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AP Psych Unit 0
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The "68-95-99 Rule" summarizes
The relationship between the area under a normal distribution and SD
The mode of all datasets
The sum of all outliars
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Measures of Central tendency: click all that apply
Mode
mean
spearmans rank
standard deviation
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I spray you with bug spray and count the bites. What is the dependent variable of the experiment?
How many bites.
The arms.
Adding bug spray.
Sitting in the backyard.
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In my study I will test aggression. Students who kick more than one goat will be identified as aggressive.
The independent variable is whether students kick a goat or not.
Kicking a goat is a confounding variable.
The operating definition of aggression involves kicking a goat.
The dependent variable is presenting students with a goat.
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Naturalistic observation
determines cause and effect
allows researchers to control variables
minimizes the artificiality of labs
produces quantifiable data
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How many people were surveyed on this graph?
10
17
16
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Which is not an ethic in psychological research?
Protection from harm
Informed consent
Debriefing
Deception without debriefing
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Confounding variables are
Variables that we change
Variables that we need to control
Variables that we measure
Variables that are hard to control for
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In a longitudinal study, ____
we follow one group of subjects as they age and compare across time.
we recruit subjects of several age-groups and compare across groups.
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A Likert scale:
is an explicit measure of attitude
makes attitudes directly observable
involves the use of yes/no answers
usually associates a high score with a strong negative attitude
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What is the MEAN of test scores 72, 85, 92, 36 and 54?
70.4
64.5
67.8
72.4
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Test Validity
refers to how accurately a method measures what it is intended to measure
Indicates the number of students making up the norm sample
Indicates a test is standardized
All standardized tests are valid
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True or False: High reliability ensures a test's validity.
False
True
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What was the mode score?
189
123
132
No mode
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Which standard deviation is larger?
B
A
They are equal
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I spray you with bug spray and count the bites. What is the independent variable of the experiment?
Adding bug spray.
The arms.
How many bites.
Sitting in the backyard.
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Psychology ethics are
Rules for studying a topic
Rules for conducting research in humans and animals
Rules for doing surgery
Rules for conducting research with humans
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Random Selection
Is always quick
Minimizes bias
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A random sample is
everything is random
fair
unfair
less than 50 people
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Compare and contrast between qualitative versus quantitative
qualitive uses numbers and quanative uses letters
qualitative uses letters and quantitative uses numbers
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Test reliability
Tests what the researchers actually want to test for
is possible only if a test is valid.
Yields similar results across a spectrum of testing
None of the above.
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What is the median of the scores in order? 72, 84, 84, 72, 86, 92, 80?
84
92
72
86
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What is a case study?
In depth study of an individual or institution.
Diamond and Sigmondson
When you study a suit case.
A long study.
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I spray you with bug spray and count the bites. Before I do the spray the spray runs out. Confounding variable?
The arms.
The spray runs out
Adding bug spray.
How many bites.
