PSYCHOLOGY 110 CORE EXAM SET 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
evolutionary psychology - ✔✔studies how behavior is guided by patterns that evolved
during the long history of humankind
research topic ex: trends in male and female mating choices
forensics psychology - ✔✔studies the problems of crime and crime prevention,
rehabilitation programs, prisons, and courtroom dynamics; selects candidates for police
work
research topic ex: reliability of eyewitness testimony during trials
gender psychology - ✔✔researches differences between males and females, the
acquisition of gender identity, and the role of gender throughout life
research topic ex: how young boys and girls are influenced by gender stereotypes
health psychology - ✔✔studies the relationship between behavior and health; uses
psychological principles to promote health and prevent illness
research topic ex: drug addictions
industrial-organizational psychology - ✔✔selects job applicants; does skills analysis;
evalutes on-the-job training; improves work environments and human relations in
organizations and work settings
research topic ex: role of intelligence/emotions in successful management styles
learning psychology - ✔✔studies how and why learning occurs; develops theories of
learning
research topic ex: how patterns of reinforcement affect learning
medical psychology - ✔✔applies psychology to manage medical problems, such as the
emotional impact of illness, self-screening for cancer, and compliance in taking
medicine
research topic ex: how to help people take charge of their own healths
personality psychology - ✔✔studies personality traits and dynamics; develops theories
of personality and tests for assessing personality traits
research topic ex: personality profiles of people who are willing to take extreme risks
School Psychology - ✔✔does psychological testing, referrals, emotional and vocational
counseling of students; detects and treats learning disabilities; improves classroom
learning
ex: how to keep students in school instead of having them drop out
, Sensation and Perception Psychology - ✔✔studies the sense of organs and the process
of perception; investigates the mechanisms of sensation; develops theories about how
perception occurs
research topic ex: how we are able to recognize faces in a crowd
social psychology - ✔✔investigates human social behavior, including attitudes,
conformity, persuasion, prejudice, friendship, aggression, helping, and so forth
research topic ex: analyze how strongly people are attracted to each other
questionnaire - ✔✔a written set of questions to be answered by a research participant
qualitative data - ✔✔open ended questions
self report data - ✔✔when people are asked to answer questions themselves; large
amounts of data in quick ways
ex: questionnaires, checklists, surveys
problem: people may give the answer they think you want to hear/lie
survey - ✔✔a form of self report data in which participants are asked the same
questions --> people may lie/exaggerate
sample - ✔✔a subset of a population being studied
population - ✔✔the group of people from which a sample is drawn
representative sample - ✔✔a sample that accurately reflects a larger population
observational data - ✔✔observes a participants behavior; can be naturalistic (natural
setting) or structured (put each participant in same position and watch behavior)
problem: observer bias
observer effect - ✔✔tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal
when they know they are being observed
observer bias - ✔✔tendency of observers to see what they expect to see or record only
selected details
physiological data - ✔✔data about a person derived from measurement of biological
structures and processes; typically quantitative and can be gathered using tools that
map brain activity such as EEG or fMRI
problems: expensive, one person at a time, takes a while
independent variable - ✔✔the suspected cause for differences in behavior; what is
being manipulated by the researcher
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
evolutionary psychology - ✔✔studies how behavior is guided by patterns that evolved
during the long history of humankind
research topic ex: trends in male and female mating choices
forensics psychology - ✔✔studies the problems of crime and crime prevention,
rehabilitation programs, prisons, and courtroom dynamics; selects candidates for police
work
research topic ex: reliability of eyewitness testimony during trials
gender psychology - ✔✔researches differences between males and females, the
acquisition of gender identity, and the role of gender throughout life
research topic ex: how young boys and girls are influenced by gender stereotypes
health psychology - ✔✔studies the relationship between behavior and health; uses
psychological principles to promote health and prevent illness
research topic ex: drug addictions
industrial-organizational psychology - ✔✔selects job applicants; does skills analysis;
evalutes on-the-job training; improves work environments and human relations in
organizations and work settings
research topic ex: role of intelligence/emotions in successful management styles
learning psychology - ✔✔studies how and why learning occurs; develops theories of
learning
research topic ex: how patterns of reinforcement affect learning
medical psychology - ✔✔applies psychology to manage medical problems, such as the
emotional impact of illness, self-screening for cancer, and compliance in taking
medicine
research topic ex: how to help people take charge of their own healths
personality psychology - ✔✔studies personality traits and dynamics; develops theories
of personality and tests for assessing personality traits
research topic ex: personality profiles of people who are willing to take extreme risks
School Psychology - ✔✔does psychological testing, referrals, emotional and vocational
counseling of students; detects and treats learning disabilities; improves classroom
learning
ex: how to keep students in school instead of having them drop out
, Sensation and Perception Psychology - ✔✔studies the sense of organs and the process
of perception; investigates the mechanisms of sensation; develops theories about how
perception occurs
research topic ex: how we are able to recognize faces in a crowd
social psychology - ✔✔investigates human social behavior, including attitudes,
conformity, persuasion, prejudice, friendship, aggression, helping, and so forth
research topic ex: analyze how strongly people are attracted to each other
questionnaire - ✔✔a written set of questions to be answered by a research participant
qualitative data - ✔✔open ended questions
self report data - ✔✔when people are asked to answer questions themselves; large
amounts of data in quick ways
ex: questionnaires, checklists, surveys
problem: people may give the answer they think you want to hear/lie
survey - ✔✔a form of self report data in which participants are asked the same
questions --> people may lie/exaggerate
sample - ✔✔a subset of a population being studied
population - ✔✔the group of people from which a sample is drawn
representative sample - ✔✔a sample that accurately reflects a larger population
observational data - ✔✔observes a participants behavior; can be naturalistic (natural
setting) or structured (put each participant in same position and watch behavior)
problem: observer bias
observer effect - ✔✔tendency of people or animals to behave differently from normal
when they know they are being observed
observer bias - ✔✔tendency of observers to see what they expect to see or record only
selected details
physiological data - ✔✔data about a person derived from measurement of biological
structures and processes; typically quantitative and can be gathered using tools that
map brain activity such as EEG or fMRI
problems: expensive, one person at a time, takes a while
independent variable - ✔✔the suspected cause for differences in behavior; what is
being manipulated by the researcher
