PSYCHOLOGY EXAM #1 (CHAPTERS
1-3) 2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Examines relationships between two variables (ex: cigs to lung
cancer)
A: allows prediction
D: does not provide evidence, illusory correlation
(false) - correct answer-Correlational Research
Involves deliberately one variable to see if it causes a change
in another
A: allows cause and effect
D: can not control variable and limited ethical
Constraints - correct answer-Experimental Method
Inferring that the results for a sample apply to the larger
population - correct answer-Generalize
When observations may be skewed to align with observer
expectations - correct answer-Observer Bias
, A subset of a larger population in which every member of the
population has an equal chance of being included to be
measured - correct answer-Random Sample
Description of how variables are to be mearsurd, Need to decid
what to include as evidence of violence. - correct answer-
Operational Definition
The group that receives the experimental manipulation - correct
answer-Experimental Group
The group that doesn't receive the experimental treatment -
correct answer-Control Group
Method of group assignment in which all participants have an
equal chance of being assigned to either group - correct
answer-Random Assignment
People expectations results/ influences the outcome - correct
answer-Placebo Effect
A possibility that a researchers' expectations may influence or
skew the results of the study - correct answer-Experimenter
Bias
You are unaware of which experiment group you are in - correct
answer-Single-Blind Study
1-3) 2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Examines relationships between two variables (ex: cigs to lung
cancer)
A: allows prediction
D: does not provide evidence, illusory correlation
(false) - correct answer-Correlational Research
Involves deliberately one variable to see if it causes a change
in another
A: allows cause and effect
D: can not control variable and limited ethical
Constraints - correct answer-Experimental Method
Inferring that the results for a sample apply to the larger
population - correct answer-Generalize
When observations may be skewed to align with observer
expectations - correct answer-Observer Bias
, A subset of a larger population in which every member of the
population has an equal chance of being included to be
measured - correct answer-Random Sample
Description of how variables are to be mearsurd, Need to decid
what to include as evidence of violence. - correct answer-
Operational Definition
The group that receives the experimental manipulation - correct
answer-Experimental Group
The group that doesn't receive the experimental treatment -
correct answer-Control Group
Method of group assignment in which all participants have an
equal chance of being assigned to either group - correct
answer-Random Assignment
People expectations results/ influences the outcome - correct
answer-Placebo Effect
A possibility that a researchers' expectations may influence or
skew the results of the study - correct answer-Experimenter
Bias
You are unaware of which experiment group you are in - correct
answer-Single-Blind Study
