PSYC 2301 - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A)
3-part definition of psychology - ANSWER1. How the brain takes information
2. How the brain processes the information
3. What behavior results from this process.
How are academic and clinical psychologists different - ANSWERAcademic is solely
based on teaching and research while clinician serve as counselors to help people
with a multitude of personal challenges
difference between applied versus basic research - ANSWERApplied: focuses on
discouraging bad behavior or promoting good behavior
Basic: focuses on understanding behavior.
operational definition and why are they important - ANSWERwhen you are providing
a description of your variables of concept. They are important because they help us
operationally define our variables so that individuals can replicate or improve our
research methods.
difference between statistical and practical significance and how do you measure
each type of significance - ANSWERStatistical significance verifies the existence of
an effect while practical significance helps us make better decisions on how we
should apply research findings; Statistical significance is measure by p<.05, findings
can be attributed to luck by less than 5 percent. Practical Significance is measured
by effect size.
research methods used by psychologists - ANSWERNaturalistic Observation, Case
Studies, Survey Research, Correlations, and Experimental Research.
difference between populations and samples - ANSWERPopulation is the larger
group we are interested in studying while Sample is smaller group, we pull from the
population in order to study it.
placebo effect - ANSWERthe phenomenon in which the expectations of the
participants in a study can influence their behavior
How do we get a truly representative sample - ANSWERBy randomly selecting
someone from the larger population
sample of convenience - ANSWERMost convenient sample at your disposal
two pieces of information do correlations give you - ANSWERNegative and Positive
correlation data.
benefit of experimental research - ANSWERCausationPowered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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ANSWERS(RATED A)
3-part definition of psychology - ANSWER1. How the brain takes information
2. How the brain processes the information
3. What behavior results from this process.
How are academic and clinical psychologists different - ANSWERAcademic is solely
based on teaching and research while clinician serve as counselors to help people
with a multitude of personal challenges
difference between applied versus basic research - ANSWERApplied: focuses on
discouraging bad behavior or promoting good behavior
Basic: focuses on understanding behavior.
operational definition and why are they important - ANSWERwhen you are providing
a description of your variables of concept. They are important because they help us
operationally define our variables so that individuals can replicate or improve our
research methods.
difference between statistical and practical significance and how do you measure
each type of significance - ANSWERStatistical significance verifies the existence of
an effect while practical significance helps us make better decisions on how we
should apply research findings; Statistical significance is measure by p<.05, findings
can be attributed to luck by less than 5 percent. Practical Significance is measured
by effect size.
research methods used by psychologists - ANSWERNaturalistic Observation, Case
Studies, Survey Research, Correlations, and Experimental Research.
difference between populations and samples - ANSWERPopulation is the larger
group we are interested in studying while Sample is smaller group, we pull from the
population in order to study it.
placebo effect - ANSWERthe phenomenon in which the expectations of the
participants in a study can influence their behavior
How do we get a truly representative sample - ANSWERBy randomly selecting
someone from the larger population
sample of convenience - ANSWERMost convenient sample at your disposal
two pieces of information do correlations give you - ANSWERNegative and Positive
correlation data.
benefit of experimental research - ANSWERCausationPowered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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