PSYCHOLOGY 140 EXAM 2
2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. There is a stereotype that anal sex is associated with
"homosexual behavior." According to research, which of the
following is most accurate? - correct answer-Research
supports the idea that anal sex occurs among both hetero-
and homosexual couples, although rates vary across
cultures
2. Who of the following completed Nobel Prize-winning
research on how people think and make decisions? - correct
answer-Daniel Kahneman
3. If a 5-year-old child takes an IQ test and scores the same as
the average score for lots of 5-year-olds, her IQ would be: -
correct answer-100
4. Which statement is true, according to the "Common Sense"
on-line assignment? - correct answer-no such thing as
common sense
, 5. Research finds that the USA has organ donation consent
rates of about 4.25 to 44%. In some other countries, that rate
is as high as 99% or above. According to the text, what
would increase organ donation consent rates in the USA? -
correct answer-changing to an opt out system in the USA
6. Sally is staring at the summer sky, watching for shooting
stars, which only occur about once every 20 minutes or so.
Sally is likely to... - correct answer-find her focus lagging.
7. Kinsey argued sexual orientation was: - correct answer-a
continuum ranging from heterosexual to homosexual
8. According to the TED Talk, Michael Shermer: The pattern
behind self-deception, the propensity to see patterns in
ambiguous settings - correct answer-goes up when people
feel out of control.
9. In perhaps the most famous study ever conducted in social
psychology, approximately ______ of men studied were
willing to administer a lethal shock of electricity to a helpless
victim when they were ordered to do so by a person who
2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. There is a stereotype that anal sex is associated with
"homosexual behavior." According to research, which of the
following is most accurate? - correct answer-Research
supports the idea that anal sex occurs among both hetero-
and homosexual couples, although rates vary across
cultures
2. Who of the following completed Nobel Prize-winning
research on how people think and make decisions? - correct
answer-Daniel Kahneman
3. If a 5-year-old child takes an IQ test and scores the same as
the average score for lots of 5-year-olds, her IQ would be: -
correct answer-100
4. Which statement is true, according to the "Common Sense"
on-line assignment? - correct answer-no such thing as
common sense
, 5. Research finds that the USA has organ donation consent
rates of about 4.25 to 44%. In some other countries, that rate
is as high as 99% or above. According to the text, what
would increase organ donation consent rates in the USA? -
correct answer-changing to an opt out system in the USA
6. Sally is staring at the summer sky, watching for shooting
stars, which only occur about once every 20 minutes or so.
Sally is likely to... - correct answer-find her focus lagging.
7. Kinsey argued sexual orientation was: - correct answer-a
continuum ranging from heterosexual to homosexual
8. According to the TED Talk, Michael Shermer: The pattern
behind self-deception, the propensity to see patterns in
ambiguous settings - correct answer-goes up when people
feel out of control.
9. In perhaps the most famous study ever conducted in social
psychology, approximately ______ of men studied were
willing to administer a lethal shock of electricity to a helpless
victim when they were ordered to do so by a person who
