AU PSYC 304 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Consider the following statement, "If negative emotions cause
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aggression, and if frustration induces negative emotion, then frustration
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must cause aggression." Which one of the following ways of knowing
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does this statement illustrate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Logic
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Determinism is the doctrine that all events: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Are
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Caused
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The fact that the order in which something occurs is important in
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establishing a cause and effect relationship is called: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Temporal Precedence |
Consider the following research title: "Cooperation among nursery
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school children under two types of instruction." In this study, the
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independent variable is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of Instruction
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At a day care centre, a researcher asks children to list their five favourite
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|toys from most favourite to least favourite. What level of measurement
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is represented in this example? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ordinal
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,An experiment in which the independent variable really caused the
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change in the dependent variable is said to be high in __________
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validity. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Internal
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Which of the following potential threats to internal validity is a
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researcher concerned about when she asks, "Have research participants
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with extreme scores on the variable of interest been pre-selected for
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the study"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Regression Effect
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A between-subjects experiment is one in which each subject: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-experiences only one of the conditions.
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Role demands are a source of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Subject Bias
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What is the main purpose of matching? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to
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reduce initial differences between the experimental and control groups
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on the dependent variable
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Do Exercise 1.2: Identify Facts, Laws, and Theory on page 34 of Research
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Methods. (2 points) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a.) Identify a statement in
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the paragraph that refers to theory
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, "One theory of hunger motivation says that the brain acts as a feedback
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mechanism, something like a thermostat, that has a set point, or ideal
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weight, which our body strives to maintain."
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b.) Identify a statement that may be considered a law and explain how it
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relates to the theory.
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"rats that are fed a high-fat diet will reduce their weight after they
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return to their normal diets"| | | |
This statement builds trust in the theory because it acts like proof that
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the brain (which is the rat's brain) does try to maintain an ideal weight
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when the rat's body weight is increased.
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c.) Identify one statement of fact. How is the fact explained by the
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theory?
"he remembered that the weight he had put on over Christmas holidays
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went away after he returned to college"
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This statement is a fact since Juan knows that it is true. This may be
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explained by theory as it is an indication that the brain is able to act as a
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thermostat to maintain a specific weight. To clarify, when Juan went
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home for Christmas, his weight increased above his normal set point in
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which that was normal to the body. However, when he returned back to
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college, Juan's brain worked to bring Juan's weight down to his original
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weight. (the weight before Christmas)
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Suggest an operational definition for each of the following constructs: (3
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points) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Aggression
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WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Consider the following statement, "If negative emotions cause
| | | | | | | |
aggression, and if frustration induces negative emotion, then frustration
| | | | | | | |
must cause aggression." Which one of the following ways of knowing
| | | | | | | | | | | |
does this statement illustrate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Logic
| | | | | |
Determinism is the doctrine that all events: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Are
| | | | | | | | |
Caused
|
The fact that the order in which something occurs is important in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
establishing a cause and effect relationship is called: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Temporal Precedence |
Consider the following research title: "Cooperation among nursery
| | | | | | | |
school children under two types of instruction." In this study, the
| | | | | | | | | | |
independent variable is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type of Instruction
| | | | | | |
At a day care centre, a researcher asks children to list their five favourite
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|toys from most favourite to least favourite. What level of measurement
| | | | | | | | | | |
is represented in this example? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ordinal
| | | | | | |
,An experiment in which the independent variable really caused the
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change in the dependent variable is said to be high in __________
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validity. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Internal
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Which of the following potential threats to internal validity is a
| | | | | | | | | | |
researcher concerned about when she asks, "Have research participants
| | | | | | | |
with extreme scores on the variable of interest been pre-selected for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the study"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Regression Effect
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A between-subjects experiment is one in which each subject: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-experiences only one of the conditions.
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Role demands are a source of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Subject Bias
| | | | | | | | |
What is the main purpose of matching? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to
| | | | | | | | | |
reduce initial differences between the experimental and control groups
| | | | | | | | |
on the dependent variable
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Do Exercise 1.2: Identify Facts, Laws, and Theory on page 34 of Research
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Methods. (2 points) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a.) Identify a statement in
| | | | | | | | | | |
the paragraph that refers to theory
| | | | |
, "One theory of hunger motivation says that the brain acts as a feedback
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
mechanism, something like a thermostat, that has a set point, or ideal
| | | | | | | | | | | |
weight, which our body strives to maintain."
| | | | | |
b.) Identify a statement that may be considered a law and explain how it
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
relates to the theory.
| | | |
"rats that are fed a high-fat diet will reduce their weight after they
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
return to their normal diets"| | | |
This statement builds trust in the theory because it acts like proof that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the brain (which is the rat's brain) does try to maintain an ideal weight
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
when the rat's body weight is increased.
| | | | | |
c.) Identify one statement of fact. How is the fact explained by the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
theory?
"he remembered that the weight he had put on over Christmas holidays
| | | | | | | | | | |
went away after he returned to college"
| | | | | | |
This statement is a fact since Juan knows that it is true. This may be
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
explained by theory as it is an indication that the brain is able to act as a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
thermostat to maintain a specific weight. To clarify, when Juan went
| | | | | | | | | | |
home for Christmas, his weight increased above his normal set point in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
which that was normal to the body. However, when he returned back to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
college, Juan's brain worked to bring Juan's weight down to his original
| | | | | | | | | | | |
weight. (the weight before Christmas)
| | | |
Suggest an operational definition for each of the following constructs: (3
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points) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Aggression
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