Psychology Cumulative Exam Assessment
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
"A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not
famous to me. Famous is a perception."
Which of the following best describes the meaning of the quote?
A.
Being famous leads to distorted perceptions.
B.
An individual often perceives the same concept or idea differently from another.
C.
Those who aren't famous cannot perceive what it might be like to be famous.
D.
Famous individuals have worthiness issues that interfere with perception. - CORRECT
ANSWERS B.
An individual often perceives the same concept or idea differently from another.
What Gestalt principle illustrates our tendency to group items together based on how close they
are to each other?
A.
similarity
B.
,proximity
C.
continuity
D.
closure - CORRECT ANSWERS B.
proximity
One of the prominent figures to highlight the importance of social learning is __________.
A.
Ivan Pavlov
B.
Albert Bandura
C.
B. F. Skinner
D.
John B. Watson - CORRECT ANSWERS B.
Albert Bandura
CSI, standing for crime scene investigation, is an example of an acrostic. - CORRECT
ANSWERS False
Measuring electrical activity of the brain over time is done using __________.
A.
, PET scans
B.
EEGs
C.
MRIs
D.
CT scans - CORRECT ANSWERS B.
EEGs
Luke tried his best to remember the items from his grocery list he left at home, but he could only
remember the first few items. This is an example of __________.
A.
primacy
B.
recency
C.
chunking
D.
blocking - CORRECT ANSWERS B.
recency
All of the following are topics that cross-cultural psychologists research except __________.
A.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
"A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not
famous to me. Famous is a perception."
Which of the following best describes the meaning of the quote?
A.
Being famous leads to distorted perceptions.
B.
An individual often perceives the same concept or idea differently from another.
C.
Those who aren't famous cannot perceive what it might be like to be famous.
D.
Famous individuals have worthiness issues that interfere with perception. - CORRECT
ANSWERS B.
An individual often perceives the same concept or idea differently from another.
What Gestalt principle illustrates our tendency to group items together based on how close they
are to each other?
A.
similarity
B.
,proximity
C.
continuity
D.
closure - CORRECT ANSWERS B.
proximity
One of the prominent figures to highlight the importance of social learning is __________.
A.
Ivan Pavlov
B.
Albert Bandura
C.
B. F. Skinner
D.
John B. Watson - CORRECT ANSWERS B.
Albert Bandura
CSI, standing for crime scene investigation, is an example of an acrostic. - CORRECT
ANSWERS False
Measuring electrical activity of the brain over time is done using __________.
A.
, PET scans
B.
EEGs
C.
MRIs
D.
CT scans - CORRECT ANSWERS B.
EEGs
Luke tried his best to remember the items from his grocery list he left at home, but he could only
remember the first few items. This is an example of __________.
A.
primacy
B.
recency
C.
chunking
D.
blocking - CORRECT ANSWERS B.
recency
All of the following are topics that cross-cultural psychologists research except __________.
A.
