Psych 401 – Exam 1 – 2026 – Study Guide and Practice
Questions
Why have government? - correct answer ✔✔ Initially collective security (tribes)
What is a monarchy? - correct answer ✔✔ Hyper wealthy class holds power through taxation
and protection
What is exchanged by the people in a monarchy? - correct answer ✔✔ Liberty for protection
What did monarchies turn into? - correct answer ✔✔ Empires
What do empires provide? - correct answer ✔✔ Transportation, sanitation, water
When an empire started to use military power to keep the peace what did it mean? - correct
answer ✔✔ Decline
Instead of forcing culture on conquered areas what did empires do? - correct answer ✔✔ Make
society more productive then take taxes
Better social infrastructure (safety, education, health care)= $
What are the three legislations implemented by Otto Von Bismarck in the 20th century? -
correct answer ✔✔ Universal health care (1883)
Accident insurance (1884)
Old age + Disability support (1889)
Productivity is limited by sickness, fear, disaster
,Gov has role in lowering risk to help national identity, productivity and quality of life
What are FDR's four freedoms? - correct answer ✔✔ Speech
Worship
From want
From fear
Last two were in Truman's legislative plan that did not pass
Parents in other countries have paid leave, which could be related to what? - correct answer
✔✔ Lower juvenile delinquency
90% of murdered infants in the US are by parents
US has the highest rate of incarceration-what is it? - correct answer ✔✔ 716/100k
Which US state has the highest incarceration rate? - correct answer ✔✔ Oklahoma
What do individuals give up some liberty for in the social contract? - correct answer ✔✔
National security
Physical infrastructure
Police (resolution mechanism)
Business/ commerce support
Individuals cannot opt out of the contract at any level: federal, state, county, city
When should the federal government interfere in people's lives? - correct answer ✔✔ To fulfill a
legitimate roll
, Whit did the bill of rights guarantee? - correct answer ✔✔ -Due process: gov can only intervene
after fair process establishes a reason for it
-No double jeopardy
-Individuals have liberty interests that must be balanced against state interests
-Bans cruel and unusual punishment
What is police power? - correct answer ✔✔ Power to pass laws, enforce them, punish violators
What happened, who did it
What is parens patriae? - correct answer ✔✔ State has a duty to protect citizens like a parent
would protect a child
Requires the person have mental disturbances and poses a danger to themselves or others in
society-what the person is and what might happen
What is the system structure of law enforcement? - correct answer ✔✔ Local, state, federal
What is the structure of state courts? - correct answer ✔✔ Circuit/trial, intermediate appellate,
state supreme court
What is the structure of federal gov courts? - correct answer ✔✔ District, circuit appellate,
federal supreme court
What is administrative law? - correct answer ✔✔ Rules + regulations for implementing policies
Prisons and hospitals
All system structures need a way to_____ _____________? - correct answer ✔✔ Be petitioned
Questions
Why have government? - correct answer ✔✔ Initially collective security (tribes)
What is a monarchy? - correct answer ✔✔ Hyper wealthy class holds power through taxation
and protection
What is exchanged by the people in a monarchy? - correct answer ✔✔ Liberty for protection
What did monarchies turn into? - correct answer ✔✔ Empires
What do empires provide? - correct answer ✔✔ Transportation, sanitation, water
When an empire started to use military power to keep the peace what did it mean? - correct
answer ✔✔ Decline
Instead of forcing culture on conquered areas what did empires do? - correct answer ✔✔ Make
society more productive then take taxes
Better social infrastructure (safety, education, health care)= $
What are the three legislations implemented by Otto Von Bismarck in the 20th century? -
correct answer ✔✔ Universal health care (1883)
Accident insurance (1884)
Old age + Disability support (1889)
Productivity is limited by sickness, fear, disaster
,Gov has role in lowering risk to help national identity, productivity and quality of life
What are FDR's four freedoms? - correct answer ✔✔ Speech
Worship
From want
From fear
Last two were in Truman's legislative plan that did not pass
Parents in other countries have paid leave, which could be related to what? - correct answer
✔✔ Lower juvenile delinquency
90% of murdered infants in the US are by parents
US has the highest rate of incarceration-what is it? - correct answer ✔✔ 716/100k
Which US state has the highest incarceration rate? - correct answer ✔✔ Oklahoma
What do individuals give up some liberty for in the social contract? - correct answer ✔✔
National security
Physical infrastructure
Police (resolution mechanism)
Business/ commerce support
Individuals cannot opt out of the contract at any level: federal, state, county, city
When should the federal government interfere in people's lives? - correct answer ✔✔ To fulfill a
legitimate roll
, Whit did the bill of rights guarantee? - correct answer ✔✔ -Due process: gov can only intervene
after fair process establishes a reason for it
-No double jeopardy
-Individuals have liberty interests that must be balanced against state interests
-Bans cruel and unusual punishment
What is police power? - correct answer ✔✔ Power to pass laws, enforce them, punish violators
What happened, who did it
What is parens patriae? - correct answer ✔✔ State has a duty to protect citizens like a parent
would protect a child
Requires the person have mental disturbances and poses a danger to themselves or others in
society-what the person is and what might happen
What is the system structure of law enforcement? - correct answer ✔✔ Local, state, federal
What is the structure of state courts? - correct answer ✔✔ Circuit/trial, intermediate appellate,
state supreme court
What is the structure of federal gov courts? - correct answer ✔✔ District, circuit appellate,
federal supreme court
What is administrative law? - correct answer ✔✔ Rules + regulations for implementing policies
Prisons and hospitals
All system structures need a way to_____ _____________? - correct answer ✔✔ Be petitioned
