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Psych 202 Exam 1
Psych 202 Exam 1
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Fact or Opinion: Autism is caused by vaccines.
Fact
Opinion
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Inductive or Deductive?
Inductive
Deductive
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What does the frontal lobe do?
motor cortex
auditory cortex
visual cortext
somatosensory cortex
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Finish this phrase: Correlation ...
never lies about the facts
helps us understand the world
shows differences in data
does not equal causation
5
Inductive or Deductive?
Inductive
Deductive
6
What would be the behavioral effects of damage to Wernicke's and Broca's areas?
speech problem
vision problems
motor movement problems
hearing problems
7
What is forensic psychology?
Psychology that relates to legal and criminal justice system
Psychology that relates to investigating a crime scene
Psychology that relates to particularly brutal crimes
Psychology that relates to foreigners
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All the following are ethical concerns for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study EXCEPT:
no informed consent
more damage was done than the benefit in knowledge
the national press drew attention to the study
vaccines were withheld
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Which branch of psychology focuses on how we interact with and relate to others?
social
industrial and organizational
health
clinical
10
What scan type would be best for detecting tumors?
CT
EEG
fMRI
PET
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Which is not a characteristic of a hypothesis?
Capable of being tested
You think you are right
Consistent with well established facts
Falsifiable
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What does the 'correlation co-efficient' tell us?
Tells how accurate a test is
It gives us qualitative data
Gives the margin of error of a test
Tells the strength of the relationship between 2 variables
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What scan type is best for detecting real time electrical firing of neurons?
CT
PET
fMRI
EEG
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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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What is a scientific Theory?
a testable prediction about how the world will behave
well-developed set of ideas that propose explanation for observed phenomena
measurements and data in support of a scientific explanation
description of a specific relation of real world conditions
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Fact or Opinion: Dendrite is a Greek word that means "tree".
Opinion
Fact
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Inductive or Deductive?
Inductive
Deductive
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Who invented functionalism?
Albert Ellis
William James
Philip Zimbardo
Wilhelm Wundt
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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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What are the behavioral effects of serotonin?
Increased pleasure, suppressed appetite
Modulated mood, suppressed appetite
Increased learning, enhanced memory
Increased arousal, suppressed appetite
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Positive or Negative Correlation: As shoe size increases, math ability increases
Negative
Positive
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Operational definition: College success measured by employment in the field one year after graduation
Bad
Good
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Inductive or Deductive Reasoning?
deductive
inductive
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Positive or Negative Correlation: As the number of missed classes increases, total points decreases.
Positive
Negative
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Operational definition: College success measured by the number of friends you made during college
Bad
Good
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You have brown eyes. The expression of this trait is due to
none of the above
your phenotype
your genotype
natural selection
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Industrial and Organization Psychology can be defined as
the study of human behavior in the workplace
the study of worker efficiency
the study of the way that people and machines interact
the study of safety at work
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Problems with introspection
Doesn't provide reliable data
Doesn't explain how the mind works
Isn't representative
Isn't generalisable
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________ are released into the _______ to send a signal from one neuron to another.
dendrites; myelin sheath
messages; axon
synaptic vesicles; terminal button
neurotransmitters; synapse
30
Who was the founder of behaviorism?
Carl Rogers
John Watson
Carl Jung
Ivan Pavlov
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Which value indicates the strongest correlation?
-.25
.88
-.97
.43
32
Fact or Opinion: William James wrote the first psychology textbook, Principles of Psychology.
Fact
Opinion
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Who would study thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and our actions
evolutionary psychologists
cognitive psychologists
developmental psychologists
personality psychologists
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A researcher examines drug dosage (0 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg) for treating depression. What is the dependent variable?
0 mg
depression
drug dose
100 mg
35
How does the charge inside the neuron change when it fires?
negative to positive
positive to negative
negative to more negative
positive to more positive
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If my parents created an environment that fosters psychology, this interacts with my biology. Example of what?
nurture
genetic environmental correlation
nature
range of reaction
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Inductive or Deductive
deductive
inductive
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Name Design: Examine drug dosage (0 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg) for treating depression.
Cross-sectional
Archival
Case study
Experimental
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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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The hippocampus' primary function is what?
vision
homeostasis
emotion
memory
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A researcher examines drug dosage (0 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg) for treating depression. What is the control group?
0 mg
100 mg
depression
50 mg
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Developmental psychology is the study of:
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.
the role of maturation in the unfolding of human potential
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Name Design: Ask people to answer a series of questions about political views.
naturalistic observation
case study
experimental
survey
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If the axon of a neuron does not work, what happens to the neuron.
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
it can send messages but cannot release neurotransmitters
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What brain structure is absolutely critical for staying alive? Hint: it controls breathing and heart rate
medulla
thalamus
cerebellum
pons
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What is the correct order of the parts of the scientific method?
Research, theory, hypothesis, observation, refine research
Theory, hypothesis, research, observation, refine theory
Hypothesis, theory, research, observation, refine hypothesis
Observation, hypothesis, theory, research, refine observe
