Psychology 1010 Exam #1 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Corresponding
Answers with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
______________________ is an experiment in which participants do not
know if they are in the experimental or the control group, and the
experimenters also do not know which participants are part of which group.
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The double-blind study
Experimenters can justify the use of deception only if ___________. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔it is necessary for the experiment to work, and participants
are debriefed afterwards
The goals of psychology are to _____. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔describe,
understand, predict, and control behavior
Who was an early proponent of functionalism? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔William
James
Freud said phobias were ____________ whereas Watson said phobias
were __________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔repressed conflicts; learned
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,Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔humanism
What is one similarity shared by clinical psychologists and psychiatrists? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔They diagnose and treat people experiencing behavioral
and emotional problems.
When you watch how dogs play in the park or how your professors act in
the classroom, that could actually be considered a form of ______. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔naturalistic observation
A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is
called ______________________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a case study
A negative correlation means that ______________________. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔high values of one variable are associated with low values
of the other
The two main divisions of the nervous system are the ________ and
________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔peripheral nervous system; central nervous
system
Which part of the neuron is responsible for maintaining the life of the cell? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔soma
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, Which of the following neurotransmitters functions as a common inhibitory
neurotransmitter in the brain? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔GABA
Which part of the nervous system takes the information received from the
senses, makes sense out of it, makes decisions, and sends commands out
to the muscles and the rest of the body? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔brain
The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for reacting to
stressful events and bodily arousal is called the ______________ nervous
system. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sympathetic
Hormones are___________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔chemicals released into the
bloodstream by the endocrine glands
A brain-imaging method using magnetic fields of the body to produce
detailed images of the brain is called ______________. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
What part of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sensory
information? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔thalamus
Which of the following regions contains the primary visual cortex? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔occipital lobe
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Exam Questions and Corresponding
Answers with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
______________________ is an experiment in which participants do not
know if they are in the experimental or the control group, and the
experimenters also do not know which participants are part of which group.
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The double-blind study
Experimenters can justify the use of deception only if ___________. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔it is necessary for the experiment to work, and participants
are debriefed afterwards
The goals of psychology are to _____. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔describe,
understand, predict, and control behavior
Who was an early proponent of functionalism? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔William
James
Freud said phobias were ____________ whereas Watson said phobias
were __________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔repressed conflicts; learned
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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,Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔humanism
What is one similarity shared by clinical psychologists and psychiatrists? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔They diagnose and treat people experiencing behavioral
and emotional problems.
When you watch how dogs play in the park or how your professors act in
the classroom, that could actually be considered a form of ______. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔naturalistic observation
A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treated is
called ______________________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a case study
A negative correlation means that ______________________. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔high values of one variable are associated with low values
of the other
The two main divisions of the nervous system are the ________ and
________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔peripheral nervous system; central nervous
system
Which part of the neuron is responsible for maintaining the life of the cell? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔soma
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, Which of the following neurotransmitters functions as a common inhibitory
neurotransmitter in the brain? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔GABA
Which part of the nervous system takes the information received from the
senses, makes sense out of it, makes decisions, and sends commands out
to the muscles and the rest of the body? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔brain
The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for reacting to
stressful events and bodily arousal is called the ______________ nervous
system. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sympathetic
Hormones are___________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔chemicals released into the
bloodstream by the endocrine glands
A brain-imaging method using magnetic fields of the body to produce
detailed images of the brain is called ______________. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
What part of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sensory
information? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔thalamus
Which of the following regions contains the primary visual cortex? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔occipital lobe
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