PSY 201 Exam #1 Practice Questions
With Correct Answers
A mother thinks that putting her baby in a stimulating environment will
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help it develop strong cognitive skills while the father thinks that the
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baby's intelligence will probably be based on how smart him and the
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mother are. What is this a sign of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the
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nature/nurture debate |
Which psychological school of thought sought to understand how the
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operations of the mind help people adapt to environmental demands -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-functionalism |
which phenomenon is difficult for behaviorism to explain - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-chimps seem to have an innate tendency to fish for insects | | | | | | | | | |
using twigs without being taught how to do it
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a professor studies attention and memory. Which level of analysis does
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their research target - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-individual
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Ila is 80, but she is mentally and physically active. She sometimes forgets
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|where she puts her keys, but is better at crosswords than anyone else in
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|her family. What kind of psychologist researches how older adults like
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,Ila maintain their mental abilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cognitive
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psychologists
what does it mean to say "culture provides adaptive solutions?" -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviors considered "normal" in a culture
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today became "norms" because they solved problems in the past
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What is evolutionary theory's primary contribution to psychology -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that the brain's functions result from
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adaptation
social psychologists focus their studies on - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how
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people are affected by others
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what is the importance of the Human Connectome Project of 2010 -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-it began mapping out how different regions of
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the brain are connected and work together
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Which of the following is not a question that a person engaged in critical
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thinking would ask? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-what are the social
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repercussions of holding this belief | | | |
, which psychological school of thought arose from Freud's attempts to
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understand connections between psychological and physical problems?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-psychoanalytic theory
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psychologists from which school of thought are concerned with | | | | | | | | |
functions that behaviorism cannot explain, such as intelligence and
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problem solving - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cognitive psychology
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what is an example to interpersonal behavior researchers, who work at
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the social level of analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tawny's boyfriend
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does not treat her very well, but every time she tries to break up with
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him, he successfully persuades her to give him another chance
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Kerrie is an undergraduate who is thinking about majoring in
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psychology. She also works part-time, and she is very interested in how
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her company builds morale and helps motivate her coworkers. What
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subfield of psychology might Kerrie want to examine more closely? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-industrial/organizational psychology
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Doug believes that the "mind" is really just a result of the workings of
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our brain. Renee believes that each person has a mind that is separate
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from the body. Their different opinions reflect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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the mind/body problem
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With Correct Answers
A mother thinks that putting her baby in a stimulating environment will
| | | | | | | | | | | |
help it develop strong cognitive skills while the father thinks that the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
baby's intelligence will probably be based on how smart him and the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
mother are. What is this a sign of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the
| | | | | | | | | | |
nature/nurture debate |
Which psychological school of thought sought to understand how the
| | | | | | | | | |
operations of the mind help people adapt to environmental demands -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-functionalism |
which phenomenon is difficult for behaviorism to explain - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-chimps seem to have an innate tendency to fish for insects | | | | | | | | | |
using twigs without being taught how to do it
| | | | | | | | |
a professor studies attention and memory. Which level of analysis does
| | | | | | | | | | |
their research target - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-individual
| | | | |
Ila is 80, but she is mentally and physically active. She sometimes forgets
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|where she puts her keys, but is better at crosswords than anyone else in
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|her family. What kind of psychologist researches how older adults like
| | | | | | | | | | |
,Ila maintain their mental abilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cognitive
| | | | | | | |
psychologists
what does it mean to say "culture provides adaptive solutions?" -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviors considered "normal" in a culture
| | | | | | |
today became "norms" because they solved problems in the past
| | | | | | | | |
What is evolutionary theory's primary contribution to psychology -
| | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that the brain's functions result from
| | | | | | | | |
adaptation
social psychologists focus their studies on - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how
| | | | | | | | |
people are affected by others
| | | |
what is the importance of the Human Connectome Project of 2010 -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-it began mapping out how different regions of
| | | | | | | | |
the brain are connected and work together
| | | | | |
Which of the following is not a question that a person engaged in critical
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
thinking would ask? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-what are the social
| | | | | | | | | |
repercussions of holding this belief | | | |
, which psychological school of thought arose from Freud's attempts to
| | | | | | | | | |
understand connections between psychological and physical problems?
| | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-psychoanalytic theory
| | | |
psychologists from which school of thought are concerned with | | | | | | | | |
functions that behaviorism cannot explain, such as intelligence and
| | | | | | | | |
problem solving - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cognitive psychology
| | | | |
what is an example to interpersonal behavior researchers, who work at
| | | | | | | | | | |
the social level of analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Tawny's boyfriend
| | | | | | | | |
does not treat her very well, but every time she tries to break up with
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
him, he successfully persuades her to give him another chance
| | | | | | | | |
Kerrie is an undergraduate who is thinking about majoring in
| | | | | | | | | |
psychology. She also works part-time, and she is very interested in how
| | | | | | | | | | | |
her company builds morale and helps motivate her coworkers. What
| | | | | | | | | |
subfield of psychology might Kerrie want to examine more closely? -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-industrial/organizational psychology
| |
Doug believes that the "mind" is really just a result of the workings of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
our brain. Renee believes that each person has a mind that is separate
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
from the body. Their different opinions reflect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
the mind/body problem
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