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NVCC PSY 200 EXAM 1 REVIEW SET QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ASSURED SUCCESS
What is psychology?
a. The study of religion and culture
b. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
c. The analysis of social institutions
d. A branch of philosophy
Rationale: Psychology uses empirical methods to investigate how we act and think.
What is the mind?
a. The physical structure of the brain
b. The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings
c. The measure of intelligence
d. A collection of reflexes
Rationale: The mind refers to subjective experiences that cannot be directly observed by others.
What is behavior?
a. Mental imagery
b. Conscious thought only
c. Response to stimuli
d. Genetic inheritance
Rationale: Behavior encompasses any observable action or reaction to the environment.
What is nativism?
a. Learning through reinforcement
b. The theory that mental structures are innate rather than acquired
c. A type of behaviorism
d. The study of cultural norms
Rationale: Nativists argue certain capacities emerge without prior experience.
Who is credited with founding modern psychology by opening the first lab in 1879?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. William James
c. Wilhelm Wundt
d. Edward Titchener
Rationale: Wundt established the first experimental psychology laboratory in Leipzig.
What is consciousness?
a. Unconscious drives
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b. Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
c. A physiological process only
d. Memory storage
Rationale: Consciousness involves subjective awareness of internal and external events.
How did Wundt study conscious processes?
a. Psychoanalytic dream analysis
b. Animal conditioning
c. Reaction-time experiments with trained introspection
d. Brain imaging
Rationale: He measured how quickly subjects reported sensations following a stimulus.
What is structuralism?
a. A focus on behavior only
b. Analyzing the mind’s basic elements and how they combine
c. Studying unconscious conflicts
d. Emphasizing cultural influences
Rationale: Structuralists broke down experience into sensations and feelings.
What is introspection?
a. Observing others’ behavior
b. Examining one’s own conscious experience
c. Recording unconscious dreams
d. A type of survey method
Rationale: Introspection relies on self-report of mental contents.
What is a major problem with introspection as a research method?
a. It’s too inexpensive
b. It ignores memory
c. It requires participants to observe and analyze their own mental processes simultaneously
d. It only applies to animals
Rationale: Dual roles of observer and observed distort accuracy.
What is functionalism?
a. Mapping brain structures
b. Studying the purpose of mental processes in adapting to the environment
c. Breaking experience into elements
d. Focusing on unconscious motives
Rationale: Functionalists asked “why” minds work as they do.
What is natural selection?
a. The survival of the strongest only
b. Differential survival and reproduction due to phenotype differences
c. Random mutation alone
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d. Conscious genetic planning
Rationale: Traits that enhance survival become more common over generations.
What is hysteria?
a. Chronic memory loss
b. Temporary loss of normal cognitive or motor function due to emotional distress
c. A form of schizophrenia
d. An eating disorder
Rationale: Historically, hysteria described conversion-type symptoms without organic cause.
What is the unconscious?
a. Conscious reasoning
b. Physiological reflexes only
c. Short-term memory
d. Thoughts and desires below conscious awareness
Rationale: Freud’s model posits much mental life lies outside consciousness.
What does Freud’s psychoanalytic theory emphasize?
a. Behavior shaped by environment
b. Influence of unconscious memories, thoughts, and urges
c. Cognitive schemas
d. Biological neurons
Rationale: Psychoanalysis explores hidden conflicts driving behavior.
What is psychoanalysis?
a. A form of cognitive therapy
b. Studying mental illness as caused by subconscious conflicts
c. Conditioning with rewards
d. Behavioural assessment
Rationale: It seeks to bring unconscious content into awareness.
What is humanistic psychology?
a. Conditioning animals
b. Emphasizing free will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization
c. Analyzing stimulus-response links
d. Studying neurotransmitters
Rationale: Humanistic psychologists focus on individual potential and growth.
What is behaviorism?
a. Study of mental structures
b. Theory that all behaviors are learned through environmental conditioning
c. Exploration of dreams
d. Analysis of unconscious conflicts
Rationale: Behaviorists restrict psychology to observable behaviors.
NVCC PSY 200 EXAM 1 REVIEW SET QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ASSURED SUCCESS
What is psychology?
a. The study of religion and culture
b. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
c. The analysis of social institutions
d. A branch of philosophy
Rationale: Psychology uses empirical methods to investigate how we act and think.
What is the mind?
a. The physical structure of the brain
b. The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings
c. The measure of intelligence
d. A collection of reflexes
Rationale: The mind refers to subjective experiences that cannot be directly observed by others.
What is behavior?
a. Mental imagery
b. Conscious thought only
c. Response to stimuli
d. Genetic inheritance
Rationale: Behavior encompasses any observable action or reaction to the environment.
What is nativism?
a. Learning through reinforcement
b. The theory that mental structures are innate rather than acquired
c. A type of behaviorism
d. The study of cultural norms
Rationale: Nativists argue certain capacities emerge without prior experience.
Who is credited with founding modern psychology by opening the first lab in 1879?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. William James
c. Wilhelm Wundt
d. Edward Titchener
Rationale: Wundt established the first experimental psychology laboratory in Leipzig.
What is consciousness?
a. Unconscious drives
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b. Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
c. A physiological process only
d. Memory storage
Rationale: Consciousness involves subjective awareness of internal and external events.
How did Wundt study conscious processes?
a. Psychoanalytic dream analysis
b. Animal conditioning
c. Reaction-time experiments with trained introspection
d. Brain imaging
Rationale: He measured how quickly subjects reported sensations following a stimulus.
What is structuralism?
a. A focus on behavior only
b. Analyzing the mind’s basic elements and how they combine
c. Studying unconscious conflicts
d. Emphasizing cultural influences
Rationale: Structuralists broke down experience into sensations and feelings.
What is introspection?
a. Observing others’ behavior
b. Examining one’s own conscious experience
c. Recording unconscious dreams
d. A type of survey method
Rationale: Introspection relies on self-report of mental contents.
What is a major problem with introspection as a research method?
a. It’s too inexpensive
b. It ignores memory
c. It requires participants to observe and analyze their own mental processes simultaneously
d. It only applies to animals
Rationale: Dual roles of observer and observed distort accuracy.
What is functionalism?
a. Mapping brain structures
b. Studying the purpose of mental processes in adapting to the environment
c. Breaking experience into elements
d. Focusing on unconscious motives
Rationale: Functionalists asked “why” minds work as they do.
What is natural selection?
a. The survival of the strongest only
b. Differential survival and reproduction due to phenotype differences
c. Random mutation alone
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d. Conscious genetic planning
Rationale: Traits that enhance survival become more common over generations.
What is hysteria?
a. Chronic memory loss
b. Temporary loss of normal cognitive or motor function due to emotional distress
c. A form of schizophrenia
d. An eating disorder
Rationale: Historically, hysteria described conversion-type symptoms without organic cause.
What is the unconscious?
a. Conscious reasoning
b. Physiological reflexes only
c. Short-term memory
d. Thoughts and desires below conscious awareness
Rationale: Freud’s model posits much mental life lies outside consciousness.
What does Freud’s psychoanalytic theory emphasize?
a. Behavior shaped by environment
b. Influence of unconscious memories, thoughts, and urges
c. Cognitive schemas
d. Biological neurons
Rationale: Psychoanalysis explores hidden conflicts driving behavior.
What is psychoanalysis?
a. A form of cognitive therapy
b. Studying mental illness as caused by subconscious conflicts
c. Conditioning with rewards
d. Behavioural assessment
Rationale: It seeks to bring unconscious content into awareness.
What is humanistic psychology?
a. Conditioning animals
b. Emphasizing free will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization
c. Analyzing stimulus-response links
d. Studying neurotransmitters
Rationale: Humanistic psychologists focus on individual potential and growth.
What is behaviorism?
a. Study of mental structures
b. Theory that all behaviors are learned through environmental conditioning
c. Exploration of dreams
d. Analysis of unconscious conflicts
Rationale: Behaviorists restrict psychology to observable behaviors.
