PSY 101 Final Exam Latest Update
Questions with Approved Answers
Graded Perfect Score A+
______ is the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light, what we know as the
color names blue, green, etc. - Answer -Hue
________ are the raw data of experience, based on the activation of certain receptors located in the
various sensory organs. - Answer -Sensations
________ predicts how and when we will detect a faint stimulus amid background noise. -
Answer -Transduction
__________ is sensory analysis that begins at the entry level, with information flowing from the sensory
receptors to the brain. - Answer -Bottom up processing
(True/False) Advertisers can powerfully shape our buying habits through subliminal messages. -
Answer -True
(True/False) As a science, psychology is objective and value-free. - Answer -False
(True/false) If we stare at a green square for a while and then look at white paper, we see red. -
Answer -True
(True/false) Infants just learning to crawl do not perceive depth. - Answer -False
(True/false) Touching adjacent cold and pressure spots triggers a sense of wetness. - Answer -True
A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the _______. - Answer -
Action potential
A characteristic pattern of behavior or tendency to act and feel in a certain way is called a _______. -
Answer -trait
A characteristic that first shows up in the formal operational stage is _____. - Answer -Abstract
thinking
A child's learned fear at the sight of a hypodermic needle is a _______. - Answer -conditioned
response
A consistent tendency to be shy is best described as a _______. - Answer -trait
A drug that mimics the effects of a particular neurotransmitter is called an ________. - Answer -
Agonist
, A flashbulb memory would typically be stored in _______ memory. - Answer -long-term
A lack of conscious memories of your first three years of life best illustrates _______. - Answer -
infantile amnesia
A mnemonic is a _______. - Answer -memory aid
A partial reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response that occurs after an unpredictable period of
time is a _______ schedule. - Answer -variable-interval
A person who is careless and disorganized most clearly ranks low on the Big Five trait dimension of
_______. - Answer -conscientiousness
A questioning attitude regarding psychologists' assumptions and hidden values best illustrates _______. -
Answer -critical thinking
A simple, automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus is called a _____. - Answer -reflex
According to Freud, the part of personality that represents our sense of right and wrong and our ideal
standards is the _______. - Answer -superego
According to Freud, the unconscious is _______. - Answer -the thoughts, wishes, feelings, and
memories of which we are largely unaware
According to Kohlberg, post conventional morality involves what? - Answer -Affirmation of self
defined ethical principals
Addictive disorders may stem from malfunctioning reward centers in the __________. - Answer -
Limbic system
After being asked to remember three consonants, participants in a study by Peterson and Peterson
counted aloud backward by threes to prevent _______. - Answer -rehearsal
Alfred Adler was a neo-Freudian who proposed the concept _______. - Answer -inferiority
complex
Alzheimer's disease is most closely linked to the deterioration of neurons that produce _______. -
Answer -Acetylcholine
An amplified recording of waves of electrical activity that sweep across the surface of the brain is called
an _____. - Answer -EEG
An animal trainer is teaching a miniature poodle to balance on a ball. Initially, he gives the poodle a treat
for approaching the ball, then only for placing its front paws on the ball, and finally only for climbing on
the ball. The trainer is using the method of _______. - Answer -successive approximations
An iconic memory is a _______ memory. - Answer -flashbulb
An inability to retrieve information learned in the past is called _______. - Answer -retrograde
amnesia
Questions with Approved Answers
Graded Perfect Score A+
______ is the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light, what we know as the
color names blue, green, etc. - Answer -Hue
________ are the raw data of experience, based on the activation of certain receptors located in the
various sensory organs. - Answer -Sensations
________ predicts how and when we will detect a faint stimulus amid background noise. -
Answer -Transduction
__________ is sensory analysis that begins at the entry level, with information flowing from the sensory
receptors to the brain. - Answer -Bottom up processing
(True/False) Advertisers can powerfully shape our buying habits through subliminal messages. -
Answer -True
(True/False) As a science, psychology is objective and value-free. - Answer -False
(True/false) If we stare at a green square for a while and then look at white paper, we see red. -
Answer -True
(True/false) Infants just learning to crawl do not perceive depth. - Answer -False
(True/false) Touching adjacent cold and pressure spots triggers a sense of wetness. - Answer -True
A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the _______. - Answer -
Action potential
A characteristic pattern of behavior or tendency to act and feel in a certain way is called a _______. -
Answer -trait
A characteristic that first shows up in the formal operational stage is _____. - Answer -Abstract
thinking
A child's learned fear at the sight of a hypodermic needle is a _______. - Answer -conditioned
response
A consistent tendency to be shy is best described as a _______. - Answer -trait
A drug that mimics the effects of a particular neurotransmitter is called an ________. - Answer -
Agonist
, A flashbulb memory would typically be stored in _______ memory. - Answer -long-term
A lack of conscious memories of your first three years of life best illustrates _______. - Answer -
infantile amnesia
A mnemonic is a _______. - Answer -memory aid
A partial reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response that occurs after an unpredictable period of
time is a _______ schedule. - Answer -variable-interval
A person who is careless and disorganized most clearly ranks low on the Big Five trait dimension of
_______. - Answer -conscientiousness
A questioning attitude regarding psychologists' assumptions and hidden values best illustrates _______. -
Answer -critical thinking
A simple, automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus is called a _____. - Answer -reflex
According to Freud, the part of personality that represents our sense of right and wrong and our ideal
standards is the _______. - Answer -superego
According to Freud, the unconscious is _______. - Answer -the thoughts, wishes, feelings, and
memories of which we are largely unaware
According to Kohlberg, post conventional morality involves what? - Answer -Affirmation of self
defined ethical principals
Addictive disorders may stem from malfunctioning reward centers in the __________. - Answer -
Limbic system
After being asked to remember three consonants, participants in a study by Peterson and Peterson
counted aloud backward by threes to prevent _______. - Answer -rehearsal
Alfred Adler was a neo-Freudian who proposed the concept _______. - Answer -inferiority
complex
Alzheimer's disease is most closely linked to the deterioration of neurons that produce _______. -
Answer -Acetylcholine
An amplified recording of waves of electrical activity that sweep across the surface of the brain is called
an _____. - Answer -EEG
An animal trainer is teaching a miniature poodle to balance on a ball. Initially, he gives the poodle a treat
for approaching the ball, then only for placing its front paws on the ball, and finally only for climbing on
the ball. The trainer is using the method of _______. - Answer -successive approximations
An iconic memory is a _______ memory. - Answer -flashbulb
An inability to retrieve information learned in the past is called _______. - Answer -retrograde
amnesia
