Portage Learning PSYC 101 psychology EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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PSYC 101 Exam 1 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE
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SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (0D81D)
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QUESTION 1 ms




What is psychology?
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ANSWER

Psychology is about understanding all the things we do Psych is practical; investigating human beha
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vior in a scientific way It teaches us a healthy respect for the complexity of behavior
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QUESTION 2 ms




Psych come from 2 parent disiplines
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philosophy & physiology ms ms




QUESTION 3 ms




Wilhelm Wundt ms




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founded the 1st formal psychology laboratory & founded the 1st journal devoted to publishing psych
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ology research Wundt - conscious experience
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QUESTION 4 ms




Sigmund Freud ms




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psychoanalysis unconscious - ms ms



the unconscious contains thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of consci
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ous awareness but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior Freudian slips
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,QUESTION 5 ms




John
B. Watson
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Behaviorism



QUESTION 6 ms




Behavior
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refers to any overt/observable response or activity by an organism
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QUESTION 7 ms




nature vs. nurturems ms




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concerned with whether behavior is determined mainly by genetic inheritance (nature) or by enviro
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nment and experience (nurture)
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QUESTION 8 ms




Skinner principle of behavior
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ANSWER

Organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes, and they tend to not repeat resp
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onses that lead to neutral or negative outcomes Skinner box Free will is an illusion
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QUESTION 9 ms




Humanism
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theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and
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their potential for personal growth takes an optimistic view of human nature
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QUESTION 10 ms




B. F. Skinner would say this . . .
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,ANSWER

"In the traditional view, a person is free . . He can therefore be held responsible for what he does a
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nd justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be reexamin
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ed when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environ
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ment." = explaining why he believes that freedom is an illusion
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QUESTION 11 ms




Carl Rogers would say this . . .
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ANSWER

"I do not have a Pollyanna view of human nature. . . . Yet one of the most refreshing and invigorati
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ng parts of my experience is to work with [my clients] and to discover the strongly positive directio
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nal tendencies which exist in them, as in all of us, at the deepest levels." = commenting on others' a
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ssertion that he had an overly optimistic (Pollyannaish) view of human potential and discussing hum
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ans' basic drive toward personal growth.
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QUESTION 12 ms




Behavioral people ms




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John
B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov
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QUESTION 13 ms




Behavioral subject matter ms ms




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effects of environment on the overt behavior of humans and animals
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QUESTION 14 ms




Behavioral basic premise ms ms




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Only observable events (stimulus-response relations) can be studied scientifically
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QUESTION 15 ms




Psychoanalytic people ms




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, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler
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QUESTION 16 ms




Psychoanalytical subject matter ms ms




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unconscious determinants of behavior
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QUESTION 17 ms




Psychoanalytical basic premise ms ms




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unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders
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QUESTION 18 ms




Humanistic people ms




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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
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QUESTION 19 ms




Humanistic subject matter ms ms




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unique aspects of human experience
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QUESTION 20 ms




Humanistic basic premise ms ms




ANSWER

Humans are free, rational beings with the potential for personal growth, and they are fundamentally
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different from animals
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QUESTION 21 ms




Cognitive people ms




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