Research Methods
What does an experiment need to have to be generalizeable?
Random selection
The BDI is a "depression inventory" named for an American psychiatrist with what surname?
Beck
Also the title of an HBO drama, what psychology term describes the mental state of extreme happiness?
Euphoria
What conference are psych students sent to thanks to psych club funding for presenting research?
Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Conference
What day is the Fall Equinox this year?
Today!!! Tuesday, September 22.
In this theoretical study, identify the IV and DV:
I want to determine how a persons' quality of life is impacted by how many minutes the individual exercises per day.
IV: Minutes of exercise per day
DV: QoL
Fill-in-the-blank: In 1920, John Watson used behavioral stimuli to condition a baby known as ____ to be afraid of mice?
Little Albert
Commonly used to treat depression, the class of drugs known as SSRIs gets its name because they increase levels of what "feel-good chemical" in the brain?
Serotonin
What is the international honor society in psychology called (Hint: Mansfield has a chapter)?
Psi Chi
What is the natural color of leaves?
Orange/yellow, they turn green in the presence of chlorophyll.
What is the unconscious influence by the researcher on participant behavior or responses through expectations or cues?
Experimenter Bias
What 20th-century German developmental psychologist with an “E” name coined the term “identity crisis?” (Hint: His last name is a derivation of his first name, as he rejected the last name given to him by his stepfather as part of his own personal crisis.)
Erik Erikson
The Rorschach test is a psychological test that involves subjects' perceptions of what black and white design?
Inkblots
What psychology staff member at Mansfield is also our Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education?
Dr. Gretchen Sechrist
What were apples called in colonial times (Hint: Another fruit is in the name)?
Winter bananas
What type of validity measures the degree to which you can confidently say the independent variable caused the dependent variable?
Internal Validity
What psychologist and professor organized the infamous Stanford Prison experiment, which demonstrated the corrupt and violent depths students would go to when given authority at a fake prison?
Philip Zimbardo
Heliotherapy is used to treat what specific disorder?
SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
What conference does Mansfield get invited to that celebrates and shares the creative works (and research studies) of students at public liberal arts colleges? (Hint: McKenna presented at the one in Keene, NH last October)
COPLAC NEURSCA
What time is the Fall Equinox today? (EDT)
8:05PM EDT
What is the percentage of participants that withdraw from a study before it is completed called?
Attrition
What 20th-century American developmental psychologist tested her “attachment theory” and the relationship of small children to their caregivers by placing them in “strange situations,” in which the caregiver was removed from the child in small increments?
Mary Ainsworth
What is at the top of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs?
Self-actualization (realizing and achieving your full potential)
What year did Dr. Francis Craig start teaching at Mansfield?
1998
What happens to hay that excessively ferments after being too wet for a long period of time?
Spontaneous combustion