REGIS COLLEGE PSYCH 643 EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPLETE RESPONSES APPROVED A+
◉ environmental, personal, life experiences, genetics. Answer: what
factors shape our behavior?
◉ measurements, correlations, causations, reliability, predictability.
Answer: The five key characteristics of science
◉ psychology. Answer: The initial meaning of ________ was "the study
of the soul or mind."
◉ The field that studies psychological similarities and differences
across the subcultures that commonly exist within individual
countries. Answer: What is meant by multicultural psychology?
◉ Gestalt psychology. Answer: A famous tenet of ________ asserts that
"the whole is different from the sum of its parts."
◉ health psychology. Answer: What name is given to the field that
applies psychological principles to the prevention and treatment of
physical illness?
,◉ nativism. Answer: Plato is most associated with which of the
following philosophical approaches?
◉ Freudian slip. Answer: a verbal mistake that is thought to reveal
an unconscious belief, thought, or emotion
◉ "Reasoning or Sensory Experience: Which is the Source of
Knowledge?". Answer: If your professor were to arrange a debate
between Plato and Aristotle at your school, a likely title might be
____.
◉ humanistic. Answer: ________ psychology has made a valuable
contribution in promoting the study of positive aspects of human
experience, including love, altruism, and healthy personality
development.
◉ Apparent motion caused by the presentation of different visual
stimuli in rapid succession. Answer: Which of the following
characteristics relates to the phi phenomenon?
◉ Aristotle. Answer: Which of the following philosophers was the
first to write on topics that comprise contemporary psychology?
◉ natural selection. Answer: According to Darwin, through ________
physical characteristics that promote the survival of the individual
,are more likely to be passed on to offspring because individuals with
these characteristics are more likely to live long enough to
reproduce.
◉ mental. Answer: The ______ perspective combines aspects of
Gestalt psychology and the behavioral perspective.
◉ scientific study of behavior and cognitive processes. Answer:
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the ____.
◉ Phenomenological. Answer: _______ psychologists might study the
mental experience of depression, as opposed to behaviors exhibited
by depressed people or the brain factors or unconscious motives
that may underlie depression.
◉ philosophy and science. Answer: Historically speaking,
psychology developed from ____.
◉ educational psychology. Answer: Which of the following refers to
the field that applies psychological principles to help improve
curriculum, teaching methods, and administrative procedures?
◉ personality psychology. Answer: What name is given to the field
that focuses on factors accounting for the differences in behavior
and enduring personal characteristics among individuals?
, ◉ The field of psychology that studies individual differences in
physical, personality, and intellectual characteristics. Answer: Which
of the following characteristics relates to differential psychology?
◉ consciousness. Answer: Both structuralism and functionalism
emphasized study of ____.
◉ Biopsychological perspective. Answer: studies the brain, the
hormonal system, and the effects of heredity on psychological
functions.
◉ Cognitive Perspective. Answer: combines aspects of Gestalt
psychology and the behavioral perspective.
◉ Sociocultural perspective. Answer: developed as a reaction
against the assumption that all psychological research findings are
generalizable to other cultures.
◉ Humanistic Perspective. Answer: the psychological view that
assumes the existence of the self and emphasizes the importance of
self-awareness and the freedom to make choices, is called the Third
Force in Psychology.
2026 COMPLETE RESPONSES APPROVED A+
◉ environmental, personal, life experiences, genetics. Answer: what
factors shape our behavior?
◉ measurements, correlations, causations, reliability, predictability.
Answer: The five key characteristics of science
◉ psychology. Answer: The initial meaning of ________ was "the study
of the soul or mind."
◉ The field that studies psychological similarities and differences
across the subcultures that commonly exist within individual
countries. Answer: What is meant by multicultural psychology?
◉ Gestalt psychology. Answer: A famous tenet of ________ asserts that
"the whole is different from the sum of its parts."
◉ health psychology. Answer: What name is given to the field that
applies psychological principles to the prevention and treatment of
physical illness?
,◉ nativism. Answer: Plato is most associated with which of the
following philosophical approaches?
◉ Freudian slip. Answer: a verbal mistake that is thought to reveal
an unconscious belief, thought, or emotion
◉ "Reasoning or Sensory Experience: Which is the Source of
Knowledge?". Answer: If your professor were to arrange a debate
between Plato and Aristotle at your school, a likely title might be
____.
◉ humanistic. Answer: ________ psychology has made a valuable
contribution in promoting the study of positive aspects of human
experience, including love, altruism, and healthy personality
development.
◉ Apparent motion caused by the presentation of different visual
stimuli in rapid succession. Answer: Which of the following
characteristics relates to the phi phenomenon?
◉ Aristotle. Answer: Which of the following philosophers was the
first to write on topics that comprise contemporary psychology?
◉ natural selection. Answer: According to Darwin, through ________
physical characteristics that promote the survival of the individual
,are more likely to be passed on to offspring because individuals with
these characteristics are more likely to live long enough to
reproduce.
◉ mental. Answer: The ______ perspective combines aspects of
Gestalt psychology and the behavioral perspective.
◉ scientific study of behavior and cognitive processes. Answer:
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the ____.
◉ Phenomenological. Answer: _______ psychologists might study the
mental experience of depression, as opposed to behaviors exhibited
by depressed people or the brain factors or unconscious motives
that may underlie depression.
◉ philosophy and science. Answer: Historically speaking,
psychology developed from ____.
◉ educational psychology. Answer: Which of the following refers to
the field that applies psychological principles to help improve
curriculum, teaching methods, and administrative procedures?
◉ personality psychology. Answer: What name is given to the field
that focuses on factors accounting for the differences in behavior
and enduring personal characteristics among individuals?
, ◉ The field of psychology that studies individual differences in
physical, personality, and intellectual characteristics. Answer: Which
of the following characteristics relates to differential psychology?
◉ consciousness. Answer: Both structuralism and functionalism
emphasized study of ____.
◉ Biopsychological perspective. Answer: studies the brain, the
hormonal system, and the effects of heredity on psychological
functions.
◉ Cognitive Perspective. Answer: combines aspects of Gestalt
psychology and the behavioral perspective.
◉ Sociocultural perspective. Answer: developed as a reaction
against the assumption that all psychological research findings are
generalizable to other cultures.
◉ Humanistic Perspective. Answer: the psychological view that
assumes the existence of the self and emphasizes the importance of
self-awareness and the freedom to make choices, is called the Third
Force in Psychology.
