PSYCH350 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the replication crisis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Many research findings
contradict each other.
How can you work around the replication crisis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Look at the
most highly rated studies and find what is common across research.
What happens when people label others as out-group? - CORRECT ANSWER - Empathy,
sympathy, and positive feelings drop significantly.
Why might humans have evolved strong in-group/out-group tendencies? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Small hunter-gatherer groups often faced between-group competition and
fighting.
Why aren't we doomed by this tendency? - CORRECT ANSWER - Humans can expand
their sense of group to eventually include more people, even the whole world.
What is cultural relativism in mental health? - CORRECT ANSWER - Disorder is defined
relative to one's culture; abnormality = deviation from cultural norms.
What are pros of cultural relativism? - CORRECT ANSWER - Explains culture's role in
shaping normality; some disorders are culture-specific (culture-bound syndromes).
What is an example of a culture-bound syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bulimia,
which appeared only after exposure to Western media.
What are cons of cultural relativism? - CORRECT ANSWER - Doesn't explain universal
disorders, ignores scientific findings, and prevents cross-cultural comparison.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the replication crisis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Many research findings
contradict each other.
How can you work around the replication crisis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Look at the
most highly rated studies and find what is common across research.
What happens when people label others as out-group? - CORRECT ANSWER - Empathy,
sympathy, and positive feelings drop significantly.
Why might humans have evolved strong in-group/out-group tendencies? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Small hunter-gatherer groups often faced between-group competition and
fighting.
Why aren't we doomed by this tendency? - CORRECT ANSWER - Humans can expand
their sense of group to eventually include more people, even the whole world.
What is cultural relativism in mental health? - CORRECT ANSWER - Disorder is defined
relative to one's culture; abnormality = deviation from cultural norms.
What are pros of cultural relativism? - CORRECT ANSWER - Explains culture's role in
shaping normality; some disorders are culture-specific (culture-bound syndromes).
What is an example of a culture-bound syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bulimia,
which appeared only after exposure to Western media.
What are cons of cultural relativism? - CORRECT ANSWER - Doesn't explain universal
disorders, ignores scientific findings, and prevents cross-cultural comparison.
