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PSY301 Midterm (Lecture 1) Questions with
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The 4 Goals of Psychological Research
✓✓ Describe, predict, explain, and control behavior.
Describing behavior is to
✓✓ identify regularly occurring sequences of events or
rare/complex events.
Describing behavior includes
✓✓ environmental events (stimuli) and behavioral events
(responses).
What do you ask when describing behavior?
✓✓ "What happens, and in what circumstance(s)?"
Predicting behavior is to
✓✓ say that behavior follows laws is to say that regular and
predictable relationships exist between variables.
Explaining behavior is to
✓✓ give the reason for.
To explain some behavior is to know with some degree of
confidence
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✓✓ what caused it to happen.
What do you ask when explaining behavior?
✓✓ "What caused it?"
Controlling behavior is to
✓✓ direct or regulate.
Controlling behavior makes it possible for
✓✓ people's lives to change for the better.
What goal of psychological research is a researcher illustrating
in saying: "I want to know how to more effectively help people
quit gambling."
✓✓ Control Behavior
What goal of psychological research is a researcher illustrating
in saying: "I want to know what the biggest risk factors for
cutting behavior are."
✓✓ Predicting Behavior
What goal of psychological research is a researcher illustrating
in saying: "What causes childhood obesity?"
✓✓ Explaining Behavior
PSY301 Midterm (Lecture 1) Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers for Accuracy
The 4 Goals of Psychological Research
✓✓ Describe, predict, explain, and control behavior.
Describing behavior is to
✓✓ identify regularly occurring sequences of events or
rare/complex events.
Describing behavior includes
✓✓ environmental events (stimuli) and behavioral events
(responses).
What do you ask when describing behavior?
✓✓ "What happens, and in what circumstance(s)?"
Predicting behavior is to
✓✓ say that behavior follows laws is to say that regular and
predictable relationships exist between variables.
Explaining behavior is to
✓✓ give the reason for.
To explain some behavior is to know with some degree of
confidence
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ what caused it to happen.
What do you ask when explaining behavior?
✓✓ "What caused it?"
Controlling behavior is to
✓✓ direct or regulate.
Controlling behavior makes it possible for
✓✓ people's lives to change for the better.
What goal of psychological research is a researcher illustrating
in saying: "I want to know how to more effectively help people
quit gambling."
✓✓ Control Behavior
What goal of psychological research is a researcher illustrating
in saying: "I want to know what the biggest risk factors for
cutting behavior are."
✓✓ Predicting Behavior
What goal of psychological research is a researcher illustrating
in saying: "What causes childhood obesity?"
✓✓ Explaining Behavior
