PSYC 140 Final Exam 2026 Questions
and Answers
Altruism - Correct answer-helping someone with no benefit to yourself
Superordinate goals - Correct answer-goals sought by both sides of a conflict,
which tie the groups' interests together rather than driving them apart
Social dilemma - Correct answer-a situation in which each person can increase
individual gains by acting selfishly, but too many people acting selfishly ruins the
outcomes for everyone
3 types of social influences - Correct answer-1) conformity
2) obedience
3) compliance
Empathy - alturism - Correct answer-prosocial acts are motivated by the desire to
help someone in need
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,- selfish because it helps us feel better
- unselfihs because it leads to offer help for no distinct reason
Attachment styles - Correct answer-1. dismissing
2. fearful - avoiding
3. secure
4. anxious - pre-occupied
Anxious - preoccupied - Correct answer-- people with anxious-preoccupied
attachment type tend to agree with the following statements: "I want to be
completely emotionally intimate with others, but I often find that others are
reluctant to get as close as I would like", and "I am uncomfortable being without
close relationships, but I sometimes worry that others don't value me as much as I
value them."
- people with this style of attachment seek high levels of intimacy, approval, and
responsiveness from their attachment figure
- sometimes value intimacy to such an extent that they become overly dependent
on the attachment figure
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, - may feel a sense of anxiousness that only recedes when in contact with the
attachment figure
- often doubt their worth as a person and blame themselves for the attachment
figure's lack of responsiveness
- people who are anxious or preoccupied with attachment may exhibit high levels
of emotional expressiveness, emotional dysregulation (ED), worry, and
impulsiveness in their relationships
Fearful - avoidant - Correct answer-- people with losses or other trauma, such as
sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence may often develop this type of
attachment and tend to agree with the following statements: "I am somewhat
uncomfortable getting close to others. I want emotionally close relationships, but I
find it difficult to trust others completely, or to depend on them. I sometimes worry
that I will be hurt if I allow myself to become too close to others."
- people with this attachment style have mixed feelings about close relationships
- on the one hand, they desire to have emotionally close relationships. On the other
hand, they tend to feel uncomfortable with emotional closeness
- they commonly view themselves as unworthy of responsiveness from their
attachments, and they don't trust the intentions of their attachments
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and Answers
Altruism - Correct answer-helping someone with no benefit to yourself
Superordinate goals - Correct answer-goals sought by both sides of a conflict,
which tie the groups' interests together rather than driving them apart
Social dilemma - Correct answer-a situation in which each person can increase
individual gains by acting selfishly, but too many people acting selfishly ruins the
outcomes for everyone
3 types of social influences - Correct answer-1) conformity
2) obedience
3) compliance
Empathy - alturism - Correct answer-prosocial acts are motivated by the desire to
help someone in need
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,- selfish because it helps us feel better
- unselfihs because it leads to offer help for no distinct reason
Attachment styles - Correct answer-1. dismissing
2. fearful - avoiding
3. secure
4. anxious - pre-occupied
Anxious - preoccupied - Correct answer-- people with anxious-preoccupied
attachment type tend to agree with the following statements: "I want to be
completely emotionally intimate with others, but I often find that others are
reluctant to get as close as I would like", and "I am uncomfortable being without
close relationships, but I sometimes worry that others don't value me as much as I
value them."
- people with this style of attachment seek high levels of intimacy, approval, and
responsiveness from their attachment figure
- sometimes value intimacy to such an extent that they become overly dependent
on the attachment figure
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, - may feel a sense of anxiousness that only recedes when in contact with the
attachment figure
- often doubt their worth as a person and blame themselves for the attachment
figure's lack of responsiveness
- people who are anxious or preoccupied with attachment may exhibit high levels
of emotional expressiveness, emotional dysregulation (ED), worry, and
impulsiveness in their relationships
Fearful - avoidant - Correct answer-- people with losses or other trauma, such as
sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence may often develop this type of
attachment and tend to agree with the following statements: "I am somewhat
uncomfortable getting close to others. I want emotionally close relationships, but I
find it difficult to trust others completely, or to depend on them. I sometimes worry
that I will be hurt if I allow myself to become too close to others."
- people with this attachment style have mixed feelings about close relationships
- on the one hand, they desire to have emotionally close relationships. On the other
hand, they tend to feel uncomfortable with emotional closeness
- they commonly view themselves as unworthy of responsiveness from their
attachments, and they don't trust the intentions of their attachments
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