Psychology 1000 Chapters 1-4 (Practice Exam)
Questions With Correct Answers
Your roommate asks you for five minutes of your time, and you agree. Later she
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asks you for five hours of your time. Your roommate is using the ___ technique.
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1. that's-not-all
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2. self-handicapping
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3. door-in-the-face
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4. foot-in-the-door - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4
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A study of the experiences of a serial killer—someone with a very rare set of
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behaviors—is likely to make use of ___ | | | | | |
1. random selection
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2. a case study
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3. cross-sectional research
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4. participant observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2
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According to one study, the more hours students spend watching television, the
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lower their grades in school. This relationship is an example of ___.
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1. positive
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2. negative
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3. zero - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2
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Genotype refers to the ___ | | | |
,1. genetic information carried by a cell.
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2. physical or behavioral characteristics actually expressed.
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3. results of a genetic mutation.
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4. probability of a gene being expressed. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1
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What happens when the action potential reaches the terminal button?
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1. The signal terminates, or ends.
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2. The signal causes the vesicles to release neurotransmitters.
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3. The terminal button sends it down the axon.
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4. The signal causes reuptake of neurotransmitters in the synapse. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-2
A medication that blocks the reuptake of serotonin would lead to ___.
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1. more serotonin in the synapse
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2. less serotonin in the synapse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1
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Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship
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between two variables? That is, which one would enable us to make the most
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accurate predictions of one variable from the other?
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1. 0 |
2. +0.5 | |
3. -0.9 | |
4. -0.5 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3
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, In correlational studies, we cannot interpret which variable may be the cause and
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|which variable may be the effect. This phenomenon is known as ___.
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1. observer bias.
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2. the directionality problem.
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3. experimenter expectancy effects.
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4. the third variable problem. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2
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A social interaction during which a person responds to suggestions to experience
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changes in memory, perception, and voluntary action is also called ___
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1. a hallucination.
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2. unconsciousness.
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3. an illusion.
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4. hypnosis. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4
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Which is the best example of the self-serving bias?
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1. A blackjack player wins three hands in a row and lowers her bet, assuming the
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next hand must be a loser
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2. A person takes an herbal treatment to improve sleep because the package says
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the treatment is effective 100%
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of the time
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3. A student thinks he deserves an A on a paper in which he received a D
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4. Your roommate insists on going to Florida for spring break, because that is the
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first place that comes to mind. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3
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Questions With Correct Answers
Your roommate asks you for five minutes of your time, and you agree. Later she
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
asks you for five hours of your time. Your roommate is using the ___ technique.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1. that's-not-all
|
2. self-handicapping
|
3. door-in-the-face
|
4. foot-in-the-door - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4
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A study of the experiences of a serial killer—someone with a very rare set of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
behaviors—is likely to make use of ___ | | | | | |
1. random selection
| |
2. a case study
| | |
3. cross-sectional research
| |
4. participant observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2
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According to one study, the more hours students spend watching television, the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
lower their grades in school. This relationship is an example of ___.
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1. positive
| |
2. negative
| |
3. zero - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2
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Genotype refers to the ___ | | | |
,1. genetic information carried by a cell.
| | | | | |
2. physical or behavioral characteristics actually expressed.
| | | | | |
3. results of a genetic mutation.
| | | | |
4. probability of a gene being expressed. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1
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What happens when the action potential reaches the terminal button?
| | | | | | | | |
1. The signal terminates, or ends.
| | | | |
2. The signal causes the vesicles to release neurotransmitters.
| | | | | | | |
3. The terminal button sends it down the axon.
| | | | | | | |
4. The signal causes reuptake of neurotransmitters in the synapse. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-2
A medication that blocks the reuptake of serotonin would lead to ___.
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1. more serotonin in the synapse
| | | | |
2. less serotonin in the synapse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1
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Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship
| | | | | | | | |
between two variables? That is, which one would enable us to make the most
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
accurate predictions of one variable from the other?
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1. 0 |
2. +0.5 | |
3. -0.9 | |
4. -0.5 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3
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, In correlational studies, we cannot interpret which variable may be the cause and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|which variable may be the effect. This phenomenon is known as ___.
| | | | | | | | | | |
1. observer bias.
| |
2. the directionality problem.
| | |
3. experimenter expectancy effects.
| | |
4. the third variable problem. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2
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A social interaction during which a person responds to suggestions to experience
| | | | | | | | | | | |
changes in memory, perception, and voluntary action is also called ___
| | | | | | | | | |
1. a hallucination.
| |
2. unconsciousness.
|
3. an illusion.
| |
4. hypnosis. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4
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Which is the best example of the self-serving bias?
| | | | | | | |
1. A blackjack player wins three hands in a row and lowers her bet, assuming the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
next hand must be a loser
| | | | |
2. A person takes an herbal treatment to improve sleep because the package says
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the treatment is effective 100%
| | | | |
of the time
| |
3. A student thinks he deserves an A on a paper in which he received a D
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
4. Your roommate insists on going to Florida for spring break, because that is the
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first place that comes to mind. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3
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