Midterm 1 - Lecture Only

Question 1

Scientific Method Steps

Answer 1

1. Literature Review - Read up oncurrent research of your topic
2. Hypothesis - Specific prediction on the outcome of your experiment
3. Design & Data Collection
4. Analyze Data: Hypothesis supported?
5. Publish & Replicate (Amounts in the replications might be altered, or may be identical)
6. Build Theory

Question 2

Confederate

Answer 2

A person in an experiment who has been informed and is feigning ignorance

Question 3

Purposes of psychology

Answer 3

Solve a problem

Answer a scientific question

Exploratory research

Theory testing

Question 4

Base Rate

Answer 4

How often something occurs in society

Question 5

Research Question

Answer 5

Every study begins with on (or several)

Specific is better than broad

Start specific, then repeat woth variations to eventually encompass a more broad question

Question 6

Hypothesis

Answer 6

A specific prediction on the outcome of a particular study

Question 7

Theory

Answer 7

A set of facts & relationships between facts supported and built off of evidence from numerous studies that can explain & predict related phenomena

Question 8

Clever Hans

Answer 8

Waited to see a reaction in the audiance’s movements to know when to stop clopping

Question 9

Habituation

Answer 9

Adjusting to habitual changes

Ex. Jane Goodall and the chimps

Question 10

Person’s R

Answer 10

Tells us the correlation value

Ranges from -1 to 1

Unless it’s a bio psych measurement, you will never see a 0.90+ (-0.90 -) correlation

A 0.40 would be considered strong