PSYC 140 MODULE 1–8 EXAM 2026 PRACTICE
QUESTION SET TWO
◉ social loafing. Answer: the tendency for people in a group to exert
less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common
goal than when individually accountable
◉ Solomon Asch. Answer: conducted an experiment where
participants' estimates of line length were influenced by the
presence of others giving incorrect answers
◉ Philip Zimbardo. Answer: conducted the famous Stanford Prison
Experiment; illustrated the powerful impact of role-playing
◉ Stanley Milgram. Answer: conducted experiments where
"teachers" were made to shock "learners" under direction from an
authority figure
◉ attribution theory. Answer: the theory that we explain someone's
behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's
disposition; studied by Fritz Heider
◉ General adaptation syndrome. Answer: Alarm- fight or flight
Resistance- cope/resist
,Exhaustion- adrenal and other glands created by fight or flight can
no longer secrete hormones
◉ central route to decision-making.. Answer: When we are
motivated and able to pay attention, we take a logical, conscious
thinking; This can lead to permanent change in our attitude as we
adopt and elaborate upon the speaker's arguments; occurs when
people think carefully about the message and are influenced because
they find the arguments compelling.
◉ peripheral route to decision making. Answer: Here we do not pay
attention to persuasive arguments but are swayed instead by surface
characteristics such as whether we like the speaker. In this case
although we do change, it is only temporary (although it is to a state
where we may be susceptible to further change);
Occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a
speaker's attractiveness, emotional music or images.
◉ Forensic Psychology. Answer: The application of the science of
psychology to criminal law.
◉ approach-avoidance conflict. Answer: a type of conflict involving a
single goal that has both positive and negative aspects
,◉ approach-approach conflict. Answer: a type of conflict involving a
choice between two positive but mutually exclusive options
◉ avoidance-avoidance conflict. Answer: a type of conflict involving
a choice between two negative or undesirable options
◉ Job opportunities. Answer: crime prevention and solution,
criminal rehabilitation, and issues of the criminal law.
◉ Research opportunities. Answer: They examine human behavior
in relation to the legal system.
Determine sanity and competence.
Evaluate and examine criminals.
Help lawyers prepare for trial.
Help police catch criminals.
◉ Personality. Answer: is the major motivational element within
individuals. It is the seat of drives and the source of motives.
◉ Insanity Defense. Answer: based on the theory that most people
can choose to follow the law
◉ Insanity. Answer: Mental illness of such a severe nature that a
person...
, cannot distinguish fantasy from reality,
is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior.
<1% of cases
rarely successful 25%
◉ Competency. Answer: The mental state of the defendant at the
time of trial.
◉ Beta. Answer: most engaged level of awareness; also in REM
◉ Alpha. Answer: more in automatic consciousness
◉ Theta. Answer: first stage of sleep
◉ Delta. Answer: slowest frequency and largest amplitude; deep
sleep
◉ Investigative Psychology. Answer: The application of psychology
to criminal investigation.
◉ what are the sleep stages. Answer: stage 1: transition to light
sleep
stage 2: sleep spindles
QUESTION SET TWO
◉ social loafing. Answer: the tendency for people in a group to exert
less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common
goal than when individually accountable
◉ Solomon Asch. Answer: conducted an experiment where
participants' estimates of line length were influenced by the
presence of others giving incorrect answers
◉ Philip Zimbardo. Answer: conducted the famous Stanford Prison
Experiment; illustrated the powerful impact of role-playing
◉ Stanley Milgram. Answer: conducted experiments where
"teachers" were made to shock "learners" under direction from an
authority figure
◉ attribution theory. Answer: the theory that we explain someone's
behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's
disposition; studied by Fritz Heider
◉ General adaptation syndrome. Answer: Alarm- fight or flight
Resistance- cope/resist
,Exhaustion- adrenal and other glands created by fight or flight can
no longer secrete hormones
◉ central route to decision-making.. Answer: When we are
motivated and able to pay attention, we take a logical, conscious
thinking; This can lead to permanent change in our attitude as we
adopt and elaborate upon the speaker's arguments; occurs when
people think carefully about the message and are influenced because
they find the arguments compelling.
◉ peripheral route to decision making. Answer: Here we do not pay
attention to persuasive arguments but are swayed instead by surface
characteristics such as whether we like the speaker. In this case
although we do change, it is only temporary (although it is to a state
where we may be susceptible to further change);
Occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a
speaker's attractiveness, emotional music or images.
◉ Forensic Psychology. Answer: The application of the science of
psychology to criminal law.
◉ approach-avoidance conflict. Answer: a type of conflict involving a
single goal that has both positive and negative aspects
,◉ approach-approach conflict. Answer: a type of conflict involving a
choice between two positive but mutually exclusive options
◉ avoidance-avoidance conflict. Answer: a type of conflict involving
a choice between two negative or undesirable options
◉ Job opportunities. Answer: crime prevention and solution,
criminal rehabilitation, and issues of the criminal law.
◉ Research opportunities. Answer: They examine human behavior
in relation to the legal system.
Determine sanity and competence.
Evaluate and examine criminals.
Help lawyers prepare for trial.
Help police catch criminals.
◉ Personality. Answer: is the major motivational element within
individuals. It is the seat of drives and the source of motives.
◉ Insanity Defense. Answer: based on the theory that most people
can choose to follow the law
◉ Insanity. Answer: Mental illness of such a severe nature that a
person...
, cannot distinguish fantasy from reality,
is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior.
<1% of cases
rarely successful 25%
◉ Competency. Answer: The mental state of the defendant at the
time of trial.
◉ Beta. Answer: most engaged level of awareness; also in REM
◉ Alpha. Answer: more in automatic consciousness
◉ Theta. Answer: first stage of sleep
◉ Delta. Answer: slowest frequency and largest amplitude; deep
sleep
◉ Investigative Psychology. Answer: The application of psychology
to criminal investigation.
◉ what are the sleep stages. Answer: stage 1: transition to light
sleep
stage 2: sleep spindles
