PSY 1012 FINAL EXAM
REVIEWED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which function is associated with the frontal cortex?
Motor activity
About how much of your personality is likely a result
of your upbringing (e.g., parents, neighborhood,
financial status, etc.)?
50%
Evolutionary psychologists have found that males
look for mates that are ___ looking and women look
for mates that show ___.
Youthful, resources
Infants show a preference for looking at which of the
following things:
Human Faces
Psychologists believe that genetics can influence
which friends you choose and whether you commit a
crime.
TRUE
Approximately how many genes are in the human
genome?
25,000
This thing is a scientist's best estimate of how
multiple factors affect each other.
Theory
,Historians of science generally agree that the field of
psychology began in:
Leipzig Germany in 1879
About what percentage of pregnancies end in
miscarriage?
15%
This technique takes a static measure of your brain
and uses strong magnetic waves.
MRI
This person treated his patients by exposing them to
the shocks of electric eels.
Aldini
Which of the following brain scan techniques is
considered a functional measure that uses radioactive
glucose?
PET
The use of a targeted mutation is also known as a:
Knockout gene
During the embryonic period the ____ develops
internal organs
Which reflects the largest unit of analysis?
genome
Which of the following is NOT a lobe from your
cortex?
Cerebellar
A scientist manipulates a(n) ___ variable and
measures a(n) ___ variable.
independent, dependent
Why would be the purpose of using a triple-blind
procedure? To control for:
Possible experimenter bias
, Which of the following pairs are LEAST similar?
Adoptive brothers
Which of the following is the MOST common measure
of infant cognitive abilities?
Habituation to stimuli
The primary job of genes is to:
code for proteins
Which of the following are children better suited to
learn compared with adults?
Children are better suited to learn all of the above
The development of a traditional gender role in society
is called:
Gender typing
As the n-size of your sample grows, it becomes more
likely that your measurements of that group are
accurate.
Central limit theorem
Which of the following degrees is needed at a
minimum to be able to conduct daily behavior
management programs with the intellectually
disabled?
Master's Degree
Which of the following reflects artificial selection?
Fifth generation lions living in a zoo
If you were conducting a long-term developmental
psychology experiment on personality development,
which of the following experimental design types
would you prefer to use?
Cross-sequential design
Which of the following is the name of a basic reflex
present at birth?
REVIEWED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which function is associated with the frontal cortex?
Motor activity
About how much of your personality is likely a result
of your upbringing (e.g., parents, neighborhood,
financial status, etc.)?
50%
Evolutionary psychologists have found that males
look for mates that are ___ looking and women look
for mates that show ___.
Youthful, resources
Infants show a preference for looking at which of the
following things:
Human Faces
Psychologists believe that genetics can influence
which friends you choose and whether you commit a
crime.
TRUE
Approximately how many genes are in the human
genome?
25,000
This thing is a scientist's best estimate of how
multiple factors affect each other.
Theory
,Historians of science generally agree that the field of
psychology began in:
Leipzig Germany in 1879
About what percentage of pregnancies end in
miscarriage?
15%
This technique takes a static measure of your brain
and uses strong magnetic waves.
MRI
This person treated his patients by exposing them to
the shocks of electric eels.
Aldini
Which of the following brain scan techniques is
considered a functional measure that uses radioactive
glucose?
PET
The use of a targeted mutation is also known as a:
Knockout gene
During the embryonic period the ____ develops
internal organs
Which reflects the largest unit of analysis?
genome
Which of the following is NOT a lobe from your
cortex?
Cerebellar
A scientist manipulates a(n) ___ variable and
measures a(n) ___ variable.
independent, dependent
Why would be the purpose of using a triple-blind
procedure? To control for:
Possible experimenter bias
, Which of the following pairs are LEAST similar?
Adoptive brothers
Which of the following is the MOST common measure
of infant cognitive abilities?
Habituation to stimuli
The primary job of genes is to:
code for proteins
Which of the following are children better suited to
learn compared with adults?
Children are better suited to learn all of the above
The development of a traditional gender role in society
is called:
Gender typing
As the n-size of your sample grows, it becomes more
likely that your measurements of that group are
accurate.
Central limit theorem
Which of the following degrees is needed at a
minimum to be able to conduct daily behavior
management programs with the intellectually
disabled?
Master's Degree
Which of the following reflects artificial selection?
Fifth generation lions living in a zoo
If you were conducting a long-term developmental
psychology experiment on personality development,
which of the following experimental design types
would you prefer to use?
Cross-sequential design
Which of the following is the name of a basic reflex
present at birth?
