PSY 101: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY Final
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During the Stone Age individuals who were thought to have mental illness would be treated
through the process known as trephination. What did this entail? ANSW ✔✔ drilling a hole
into their skull
According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's argument on the state of human nature, he believed
we were all born ANSW ✔✔ innately good
Joe believes that he can get his brother to clean his room every week by buying him a bag of
candy after he does it. What historical perspective of psychology would Joe most agree
with? ANSW ✔✔ behaviorism
A __________ psychologist would be most likely to research this question: What are the
differences between people with high levels of the hormone oxytocin and those with low
levels? ANSW ✔✔ biological
A __________ psychologist would be most likely to research this question: Does the new
community exercise program have an effect on the average weight of individuals within that
community? ANSW ✔✔ health
Jane hypothesized that her campus had much more school spirit than her friend's campus
did. To test this she spent one hour at each campus' student union and counted everyone
who was wearing some piece of clothing that had the school's name or logo on it and those
that did not. As a result she found more students at her friend's university wore their
university's clothing at than her own, and thus now believes they have more school spirit.
What type of reasoning is Jane engaging in? ANSW ✔✔ deductive
Barry was collecting data for a study on adolescents with synesthesia, which is a rare
phenomenon where an individual's sensory experiences overlap, such as perceiving colors
to have different smells. For the study he found three people who experience this, then
interviewed them and their parents, recorded their interactions with others, and
, investigated drawing and writing that they had done. What approach to research was Barry
taking? ANSW ✔✔ case study
For a class project Beth decided to conduct a study on people's preference for different
types of coffee. She recruited twenty coffee drinkers to drink a sample of an unlabeled cup
of coffee and then rank how much they enjoyed the taste of the coffee. Ten of them drank
Starbucks brand coffee and ten of them drank Dunkin Donuts brand coffee. What design
was Beth using for her study? ANSW ✔✔ experimental
Attrition is a weakness of which approach to empirical research? ANSW ✔✔ longitudinal
Which of the following is an Institutional Review Board going to be investigating? ANSW
✔✔ determining whether participants are giving informed consent before becoming
involved in the study
Psychologists have investigated what gene causes a person to develop to be intelligent, but
have found that it is not a single gene that affects intelligence but many of them. This is
referred to as __________ inheritance. ANSW ✔✔ polygenetic
Nick has aggressive parents and has always been aggressive as well. He likes to watch a lot
of violent movies and plays video games of the same style. When he makes friends he tends
to do so with people who like to bully other kids and he usually gets into a lot of fights. Due
to all of this he continues to become more aggressive. What do behavior geneticists refer to
this idea as? ANSW ✔✔ genotype-environmental correlation
Extending out from the cell body is a portion of the neuron that receives signals from other
neurons that may end up activating an electrical impulse. What is this part of the neuron
referred to as? ANSW ✔✔ dendrite
A particular electrical signal being transmitted to a neuron is sufficient to generate an action
potential. If the magnitude of the incoming electrical signal is doubled, the action potential
will be ANSW ✔✔ the same strength, speed, and duration
The __________ nervous system is responsible for stimulating digestion and causing the
bladder to contract. ANSW ✔✔ parasympathetic
Questions – 100% Correct, Expert-Verified
Answers with A+ Grade Assurance
During the Stone Age individuals who were thought to have mental illness would be treated
through the process known as trephination. What did this entail? ANSW ✔✔ drilling a hole
into their skull
According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's argument on the state of human nature, he believed
we were all born ANSW ✔✔ innately good
Joe believes that he can get his brother to clean his room every week by buying him a bag of
candy after he does it. What historical perspective of psychology would Joe most agree
with? ANSW ✔✔ behaviorism
A __________ psychologist would be most likely to research this question: What are the
differences between people with high levels of the hormone oxytocin and those with low
levels? ANSW ✔✔ biological
A __________ psychologist would be most likely to research this question: Does the new
community exercise program have an effect on the average weight of individuals within that
community? ANSW ✔✔ health
Jane hypothesized that her campus had much more school spirit than her friend's campus
did. To test this she spent one hour at each campus' student union and counted everyone
who was wearing some piece of clothing that had the school's name or logo on it and those
that did not. As a result she found more students at her friend's university wore their
university's clothing at than her own, and thus now believes they have more school spirit.
What type of reasoning is Jane engaging in? ANSW ✔✔ deductive
Barry was collecting data for a study on adolescents with synesthesia, which is a rare
phenomenon where an individual's sensory experiences overlap, such as perceiving colors
to have different smells. For the study he found three people who experience this, then
interviewed them and their parents, recorded their interactions with others, and
, investigated drawing and writing that they had done. What approach to research was Barry
taking? ANSW ✔✔ case study
For a class project Beth decided to conduct a study on people's preference for different
types of coffee. She recruited twenty coffee drinkers to drink a sample of an unlabeled cup
of coffee and then rank how much they enjoyed the taste of the coffee. Ten of them drank
Starbucks brand coffee and ten of them drank Dunkin Donuts brand coffee. What design
was Beth using for her study? ANSW ✔✔ experimental
Attrition is a weakness of which approach to empirical research? ANSW ✔✔ longitudinal
Which of the following is an Institutional Review Board going to be investigating? ANSW
✔✔ determining whether participants are giving informed consent before becoming
involved in the study
Psychologists have investigated what gene causes a person to develop to be intelligent, but
have found that it is not a single gene that affects intelligence but many of them. This is
referred to as __________ inheritance. ANSW ✔✔ polygenetic
Nick has aggressive parents and has always been aggressive as well. He likes to watch a lot
of violent movies and plays video games of the same style. When he makes friends he tends
to do so with people who like to bully other kids and he usually gets into a lot of fights. Due
to all of this he continues to become more aggressive. What do behavior geneticists refer to
this idea as? ANSW ✔✔ genotype-environmental correlation
Extending out from the cell body is a portion of the neuron that receives signals from other
neurons that may end up activating an electrical impulse. What is this part of the neuron
referred to as? ANSW ✔✔ dendrite
A particular electrical signal being transmitted to a neuron is sufficient to generate an action
potential. If the magnitude of the incoming electrical signal is doubled, the action potential
will be ANSW ✔✔ the same strength, speed, and duration
The __________ nervous system is responsible for stimulating digestion and causing the
bladder to contract. ANSW ✔✔ parasympathetic
