Psychology /
1010
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Exam #1 Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
______________________ /
/is /
/an /
/experiment /
/in /
/which /
/participants /
/do /
/not /
/know /
/if /
/they /
/are //in //the //experimental //or //the //control //group, //and //the //experimenters //also //do //not //know
//which //participants //are //part //of //which //group. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //The //double-
blind //study
Experimenters /
/can /
/justify /
/the /
/use /
/of /
/deception /
/only /
/if /
/___________. //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
,/✔✔ /
/it //is //necessary //for //the //experiment //to //work, //and //participants //are //debriefed //afterwards
The /
/goals /
/of /
/psychology /
/are /
/to //_____. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //describe, //understand, //predict, //and //control //behavior
Who //was //an //early //proponent //of //functionalism? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //William //James
Freud //said //phobias //were //____________ //whereas //Watson //said //phobias //were //__________.
//- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //repressed //conflicts; //learned
Which //perspective //focuses //on //free //will //and //self-
actualization? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //humanism
What /
/is /
/one //similarity //shared //by //clinical //psychologists //and //psychiatrists? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔
//They //diagnose //and //treat //people //experiencing //behavioral //and //emotional //problems.
When /
/you /
/watch /
/how /
/dogs /
/play /
/in /
/the /
/park /
/or /
,/how /
/your /
/professors /
/act /
/in /
/the /
/classroom, //that //could //actually //be //considered //a //form //of //______. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔
//naturalistic //observation
A/
/detailed /
/description /
/of //
a/
/particular /
/individual /
/being /
/studied /
/or //treated //is //called //______________________. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //a //case //study
A/
/negative /
/correlation /
/means /
/that /
/______________________. //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //high //values //of //one //variable //are //associated //with //low //values //of //the //other
The /
/two /
/main /
/divisions /
/of /
/the /
, /nervous /
/system /
/are /
/the //________ //and //________. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //peripheral //nervous //system; //central
//nervous //system
Which /
/part /
/of /
/the /
/neuron /
/is //responsible //for //maintaining //the //life //of //the //cell? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //soma
Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/neurotransmitters /
/functions /
/as //a //common //inhibitory //neurotransmitter //in //the //brain? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //GABA
Which /
/part /
/of /
/the /
/nervous /
/system /
/takes /
/the /
/information /
/received /
/from /
/the /
/senses, /
/makes /
1010
/ /
Exam #1 Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
______________________ /
/is /
/an /
/experiment /
/in /
/which /
/participants /
/do /
/not /
/know /
/if /
/they /
/are //in //the //experimental //or //the //control //group, //and //the //experimenters //also //do //not //know
//which //participants //are //part //of //which //group. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //The //double-
blind //study
Experimenters /
/can /
/justify /
/the /
/use /
/of /
/deception /
/only /
/if /
/___________. //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
,/✔✔ /
/it //is //necessary //for //the //experiment //to //work, //and //participants //are //debriefed //afterwards
The /
/goals /
/of /
/psychology /
/are /
/to //_____. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //describe, //understand, //predict, //and //control //behavior
Who //was //an //early //proponent //of //functionalism? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //William //James
Freud //said //phobias //were //____________ //whereas //Watson //said //phobias //were //__________.
//- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //repressed //conflicts; //learned
Which //perspective //focuses //on //free //will //and //self-
actualization? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //humanism
What /
/is /
/one //similarity //shared //by //clinical //psychologists //and //psychiatrists? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔
//They //diagnose //and //treat //people //experiencing //behavioral //and //emotional //problems.
When /
/you /
/watch /
/how /
/dogs /
/play /
/in /
/the /
/park /
/or /
,/how /
/your /
/professors /
/act /
/in /
/the /
/classroom, //that //could //actually //be //considered //a //form //of //______. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔
//naturalistic //observation
A/
/detailed /
/description /
/of //
a/
/particular /
/individual /
/being /
/studied /
/or //treated //is //called //______________________. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //a //case //study
A/
/negative /
/correlation /
/means /
/that /
/______________________. //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //high //values //of //one //variable //are //associated //with //low //values //of //the //other
The /
/two /
/main /
/divisions /
/of /
/the /
, /nervous /
/system /
/are /
/the //________ //and //________. //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //peripheral //nervous //system; //central
//nervous //system
Which /
/part /
/of /
/the /
/neuron /
/is //responsible //for //maintaining //the //life //of //the //cell? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //soma
Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/neurotransmitters /
/functions /
/as //a //common //inhibitory //neurotransmitter //in //the //brain? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //GABA
Which /
/part /
/of /
/the /
/nervous /
/system /
/takes /
/the /
/information /
/received /
/from /
/the /
/senses, /
/makes /
