PSYCHOLOGY 2301 EXAM 1 FULLY SOLVED
TEST PAPER GRADED A+
◉ Cognitive Psychology.
Answer: Used technological advances to study psychology's original
focus of internal/cognitive processes. Brain activity vs mental.
Thinking, perceiving, problem solving, memory, language, and
information processing.
◉ Biopsychosocial Model.
Answer: An integrative, unifying theme of modern psychology that
sees biological, psychological, and social processes as interacting
influences.
◉ Naturalistic observation.
Answer: The process of observing and recording a research
participant's behavior and mental processes in his or her natural
setting, without interfering. They do not know they are being tested.
◉ Survey.
Answer: A research technique that questions a large sample of
people to assess their behaviors and mental processes. Created to
gather information (phone, paper or interviews)
, ◉ Case Study.
Answer: An in-depth study of a single research participant or a small
group of individuals. Can provide information about disorders or
disease.
◉ correlation research.
Answer: Research that measures the degree of relationship (if any)
between two or more variables in order to determine how well one
variable predicts another.
◉ Experiment.
Answer: A carefully controlled scientific procedure that involves the
manipulation of variables to determine cause and effect.
◉ Independent Variable (IV).
Answer: The variable that is manipulated to determine its causal
effect on the dependent variable; also called the treatment variable.
◉ Dependent Variable (DV).
Answer: The variable that is observed and measured for change; the
factor that is affected by (or dependent on) the independent
variable.
◉ Bias.
TEST PAPER GRADED A+
◉ Cognitive Psychology.
Answer: Used technological advances to study psychology's original
focus of internal/cognitive processes. Brain activity vs mental.
Thinking, perceiving, problem solving, memory, language, and
information processing.
◉ Biopsychosocial Model.
Answer: An integrative, unifying theme of modern psychology that
sees biological, psychological, and social processes as interacting
influences.
◉ Naturalistic observation.
Answer: The process of observing and recording a research
participant's behavior and mental processes in his or her natural
setting, without interfering. They do not know they are being tested.
◉ Survey.
Answer: A research technique that questions a large sample of
people to assess their behaviors and mental processes. Created to
gather information (phone, paper or interviews)
, ◉ Case Study.
Answer: An in-depth study of a single research participant or a small
group of individuals. Can provide information about disorders or
disease.
◉ correlation research.
Answer: Research that measures the degree of relationship (if any)
between two or more variables in order to determine how well one
variable predicts another.
◉ Experiment.
Answer: A carefully controlled scientific procedure that involves the
manipulation of variables to determine cause and effect.
◉ Independent Variable (IV).
Answer: The variable that is manipulated to determine its causal
effect on the dependent variable; also called the treatment variable.
◉ Dependent Variable (DV).
Answer: The variable that is observed and measured for change; the
factor that is affected by (or dependent on) the independent
variable.
◉ Bias.
