PY 101 Exam 1
How can psychology be defined? What is the goal? - correct answer ✔The
science and study of the mind and behavior; the goal is to understand the
connection between behavior and mind.
How did early philosophers influence what we know today as psychology? -
correct answer ✔
Empiricism: - correct answer ✔
Structuralism: - correct answer ✔
Introspection: - correct answer ✔
Functionalism: - correct answer ✔
Experimental Research: - correct answer ✔
Correlational Research: - correct answer ✔
What is correlation? - correct answer ✔
How can we determine the strength of a correlation? What makes it strong?
What makes it weak? - correct answer ✔
What is a spurious correlation? - correct answer ✔
, Hypothesis: - correct answer ✔
Independent Variable: - correct answer ✔
Dependent Variable: - correct answer ✔
Occam's Razor: - correct answer ✔
Clever Hans: Why did it appear that he could do math? - correct answer ✔
Why is random assignment useful for experimental research? - correct
answer ✔
Populations vs. Samples: - correct answer ✔
Mean: - correct answer ✔
Median: - correct answer ✔
Mode: - correct answer ✔
When is mode most useful? - correct answer ✔
Normal Distributions: - correct answer ✔
How can psychology be defined? What is the goal? - correct answer ✔The
science and study of the mind and behavior; the goal is to understand the
connection between behavior and mind.
How did early philosophers influence what we know today as psychology? -
correct answer ✔
Empiricism: - correct answer ✔
Structuralism: - correct answer ✔
Introspection: - correct answer ✔
Functionalism: - correct answer ✔
Experimental Research: - correct answer ✔
Correlational Research: - correct answer ✔
What is correlation? - correct answer ✔
How can we determine the strength of a correlation? What makes it strong?
What makes it weak? - correct answer ✔
What is a spurious correlation? - correct answer ✔
, Hypothesis: - correct answer ✔
Independent Variable: - correct answer ✔
Dependent Variable: - correct answer ✔
Occam's Razor: - correct answer ✔
Clever Hans: Why did it appear that he could do math? - correct answer ✔
Why is random assignment useful for experimental research? - correct
answer ✔
Populations vs. Samples: - correct answer ✔
Mean: - correct answer ✔
Median: - correct answer ✔
Mode: - correct answer ✔
When is mode most useful? - correct answer ✔
Normal Distributions: - correct answer ✔
