PSYCHOLOGY CUMULATIVE EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 FULL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ *It is an innate characteristic of certain species of North American
Birds to fly south in the winter and to build nests in the spring.
These behaviors are example of Answer: Instincts
◉ *French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes was a
proponent of "Dualism", meaning that he believed: Answer: 1)
Animals lack souls and merely behave reflexively
2) The non-physical soul influences the physical human body
through the pineal gland
3) Humans have reflexes but also have souls and can act consciously
◉ *Signing Frued was a ____ who attempted to treat his patients by
_____. Answer: Psychiatrists / helping them uncover their
subconscious urges, fears, and drives
◉ *Wilhelm Wundt established the first laboratory to investigate
psychological phenomena scientifically, relying upon introspection
in an attempt to identify fundamental components of consciousness.
Be and others who used similar methods were referred to as:
Answer: Structuralists
,◉ *An approach to investigating psychological phenomena that
relies strictly upon observing, recording, and drawing inferences
from the directly ovservable actions of research subjects is most
consistent with: Answer: Behaviorism
◉ *The foundation established by Alfred Nobel to annually award
prizes in recognition of significant contributions to scientific
understanding was made possible by the vast fortune Nobel's ____
had earned him during his lifetime Answer: Invention of dynamite
◉ *The theory that "descent with modification" and "natural
selection" are the primary forces that have shaped the form and
function of all life on earth was first proposed in the book On the
Origin or Species by Natural Selection, published in 1859, and
written by: Answer: Charles Darwin
◉ *During the early twentieth century, ___ psychology emerged in
Austria and Germany in contrast to the structuralist approach, with
an emphasis on identifying fundamental principles of perception,
and how we perceive the "whole" to be greater than the sum of its
parts Answer: Gestalt
◉ *A long-standing question in developmental psychology about the
relative roles of heredity and environmental influences in shaping
, the characteristics of an individual is often referred to as the ___
debate Answer: Nature vs nurture
◉ *the Hawthorn Effect refers to the situation in which: Answer: The
behavior of subjects changes in response to the presence of
observers
◉ *A hypothesis is: Answer: A testable, falsifiable prediction
◉ *The major advantage of experimentation over other research
methods is that: Answer: experiments allow for examination of
cause-and-effect relations among variables
◉ *an automatic shift of attention toward novel stimuli or surprising
events in the environment is referred to as: Answer: An orienting
response
◉ In classical conditioning, an object or event that elicits (produces)
an observable reaction in an individual, without any prior training, is
referred to as: Answer: An unconditioned stimulus
◉ *in classical conditioning, the conditioned response is: Answer: a
learned response to an environmental event that is elicited only
after training or experience
TEST 2026 FULL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ *It is an innate characteristic of certain species of North American
Birds to fly south in the winter and to build nests in the spring.
These behaviors are example of Answer: Instincts
◉ *French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes was a
proponent of "Dualism", meaning that he believed: Answer: 1)
Animals lack souls and merely behave reflexively
2) The non-physical soul influences the physical human body
through the pineal gland
3) Humans have reflexes but also have souls and can act consciously
◉ *Signing Frued was a ____ who attempted to treat his patients by
_____. Answer: Psychiatrists / helping them uncover their
subconscious urges, fears, and drives
◉ *Wilhelm Wundt established the first laboratory to investigate
psychological phenomena scientifically, relying upon introspection
in an attempt to identify fundamental components of consciousness.
Be and others who used similar methods were referred to as:
Answer: Structuralists
,◉ *An approach to investigating psychological phenomena that
relies strictly upon observing, recording, and drawing inferences
from the directly ovservable actions of research subjects is most
consistent with: Answer: Behaviorism
◉ *The foundation established by Alfred Nobel to annually award
prizes in recognition of significant contributions to scientific
understanding was made possible by the vast fortune Nobel's ____
had earned him during his lifetime Answer: Invention of dynamite
◉ *The theory that "descent with modification" and "natural
selection" are the primary forces that have shaped the form and
function of all life on earth was first proposed in the book On the
Origin or Species by Natural Selection, published in 1859, and
written by: Answer: Charles Darwin
◉ *During the early twentieth century, ___ psychology emerged in
Austria and Germany in contrast to the structuralist approach, with
an emphasis on identifying fundamental principles of perception,
and how we perceive the "whole" to be greater than the sum of its
parts Answer: Gestalt
◉ *A long-standing question in developmental psychology about the
relative roles of heredity and environmental influences in shaping
, the characteristics of an individual is often referred to as the ___
debate Answer: Nature vs nurture
◉ *the Hawthorn Effect refers to the situation in which: Answer: The
behavior of subjects changes in response to the presence of
observers
◉ *A hypothesis is: Answer: A testable, falsifiable prediction
◉ *The major advantage of experimentation over other research
methods is that: Answer: experiments allow for examination of
cause-and-effect relations among variables
◉ *an automatic shift of attention toward novel stimuli or surprising
events in the environment is referred to as: Answer: An orienting
response
◉ In classical conditioning, an object or event that elicits (produces)
an observable reaction in an individual, without any prior training, is
referred to as: Answer: An unconditioned stimulus
◉ *in classical conditioning, the conditioned response is: Answer: a
learned response to an environmental event that is elicited only
after training or experience
