Exam 1 practice

Question 1

What is an independent variable?

Answer 1

also known as the manipulated variable

Question 2

Does correlation indicate causation?

Answer 2

NOPE!

Question 3

What are the 5 main subfields of Pscy mentioned in the textbook?

Answer 3

social, cultural, behaviorism, clinical, and cognitive

Question 4

What was the lil Albert experiment?

Answer 4

an unethical study involving a young infant who was not able to give consent.There was no debriefing after.

Question 5

During a split-brain surgery, what part of the brain is cut in half?

Answer 5

corpus callosum

Question 6

What part of the brain is responsible for memory?

Answer 6

hippocampus

Question 7

What are the interconnected structures of the limbic system?

Answer 7

hippocampus, amygdala, basal ganglia, thalamus, and hypothalamus

Question 8

What is the phi phenomenon?

Answer 8

An illusion of apparent motion

Question 9

What is the absolute threshold?

Answer 9

The minimum amount of stimulation necessary for someone to detect a stimulus half of the time.

Question 10

What is a dependent variable?

Answer 10

The variable being observed and measured.

Question 11

Is random sampling and random assignment the same?

Answer 11

No. Random sampling - selecting participants for the study. Everyone in the population has an equal chance of being chosen.
Random assignment - used only for experiments and this method is used for assigning patients to different levels of the independent variable.