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2021SP-PSYC-2301-72403 PSYC 2301-72403 - General Psychology (2nd 8-Week Term) Chapter Quizzes
Review Test Submission: Quiz #1

Review Test Submission: Quiz #1

User Akash Patel

Course PSYC 2301-72403 - General Psychology (2nd 8-Week Term)
Test Quiz #1
Started 3/23/21 1:08 PM
Submitted 3/23/21 1:24 PM
Due Date 4/4/21 11:59 PM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 6 out of 10 points  
Time Elapsed 15 minutes out of 30 minutes
Instructions Choose the best answer to each question.

Results All Answers, Submitted Answers, Correct Answers, Incorrectly Answered

Displayed Questions

Question 1 1 out of 1 points

Girard set a goal with his therapist to "achieve his full potential." He is using
various activities to learn and to grow. According to Maslow, Girard is trying to
achieve __________.

Selected Answer: self-actualization

Answers: nirvana

stability

self-actualization

positive thinking

Question 2 1 out of 1 points

Dr. Pleating sees clients every day who are struggling with relationships or with
the loss of a loved one. He provides treatment to help them cope and adjust. Dr.
Pleating is a(n) __________ psychologist.

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Selected Answer: clinical

Answers: applied

clinical

academic

eclectic

Question 3 1 out of 1 points

When a participant engages in a study and is told that the treatment may make
them dizzy, the participant may report dizziness because they believe that it is
expected. The __________ can be one source of bias in an experiment.

Selected Answer: expectations of the participant

Answers: expectations of the participant

errors in data collection

expectations of the experimenter

errors in ethics

Question 4 1 out of 1 points

John Locke believed that at birth the human mind was a ________.

Selected Answer: tabula rasa

Answers: tabula rasa

full notebook

template

picture board

Question 5 0 out of 1 points

Understanding how behavior has changed over time to help humans adapt to
their environment is known as the __________ approach to psychology.

Selected Answer: behavioral

Answers: biological

evolutionary

sociocultural

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behavioral

Question 6 0 out of 1 points

An experimenter wanted to study the impact of a new intervention on students'

motivation. The experimenter assigned the rst 10 students arriving in the
classroom to the experimental group and the last 10 students to the control
group. The experimenter then exposed the students in the experimental group to
the motivational strategy, and they measured their motivation after the
manipulation. Which of the following represents a confounding variable in this
experiment?

Selected The measure of motivation is a confounding variable.

Answer:

Answers:
The students were not subjected to random assignment into
groups.

The motivational strategy is a confounding variable.

The measure of motivation is a confounding variable.

The classroom is a confounding variable.

Question 7 0 out of 1 points

Kira was attracted to Ben and was looking forward to attending his party on
Saturday. When she arrived, she realized Ben's ex-girlfriend, Cami, had shown up
to the party as well. When Kira approached Cami standing with Ben, she said, "I'm
mad to see you here" instead of "I'm glad to see you here." Which of the following
provides a psychodynamic explanation of this behavior?

Selected
Answer: Kira expressed her conscious anger intentionally to hurt Cami and
be disrespectful in front of Ben.

Answers: Kira's unconscious anger with Cami slipped out.

Kira expressed her conscious anger intentionally to hurt Cami and

be disrespectful in front of Ben.

Kira has been rewarded for saying mean things in the past.

Kira is trying to achieve her best self by saying what she means.

Question 8 0 out of 1 points

If a participant in a naturalistic observation detects they are being observed and

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changes their behavior as a result of the observation, this is called __________.

Selected Answer: observer bias

Answers: replication

observer bias

reactivity

generalizability

Question 9 1 out of 1 points

Dr. Reicher studies how highly emotional situations a ect the memory of a given
event. Dr. Reicher is using the __________ approach to study human mental
processes.

Selected Answer: cognitive

Answers: biological

psychodynamic

cognitive

behavioral

Question 10 1 out of 1 points

The behavioral approach to psychology concentrates on __________ behavior.

Selected Answer: observable

Answers: abnormal

optimal

observable

easily explained

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 11:47:48 AM CDT

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