PSYC 100 Practice Multiple Choice | Questions and
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, c. cognitive b. antagonist
a. mean b. -0.72
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Chapter 6 Pg. 235 - your dog barks every time a stranger's car pulls
into the driveway, but not when you come home. Reacting to your car
differently is a sign of:
a. discrimination
b. generalization
c. spontaneous recovery
d. acquisition
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b. naturalistic observation b. spontaneous recovery
d. fixed-ratio a. discrimination
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Chapter 2 Pg. 39 - in a single-blind study, the participants do not know
the purpose of the study or the condition to which they are assigned.
What is the difference in a double-blind study?
a. the researcher tells the participants the purpose and their assigned
conditions of the study
b. the participants also do not know when the study begins or ends
c. the researcher also does not know which condition the participants
are in
d. the participants know the condition to which they have been
assigned, but the researcher does not
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a. the researcher is comparing pre- c. how different brain areas are
existing groups, rather than randomly involved with different cognitive
assigning people to them abilities
c. the researcher also does not
c. it makes specific, testable
know which condition the
prediction
participants are in
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, Chapter 1 Pg. 6 - a theory prediction is falsifiable if:
a. it is based on logic that is incorrect
b. it is impossible to test
c. it is precise enough that it could be proven false
d. it comes from pseudoscience
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c. fixed-interval schedule c. has identical copies of the gene
c. it is precise enough that it b. accepting common sense
could be proven false explanations
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Chapter 1 Pg. 24 - (answer) was the study of basic components of the
mind, while (answer) examined the role that specific behaviours may
have served in our species evolution:
a. structuralism; functionalism
b. behaviourism; functionalism
c. functionalism; structuralism
d. humanism; structuralism
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Questions and Answers
, c. cognitive b. antagonist
a. mean b. -0.72
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2 of 161
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Chapter 6 Pg. 235 - your dog barks every time a stranger's car pulls
into the driveway, but not when you come home. Reacting to your car
differently is a sign of:
a. discrimination
b. generalization
c. spontaneous recovery
d. acquisition
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b. naturalistic observation b. spontaneous recovery
d. fixed-ratio a. discrimination
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, 3 of 161
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Chapter 2 Pg. 39 - in a single-blind study, the participants do not know
the purpose of the study or the condition to which they are assigned.
What is the difference in a double-blind study?
a. the researcher tells the participants the purpose and their assigned
conditions of the study
b. the participants also do not know when the study begins or ends
c. the researcher also does not know which condition the participants
are in
d. the participants know the condition to which they have been
assigned, but the researcher does not
Give this one a try later!
a. the researcher is comparing pre- c. how different brain areas are
existing groups, rather than randomly involved with different cognitive
assigning people to them abilities
c. the researcher also does not
c. it makes specific, testable
know which condition the
prediction
participants are in
Don't know?
4 of 161
Term
, Chapter 1 Pg. 6 - a theory prediction is falsifiable if:
a. it is based on logic that is incorrect
b. it is impossible to test
c. it is precise enough that it could be proven false
d. it comes from pseudoscience
Give this one a try later!
c. fixed-interval schedule c. has identical copies of the gene
c. it is precise enough that it b. accepting common sense
could be proven false explanations
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5 of 161
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Chapter 1 Pg. 24 - (answer) was the study of basic components of the
mind, while (answer) examined the role that specific behaviours may
have served in our species evolution:
a. structuralism; functionalism
b. behaviourism; functionalism
c. functionalism; structuralism
d. humanism; structuralism
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