Psychology Perspectives
A concern with the reasoning processes that contribute to effective problem solving is most characteristic of the _________ perspective.
Cognitive
One method to control for experimenter bias effects in research is to use
a. reserve control group
b. single- blind
c. double blind
d. non-representative sample
c. double blind
If we view an experiment as an attempt to establish a cause-effect relationship, the ____ variable would be the cause, and the ____ variable would be the effect.
independent; dependent
People agree to participate in a research study by means of
Informed Consent
A psychologist had students take a survey about their motivation to do homework on a scale from one to ten. What is the mode of the following data set?
4, 8, 1, 3, 7, 2, 9, 2, 10
2
Celia believes that her son has become an excellent student because she consistently uses praise and affection to stimulate his learning efforts. Her belief best illustrates a _________ perspective.
Behavioral
A market research firm calls you on the phone and asks you a series of questions about your TV watching habits. The market research firm is conducting a(n)
survey
In order to learn about the political attitudes of all students enrolled at Arizona State University, Professor Raja randomly selected 800 of these students to complete a questionnaire. In this instance, all the students enrolled at Arizona State University are considered to be a(n):
IV, control group, DV, population
population
One of the goals for developing ethical principles by the American Psychological Association was the ensure
A. Participants were not involved in more than one experiment
B. Participants were paid for their involvement
C. Participants understand the hypothesis and goal of the study
D. Participants are protected from physical and psychological harm
D. Participants are protected from physical and psychological harm
What is the median of the following numbers: 1, 2, 5, 4, 7, 8, 1, 7, 7,
7
This perspective developed as a reaction against the pessimism of the behavioral and psychodynamic perspectives:
Humanistic
Phineas Gage was an example of which type of psychological study
Case Study
An experiment in which the participants do not know whether they are receiving a treatment or not?
a. double
b.single
c. sectional
d. longitudinal
Single- blind study
Which of the following should be adhered to in conducting ethical research?
A. informed consent
B. debriefing
C. confidentiality
D. All of the above
All
Which of the following correlation coefficients expresses the strongest degree of relationship between two variables?
A)+0.10
B)–0.67
C)0.00
D)–0.10
E) +0.59
B
Arguments as to whether psychological differences between men and women result from biological or social influences most clearly involve a debate over the issue of:
nature versus nurture
To observe how individuals change over time, scientists use a(n)
longitudinal study
A researcher wants to see if a protein-enriched diet will enhance the maze-running performance of rats. One group of rats is fed the high-protein diet for the duration of the study; the other group continues to receive ordinary rat chow. In this experiment, the group of rats that is fed the high-protein diet is ____ group; the group that receives ordinary rat chow is ____ group.
an experimental; a control
One of your friends is writing a research paper and wants to obtain information about the depth of personal information people typically reveal during a first date. Directly observing a large number of people during a first date will be difficult, so your friend asks for your advice on the best way to collect this type of data. The best suggestion would be for your friend to use
survey
When Mr. Aladdin calculated his students' algebra test scores, he noticed that two students had extremely low scores. Which measure of central tendency is affected most by the scores of these two students?
Mean
Roz believes that individuals respond to reality not as it is in the objective world of matter, but as it is in the subjective reality of the individual’s inner world of thoughts and imagination. Roz’s belief best illustrates the ________________ perspective
In order to compare the pace of life in different countries, investigators measured the speed with which postal clerks completed a simple request. This best illustrates the use of a research method known as:
case study, naturalistic, random assignment, survey
naturalistic observation
If psychologists discovered that wealthy people are less satisfied with their marriages than poor people are, this would indicate that wealth and marital satisfaction are:
IV, DV, positively correlated, negatively correlated
negativity correlated
Why is it ethical to deceive participants
debrief
What is Statistical Significance
The data is significant when the likelihood of the difference between the experimental group and control due to chance is less than 5% = results are not a fluke and can be published