Pop Quiz 2 Flashcards
What is the typical range for correlation coefficients?
a. -1.0 to 1.0
b. 1.0 to 10.0
c. -10.0 to 10.0
d. 1 to 100
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A
When Dr. Fernandez’s experiment was over, each participant was informed as to what study was all about. that was referred to as?
a. a consent procedure
b. an experimenter expectancy report
c. dispersion
d. debriefing
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D
Which of the following statements is accurate regarding validity and reliability?
a. Reliability and validity are two different words for the same thing
b. Validity is necessary for reliability
c. Reliability is necessary for validity
d. reliability and validity are mutually exclusive; the same study cannot be reliable and valid
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C
Reliability = the consistency of the responses measurement (e.g. ruler of chewing gum has low reliability when measuring)
Validity= amount of confidence in what it claims to measure
What is reliability?
the consistency of the response’s measurement
e.g. ruler of chewing gum has low reliability when measuring, which changes length every time it is used
What is validity?
amount of confidence in what it claims to measure
When Carrie noticed a jumble of red and yellow circles, she didn’t think of it as anything special. but when the colours were lined up horizontally, she noticed separate rows of circles. Which Gestalt principle does this demonstrate?
a. Proprioception
b. Continuity
c. Symmetry
d. Similarity
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D
Research on taste buds has shown that humans are sensitive to ________ basic tastes?
a. two
b. five
c. eight
d. three
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B
Vitoria is listening in a hot lecture hall, late on a fir day afternoon. she starts to feel drowsy, and then falls into a light sleep. If her brain wave patterns were being monitored they would shift from:
a. alpha waves to beta waves and finally to delta waves
b. theta waves to beta waves and finally to alpha waves
c. beta waves to alpha waves and finally to theta waves
d. beta waves to theta waves and finally to alpha waves
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C
Bandar’s studies involving preschoolers investigated what issue?
a. Are phobias learned or a result of natural selection
b. Is learning attributed to trial and error or insight
c. Does exposure to violence contribute to violent behaviour
d. is taste aversion a result of biological adaptation
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C
Which schedule provides reinforcement for producing a response at least once after a specific amount of time has passed?
a. Fixed ratio
b. Variable ratio
c. Variable interval
d. Fixed interval
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D
Dana was fed up with her children’s sloppy habits. without comment, she began handing out a dollar bill to any child placing a dish in the dishwasher without being asked, within a few days, there was seldom a dirty dish in the house. Dana’s children were demonstrating?
a. Classical conditioning
b. the law of effect
c. negative reinforcement
d. stimulus generalisation
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B
Law of effect = voluntary response. a reward makes it more likely to elicit a behaviour
Classical conditioning = automatic response
What is the law of effect?
voluntary response
a reward makes it more likely for someone to elicit a behaviour
What is classical conditioning?
automatic response
The phenomenon known as conditioned taste aversion typically ….?
a. requires repeated pairings between the CS and UCS
b. doesn’t show up for days
c. is a generalised reaction
d. requires only one trial to develop
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D
Jim knew the national economy was in recession, but he was shocked when his boss made ten of the company’s most loyal employees redundant. Jim assumed his boss idd this because he was a greedy, selfish person. He didn’t realise that these redundancies saved the entire company from bankruptcy. What is Jim guilty of?
a. Groupthink
b. The scapegoat hypothesis
c. Impression management
d. The fundamental attribution error
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D
