Pol EV questions Flashcards
Which of these represents the strongest correlation coefficient?
+3.98 +0.48 0.00 -.76
-.76
A graph depicts that as the number of individuals with polio increases, the number of ice cream sales increases. What does the graph suggest?
a. Eating ice cream causes polio
b. Individuals with polio tend to eat more ice cream
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above
Neither of the above because you need to take into account a third variable. In this case its weather. The heat.
What research method should you use for the question “do NYU students support the presidents’ policies?
a. Survey
b. Experiment
c. Case Study
d. Naturalistic Observation
Survey because they allow you to gather information on peoples beliefs
Can the presence of food-related cues in TV commercials cause an increase in the amount of food undergraduates eat?
a. Survey
b. Experiment
c. Case Study
d. Naturalistic Observation
Experimental
Do undergraduates with anxiety disorders share similar early childhood experiences?
a. Survey
b. Experiment
c. Case Study
d. Naturalistic Observation
Survey
Do Intro to Psych students seem bored during class?
a. Survey
b. Experiment
c. Case Study
d. Naturalistic Observation
Naturalistic observation?
Which messages last longer?
a. Neural messages
b. Endocrine messages
c. There’s no difference between the two.
b. Endocrine messages because they are hormonal/ slower so stay in the body longer
Stimuli in the right half of the visual field are registered by receptors on the __________ side of each eye that send signals to the ____________ hemisphere.
left, left
right, right
left, right
right, left
left, left
Researchers interested in investigating individuals with a split-brain are most likely to use which of the following research designs?
Case study
Survey
Experiment
case study
If no one sees a tomato, is the tomato red?
yes or no
no because color is in the brain
Wilhelm Wundt defined psychology as
a. the scientific study of behavior.
b. the scientific study of the unconscious.
c. the scientific study of the brain.
d. the scientific study of conscious experience.
d. the scientific study of conscious experience
The key to understanding human behavior, according to Sigmund Freud, was to focus on __________ and the __________ level of the human mind.
a. external factors; conscious
b. external factors; unconscious
c. internal psychological processes; conscious
d. internal psychological processes; unconscious
d. internal psychological processes; unconscious
The unifying theme that “psychology is theoretically diverse” implies that
a. psychology has not, as yet, focused on empirical observations.
b. there are often several ways to interpret a set of observations.
c. psychology focuses on unrelated observations.
d. psychology is failing in the goal of being a science.
b. there are often several ways to interpret a set of observations.
When Watson proposed that psychology should only study observable behaviors and not consciousness, he was emphasizing the unifying theme that
a. behavior is influenced by multiple causes
b. people’s experience of the world is highly subjective
c. psychology should use theories
d. psychology should be empirical
d. psychology should be empirical
While theories are most closely associated with the scientific goal of ___________________, hypotheses are most closely associated with the goal of ___________________.
application; description
description; application
understanding; prediction
prediction; understanding
understanding; prediction
Psychologists use a variety of data collection techniques; which of the following is best suited for studying attitudes?
Questionnaires
Naturalistic observations
Psychological tests
Physiological recordings
questionnaire b/c they allow you a way to gather information on. behavior and attitudes
Your friend Jackie is interested in exploring how frequently bullying behavior occurs in real-life settings, and asks you what research design to use. You should advise her to use the __________ design.
case study
experimental
controlled
naturalistic observations
naturalistic observations
For his experiment, Dr. Smith is exploring whether manipulating the amount of caffeine college students drink each day has am effect on their academic performance. In this study, caffeine intake serves the
dependent variable.
independent variable.
control variable.
confounding variable.
independent variable.
Which of the following correlation coefficients is the strongest?
+1.29
-0.84
-0.67
+0.73
-.84
As interest rates increase, house sales decline, indicating
a direct correlation between the two variables.
a positive correlation between the two variables.
a negative correlation between the two variables.
no correlation between the two variables.
a negative correlation between the two variables.
The tendency for survey subjects to provide answers that place them in a favorable light is referred to as
sampling bias.
response stereotyping.
response bias.
socially desirable responding.
socially desirable responding
In computers, when the print command is executed, a cable carries this signal from the computer to the printer. In comparing a computer to a neuron, the cable that carries the signal between the computer and the printer would be equivalent to
a refractory potential.
the axon.
the dendrites.
the soma.
the axon
The tiny electrical charge that exists when a neuron is NOT receiving or sending information is called
an action potential.
a synaptic gap.
a resting potential.
a postsynaptic potential.
a resting potential
___________________ play(s) a role in learning and memory.
Acetylcholine
Dopamine
Endorphins
Gaba
acetylcholine
