PSY 1001 Exam 2 Questions With Correct
Answers
When people overestimate the frequency of violent crimes because these events
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generate a great deal of media coverage, they are using... - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the availability heuristic | |
Danish was robbed near the bike racks by Wilson Library. After that, he found
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that he was reluctant to walk there, preferring to navigate around the West Bank
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by using underground tunnels. In fact, just thinking about walking near the
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Wilson Library bike racks made him feel anxious. The process through which
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Danish learned to be anxious in a particular place is known as
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___________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-emotional conditioning | | | |
Dr. Alexander has developed a new drug that works as a stimulant. It is likely that
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this drug will ______________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-increase
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activity in the central nervous system
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As discussed in lecture, a descriptive approach to problem solving: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-tells how people actually solve problems | | | | |
Sue May witnessed a bicycle crash and initially thought that there was nothing
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wrong with the bike. But, she heard the person next to her have a different
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opinion and changed her story to the police officer. This represents... - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the misinformation effect | |
,Big John decides to cook ribs, and he is following the recipe step by step to get
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the perfect meal. However, after thawing the meat, preheating the oven, and
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making the sauce, he realizes he does not have enough chili powder. Big John
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stops cooking and decides he cannot make ribs because he can't complete the
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recipe. He was attempting to follow __________ but that is not working for him. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an algorithm
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All of the following is true about sleep EXCEPT...
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a. Brain activity varies depending on the stage of sleep.
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b. There are three distinct sleep stages.
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c. REM sleep is marked by a return to short, fast brain waves.
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d. The body typically shows paralysis during REM sleep. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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b. There are three distinct sleep stages
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During the class, some students were able to memorize this list of number 1 1 2 1
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4 4 1 5 7 4 1 0 3 1 1 2 2 5 because they organized them not as individual
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numbers but as important dates (1/1 2/14 4/15 7/4 10/31 12/25). In this
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example. memory is helped by which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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chunking
According to the linguistic relativity hypothesis __________________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the number of words a language has for a concept is an indication | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of the concepts importance to the users of the language
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(Ex: I broke the vase vs. The vase broke on the floor)
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, A split-brain patient is shown the image of a snow-covered pine tree in his left
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visual field and the image of chicken in his right visual field. When asked what he
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saw, the patient will respond: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"I saw a chicken"
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Dr. Garonski is testing his hypothesis that people use hand gestures more in
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communication when emotionally aroused than when calm. When his results | | | | | | | | | |
were reviewed, it was noted that Dr. Garonski sometimes missed seeing small
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gestures in the calm condition. This is an example of... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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confirmation bias |
Priscilla, the very cute dog, has learned to jump the fence that encloses her
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human's garden. She has been doing it more and more often. She doesn't like the
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|fenced yard, and when she escapes, she enjoys her freedom to explore the
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neighborhood, greet other dogs and chase squirrels. Evidently, Priscilla has
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learned to escape from her fenced yard through ______________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-reinforcement
To answer a research question, psychologists might collect data from lots of
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people, then analyze it to find the trends that they have in common. In other
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words, they are using specific examples to determine a general rule. According to
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lecture, these psychologists are using what kind of reasoning? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-inductive
In the Peterson and Peterson studies of the duration of short-term memory, as
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demonstrated in class, researchers were able to discover the duration of short-
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term memory in what way? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They manipulated the length
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|of time between seeing and recalling sets of 3-letter stimuli while preventing
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rehearsal.
Answers
When people overestimate the frequency of violent crimes because these events
| | | | | | | | | | |
generate a great deal of media coverage, they are using... - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-the availability heuristic | |
Danish was robbed near the bike racks by Wilson Library. After that, he found
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
that he was reluctant to walk there, preferring to navigate around the West Bank
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
by using underground tunnels. In fact, just thinking about walking near the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Wilson Library bike racks made him feel anxious. The process through which
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Danish learned to be anxious in a particular place is known as
| | | | | | | | | | | |
___________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-emotional conditioning | | | |
Dr. Alexander has developed a new drug that works as a stimulant. It is likely that
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
this drug will ______________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-increase
| | | | | | |
activity in the central nervous system
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As discussed in lecture, a descriptive approach to problem solving: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-tells how people actually solve problems | | | | |
Sue May witnessed a bicycle crash and initially thought that there was nothing
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
wrong with the bike. But, she heard the person next to her have a different
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
opinion and changed her story to the police officer. This represents... - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the misinformation effect | |
,Big John decides to cook ribs, and he is following the recipe step by step to get
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the perfect meal. However, after thawing the meat, preheating the oven, and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
making the sauce, he realizes he does not have enough chili powder. Big John
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
stops cooking and decides he cannot make ribs because he can't complete the
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recipe. He was attempting to follow __________ but that is not working for him. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an algorithm
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All of the following is true about sleep EXCEPT...
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a. Brain activity varies depending on the stage of sleep.
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b. There are three distinct sleep stages.
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c. REM sleep is marked by a return to short, fast brain waves.
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d. The body typically shows paralysis during REM sleep. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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b. There are three distinct sleep stages
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During the class, some students were able to memorize this list of number 1 1 2 1
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4 4 1 5 7 4 1 0 3 1 1 2 2 5 because they organized them not as individual
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
numbers but as important dates (1/1 2/14 4/15 7/4 10/31 12/25). In this
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example. memory is helped by which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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chunking
According to the linguistic relativity hypothesis __________________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the number of words a language has for a concept is an indication | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of the concepts importance to the users of the language
| | | | | | | | |
(Ex: I broke the vase vs. The vase broke on the floor)
| | | | | | | | | | |
, A split-brain patient is shown the image of a snow-covered pine tree in his left
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
visual field and the image of chicken in his right visual field. When asked what he
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
saw, the patient will respond: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"I saw a chicken"
| | | | | | | | | |
Dr. Garonski is testing his hypothesis that people use hand gestures more in
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
communication when emotionally aroused than when calm. When his results | | | | | | | | | |
were reviewed, it was noted that Dr. Garonski sometimes missed seeing small
| | | | | | | | | | | |
gestures in the calm condition. This is an example of... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
confirmation bias |
Priscilla, the very cute dog, has learned to jump the fence that encloses her
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
human's garden. She has been doing it more and more often. She doesn't like the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|fenced yard, and when she escapes, she enjoys her freedom to explore the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
neighborhood, greet other dogs and chase squirrels. Evidently, Priscilla has
| | | | | | | | | |
learned to escape from her fenced yard through ______________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-reinforcement
To answer a research question, psychologists might collect data from lots of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
people, then analyze it to find the trends that they have in common. In other
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
words, they are using specific examples to determine a general rule. According to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
lecture, these psychologists are using what kind of reasoning? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-inductive
In the Peterson and Peterson studies of the duration of short-term memory, as
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
demonstrated in class, researchers were able to discover the duration of short-
| | | | | | | | | | |
term memory in what way? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They manipulated the length
| | | | | | | | | |
|of time between seeing and recalling sets of 3-letter stimuli while preventing
| | | | | | | | | | | |
rehearsal.
