PSY 200 final questions with correct
answers graded A+ 2025/2026
________ research studies the same groups of participants over time. - correct answer
✔✔longitudinal
Lucy wants to study changes in cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the
lifespan. Lucy should specialize in ________ psychology. - correct answer ✔✔developmental
Who was the first person in history to establish a psychological lab? - correct answer
✔✔Wilhelm Wundt
A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots.
A psychologist studying this phenomenon is applying the principals of ________. - correct
answer ✔✔Gestalt
Patwardhan et al. report data from a study where they hired experimental confederates to
attend speed dating events, posing as daters, and carefully take notes on the behaviors of the
other daters. What type of research design did they use? - correct answer ✔✔naturalistic
observation
A negative correlation means ________. - correct answer ✔✔one variable decreases as the
other increases
The weakest sense at birth for newborns is: - correct answer ✔✔sight
A common criticism of Piaget's theory of cognitive development is: - correct answer ✔✔it does
not include the influence of culture.
,This perspective of psychology is characterized by the assumption that most behavior is due to
unconscious urges. - correct answer ✔✔psychodynamic
All of the following are part of ethical guidelines for conducting research EXCEPT: - correct
answer ✔✔providing compensation to participants.
Like other students in her 2nd grade class, Jasmine is able to work out the math or problem-
solving exercises her teacher assigns for homework. However, the exercises almost always use
real world examples or items from her home and classroom environment. This reliance on
tangible objects would identify Jasmine's stage of cognitive development as: - correct answer
✔✔concrete operational
Psychiatrists, unlike psychologists, require a _______ so they can _______. - correct answer
✔✔medical degree; prescribe medication
The _______ perspective assumes an individual's behaviors are based on unconscious desires. -
correct answer ✔✔psychodynamic
Considered ideal by most psychologists, authoritative parenting style features a combination of:
- correct answer ✔✔high demand and high response
The seventh stage of Erikson's psychosocial development theory, Generativity vs. Stagnation,
features the following crisis that must be resolved: - correct answer ✔✔leaving a legacy behind
for future generations
Expectant women are warned by their doctors to avoid alcohol and nicotine during pregnancy.
These substances are known as ________ since they could harm the developing fetus. - correct
answer ✔✔teratogens
, One key advantage of an experiment is it allows a researcher to: - correct answer ✔✔establish
cause and effect
As we saw in class, Michael (Steve Carrell's character from The Office) did not get married or
have kids. In terms of Erikson's psychosocial theory, we could assume Michael never
successfully resolved the conflict in the stage of: - correct answer ✔✔intimacy vs isolation
This German scientist is credited as the "father of Psychology" after founding the first
psychology lab in 1879 at the University of Leipzig: - correct answer ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt
Harlow's research on rhesus monkeys demonstrated the primary importance of _______ in
developing attachment with a caregiver. - correct answer ✔✔touch and comfort
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) enforces ethical guidelines for psychological research. All of
the following are key issues for the IRB to review in a potential study EXCEPT: - correct answer
✔✔proper nutrition
Olivia is 18 months old and her mother noticed something different in her behavior the other
day. Her mother accidentally covered up Olivia's favorite ball with a coat, but Olivia pulled the
coat away and found the ball instead of crying hysterically. Based on Piaget's theory of cognitive
development, it is clear Olivia has attained: - correct answer ✔✔object permanence
One of the basic criteria for science, this term refers to the preference for simpler theories over
unnecessarily complicated ones: - correct answer ✔✔parsimony
The most common employment setting for psychologists is: - correct answer ✔✔universities
Inspired by Darwin's work of adaptation and evolution, William James proposed a new school of
thought in which the _______ of mental processes was more important than the _______ of
consciousness. - correct answer ✔✔function; structure
answers graded A+ 2025/2026
________ research studies the same groups of participants over time. - correct answer
✔✔longitudinal
Lucy wants to study changes in cognitive skills, moral reasoning, and social behavior across the
lifespan. Lucy should specialize in ________ psychology. - correct answer ✔✔developmental
Who was the first person in history to establish a psychological lab? - correct answer
✔✔Wilhelm Wundt
A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots.
A psychologist studying this phenomenon is applying the principals of ________. - correct
answer ✔✔Gestalt
Patwardhan et al. report data from a study where they hired experimental confederates to
attend speed dating events, posing as daters, and carefully take notes on the behaviors of the
other daters. What type of research design did they use? - correct answer ✔✔naturalistic
observation
A negative correlation means ________. - correct answer ✔✔one variable decreases as the
other increases
The weakest sense at birth for newborns is: - correct answer ✔✔sight
A common criticism of Piaget's theory of cognitive development is: - correct answer ✔✔it does
not include the influence of culture.
,This perspective of psychology is characterized by the assumption that most behavior is due to
unconscious urges. - correct answer ✔✔psychodynamic
All of the following are part of ethical guidelines for conducting research EXCEPT: - correct
answer ✔✔providing compensation to participants.
Like other students in her 2nd grade class, Jasmine is able to work out the math or problem-
solving exercises her teacher assigns for homework. However, the exercises almost always use
real world examples or items from her home and classroom environment. This reliance on
tangible objects would identify Jasmine's stage of cognitive development as: - correct answer
✔✔concrete operational
Psychiatrists, unlike psychologists, require a _______ so they can _______. - correct answer
✔✔medical degree; prescribe medication
The _______ perspective assumes an individual's behaviors are based on unconscious desires. -
correct answer ✔✔psychodynamic
Considered ideal by most psychologists, authoritative parenting style features a combination of:
- correct answer ✔✔high demand and high response
The seventh stage of Erikson's psychosocial development theory, Generativity vs. Stagnation,
features the following crisis that must be resolved: - correct answer ✔✔leaving a legacy behind
for future generations
Expectant women are warned by their doctors to avoid alcohol and nicotine during pregnancy.
These substances are known as ________ since they could harm the developing fetus. - correct
answer ✔✔teratogens
, One key advantage of an experiment is it allows a researcher to: - correct answer ✔✔establish
cause and effect
As we saw in class, Michael (Steve Carrell's character from The Office) did not get married or
have kids. In terms of Erikson's psychosocial theory, we could assume Michael never
successfully resolved the conflict in the stage of: - correct answer ✔✔intimacy vs isolation
This German scientist is credited as the "father of Psychology" after founding the first
psychology lab in 1879 at the University of Leipzig: - correct answer ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt
Harlow's research on rhesus monkeys demonstrated the primary importance of _______ in
developing attachment with a caregiver. - correct answer ✔✔touch and comfort
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) enforces ethical guidelines for psychological research. All of
the following are key issues for the IRB to review in a potential study EXCEPT: - correct answer
✔✔proper nutrition
Olivia is 18 months old and her mother noticed something different in her behavior the other
day. Her mother accidentally covered up Olivia's favorite ball with a coat, but Olivia pulled the
coat away and found the ball instead of crying hysterically. Based on Piaget's theory of cognitive
development, it is clear Olivia has attained: - correct answer ✔✔object permanence
One of the basic criteria for science, this term refers to the preference for simpler theories over
unnecessarily complicated ones: - correct answer ✔✔parsimony
The most common employment setting for psychologists is: - correct answer ✔✔universities
Inspired by Darwin's work of adaptation and evolution, William James proposed a new school of
thought in which the _______ of mental processes was more important than the _______ of
consciousness. - correct answer ✔✔function; structure
