Test A wrong Qs Flashcards
Damage to the temporal lobe is most likely to effect which type of memory function?
Long-term explicit memory
NOTE: explicit memory= autobiographical and conscious recollection of facts
NOTE: damage to temporal lobe doesn’t really affect short term
Hint: Winters (cold TEMPerature feel LONG).
In which of the following circumstances would it be problematic to use a chi square?
- when looking for differences between groups
- when the data are ordinal
- when repeated observations are made
- when there’s more than one IV
- when repeated observations are made.
What is the the WRONG one here?
Chi squares can do nominal, categorical, and ordinal data; are independent of observations; 1 or more IVs
In psychotherapy outcome research, the factors that appear most responsible for lack of improvement are:
client factors
Which of the following is the least developed at birth?
1. brainstem
2. cerebellum
3. cortex
4. RAS
- Cortex
To optimize the teaching of inner city children by inner city teachers you should:
focus on increasing teachers’ expectancies of children’s performance
NOTE: think of the study that students did better when teachers expected more of them. Also, self fulfilling prophecy
In regard to testimonials, the AP ethics code stipulates that
testimonials may be used and solicited as long as they are not solicited from current patients or those vulnerable to undue influence
In Brown vs Board of Ed (1954) supreme court ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment. testimony was presented based on the innovative psychological tests using dolls to identify harm inflicted on the plaintiff children due to segregation, Who created these tests?
Mamie Phipps Clark
Mamie (mommy)
mommy=therapist=development of test
In most situations, due to limited time/cognitive limitations, a person cannot think through all possible options to arrive at the optimal solution; the person is not fully rational. This is known as bounded rationality, this has been described extensively by:
Herbert Simon
Hint: Simon is satisfied with the satisfactory :good enough: decision
A jungian would consider the part of the personal and collective unconscious that is projected out to be:
transference
NOTE: Jung=/= Freud. Freud saw everything as a defense (including transference).
From an operant learning perspective, is it best to manage children’s tantrums through:
1. positive punishment
2. negative reinforcement
3. extinction
4. shaping
extinction
NOTE: Extinction = operant conditioning=removal of reinforcement
(Dinosaurs went EXTINCT bc they were REMOVED from this earth) Remove reinforcement
for each A score, the variability of B scores is equal to the total variability of B scores. You can conclude that:
there is no correlation between A and B
From an operant learning perspective, it is best to manage children’s tantrums through:
extinction
Which of the following scenarios will tend to increase the standard error of the mean?
1) increasing the SD of the population and decreasing sample size
2) decreasing the SD of the population and increasing the sample size
3) increasing both the SD of the population and sample size
4) decreasing both the SD of the population ad sample size
increasing the SD of the population and decreasing sample size
Standard error of the mean has a direct relationship with the SD of the population and indirect relationship with sample size
A researcher is interested in the relationship between ,orality and criminal behavior in Christians. tH RESEARCH MEASURES MORALITY BASED ON RATE OF CHURCH ATTENDANCE, AND IT FINDS THAT MANY OF THE non church goers have no criminal record. The best explanation of this finding is
1)criterion contamination
2)criterion deficiency
3)criterion relevance
4)criterion-related validity
2) criterion deficiency
NOTE: if a criterion is deficient, it can’t have relevance. You ned the criterion to not be deficient before you can assess its relevance (how much church attendance truly measures morality).
DRO is based on
a combination of extinction and reinforcement
NOTE: DRO=differential reinforcement for other behaviors
Operant conditioning: combo of extinction and reinforcement
right hemisphere stroke most commonly results in:
weakness on the left side of body and indifference
RIGHT damage=indifference or euphoria
LEFT damage=depression
“when you’re LEFT you get DEPRESSED”
In comparing job enrichment to job enlargement:
1) both would likely satisfy motivator needs
2) job enrichment involves more responsibility while job enlargement increases variety
3) job enrichment increases variety of tasks, while job enlragement increases decision making
4) both are thought to impact satisfaction and performance
2) job enrichment involves more responsibility while job enlargement increases variety
going from student to psychologist is ENRICHING, you get more responsibility and you get RICH. You become satisfied and perform better.
Enlargement = more tasks
the concordance rate for identical twins with BP1 is about ___%
75-80
NOTE: it is the most heavily genetically loaded disorder
Which of the following theories would see job enrichment as a valuable intervention?
1) reinforcement theory
2) expectancy theory
3) two-factor theory
4)equity theory
3) two-factor theory
job enrichment = expanding to have more responsibility and increasing autonomy and freedom.
Herzberg two factor theory focuses on increasing employee responsibility will lead to increased satisfaction and performance
