PSY 101 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

PSY 101 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS

,PSY 101 TEST
Question 1
The gustatory sense refers to the chemical sense
of Select one:
a. smell.
b. taste. Correct
c. touch.
d. pain.


Question 2
Which endocrine gland regulates blood sugar
level? Select one:
a. pituitary gland
b. thyroid gland
c. gonads
d. islets of Langerhans Correct

Question 3
If an early psychologist believed that the study of psychology should focus on the purpose of the mind and not on its raw
elements, that psychologist would most likely adhere to the school of thought known as
Select one:
a. behaviorism.
b. psychoanalysis.
c. functionalism. Correct
d. structuralism.


Question 4
As a researcher, you believe that anxiety causes poor test performance. From the options below, the best research
technique to support or refute your hypothesis is the
Select one:
a. descriptive method.
b. formal experiment. Correct
c. clinical method.
d. correlational method.


Question 5
What is the relationship between statistical significance and practical significance?
Select one:
a. Statistical significance does not equal practical significance. Correct
b. If an outcome is statistically significant, this means that it has practical significance.
c. If an outcome is practical significance, this means that it has statistical significance.
d. Statistical significance and practical significance are really the same
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Question 6
What term best defines an individual's sense of belonging to a particular group?
Select one:
a. self-concept
b. ethnic identity Correct
c. human diversity
d. cultural relativity

,Question 7
Males have chromosomes and females have chromosomes.
Select one:
a. two Y; two X
b. an X and a Y; two X Correct
c. two X; two Y
d. two X; an X and a Y


Question 8
Chromosomes are constructed of long strands
of Select one:
a. melatonin.
b. DNA. Correct
c. thyroxin.
d. glia.


Question 9
The unit of measure for the intensity of sound
is Select one:
a. pitch.
b. saturation.
c. hue.
d. decibel. Correct


Question 10
How are hormones different from
neurotransmitters? Select one:
a. Hormones are chemical messengers.
b. Hormones are carried in the bloodstream.
c. Hormones are not regulated by the brain.
d. Hormones are by-products of neurotransmitters.

Question 11
A placebo effect can occur when
the Select one:
a. participant believes they are receiving a beneficial treatment. Correct
b. random sampling procedure has been conducted inaccurately.
c. researcher fails to obtain informed consent from the participants.
d. correlation between two key variables equals zero.


Question 12
A/n is a tentative explanation of the facts, findings, and relationship in any of the
sciences. Select one:
a. edict
b. theory Correct
c. law
d. declaration

, Question 13
How does contemporary psychoanalysis differ from the original form of psychoanalysis?
Select one:
a. Contemporary psychoanalysts are no longer concerned with unconscious motives.
b. Contemporary psychoanalysts place greater importance on motives other than sexual or aggressive. Correct
c. Contemporary psychoanalysis is a much more dominant force in psychology than the original form.
d. Contemporary psychoanalysis does not differ significantly from Sigmund Freud's approach.


Question 14
A person can only be understood by studying the beliefs and the values of the community in which the person has lived.
This statement best exemplifies the
Select one:
a. behavioral approach.
b. sociocultural approach. Correct
c. humanistic approach.
d. social learning approach.


Question 15
Job dissatisfaction would be a problem best dealt with by psychologists.
Select one:
a. applied Correct
b. developmental
c. personality
d. sociocultural


Question 16
Behaviors refer to actions that are and mental processes refer to events that are .
Select one:
a. public; private Correct
b. legal; illegal
c. private; public
d. illegal; legal

Question 17
The practice of psychiatry is most like the psychological specialty of
Select one:
a. experimental psychology.
b. developmental psychology.
c. biological psychology.
d. clinical psychology. Correct


Question 18
The primary function of dendrites is
to Select one:
a. keep the cell alive.
b. transmit outgoing information.
c. secrete hormones.
d. receive incoming information.