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Introduction and Research Methods
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What is psychology's biggest question?
Why does round pizza come in a square box?
How external stimli influences behavior
When do people reach self actualization?
Are traits present at birth or do they develop over time?
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The research on Phineas Gage is an example of what kind of study?
Case study
Naturalistic observation
Survey method
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What is a hypothesis?
method for evaluating ideas with observations and analysis
an explanation that organizes observations
A testable prediction often implied by a theory
carefully worded statement of exact procedures in research
4
Which is NOT a type of psychological perspective?
biological
humanist
behavioral
observational
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What is a double blind design?
Only the experimenter knows which group the subject is in
Only the subject knows which group they are in
Subject and experimenter are unaware if control or exper.
No one knows which group(cont or exp) each participant is in
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What is the psychologist Wilhem Wundt known for?
founder of structualism, relied heavily on introspection
founded school of behaviorism
father of scientific pschology
discovered REM sleep
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True or False: Confounding variables a good thing to have in an experiment
True
False
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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
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Which is a correct example of hindsight bias?
Thinking you can do a handstand and then falling
Saying "I knew the Titanic would sink" after it happened
Yelling out an answer in class confidently and being wrong
Predicting the results of a football game before it happens
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Which of the following is NOT one of the five APA guidelines for ethics research?
Follow informed consent rules
Respect confidentiallity and privacy rules
All of these are correct
Discuss intellectual property frankly
11
Which statment correctly describle the correlation of the varibles in the graph?
Positive correlation
not enough information to tell
no correlation
negative correlation
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What is experimenter bias?
Researcher preforming the experiment influences the results
The researcher changes the results after the experiment
Flawed smapling process that makes an unrepresentive sample
The participant in the experiment is bias about the results
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Which of the following people studied functional psychology?
Aaron Beck
Ramachandran
William James
Carl Jung
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Which statement correctly describes the graph?
It is negativley skewed
It is postivley skewed
It is a bell curve
It is uniform
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What is standard deviation?
Numerical data used to describe characteristics of groups
A lopsided distribution
A bar graph depicting a frequency distribution
A measure of how scores vary around the mean
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What is Edward Titchner known for?
Founder of structuralism
Social cognitive theorist, conducted the marshmallow test
Conducted the little Albert study, school of behaviorism
discovered drive reduction theory
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Fill in the blank:the purpose of an experiment is to determine how a treatment influences a ___
Thinking
Belief
Behavior
Attitude
18
What would a behavioral psychologist look at in relation to someone experiencing anger?
how interpretation causes anger and negative thinking
Which external stimuli causes the angry response
how the anger is facilitated from ancestors
study the brain circuits and how heredity affects anger
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What is an illusionary correlation?
measure of the extent to which two varibles change together
extent to which a test predicts what is supposed to happen
flawed sample process that produces an unrepresentive sample
the perception of a relationship where none exsists
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If the correlation coefficent is r= .8, what does that mean?
There is no correlation
There is a strong, negative correlation
not enough information to tell
There is a strong, positive correlation
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In an experiment, what is the dependant varible?
the varible that stays the same
the varible that gets manipulated
factor other than indep varible that might produce an effect
the outcome factor, changes in response to the indep varible
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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
Ask people to report their behavior or opinions
one person is studied in depth to show universal principles
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Which is not a characteristic of the scientific attitude?
humbleness
overconfidence/cockiness
skeptical and use critical thinking
curiosity
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What is functionalism?
The study of mental processes
mental & behavior in terms of adaptation to the environment
Emphasise the study of the whole person
Applying biology into studying humans and other animals
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What is a z-score?
The difference between the largest score and the smallest
the average of all the scores
Where a score lies in relation to the mean
the number that occurs most often
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three keys to an experiment?
Measure the dependent variable
Manipulate the independent variable
Control the extraneous variables
Change the constant variable
27
Which is an example of a placebo
Saying you knew something was going to happen after it
Seeing a pattern when none exists
A group was given mints and told it was medicine
Thinking you can do something and not being able to do it
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True or False: Correlation implies causation
False
True
29
Which is the best description of a random/representitive sample?
A sample that fairly represents a population
A sample the represents one group of a population
An unrepresentitive sample of the population
Does not give each member an equal chance of inclusion
30
Which of the following is NOT a measure of centeral tendancy?
standard deviation
mode
median
mean
