Unit 1 Study Guide AP Psych

Question 1

In an experiment on loud noise and study effectiveness, the group in the quiet room is the

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control group

Question 2

Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)

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Placebo effects

Question 3

Support for a particular viewpoint through the use of personal (and frequently vivid) stories

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Anecdotal evidence

Question 4

What is the MODE of the following: $10,000, $14,000, $15,000, $10,000, and $31,000?

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$10,000

Question 5

The arithmetic average

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Mean

Question 6

A system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations

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Theory

Question 7

Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurring because of chance= low

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Statistical significance

Question 8

John B Watson is associated with which theory?

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behavioral

Question 9

An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of an individual subject

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Case study

Question 10

Occurs when an extraneous variable makes it difficult to sort out the effects of the IV

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Confounding of variables

Question 11

The variable that results from the manipulation in an experiment

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Dependent variable

Question 12

The technique that involves repeated an earlier research study with different participants is..

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replication

Question 13

In a study on self-esteem and compliments versus insults, the dependent variable would be

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self-esteem

Question 14

A condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact

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Independent variable

Question 15

The statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables

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Correlation coefficient

Question 16

A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material within a discipline

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Journal

Question 17

Descriptive statistic & measure of central tendency; exact halfway point of data distribution

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Median

Question 18

Research method in which IVs are manipulated and which permits causal interpretation

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Experiment

Question 19

A statistical procedure that combines the results of many studies

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Meta-analysis

Question 20

The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable

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Control group

Question 21

What organization has developed guidelines for ethical practices in psychological research?

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American Psychological Association (APA)

Question 22

What do cognitive therapists focus on

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conscious thoughts

Question 23

If studying the effect of tv violence, it is critical to ___ to reduce the chance of group bias

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randomly assign groups

Question 24

Any variables other than the IVs that seem likely to influence the DV in an experiment

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Extraneous variables

Question 25

A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables

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Hypothesis

Question 26

Research strategy in which neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in

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Double-blind procedure

Question 27

Which of the following can illustrate CAUSATION?

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Experimentation

Question 28

The spread or dispersion of data, including the extent to which scores vary from the mean

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Variability

Question 29

This graph shows a ____ skew

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positive

Question 30

The score that occurs most frequently

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Mode

Question 31

What does the scatterplot in the image indicate?

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No Correlation

Question 32

At a facility that conducts psychological research, what monitors ethical practices?

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Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Question 33

If a researcher monitors and records the behavior of children in a daycare, his is conducting..

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naturalistic observation

Question 34

A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize

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Population

Question 35

Gestalt psychology focuses on perception

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True

Question 36

Mr. and Mrs. Berry have five children aged 2, 3, 7, 9, and 9. What is the MEDIAN age?

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7

Question 37

Distribution of subjects in experiment in which each has equal chance of being assigned to any group

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Random assignment

Question 38

A measure of variability in data

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Standard deviation

Question 39

Researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish between

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causes and effects

Question 40

A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other

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Correlation

Question 41

Correlations indicated the possibility of a relationship, but do not illustrate causation.

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True

Question 42

Following an experiment, what must a researcher provide to all the participants?

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Debriefing

Question 43

Which procedure helps to ensure that participants in a survey represent the larger group?

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random sampling

Question 44

What does the scatter plot in the image indicate?

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Positive Correlation

Question 45

A research interested in the attitudes or opinions of a large group would use which method?

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survey

Question 46

Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study

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Experimenter bias

Question 47

The group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable

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Experimental group

Question 48

What does the scatter plot indicate?

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Negative Correlation

Question 49

Precisely defines each variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them

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Operational definition

Question 50

If college graduates earn more money than high school graduates, education and income are...

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positively correlated

Question 51

If a correlation is STRONGLY positive, it indicates causation.

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False

Unit 1 Study Guide AP Psych

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Unit 1 Study Guide AP Psych

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