Research Methods
Cognitive Psychology
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Christmas
Movies + TV
100

Name 4 situational variables

Light

Temp

Sound

Smell

100

What are the 3 stores in Multi Store Model?

SM, STM, LTM

100

How many stars are there on the USA flag?

50

100

The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it?

Macy's

100

A Harry Potter stunt double was paralyzed on the job. Which actor did the stunt double do stunts for?

Daniel Radcliffe


200

What is the best way to reduce the drawbacks of a repeated measures design?

Counterbalancing

200

Input - ???? - Output

Process

200

What is the main ingredient in shampoo?

Water

200

In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?

Paris

200

hich country does Forrest Gump travel to as part of the All-American Ping-Pong Team?

China

300

2 weaknesses of a natural experiment?

Lack of control.

Extraneous variables.

300

Which part of the working memory model connects working memory to LTM?

Episodic Buffer

300

What is the capital city of Syria?

Damascus

300

Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?

Germany

300

If you watch the Marvel movies in chronological order, which movie would you watch first?

Captain America: The First Avenger

400

What are 3 key words related to issues with generalizability?

Androcentric

Gynocentric

Low Pop Val

400

What was the sample in Brewer + Treyens study?

86 university psychology students

400

Where was the first Starbucks outside of North America - which country?

Japan

400

How many gifts in total were given in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song?

364

400

Which actor plays Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan?

Matt Damon

500

What is it called when we record behaviours in intervals in an observation e.g. 1 minute look for 1 behaviour, 2nd minute look for a different behaviour etc.

Timed Sampling! NOT EVENT SAMPLING

500

Tversky + Kahneman: The researchers found that the median for the ascending group was 512; the median for the descending group was.......

2250

500

Which famous pop band was called "Kara’s Flowers" up until 2001?

Maroon 5

500

How many Christmas tree seedlings are planted each year? 

50-60 million

500

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth first met on the set of which film?

The Last Song