PSYCH 100 STUDY 2026/2027 GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Greg is visiting a foreign country that is known for political unrest, and he has seen
reports about tourists being kidnapped. Although his chances of being abducted are
very low, he believes that it can likely happen to him. What process is behind his error?
- ✔✔Availability bias
✔✔What was Binet's aim in developing the first measure of intelligence? - ✔✔To
identify children in need of special help.
✔✔What we have learned about intelligence over the years is that it is not _________. -
✔✔A singular process
✔✔Often in psychology class, your professor will use examples and metaphors to help
illustrate the concepts. What heuristic is your professor attempting to use? - ✔✔Forming
an analogy
✔✔While watching a football game, you become very confused when you see a gorilla
walk across the field. Despite the bizarreness of this circumstance, you also feel
confused because this event goes against what? - ✔✔Your script and schema of
football games
✔✔A person playing violin in the London Symphony Orchestra might be described as
having a different intelligence than a professional athlete. This illustrates which theory of
intelligence? - ✔✔Gardner's multiple intelligences
✔✔Recently, Sternberg has acknowledged a fourth element of intelligence outside of
his triarchic theory. This is called __________. - ✔✔wisdom
✔✔In general, college students in 2016 appear to have higher IQ scores than college
students from 1966, what helps to explain this? - ✔✔The Flynn effect
✔✔Researchers of development argue that changes throughout the lifespan tend to
influenced by which of the following? - ✔✔Nature and Nurture
✔✔How does the development of language competence compare from culture to
culture? - ✔✔It is remarkably similar.
✔✔How has research on lifespan development changed our idea of human nature? -
✔✔We view people as continuing to develop throughout life.
, ✔✔Which psychologist's theory explains that, throughout the lifespan, individuals
experience different conflicts that they must successfully overcome if they are to
develop into a psychologically healthy person? - ✔✔Erikson
✔✔In the strange situation experiment, Ainsworth examined how the infant reacted
when reunited with her mother to determine which of the following? - ✔✔The infant's
attachment style
✔✔According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, how does mental processing
change throughout the lifespan? - ✔✔Cognitive ability changes from concrete to
abstract
✔✔Two individuals are arguing over whether or not it is right to steal. One individual
states that stealing is always wrong because it is against the law, while the other argues
that stealing is sometimes appropriate if it is to avoid a greater tragedy. What
developmental theory does this example illustrate? - ✔✔Kohlberg's theory of moral
development
✔✔What is a positive function of daydreaming? - ✔✔It enables us to be mentally active
when we are bored
✔✔According to Freud, dreams are significant because they - ✔✔Reveal unconscious
fears and desires
✔✔All of the following appear to fluctuate based on circadian rhythm, except -
✔✔Intelligence
✔✔Consciousness performs all of the following functions, except - ✔✔Guiding
performance on highly routinized actions
✔✔How normal is it to experience alternate states of consciousness? - ✔✔It is
something we all experience every day.
✔✔In class we discussed the cicada, the insect that emerges in 17-year cycles, to
illustrate the circadian rhythm, which is ____________. - ✔✔The physiological cycles of
change we experience every day
✔✔Dreaming occurs predominately during _____________. - ✔✔REM sleep
✔✔In Freud's theory, majority of our processing and motivation comes from where? -
✔✔The unconscious
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Greg is visiting a foreign country that is known for political unrest, and he has seen
reports about tourists being kidnapped. Although his chances of being abducted are
very low, he believes that it can likely happen to him. What process is behind his error?
- ✔✔Availability bias
✔✔What was Binet's aim in developing the first measure of intelligence? - ✔✔To
identify children in need of special help.
✔✔What we have learned about intelligence over the years is that it is not _________. -
✔✔A singular process
✔✔Often in psychology class, your professor will use examples and metaphors to help
illustrate the concepts. What heuristic is your professor attempting to use? - ✔✔Forming
an analogy
✔✔While watching a football game, you become very confused when you see a gorilla
walk across the field. Despite the bizarreness of this circumstance, you also feel
confused because this event goes against what? - ✔✔Your script and schema of
football games
✔✔A person playing violin in the London Symphony Orchestra might be described as
having a different intelligence than a professional athlete. This illustrates which theory of
intelligence? - ✔✔Gardner's multiple intelligences
✔✔Recently, Sternberg has acknowledged a fourth element of intelligence outside of
his triarchic theory. This is called __________. - ✔✔wisdom
✔✔In general, college students in 2016 appear to have higher IQ scores than college
students from 1966, what helps to explain this? - ✔✔The Flynn effect
✔✔Researchers of development argue that changes throughout the lifespan tend to
influenced by which of the following? - ✔✔Nature and Nurture
✔✔How does the development of language competence compare from culture to
culture? - ✔✔It is remarkably similar.
✔✔How has research on lifespan development changed our idea of human nature? -
✔✔We view people as continuing to develop throughout life.
, ✔✔Which psychologist's theory explains that, throughout the lifespan, individuals
experience different conflicts that they must successfully overcome if they are to
develop into a psychologically healthy person? - ✔✔Erikson
✔✔In the strange situation experiment, Ainsworth examined how the infant reacted
when reunited with her mother to determine which of the following? - ✔✔The infant's
attachment style
✔✔According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, how does mental processing
change throughout the lifespan? - ✔✔Cognitive ability changes from concrete to
abstract
✔✔Two individuals are arguing over whether or not it is right to steal. One individual
states that stealing is always wrong because it is against the law, while the other argues
that stealing is sometimes appropriate if it is to avoid a greater tragedy. What
developmental theory does this example illustrate? - ✔✔Kohlberg's theory of moral
development
✔✔What is a positive function of daydreaming? - ✔✔It enables us to be mentally active
when we are bored
✔✔According to Freud, dreams are significant because they - ✔✔Reveal unconscious
fears and desires
✔✔All of the following appear to fluctuate based on circadian rhythm, except -
✔✔Intelligence
✔✔Consciousness performs all of the following functions, except - ✔✔Guiding
performance on highly routinized actions
✔✔How normal is it to experience alternate states of consciousness? - ✔✔It is
something we all experience every day.
✔✔In class we discussed the cicada, the insect that emerges in 17-year cycles, to
illustrate the circadian rhythm, which is ____________. - ✔✔The physiological cycles of
change we experience every day
✔✔Dreaming occurs predominately during _____________. - ✔✔REM sleep
✔✔In Freud's theory, majority of our processing and motivation comes from where? -
✔✔The unconscious
