PSYCHOLOGY 1000 Exam questions
and answers graded A+
True or False: The Myers-Briggs test is a well-validated instrument that does a great job of predicting
success in managerial roles - ANS✅✅False
Which of the following factors most directly determines the actions that an individual performs? -
ANS✅✅Individual choices
According to Freud's theory, the _________ is the self. - ANS✅✅The ID/EGO
According to Freud's theory, which part of the mind reflects the influence of an individual's instincts?
- ANS✅✅ID
Denial is - ANS✅✅Refusing to accept real events because they are unpleasant
True or false: Strict determinists like B.F. Skinner assume that humans don't have free will and that
every"choice" people make is just an illusion. - ANS✅✅True
An individual who proclaims "Nothing I do ever makes a difference!" can be said to have
an____________ locus of control. - ANS✅✅External
True or false: Individuals are naturally free to think, feel, and believe whatever and however they
choose. - ANS✅✅True
True or false: Individuals can act however they choose. - ANS✅✅True
Choices of how and when to use resources (time, energy, and material resources) are __________
by __________ - ANS✅✅
Trait theorists often use the "Big 5" model, which includes Openness, Conscientiousness,
Extroversion,Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. A modern update named the HEXACO scale adds
__________ as a sixth trait. - ANS✅✅honesty/ humanitty
, Choose the most scientifically accurate definition of "society." A society is.... - ANS✅✅Just a group
of individuals
Situationism is a view shared by many Social Psychologists reflecting an inaccurate believe that
people are puppets of ___________ . - ANS✅✅The envirronment
When individuals commit the Fundamental Attribution Error, they fail to appreciate all of the
following truths ... - ANS✅✅Value is subjective, Everyone has their reasons for acting the way they
do , Everyone's seeks satisfaction however they choose to define it
True or false: Implicit attitudes determine individual action. - ANS✅✅
A government often starts off by asking the people who it governs to comply with a small request
with the ultimate goal of getting them to be more likely to agree with a much larger request later.
This illustrates the _____________ persuasion technique, which appeals to the individual desire for
____________. - ANS✅✅
One of the most important lessons to lean from Stanley Milgram's research on obedience to
perceived authority is that... - ANS✅✅
When an individual who sincerely believes that killing is wrong, no matter the cause, is required to
pay taxes that the state will be used to wage war, that individual is likely to experience a sense of
psychological discomfort called __________ as a result of this inconsistency. - ANS✅✅
According to social science, prejudice and discrimination exist because of a combination of the
natural human tendency to sort the world (including other individuals) into categories along with the
selfish tendency to _____________. - ANS✅✅
Research based on Sternberg's Triangular theory of love shows that relationships o en form when
individuals are motivated by __________, but it's development of ___________ over me that is
usually necessary for a successful long-term partnership - ANS✅✅
True or false: Effective and efficient division of labor involves coerced, rather than voluntary
contributions toward shared goals. - ANS✅✅
What's the main factor that usually leads individuals to be attracted to one another, in any sense of
the word "attraction" (friendship, roman c, or work relationships)? - ANS✅✅
and answers graded A+
True or False: The Myers-Briggs test is a well-validated instrument that does a great job of predicting
success in managerial roles - ANS✅✅False
Which of the following factors most directly determines the actions that an individual performs? -
ANS✅✅Individual choices
According to Freud's theory, the _________ is the self. - ANS✅✅The ID/EGO
According to Freud's theory, which part of the mind reflects the influence of an individual's instincts?
- ANS✅✅ID
Denial is - ANS✅✅Refusing to accept real events because they are unpleasant
True or false: Strict determinists like B.F. Skinner assume that humans don't have free will and that
every"choice" people make is just an illusion. - ANS✅✅True
An individual who proclaims "Nothing I do ever makes a difference!" can be said to have
an____________ locus of control. - ANS✅✅External
True or false: Individuals are naturally free to think, feel, and believe whatever and however they
choose. - ANS✅✅True
True or false: Individuals can act however they choose. - ANS✅✅True
Choices of how and when to use resources (time, energy, and material resources) are __________
by __________ - ANS✅✅
Trait theorists often use the "Big 5" model, which includes Openness, Conscientiousness,
Extroversion,Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. A modern update named the HEXACO scale adds
__________ as a sixth trait. - ANS✅✅honesty/ humanitty
, Choose the most scientifically accurate definition of "society." A society is.... - ANS✅✅Just a group
of individuals
Situationism is a view shared by many Social Psychologists reflecting an inaccurate believe that
people are puppets of ___________ . - ANS✅✅The envirronment
When individuals commit the Fundamental Attribution Error, they fail to appreciate all of the
following truths ... - ANS✅✅Value is subjective, Everyone has their reasons for acting the way they
do , Everyone's seeks satisfaction however they choose to define it
True or false: Implicit attitudes determine individual action. - ANS✅✅
A government often starts off by asking the people who it governs to comply with a small request
with the ultimate goal of getting them to be more likely to agree with a much larger request later.
This illustrates the _____________ persuasion technique, which appeals to the individual desire for
____________. - ANS✅✅
One of the most important lessons to lean from Stanley Milgram's research on obedience to
perceived authority is that... - ANS✅✅
When an individual who sincerely believes that killing is wrong, no matter the cause, is required to
pay taxes that the state will be used to wage war, that individual is likely to experience a sense of
psychological discomfort called __________ as a result of this inconsistency. - ANS✅✅
According to social science, prejudice and discrimination exist because of a combination of the
natural human tendency to sort the world (including other individuals) into categories along with the
selfish tendency to _____________. - ANS✅✅
Research based on Sternberg's Triangular theory of love shows that relationships o en form when
individuals are motivated by __________, but it's development of ___________ over me that is
usually necessary for a successful long-term partnership - ANS✅✅
True or false: Effective and efficient division of labor involves coerced, rather than voluntary
contributions toward shared goals. - ANS✅✅
What's the main factor that usually leads individuals to be attracted to one another, in any sense of
the word "attraction" (friendship, roman c, or work relationships)? - ANS✅✅
