PSY 101 Final Exam Questions and
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Functionalism is the school of thought concerned with: - ANSWER-The adaptive
purposes of mind and behavior
If you were asked to list all of the thoughts & experiences you have while
answering a test question, the technique used would be - ANSWER-introspection
Gestalt Psychology was developed based on the idea that a person's experiences
are more than just the collection of various "parts" or "element" of conciousness.
This idea is in direct contrast with the __ approach - ANSWER-Structuralist
Dr. Alvarez studies how the degeneration of nerve cells in the brain might
contribute to the development of multiple sclerosis. Dr. Alvarez's work best
exemplifies the __ subfield of psychology. - ANSWER-Biological
Neurons are able to communicate with each other when - ANSWER-Electrical
signals jump across the synapse to the adjacent neurons
The first step in neural communication is transmission, where - ANSWER-Signals
from neurons stimulate a neuron to cause an action potential
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,In general siblings of different ages raised together have - ANSWER-Different
genes & different environments
Consciousness is best defined as - ANSWER-Your subjective experiences of the
external world
While visiting your sister and her one-year-old son, Ian, you notice that Ian
becomes distressed whenever your sister leaves the room, but can easily be
comforted by you while she is gone, and ignores your sister when she comes back
into the room. Ian's attachment style to his mother would most likely be described
as - ANSWER-Ambivalent
Ming is learning English, and today she learned the word talking is made up of two
units of meaning: talk and ing. Ming is learning - ANSWER-Syntax
Allie has just gone through puberty, and the rapid development of her frontal
cortex is causing her to - ANSWER-Think more flexibly & critically but with some
difficulty
The president of the United States is debating about whether to start a war with
country X. If the president is in postconventional stage of moral reasoning, which
of the following reasons would she be most likely to give for her reason? -
ANSWER-We should declare war because out citizen's freedom is at at stake
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, Dr. Osmond is a developmental psychologist who studies adulthood. Which of the
following is he most likely to research? - ANSWER-The mental effect of
stagnation
During transduction, most sensory info is transmitted first to the __ before it is
sent to the __, where it is interpreted as sight, sound, taste, touch and smell -
ANSWER-Thalamus; cortex
Which of the following statements best describes the path of visual info in the
brain? - ANSWER-Visual information from the left half of each eye travels to the
brains right side
You learned about classical conditioning in your Introductory Psychology course
and are explaining it to your roommate. You tell him that a main outcome of
Pavlov's research is that a neutral stimulus can become a conditioned stimulus __ -
ANSWER-After pairing it with a stimulus that triggers a reflexive response
You carpool with a friend to school every morning and he always drives. One day,
your friend is sick and you have to drive yourself. Even though you haven ever
actually driven to school, you know the exact route to take in order to get there
from your house without a map or GPS, which is most likely the result of -
ANSWER-Latent Learning
Twins Mike and Molly are learning to ride bikes. Molly watches Mike's attempts for
several minutes and then tries to ride her own bike. During this process, Molly's
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Functionalism is the school of thought concerned with: - ANSWER-The adaptive
purposes of mind and behavior
If you were asked to list all of the thoughts & experiences you have while
answering a test question, the technique used would be - ANSWER-introspection
Gestalt Psychology was developed based on the idea that a person's experiences
are more than just the collection of various "parts" or "element" of conciousness.
This idea is in direct contrast with the __ approach - ANSWER-Structuralist
Dr. Alvarez studies how the degeneration of nerve cells in the brain might
contribute to the development of multiple sclerosis. Dr. Alvarez's work best
exemplifies the __ subfield of psychology. - ANSWER-Biological
Neurons are able to communicate with each other when - ANSWER-Electrical
signals jump across the synapse to the adjacent neurons
The first step in neural communication is transmission, where - ANSWER-Signals
from neurons stimulate a neuron to cause an action potential
©️COPYRIGHT 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1
,In general siblings of different ages raised together have - ANSWER-Different
genes & different environments
Consciousness is best defined as - ANSWER-Your subjective experiences of the
external world
While visiting your sister and her one-year-old son, Ian, you notice that Ian
becomes distressed whenever your sister leaves the room, but can easily be
comforted by you while she is gone, and ignores your sister when she comes back
into the room. Ian's attachment style to his mother would most likely be described
as - ANSWER-Ambivalent
Ming is learning English, and today she learned the word talking is made up of two
units of meaning: talk and ing. Ming is learning - ANSWER-Syntax
Allie has just gone through puberty, and the rapid development of her frontal
cortex is causing her to - ANSWER-Think more flexibly & critically but with some
difficulty
The president of the United States is debating about whether to start a war with
country X. If the president is in postconventional stage of moral reasoning, which
of the following reasons would she be most likely to give for her reason? -
ANSWER-We should declare war because out citizen's freedom is at at stake
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, Dr. Osmond is a developmental psychologist who studies adulthood. Which of the
following is he most likely to research? - ANSWER-The mental effect of
stagnation
During transduction, most sensory info is transmitted first to the __ before it is
sent to the __, where it is interpreted as sight, sound, taste, touch and smell -
ANSWER-Thalamus; cortex
Which of the following statements best describes the path of visual info in the
brain? - ANSWER-Visual information from the left half of each eye travels to the
brains right side
You learned about classical conditioning in your Introductory Psychology course
and are explaining it to your roommate. You tell him that a main outcome of
Pavlov's research is that a neutral stimulus can become a conditioned stimulus __ -
ANSWER-After pairing it with a stimulus that triggers a reflexive response
You carpool with a friend to school every morning and he always drives. One day,
your friend is sick and you have to drive yourself. Even though you haven ever
actually driven to school, you know the exact route to take in order to get there
from your house without a map or GPS, which is most likely the result of -
ANSWER-Latent Learning
Twins Mike and Molly are learning to ride bikes. Molly watches Mike's attempts for
several minutes and then tries to ride her own bike. During this process, Molly's
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