PSY1012 Competency 4 Assessment Latest 2022 November

PSY1012 General Psychology

Competency 4 Assessment

By opting to attempt this credit by examination (Self-directed Assessment), you agree to abide by the College's Academic Integrity Policy, as stated in the catalog. At minimum, a violation of this policy would result in a failing grade on the Self-directed Assessment. The following expectations have been established for this exam: It is to be taken without the aid of reference materials, textbooks, notes, or other resources, including digital and printed information.

Question 1When there is a conflict among cognitions, it is predicted people will try to reduce the conflict. Best describes:

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Attribution theory

Drive Theory

Cognitive dissonance theory

Question 2Temperament is used in infants to imply ______.

Nurture

All of these

Inherited predisposition

Environment

Question 3Who started classical conditioning with dogs?

Edwin Twitmyer

Ivan Pavlov

B.F. Skinner

Question 4The hindbrain mainly consists of:

Pons

Medulla

Cerebellum

All of these

Question 5The contribution of biology to learning best describes what main theme:

Darwinism

None of these

Humanism

Evolutionary Psychology

Question 6Those with low self-efficacy see themselves as:

Highly capable and effective

None of these

Mastery oriented

Average and very effective

Question 7Sources of Psychological information include all of the following, except:

Experiments

Word of Mouth

Case Studies

Surveys

Question 8The brain's interpretation of various signals it receives from sensory organs is:

Amplitude

Habituation

Perception

Sensation

Question 9Freud's approach to personality best fits with:

Trait

Common Sense

Humanistic

Psychodynamic

Question 10One of the most common weaknesses of any experiment involves:

Sampling Bias

Random Sampling

User error

Subject Bias