Examen Juin 2017

Question 1

Q1. Which of the following statements is true regarding the growth of psychology ?
A) Psychology broke away from anthropology and sociology and emerged as a separate discipline over 50 years ago
B) Psychology broke away from neurosciences and emerged as a separate discipline over 10 years ago
C) Psychology broke away from philosophy and physiology and emerged as a separate discipline over 100 years ago.
D) Psychology broke away from literature and linguistics and emerged as a separate discipline over 500 years ago.

Answer 1

C) Psychology broke away from philosophy and physiology and emerged as a separate discipline over 100 years ago.

Question 2

Q2. If Wundt were interested in the effects of cocaine on a person's mood, he might have asked the person to take the drug and then give a detailed account of the changes that were experienced. This method is known as
A) Free association
B) Introspection
C) Objective data gathering 
D) Controlled observation

Answer 2

B) Introspection

Question 3

Q3. If Dr. Maple is a behaviorist, he would MOST likely believe that the cause of a child’s disruptive behavior in school is the result of
A) a combination of his genetic inheritance and his prior experiences
B) his genetic inheritance
C) a learning disability
D) his prior experiences

Answer 3

D) his prior experiences

Question 4

Q4. Which of the following statements about Freud’s psychoanalytic theory is MOST accurate ?
A) Freud’s views exert a tremendous influence on developmental and abnormal psychology, but not on other areas of mainstream psychology
B) Freud’s views exert a tremendous influence on other disciplines, but not on psychology
C) Freud’s views have been largely abandoned and they exert relatively little, if any, influence on current mainstream psychology
D) Freud’s views exert e tremendous influence on cognitive and social psychology, but not on other areas of mainstream psychology

Answer 4

A) Freud’s views exert a tremendous influence on developmental and abnormal psychology, but not on other areas of mainstream psychology

Question 5

Q5. Which of the following prediction(s) would be voiced by a psychologist who believes in external causes to explain the emergence of children aggressive behavior ?
A) The more aggressive the environment to which children are exposed, the more likely the children are to be aggressive
B) The more violence inherited from their parents to which children are exposed, the more likely the children are to be aggressive.
C) The more television violence to which children are exposed in their daily environment, the more likely the children are to be aggressive
D) Both A and B are correct
E) Both A and C are correct
F) Both B and C are correct
G) All of the above

Answer 5

E) Both A and C are correct

Question 6

Q6. The discipline of psychology that considers the whole life span in its entirety (birth to death) is termed
A) social psychology
B) life-span psychology
C) personality psychology
D) human-factors psychology

Answer 6

B) life-span psychology

Question 7

Q7. Ramon is a graduate student whose major area of interest is cognitive psychology. You should expect that Ramon is MOST interest in
A) the ways in which physical or genetic factors influence and determine behavior
B) the internal factors that lead people to act consistently across a variety of situations
C) how people relate to each other and influence each other
D) understanding mental processes such as memory and learning

Answer 7

D) understanding mental processes such as memory and learning

Question 8

Q8. If the auto industry were to hire a psychologist to consult with them on effective ways to arrange dashboard controls for the driver, what kind of psychologist would they ask for ?
A) an applied psychologist
B) a quantitative psychologist
C) a program evaluator
D) a human-factors psychologist

Answer 8

D) a human-factors psychologist

Question 9

Q9. Jane’s thyroid gland has become inactive and, as a result, she is becoming lethargie and has gained weight. We know that the thyroid gland can cause this reaction because of studies conducted by
A) physiological psychologists
B) medical psychologists
C) experimental psychologists
D) clinical psychologists

Answer 9

A) physiological psychologists

Question 10

Q11. Which of the following is a medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating mental disorders ?
A) A clinical psychologist
B) A counseling psychologist
C) A physiological psychologist
D) A psychiatrist

Answer 10

D) A psychiatrist

Question 11

Q12. In social psychology, a “social norm” is a
A) spoken and unspoken rules concerning how we ought to behave
B) written rule
C) law that has legal status in court
D) the same as a taboo

Answer 11

A) spoken and unspoken rules concerning how we ought to behave

Question 12

Q13. What kind of “trickeries” were practiced in Milgram’s experiment ?
A) the naïve subject thought that he was giving real electric shocks to the experimenter’s partner
B) the experimenter’s partner receiving the shocks was acting as if he were in pain
C) the naïve subjects were told the true purpose of the study before the experiment went on
D) both A and B are correct
E) both B and C are correct
F) both A and C are correct
G) all of the above

Answer 12

D) both A and B are correct

Question 13

Q14. In investigating conformity, sheriff used the ---?--- effect as the basis for making judgments
A) exposure
B) social facilitation
C) autokinetic
D) social trap

Answer 13

C) autokinetic

Question 14

Faites correspondre chaque définition du tableau avec le style de relation amoureuse qui lui correspond le mieux.

1. If my partner ignores me for a while, I sometimes do stupid things to try to get his/her attention back
2. My partner fits my ideal standards of physical beauty / handsomness
3. I am usually willing to sacrifice my own wishes to let my partner achieve his / hers
4. Our love relationship is the most satisfying because it developed from a good friendship
5. I enjoy playing the « game of love » with a number of different partners
6. A main consideration in choosing my partner was how he / she would reflect on my family

A. Storge
B. Agape
C. Pragma
D. Mania
E. Eros
F. Ludus

Answer 14

1. If my partner ignores me for a while, I sometimes do stupid things to try to get his/her attention back
   => D. Mania
2. My partner fits my ideal standards of physical beauty / handsomness
   => E. Eros
3. I am usually willing to sacrifice my own wishes to let my partner achieve his / hers
   => B. Agape
4. Our love relationship is the most satisfying because it developed from a good friendship => A. Storge
5. I enjoy playing the « game of love » with a number of different partners
   => F. Ludus
6. A main consideration in choosing my partner was how he / she would reflect on my family
   => C. Pragma

Question 15

Match the English words on the left with their French equivalents on the right

1. Cathexis
2. Preconscious
3. Suppression
4. Parapraxis
5. Repression
6. Unconscious
7. Guilt
8. Sibship
9. Id
10. Tantrum

A. Culpabilité
B. Répression
C. Fratrie
D. Investissement d’énergie libidinale
E. Accès de colère
F. Ca
G. Acte manqué, lapsus
H. Refoulement
I. Inconscient
J. Préconscient

Answer 15

1. Cathexis 
=> D. Investissement d’énergie libidinale
2. Preconscious 
=> J. Préconscient
3. Suppression 
=> B. Répression
4. Parapraxis 
=> G. Acte manqué, lapsus
5. Repression 
=> H. Refoulement
6. Unconscious 
=> I. Inconscient
7. Guilt 
=> A. Culpabilité
8. Sibship 
=> C. Fratrie
9. Id 
=> F. Ca
10. Tantrum 
=> E. Accès de colère