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Psych Ch. 1/16
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1
Why should you study psychology?
Understand why other people do the things they do
Understand yourself and your reactions to other people
Understand how to deal with the stress of life
All of the above
2
What practice is shown in the image below?
Phrenology
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Sociology
3
Who is considered the "father of modern psychology"?
Phineas Gage
Sigmund Freud
Franz Joseph Gall
Wilhelm Wundt
4
What type of psychologist is shown in the picture below?
Experimental Psychologist
Forensic Psychologist
Health Psychologist
Community Psychologist
5
Which of the following statements is false?
Psychiatrists can prescribe medication.
Psychiatrists are medical doctors.
Both psychiatrists and psychologists are experts in mental health.
Psychologists are medical doctors.
6
What is the name given to psychologists who help people deal with problems in their workplace?
Counseling Psychologists
Community Psychologists
Industrial-organizational Psychologists
Comparative Psychologists
7
Phineas Gage's accident is one of the best known examples of which type of research method?
Case Study
Experiment
Laboratory Observation
Naturalistic Observation
8
Which answer correctly identifies the four goals of psychology?
Describe, Question, Predict, Treat
Describe, Understand, Pretend, Change
Describe, Understand Predict, Change
Describe, Question, Predict, Change
9
Which measure of central tendency do we use the most often?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
10
Which of the following behaviors listed is NOT observable?
Eating
Screaming
Anxiety
Sleeping
11
Psychology is defined as the "scientific study of behavior and mental processes." In this statement,
Behavior refers to a person's observable behaviors
Behavior refers to our emotions and thoughts
Mental processes refers to our observable behaviors
Behavior refers to our unobservable behaviors
12
A data set can, and must, have ONE mode.
True
False
13
Which psychological term does this image represent?
Variable Effect
Experimenter Effect
Placebo Effect
Correlation Effect
14
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
The dependent variable is manipulated in the experimental group
The independent variable is manipulated in the experimental group
The independent variable is manipulated in the control group
The dependent variable is manipulated in the control group
15
The graphic below DOES NOT contain any examples of how statistics can be misleading.
False
True
16
The image below demonstrates which type of sample?
Random
Population
Stratified
Nonrepresentative
17
Which variable in the experiment detailed below is the INDEPENDENT variable?
Student test grades
Amount of sleep a student gets the night before a test
18
Based on the information presented in the graphic below, what is the probability of drawing any ACE card?
10/52
1/52
13/52
4/52
