PSYC 2301 Final exam study sheet
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
believed that providing genuineness, empathy and unconditional positive regard in the
therapeutic environment for his clients was critical to their being able to deal with their
problems. - CORRECT ANSWER - Carl Rogers
Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were
undertaken by those individuals, such as Socrates and Plato, in the ________ __ ____________ -
CORRECT ANSWER - field of philosophy.
In class, we watched a movie clip, The Bad Seed. In this clip, a little girl has killed a little boy
with her shoe for not giving her a medal. This movie sparks a debate between __________ vs
___________ ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER - Nature vs. Nurture theories.
the study of behavior and mental processes. - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychology
is a theory that is based upon the structure of the mind and identifying the basic building blocks
or structures of mental life through introspection. - CORRECT ANSWER - Structuralism
a theory that seeks to study the way the mind functions to enable humans and other animals to
adapt to their environment. - CORRECT ANSWER - Functionalism
is generally acknowledged to be the father of psychology. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Wilhelm Wundt
Professor Caine is running an experiment to determine if exercise affects memory retention. Two
groups of participants are given the same list of 25 words and allowed 15 minutes to study them.
Then, one group sits idly in a classroom while the other participates in an hour-long aerobic
workout. After the workout, each group is tested in the classroom on the list of words. The
, independent variable is _____ ____________ _____________ - CORRECT ANSWER -
the aerobic workout.
When you watch dogs play in the park or watch how your professors conduct their classes, you
are engaging in a form of ___________ _________________ - CORRECT ANSWER -
naturalistic observation
empirical - CORRECT ANSWER - Scientific knowledge is
The reason you need to ________ _____________ ____________ is to ensure that you do not
repeat another experiment that someone else has previously done. - CORRECT
ANSWER - conduct background research
is NOT the same as causation. - CORRECT ANSWER - Correlation
a condition where a researcher's cognitive bias causes them to unconsciously influence the
participants of an experiment. - CORRECT ANSWER - The observer expectancy effect is
In class, you were shown a series of videos regarding __________ ___________ ___ ___ _____
__ __________. It was found that women can actually smell genetic differences in their potential
mates. - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual attraction and the link to evolution.
is a type of exposure treatment in which clients are exposed to fear-inducing stimuli in an intense
way by directly exposing them to the stimuli - CORRECT ANSWER - Flooding
In class, we talked about an individual, Charles Whitman, that climbed the tower at The
University of Texas at Austin in 1966 killing 16 people and injuring 31 people. Post-mortem
revealed a tumor near his ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER - amygdala
refers to a person's genetic makeup, while phenotype refers to a person's physical characteristics.
- CORRECT ANSWER - Genotype
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
believed that providing genuineness, empathy and unconditional positive regard in the
therapeutic environment for his clients was critical to their being able to deal with their
problems. - CORRECT ANSWER - Carl Rogers
Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were
undertaken by those individuals, such as Socrates and Plato, in the ________ __ ____________ -
CORRECT ANSWER - field of philosophy.
In class, we watched a movie clip, The Bad Seed. In this clip, a little girl has killed a little boy
with her shoe for not giving her a medal. This movie sparks a debate between __________ vs
___________ ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER - Nature vs. Nurture theories.
the study of behavior and mental processes. - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychology
is a theory that is based upon the structure of the mind and identifying the basic building blocks
or structures of mental life through introspection. - CORRECT ANSWER - Structuralism
a theory that seeks to study the way the mind functions to enable humans and other animals to
adapt to their environment. - CORRECT ANSWER - Functionalism
is generally acknowledged to be the father of psychology. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Wilhelm Wundt
Professor Caine is running an experiment to determine if exercise affects memory retention. Two
groups of participants are given the same list of 25 words and allowed 15 minutes to study them.
Then, one group sits idly in a classroom while the other participates in an hour-long aerobic
workout. After the workout, each group is tested in the classroom on the list of words. The
, independent variable is _____ ____________ _____________ - CORRECT ANSWER -
the aerobic workout.
When you watch dogs play in the park or watch how your professors conduct their classes, you
are engaging in a form of ___________ _________________ - CORRECT ANSWER -
naturalistic observation
empirical - CORRECT ANSWER - Scientific knowledge is
The reason you need to ________ _____________ ____________ is to ensure that you do not
repeat another experiment that someone else has previously done. - CORRECT
ANSWER - conduct background research
is NOT the same as causation. - CORRECT ANSWER - Correlation
a condition where a researcher's cognitive bias causes them to unconsciously influence the
participants of an experiment. - CORRECT ANSWER - The observer expectancy effect is
In class, you were shown a series of videos regarding __________ ___________ ___ ___ _____
__ __________. It was found that women can actually smell genetic differences in their potential
mates. - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual attraction and the link to evolution.
is a type of exposure treatment in which clients are exposed to fear-inducing stimuli in an intense
way by directly exposing them to the stimuli - CORRECT ANSWER - Flooding
In class, we talked about an individual, Charles Whitman, that climbed the tower at The
University of Texas at Austin in 1966 killing 16 people and injuring 31 people. Post-mortem
revealed a tumor near his ____________. - CORRECT ANSWER - amygdala
refers to a person's genetic makeup, while phenotype refers to a person's physical characteristics.
- CORRECT ANSWER - Genotype
