PSC Test 1,2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
1) Which of the following offers the most distal level of explanation for relationship science? - ANSWERSEvolutionary perspectives because they situate human behaviors to the context of our evolutionary history.
2) Why might therapeutic touch somet...
1) Which of the following offers the most distal level of explanation for relationship science? -
ANSWERSEvolutionary perspectives because they situate human behaviors to the context of our
evolutionary history.
2) Why might therapeutic touch sometimes have positive effects on its patients(Based on video in class)?
- ANSWERSWhen patients believe that a treatment will be effective, their expectations can influence
their actual outcomes (e.g., the placebo effect).
3) What is an example of a true random assignment int experimental conditions? - ANSWERSMaking
sure that all participants in a study are just as statistically likely to be assigned to one study condition as
they are to another study condition.
4) Which of the following is true, according to Baumeister & Leary's theory concerning the "need to
belong"? - ANSWERSIt is an evolved psychological experience that all healthy humans should experience.
5) What was Darwin's majore insight from his voyage on the HMS Beagle? - ANSWERSThe natural
enviornment can cause species to change over time.
6) Attachment security predicts greater ______ in a romantic relationship. - ANSWERSTrust
7) Harry Harlow conducted experiments with young monkeys in order to study the criteria that are
necessary to bond infants to a caregiver. His research is an example of: - ANSWERSThe need to belong,
because the young monkeys in his study that were raised in isolation with few interpersonal attachments
displayed maladaptive social skills. + Contact comfort, because the young monkeys in his study preferred
to stay close to soft warm "mothers." + A safe haven, because the monkeys used the cloths mothers as a
source of safety and comfort that they could return to when threatened.
8) The Alameda County Study conducted in 1979 gathered data about 5000 people's personal
relationship networks and their mortality rates over a 9-year period. This study concluded that: -
ANSWERSPeople who had a small or non-existent social network were more likely to die during the 9
, years of the study. + Older people were at a greater risk of dying compared to younger people, but all
age groups showed the association between social network size and mortality rate.
9) James knows he weights 160 lbs. He recently bought a scale and weighed himself three times over a
seven-day period and got the following readings: 150.2 lbs, 149.8 lbs, 150.7 lbs. Based on these three
readings, thhe scale as a measure of weight is best characterizes as: - ANSWERSReliable but not valid.
10) Which of the following is an example of natural selection? - ANSWERSThe genes in a populations
change over the course of generations depending on environmental pressures.
11) Which of the following is an advantage of correlational, non-experimental research? -
ANSWERSCorrelational studies are necessary to study events where assignment to conditions is
unethical.
12) After class one day, Xander told his friend Willow about a news article he'd read stating that people
are more likely to date others from the same town than individuals who come from different
hometowns. Which fo the following reactions to this scenario provides the best demonstration of the
hindsight bias(Knew-it-all-along)? - ANSWERSWillow was not surprised because the phenomenon made
intuitive sense to her, and she had know it to be true all along.
Your friends makes the statement, "The length of time that someone gives you a hug indicates how
found they are of you." This statement is a good example of a(n): - ANSWERSOperational definition
14) Which fo the following statements accurately represents the influence of modern-day culture on
close relationships? - ANSWERSNearly 3/4ths of adults will cohabitant with their partner before marrying
them.
15) Common sense theories of relationships are not a substitute for relationship science because: -
ANSWERSThey are often contradictory in nature (i.e., "absence makes the heart grow fonder" versus
"out of sight, out of mind.")
16) Why is sexual jealousy adaptive for men, according to research discusses in class by David Buss? -
ANSWERSIt aids them in establishing paternity certainty.
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