Psyc 1010: Final Exam Review Part 2
Questions Well Answered 2026
Updated.
_______ is the technique used to try to extract the structure of intelligence from a set of
correlations. - Answer Factor analysis
If you give your dog a biscuit every fifth time he plays dead, what reinforcement schedule is he
on? - Answer Fixed ratio
Edward Thorndike conducted an experiment which involved putting a cat in a cage with a simple
latch; a piece of fish was outside of the cage. Through trial and error, the cat got out. On later
trials, the cat got out more quickly by figuring out how to unlatch the lock to get the fish. What
principle did Thorndike use to explain the cat's behavior? - Answer The law of effect
In class, Professor Dubow described 3 explanations for childhood amnesia. He stated each of
the following EXCEPT for: - Answer Motor neurons were not fully formed by age 3
The extent to which a test measures what it is intended to measure is called? - Answer
Validity
An intelligence test that is intended to be familiar to people from all socioeconomic and ethnic
backgrounds is an example of a? - Answer Culture-fair test
In terms of intelligence, the "g" factor refers to? - Answer An underlying factor that applies to
all types of test performance
In operant conditioning, shaping refers to? - Answer The process of rewarding successive
approximations of the desired behavior
The fact that rats learn to avoid food which has poisoned them when presented with the taste
of the food but not when presented with a click and a light that has been paired with the same
food indicates that? - Answer Some conditioned associations may be "built-in" or biologically
determined by an organism's genetic material
In class, Dr. Dubow discussed the whole vs. partial report experiment by Sterling participants
were flashed for less than a second an array of letters (3 rows of 4 letters per row). Some
participants were asked to report all the letters they saw in the entire display (whole report); for
other participants, after the display was flashed, a tone sounded to indicate which row of letters
the participants should report (partial report). What were the implications of this experiment? -
, Answer Visual sensory memory was actually shown to be impressive in the partial report
condition
Incentives are rewarding because they all activate the brain's reward mechanism in the ______.
- Answer Dopamine system
Energy is supplied to the brain by_____. - Answer Glucose
From Maslow's perspective, motivation is primarily the result of: - Answer Humans focusing
on satisfying basic needs before moving to higher needs
Studies of army veterans with spinal cord injuries showed: - Answer Some patients with
spinal cord lesions could react emotionally (i.e. experienced a "cold emotion"), but did not
really feel emotion
Psychological determinism is the psychoanalytic doctrine that: - Answer All thoughts,
emotions, and actions have causes
Cognitive factors - specifically attribution styles - may play a role in depression. Depressed
individuals seem to attribute the causes of negative outcomes to themselves (e.g. failing an
exam) in the following ways: - Answer internal, stable, global
Persons with panic disorder probably have a genetic or biochemical predisposition to show the
disorder. When environmental conditions and cognitive factors combine with this
predisposition, the person may show panic disorder. This description describes what model of
mental disorders? - Answer Vulnerability-stress model
The two neurotransmitters that are most likely involved in mood disorders are? - Answer
Nonrepinephrine and serotonin
Which of the following is NOT related to schizophrenia? - Answer Overproduction of
serotonin
The James-Lange theory of emotions states that: - Answer Physiological reactions precede
and drive the subjective experience of emotions
People with antisocial personality disorder... - Answer Regularly violate other people's rights
Development is? - Answer Age-related physical, intellectual, social and personal changes that
occur
Questions Well Answered 2026
Updated.
_______ is the technique used to try to extract the structure of intelligence from a set of
correlations. - Answer Factor analysis
If you give your dog a biscuit every fifth time he plays dead, what reinforcement schedule is he
on? - Answer Fixed ratio
Edward Thorndike conducted an experiment which involved putting a cat in a cage with a simple
latch; a piece of fish was outside of the cage. Through trial and error, the cat got out. On later
trials, the cat got out more quickly by figuring out how to unlatch the lock to get the fish. What
principle did Thorndike use to explain the cat's behavior? - Answer The law of effect
In class, Professor Dubow described 3 explanations for childhood amnesia. He stated each of
the following EXCEPT for: - Answer Motor neurons were not fully formed by age 3
The extent to which a test measures what it is intended to measure is called? - Answer
Validity
An intelligence test that is intended to be familiar to people from all socioeconomic and ethnic
backgrounds is an example of a? - Answer Culture-fair test
In terms of intelligence, the "g" factor refers to? - Answer An underlying factor that applies to
all types of test performance
In operant conditioning, shaping refers to? - Answer The process of rewarding successive
approximations of the desired behavior
The fact that rats learn to avoid food which has poisoned them when presented with the taste
of the food but not when presented with a click and a light that has been paired with the same
food indicates that? - Answer Some conditioned associations may be "built-in" or biologically
determined by an organism's genetic material
In class, Dr. Dubow discussed the whole vs. partial report experiment by Sterling participants
were flashed for less than a second an array of letters (3 rows of 4 letters per row). Some
participants were asked to report all the letters they saw in the entire display (whole report); for
other participants, after the display was flashed, a tone sounded to indicate which row of letters
the participants should report (partial report). What were the implications of this experiment? -
, Answer Visual sensory memory was actually shown to be impressive in the partial report
condition
Incentives are rewarding because they all activate the brain's reward mechanism in the ______.
- Answer Dopamine system
Energy is supplied to the brain by_____. - Answer Glucose
From Maslow's perspective, motivation is primarily the result of: - Answer Humans focusing
on satisfying basic needs before moving to higher needs
Studies of army veterans with spinal cord injuries showed: - Answer Some patients with
spinal cord lesions could react emotionally (i.e. experienced a "cold emotion"), but did not
really feel emotion
Psychological determinism is the psychoanalytic doctrine that: - Answer All thoughts,
emotions, and actions have causes
Cognitive factors - specifically attribution styles - may play a role in depression. Depressed
individuals seem to attribute the causes of negative outcomes to themselves (e.g. failing an
exam) in the following ways: - Answer internal, stable, global
Persons with panic disorder probably have a genetic or biochemical predisposition to show the
disorder. When environmental conditions and cognitive factors combine with this
predisposition, the person may show panic disorder. This description describes what model of
mental disorders? - Answer Vulnerability-stress model
The two neurotransmitters that are most likely involved in mood disorders are? - Answer
Nonrepinephrine and serotonin
Which of the following is NOT related to schizophrenia? - Answer Overproduction of
serotonin
The James-Lange theory of emotions states that: - Answer Physiological reactions precede
and drive the subjective experience of emotions
People with antisocial personality disorder... - Answer Regularly violate other people's rights
Development is? - Answer Age-related physical, intellectual, social and personal changes that
occur
