a signal from an afferent nerve to an efferent neuron. -
✔✔interneuron
In which time period did psychology became a recognized field of study? - ✔✔when
the first laboratory was established in the late 1800s
Your brain receives information about your body orientation and movement from -
✔✔the vestibular organ.
A nonhuman animal experiment meets the condition of necessity when - ✔✔the
research can significantly advance our understanding of behavior or mental processes.
When women are threatened by a man's cheating on them, women are more
concerned about ______ infidelity than ______ infidelity. - ✔✔emotional; sexual
Necessity refers to the need to use an animal for research because of the _______
potential for advancement of our knowledge about behavior and mental processes. -
✔✔significant
Late 19th- and early 20th-century psychology - ✔✔was dominated by white-male
thinking and cultural conditioning.
, Just before you went on a job interview you broke out into a cold sweat, experienced
shortness of breath, and felt a need to go to the bathroom. These symptoms were most
likely produced by your ________ nervous system. - ✔✔sympathetic
Dr. Carr needs a lot of information directly from people and has only one week to collect
that information. Dr. Carr would probably benefit most by using - ✔✔the survey
method
The science of genetics was founded in the - ✔✔1860s
We hear a tuning fork when it is struck because it - ✔✔causes compression and
rarefaction of air molecules
Since most nonprimate mammals have no color vision, you would expect their eyes to
have - ✔✔mostly rods
A researcher who places closely spaced electrodes on her subjects' heads in order to
study brain activity is using the ________ technique - ✔✔EEG
In the endocrine system, neuropeptides are secreted into the ______ and hormones are
secreted into the ______. - ✔✔bloodstream; bloodstream
Which of the following is a potential disadvantage to using the survey method to answer
questions of interest? - ✔✔You cannot be sure that answers are completely honest
to questions about sensitive topics.
Why did women participate less in the development of psychology than men? -
✔✔Sexual discrimination prevented women from contributing to psychology.
