PSY101 Exam Actual Questions and Correct Answers
Q1
behavior includes all of the following except:
A. Crying
B. laughing
C. dreaming
D. all of the above are behaviors
D. all of the above are behaviors Mark believes that most people with psychological disorders are
violent. He is shown aresearch article by a friend that shows that over 90% of people with
psychological disordersnever show signs of violence. A week later, Mark sees an article about
someone diagnosedwith schizophrenia who murdered someone and knew that his friend's article was
wrong.Mark
Q2
continues in his belief, despite evidence to the contrary due to the:
A. Fact that the murder proves that most people with psychological disorders are violent
B. Uncritical acceptance
C. The myth bias
D. The confirmation bias
D. The confirmation bias
Q3
Which of the following is NOT a principle of critical thinking:
A. Authority or expertise determines the truth of an idea
B. Few truths transcend the need for logical analysis and empirical testing
C. Critical thinking requires an open mind
D. Critical thinkers often wonder what it would take to show that a "truth" is false
A. Authority or expertise determines the truth of an idea describe Psychodynamic - Behavior is
determined by forces within one's unconscious mind; also focuses on childhood trauma describe
Behaviorist - Behavior is a result of the consequences of behavior; behavior is entirely environmental;
only focuses on observable behavior describe Humanistic - Behavior is a result of free-will, self-image,
and a desire to reach one's full potential describe Cognitive - Behavior is determined by how
information is processed and understood; focuses on the mental processes of behavior only describe
Social - Behavior is related to the social environment in which one is raised - focuses on families,
neighborhoods, and culture; also studies crowd and group behavior describe Evolutionary - Behavior
and mental processes are a result of inherited, adaptive aspects describe Biopsychological - Behavior
is the result of the processes of the brain and nervous system and all of the processes those control
Give two reasons why its important to publish research - 1. Inform others of what you found 2.
Allows others to test your research Information goes from the sensory memory to the short-term
, Q3 (continued)
memory due to and won't go into the long-term memory unless you the information in some way -
Selective attention, Rehearse Short-term memory generally holds things in our consciousness for
about _______ seconds - 12 Give two reasons why cramming is NOT a good idea in terms of memory:
- 1. we forget 60% of what we learn in 9 hours 2. an average of 7 pieces of information can be held in
short term memory at any one time There are three types of long-term memory: memory and then
two types of memory: memory and memory. - Procedural, declarative, semantic, episodic The two
types of memory that are generally tested in class are memory(fill-in- the blank and essay questions)
and memory (multiple choicequestions). Of the above, memory tends to be easier for people. - Recall,
Recognition, Recognition The biggest cause of "forgetting" is, where information never makes it into
the long-term memory to begin with. - Encoding failure If you take an exam in a different room that
the one you originally learned the information in,you are susceptible to a type of forgetting called, in
which the memory cues associated with the memories are missing when you are trying to retrieve the
information. - cue dependent forgetting describe spaced practice - short, but frequent study sessions
describe selection - only paying attention to the information that is most important describe whole
learning - studying the largest amount of information at a time that you can describe rehearsal -
mentally reviewing information describe serial positioning - making an extra effort on the middle part
of information that must be learned in order describe overlearning - studying even beyond mastery -
this is especially useful for those who have test anxiety describe chunking - placing bits of information
into groups - makes larger amounts of information smaller(ex. ymcanytv can be remembered as
YMCA, NY (New York) and TV describe anagrams - making words from the first letters of the words
sequentially - ROY G BIV for the colors of the rainbow describe acrostics - make a sentence were the
first letter of each word is the first letter of the each word in the sequence you are trying to
remember (My very educated mother... for the planets)
Q4
You buy a new car and find yourself reaching for the knobs and buttons where theywere in your old car.
Your difficulty in learning where everything is in your new car is an example of
A. repression
B. retroactive interference
C. negative transfer
D. state-dependent learning
C. negative transfer
Q5
Health psychology is defined as the study of behavioral principles to promote health and prevent illness
A. true
B. false If false, why? -
A. true Lifestyle diseases are preventable
Control, predictability, pressure define Control with stress - The less control, the higher the stress
define predictability with stress - Unpredicted events cause stress define pressure - Timed pressure (if
Q1
behavior includes all of the following except:
A. Crying
B. laughing
C. dreaming
D. all of the above are behaviors
D. all of the above are behaviors Mark believes that most people with psychological disorders are
violent. He is shown aresearch article by a friend that shows that over 90% of people with
psychological disordersnever show signs of violence. A week later, Mark sees an article about
someone diagnosedwith schizophrenia who murdered someone and knew that his friend's article was
wrong.Mark
Q2
continues in his belief, despite evidence to the contrary due to the:
A. Fact that the murder proves that most people with psychological disorders are violent
B. Uncritical acceptance
C. The myth bias
D. The confirmation bias
D. The confirmation bias
Q3
Which of the following is NOT a principle of critical thinking:
A. Authority or expertise determines the truth of an idea
B. Few truths transcend the need for logical analysis and empirical testing
C. Critical thinking requires an open mind
D. Critical thinkers often wonder what it would take to show that a "truth" is false
A. Authority or expertise determines the truth of an idea describe Psychodynamic - Behavior is
determined by forces within one's unconscious mind; also focuses on childhood trauma describe
Behaviorist - Behavior is a result of the consequences of behavior; behavior is entirely environmental;
only focuses on observable behavior describe Humanistic - Behavior is a result of free-will, self-image,
and a desire to reach one's full potential describe Cognitive - Behavior is determined by how
information is processed and understood; focuses on the mental processes of behavior only describe
Social - Behavior is related to the social environment in which one is raised - focuses on families,
neighborhoods, and culture; also studies crowd and group behavior describe Evolutionary - Behavior
and mental processes are a result of inherited, adaptive aspects describe Biopsychological - Behavior
is the result of the processes of the brain and nervous system and all of the processes those control
Give two reasons why its important to publish research - 1. Inform others of what you found 2.
Allows others to test your research Information goes from the sensory memory to the short-term
, Q3 (continued)
memory due to and won't go into the long-term memory unless you the information in some way -
Selective attention, Rehearse Short-term memory generally holds things in our consciousness for
about _______ seconds - 12 Give two reasons why cramming is NOT a good idea in terms of memory:
- 1. we forget 60% of what we learn in 9 hours 2. an average of 7 pieces of information can be held in
short term memory at any one time There are three types of long-term memory: memory and then
two types of memory: memory and memory. - Procedural, declarative, semantic, episodic The two
types of memory that are generally tested in class are memory(fill-in- the blank and essay questions)
and memory (multiple choicequestions). Of the above, memory tends to be easier for people. - Recall,
Recognition, Recognition The biggest cause of "forgetting" is, where information never makes it into
the long-term memory to begin with. - Encoding failure If you take an exam in a different room that
the one you originally learned the information in,you are susceptible to a type of forgetting called, in
which the memory cues associated with the memories are missing when you are trying to retrieve the
information. - cue dependent forgetting describe spaced practice - short, but frequent study sessions
describe selection - only paying attention to the information that is most important describe whole
learning - studying the largest amount of information at a time that you can describe rehearsal -
mentally reviewing information describe serial positioning - making an extra effort on the middle part
of information that must be learned in order describe overlearning - studying even beyond mastery -
this is especially useful for those who have test anxiety describe chunking - placing bits of information
into groups - makes larger amounts of information smaller(ex. ymcanytv can be remembered as
YMCA, NY (New York) and TV describe anagrams - making words from the first letters of the words
sequentially - ROY G BIV for the colors of the rainbow describe acrostics - make a sentence were the
first letter of each word is the first letter of the each word in the sequence you are trying to
remember (My very educated mother... for the planets)
Q4
You buy a new car and find yourself reaching for the knobs and buttons where theywere in your old car.
Your difficulty in learning where everything is in your new car is an example of
A. repression
B. retroactive interference
C. negative transfer
D. state-dependent learning
C. negative transfer
Q5
Health psychology is defined as the study of behavioral principles to promote health and prevent illness
A. true
B. false If false, why? -
A. true Lifestyle diseases are preventable
Control, predictability, pressure define Control with stress - The less control, the higher the stress
define predictability with stress - Unpredicted events cause stress define pressure - Timed pressure (if
