Portage Learning PSYC 101 psychology EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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PSYC 101 Exam 1 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE
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SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (6058D) vc vc vc vc




QUESTION 1 vc




What is psychology? vc vc




ANSWER

Psychology is about understanding all the things we do Psych is practical; investigating human behavior
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in a scientific way It teaches us a healthy respect for the complexity of behavior
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QUESTION 2 vc




Psych come from 2 parent disiplines
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ANSWER

philosophy & physiology vc vc




QUESTION 3 vc




Wilhelm Wundt vc




ANSWER

founded the 1st formal psychology laboratory & founded the 1st journal devoted to publishing psycholo
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gy research Wundt - conscious experience
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QUESTION 4 vc




Sigmund Freud vc




ANSWER

psychoanalysis unconscious - vc vc



the unconscious contains thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of conscious
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awareness but that nonetheless exert great influence on behavior Freudian slips
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,QUESTION 5 vc




John
B. Watson
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ANSWER

Behaviorism



QUESTION 6 vc




Behavior
ANSWER

refers to any overt/observable response or activity by an organism
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QUESTION 7 vc




nature vs. nurture vc vc




ANSWER

concerned with whether behavior is determined mainly by genetic inheritance (nature) or by environm
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ent and experience (nurture)
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QUESTION 8 vc




Skinner principle of behavior vc vc vc




ANSWER

Organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes, and they tend to not repeat respons
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es that lead to neutral or negative outcomes Skinner box Free will is an illusion
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QUESTION 9 vc




Humanism
ANSWER

theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and the
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ir potential for personal growth takes an optimistic view of human nature
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QUESTION 10 vc




B. F. Skinner would say this . . .
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,ANSWER

"In the traditional view, a person is free . . He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and ju
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stly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be reexamined when
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a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environment." = ex
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plaining why he believes that freedom is an illusion
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QUESTION 11 vc




Carl Rogers would say this . . .
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ANSWER

"I do not have a Pollyanna view of human nature. . . . Yet one of the most refreshing and invigorating pa
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rts of my experience is to work with [my clients] and to discover the strongly positive directional tende
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ncies which exist in them, as in all of us, at the deepest levels." = commenting on others' assertion that h
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e had an overly optimistic (Pollyannaish) view of human potential and discussing humans' basic drive to
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ward personal growth. vc vc




QUESTION 12 vc




Behavioral people vc




ANSWER

John
B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, Ivan Pavlov
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QUESTION 13 vc




Behavioral subject matter vc vc




ANSWER

effects of environment on the overt behavior of humans and animals
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QUESTION 14 vc




Behavioral basic premise vc vc




ANSWER

Only observable events (stimulus-response relations) can be studied scientifically
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QUESTION 15 vc




Psychoanalytic people vc




ANSWER

, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler
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QUESTION 16 vc




Psychoanalytical subject matter vc vc




ANSWER

unconscious determinants of behavior vc vc vc




QUESTION 17 vc




Psychoanalytical basic premise vc vc




ANSWER

unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders
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QUESTION 18 vc




Humanistic people vc




ANSWER

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
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QUESTION 19 vc




Humanistic subject matter vc vc




ANSWER

unique aspects of human experience
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QUESTION 20 vc




Humanistic basic premise vc vc




ANSWER

Humans are free, rational beings with the potential for personal growth, and they are fundamentally diff
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erent from animals
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QUESTION 21 vc




Cognitive people vc




ANSWER