Mixed
What is psychology primarily concerned with studying?
Human behavior and mental processes
What does a correlation coefficient tell us?
The strength and direction of a relationship
Why is informed consent important?
It ensures participants understand what participation involves
In classical conditioning, an unconditioned stimulus naturally produces a:
Unconditioned response
Which model emphasizes different components of working/short-term memory?
Working memory model
Name two examples of a mental process
Memory, Perception, Attention, Language, Learning, Planning, Problem Solving, Reasining, Creativity
What is a key characteristic of qualitative research?
It explores meanings, experiences and perspectives
What is the purpose of a debriefing?
To explain the study and clarify relevant information after participation
Operant conditioning focuses primarily on how behavior is influenced by:
Consequences: Punishment or Reinforcement
Which is a biological factor that can influence cognitive processes?
Brain structures and neurotransmitters
Which research method allows researchers to investigate cause-and-effect relationships?
Experiment
What is inferential statistics used for?
To make conclusions about a population from a sample
Why do researchers operationalize variables?
To make variables measurable in a specific way
According to schema theory, schemas are:
Mental frameworks used to organize and interpret information
Which model describes sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory?
Multi-store model
In an experiment, what are the independent and dependent variables?
Independent: The variable manipulated by the researcher
Dependent: The variable measured
What is a control condition used for?
To provide a comparison with the experimental condition
What does validity refer to?
Whether a measure or study measures what it is intended to measure
According to schema theory, why might two people remember the same event differently?
Their existing schemas may influence how they interpret and reconstruct the event
What is extinction in classical conditioning?
The conditioned response decreases
A researcher changes sleep duration and measures reaction time. What is the DV?
Reaction time
Why is replication important in psychological research?
It helps determine whether findings can be consistently reproduced
What does reliability refer to?
Whether a measure produces consistent results
Which brain structure is strongly associated with the formation of new long-term declarative memories?
Hippocampus
Which statement best distinguishes the Multi-Store Model from the Working Memory Model?
The Multi-Store Model proposes separate memory stores, while the Working Memory Model explains short-term memory as a system with different components.