PSYC105 FINAL EXAMINATIOM COMPLETE WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
All questions and answers from previous exams
1. Which best describes psychological science - Psychological science principles
are highly applicable to everyday life
2. According to your text, "amiable skepticism" is an important element in a
type of reasoning called - Critical thinking
3. According to the nature/nurture debate, nature states that individual
psychological characteristics are a result of - Biological influences
4. With respect to the nature/nurture debate, psychological scientists now
believe that - Both nature and nurture are important in understanding the
mind, the brain, and behavior
5. Which of the following changes did John Stuart Mill advocate for the field of
psychology - To move from speculation to the observation and
experimentation
6. If you were asked to list all the thoughts and experiences you have while
answering a test question, the technique used would be - Introspection
7. According to the concept of "survival of the fittest" - Organisms that are
most adaptive to their environment are most likely to survive
8. Noreen asserts that our behavior often reflects unconscious motives and
conflict. This viewpoint is most consistent with the ___ approach in
psychology - Freudian
9. This area of psychology studies how the mind processes, stores, and retrieves
information - Cognitive
,10.Which of the following phenomena would likely be studied by social
psychologists? - The rise of Hitler prior to World War II and his ability to
influence other people's behavior
11.The area of science that focuses on studying the working brain is called -
Neuroscience
12.Which is NOT an example of a question scientists might ask regarding
evolutionary adaptations in humans? - Can you learn to adapt your note-
taking style form lecture to small group discussion
13.Relative to human biological evolution, cultural evolution has occurred -
Much faster
14.This type of psychologist studies how people are affected by the presence of
others - Social
15.This area of psychology studies how shared ideas and behaviors are passed
from one generation to the next - Social
16.Dr. Alvarez studies how the degeneration of certain components of nerve
cells contribute to sclerosis. His work best exemplifies the ____ subfield of
psychology - Biological
17.Dr. Chen studies several traits that distinguish one person from another. Dr.
Doherty studies how people grow and change during late adolescence and
young adulthood. Dr. Chen is ____ Dr. Doherty is ____ - Personality;
developmental psychologist
18.Clinical psychologists work with - Individuals with severe mental illness
19.A married couple experiencing relationship difficulties is best advised to
consult as ___ psychologist - Counseling
20.Our body's neural system is built from billions of nerve cells or - Neurons
, 21.The extension of a neuron that receives messages from other neurons are
the - Dendrites
22.The brain and spinal cord make up the ___ nervous system - Central
23.A myelin sheath is like the - Insulation of a wire
24.If your house was "selectively permeable" like neurons, which would be most
likely - Only certain people would be allowed to go inside
25.Chemical substances that carry messages from one neuron to the next -
Neurotransmitters
26.Using a key to open the front door of your house is analogous to - Unique
chemical structure of neurotransmitters that fits certain receptor sites
27.Cocaine causes the neurotransmitter dopamine to remain at the site of
synapse longer than normal. Cocaine thus inhibits the process of - Reuptake
28.The phrase adrenaline rush refers to the action of - Epinephrine
29.Damage to this brain area would have profound impact on motor learning -
Cerebellum
30.Which structure is not considered cerebral cortex? - Brain stem
31.Regarding the factors potentially influencing behavior, which of the following
is true - Behavior reflects interaction between genetics and environment
32.The idea that the brain is malleable and continuously changing - Plasticity
33.Which is a myth about plasticity across lifespan - The adult brain forms no
new cells
34.The pick up of information by receptors in the ears is ____, the processing to
produce the experience of a musical note is ____ - Sensation; perception
All questions and answers from previous exams
1. Which best describes psychological science - Psychological science principles
are highly applicable to everyday life
2. According to your text, "amiable skepticism" is an important element in a
type of reasoning called - Critical thinking
3. According to the nature/nurture debate, nature states that individual
psychological characteristics are a result of - Biological influences
4. With respect to the nature/nurture debate, psychological scientists now
believe that - Both nature and nurture are important in understanding the
mind, the brain, and behavior
5. Which of the following changes did John Stuart Mill advocate for the field of
psychology - To move from speculation to the observation and
experimentation
6. If you were asked to list all the thoughts and experiences you have while
answering a test question, the technique used would be - Introspection
7. According to the concept of "survival of the fittest" - Organisms that are
most adaptive to their environment are most likely to survive
8. Noreen asserts that our behavior often reflects unconscious motives and
conflict. This viewpoint is most consistent with the ___ approach in
psychology - Freudian
9. This area of psychology studies how the mind processes, stores, and retrieves
information - Cognitive
,10.Which of the following phenomena would likely be studied by social
psychologists? - The rise of Hitler prior to World War II and his ability to
influence other people's behavior
11.The area of science that focuses on studying the working brain is called -
Neuroscience
12.Which is NOT an example of a question scientists might ask regarding
evolutionary adaptations in humans? - Can you learn to adapt your note-
taking style form lecture to small group discussion
13.Relative to human biological evolution, cultural evolution has occurred -
Much faster
14.This type of psychologist studies how people are affected by the presence of
others - Social
15.This area of psychology studies how shared ideas and behaviors are passed
from one generation to the next - Social
16.Dr. Alvarez studies how the degeneration of certain components of nerve
cells contribute to sclerosis. His work best exemplifies the ____ subfield of
psychology - Biological
17.Dr. Chen studies several traits that distinguish one person from another. Dr.
Doherty studies how people grow and change during late adolescence and
young adulthood. Dr. Chen is ____ Dr. Doherty is ____ - Personality;
developmental psychologist
18.Clinical psychologists work with - Individuals with severe mental illness
19.A married couple experiencing relationship difficulties is best advised to
consult as ___ psychologist - Counseling
20.Our body's neural system is built from billions of nerve cells or - Neurons
, 21.The extension of a neuron that receives messages from other neurons are
the - Dendrites
22.The brain and spinal cord make up the ___ nervous system - Central
23.A myelin sheath is like the - Insulation of a wire
24.If your house was "selectively permeable" like neurons, which would be most
likely - Only certain people would be allowed to go inside
25.Chemical substances that carry messages from one neuron to the next -
Neurotransmitters
26.Using a key to open the front door of your house is analogous to - Unique
chemical structure of neurotransmitters that fits certain receptor sites
27.Cocaine causes the neurotransmitter dopamine to remain at the site of
synapse longer than normal. Cocaine thus inhibits the process of - Reuptake
28.The phrase adrenaline rush refers to the action of - Epinephrine
29.Damage to this brain area would have profound impact on motor learning -
Cerebellum
30.Which structure is not considered cerebral cortex? - Brain stem
31.Regarding the factors potentially influencing behavior, which of the following
is true - Behavior reflects interaction between genetics and environment
32.The idea that the brain is malleable and continuously changing - Plasticity
33.Which is a myth about plasticity across lifespan - The adult brain forms no
new cells
34.The pick up of information by receptors in the ears is ____, the processing to
produce the experience of a musical note is ____ - Sensation; perception
