PSS EXAM 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

PSS EXAM 1 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
what are the professor's areas of interest? - CORRECT ANSWER - visual perception


human neuroscience


psychological science has shaped life in the U.S. through its influence on _____, _____, &
_____ - CORRECT ANSWER - policy, folk beliefs, & behavior
- eg. educational testing, pain treatment, criminal justice


_____ co-developed the first practical IQ test


what was this test called?


what was the original intention of the Binet-Simon scale? - CORRECT ANSWER - Alfred
Binet


Binet-Simon scale


identify children with special needs


_____ revised the Binet-Simon IQ test to create the _____


is the test still in wide use today?


Terman was a _____ - CORRECT ANSWER - Lewis Terman
Stanford-Binet test

, yes


eugenicist


what did Robert Yerke help develop? - CORRECT ANSWER - the army alpha and beta
tests, which assessed soldiers' aptitudes


_____ challenged the validity of eyewitness testimony


what did this help show?


what is the leading cause of wrongful conviction? - CORRECT ANSWER - Elizabeth
Loftus


memory isn't just a process of recall, but reconstruction of events


eyewitness misidentification


cases with a _____ defendant and a _____ victim are the most likely to result in a death sentence
- CORRECT ANSWER - minority


white


what does the structure of a research paper reflect? - CORRECT ANSWER - the structure
of a research project, which in turn aspires to follow the scientific method


what is the general structure of a research article? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
phenomenon
- "big picture" question