Straighterline PSY 101 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT
According to gender difference research, men and women who are ______ perform
more accurately on a wide range of cognitive tasks. - ✔✔androgynous
Because humans work to feed, shelter, and clothe themselves, we know that human
behavior is - ✔✔motivated
Emotional expressiveness, dependence, and nurturance are traditional feminine -
✔✔gender roles
In the bloodstream, an increase in epinephrine causes a(n) - ✔✔increase in heart rate
Your doctor has given you some awful-tasting pills. To minimize the aversive taste,
where should you place the pill on your tongue? - ✔✔middle
As many as ______ % of amputees experience phantom limb pain. - ✔✔70
For a formal experiment to yield valid results, all alternative explanations for the
findings must be ruled out by a process of - ✔✔experimental control
Damage to the left hemisphere of the brain may result in an impaired ability to use or
understand language, a condition called - ✔✔aphasia
Which brain area is most directly linked to the functions of the autonomic nervous
system? - ✔✔hypothalamus
, When there is a positive correlation between two variables, this means that - ✔✔the
value of one variable increases as the value of another variable increases
Humanists believe that conscious processes are - ✔✔important
The sense of smell is called ______ and the sense of taste is called ______. -
✔✔olfaction; gustation
Dizygotic twins are as genetically alike as - ✔✔other siblings
What is the current enrollment pattern for men and women interested in graduate
education in psychology? - ✔✔Women outnumber men
Looking at a quarter in your hand casts a different image on your retina compared to
looking at a quarter across the room, yet we know that the quarter is the same and
retains the same dimensions. This phenomenon is known as - ✔✔size constancy
If the brain used serial processing, which of the following would be true? -
✔✔Information would be processed in one brain area at a time
What would you expect the correlation coefficient to look like if high numbers of
cigarettes smoked predicted high incidences of lung cancer? - ✔✔+ 0.75
Which of the following is an example of what women prefer in their mates? -
✔✔good character
A ______ psychologist is interested in changes that take place during the lifespan -
✔✔developmental
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT
According to gender difference research, men and women who are ______ perform
more accurately on a wide range of cognitive tasks. - ✔✔androgynous
Because humans work to feed, shelter, and clothe themselves, we know that human
behavior is - ✔✔motivated
Emotional expressiveness, dependence, and nurturance are traditional feminine -
✔✔gender roles
In the bloodstream, an increase in epinephrine causes a(n) - ✔✔increase in heart rate
Your doctor has given you some awful-tasting pills. To minimize the aversive taste,
where should you place the pill on your tongue? - ✔✔middle
As many as ______ % of amputees experience phantom limb pain. - ✔✔70
For a formal experiment to yield valid results, all alternative explanations for the
findings must be ruled out by a process of - ✔✔experimental control
Damage to the left hemisphere of the brain may result in an impaired ability to use or
understand language, a condition called - ✔✔aphasia
Which brain area is most directly linked to the functions of the autonomic nervous
system? - ✔✔hypothalamus
, When there is a positive correlation between two variables, this means that - ✔✔the
value of one variable increases as the value of another variable increases
Humanists believe that conscious processes are - ✔✔important
The sense of smell is called ______ and the sense of taste is called ______. -
✔✔olfaction; gustation
Dizygotic twins are as genetically alike as - ✔✔other siblings
What is the current enrollment pattern for men and women interested in graduate
education in psychology? - ✔✔Women outnumber men
Looking at a quarter in your hand casts a different image on your retina compared to
looking at a quarter across the room, yet we know that the quarter is the same and
retains the same dimensions. This phenomenon is known as - ✔✔size constancy
If the brain used serial processing, which of the following would be true? -
✔✔Information would be processed in one brain area at a time
What would you expect the correlation coefficient to look like if high numbers of
cigarettes smoked predicted high incidences of lung cancer? - ✔✔+ 0.75
Which of the following is an example of what women prefer in their mates? -
✔✔good character
A ______ psychologist is interested in changes that take place during the lifespan -
✔✔developmental
