UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
PSYCHOLOGY 1010 EXAM 1 2026
TEST BANK COMPLETE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Experimenters can justify the use of deception only if ___________.
Answer: it is necessary for the experiment to work, and participants are
debriefed afterwards
◉ The goals of psychology are to _____.
Answer: describe, understand, predict, and control behavior
◉ Who was an early proponent of functionalism?
Answer: William James
◉ Freud said phobias were ____________ whereas Watson said phobias
were __________.
Answer: repressed conflicts; learned
◉ Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?
Answer: humanism
◉ What is one similarity shared by clinical psychologists and
psychiatrists?
,Answer: They diagnose and treat people experiencing behavioral and
emotional problems.
◉ When you watch how dogs play in the park or how your professors
act in the classroom, that could actually be considered a form of ______.
Answer: naturalistic observation
◉ A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or
treated is called ______________________.
Answer: a case study
◉ A negative correlation means that ______________________.
Answer: high values of one variable are associated with low values of
the other
◉ The two main divisions of the nervous system are the ________ and
________.
Answer: peripheral nervous system; central nervous system
◉ Which part of the neuron is responsible for maintaining the life of the
cell?
Answer: soma
◉ Which of the following neurotransmitters functions as a common
inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain?
, Answer: GABA
◉ Which part of the nervous system takes the information received from
the senses, makes sense out of it, makes decisions, and sends commands
out to the muscles and the rest of the body?
Answer: brain
◉ The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for
reacting to stressful events and bodily arousal is called the
______________ nervous system.
Answer: sympathetic
◉ Hormones are___________.
Answer: chemicals released into the bloodstream by the endocrine
glands
◉ A brain-imaging method using magnetic fields of the body to produce
detailed images of the brain is called ______________.
Answer: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
◉ What part of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sensory
information?
Answer: thalamus
◉ Which of the following regions contains the primary visual cortex?
PSYCHOLOGY 1010 EXAM 1 2026
TEST BANK COMPLETE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Experimenters can justify the use of deception only if ___________.
Answer: it is necessary for the experiment to work, and participants are
debriefed afterwards
◉ The goals of psychology are to _____.
Answer: describe, understand, predict, and control behavior
◉ Who was an early proponent of functionalism?
Answer: William James
◉ Freud said phobias were ____________ whereas Watson said phobias
were __________.
Answer: repressed conflicts; learned
◉ Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?
Answer: humanism
◉ What is one similarity shared by clinical psychologists and
psychiatrists?
,Answer: They diagnose and treat people experiencing behavioral and
emotional problems.
◉ When you watch how dogs play in the park or how your professors
act in the classroom, that could actually be considered a form of ______.
Answer: naturalistic observation
◉ A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or
treated is called ______________________.
Answer: a case study
◉ A negative correlation means that ______________________.
Answer: high values of one variable are associated with low values of
the other
◉ The two main divisions of the nervous system are the ________ and
________.
Answer: peripheral nervous system; central nervous system
◉ Which part of the neuron is responsible for maintaining the life of the
cell?
Answer: soma
◉ Which of the following neurotransmitters functions as a common
inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain?
, Answer: GABA
◉ Which part of the nervous system takes the information received from
the senses, makes sense out of it, makes decisions, and sends commands
out to the muscles and the rest of the body?
Answer: brain
◉ The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for
reacting to stressful events and bodily arousal is called the
______________ nervous system.
Answer: sympathetic
◉ Hormones are___________.
Answer: chemicals released into the bloodstream by the endocrine
glands
◉ A brain-imaging method using magnetic fields of the body to produce
detailed images of the brain is called ______________.
Answer: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
◉ What part of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sensory
information?
Answer: thalamus
◉ Which of the following regions contains the primary visual cortex?
