"CHARTING THE HUMAN JOURNEY: PSY 202 FINAL
ASSESSMENT"
the mind and behavior - The most accurate definition of psychology is the scientific study of
________.
Structuralism - Wilhelm Wundt's usage of introspection to measure the workings of the mind is
known as
gestalt psychologists - Two people may look at the identical image but perceive different things.
This phenomenon is studied by
behaviorism - You spend weeks teaching your new dog how to roll over. The rewards and
reinforcers you use to shape her behavior are based on which early school of psychology?
proposing a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior - Abraham Maslow is best known
for
knowledge and memory - Which of the following are major areas of interest in cognitive
psychology?
cognitive psychology - Which school of thought emphasized how people process information?
biological, cognitive, developmental, social and personality, mental and physical health - Which
of the following are the main psychological domains?
,Evolutionary - ________ psychology seeks to study the ultimate biological causes of a behavior.
cognitive - Zoe is planning to apply to graduate schools next semester, but isn't sure which field
of psychology she likes the best. She enjoyed learning about learning, children, and language,
but is most of all interested in the way people approach and solve problems. Which field of
psychology would you recommend she study?
developmental - If Marco is interested in changes in reasoning and thinking that occur during
adolescence, he should specialize in ________ psychology.
long-standing traits and patterns that propel behavior - If Kayla is interested in personality
psychology, she is most likely to study
clinical psychology - Which area of psychology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of
psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior?
sport psychologist - As a sprinter on the track and field team, Shaun knows that the way he
visualizes and thinks about his race can have a major impact on his performance. His coach
encourages him to talk to the
critical thinking skills and the scientific method - According to the text, psychology students are
most likely to benefit from exposure to
PsyD - Which type of psychology degree focuses more on the clinical practice and less on
research?
it should be able to be disproved - In order for an experiment to be considered falsifiable,
________.
,hypothesis, theory - A(n) ________ is a testable prediction that is arrived at logically from a(n)
________.
explaining the hypothesis to the participants - Informed consent means clearly explaining all of
the following EXCEPT
experimental - If a researcher wants to understand if eating more bananas causes increased
irritability, what type of study should they perform?
case study - A psychologist who is interested in finding out about the lives and experiences of
blended multi-racial families wants to know how such individuals are viewed by their families,
friends, and co-workers and how they view themselves. He conducts a series of structured
interviews with the various individuals and asks specific questions based on ideas he has that he
thinks will be important for understanding this particular life experience. What type of study is
this?
longitudinal research - Following a group of kindergarteners every other year until they
graduate and evaluating their performance is an example of ________.
negative - There is ________ correlation between the number of hours of sleep a person gets
and how tired they feel.
confounding variable - If you are studying depression rates during the cold winter months, a
potential ________ could be the stress of the busy holiday season.
control group - If you are studying the impact of a new type of teaching curriculum in the
psychology classroom, the classroom where the old curriculum is still taught is considered the
________.
dependent variable - What measures the effects of the independent variable?
, valid - If an experiment measures what it is supposed to measure, it is considered ________.
0 - Francis is studying the relationship between personality traits and drug abuse. If she
determines that there is a significant relationship between these two variables, that means her
study would have a p-value of ________ or less.
it balances out the differences that might naturally exist between participants - Random
assignment is important in grouping participants in a research study because ________.
methods - If Miguel wants to replicate Sara's study, which section of Sara's research article will
be most valuable to him?
the results did not replicate - When other experimenters attempted to replicate the results of
the McCabe and Castel study about the effect of an image on the perceived quality of research
article, they found ________.
universal - Stage theories hold that the sequence of development is ________.
that childhood experiences can shape personality - The most important takeaway from Freud's
theory of psychosexual development is
generativity vs. stagnation - Donna is going through something like a "mid-life crisis" at age 48.
Her twin sons just left for college and she feels like she's in a rut at work. Her feelings coincide
with Erikson's ________ conflict.
accommodation - Rae grew up learning that Pluto was a planet. Since it was later reclassified as
only a dwarf planet, Rae was forced to adjust her concept of what a planet is, and create a new
concept for dwarf planets to include Ceres, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake. What process would
Piaget say took place in Rae's mind?
ASSESSMENT"
the mind and behavior - The most accurate definition of psychology is the scientific study of
________.
Structuralism - Wilhelm Wundt's usage of introspection to measure the workings of the mind is
known as
gestalt psychologists - Two people may look at the identical image but perceive different things.
This phenomenon is studied by
behaviorism - You spend weeks teaching your new dog how to roll over. The rewards and
reinforcers you use to shape her behavior are based on which early school of psychology?
proposing a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior - Abraham Maslow is best known
for
knowledge and memory - Which of the following are major areas of interest in cognitive
psychology?
cognitive psychology - Which school of thought emphasized how people process information?
biological, cognitive, developmental, social and personality, mental and physical health - Which
of the following are the main psychological domains?
,Evolutionary - ________ psychology seeks to study the ultimate biological causes of a behavior.
cognitive - Zoe is planning to apply to graduate schools next semester, but isn't sure which field
of psychology she likes the best. She enjoyed learning about learning, children, and language,
but is most of all interested in the way people approach and solve problems. Which field of
psychology would you recommend she study?
developmental - If Marco is interested in changes in reasoning and thinking that occur during
adolescence, he should specialize in ________ psychology.
long-standing traits and patterns that propel behavior - If Kayla is interested in personality
psychology, she is most likely to study
clinical psychology - Which area of psychology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of
psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior?
sport psychologist - As a sprinter on the track and field team, Shaun knows that the way he
visualizes and thinks about his race can have a major impact on his performance. His coach
encourages him to talk to the
critical thinking skills and the scientific method - According to the text, psychology students are
most likely to benefit from exposure to
PsyD - Which type of psychology degree focuses more on the clinical practice and less on
research?
it should be able to be disproved - In order for an experiment to be considered falsifiable,
________.
,hypothesis, theory - A(n) ________ is a testable prediction that is arrived at logically from a(n)
________.
explaining the hypothesis to the participants - Informed consent means clearly explaining all of
the following EXCEPT
experimental - If a researcher wants to understand if eating more bananas causes increased
irritability, what type of study should they perform?
case study - A psychologist who is interested in finding out about the lives and experiences of
blended multi-racial families wants to know how such individuals are viewed by their families,
friends, and co-workers and how they view themselves. He conducts a series of structured
interviews with the various individuals and asks specific questions based on ideas he has that he
thinks will be important for understanding this particular life experience. What type of study is
this?
longitudinal research - Following a group of kindergarteners every other year until they
graduate and evaluating their performance is an example of ________.
negative - There is ________ correlation between the number of hours of sleep a person gets
and how tired they feel.
confounding variable - If you are studying depression rates during the cold winter months, a
potential ________ could be the stress of the busy holiday season.
control group - If you are studying the impact of a new type of teaching curriculum in the
psychology classroom, the classroom where the old curriculum is still taught is considered the
________.
dependent variable - What measures the effects of the independent variable?
, valid - If an experiment measures what it is supposed to measure, it is considered ________.
0 - Francis is studying the relationship between personality traits and drug abuse. If she
determines that there is a significant relationship between these two variables, that means her
study would have a p-value of ________ or less.
it balances out the differences that might naturally exist between participants - Random
assignment is important in grouping participants in a research study because ________.
methods - If Miguel wants to replicate Sara's study, which section of Sara's research article will
be most valuable to him?
the results did not replicate - When other experimenters attempted to replicate the results of
the McCabe and Castel study about the effect of an image on the perceived quality of research
article, they found ________.
universal - Stage theories hold that the sequence of development is ________.
that childhood experiences can shape personality - The most important takeaway from Freud's
theory of psychosexual development is
generativity vs. stagnation - Donna is going through something like a "mid-life crisis" at age 48.
Her twin sons just left for college and she feels like she's in a rut at work. Her feelings coincide
with Erikson's ________ conflict.
accommodation - Rae grew up learning that Pluto was a planet. Since it was later reclassified as
only a dwarf planet, Rae was forced to adjust her concept of what a planet is, and create a new
concept for dwarf planets to include Ceres, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake. What process would
Piaget say took place in Rae's mind?
