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Where was the first psychology lab located?
University of Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
University of Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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What is the purpose of an operational definition
States the hypothesis
States what is being tested
Defining what is going to happen before using machines
It defines what is being operated
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What is an example of negative correlation?
Josie eats more cans of cat food everyday and her weight increases
Pua sleeps 16 hours a day and it causes her to be happier
Melody catches mice everyday, lowering the population of mice.
June studies every day and her test scores go up
4
Who is the other humanistic psychologist?
Adam Maslow
John B. Watson
Abraham Maslow
John Locke
5
What is a placebo?
A pill that has an effect
A pill that does not have any effect
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What is the purpose of statistics
They are made to stress students
They are tools that show us that we got the correct answer
They are tools that help us see and interpret what we might miss
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Who was a female behaviorist?
Mary Whiton Calkins
Rosaline Cullen
Rosalie Rayner
Margaret Floy Washburn
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What is the testing effect?
Having Grace make you a test
Testing yourself repeatedly
Thinking critically in class
Distributing studying time
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What is standard deviation?
The difference between the highest and lowest numbers
How much scores differ from the mean
How similar scores are from the mean
A random math issue to make everyone confused
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What is double blind procedure
Everyone knows what they are getting
No one knows what they are getting
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What is a variable
factors that might produce an effect
something that is changeable
may change when the independent is manipulated
what is being studied
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Why do psychologists study animals?
Because they are close to humans
Because animals are cool
They want to study how different species learn and behave
They want to study something that behaves
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When was the first psychology laboratory founded?
1878
1789
1879
1890
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What is a scatterplot?
a group of dots in a downwards motion on a graph
where the two sets of scores rise together
a cluster of dots which each represent the values of 2 variables
a group of dots going in an upwards motion on a graph
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What is counseling psychology?
Helping to cope with challenges
Talking with a therapist
Changing one’s lifestyle to decrease anxiety
Changing one’s lifestyle to increase anxiety
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Who was Margret Floy Washburn?
She created the first psychology textbook
The second woman to serve as president of the APA
The first woman to serve as president of the APA
She wrote a book on psychology
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What is illusory correlation?
the tendency to perceive a relationship where one doesn't exist
chance events are subject to our personal control
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What does it mean when the data is skewed?
When there are outliers and it is lopsided
That your head is crooked
When the data is in a perfect line
When the data is scattered
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What are the advantages of using the biopsychological approach?
It limits the reasoning behind why someone acts the way they do
It gives more space for explaining why someone acts the way they do
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According to William James, what was the single function of all the activities in the mind?
consiousness
enviroment
behavior
survival
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What is the range?
Largest number-Smallest Number
Where horses live
Smallest number-Largest number
Random number-random number
22
What is eduactional psychology?
When Grace teaches the kids at her work about psychology
Learning about psychology
Helping physiological process of learning physical and social environments
Helping psychological process of learning physical and social environments
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What is industrial-organizational psychology?
Optimizing human behavior in the work place
Optimizing human and animal behavior
Optimizing human behavior in schools
Optimizing human behavior everywhere
24
What is regression towards the mean?
the tendency for variables to have a similar correlation
the tendency for common scores to fall back towards the average
the tendency for extreme scores or events to fall back towards the average
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What do functionalists focus on?
the structure of the brain
the brain's tasks
how the brain works
why the brain is the way it is
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Who argued that the mind is a blank slate at birth?
Abraham Maslow
John B. Watson
Carl Rogers
John Locke
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What is basic research?
It is basically research
Creating something new without any prior knowledge
Research in its most basic form
Building on something previously known
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Case studies look at ______________ or _________________ in depth to see ________________.
one group/individual/if the theory was true
multiple groups/individual/ if the theory was false
multiple groups/individual/if the theory was true
one group/ individual/ if the theory was false
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Does behavior vary with gender?
No because men are just as good as women
No because women are just as good as men.
Kinda because mena nd women may behave differently in the same situation
Completely because men and women behave completely differently
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What is a psychiatrist?
A doctor who prescribes medicine
Someone who assess and treats
Helps clients cope with anxiety
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What did Mamie and Kenneth Clark discover in thier studies?
Most white children choose a black doll when given the choice
Most African American children choose a black doll when given the choice.
Most African American children choose a white doll when given the choice.
Most white children choose a white doll when given the choice
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What does school psychology NOT help?
emotional
behavioral
social
cognitive
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What is applied research?
Applying research to a world issue
Using what is known to one’s personal benefit
Using what is known to solve an issue
Applying a chemical onto research
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What other sciences influenced psychology?
biology and philosophy
chemistry and physics
biology and physics
biology and chemistry
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Which of the following is a functionist?
Jacob Black
William James
Edward Bradford Titchener
William Jameson
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What is an example of positive correlation?
The more it rains, the less a gardener has to water their plants
The lower the cost, the more likely you are to purchase it.
The distance one drives and how many miles they have left on the gas
The more it snows, the more money a snowplow business gets
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Brain Break: Take a minute to relax the brain
Pick me!
Pick me!
Pick me!
Pick me!
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What is introspection?
Looking inward
Looking outward
Looking behind
Looking forward
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What is postive psychology?
Treating a situation vs creating a postive life
Only focusing on the positives
Creating a positive life vs treating
Only focusing on the negatives
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What is the scientific method?
hypothesis->testing->theory
testing->theory->hypothesis
theory->testing->hypothesis
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What is an independent variable?
may change when the dependent is manipulated
something that is changeable
what is being studied
factors that might produce an effect
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What does Freudian Psychology put emphasis on?
how our behavior affects our emotional responses
consciousness
how emotional response to our childhood experiences affect our behavior
the unconsious
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Who was Mary Whiton Calkins?
The second woman to serve as president for the APA
The first woman to serve as president for the APA
She wrote a book on psychology
Your mom
44
Which branch of psychology grew in response to behaviorism and freudianism?
neural
cognitive
humanisitic
social
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Who was a MALE behaviorist?
John Locke
John B. Watson
Abraham Maslow
Sigmund Freud
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Community psychologists work with their clients to _______________________________.
Become psychologists
Create an unhealthy enviroment for everyone
Helping others with their mental illnesses
Creating a good enviroment for all
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What is psychology's big debate?
nature vs nurture
processing vs repressing
authoritarian vs permissive
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What is clinical psychology?
Assessing and treating
Prescribing medications
Talking through frustrations
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What do structuralists focus on?
self-consiousness
self-doubt
self-respect
self-reflection
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What is single blind procedure?
Where only the researcher knows what the groups are receiving
Where everyone knows what they are recieving
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What is the median?
The line that divides the earth
The most occuring number
The middle most number
The average
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What is a representative sample?
everyone in the group
samples that one might find at Trader Joe's
A sample of representatives
general group of people that fit the theme
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Laboratory experiments illuminate everyday life
False
True
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Why is the wording of survey questions are important?
it might affect behavior
it might affect how people think or their opinions
It isn't
it might affect if people want to take the survey or not
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What is the mean?
The most recurring number
The average
The middle most number
The most evil creature you can think of
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Who established the first psychology laboratory?
Wilhem Wundt
Sigmund Freud
Wilhem Kimmel
Wilhem Wandt
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What is biological psychology?
study the links between medicine and essential oils
study the links between biology and behavior
study the links between the study of living organisms and behavior
study the differences between living organisms and behavior
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What is the mode?
The average
The middle most number
A setting on your phone
The most recurring number
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What is naturalistic observation?
Going to the zoo
Putting animals in a confined space and observing them
Looking at humans or animals in their environment to reveal something
Observing cats sleeping
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What is forensic psychology?
Applying psychological principles to legal processes
Using the basics of psychology in the court room
Helping on criminal investigations
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What does humanistic psychology focus on?
nature/nurture
the importance of love and acceptance
how the environmental influences can nurture/limit growth potential
how our growth influences the enviroment
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What is an experimental group?
Recieves the treatment
Doesn't recieve the treatment
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What is the focus of cognitive psychology?
the ways that we predict, plan, and record information
the ways that we perceive, process, and remember information
the ways that the cogs in our brain work
the ways that we perform, prepare, and react to information
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Which of the following is a structuralist?
Edward Bradford Titchener
Edward Chadford Titchener
Edward Cullen
William James
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What is human factors psychology?
How physical enviroment and machines can be made safe and easy
How humans state facts
How people interact with machines and vice versa
How people interact with their enviroment
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What is a dependent variable
may change when the independent is manipulated
something that is changeable
what is being studied
factors that might produce an effect
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What is a random sample?
random foods at a party
a sample of random people
general group of people that fit the theme
everyone in the group
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What is the placebo effect?
Where people take a real pill and they feel the real side effects
Where people take a real pill and feel no side effects
Where people take a real pill and feel real side effects
Where people take a fake pill and feel no side effects
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What features comprise one's culture?
language, beliefs, customs, etc.
Passing down culture to generations because some ideas may be outdated
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What is behaviorism?
The study of how the brain works
The study of why we act the way we do
The study of why Savannah loves Pete Wentz
The study of why the brain performs certain tasks
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What is a confounding variable?
may change when the independent is manipulated
factors that might produce an effect
what is being studied
something that is changeable
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What is one humanistic psychologist?
Carl Rogers
Sir Roger
Mr. Rogers
Roger Carlson
