PSY 505 Exam

Question 1

Psychology

Answer 1

Scientific Research of Basic Principles of human behavior and how we can apply those principles to help individuals etc.

Question 2

forensic psychology

Answer 2

study of human behavior in a legal, judicial, or criminal context

Question 3

confirmation bias

Answer 3

being more open to accept something if it coincides with something you already believed

Question 4

availability heuristic

Answer 4

tendency to apply more weight to info that is readily available simply because of recency or salience

Question 5

hindsight bias

Answer 5

tendency to overestimate your ability to have known something once you learn the answer

Question 6

representativness heuristic

Answer 6

like confirmation bias, being more open to ideas just because they fit your preconceived stereotypes

Question 7

pseudoscience

Answer 7

conclusion that holds no actual scientific grounds, but claims to or appears scientific

Question 8

independent variable

Answer 8

the variable that affects something else

Question 9

dependent variable

Answer 9

the variable changed or affected by the IV

Question 10

potential confound

Answer 10

anything that has the ability to affect the DV, but it not the IV

Question 11

controls

Answer 11

measuring the potential confounds

Question 12

Daniel M’Naghten

Answer 12

A case of murder in 19th century England, the suspect was thought to have committed the murder due to mental reasoning difficulties which led to the M’Naghten Rules

Question 13

Louis Brandies

Answer 13

Used psychological principle and research to advocate for a social issue in court and that is now Called a brandeis brief

Question 14

Brown V Board of Education

Answer 14

psychology utilized brandeis brief for the elimination of segregation in schools

Question 15

nine common tasks of psychologists

Answer 15

clinical forensic practice
risk assessment
competency
sanity
jury selection
expert testimony
research
public affairs
crime prevention

Question 16

McMartin Case

Answer 16

Allegations against a preschool in California against Virginia Buckey. The interviewers were highly suggestive and afterwords there was an increase in research of children event recall and effects of interviewing techniques

Question 17

Rationalism

Answer 17

We gain knowledge from thought based exploration of concepts

Question 18

empiricism

Answer 18

we gain knowledge from simple observation

Question 19

authority

Answer 19

we gain our truths from sources or peoples thoughts

Question 20

Stanely Milgram

Answer 20

Performed the experiment where people administered electric shocks and he measured their obedience

Question 21

four factors greatest degree of obedience

Answer 21

proximity to authority
proximity to victim
prestige of authority figure
examples of defiance

Question 22

Solomon Asch

Answer 22

performed experiment that measured people’s conformity

Question 23

groupthink

Answer 23

setting aside personal opinion for the larger groups opinion

Question 24

social loafing

Answer 24

tendency to exert less effort on a shared goal when others are participating cooperatively