EXAM
# Term Definition
1 The study of cognitive processes psychologists' involvement in WWII in designing
becomes more fashionable as a information displays.
result of:
2 With regard to human nature, behavioral
which psychological perspective
listed below takes the most
deterministic view of human
behavior and assumes that out
behaviors are mostly shaped by
forces that we cant control?
3 Which of the following are all mean, median, mode
measures of central tendency?
4 A researcher simply tells Not random
participant to form groups with
their friends without using any
special method to introduce a
chance element (toss a coin)
5 What three levels of analysis tells Biological , psychological, environmental
us to integrate casual factors
suggested by each of the 6
psychological perspectives?
6 What technique did sigmoid Free association
freud use to treat his patients?
7 Often psychological researchers It better captures the complexity of human
will manipulate more than one behavior in real life
variable in an experiment. The
main reason for this is that:
8 understanding what brain biological
regions are involved in the
experiencing of emotions
operates at the ________level of
analysis.
9 Which of the following would be measuring driving patterns by counting the
considered an example of an number of 'road rage' incidents reported in the
archival measure of behavior? newspaper
,EXAM
# Term Definition
10 Which of the following most the dependent variable 'depends upon' the
accurately describes the independent variable
distinction between independent
and dependent variables?
11 One of the critical implications of we can understand the mind by understanding
the monism position of the the brain and how it works
mind-body question is that it
assumes:
12 The behavioral psychological British empiricism
perspective owes its roots to
which philosophical perspective?
13 There is a strong negative The person's score on variable 2 should be high
correlation between 2 variables;
variable 1 and variable 2. if a
person's score on variable is low,
what would be your best
prediction of the person's score
on variable 2?
14 Placebo effects make it difficult It is the treatment or the participants
to draw conclusions because we expectations that are responsible for the results
can't tell weather:
15 If a study found that career after-the-fact explanations
motivation was higher among
recent immigrants to Australia
than among Australians, most
people could offer several
reasonable explanations for this
finding. However, if the study
found that career motivation was
higher among Australians than
recent immigrants to Australia,
most people could give an
equally convincing set of
explanations. This example
demonstrates the problems
associated with:
16 The 4 central goals of psychology description, explanation, control, application
are:
,EXAM
# Term Definition
17 When considering the mind-body monism
puzzle, philosophers who argued
that the mind is NOT separate
from the body would belong to
which philosophical position?
18 In the survey _____________ is random sampling; random assignment
typically used to ensure that a
sample is representative, where
in experiments ____________ is
used to balance differences
between subjects accross the
various experimental goals.
19 Dr Little has heard that people Correlation research
become more politically
conservative as they get older.
She decides to see if this is true.
She conducts a telephone survey
in which she asks participants
their age and political
identification. She then
determines whether there is a
relation between these two
variables. Which of the following
research designs best describes
Dr Little's research?
20 The size or absolute value of the the strength of the association
correlation coefficient tells us:
21 The scientific area concerned Behaviour genetics
with the influence of genetic
factors on behavioural
tendencies is called:
22 Experimenter expectancy effects subtle and unintentional ways that
are: experimenters can influence their participants
to respond in ways consistent with experimental
hypotheses.
23 The problem of participant the double-blind procedure.
placebo effects and experimenter
expectancy effects are both
minimised by:
, EXAM
# Term Definition
24 An advantage of using they let other researchers know exactly how
operational definitions is that: variables have been produced or measured.
25 Which of the following refers to social cognition
how people form impressions of
one another, how attitudes form
and can be changed and how our
expectations affect our
behaviour?
26 The apparent improvement in the placebo effect
Vang's symptoms after seeing a
shaman for Hmong Sudden
Death Syndrome could have
been due to:
27 A hypothesis is best considered specific prediction about some phenomenon.
as a(n):
28 A researcher who focuses on the psychological
negative thinking that often
accompanies depression would
be interpreting depression from
which level of analysis?
29 According to humanistic Unsupportive environments frustrate this
theorists, why isn't everyone innate tendency towards growth.
self-actualised?
30 The _____________ perspective humanistic
arose from philosophical schools
that emphasised free will, innate
tendencies toward growth and
the attempt to find meaning in
personal existence.
31 Which of the following lists the ask question, gather information, create
steps of the scientific process in hypothesis, conduct research, analyse data,
the proper order? build theory
32 Which of the following correctly a subset of individuals drawn from the entire
defines the term sample, as it is group in which we are interested
used in survey research?
# Term Definition
1 The study of cognitive processes psychologists' involvement in WWII in designing
becomes more fashionable as a information displays.
result of:
2 With regard to human nature, behavioral
which psychological perspective
listed below takes the most
deterministic view of human
behavior and assumes that out
behaviors are mostly shaped by
forces that we cant control?
3 Which of the following are all mean, median, mode
measures of central tendency?
4 A researcher simply tells Not random
participant to form groups with
their friends without using any
special method to introduce a
chance element (toss a coin)
5 What three levels of analysis tells Biological , psychological, environmental
us to integrate casual factors
suggested by each of the 6
psychological perspectives?
6 What technique did sigmoid Free association
freud use to treat his patients?
7 Often psychological researchers It better captures the complexity of human
will manipulate more than one behavior in real life
variable in an experiment. The
main reason for this is that:
8 understanding what brain biological
regions are involved in the
experiencing of emotions
operates at the ________level of
analysis.
9 Which of the following would be measuring driving patterns by counting the
considered an example of an number of 'road rage' incidents reported in the
archival measure of behavior? newspaper
,EXAM
# Term Definition
10 Which of the following most the dependent variable 'depends upon' the
accurately describes the independent variable
distinction between independent
and dependent variables?
11 One of the critical implications of we can understand the mind by understanding
the monism position of the the brain and how it works
mind-body question is that it
assumes:
12 The behavioral psychological British empiricism
perspective owes its roots to
which philosophical perspective?
13 There is a strong negative The person's score on variable 2 should be high
correlation between 2 variables;
variable 1 and variable 2. if a
person's score on variable is low,
what would be your best
prediction of the person's score
on variable 2?
14 Placebo effects make it difficult It is the treatment or the participants
to draw conclusions because we expectations that are responsible for the results
can't tell weather:
15 If a study found that career after-the-fact explanations
motivation was higher among
recent immigrants to Australia
than among Australians, most
people could offer several
reasonable explanations for this
finding. However, if the study
found that career motivation was
higher among Australians than
recent immigrants to Australia,
most people could give an
equally convincing set of
explanations. This example
demonstrates the problems
associated with:
16 The 4 central goals of psychology description, explanation, control, application
are:
,EXAM
# Term Definition
17 When considering the mind-body monism
puzzle, philosophers who argued
that the mind is NOT separate
from the body would belong to
which philosophical position?
18 In the survey _____________ is random sampling; random assignment
typically used to ensure that a
sample is representative, where
in experiments ____________ is
used to balance differences
between subjects accross the
various experimental goals.
19 Dr Little has heard that people Correlation research
become more politically
conservative as they get older.
She decides to see if this is true.
She conducts a telephone survey
in which she asks participants
their age and political
identification. She then
determines whether there is a
relation between these two
variables. Which of the following
research designs best describes
Dr Little's research?
20 The size or absolute value of the the strength of the association
correlation coefficient tells us:
21 The scientific area concerned Behaviour genetics
with the influence of genetic
factors on behavioural
tendencies is called:
22 Experimenter expectancy effects subtle and unintentional ways that
are: experimenters can influence their participants
to respond in ways consistent with experimental
hypotheses.
23 The problem of participant the double-blind procedure.
placebo effects and experimenter
expectancy effects are both
minimised by:
, EXAM
# Term Definition
24 An advantage of using they let other researchers know exactly how
operational definitions is that: variables have been produced or measured.
25 Which of the following refers to social cognition
how people form impressions of
one another, how attitudes form
and can be changed and how our
expectations affect our
behaviour?
26 The apparent improvement in the placebo effect
Vang's symptoms after seeing a
shaman for Hmong Sudden
Death Syndrome could have
been due to:
27 A hypothesis is best considered specific prediction about some phenomenon.
as a(n):
28 A researcher who focuses on the psychological
negative thinking that often
accompanies depression would
be interpreting depression from
which level of analysis?
29 According to humanistic Unsupportive environments frustrate this
theorists, why isn't everyone innate tendency towards growth.
self-actualised?
30 The _____________ perspective humanistic
arose from philosophical schools
that emphasised free will, innate
tendencies toward growth and
the attempt to find meaning in
personal existence.
31 Which of the following lists the ask question, gather information, create
steps of the scientific process in hypothesis, conduct research, analyse data,
the proper order? build theory
32 Which of the following correctly a subset of individuals drawn from the entire
defines the term sample, as it is group in which we are interested
used in survey research?
