Psy Final Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers

PSY FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. Which of the following research topics would a developmental psychologist most likely be
interested in?
Answer:
how infants and young adults perform on a memory task

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2. How do cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience differ?
Answer:
Cognitive neuroscience focuses more on brain structures and function than cognitive psychology.

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3. You meet a researcher who says they are studying how nerve cells in different parts of the brain
interact when recalling a memory. This researcher is likely a
Answer:
biological psychologist

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4. Your teenage daughter has been accused of being a cyberbully. The best thing you should tell your
daughter is
Answer:
it is an aggressive act that could cause another person to feel depressed or even harm themselves

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5. An empiricist philosopher who believed the mind was a "blank slate" would most likely believe
what about mental illnesses?
Answer:
that they were the result of negative experiences during childhood

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6. Pavlov and Watson were behaviorists who followed different avenues of research. The common
thread between them was
Answer:
the link between environmental cues and behavior.

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7. Which of the following explains why behaviorists performed research on animals?
Answer:
Evolutionary theory suggests parallels between human and animal behavior.

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8. Which of the following techniques would an 18th century philosopher use to study memory?
Answer:
by reporting on his own subjective experiences while remembering events

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9. Which of the following is a common critique of Freud?
Answer:
His methods were not scientific.

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10. Which of the following approaches to psychology emphasizes the idea that one whole experience
is different from the breakdown of that experience?
Answer:
Gestalt psychology

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11. A psychologist who utilizes research on schizophrenia to develop a treatment plan is a(n)
Answer:
clinical psychologist

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12. The approach to psychology that focuses on the purpose of behavior is known as
Answer:
functionalism.

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13. You meet a researcher who says they are studying how the hippocampus, a part of the brain in the
temporal lobe, is involved in memory for events. This researcher is most likely a
Answer:
cognitive neuroscientist

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14. You read about an early 20th-century psychologist who studied why visual illusions occur, and
what purpose they serve in survival. This psychologist was most likely a
Answer:
functionalist

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15. Which of the following explains the difference between psychiatrists and clinical psychologists?
Answer:
Psychiatrists can prescribe medication and clinical psychologists cannot

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16. Which of the following is a biological psychologist most likely to study?
Answer:
brain activity during reading

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17. How is evolutionary psychology related to James's concept of functionalism?
Answer:
Both focus on the evolutionary function of certain behaviors.

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18. Tim is looking forward to sharing the results of his most recent study. How should he share his
findings according to the scientific method?
Answer:
Send his results to other researchers in his field to read and critique the findings before publishing.

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19. An example of a positive correlation would be based on which of the following results?
Answer:
High levels of sedentary behavior during the day are related to higher blood pressure.

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20. Another way of saying we have found statistical significance would be to say
Answer:
these results are unlikely to be due to chance in the large majority of cases.

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21. Rose has received IRB approval to conduct a study. She plans to recruit young women to wear an
activity tracker for one week and complete daily questionnaires. Prior to enrolling a participant, what
must Rose do?
Answer:
Rose must inform the participant of the potential risks and benefits involved in participating in the
study.

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22. A professor is scoring her students' exams and realizes she was grading each question on a scale
from 0 to 3 instead of 1 to 4. If she makes this adjustment, which of the following would be true?
Answer:
Only the mean will change, the standard deviation will stay the same.

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23. Which of the following is a description of a study using naturalistic observation methods?
Answer:
going to a playground and taking notes on how boys and girls play

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24. According to the textbook, the primary strength associated with using experimental research
method is that
Answer:
it allows control of variables and allow for the study of causal relationships.

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25. Experimental research is to correlational research as confounding variable is to
Answer:
third variable.