PSYCH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Jeffery always makes sure to have his parents in sight, even when he is playing. He is
exhibiting _____ _____, in which he stays close to his parents to keep safe. - answer-
proximity maintenance
12yrs-adult; abstract - answer-formal operations
Birth-2yrs - answer-sensorimotor
7-12yrs; can understand conversation, reversibility, and causation - answer-concrete
operations
2-7yrs - answer-preoperational
_____ intelligence is the capacity for deductive reasoning and the ability to use new
information to solve problems - answer-fluid
______ intelligence if the cognitive skills and specific knowledge of information acquired
over a lifetime - answer-crystallized
Erik erikson characterized his eight stages of development by a(n) _____ or
psychological challenge that should be resolved before the individual moves on to the
next stage - answer-crisis
Kari wants to know if petting a hairless cat makes people fell happy because hairless
cats maker her happy and she is just general curious. Doctor edwards wants to know if
petting a hairless cat makes people feel happy because he is searching for a way to
make her clients feel better during their appointments. Kari would be doing ____
research where as doctor edwards would be doing___ research - answer-basic; applied
A person who doe psychotherapy, regardless of training or education is known as an
_____ - answer-psychotherapists
A medical doctor specializing is diagnosing and treating mental disorders who can
describe medications - answer-psychiatrist
_____ _____ includes the ability to come up with the alternative explanations for events,
think of implications or research and findings, and apply new knowledge to social and
personal problems - answer-critical thinking
, Ricky bobby went to a fortune teller to see if he would beat cal in an upcoming car race.
He was fooled by her scientific sounding language. Fortune telling is an example of
what - answer-psychobabble
A(n) _____ _____ is a detailed description of a particular individual based on careful
observation or formal psychological testing. - answer-case study
Kari wants to know if petting a hairless cat makes people feel happy. She randomly
assigns participants to either a group that must pet hairless cats or to a group that does
not. After, she measures the participants happiness by having them complete a
subjective happiness scale.
What is independent variable?
What is dependent variable?
What is control condition? - answer-iv: petting the hairless cat, dv: happiness, control:
not petting a hairless cat
Pinky and the brain are doing an experiment on how stress affects activity in move,
pinky things that 'activity' means how much they run on the wheel, while the brain thinks
that 'activity' means nest-building and moving around the cage. It is clear they need a(n)
_____ ______ for 'activity', a precise definition of the phenomenon being measures -
answer-operational definition
Joe experiences the fight or flight response when he sees a slide. However when the
spider goes away, joe calms down and rests and digests. What two systems of the
autonomic nervous system are at play here? - answer-sympathetic; parasympathetic
Different parts of the brain perform different tasks, best describes this brain theory -
answer-localization of function
Receives information from nerve cells and transmit it toward the cells body - answer-
dendrites
Keeps the neuron alive and determines whether or not it will fire - answer-cell body
(soma)
Conducts impulses away from the cell body and transmits them to other neurons -
answer-axon
Hold neurons in place - answer-glia
Fatty insulation that may surround the axon of a neuron - answer-myelin sheath
(multiple sclerosis)
Constriction in the myelin sheath, which helps divide into segments - answer-nodes of
ranvier
CORRECT ANSWERS
Jeffery always makes sure to have his parents in sight, even when he is playing. He is
exhibiting _____ _____, in which he stays close to his parents to keep safe. - answer-
proximity maintenance
12yrs-adult; abstract - answer-formal operations
Birth-2yrs - answer-sensorimotor
7-12yrs; can understand conversation, reversibility, and causation - answer-concrete
operations
2-7yrs - answer-preoperational
_____ intelligence is the capacity for deductive reasoning and the ability to use new
information to solve problems - answer-fluid
______ intelligence if the cognitive skills and specific knowledge of information acquired
over a lifetime - answer-crystallized
Erik erikson characterized his eight stages of development by a(n) _____ or
psychological challenge that should be resolved before the individual moves on to the
next stage - answer-crisis
Kari wants to know if petting a hairless cat makes people fell happy because hairless
cats maker her happy and she is just general curious. Doctor edwards wants to know if
petting a hairless cat makes people feel happy because he is searching for a way to
make her clients feel better during their appointments. Kari would be doing ____
research where as doctor edwards would be doing___ research - answer-basic; applied
A person who doe psychotherapy, regardless of training or education is known as an
_____ - answer-psychotherapists
A medical doctor specializing is diagnosing and treating mental disorders who can
describe medications - answer-psychiatrist
_____ _____ includes the ability to come up with the alternative explanations for events,
think of implications or research and findings, and apply new knowledge to social and
personal problems - answer-critical thinking
, Ricky bobby went to a fortune teller to see if he would beat cal in an upcoming car race.
He was fooled by her scientific sounding language. Fortune telling is an example of
what - answer-psychobabble
A(n) _____ _____ is a detailed description of a particular individual based on careful
observation or formal psychological testing. - answer-case study
Kari wants to know if petting a hairless cat makes people feel happy. She randomly
assigns participants to either a group that must pet hairless cats or to a group that does
not. After, she measures the participants happiness by having them complete a
subjective happiness scale.
What is independent variable?
What is dependent variable?
What is control condition? - answer-iv: petting the hairless cat, dv: happiness, control:
not petting a hairless cat
Pinky and the brain are doing an experiment on how stress affects activity in move,
pinky things that 'activity' means how much they run on the wheel, while the brain thinks
that 'activity' means nest-building and moving around the cage. It is clear they need a(n)
_____ ______ for 'activity', a precise definition of the phenomenon being measures -
answer-operational definition
Joe experiences the fight or flight response when he sees a slide. However when the
spider goes away, joe calms down and rests and digests. What two systems of the
autonomic nervous system are at play here? - answer-sympathetic; parasympathetic
Different parts of the brain perform different tasks, best describes this brain theory -
answer-localization of function
Receives information from nerve cells and transmit it toward the cells body - answer-
dendrites
Keeps the neuron alive and determines whether or not it will fire - answer-cell body
(soma)
Conducts impulses away from the cell body and transmits them to other neurons -
answer-axon
Hold neurons in place - answer-glia
Fatty insulation that may surround the axon of a neuron - answer-myelin sheath
(multiple sclerosis)
Constriction in the myelin sheath, which helps divide into segments - answer-nodes of
ranvier
