PBSI FINAL EXAM questions and
answers graded A+
psychoanalytic theory - correct answer ✔✔emphasizes importance of unconscious mental
processes associated with feelings, thoughts, behaviors
REM sleep - correct answer ✔✔occurs when the brain is active but the body is in a relaxed state
Humanistic Theory - correct answer ✔✔assumes everyone tends to strive for personal growth
in order to feel acceptance
conditioning - correct answer ✔✔synonymous with learning
operant conditioning - correct answer ✔✔a training procedure that teaches someone to do
something step-by-step
ex) bike riding
social psychology - correct answer ✔✔studies conformity and obedience to authority
anterograde amnesia - correct answer ✔✔not being able to remember memories formed after
a traumatic event
ex)not being able to remember new things after a car accident
Hippocampus - correct answer ✔✔stores long term memories for active recall
social attribution - correct answer ✔✔inferring the causes of events or behaviors
, ex) making an inference about why someone decided to buy a certain product
Axon - correct answer ✔✔"sending" part of a neuron
Synapse - correct answer ✔✔gap between a neurons axon and another neurons dendrite
dependent variable - correct answer ✔✔result variable, y-axis
independent variable - correct answer ✔✔manipulated variable, x-axis
Big 5 Theory - correct answer ✔✔Most widely accepted theory of personality
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
central nervous system - correct answer ✔✔brain and spinal cord
brain hemispheres - correct answer ✔✔left and right
peripheral nervous system divisions - correct answer ✔✔autonomic and somatic
autonomic division - correct answer ✔✔The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls
involuntary movement of the heart, glands, lungs, and other organs.
answers graded A+
psychoanalytic theory - correct answer ✔✔emphasizes importance of unconscious mental
processes associated with feelings, thoughts, behaviors
REM sleep - correct answer ✔✔occurs when the brain is active but the body is in a relaxed state
Humanistic Theory - correct answer ✔✔assumes everyone tends to strive for personal growth
in order to feel acceptance
conditioning - correct answer ✔✔synonymous with learning
operant conditioning - correct answer ✔✔a training procedure that teaches someone to do
something step-by-step
ex) bike riding
social psychology - correct answer ✔✔studies conformity and obedience to authority
anterograde amnesia - correct answer ✔✔not being able to remember memories formed after
a traumatic event
ex)not being able to remember new things after a car accident
Hippocampus - correct answer ✔✔stores long term memories for active recall
social attribution - correct answer ✔✔inferring the causes of events or behaviors
, ex) making an inference about why someone decided to buy a certain product
Axon - correct answer ✔✔"sending" part of a neuron
Synapse - correct answer ✔✔gap between a neurons axon and another neurons dendrite
dependent variable - correct answer ✔✔result variable, y-axis
independent variable - correct answer ✔✔manipulated variable, x-axis
Big 5 Theory - correct answer ✔✔Most widely accepted theory of personality
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
central nervous system - correct answer ✔✔brain and spinal cord
brain hemispheres - correct answer ✔✔left and right
peripheral nervous system divisions - correct answer ✔✔autonomic and somatic
autonomic division - correct answer ✔✔The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls
involuntary movement of the heart, glands, lungs, and other organs.
