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

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Exam Solution
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PSY101 Final Exam Introductory Psychology 2026 A+
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GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIE
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D ANSWERS (A5B9E)
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QUESTION 1 ms




Double-Blind Study ms




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Neither participants NOR researchers know who is in experimental vs. control group —
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controls for experimenter bias
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QUESTION 2 ms




Confounding Variable ms




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An outside factor that affects the dependent variable and can invalidate experimental results
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QUESTION 3 ms




Correlation vs. Causation ms ms




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Correlation shows a relationship between two variables, but does NOT prove one causes the other
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QUESTION 4 ms




Variable Ratio Schedule ms ms




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Reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses; most resistant to extinction (e.g., gambli
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, QUESTION 5 ms




Latent Learning
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Learning that happens without reward and isn't shown until there's motivation —
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proves cognition matters
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QUESTION 6 ms




Misinformation Effect ms




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Elizabeth Loftus — post-
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event misleading info gets incorporated into memory, distorting eyewitness recall
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QUESTION 7 ms




Source Amnesia
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Remembering information but forgetting WHERE or WHEN you learned it — key to false memories
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QUESTION 8 ms




Encoding Specificity ms




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Memory retrieval is best when context at retrieval matches context at encoding
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QUESTION 9 ms




Signal Detection Theory
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Detecting a stimulus depends on both its intensity AND the observer's psychological state
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QUESTION 10 ms




Neuroplasticity
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