LSU Psychology 2000 - RAY TUCKER
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026 UPDATED.
The difference between altruistic behavior and prosocial behavior is that altruistic behavior
involves the expectation of reward- what goes around comes around - Answer False
The Konrad Lorenz theory of aggression states - Answer Aggression is an instinct that helps
promote survival
Why do micro saccades exist? - Answer to prevent sensory depravation
Brooke is working on a puzzle. She had the box with the full picture out in front of her and is
slowly recreating the picture from the puzzle pieces. What type of processing is she using -
Answer top down
The study of abnormal behavior is called - Answer Psychopathology
A 38-year-old man presents to the emergency room for the second time in 4 weeks with
sudden-onset chest pain, irregular heart beat, shortness of breath, dizziness, and sweating. he
says he is afraid of having a heart attack and is afraid of "losing his mind." He is no longer driving
his car and has started avoiding crowded areas for fear of inducing further attacks. Past medical
history is unremarkable. Cardiac testing during both admissions is normal. What is this? -
Answer Panic Disorder
An 11-year-old child and he family lost everything in a sudden flood. In the initial visit with Dr.
Kelley, the child was diagnosed with acute . stress disorder(ASD). During a 2-month follow-up
visit with Dr. Kelley, the child was still experiencing many of the same symptoms. What should
Dr. Kelley do? - Answer revise the diagnosis from ASD to PTSD
________________ are repetitive thoughts associated with OCD. - Answer Obsessions
This theory of dreaming states that dreaming helps us sift through and sort information from
our waking lives - Answer Information Processing Theory
, A . 45-year-old woman presents describing uncontrollable concerns that she has or will
accidentally harm someone. Her most debilitating symptoms occur in the context of driving. She
reports being troubled by these concerns for approximately 4 hours each day. When she drives
over a pothole or speed bump, she experiences overwhelming uncertainty about whether she
may have accidentally run over a child. In attempt to ease the anxiety she drives back and forth
on her street in order to search for any indication that a child has been injured. When she
returns to her home she checks for any evidence of blood or clothing under her car or on her
tires. She then calls her husband repeatedly at work to ask for reassurance that she has not
harmed anyone. What would you say this women has? - Answer OCD
Which aspect of memory is not . incorporated directly in the information processing model of
attention and memory? - Answer normal forgetting
Which of the following is an example of deep processing? - Answer Connecting a category of
stressor learned in class to an event you experienced last week
_____________________ therapy helps people better understand their behavior, thoughts, and
feelings, whereas ___________________ therapy changes disordered or inappropriate behavior
directly. - Answer Insight, Action/ skills-based
Julie has a fear of riding in elevators. She is seeing a therapist who asks her to construct a
hierarchy of her fears related to riding in elevators. In addition, her therapist is teaching her to
relax while . imagining each fear in the hierarchy. Julie's therapist is using__________________.
- Answer Systematic desensitization
Julie's therapist from the elevator question most likely comes from which approach? - Answer
Behavioral
For which form of therapy would it be most important to explain what will happen in therapy
and have the client's . permission prior to beginning treatment? - Answer aversion therapy
Which of the following would influence the prototype a person calls to mind when thinking of
what a car THE LEAST? - Answer the person's favorite color
An intelligence test appears to measure important aspects of intelligence but when measure is
given multiple times to the same person, scores vary greatly. Which of the following are true -
Answer the measure has strong validlty but is not reliable
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026 UPDATED.
The difference between altruistic behavior and prosocial behavior is that altruistic behavior
involves the expectation of reward- what goes around comes around - Answer False
The Konrad Lorenz theory of aggression states - Answer Aggression is an instinct that helps
promote survival
Why do micro saccades exist? - Answer to prevent sensory depravation
Brooke is working on a puzzle. She had the box with the full picture out in front of her and is
slowly recreating the picture from the puzzle pieces. What type of processing is she using -
Answer top down
The study of abnormal behavior is called - Answer Psychopathology
A 38-year-old man presents to the emergency room for the second time in 4 weeks with
sudden-onset chest pain, irregular heart beat, shortness of breath, dizziness, and sweating. he
says he is afraid of having a heart attack and is afraid of "losing his mind." He is no longer driving
his car and has started avoiding crowded areas for fear of inducing further attacks. Past medical
history is unremarkable. Cardiac testing during both admissions is normal. What is this? -
Answer Panic Disorder
An 11-year-old child and he family lost everything in a sudden flood. In the initial visit with Dr.
Kelley, the child was diagnosed with acute . stress disorder(ASD). During a 2-month follow-up
visit with Dr. Kelley, the child was still experiencing many of the same symptoms. What should
Dr. Kelley do? - Answer revise the diagnosis from ASD to PTSD
________________ are repetitive thoughts associated with OCD. - Answer Obsessions
This theory of dreaming states that dreaming helps us sift through and sort information from
our waking lives - Answer Information Processing Theory
, A . 45-year-old woman presents describing uncontrollable concerns that she has or will
accidentally harm someone. Her most debilitating symptoms occur in the context of driving. She
reports being troubled by these concerns for approximately 4 hours each day. When she drives
over a pothole or speed bump, she experiences overwhelming uncertainty about whether she
may have accidentally run over a child. In attempt to ease the anxiety she drives back and forth
on her street in order to search for any indication that a child has been injured. When she
returns to her home she checks for any evidence of blood or clothing under her car or on her
tires. She then calls her husband repeatedly at work to ask for reassurance that she has not
harmed anyone. What would you say this women has? - Answer OCD
Which aspect of memory is not . incorporated directly in the information processing model of
attention and memory? - Answer normal forgetting
Which of the following is an example of deep processing? - Answer Connecting a category of
stressor learned in class to an event you experienced last week
_____________________ therapy helps people better understand their behavior, thoughts, and
feelings, whereas ___________________ therapy changes disordered or inappropriate behavior
directly. - Answer Insight, Action/ skills-based
Julie has a fear of riding in elevators. She is seeing a therapist who asks her to construct a
hierarchy of her fears related to riding in elevators. In addition, her therapist is teaching her to
relax while . imagining each fear in the hierarchy. Julie's therapist is using__________________.
- Answer Systematic desensitization
Julie's therapist from the elevator question most likely comes from which approach? - Answer
Behavioral
For which form of therapy would it be most important to explain what will happen in therapy
and have the client's . permission prior to beginning treatment? - Answer aversion therapy
Which of the following would influence the prototype a person calls to mind when thinking of
what a car THE LEAST? - Answer the person's favorite color
An intelligence test appears to measure important aspects of intelligence but when measure is
given multiple times to the same person, scores vary greatly. Which of the following are true -
Answer the measure has strong validlty but is not reliable
