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Psychology Unit 1 and 2
Psychology Unit 1 and 2
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Why is sports psychology used?
Cope with the pressures of competition
To give an athlete an edge over competitors
Enjoy sports
All of the above
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Who was the founder of psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
Sigmund Freud
Max Wertheimer
William James
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7. Correlation does not imply…?
Behavior
Relationship
Causation
Effect
4
The biggest amusement park in North Carolina is....
Busch Gardens
Wolf Lodge
Kings Dominion
Carowinds
5
BF Skinner introduced the idea of ________?
Reflection
Reinforcement
Latent Learning
Introspection
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Which of the following is not part of biopsychology?
DNA
Chemical imbalances
Genetics
A Nurturing Environment
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Generalizing is
opinions that people think are true about everyone
statements that are true about a whole culture
a stereotype about a person
statement about something that large groups have in common
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What color is a stop sign
green
Orange
Blue
Red
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What is an illusory correlation?
Perception of a relationship where no relationships exist.
Range of possible correlations.
Your chances getting many correlations.
Perception of a relationship where 5 relationships exist.
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John Watson was most interested in
the role of the unconscious in learning
teaching parents to us psychoanalysis with their children
the biological changes that occur as a result of learning
the role of learning in behavior
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What do the letters "ZIP" stand for in the United States postal code?
Zippity do dah
Zone Increasing Priority
Zone Improvement Plan
Nothing
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What is cognitive psychology?
How we process information and think
How people strive to reach their potential
How we learn to react to situations
How we are affected by unconscious drives
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Validity refers to...
The honesty of a test. It measures what it intends to
Derived from the Greek word valour, meaning courage
The act of air passing through any bodily orifice
The ability of a test to produce repeatable results
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Which of the following is NOT a region in the United States?
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
Northsouth
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Longitudinal research methods are characterized by what?
Many people studied at birth and then again in later stages of life.
One person studied at a specific point in life.
One person studied over a long period of time.
Several people studied over a short amount of time.
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William James created functionalism.
True
False
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What does a Naturalistic Observation measure?
Behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulation
Change or stability in a behavior
How a group of people change in behavior over a period of time
Different representative groups (age groups or ethnicities)
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What was the first state to secede from the United States?
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
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What is mean?
The number that appears first.
the middle value of a list of numbers.
the number that appears most in a list.
the average of all the numbers.
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Gestalt Psychology says...
its hard to see without a strong threshold
we always notice the little things right away
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
ESP is real
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Which is a summary of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory?
Events that happen early in life affect a person
People can be classically conditioned
Introspection is the best method to exploring the mind.
The mind should be viewed in seperate parts
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What is psychology?
an unethical experiment that causes harm
a scientific study about neurological behaviors
the scientific study of the mind and behavior
an ethical experiment
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What is a hypothesis?
answer to a problem
conclusions
trials
prediction
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What is deductive reasoning?
All possibilities are considered, only one is proved true
Look at patterns and make a prediction based on the patterns
Reasoning logically from given statement/facts to conclusion
An accepted statement of fact
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Developmental psychology is:
the scientific study of personality
the study of how people change across the lifespan
the application of psychology to athletics
a lower-level general psychology class
26
General Trivia: What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
Luxembourg
Malta
Maldives
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What is the control group
Group that changes
All of the above
Group that keeps everything different
Group that does not change
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What is a Single-Blind Study?
Group to which the independent variable is applied
Describes the direction and strength of the relationship
Experiment where no one knows who gets the treatment
Experiment where participants are unaware who gets treated
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Who is the oldest person to be elected to the office of President of the United States?
John Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Donald Trump
William Taft
30
Who was elected President of the United States after Andrew Johnson?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E Lee
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
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What is a Double-Blind Study?
The measure of a relationship between two variables
Experiment where no one knows who gets the treatment
Experiment where participants are unaware who gets treated
Children who were given no emotional support when young
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Clinical psychologists
conduct most of their work in a laboratory
work with patients who are having personal problems
work with animals and apply findings to humans
would be considered research psychologists
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Introspection refers to the process of
collecting objective information about peoples behavior
studying others and reporting observed behaviors
looking into oneself and reporting sensations and emotions
inspecting the causes of prejudice and other such attitudes
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What is mode?
the number that appears most in a list.
the middle value of a list of numbers.
The number that appears first.
the average of all the numbers.
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The Hoover Dam in the United States is built on what river?
The Hoover
The Colorado
The Neuse
The Rio Grande
36
Which hockey team moved to Raleigh, North Carolina and became the Carolina Hurricanes?
California Golden Seals
Hartford Whalers
Quebec Nordiques
Colorado Rockies
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What is functionalism the study of?
how the brain functions
mental disorders
none of the above
the purpose of behaviors
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What is a placebo?
None of the above
Harmful medication in a study
Empty sample that has no effect on an active study
experimental procedure
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Which one of the following is the smallest of the 50 states in the United States?
Hawaii
Rhode Island
Maryland
Delaware
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Sigmund Freud was responsible for
Being a gestalt psychologist
Revolutionizing psychology with his psychoanalytic theory
Establishing behaviorism
Experimenting with introspection
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A limitation of doing case studies:
no hawthorne effect
they do not provide a detailed understanding of the study
they are expensive
Generalizations can't be made
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Humanism is....
the belief in natural human rights
a style of art
The study of the human body
the focus on human potential
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What is the scientific method?
A process used to explore observations/answer questions
A method used to discover science
A method to find energy flow
A method used to find kinetic and potential energy
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This type of learning was discovered by Ivan Pavlov.
cooperative learning
social learning
operant conditioning
classical conditioning
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What is social Psychology?
The study of human behavior
The study of how people interact with each other
The study of social interactions
How our health is affected by psychology
