PSYC 102 FINALS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
What are the 4 features of critical thinking?
1) Ask Questions
2) Define your Terms
3) Examine Evidence
4) Analyze Assumptions
Psychology is different from other approaches to studying human behavior
because psychology relies on ______.
A) Expert Opinion
B) Scientific Principle
C) The ability to explain behavior after it occurs
D) Observations of people who suffer from psychological disorders
Answer:
B) Scientific Principle
Casey wore her homemade perfume and her husband got "frisky" later that day,
She says "My perfume does that to all men." As a critical thinker, you would say ,
Casey is making the mistake of _______.
,A) Arguing by anecdote or personal experience
B) Failing to define her terms
C) Not accepting uncertainty
D) Providing sufficient evidence
Answer:
A) Arguing by anecdote or personal experience
Which question would a psychologist under the functionalist perspective ask?
A) How can you improve your memory?
B) What is the best way to study memory?
C) Why do some people have better memories?
D) What purpose is served by the distortion in people's memory?
Answer:
D) What purpose is served by the distortion in people's memory?
What makes a Psychiatrist different from a Clinical Psychologist?
A Psychiatrist is a medical doctor (M.D.).
Jane has her own practice. On her sign, it says that she is a psychotherapist.
What do we know about Jane's credentials?
A) She has a M.D.
B) She has a Ph. D. in psychology.
,C) She has a M.D. and a Ph. D.
D) We don't know for sure what her credentials are.
Answer:
D) We don't know for sure what her credentials are.
What would a socio-cultural psychologist be most likely to study?
A) Sounds made by infants when they look at novel stimuli
B) Hormonal changes in young infants as they are held by their mother
C) How programs can be designed to teach childbearing skills
D) How child rearing practices change in Asian families change after they
immigrate to this country
Answer:
D) How child rearing practices in Asian families change after they immigrate to this
country
A psychodynamic psychologist would be more interested in which of the
following:
A) thoughts about alcohol
B)the unconscious motives behind drinking
C) how alcohol affects the brain
D) how friends affect a person's drinking
, Answer:
B) the unconscious motives behind drinking
What are the disadvantages to a Case Study?
1) Limited in ability to generalize to other people
2) Observations are more prone to bias on the part of the observer
Describe Naturalistic Observation
Used to see how people and other animals act in their normal social environments.
Observation in a natural habitat or setting.
What are the disadvantages of survey research?
Relies on self-reporting (people may forget or choose to lie) & volunteer bias (certain
people choose to do surveys and it may not be the people you need to study)
When would the case study method be most useful?
A) When the researcher is exploring a rare psychological disorder.
B) When the researcher wants to test subject without their knowledge.
C) When the researcher is gathering information about a large population of
people.
D) When the researcher wants to be sure the results are not influenced by his
own assumptions.
Answer:
A) When the researcher is exploring a rare psychological disorder.
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
What are the 4 features of critical thinking?
1) Ask Questions
2) Define your Terms
3) Examine Evidence
4) Analyze Assumptions
Psychology is different from other approaches to studying human behavior
because psychology relies on ______.
A) Expert Opinion
B) Scientific Principle
C) The ability to explain behavior after it occurs
D) Observations of people who suffer from psychological disorders
Answer:
B) Scientific Principle
Casey wore her homemade perfume and her husband got "frisky" later that day,
She says "My perfume does that to all men." As a critical thinker, you would say ,
Casey is making the mistake of _______.
,A) Arguing by anecdote or personal experience
B) Failing to define her terms
C) Not accepting uncertainty
D) Providing sufficient evidence
Answer:
A) Arguing by anecdote or personal experience
Which question would a psychologist under the functionalist perspective ask?
A) How can you improve your memory?
B) What is the best way to study memory?
C) Why do some people have better memories?
D) What purpose is served by the distortion in people's memory?
Answer:
D) What purpose is served by the distortion in people's memory?
What makes a Psychiatrist different from a Clinical Psychologist?
A Psychiatrist is a medical doctor (M.D.).
Jane has her own practice. On her sign, it says that she is a psychotherapist.
What do we know about Jane's credentials?
A) She has a M.D.
B) She has a Ph. D. in psychology.
,C) She has a M.D. and a Ph. D.
D) We don't know for sure what her credentials are.
Answer:
D) We don't know for sure what her credentials are.
What would a socio-cultural psychologist be most likely to study?
A) Sounds made by infants when they look at novel stimuli
B) Hormonal changes in young infants as they are held by their mother
C) How programs can be designed to teach childbearing skills
D) How child rearing practices change in Asian families change after they
immigrate to this country
Answer:
D) How child rearing practices in Asian families change after they immigrate to this
country
A psychodynamic psychologist would be more interested in which of the
following:
A) thoughts about alcohol
B)the unconscious motives behind drinking
C) how alcohol affects the brain
D) how friends affect a person's drinking
, Answer:
B) the unconscious motives behind drinking
What are the disadvantages to a Case Study?
1) Limited in ability to generalize to other people
2) Observations are more prone to bias on the part of the observer
Describe Naturalistic Observation
Used to see how people and other animals act in their normal social environments.
Observation in a natural habitat or setting.
What are the disadvantages of survey research?
Relies on self-reporting (people may forget or choose to lie) & volunteer bias (certain
people choose to do surveys and it may not be the people you need to study)
When would the case study method be most useful?
A) When the researcher is exploring a rare psychological disorder.
B) When the researcher wants to test subject without their knowledge.
C) When the researcher is gathering information about a large population of
people.
D) When the researcher wants to be sure the results are not influenced by his
own assumptions.
Answer:
A) When the researcher is exploring a rare psychological disorder.
