PSYCH 100 FINAL EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon correct answers >> the
tendency for people who have first agreed to a smaller request to
comply later with a larger request
Role correct answers >> a set of expectations about a social
position, defining how those in the position ought to behave
Zimbardo Experiment correct answers >> Famous study in
which male college students volunteered to participate in.
Students were randomly assigned the role of either a prisoner or
a guard in this mock experiment. Stanford Psychologist Philip
Zimbardo ended the experiment after six days, as the participants
were getting out of hand; role playing affects attitudes and
behavior
Punishment correct answers >> An event that decreases the
behavior it follows
Positive Punishment correct answers >> Administering an
aversive stimulus (eg. give a traffic ticket for speeding)
Negative Punishment correct answers >> Withdraw a
rewarding stimulus (eg. take away a misbehaving teen's driving
privileges)
,The Big Five Personality Factors correct answers >>
Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness,
Extraversion
Conscientiousness correct answers >> One of the Big Five;
careless vs. careful
Agreeableness correct answers >> One of the Big Five;
uncooperative vs. helpful
Neuroticism correct answers >> One of the Big Five;
emotional stability vs. instability
Openness correct answers >> One of the Big Five; routine vs.
variety
Extraversion correct answers >> One of the Big Five;
reserved vs. sociable
Fundamental Attribution Error correct answers >> the
tendency, when analyzing others' behavior, to overestimate the
influence of personal traits and underestimate the effects of the
situation
Psychoanalysis correct answers >> Freud's theory of
personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious
motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating
psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret
unconscious tensions
, Unconscious correct answers >> According to Freud, a
reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and
memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information
processing of which we are unaware
Free Association correct answers >> In psychoanalysis, a
method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes
and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how unimportant or
embarrassing
Id correct answers >> A reservoir of unconscious psychic
energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual
and aggressive drives; operates on the pleasure principle,
demanding immediate gratification
Superego correct answers >> The part of personality that,
according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides
standards for judgement (the conscience) and for future goals
Ego correct answers >> The largely conscious, "executive"
part of personality that, according to Freud, balances the
demands of the id, superego, and reality; operates on the reality
principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically
bring pleasure rather than pain
Personal Control correct answers >> our sense of controlling
our environment rather than feeling helpless
Learned Helplessness correct answers >> The hopelessness
and passive resignation an animal or person learns when unable
to avoid repeated aversive events
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon correct answers >> the
tendency for people who have first agreed to a smaller request to
comply later with a larger request
Role correct answers >> a set of expectations about a social
position, defining how those in the position ought to behave
Zimbardo Experiment correct answers >> Famous study in
which male college students volunteered to participate in.
Students were randomly assigned the role of either a prisoner or
a guard in this mock experiment. Stanford Psychologist Philip
Zimbardo ended the experiment after six days, as the participants
were getting out of hand; role playing affects attitudes and
behavior
Punishment correct answers >> An event that decreases the
behavior it follows
Positive Punishment correct answers >> Administering an
aversive stimulus (eg. give a traffic ticket for speeding)
Negative Punishment correct answers >> Withdraw a
rewarding stimulus (eg. take away a misbehaving teen's driving
privileges)
,The Big Five Personality Factors correct answers >>
Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness,
Extraversion
Conscientiousness correct answers >> One of the Big Five;
careless vs. careful
Agreeableness correct answers >> One of the Big Five;
uncooperative vs. helpful
Neuroticism correct answers >> One of the Big Five;
emotional stability vs. instability
Openness correct answers >> One of the Big Five; routine vs.
variety
Extraversion correct answers >> One of the Big Five;
reserved vs. sociable
Fundamental Attribution Error correct answers >> the
tendency, when analyzing others' behavior, to overestimate the
influence of personal traits and underestimate the effects of the
situation
Psychoanalysis correct answers >> Freud's theory of
personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious
motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating
psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret
unconscious tensions
, Unconscious correct answers >> According to Freud, a
reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and
memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information
processing of which we are unaware
Free Association correct answers >> In psychoanalysis, a
method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes
and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how unimportant or
embarrassing
Id correct answers >> A reservoir of unconscious psychic
energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual
and aggressive drives; operates on the pleasure principle,
demanding immediate gratification
Superego correct answers >> The part of personality that,
according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides
standards for judgement (the conscience) and for future goals
Ego correct answers >> The largely conscious, "executive"
part of personality that, according to Freud, balances the
demands of the id, superego, and reality; operates on the reality
principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically
bring pleasure rather than pain
Personal Control correct answers >> our sense of controlling
our environment rather than feeling helpless
Learned Helplessness correct answers >> The hopelessness
and passive resignation an animal or person learns when unable
to avoid repeated aversive events
