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Psych 202 Exam 1
Psych 202 Exam 1
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Inductive or Deductive?
Inductive
Deductive
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What scan type is best for detecting real time electrical firing of neurons?
PET
CT
fMRI
EEG
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What would be the behavioral effects of damage to Wernicke's and Broca's areas?
speech problem
motor movement problems
vision problems
hearing problems
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Operational definition: College success measured by employment in the field one year after graduation
Bad
Good
5
Fact or Opinion: Autism is caused by vaccines.
Fact
Opinion
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Problems with introspection
Isn't generalisable
Doesn't explain how the mind works
Doesn't provide reliable data
Isn't representative
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What is a scientific Theory?
measurements and data in support of a scientific explanation
a testable prediction about how the world will behave
description of a specific relation of real world conditions
well-developed set of ideas that propose explanation for observed phenomena
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Inductive or Deductive?
Deductive
Inductive
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What does the frontal lobe do?
motor cortex
auditory cortex
visual cortext
somatosensory cortex
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If my parents created an environment that fosters psychology, this interacts with my biology. Example of what?
nature
nurture
genetic environmental correlation
range of reaction
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What are the behavioral effects of serotonin?
Modulated mood, suppressed appetite
Increased learning, enhanced memory
Increased pleasure, suppressed appetite
Increased arousal, suppressed appetite
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Which value indicates the strongest correlation?
-.97
.88
.43
-.25
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Who invented functionalism?
William James
Wilhelm Wundt
Philip Zimbardo
Albert Ellis
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What does the 'correlation co-efficient' tell us?
It gives us qualitative data
Gives the margin of error of a test
Tells the strength of the relationship between 2 variables
Tells how accurate a test is
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Positive or Negative Correlation: As the number of missed classes increases, total points decreases.
Positive
Negative
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All the following are ethical concerns for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study EXCEPT:
the national press drew attention to the study
vaccines were withheld
no informed consent
more damage was done than the benefit in knowledge
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Which of these is NOT TRUE of case study methodology?
Case studies usually involve studying individuals who are rare/unusual
Case studies allow for a rich data set because single individual is studied
Case studies allow new theories to be formulated
Case studies can be easily generalized to the wider population
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Finish this phrase: Correlation ...
does not equal causation
helps us understand the world
never lies about the facts
shows differences in data
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Name Design: Ask people to answer a series of questions about political views.
case study
survey
experimental
naturalistic observation
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A researcher examines drug dosage (0 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg) for treating depression. What is the dependent variable?
drug dose
depression
100 mg
0 mg
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________ are released into the _______ to send a signal from one neuron to another.
dendrites; myelin sheath
messages; axon
neurotransmitters; synapse
synaptic vesicles; terminal button
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Fact or Opinion: Dendrite is a Greek word that means "tree".
Opinion
Fact
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You have brown eyes. The expression of this trait is due to
none of the above
your phenotype
natural selection
your genotype
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Industrial and Organization Psychology can be defined as
the study of the way that people and machines interact
the study of worker efficiency
the study of safety at work
the study of human behavior in the workplace
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How does the charge inside the neuron change when it fires?
negative to more negative
negative to positive
positive to more positive
positive to negative
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Positive or Negative Correlation: As shoe size increases, math ability increases
Positive
Negative
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Which of the following would a psychologist study?
The genetic link between prenatal smoking and ADHD
The evolution of human beings
The way that the human mind influences behavior
The impact of one social group on another social group
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Which is not a characteristic of a hypothesis?
You think you are right
Consistent with well established facts
Capable of being tested
Falsifiable
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What is the correct order of the parts of the scientific method?
Research, theory, hypothesis, observation, refine research
Observation, hypothesis, theory, research, refine observe
Hypothesis, theory, research, observation, refine hypothesis
Theory, hypothesis, research, observation, refine theory
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What is forensic psychology?
Psychology that relates to particularly brutal crimes
Psychology that relates to legal and criminal justice system
Psychology that relates to foreigners
Psychology that relates to investigating a crime scene
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Name Design: Examine drug dosage (0 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg) for treating depression.
Cross-sectional
Experimental
Case study
Archival
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The hippocampus' primary function is what?
emotion
homeostasis
vision
memory
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Operational definition: College success measured by the number of friends you made during college
Good
Bad
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Developmental psychology is the study of:
the role of maturation in the unfolding of human potential
changes in behavior & abilities from conception to death.
language,personality,& emotions of children and adolescents.
the stages of life and the important tasks of each.
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Inductive or Deductive?
Deductive
Inductive
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What scan type would be best for detecting tumors?
PET
CT
EEG
fMRI
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If the axon of a neuron does not work, what happens to the neuron.
it can send messages but cannot release neurotransmitters
it cannot receive messages but it can send messages
it will not insulate the dendrites and can cause cell death
it can receive messages but it cannot send messages
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Which branch of psychology focuses on how we interact with and relate to others?
industrial and organizational
health
social
clinical
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What brain structure is absolutely critical for staying alive? Hint: it controls breathing and heart rate
cerebellum
medulla
pons
thalamus
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Who was the founder of behaviorism?
Carl Rogers
Ivan Pavlov
Carl Jung
John Watson
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A researcher examines drug dosage (0 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg) for treating depression. What is the control group?
50 mg
0 mg
100 mg
depression
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Fact or Opinion: William James wrote the first psychology textbook, Principles of Psychology.
Opinion
Fact
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Sigmund Freud was responsible for
Experimenting with introspection
Being a gestalt psychologist
Establishing behaviorism
Revolutionizing psychology with his psychoanalytic theory
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Inductive or Deductive
inductive
deductive
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Who would study thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and our actions
evolutionary psychologists
developmental psychologists
personality psychologists
cognitive psychologists
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Inductive or Deductive Reasoning?
inductive
deductive
