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Question 1

Statistical significance means?

Answer 1

the results of the data show that the results are probably not due to chance.

Question 2

In a correlational study, a positive correlation means that?

Answer 2

both variables increase or decrease at the same time.

Question 3

Wilhelm Wundt’s technique of introspection led to psychology’s use of?

Answer 3

the scientific method

Question 4

Who wrote an analysis of the negative psychological effects of colonial subjugation upon black people and the psychology of oppression?

Answer 4

Frantz Fanon

Question 5

Who is known as the founder of Behaviorism?

Answer 5

John Watson

Question 6

The Sociocultural approach utilizes multiple perspectives and looks to see how behavior varies due to _____

Answer 6

culture , age, gender and social situations.

Question 7

Psychology can trace its development as a scientific field back to two other fields.One of those two fields is?

Answer 7

Philosophy.

Question 8

Which of the following is part of the procedure for an experiment?

Answer 8

Select a random group of people from the population

Question 9

Although psychologists use different methods and study different behaviors, they all conduct ______ studies.

Answer 9

systematic

Question 10

the Sociocultural approach utilizes multiple perspectives and looks to see how behavior varies due to culture age, gender and ___________ situations.

Answer 10

social

Question 11

Research psychology

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designs and conducts experiments in the study of behavior.

Question 12

Applied psychology

Answer 12

uses psychological theories to solve real world problems.

Question 13

Clinical psychology

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diagnoses, treats, and prevents mental disorders.

Question 14

Forensic psychology

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applies psychology to the field of criminal investigation and the law.

Question 15

Industrial and Organizational psychology

Answer 15

performs scientific studies of employees, the workplace, and organizations

Question 16

This theory focuses on our mental abilities in guiding behavior?

Answer 16

Cognitive

Question 17

This theory studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine behavior.

Answer 17

Psychodynamic

Question 18

Psychologists who study biological, emotional, cognitive and social changes that occur over a lifetime are called?

Answer 18

developmental psychologists

Question 19

____________ psychologists work within the educational system to help children with emotional, social, and academic issues.

Answer 19

school

Question 20

A psychologist studies the same group of people at regular intervals over a period of years in a?

Answer 20

longitudinal study

Question 21

Structuralism

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studied the basic elements of conscious mental experiences

Question 22

Functionalism

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studied how mental processes help people and animals adapt to their environment

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Psychodynamic

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studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine behavior

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Behaviorism

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analyzes observable behavior and studies conditioning and reinforcement

Question 25

Cognitive

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focuses on our mental abilities in guiding behavior

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Humanism

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focuses on individuals in control of their behavior as a product of free will

Question 27

Aristotle

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the heart is the mechanism of mental processes

Question 28

John Locke

Answer 28

Described the human mind as a “blank slate” shaped by experiences

Question 29

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 29

Established the first laboratory for the scientific study of behavior

Question 30

Charles Darwin

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Theory of evolution and survival of the fittest

Question 31

Frantz Fanon

Answer 31

Studied the psychology of oppression

Question 32

Stanley Hall

Answer 32

Founded the American Psychological Association

Question 33

The __________ group is not given the independent variable.

Answer 33

control

Question 34

The group to which the independent variable is given is the ______________ group.

Answer 34

experimental

Question 35

The groups to which the dependent variable is given are the ______________ groups.

Answer 35

control and sample

Question 36

In a correlational study, the correlation coefficient is a measure of _________ and can range from –1.00 to +1.00.

Answer 36

strength

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT a type of research strategy

Answer 37

Introspective analysis

Question 38

The _________ began studying human behavior in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C., and decided that humans were rational beings.

Answer 38

Greeks

Question 39

The ___________ nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord.

Answer 39

central

Question 40

Neurons communicate with each other through a(n) ____________ process.

Answer 40

electrochemical

Question 41

The synapse is crossed because of the presence of ?

Answer 41

Neurotransmitters

Question 42

Psychoactive drugs interact with _______________ which alter a person’s mood, perception and behavior.

Answer 42

neurotransmitters

Question 43

What is the consequence for hurting the frontal lobe?

Answer 43

loss of impulse control

Question 44

What is the consequence for hurting the parietal lobe?

Answer 44

inability to locate and recognize parts of your body

Question 45

Consequence to harming the occipital lobes?

Answer 45

distorted vision field

Question 46

consequence of harming the temporal lobes?

Answer 46

loss of hearing and or language.

Question 47

The function of the frontal lobe in the brain is?

Answer 47

Impulse control

Question 48

One of the consequences of damage to the parietal lobes of the brain is??

Answer 48

an inability to locate and recognize parts of your body

Question 49

The function of the occipital lobe in the brain is...

Answer 49

recognize and process visual information.

Question 50

A(n) _______ takes x-rays of the brain.

Answer 50

CAT scan

Question 51

A(n) _______ gives detailed pictures of the brain’s soft tissue by aligning spinning atoms in a strong magnetic field.

Answer 51

MRI

Question 52

interconnected processes that help us understand our world.

Answer 52

Sensation and perception

Question 53

The __________ in the ear works like the retina in the _____ for transduction.

Answer 53

cochea, eye

Question 54

This sense is the only sense that has no transduction.

Answer 54

smell

Question 55

The cochlea in the _______ works like the ______ in the eye for transduction.

Answer 55

ear, retina

Question 56

one of the Gestalt principles of perception, when we see incomplete figures, will fill in the spaces and see them as complete figures.

Answer 56

closure

Question 57

In one of the Gestalt principles of perception, the ________________ relationship is the principle by which we organize the perceptual field into stimuli that stand out and those that are left over.

Answer 57

figure ground

Question 58

Nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep includes all stages of sleep EXCEPT

Answer 58

rapid eye movement

Question 59

The problem solving and information processing theory of dreaming states that?

Answer 59

dreams are caused by people reviewing happenings that occurred when they were awake.

Question 60

Panic reactions are the most common unpleasant side effects of __________ use.

Answer 60

LSD

Question 61

An overdose of ________ may cause the user to lose control of breathing and thus die from respiratory failure.

Answer 61

opium

Question 62

B.F. Skinner

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trained animals to perform various activities based on reward and punishment

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Albert Bandura

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the bobo doll experiment to show observational learning

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Ivan Pavlov

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trained a dog using classical conditioning

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J. Watson and R. Rayner

Answer 65

worked with a baby named little Albert to change a neutral stimulus to a conditioned stimulus.

Question 66

One schema related to short term memory is ?

Answer 66

chunking

Question 67

The things you have in your conscious memory right now are being held in your _________

Answer 67

working memory