Units 1 and 2

Question 1

Which of the following groups of scores would have the smallest standard deviation?

Accepted Answer

2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Question 2

Which of the following stat methods should a student use to determine how much students&#x27; SAT scores vary from the school

Accepted Answer

Standard Deviation

Question 3

The science of behavior and mental processes is the definition of which field of study?

Accepted Answer

Psychology

Question 4

According to the behavioral perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what?

Accepted Answer

Observation

Question 5

The study of our human potential for personal growth has been a focus of which psychological perspective?

Accepted Answer

Humanistic

Question 6

Which of the following psychologists would likely explore how we process and remember information?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive

Question 7

Which subfield or perspective is most interested in studying the link between mental activity and brain activity?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive Neuroscience

Question 8

Which describes naturalistic observation?

Accepted Answer

Researchers observe students&#x27; seating patterns in a cafeteria

Question 9

Self-reflective introspection about elements of experience best describes a technique used by which school of thought?

Accepted Answer

Structuralists

Question 10

Which of the following is positive correlation?

Accepted Answer

Gas mileage increases as vehicle weight increases

Question 11

What should a psychology researcher use if she is testing if a specific reward in a classroom causes positive behavior?

Accepted Answer

Experiment

Question 12

Which of the following is the best example of applied research?

Accepted Answer

Using psychological concepts to boost worker productivity

Question 13

Which psychological principle explains why studying an hour/day for a week is more effective than one 7-hour session?

Accepted Answer

Distributed Practice

Question 14

Which of the following describes the placebo effect?

Accepted Answer

Participants given an inert pill and behaved like they got the actual one

Question 15

In a perfectly normal distribution of scores, which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

Mean, median, and mode are all the same number

Question 16

"Monday morning quarterbacks” rarely act surprised about the outcome of weekend football games. Which psych principle?

Accepted Answer

Hindsight Bias

Question 17

Which of the following is a potential problem with case studies?

Accepted Answer

Information learned may not apply to the wider population

Question 18

The debate about the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is mostly called...

Accepted Answer

Nature-Nurture

Question 19

Which psychological perspective is most likely to focus on how our interpretation of a situation affects how we react?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive

Question 20

Why is the random assignment of participants to groups an important aspect of a properly designed experiment?

Accepted Answer

the researcher can assume that the people in each group are similar

Question 21

Which of the following demonstrates the need for psychological science?

Accepted Answer

commonsense thinking on human thoughts and behaviors is not always accurate

Question 22

What was the main difference between the psychological thinking of Wilhelm Wundt and earlier philosophers?

Accepted Answer

Wundt and students gathered data about human behavior and thinking in a lab

Question 23

Which of the following psychologists would most likely conduct psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Clinical

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle regarding experimental research on humans?

Accepted Answer

Participants should always be informed of the hypothesis before agreeing

Question 25

Which school of thought in psychology focused on the adaptive nature of thinking and how our consciousness evolves?

Accepted Answer

Functionalist

Question 26

Which professional focuses on the study of human flourishing and the attainment of a happy, meaningful life?

Accepted Answer

Developmental Psychologist

Question 27

There is a negative correlation between TV watching and grades. What can we conclude from this research finding?

Accepted Answer

It is an illusory correlation

Question 28

A journalism student is writing about her school’s new cellphone policy and interview students randomly. An example is

Accepted Answer

Pulls the names of five students from a hat that has all students’ names

Question 29

Researchers studying gender have found that...

Accepted Answer

There are more similarities than differences

Units 1 and 2

Questions 29

Units 1 and 2

Questions 29