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PSYC 101 Final Exam test bank Newest 2025
featuring 400 accurate and verified questions
covering foundational psychology topics
including learning, memory, development,
personality, abnormal psychology, and research
methods.
Psychology is best defined as the:
a. Use of scientific methods to study the elements of
human consciousness
b. Science of behavior - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ B
To assure that people participate voluntarily in
psychological research, psychologists must:
a. pay them a reasonable participation fee, even if they
drop out of the study later
b. inform them about everything that might influence
their decision to participate. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ B
Solomon is a psychologist interested in conformity. He
studies how the size of a group affects the amount of
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pressure that the group can exert on individuals.
Solomon is most likely a ______psychologist.
a. social
b. personality - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A
Psychologists first obligation in conducting research is to:
a. avoid deceiving participants
b. follow strict ethical standards - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
b
In Dr. Daneli's experiment, Group A receives serotonin
before taking a memory test whereas Group B takes the
same test without receiving serotonin. In this experiment,
performance on the memory tests is the
a. dependent variable
b. independent variable - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a
A researcher was interested in determining whether or
not the test performances of students could be improved
by providing them with individual tutoring. The
researcher randomly divided fifty first-year college
students into two groups. In Group A the instructor
lectured to them for three hours per week. Group B
received an equal amount of lecturing, but their
instructor also met with each . student for thirty minutes
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every week. Each group took the same final exam. The
test performance of students in Group B was about he
same as that of students in Group A. This study is an
example of a(n)
a. case study
b. experiment - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ b
Before using survey results to support a hypothesis, we
must be sure about which of the following?
a. the questions are properly worded
b. the sample used is representative of the population of
interest
c. the responses are not strongly biased by efforts to
appear socially acceptable
d. all of the above - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ d
When Dr. Beren compares the performance of the
experimental group and the control group, he finds the
difference in their scores to be statistically significant.
This means
a. that difference is larger than would be expected by
change
b. that he used descriptive statistics - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ a
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A psychologist is conducting an experiment to test the
effectiveness of a new antidepressant drug. He instructs
his research assistant to give the drug to half of the
participants and to give a placebo to the other half.
Neither the research assistant nor the participants know
who is getting the drug and who is getting the placebo.
This study uses:
a. random assignment
b. double blind design - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ b
Today, the majority of psychologists in North America
are:
a. women
b. psychoanalysts - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a
Larry says that people act the way they have learned
to act. He believes that if others stop rewarding a
person's annoying behavior, that behavior will decrease.
Larry most likely takes a(n) ____ approach to
psychology.
a. behavioral
b. cognitive - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a
PSYC 101 Final Exam test bank Newest 2025
featuring 400 accurate and verified questions
covering foundational psychology topics
including learning, memory, development,
personality, abnormal psychology, and research
methods.
Psychology is best defined as the:
a. Use of scientific methods to study the elements of
human consciousness
b. Science of behavior - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ B
To assure that people participate voluntarily in
psychological research, psychologists must:
a. pay them a reasonable participation fee, even if they
drop out of the study later
b. inform them about everything that might influence
their decision to participate. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ B
Solomon is a psychologist interested in conformity. He
studies how the size of a group affects the amount of
,2|Page
pressure that the group can exert on individuals.
Solomon is most likely a ______psychologist.
a. social
b. personality - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A
Psychologists first obligation in conducting research is to:
a. avoid deceiving participants
b. follow strict ethical standards - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
b
In Dr. Daneli's experiment, Group A receives serotonin
before taking a memory test whereas Group B takes the
same test without receiving serotonin. In this experiment,
performance on the memory tests is the
a. dependent variable
b. independent variable - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a
A researcher was interested in determining whether or
not the test performances of students could be improved
by providing them with individual tutoring. The
researcher randomly divided fifty first-year college
students into two groups. In Group A the instructor
lectured to them for three hours per week. Group B
received an equal amount of lecturing, but their
instructor also met with each . student for thirty minutes
,3|Page
every week. Each group took the same final exam. The
test performance of students in Group B was about he
same as that of students in Group A. This study is an
example of a(n)
a. case study
b. experiment - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ b
Before using survey results to support a hypothesis, we
must be sure about which of the following?
a. the questions are properly worded
b. the sample used is representative of the population of
interest
c. the responses are not strongly biased by efforts to
appear socially acceptable
d. all of the above - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ d
When Dr. Beren compares the performance of the
experimental group and the control group, he finds the
difference in their scores to be statistically significant.
This means
a. that difference is larger than would be expected by
change
b. that he used descriptive statistics - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ a
, 4|Page
A psychologist is conducting an experiment to test the
effectiveness of a new antidepressant drug. He instructs
his research assistant to give the drug to half of the
participants and to give a placebo to the other half.
Neither the research assistant nor the participants know
who is getting the drug and who is getting the placebo.
This study uses:
a. random assignment
b. double blind design - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ b
Today, the majority of psychologists in North America
are:
a. women
b. psychoanalysts - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a
Larry says that people act the way they have learned
to act. He believes that if others stop rewarding a
person's annoying behavior, that behavior will decrease.
Larry most likely takes a(n) ____ approach to
psychology.
a. behavioral
b. cognitive - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ a
