Psych Final part 1

Question 1

Which type of research would allow you to determine whether students’ grades accurately predict later income?

Answer 1

• correlation

Question 2

3 measures of central tendency are the _____, _____, and _____

Answer 2

• mean
• median
• mode

Question 3

Bob scored 43 out of 70 on his psych exam. He was worried until he discovered that most of the class earned the same score. Bob’s score was equal to the ______

Answer 3

• mode

Question 4

Characteristics of normal curve:

Answer 4

• distribution is bell-shaped and symmetrical
• most scores fall near the mean
• distribution describes many types of psychological data

Question 5

In an experiment to determine the effects of attention on memory, memory is the _______

Answer 5

• dependent variable

Question 6

Well-done surveys measure attitudes in a representative subset, or _____, of an entire group, or ______

Answer 6

• random sample

- population

Question 7

To determine the effects of a new drug on memory, one group was given a dill that contains the drug. The second group was given a drug that doesn’t contain the drug. The second group constitutes the _______

Answer 7

• control group

Question 8

Your roommate in conducting a survey to learn how many hours the typical student studies each day. She plans to pass out her questionnaire to the member of her sorority. You point out that her finding will be flawed bc ______

Answer 8

• the sample will probably not be representative of the population of interest

Question 9

You decide to test your belief that men drink more soft drink than women by finding out whether more soft drink are consumed per day in the men’s dorm than in the women’s dorm. Your belief is a(n) ______, and your research prediction is a ________

Answer 9

• theory

- hypothesis

Question 10

When neither the participants nor the person collecting data knows which condition a participants is in, the researcher is making use of the ________ procedure

Answer 10

• double blind

Question 11

______ doesn’t = causation

Answer 11

• correlation

Question 12

Psychologists conduct research using?

Answer 12

• Descriptive
• correlational
• Experimental

Question 13

What describes hindsight bias?

Answer 13

• event seem more predictable after they have occurred

Question 14

Scientific inquiry thus encourages reasoning that examines assumptions, appraises the sources, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions, which is called ______

Answer 14

• critical thinking

Question 15

The scientific approach is characterized by the attitudes of?

Answer 15

• Humility
• Skepticism
• Curiosity

Question 16

______ psych is a branch of psych that assists ppl w/ problems in living (often regarding school, work, or marriage ) and in achieving greater well-being

Answer 16

• counseling psych

Question 17

The biopsychosocial approach is an integrated approach that incorporates ______, ______, and _______

Answer 17

• Biology
• Psych
• Social-cultrual

Question 18

______ is the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, value, and traditions shared by a group of ppl and transmitted form one ben to the next

Answer 18

• Culture

Question 19

Evolutionary psychology is the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of _______

Answer 19

• natural selection

Question 20

______ psych scientifically explores the ways we perceive, process, and remember info

Answer 20

• Cognitive

Question 21

______ and ______ were proponents of Humanistic psych, and aimed to draw attention to the ways that current environmental influences can nurture or limit our growth potential and to the importance of having our needs for love and acceptance satisfied

Answer 21

• Abraham Maslow

- Carl Rogers

Question 22

______ emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes and our emotional responses to childhood experiences affect out behavior

Answer 22

• psychoanalysis (Freud)

Question 23

John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner were prominent psychologists associated with _____ which is the scientific study of observable behavior

Answer 23

• behaviorism

Question 24

_______ is associated with structuralism, as ______ is associated with Functionalism

Answer 24

• Edward Titchener

- William James

Question 25

_______ established the first psychological lab at the university of leipzig, Germany

Answer 25

• Wilhelm Wundt