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Which is NOT a type of psychological approach?
biological
social
cognitive
observational
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True or False: Confounding variables a good thing to have in an experiment
True
False
3
Which of the following is NOT one of the five APA guidelines for ethics research?
Discuss intellectual property frankly
Respect confidentiallity and privacy rules
Follow informed consent rules
All of these are correct
4
True or False: Correlation implies causation
False
True
5
What is a z-score?
Where a score lies in relation to the mean
The difference between the largest score and the smallest
the number that occurs most often
the average of all the scores
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The research by Casey is an example of what kind of study?
Quasi experiment
Naturalistic observation
Survey method
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Fill in the blank:the purpose of an experiment is to determine how a variable influences a ___
Behavior
Belief
Attitude
Thinking
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Which is a correct example of demand characteristics
Thinking you can do a handstand and then falling
Changing behaviour because you know your observed
Yelling out an answer in class confidently and being wrong
Predicting the results of a football game before it happens
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In an experiment, what is the dependant varible?
the outcome factor, changes in response to the indep varible
factor other than indep varible that might produce an effect
the varible that stays the same
the varible that gets manipulated
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Which is the best description of a random/representitive sample?
Does not give each member an equal chance of inclusion
A sample that fairly represents a population
A sample the represents one group of a population
An unrepresentitive sample of the population
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How many factors are changed in a control group in an experiment?
Two or more factors are changed
Two factors are changed
One factor is changed
There are no changes
12
Which is not a characteristic of the scientific attitude?
Beliefs
collecting an analyzing data
Peer review
Developing theories
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What is experimenter bias?
The participant in the experiment is bias about the results
The researcher changes the results after the experiment
Flawed smapling process that makes an unrepresentive sample
Researcher preforming the experiment influences the results
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What is naturalistic observation?
Observing behavior in natural situations, dont interfere
Observe natural behavior and tell the subject how to react
one person is studied in depth to show universal principles
Ask people to report their behavior or opinions
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What is a double blind design?
No one knows which group(cont or exp) each participant is in
Subject and experimenter are unaware if control or exper.
Only the subject knows which group they are in
Only the experimenter knows which group the subject is in
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What is standard deviation?
A measure of how scores vary around the mean (dispersion)
A bar graph depicting a frequency distribution
Numerical data used to describe characteristics of groups
A lopsided distribution
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What is a null hypothesis
The overall topic to be researched
A statement that predicts the IV will affect the DV
A testable statement
A statement that predicts the IV wont affect the DV
18
What would a biological psychologist look at in relation to someone experiencing anger?
Which external stimuli causes the angry response
how interpretation causes anger and negative thinking
study the brain circuits and how heredity affects anger
how the anger is facilitated from ancestors
19
Which statement correctly describes the graph?
It is a bell curve
It is negativley skewed
It is postivley skewed
It is uniform
20
Which of the following is NOT a measure of centeral tendancy?
mode
median
mean
standard deviation
21
What is the range the measure of?
Something Miss Minns mentioned once
An inferential statistic
A measure of central tendancy
Spread of data showing the level of reliability
22
Which is the definition of a quasi experiemnt
IV is naturally occurring (other variables controlled)
IV is manipulated
IV not manipulated no extraneous variables controlled
Thinking you can do something and not being able to do it
23
Which of the following is NOT one of the three keys to a laboratory experiment?
Change the the dependent variable
Measure the dependent variable
Manipulate the independent variable
Control the extraneous variables
24
If the correlation coefficent is r= .8, what does that mean?
There is a strong, positive correlation
not enough information to tell
There is no correlation
There is a strong, negative correlation
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What is a hypothesis?
method for evaluating ideas with observations and analysis
carefully worded statement of exact procedures in research
an explanation that organizes observations
A testable prediction often implied by a theory
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What is the definition of a structured observation
Not telling participants they will be observed
Observing and recording all behaviour
Observing behaviour for a set time period
Deciding on the behaviour that will be observed before
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Which statment correctly describle the correlation of the varibles in the graph?
negative correlation
Positive correlation
no correlation
not enough information to tell
