Psychologists
"How can I create a more productive, inclusive workplace?" is a question that which type of applied psychologist might research?
Industrial-Organizational Psychologist.
A psychologist who believes that behaviors are learned from by our culture and environment, and that they can be changed is consistent with which approach to psychology?
Nurture (empiricism).
When we define a variable we are studying by the measure we will use to quantify it, we are creating what?
An operational definition.
You are looking to study student behavior at Binghamton. You want to design a method that yields a large pool of data and has good external validity. You are not looking to establish cause and effect from this study. Which type of method should you use?
Descriptive.
A research psychologist.
You ask Mark, a psychologist, why he believes male peacocks have colorful feathers. He tells you it is because it helps them to attract female mates. Mark aligns with which approach to psychology?
Functionalism.
You create a hypothesis for your experiment stating that you believe ****. What is the problem with this hypothesis?
It is not falsifiable.
Confounding variables are variables outside of your manipulation that can influence your data. What type of validity is at risk when you have the effect of confounding variables?
Internal validity
Researchers collected data on procrastination and punctuality and found a correlation coefficient of r = -0.85. Given this statistic, if a participant reports high levels of punctuality, what can we safely assume of their procrastination habits?
We can safely assume they report low levels of procrastination.
Psychologists trained to teach coping skills, communication skills, and typically work in clinics, addiction therapy centers, and schools are what type of psychologist?
Counseling Psychologists.
The use of the Trolley Problem to study decision making and standardize experience is and example of what kind of structuralism?
Systematic Introspection
Blushing while discussing the person, an increased pulse, dilated pupils, number of name mentions, etc.
Scott is designing a study to observe how much college students pay attention during early morning classes. To do this, Scott sits in on an 8am psychology class every day for a week. The students are aware that Scott is observing them and studying their attention. This may cause what issue of observational studies?
Reactivity.
Researchers intending to study the relationship between sleep and academic performance collected data from college aged students. They collected the average hours of sleep per night over a semester and the average performance on PSYC 111 exams of 200 Binghamton students and analyzed the relationship between these data. This research is consistent with what type of research study design?
Correlational study.
Monica is a psychologist trained to administer therapy and diagnose psychological problems. However, Monica is not able to prescribe medications to patients. Is Monica a clinician or a psychiatrist?
Clinician.
Dr. Mattson polled a group of his biology students on why the leaves on Binghamton trees are green. He found that the majority of these students answered that it is because of the chlorophyll they contain and reflection of light off of them into your eyes. These students hold which view of psychology?
Structuralism.
If you were looking to study laziness in college students, what measures could you use to operationalize "laziness"?
Amount of time spent doing homework, amount of time spent in bed, wake-up time each day, amount of exercise per week, etc.
John is conducting a study on sleep habits of college students. He gives out a form to students in which informs his participants that greater hours of sleep per night result in better exam performance on average. He polls Binghamton students on their hours of sleep each night for 3 weeks and when analyzing his data pool he notices a majority of students self reporting above average hours of sleep per night. John wonders if the students are sleeping more because they can assume the purpose of John's study. What effect is John worried about?
Expectancy bias.
Nicole is in the field of health psychology and is collecting data on adult smoking habits in the hopes of formulating a program to help people decrease their overall smoking levels. Nicole is what type of psychologist?
Applied psychologist.
Dr. Stanner believes that behavior is a direct result of our observations and experiences, while Dr. Smith believes that behaviors arise from our genetics and the effects of natural selection. Dr. Stanner and Dr. Smith hold which opposing views of psychology?
Empiricism (Stanner) and Nativism (Smith). (Nurture, Nature)
"Increased water temperature raises the heartrate of water fleas." is an example of a proper hypothesis. What is wrong with the hypothesis "Water fleas enjoy cold water temperatures the most." ?
It is not testable.
In an effort to study student attention and behavior in an 8 am class, you join the 8 am class and observe daily behaviors. You are performing which type of observational study?