Psyc 1010: Final Exam Questions and
All Actual Answers 2026-2027
Updated.
Correlation equals causation. TRUE/FALSE - Answer False
Correlation: ice cream sales and robberies
Causation: heat
You are a horrible multitasker. True or False - Answer True
-Your have to have 100% focus on something in order to fully comprehend it
negative correlation indicates that one variable negatively impacts another. True or False -
Answer False
Negative correlation: "more is less" "less is more" (more smoking=less life)
Positive correlation: "more is more" "less is more" (less sleep=less memory)
The fallacy of positive instances is when we see things happening around us as exclusively
positive. True or false - Answer False
The fallacy of positive instances: The explanation for the majority of the popularity of
conspiracies due to this inclination to ignore contrary evidence. In the presents of positive
evidence critical thinking and reasoning can be easily ignored.
When Psychologist do research they always take precautions such as getting informed consent
from their patients, making sure these subjects are free from coercion, debriefing them, and
maintaining confidentiality. They do all these to maintain one of the four most rules of ethnic
reasoning: - Answer Do no harm
Clever Hans was the nickname for the researcher who discovered the need for the double blind
experiments. True of False - Answer False
Claver Hans was the name of a horse who was picking up on the involuntary body cues of his
trainer who could actually solve the math problems. These discover lead to the need for the
double blind experiments.
Double blind: both people (experimenter and subject) need to be unaware of what you are
looking for
In critical thinking, keeping an open mind refers to being open to ideas that support what you
think, and being critical of those that do not (Because those people do not have an open mind).
True or false - Answer False
,If you are willing to critically think about others ideas then you need to be willing to let others
be critical of yours
We use 100% of our brains. true or false - Answer True
If we didn't we would not be able to function
Generally speaking when you feel comfortable with the information you have been studying,
that means you have mastered it. True of false - Answer False
Mastery comes after a period of time after repeated exposure to the concept
If you were arguing with someone who was a philosophical empiricist, you would gain greater
traction in the debate by... - Answer Talk about evidence that is acquired through experience
Empiricist: the belief that all knowledge is acquired through experience (nurture)
Nativism: the view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn (nature)
What is psychology? - Answer The scientific study of the mind and behavior
When a person believes that they intellectually understand differing point of view without bias
they are demonstrating... - Answer Naive realism: The belief that you are correct and see all
aspects of the world objectively and that those who disagree with you are either unformed or
bias
Ideological immune system: when you build up walls against other ideas
You are taking an economics class in which the instructor asks you to identify the potential
problems with the specific economic plan and to construct a new one that would solve those
problems
This instructor is asking you to use which (HOTS) part of blooms taxonomy - Answer Create
H.O.T.S: higher order thinking skills
L.O.T.S: lower order thinking skills
Create, evaluate, analyze, apply, understand, remember
This perspective in psychology focuses only observable behavior.. - Answer None of the
above
Behaviorism
Hindsight bias is... - Answer Believing that we already knew something when looking back on
it
, Which of the following would be a simple definitions of metacognition - Answer Thinking
about thinking
A social psychologist would most likely study - Answer Why children in elementary school
respond differently when they are in a group
-The study of the causes and consequences of society
You are conducting a study to see why people are so scared of munchkins. To do this you
accumulate information from a large number of people about their age, gender, background,
movie preference, and so I want to see if you can identify a common variable that is related to
fear of munchkins. You are conducting my kind of study? - Answer Correlation study
Jenna comes to you with a problem. After she takes time telling you about her problem, inform
her that she has unconscious drives that are causing her to behave oddly. This is an example of
something a .... would say - Answer Psychoanalytic psychologist
When someone looks for instants to support their belief and discards those that do not, they
are exhibiting - Answer Confirmation bias
When preparing for a test, you are studying how Ancient munchkins terrorized humans. You
want to make sure you study well, so you look at how one of those concepts is similar to and
different from others. You just used which meta-cognitive strategy? - Answer Elaboration and
distinctiveness
-Definition, example, application, and elaboration and distinctiveness
In an experiment, which is the variable We change to see if there is an effect - Answer
independent variable
Dependent: measured
Intervening: another variable not considered that impacts the results
Third variable correlation: two variables are correlated only because each is causally related to a
third variable
Professor Marsing is doing some research to find out why munchkins are nearly extinct. He find
several of the few that are left and divides them into groups that might be most likely to die off.
He finds an Individual from one of those groups and, by observing him for a great many hours,
obtains intricate details from this munchkins life. This a... - Answer case study
You have a friend who starts to be a follower of Braco ( the "gazing" guy). When you ask her
about it she tells you that she has talked to a lot of people who have been to one of his sessions
and each of them have personal stories of healing based on what she says, which of the hurdles
to critical thinking is she tripping over? - Answer Anecdotes do not make evidence
All Actual Answers 2026-2027
Updated.
Correlation equals causation. TRUE/FALSE - Answer False
Correlation: ice cream sales and robberies
Causation: heat
You are a horrible multitasker. True or False - Answer True
-Your have to have 100% focus on something in order to fully comprehend it
negative correlation indicates that one variable negatively impacts another. True or False -
Answer False
Negative correlation: "more is less" "less is more" (more smoking=less life)
Positive correlation: "more is more" "less is more" (less sleep=less memory)
The fallacy of positive instances is when we see things happening around us as exclusively
positive. True or false - Answer False
The fallacy of positive instances: The explanation for the majority of the popularity of
conspiracies due to this inclination to ignore contrary evidence. In the presents of positive
evidence critical thinking and reasoning can be easily ignored.
When Psychologist do research they always take precautions such as getting informed consent
from their patients, making sure these subjects are free from coercion, debriefing them, and
maintaining confidentiality. They do all these to maintain one of the four most rules of ethnic
reasoning: - Answer Do no harm
Clever Hans was the nickname for the researcher who discovered the need for the double blind
experiments. True of False - Answer False
Claver Hans was the name of a horse who was picking up on the involuntary body cues of his
trainer who could actually solve the math problems. These discover lead to the need for the
double blind experiments.
Double blind: both people (experimenter and subject) need to be unaware of what you are
looking for
In critical thinking, keeping an open mind refers to being open to ideas that support what you
think, and being critical of those that do not (Because those people do not have an open mind).
True or false - Answer False
,If you are willing to critically think about others ideas then you need to be willing to let others
be critical of yours
We use 100% of our brains. true or false - Answer True
If we didn't we would not be able to function
Generally speaking when you feel comfortable with the information you have been studying,
that means you have mastered it. True of false - Answer False
Mastery comes after a period of time after repeated exposure to the concept
If you were arguing with someone who was a philosophical empiricist, you would gain greater
traction in the debate by... - Answer Talk about evidence that is acquired through experience
Empiricist: the belief that all knowledge is acquired through experience (nurture)
Nativism: the view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn (nature)
What is psychology? - Answer The scientific study of the mind and behavior
When a person believes that they intellectually understand differing point of view without bias
they are demonstrating... - Answer Naive realism: The belief that you are correct and see all
aspects of the world objectively and that those who disagree with you are either unformed or
bias
Ideological immune system: when you build up walls against other ideas
You are taking an economics class in which the instructor asks you to identify the potential
problems with the specific economic plan and to construct a new one that would solve those
problems
This instructor is asking you to use which (HOTS) part of blooms taxonomy - Answer Create
H.O.T.S: higher order thinking skills
L.O.T.S: lower order thinking skills
Create, evaluate, analyze, apply, understand, remember
This perspective in psychology focuses only observable behavior.. - Answer None of the
above
Behaviorism
Hindsight bias is... - Answer Believing that we already knew something when looking back on
it
, Which of the following would be a simple definitions of metacognition - Answer Thinking
about thinking
A social psychologist would most likely study - Answer Why children in elementary school
respond differently when they are in a group
-The study of the causes and consequences of society
You are conducting a study to see why people are so scared of munchkins. To do this you
accumulate information from a large number of people about their age, gender, background,
movie preference, and so I want to see if you can identify a common variable that is related to
fear of munchkins. You are conducting my kind of study? - Answer Correlation study
Jenna comes to you with a problem. After she takes time telling you about her problem, inform
her that she has unconscious drives that are causing her to behave oddly. This is an example of
something a .... would say - Answer Psychoanalytic psychologist
When someone looks for instants to support their belief and discards those that do not, they
are exhibiting - Answer Confirmation bias
When preparing for a test, you are studying how Ancient munchkins terrorized humans. You
want to make sure you study well, so you look at how one of those concepts is similar to and
different from others. You just used which meta-cognitive strategy? - Answer Elaboration and
distinctiveness
-Definition, example, application, and elaboration and distinctiveness
In an experiment, which is the variable We change to see if there is an effect - Answer
independent variable
Dependent: measured
Intervening: another variable not considered that impacts the results
Third variable correlation: two variables are correlated only because each is causally related to a
third variable
Professor Marsing is doing some research to find out why munchkins are nearly extinct. He find
several of the few that are left and divides them into groups that might be most likely to die off.
He finds an Individual from one of those groups and, by observing him for a great many hours,
obtains intricate details from this munchkins life. This a... - Answer case study
You have a friend who starts to be a follower of Braco ( the "gazing" guy). When you ask her
about it she tells you that she has talked to a lot of people who have been to one of his sessions
and each of them have personal stories of healing based on what she says, which of the hurdles
to critical thinking is she tripping over? - Answer Anecdotes do not make evidence
