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PORTAGE PSYC 101 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY TEST 1
NEWEST 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+|
The unconscious dynamics of the mind and early childhood
experiences are the focus of which perspective in psychology?
psychodynamic
behaviorism
biological
humanistic theory - ANSWER-psychodynamic
If research results are deemed statistically significant, then the
differences found were likely due to chance.
True
False - ANSWER-False
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Which of the goals of psychology offers an answer as to WHY a
behavior of mental process occurred?
description
explanation
prediction
change - ANSWER-explanation
Which of the following clusters of words best describes
humanistic psychology?
unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response, neutral stimulus
the unconscious, sexual motives, aggressive impulses
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free will, self-actualization, growth
neurotransmitters, hormones, brain structure - ANSWER-free will,
self-actualization, growth
An organized interrelated set of concepts that explain a
phenomenon or body of data - ANSWER-theory
a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result
occurred by chance - ANSWER-statistical significance
an in-depth study of a single research participant or a small group
of individuals - ANSWER-case study
research that measures the degree of relationship (if any)
between two or more variables in order to determine how well one
variable predicts another - ANSWER-correlational research
PORTAGE PSYC 101 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY TEST 1
NEWEST 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+|
The unconscious dynamics of the mind and early childhood
experiences are the focus of which perspective in psychology?
psychodynamic
behaviorism
biological
humanistic theory - ANSWER-psychodynamic
If research results are deemed statistically significant, then the
differences found were likely due to chance.
True
False - ANSWER-False
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Which of the goals of psychology offers an answer as to WHY a
behavior of mental process occurred?
description
explanation
prediction
change - ANSWER-explanation
Which of the following clusters of words best describes
humanistic psychology?
unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response, neutral stimulus
the unconscious, sexual motives, aggressive impulses
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free will, self-actualization, growth
neurotransmitters, hormones, brain structure - ANSWER-free will,
self-actualization, growth
An organized interrelated set of concepts that explain a
phenomenon or body of data - ANSWER-theory
a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result
occurred by chance - ANSWER-statistical significance
an in-depth study of a single research participant or a small group
of individuals - ANSWER-case study
research that measures the degree of relationship (if any)
between two or more variables in order to determine how well one
variable predicts another - ANSWER-correlational research
