Psychology 100 Exam 2 Questions and
CORRECT Answers | UPDATED ACTUAL |
2026
• Which of the following statements are true with respect to Piaget's theory of schemas?
- A schema renders us unable to distinguish between our own perspective and
someone else's perspective.
- A schema organizes information.
Schemas can be utilized only once someone develops wisdom.
- A schema assists us in making sense of experience. -✓✓ A schema organizes
information.
A schema assists us in making sense of experience.
• Which statements about development in adulthood are true?
Multiple select question.
- Development in adulthood may mean maintaining an openness to change and to
being changed by experience.
-Piaget's concept of accommodation can help us understand how people make sense
of changes in their lives.
- Development in adulthood is a much more passive process than in childhood.
- People who face difficulties in life are inherently more mature than those who don't. -
✓✓ Development in adulthood may mean maintaining an openness to change and to
being changed by experience.
Piaget's concept of accommodation can help us understand how people make sense of
changes in their lives.
• Which of the following statements about phenotypic expression of genotypes is
correct?
Multiple choice question.
- A range of phenotypes may be expressed, depending on environmental experiences.
- Each genotype has one possible phenotype that may or may not be expressed,
depending on environmental influences.
- The phenotype that is expressed is genetically programmed and cannot be modified. -
✓✓ A range of phenotypes may be expressed, depending on environmental
experiences.
• A person's role in their own development is best characterized as
genetic.
idle.
, passive.
active. -✓✓ active
• Which of the following is a big entity that is the consequence of the interaction of
multiple low-level factors?
a teratogen
a schema
an emergent property
an assimilation -✓✓ an emergent property
• What are an individual's unconscious drives and reservoir of sexual energy called?
ego
id
psyche
superego -✓✓ id
• According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ deals with reality.
Multiple choice question.
superego
id
unconscious
ego -✓✓ ego
• The idea that personality is determined by current and early experiences, and the idea
that we mentally transform our experiences, are core principles of __________ theories.
-✓✓ psychodynamic
• According to Freud's personality structure, the _____ is the harsh internal judge of our
behavior.
Multiple choice question.
consciousness
superego
ego
id -✓✓ superego
• The _________ _________ perspectives on personality emphasize conscious
awareness, beliefs, expectations, and goals. -✓✓ social cognitive
• Unlike other psychological perspectives, humanism focuses on
Multiple choice question.
CORRECT Answers | UPDATED ACTUAL |
2026
• Which of the following statements are true with respect to Piaget's theory of schemas?
- A schema renders us unable to distinguish between our own perspective and
someone else's perspective.
- A schema organizes information.
Schemas can be utilized only once someone develops wisdom.
- A schema assists us in making sense of experience. -✓✓ A schema organizes
information.
A schema assists us in making sense of experience.
• Which statements about development in adulthood are true?
Multiple select question.
- Development in adulthood may mean maintaining an openness to change and to
being changed by experience.
-Piaget's concept of accommodation can help us understand how people make sense
of changes in their lives.
- Development in adulthood is a much more passive process than in childhood.
- People who face difficulties in life are inherently more mature than those who don't. -
✓✓ Development in adulthood may mean maintaining an openness to change and to
being changed by experience.
Piaget's concept of accommodation can help us understand how people make sense of
changes in their lives.
• Which of the following statements about phenotypic expression of genotypes is
correct?
Multiple choice question.
- A range of phenotypes may be expressed, depending on environmental experiences.
- Each genotype has one possible phenotype that may or may not be expressed,
depending on environmental influences.
- The phenotype that is expressed is genetically programmed and cannot be modified. -
✓✓ A range of phenotypes may be expressed, depending on environmental
experiences.
• A person's role in their own development is best characterized as
genetic.
idle.
, passive.
active. -✓✓ active
• Which of the following is a big entity that is the consequence of the interaction of
multiple low-level factors?
a teratogen
a schema
an emergent property
an assimilation -✓✓ an emergent property
• What are an individual's unconscious drives and reservoir of sexual energy called?
ego
id
psyche
superego -✓✓ id
• According to psychodynamic theory, the _____ deals with reality.
Multiple choice question.
superego
id
unconscious
ego -✓✓ ego
• The idea that personality is determined by current and early experiences, and the idea
that we mentally transform our experiences, are core principles of __________ theories.
-✓✓ psychodynamic
• According to Freud's personality structure, the _____ is the harsh internal judge of our
behavior.
Multiple choice question.
consciousness
superego
ego
id -✓✓ superego
• The _________ _________ perspectives on personality emphasize conscious
awareness, beliefs, expectations, and goals. -✓✓ social cognitive
• Unlike other psychological perspectives, humanism focuses on
Multiple choice question.
