PY 101 exam review

Question 1

Someone who evaluates actions and determines right and wrong based on other&#x27;s opinions, expectations, and rules is in _.

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the conventional stage

Question 2

Which situation is an example of the bystander effect?

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Kitty Genovese

Question 3

Which of the choices shows the correct order of Maslow&#x27;s hierarchy of needs?

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physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, self-actualization

Question 4

Someone catches a person who cannot pay their bills stealing and sympathizes, but files a complaint to follow the law.

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They are in Kohlberg&#x27;s conventional stage of moral development

Question 5

Al is a risk taker. John enjoys some risky activities but prefers moderation. Mary dislikes risk taking. They differ in:

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Arousal

Question 6

In ___, the child learns that it is easier to shut down their feelings and become self-reliant and avoid the parent.

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avoidant attachment

Question 7

A marketing team considers casting a celebrity in commercials and using an emotionally appealing slogan. They are using:

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peripheral route

Question 8

I am going to do awesome on my psych final!

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YES! We are almost there!!, YES! I am so smart and hardworking!, YES! I am going to keep studying hard!, YES! Mrs. Hoggle and Elizabeth are so proud of my hard work!

Question 9

Which of Piaget&#x27;s stages develops abstract, theoretical, hypothetical, and counterfactual thinking?

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formal operational

Question 10

Rate My Professor is associated with:

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gender bias

Question 11

An 8th grader is caught vaping. Her parents discuss their disappointment/concern & have her research dangers of vaping.

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authoritative

Question 12

Miles is generally somewhat sad and pessimistic, but today his candidate won the election, and he is feeling optimistic.

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His usual sadness is a mood; his current optimism is an emotion

Question 13

The tendency to interpret events in a way that assigns credit for success to oneself but denies one’s responsibility is:

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self-serving bias

Question 14

How might the James-Lange theory of emotion describe the relationship between fear and trembling?

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We feel afraid because we tremble

Question 15

Amy feels a loss of control over her eating and sometimes binge-eats, not followed by purging or excessive exercise

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most likely experiencing binge-eating disorder

Question 16

Which is not true of research discussed in class?

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Seeing white faces made people categorize guns faster

Question 17

An Asian student marked her ethnicity on a test, and scored higher than on past tests where she did not mark ethnicity

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potentially showing the effects of stereotype lift

Question 18

The reduction of individual effort that occurs when people work in groups compared to when they work alone is called:

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social loafing

Question 19

Which of the following does not increase the stability of an attitude?

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values expressed by the attitude

Question 20

The main reason that people make "just-world hypothesis" attributions is that these attributions

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make people feel safer and the world more understandable

Question 21

An adolescent has an intense fear of gaining weight, significantly low body weight, is showing signs of thinning bones.

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most likely experiencing anorexia

Question 22

Women are least likely to use:

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free weights

Question 23

Which of Piaget&#x27;s stages attaches concepts to concrete situations, and understands concepts only as applied?

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concrete operational

Question 24

A pop star says they perform better on a live stage because of the audience presence. This illustrates the concept of:

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social facilitation

Question 25

Research indicates that:

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aerobic exercise leads to an increase in hippocampal volume in the elderly

Question 26

What cognitive limitation is the tendency of individuals to view the world through their own experiences?

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egocentrism

Question 27

Issues in executive function are associated with:

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all of the above

Question 28

A parent who sets firm guidelines and rules while also being supportive and warm is best described as:

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authoritative

Question 29

Someone who frequently eats unusually large amounts of food followed by a behavior to compensate, such as purging, is

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most likely experiencing bulimia

Question 30

BDNF stands for __.

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brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Question 31

Which study measured obedience to an authority figure?

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Milgram&#x27;s experiment

Question 32

In ___, the child shows both positive and negative responses toward a parent - ex. both seeking and resisting contact.

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ambivalent attachment

Question 33

A truck ad emphasizes its towing capacity to convince buyers to purchase the car. This is an example of:

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central route

Question 34

A child who focuses on their own self-interest and pleasure but not others&#x27; disapproval or rules of law is in the ___.

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preconventional stage

Question 35

In ___, the child fails to develop any feelings of security from the parent, so they won&#x27;t easily move away from them.

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anxious attachment

Question 36

A shift to explicit (conscious) thought processing is activation of the:

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prefrontal cortex

Question 37

Which of Piaget&#x27;s stages uses senses and motor skills, knows items by use, and learns object permanence?

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sensorimotor

Question 38

Which of the following is associated with being more likely to hurt someone?

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low conscientiousness

Question 39

A 1998 study found that those who had experienced interpersonal stress for a 1 month+ were 2x as likely to catch a cold.

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True

Question 40

Changing our perceptions after making a decision to reduce dissonance and make the decision seem more attractive is:

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postdecisional dissonance

Question 41

The tendency to attribute people&#x27;s behavior to their disposition, not the situation they are in, is referred to as:

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fundamental attribution error

Question 42

Zoe attempts to convince the Joe to agree by first making a large request that Joe will likely turn down. This is:

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door-in-the-face approach

Question 43

Which experiment was used to study diffusion of responsibility?

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the Smokey room

Question 44

In ___, parents let their children go out and about but are there for them when they come back for security and comfort.

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secure attachment

Question 45

A politician has a tendency to only listen to and report news that goes along with their views. They are engaging in:

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confirmation bias

Question 46

Kat wants to show her boyfriend her new haircut. A social psychologist might say initially her boyfriend is likely to:

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not like the haircut because it is new

Question 47

A 60 yr old reminisces about his time in LA and fondly remembers the time he spent there as a teen. He is in Erikson&#x27;s:

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integrity vs. despair stage

Question 48

In a study, participants were shown 30-sec clips of 2 candidates in a past election, then asked to determine which won.

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They were very accurate; brief slice of behavior provides significant info

Question 49

The main conclusion of Milgram&#x27;s studies is that:

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ordinary people will do terrible things if ordered by an authority

Question 50

Women&#x27;s gym goals are most likely to match:

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burn fat

Question 51

Both __ and __ benefit from social interaction/team they may experience in athletics/physical activity.

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Young teens and older adults

Question 52

Although anorexia and binge-eating disorder have vastly different symptoms, they both share:

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a dysfunctional executive profile

Question 53

Stereotypes that appear as compliments but have negative counterparts are:

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positive stereotypes

Question 54

In determining others&#x27; motives, we tend to overemphasize __, which is known as ____.

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internal or dispositional factors; fundamental attribution error

Question 55

An 8th grader is caught smoking, and her parents yell at her and don&#x27;t explain. They ground her for a month. They are __

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authoritarian

Question 56

Who is most likely to be impacted by the recuperation effect?

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female crossfitter

Question 57

Which is the most supported way to reduce implicit bias?

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being around out-group members

Question 58

The strange-situation test was designed to allow psychologists to assess:

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how infants respond to separation and reunion with their mothers

Question 59

Which of Piaget&#x27;s stages uses symbolic thinking, language, and egocentric thinking, while developing imagination?

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preoperational

Question 60

This disorder is characterized by the eating of one or more nonnutritive, nonfood substances on a persistent basis

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most likely experiencing pica

Question 61

Which of the following is associated with better physical health?

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high levels of BDNF

Question 62

Which of the following is not correlated with depression?

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Reticular formation volume

PY 101 exam review

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PY 101 exam review

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