PSYC 1101 Final Exam Study Guide with Questions and Correct Answers

Why is the word scientific important to psychology? Another important word in the definition of psychology is scientific. Psychologists don't just speculate about behavior and mental processes, accepting guesses and gut feelings as the truth. Instead, we measure the merit of those ideas by applying the scientific method. What areas would interest a cognitive psychologists? Emphasizes processes such as thinking, language, attention, memory, and intelligence. Correlation and coefficient definition, range, and how to interpret it? Definition & range: A statistic that shows the relationship between two variables, ranging from highly positive(+1) to highly negative(-1). Interpretation: A positive correlation coefficient means that as one variable goes up, the other variable goes up with it. A negative correlation coefficient means that as one variable goes up, the other variable goes down, and vice versa. What is the difference in a sample and a population? Population is the whole range of people on whom the research is focused where as, sample is the subset of the population that participates in research. In order to get approval from the IRB the steps are? 1) Get approval from their own IRB, which requires proof that participants won't be harmed, before beginning any study. 2)informed consent to research 3) Allow participants to withdraw without penalty 4) confidentiality 5) When the study is over, offer the participant an explanation, or debriefing Credit Authors, treat animals humanely What was the area in Phineas gage accident, what was that area used for? Left frontal Lobe, complex thinking tasks, planning, purposeful actions, and other advanced functions. Sensory neurons and motor neurons? Sensory neurons carry signals from the outer parts of your body (periphery) into the central nervous system. Motor neurons (motoneurons) carry signals from the central nervous system to the outer parts (muscles, skin, glands) of your body.