Psych 1000 Exam #1 (Dennis Miller)
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
What happens when a student has an unexcused absence from a research experiment (doesn't
show up for exp. they signed up for)? - Answer They will not receive the no "no show" bonus
at the end of the semester (7 pts.)
What are the policies to make-up missed participation (iClicker/REEF) points when a student
misses class? - Answer You are to visit him in his office hours with an official written excuse
within one week of your absence
What is the penalty if a student is absent but has another student respond with their clicker? -
Answer You will forfeit all participation points and will also be referred to the provost for
disciplinary action
Describe Nature vs. Nurture debate. How might each explain why someone excels in a field? -
Answer Nature- psychological characteristics are biologically innate (born with smart genes
or athletic genes)
Nurture- psychological characteristics are acquired through education, experience, and culture
(studied hard, practiced hard to acquire talent)
What is introspection? - Answer An analysis of subjective mental experiences that require
people to examine and report on content of their own thoughts
What is behaviorism? - Answer Emphasis on external behaviors and reactions to situations
rather than internal mental state. Relationship between environment and responses.
John Watson - Answer 1879-1958; Grad student who studied "determinist" perspective on
behavior (no free will, action has cause not nervous system.) Promoted behaviorism.
How might a behaviorist explain why someone excels or has a psychological problem? What are
the major assumptions with behaviorism? What would a behaviorist support in a nature vs.
nurture debate? - Answer Exposed to it when they were little. (child/animal video)
Psychological disorders come from environment (fear, phobias, ect.) and are treated by
changing behavioral patterns. Nurture--we are who we are today based on the environment and
our experiences.
Neuroscience/Biological Psychologists - Answer How brain works
, Cognitive Psychologists - Answer Memory, how you retain information, talking, decision
making, perceiving
Developmental Psychologists - Answer How you change over a course of time--infancy to old
age
Personality Psychologists - Answer How we consistently behave. Why? Introvert vs. Extrovert
--how genes, culture, environment context shape our personality
Social Psychologists - Answer Interaction w/ people, how others influence us, peer pressure,
ect.
Cultural Psychologists - Answer How your beliefs differ from others
Clinical Psychologists - Answer Psych disorders
Counseling Psychologists - Answer Helping w/ psych disorders
School Psychologists - Answer Prepare you for your future, help with problems that interfere
with learning
Industrial/Organizational Psychologists - Answer Large groups, think of most efficient way to
run a business/organization
What is an evolutionary approach to psychology? - Answer The brain, its activity, and
resulting behaviors have evolved over millions of years. Occurred in response to our ancestors'
problems related to survival and reproduction. Memory, perception, and language are seen as
adaptions.
What is the influence of culture on behavior? - Answer Cultural rules are learned as norms--
how people should behave in different contexts (don't laugh at funeral)
Biological (levels of analysis) - Answer Brain systems, neurochemistry, genetics
Individual (levels of analysis) - Answer Individual differences, perception and cognition,
behavior
Social (levels of analysis) - Answer Interpersonal behavior, social cognition
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
What happens when a student has an unexcused absence from a research experiment (doesn't
show up for exp. they signed up for)? - Answer They will not receive the no "no show" bonus
at the end of the semester (7 pts.)
What are the policies to make-up missed participation (iClicker/REEF) points when a student
misses class? - Answer You are to visit him in his office hours with an official written excuse
within one week of your absence
What is the penalty if a student is absent but has another student respond with their clicker? -
Answer You will forfeit all participation points and will also be referred to the provost for
disciplinary action
Describe Nature vs. Nurture debate. How might each explain why someone excels in a field? -
Answer Nature- psychological characteristics are biologically innate (born with smart genes
or athletic genes)
Nurture- psychological characteristics are acquired through education, experience, and culture
(studied hard, practiced hard to acquire talent)
What is introspection? - Answer An analysis of subjective mental experiences that require
people to examine and report on content of their own thoughts
What is behaviorism? - Answer Emphasis on external behaviors and reactions to situations
rather than internal mental state. Relationship between environment and responses.
John Watson - Answer 1879-1958; Grad student who studied "determinist" perspective on
behavior (no free will, action has cause not nervous system.) Promoted behaviorism.
How might a behaviorist explain why someone excels or has a psychological problem? What are
the major assumptions with behaviorism? What would a behaviorist support in a nature vs.
nurture debate? - Answer Exposed to it when they were little. (child/animal video)
Psychological disorders come from environment (fear, phobias, ect.) and are treated by
changing behavioral patterns. Nurture--we are who we are today based on the environment and
our experiences.
Neuroscience/Biological Psychologists - Answer How brain works
, Cognitive Psychologists - Answer Memory, how you retain information, talking, decision
making, perceiving
Developmental Psychologists - Answer How you change over a course of time--infancy to old
age
Personality Psychologists - Answer How we consistently behave. Why? Introvert vs. Extrovert
--how genes, culture, environment context shape our personality
Social Psychologists - Answer Interaction w/ people, how others influence us, peer pressure,
ect.
Cultural Psychologists - Answer How your beliefs differ from others
Clinical Psychologists - Answer Psych disorders
Counseling Psychologists - Answer Helping w/ psych disorders
School Psychologists - Answer Prepare you for your future, help with problems that interfere
with learning
Industrial/Organizational Psychologists - Answer Large groups, think of most efficient way to
run a business/organization
What is an evolutionary approach to psychology? - Answer The brain, its activity, and
resulting behaviors have evolved over millions of years. Occurred in response to our ancestors'
problems related to survival and reproduction. Memory, perception, and language are seen as
adaptions.
What is the influence of culture on behavior? - Answer Cultural rules are learned as norms--
how people should behave in different contexts (don't laugh at funeral)
Biological (levels of analysis) - Answer Brain systems, neurochemistry, genetics
Individual (levels of analysis) - Answer Individual differences, perception and cognition,
behavior
Social (levels of analysis) - Answer Interpersonal behavior, social cognition
