Introduction to Psych
Research Methods- A
Research Methods - B
Perspectives
Psychology as a Science
100
Psychology is defined as ________. 1. Science of conscious and unconscious forces of behavior 2. empirical study of the mind 3. scientific study of the mind 4. scientific study behavior and mental processes
4. Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
100
Andrew is asking public school teachers a series of questions about the types of problems they encounter most in their classrooms and about their attitudes and perceptions toward their work and communities. What type of technique is he using? 1. experiment 2. survey 3. natural observation 4. case study
2. survey
100
____ research is used to study the brain and other parts of the nervous system. 1. Traditional 2. Psychological 3. Biological 4. Clinical
3. Biological
100

One limitation of our understanding of behavior is that most research has been conducted on subjects from North America

Social

100

After the horror of 911, many people said the American government should obviously foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism.  This perception clearly demonstrates...

Hindsight Bias

200
The goals of psychology are to __________ 1. explore the conscious and unconscious functions of the mind 2. describe, explain, predict, and change behavior and mental processes 3. improve psychological well-being in all individuals 4. understand, compare, and analyze human behavior
2. describe, explain, predict, and change behavior and mental processes
200
Dr. Anthony Damasio and his colleagues studied a woman who could not recognize the facial expression of fear. After neurological tests and extensive interviews, they discovered that this inability resulted from damage to her amygdala. This in-depth study of one person is called a: 1. survey. 2. naturalistic observation. 3. case study. 4. laboratory observation.
3. case study
200
The control group in an experiment is the group in which participants ____. 1. do not receive the dependent variable 2. receive the DV 3. receive no treatment 4. receive the IV
3. receive no treatment
200

Personality is attributable more to genes than to environmental experience

Behavior Genetics

200

Jomiyah suggests that because children are more impulsive than adults, they will have more difficulty controlling their anger.  Jomiyah's prediction regarding anger management is an example of ...

Hypothesis

300
What is the process of objectively evaluating, comparing, analyzing,and synthesizing information? 1. empiricism 2. science 3. critical thinking 4. mental processing
3. critical thinking
300
Cause and effect conclusions can be drawn from ___ studies. 1. experimental 2. descriptive 3. correlational 4. case
1. experimental
300
____ are manipulated; ____ are measured. 1. Dependent variables; independent variables 2. Surveys, experiments 3. Statistics; correlations 4. IV's; DV's
4. IV's; DV's
300

The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with mental activities such as perception, memory and language is called?

Cognitive

300

 behavior in terms of innate biological factors (namely genetics).

Nature

400

An astrologer, who claims that there is a correlation between birth date and many personality traits, is actually practicing a form of _________ rather than actual science. 1. psychology 2. nonexperimental study 3. pseudopsychology 4. descriptive analysis

3. pseudopsychology

400
Simone is doing research with head injury victims who are in physical therapy. She believes that the addition of music to their physical therapy routine will enable them to better coordinate their motor skills. She randomizes the patients into two groups. Group A will get the regular physical therapy sessions. Group B will get the identical physical therapy sessions while listening to music. What is the independent variable? 1. physical therapy 2. music 3. motor skills 4. type of head injury
2. music
400
A sample is BEST defined as ____. 1. a group of participants in a study who have sampled the treatment conditions 2. a selected group of participants that is representative of a larger population 3. the total number of all possible cases from which a population is selected 4. a group of participants in a study that is atypical of the larger population
2. a selected group of participants that is representative of a larger population
400

Investigating whether a dog could be conditioned to bark when it detected the odor of a specific narcotic drug would have been of most direct interest to the school of thought known as?

Behavioral

400

behavior in terms of upbringing or life experience.

Nurture

500

Psychologists attempt to let the facts speak for themselves by using an approach that is best described as 1. empirical 2. psychodynamic 3. introspective 4. clinical

1 empirical

500

A study randomized school-aged children into either a small class or a large class. When tested years later, children who had spend their K-3 years in small classes scored better on all tests of academic performance than did the students in larger classes. What is the dependent variable? 1. small class size 2. large class size 3. academic performance 4. none of the above

3. academic performance

500

Experimenter bias refers to ______. 1. intentional subtle cues given by a researcher that lead a subject to guess what the correct response should be 2. experimenters that unintentionally let their beliefs and expectations influence the results of a study 3. the experimenter's belief that his or her study results are more accurate than any other study's results 4. the tendency of experimenters to unintentionally report their results in a manner which always supports their hypotheses

2. experimenters that unintentionally let their beliefs and expectations influence the results of a study

500

Tries to understand relative power and limits of genetics by examining specific traits that were passed on over time and how they have shaped our behavior today.

Evolutionary

500

This group of people is studied is conducted to evaluate the degree of genetic and environmental influence on a specific trait.

Twins

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