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Chapter 1: Intro to Psychology
Chapter 1: Intro to Psychology
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A comprehensive review of Chapter 1 of AP Psychology.
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What is a school psychologist?
Works with students, teachers, and parents in schools.
Works to improve the education system.
Works to help students with depression.
Arranges the "Say No To Drugs" campaign.
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Who are the founders of Behaviorism?
None of the above
All of the above
B.F. Skinner
John. B Watson & Ivan Pavlov
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A population is...
A minority in a group of people.
The entire living community on Earth.
When an inactive substance is given in place of a drug.
Includes all members of a class that samples are taken from.
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T or F: Introbserver reliability is an agreement between the observer and experimenter.
True
False
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True of False: The goal of an experiment is to determine a cause-and effect relationship.
False
True
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Subject bias occurs when subject's...
Also act as participants.
Are not chosen using random sampling.
Have a strong opinion toward the experiment.
Behavior changes because they know they're being studied.
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A ____ is when neither the researcher nor the subject knows if the indep. variable is present.
Double- restricted experiment
None of the above
Double-blind experiment
Controlled experiment
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What is William Jame's school of Functionalism about?
None of the above.
The study of how the brain controls the body.
The study of how the mind adapts to the environment.
A case study of Charles Darwin's mind.
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A psychologist that works on school's issues, like designing curricula, teaching, & counseling.
Educational psychologist
School psychologist
Intelligence psychologist
Freudian psychologist
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What are the different kinds of samples?
Random, biased and stratified
Random, biased, and average
Random, symmetrical, and fair
Random, biased, and observational
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Is the scientific method...
Analyzing and communicating results
Designing and conducting research
All of the above
Defining a research problem and proposing a hypothesis
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True or false: There are two types of variables; The control and the dependent variables.
False
True
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When a researcher systematically manipulates one or more variables...
Replications
Experiment
Placebo
Observational study
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What school of psych examines the structure and function of the mind and introspection.
Freudism
Gestalt
Structuralism
Functionalism
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An experiment in which the subjects are not randomly assigned to groups is.....
Single- subject experiment
Quasi-experiment
Quad-research experiment
Double blind technique
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What is an in-depth study of a single subject?
Observational Research
Case Correlation
Case Study
Naturalistic Observation
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Involves measuring two (or more) variables in order to determine if they're related.
Correlational research
All of the above
Reasonable research
Pure research
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A type of psychologist that studies social behavior and how people interact with one another.
Clinical psychologist
Feelings psychologist
Social psychologist
Therapeutic psychologist
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The APA has published what?
Medical research
Ethical guidelines for testing on humans and animals.
Medical textbooks.
Journals from the most famous psychologists in the world.
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T or F: A placebo is when an active drug is given to a subject in psychological research.
False
True
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A subset of a population selected to participate in a study.
Sample size
Population
Replication
Sample
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The goals of psychology are to...
describe, explain, discredit, and formulate behavior.
describe, control, predict, and explain behavior.
explain, describe, contrast, and research behavior.
explain, describe, blame, and change behavior.
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Why does the correlation coefficient represent?
The extremeness of a data set.
The range of the data set.
The strength of the relationship between the variables.
The standard deviation of a data set.
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Ture or False: Experiments are the systematic manipulation of one or more variables.
True
False
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T or F: A correlation coefficient of 1 indicates a perfect relationship.
False
True
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A psychologist that generally works in business or industry on work conditions, marketing, ect.
School psychologists
Industrial/ Organizational psychologists
Behavioral psychologists
Corporate psychologists
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What is behaviorism?
The study of observable, measurable occurrences.
The study of unobservable, measurable occurrences.
The study of classical conditioning.
A study of the conscious.
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What are the two types of correlation?
Soft and hard
Increasing and decreasing
Independent and dependent
Positive and negative
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What is psychology?
The study of the psyche.
The study of behavior and mental processes.
The study of the brain.
The study of fears.
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Studies the causes, treatments, and diagnoses of behavioral, emotional, & mental health issues.
Cognitive psychologist
Clinical/counseling psychologist
School psychologist
Developmental psychologist
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A research method in which two or more variables are compared in to see if they're related.
Biased Research
Dependent Research
Correlational Research
Correlation Coefficient
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What was Freud's psychological school of thought?
Psychoanalysis- Studied unconscious urges and the childhood
Gestalt- The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Humanistic- Believes in the actualization of human potential
Developmentalist- Studied how the environment shapes actions
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True or False: Random Assignment ensures that everyone has an equal change of getting picked.
True
False
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What is an experimental group?
A group that has an dependent variable
An experiment that consists of at least 2 groups
A group that is biased
The group that is exposed to the change of the Ind. variable
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What are replications?
When you comment on another scientists work.
All of the above.
Try to prove an experiment's reliability through repetition.
When you copy another scientist's work illegally.
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A developmental psychologist...
Studies the mind's capacity for knowledge.
Studies how environmental factors impact growth.
Studies age-related changes in behavior.
Studies the effects of drugs on the mind.
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A degree that is received after 3-6 years of post-undergraduate training is...
Doctoral degree
Associates degree
Master's degree
Bachelors degree
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Studies the mental depictions that are used in perceiving, memory, thinking, and understanding.
Functionalism- Jean Piaget
Cognitive- Jean Piaget
Cognitive- William James
Functionalism- William James
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A psychologist who studies and compares behaviors across species of animals, including humans.
Cognitive psychologist
Industrial psychologist
Developmental psychologist
Organizational psychologist
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What is Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow's Humanistic Theory?
Stressed the importance in societal views.
Stressed that humans have potential for personal growth.
Stressed the importance of observable, measurable behavior.
Stressed the importance of the environmental on personality.
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An internship is...
None
Training in the medical profession
Working on an undergraduate thesis on psychology
On the job training in a clinic,hospital, school,or business
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The group in an experiment that is not subjected to a change in the independent variable.
Experimental group
Control group
Confounding group
Practice group
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Who's the Father of Psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
Jean Piaget
B.F. Skinner
Eric Erickson
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Type of research that requires researchers to ask people about actions, thoughts, and opinions.
Guess and check method
Survey method
Quiz method
Surface analysis method
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When subjects believe their symptoms are improving, when they are given a placebo.
Obsess bias
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Placebo
Placeholder effect
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Observer/research bias is when...
The expectation of the subject influence the researcher.
The social implications influence the results.
The expectations of the researcher influence the experiment.
The experiment itself is about a hot button issue.
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Emphasized that stimuli are perceived as whole entities rather than parts put together.
Psychoanalysis- B. F. Skinner
Gestalt- Carl Rogers
Gestalt- Max Wertheimer
Psychoanalysis- Sigmund Freud
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What is a cognitive psychologist?
Uses the scientific method to research psychological issues.
Works directly with people that have social phobias.
Studies internal thinking, like memory and processing info.
Studies the relationship between the brain and behavior.
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A research method that occurs in a natural setting that hasn't been manipulated by a researcher
Case Study
Correlation
Naturalistic Observation
Artificial Observation
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What is an experimental psychologist?
A psychologist that uses the scientific method to research.
A psychologist that collects data about the brain.
A psychologist that uses science to explain illnesses.
A clinical psychologist.
