Psych 101 Final Exam Questions and
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What term is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes? ✔✔Psychology
What is the most asked question in psychology? ✔✔"Why?"
What term is defi
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Psych 101 Final Exam Questions and
Answers Rated A
What term is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes? ✔✔Psychology
What is the most asked question in psychology? ✔✔"Why?"
What term is defined as the process of thinking deeply and actively, asking questions, and
evaluating the evidence? ✔✔Critical Thinking
What are four Bible verses related to the concept of critical thinking? ✔✔Proverbs 23:7;
Philippians 4:8; Romans 12:2; Matthew 12:34
What are one of two types of cells in the nervous system; the nerve cells that handle the
information-processing function? ✔✔Neurons
What are chemical substances that are stored in very tiny sacs within the neuron's terminal buttons
and involved in transmitting information across a synaptic gap to the next neuron?
✔✔Neurotransmitters
What is a compound present in blood platelets and serum that constricts the blood vessels and acts
as a neurotransmitter. ✔✔Serotonin
What is the process of receiving stimulus energies from the external environment and transforming
those energies into neural energy? ✔✔Sensation
What is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information so that it makes sense?
✔✔PerceptionWhat is defined as a natural state of rest for the body and mind that involves the reversible loss of
consciousness? ✔✔Sleep
What is the learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately
meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response? ✔✔Classical
Conditioning
What is a form of associative learning in which the consequences of a behavior change the
probability of the behavior's concurrence? ✔✔Operant Conditioning
What is defined as learning that occurs through observing and imitating another's behavior?
✔✔Observational Learning
What is the retention of information or experience over a period of time as a result of three key
processes: encoding, storage, and retrieval? ✔✔Memory
What are the three steps in the process involved with memory? ✔✔1. Encoding
2. Storage
3. Retrieval
What step in the process of memory is the first step, and it is the process by which information
gets into memory storage? ✔✔Encoding
What step in the process of memory is the second step, and it is the retention of information over
time and how this information is represented in memory? ✔✔Storage
What step in the process of memory is the third step, and it is the memory process that occurs when
information that was retained in memory comes out of storage? ✔✔Retrieval
What are Erickson's eight stages of psychosocial development? ✔✔1. Trust vs. Mistrust2. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
3. Initiative vs. Guilt
4. Industry vs. Inferiority
5. Identity vs. Identity Confusion
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation
7. Generativity vs. Stagnation
8. Integrity vs. Despair
What stage of Erickson's eight stages of psychosocial development occurs during infancy (birth to
1.5 years) and characteristics are a sense of trust requires a feeling of physical comfort and minimal
amount of fear about the future; infant's basic needs are met by responsive, sensitive caregivers?
✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust
What stage of Erickson's eight stages of psychosocial development occurs during the toddlerhood
(1.5 to 3 years) and characteristics are after gaining trust in their caregivers, infants start to discover
that they have a will of their own; they assert their sense of independence; they realize their will;
if infants are restrained too much or punished too harshly, they are likely to develop a sense of
shame and doubt? ✔✔Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
What stage of Erickson's eight stages of psychosocial development occurs in early childhood and
characteristics are as preschool children encounter a widening social world, they are challenged
more and need to develop more purposeful behavior to cope with these challenges; children are
now asked to assume more responsibility; uncomfortable guilt feelings may arise, though, if the
children are irresponsible and are made to feel too anxious? ✔✔Initiative vs. Guilt
What stage of Erickson's eight stages of psychosocial development occurs during mi
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