Major Field Test in Psychology ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Broca's Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a condition characterized by difficulties in
language production
Wernicke's Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a condition marked by impaired recall of
nouns and impaired language comprehension despite fluent and grammatical speech
phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a unit of sound
morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a unit of meaning
word-superiority effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- identify the letter more accurately when
it is part of a word then when it is presented by itself
fixations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when your eyes are stationary
saccades - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- quick eye movements from one fixation point to
another
hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a clear predictive statement
theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an explanation or model that fits many observations and
makes accurate predictions
falsifiable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- stated in such clear, precise terms that we can see
what evidence would count against it
burden of proof - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the obligation to present evidence to support
one's claim
, principle of parsimony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when given a choice among explanations
that seem to fit the facts, we prefer the one whose assumptions are fewer, simpler, or more
consistent with other well-established theories
extrasensory perception (ESP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- some people, some of the time,
acquire information without receiving energy through any sense organ
i.e. telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis
operational defintion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- specifies the operations used to produce or
measure something, ordinarily a way to give it numerical value (how to measure something)
convenience sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a group chosen because of its ease of study
ex: college students
representative sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- one that resembles the population
random sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- one in which every individual in the population
has an equal chance of being selected
cross-cultural sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- groups of people from at least two
cultures
naturalistic observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a careful examination of what happens
under more or less natural conditions
independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the item that an experimenter changes or
controls
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the item that an experimenter measure to
determine the outcome
blind observer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an observer who records date without knowing
the researchers predictions
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Broca's Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a condition characterized by difficulties in
language production
Wernicke's Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a condition marked by impaired recall of
nouns and impaired language comprehension despite fluent and grammatical speech
phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a unit of sound
morpheme - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a unit of meaning
word-superiority effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- identify the letter more accurately when
it is part of a word then when it is presented by itself
fixations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when your eyes are stationary
saccades - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- quick eye movements from one fixation point to
another
hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a clear predictive statement
theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an explanation or model that fits many observations and
makes accurate predictions
falsifiable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- stated in such clear, precise terms that we can see
what evidence would count against it
burden of proof - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the obligation to present evidence to support
one's claim
, principle of parsimony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- when given a choice among explanations
that seem to fit the facts, we prefer the one whose assumptions are fewer, simpler, or more
consistent with other well-established theories
extrasensory perception (ESP) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- some people, some of the time,
acquire information without receiving energy through any sense organ
i.e. telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis
operational defintion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- specifies the operations used to produce or
measure something, ordinarily a way to give it numerical value (how to measure something)
convenience sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a group chosen because of its ease of study
ex: college students
representative sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- one that resembles the population
random sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- one in which every individual in the population
has an equal chance of being selected
cross-cultural sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- groups of people from at least two
cultures
naturalistic observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a careful examination of what happens
under more or less natural conditions
independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the item that an experimenter changes or
controls
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the item that an experimenter measure to
determine the outcome
blind observer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an observer who records date without knowing
the researchers predictions
