PSYCHOLOGY 2301 EXAM 1 UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED PREPARATION RESOURCE
●● Meta cognition is defined as
Answer: Our ability to adequately assess our own knowledge
●● The first behaviorist was John B. Watson, who was greatly
influenced by the work of
Answer: Pavlov
●● Which of the following types of evidence provided the foundation
for Freuds psychodynamic theory?
Answer: Case studies of patients in psychotherapy
●● Which of the following defines behaviorism?
Answer: Based on the premise that is not possible to objectively study
the mind, and therefore that psychologists should limit their attention to
the study of behavior itself
●● Which of the following best defines health psychology?
Answer: The study of how biology and behavior influences illness
,●● Which of the following statements best expresses the aim of the
functionalist approach?
Answer: It seeks to identify what the mind contains
●● What allowed psychologists to become objective over time?
Answer: Development and implementation of more scientific
approaches
●● The set of assumptions, rules, and procedures that scientists use to
conduct research. This statement best describes
Answer: The scientific method
●● Which approach to psychology is concerned with how people see
themselves and others
Answer: Social-cultural
●● One morning, Alan wakes to the news that a powerful earthquake
occurred in California "I told you the bigone would hit this year!" he
exclaims. Alan appears subject to the ______ bias
Answer: Hindsight
●● Creating knowledge is to using knowledge as _____ is to _____
Answer: Research psychologist; experimental psychologist
,●● Dr. O'Connor is telling his participants before he begins the
experiment that their participation is completely voluntary and that they
can stop taking part at any time Dr. O'Connor is
Answer: Obtaining informed consent
●● "Every time I take it, it tells me something different" complains your
friend, turning away from the online personality quiz she just completed.
Your friend is complaining about the test's
Answer: Reliability
●● Dr.Evans prepares a set of question to ask college students about
their drinking behavior and their attitudes toward alcohol. Dr. Evans is
undertaking
Answer: A survey
●● A particular county includes several affluent communities in which
home values are extremely high. Which of the following is the best
prediction we can make regarding the mean and median home values in
the county as a whole?
Answer: The mean and median home values are different
●● "The average was 75," explains Dr. Morales, handing back the
semesters 1st midterm. The lowest score was 32, and there were several
in the 40's . But I had some 95's, 96's, and even a 98. 2nd midterm
average is 75, few in low 60's, bunch in the high 80's and 90's.
, Answer: The means were the some one the 3 tests but the standard
deviation was higher on the 1st than 2nd
●● A behavior, event, or other characteristic that can take on different
values is termed as
Answer: Variable
●● At DUI checkpoint, some cars are stopped at random; many others
are not stopped. Using the terminology of psychological research, the
cars that pass by
Answer: Sample
●● Variables other than the independent variable on which participants
differ are termed _____ variables. They threaten _____ validity
Answer: Confounding; internal
●● Which of the following alternatives correctly pairs a concept with its
definition?
Answer: Data; information collected through formal observation or
measurement
●● Which of the following vest defines an operational definition?
Answer: A method of turning conceptual variables into measured
variables
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED PREPARATION RESOURCE
●● Meta cognition is defined as
Answer: Our ability to adequately assess our own knowledge
●● The first behaviorist was John B. Watson, who was greatly
influenced by the work of
Answer: Pavlov
●● Which of the following types of evidence provided the foundation
for Freuds psychodynamic theory?
Answer: Case studies of patients in psychotherapy
●● Which of the following defines behaviorism?
Answer: Based on the premise that is not possible to objectively study
the mind, and therefore that psychologists should limit their attention to
the study of behavior itself
●● Which of the following best defines health psychology?
Answer: The study of how biology and behavior influences illness
,●● Which of the following statements best expresses the aim of the
functionalist approach?
Answer: It seeks to identify what the mind contains
●● What allowed psychologists to become objective over time?
Answer: Development and implementation of more scientific
approaches
●● The set of assumptions, rules, and procedures that scientists use to
conduct research. This statement best describes
Answer: The scientific method
●● Which approach to psychology is concerned with how people see
themselves and others
Answer: Social-cultural
●● One morning, Alan wakes to the news that a powerful earthquake
occurred in California "I told you the bigone would hit this year!" he
exclaims. Alan appears subject to the ______ bias
Answer: Hindsight
●● Creating knowledge is to using knowledge as _____ is to _____
Answer: Research psychologist; experimental psychologist
,●● Dr. O'Connor is telling his participants before he begins the
experiment that their participation is completely voluntary and that they
can stop taking part at any time Dr. O'Connor is
Answer: Obtaining informed consent
●● "Every time I take it, it tells me something different" complains your
friend, turning away from the online personality quiz she just completed.
Your friend is complaining about the test's
Answer: Reliability
●● Dr.Evans prepares a set of question to ask college students about
their drinking behavior and their attitudes toward alcohol. Dr. Evans is
undertaking
Answer: A survey
●● A particular county includes several affluent communities in which
home values are extremely high. Which of the following is the best
prediction we can make regarding the mean and median home values in
the county as a whole?
Answer: The mean and median home values are different
●● "The average was 75," explains Dr. Morales, handing back the
semesters 1st midterm. The lowest score was 32, and there were several
in the 40's . But I had some 95's, 96's, and even a 98. 2nd midterm
average is 75, few in low 60's, bunch in the high 80's and 90's.
, Answer: The means were the some one the 3 tests but the standard
deviation was higher on the 1st than 2nd
●● A behavior, event, or other characteristic that can take on different
values is termed as
Answer: Variable
●● At DUI checkpoint, some cars are stopped at random; many others
are not stopped. Using the terminology of psychological research, the
cars that pass by
Answer: Sample
●● Variables other than the independent variable on which participants
differ are termed _____ variables. They threaten _____ validity
Answer: Confounding; internal
●● Which of the following alternatives correctly pairs a concept with its
definition?
Answer: Data; information collected through formal observation or
measurement
●● Which of the following vest defines an operational definition?
Answer: A method of turning conceptual variables into measured
variables
