Multiple choice questions

Question 1

As instrumentation improved, the quality of data collected meant that scientific predictions became more…

Answer 1

Imprecise

Question 2

The belief that accurate knowledge of the world can be obtained by simply trusting the views and opinions of more experienced people is called….

Answer 2

dogmatism

Question 3

The property of a measuring device to measure the same way each time it is used is called…

Answer 3

Reliability

Question 4

Correlation is…

Answer 4

A pattern of covariation between 2 variables

Question 5

The third variable problem refers to…

Answer 5

The fact that a causal relationship between two variables cannot be inferred from the correlation between two variables

Question 6

Generalizability is synomous with the concept of….

Answer 6

External validity

Question 7

What do correlation coefficients reveal about the correlation between two variables?

Answer 7

Direction

Question 8

What are the odds that psychologists typically use to determine if random assignment has failed in an experiment?

Answer 8

5% chance that it has failed

Question 9

The law of larger numbers urges researchers to…

Answer 9

Take larger samples from a population rather than smaller ones when studying a question of interest

Question 10

What is the process whereby qualitative researchers check the reliability of their data collection?

Answer 10

Triangulation

Question 11

The difference in electrical charge between the inside and the outside of the neurons cell membrane is called the…

Answer 11

resting potential

Question 12

At rest there is a higher concentration of … on the inside of the cell membrane of the neurone and … on the outside of the cell membrane of the neuron

Answer 12

K+, Na+

Question 13

What neurotransmitter is closely associated with pleasure and motivation

Answer 13

Dopamine

Question 14

…. is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain where as …. is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain

Answer 14

Glutamate

GABA

Question 15

What part of the brain relays and filters information from the senses and transmits the information to the cerebral cortex?

Answer 15

Thalamus

Question 16

Which part of the brain attaches significance to previously neutral events that are associated with fear, punishment or reward?

Answer 16

Amygdala

Question 17

The smooth raised surface of the cerebral cortex are called…. and the indentations or fissures are called….

Answer 17

Gyri

Sulci

Question 18

What areas of the brain are the regions composed of neurons that help provide sense and meaning to information registered in the cortex?

Answer 18

Association areas

Question 19

The phantom limb syndrome can be explained by brain plasticity in which region of the cortex?

Answer 19

Somatosensory

Question 20

…. are strands of DNA wound around each other in a double helix configuration

Answer 20

Chromosomes

Question 21

Your biological sex would be male if you recited an additional… from your father

Answer 21

Y chromosome

Question 22

The researcher who developed an approach to measuring sensation and perception called psychophysics was…

Answer 22

Gustav Fcher

Question 23

What is transduction?

Answer 23

The process that changes physical signals in the environment to neural signals that go to the brain

Question 24

The eye contains…. rods than cones

Answer 24

Many more rods than cones

Question 25

What is the cornea in the eye?

Answer 25

A clear, smooth outer tissue which bends the light and sends it through the pupil where it proceeds to the retina and then to the brain

Question 26

Which is the brain pathway that enables us to identify the location and motion of an object?

Answer 26

The dorsal steam- what it is and where it is

Question 27

What is the binding problem in perception?

Answer 27

Concerns how features are linked together so that we see unified objects in our visual world rather than free floating or miscombined features

Question 28

What is an illusory conjunction?

Answer 28

A perceptual mistake where features from multiple objects are incorrectly combined

Question 29

Which region of the brain is particularly active during face processing?

Answer 29

fusiform gyrus

Question 30

When you moved from the countryside into the city you found the noise of traffic kept you awake but after a while you slept through it. You benefited from….

Answer 30

Habituation- the gradual reduction in response after repeated or prolonged exposure to stimulus

Question 31

During … typically there is a gradual increase in learning which starts low, rises rapidly, and then slowly tapers off

Answer 31

Acquisition- a period of training in which the association of the CS and US is learned over time

Question 32

Which part of the brain is essential to fear conditioning?

Answer 32

Amygdala

Question 33

Behaviour that requires an organism to act, solve a problem or otherwise manipulate elements of its environment is called

Answer 33

Instrumental behaviour

Question 34

What is the role of the reticular formation?

Answer 34

Located in te medulla and regulates sleep, wakefulness and arousal

Question 35

Who was the discoverer of the general intelligence factor, g?

Answer 35

Charles Spearman

Question 36

What is the ratio IQ score?

Answer 36

Used to describe intelligence levels of adults

Question 37

The first intelligence test was created to…

Answer 37

Identify children who needed remedial educational programs

Question 38

What does the 2 factor theory of intelligence suggest?

Answer 38

Intelligence is not a single, general ability

Question 39

What is personality?

Answer 39

An individuals characteristic style of behaving, thinking and feeling

Question 40

Which of the factors of the big 5 shows the highest degree of heritability

Answer 40

extroversion

Question 41

Which defence mechanism did Freud believe is the default mechanism?

Answer 41

Repression

Question 42

What is narcissism?

Answer 42

A self serving bias with implicit egotism