PY 101 (Chapter 1)
Psychology - correct answer ✔the study of mind and behavior
False - correct answer ✔Who you are today can be entirely linked to your
genetic make-up and what was present at birth (Nature). T or F?
Biopsychosocial - correct answer ✔is made up of three levels: Biology,
pyschology, and environment
Wilheim Wundt - correct answer ✔established the first psychology laboratory
in Germany at the University of Leipzig
Behaviorism and Freudism - correct answer ✔Two leading forces in
psychology in the 1920's-1960's?
False - correct answer ✔Correlation proves causation. T or F?
Debriefed - correct answer ✔At the end of an experiment that used human
participants the participants must be?
Theory - correct answer ✔What lead to hypotheses?
Research - correct answer ✔Hypothesis lead to?
Developmental and Basic Research - correct answer ✔Dr. Rothrock is a
______________________ psychologist. Therefore her subfield of
psychology is ____________________ (Basic research/applied research).
, To explore cause and effect - correct answer ✔What is the purpose of
experimental research?
True - correct answer ✔To be a psychiatrist you must have a M.D. or a D.O.
(T or F)
Hindsight Bias - correct answer ✔The I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon is also
known as __________
confirm, reject, or revise - correct answer ✔The last steps of the scientific
method are_____________, ________________, or _________________
negative correlation - correct answer ✔a relationship between two variables
such that as the value of one variable increases, the other decreases.
positive correlation - correct answer ✔a relationship between two variables
where if one variable increases, the other one also increases.
Descriptive Research - correct answer ✔What kind of research records and
observes behaviors?
Personality Psychologist - correct answer ✔A psychologist who investigates
our persistent traits
Confounding Variable - correct answer ✔A factor other than the independent
variable the might produce an effect in an experiment
Psychology - correct answer ✔the study of mind and behavior
False - correct answer ✔Who you are today can be entirely linked to your
genetic make-up and what was present at birth (Nature). T or F?
Biopsychosocial - correct answer ✔is made up of three levels: Biology,
pyschology, and environment
Wilheim Wundt - correct answer ✔established the first psychology laboratory
in Germany at the University of Leipzig
Behaviorism and Freudism - correct answer ✔Two leading forces in
psychology in the 1920's-1960's?
False - correct answer ✔Correlation proves causation. T or F?
Debriefed - correct answer ✔At the end of an experiment that used human
participants the participants must be?
Theory - correct answer ✔What lead to hypotheses?
Research - correct answer ✔Hypothesis lead to?
Developmental and Basic Research - correct answer ✔Dr. Rothrock is a
______________________ psychologist. Therefore her subfield of
psychology is ____________________ (Basic research/applied research).
, To explore cause and effect - correct answer ✔What is the purpose of
experimental research?
True - correct answer ✔To be a psychiatrist you must have a M.D. or a D.O.
(T or F)
Hindsight Bias - correct answer ✔The I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon is also
known as __________
confirm, reject, or revise - correct answer ✔The last steps of the scientific
method are_____________, ________________, or _________________
negative correlation - correct answer ✔a relationship between two variables
such that as the value of one variable increases, the other decreases.
positive correlation - correct answer ✔a relationship between two variables
where if one variable increases, the other one also increases.
Descriptive Research - correct answer ✔What kind of research records and
observes behaviors?
Personality Psychologist - correct answer ✔A psychologist who investigates
our persistent traits
Confounding Variable - correct answer ✔A factor other than the independent
variable the might produce an effect in an experiment
