psy 140 exam 1 study guide questions with
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Frederick |is |reading |about |the |ways |in |which |learning |can |be |influenced |by |different |factors. |
He |come |to |reasonable |conclusions |that |are |supported |by |the |information |he |gathers. |What |is
|Frederick |doing? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-critical |thinking
Jacob's |father |thinks |he |was |born |to |be |a |skilled |ice-skater |just |like |his |mother |and |older |
sister, |but |Jacob's |mother |thinks |that |his |skills |and |interests |come |from |growing |up |in |a |
household |full |of |skaters. |What |long-standing |debate |is |at |the |heart |of |the |disagreement |
between |Jacob's |parents? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |nature/nurture
Josiah |has |formed |a |theory |that |consumption |of |sugar |makes |it |difficult |for |people |to |fall |
asleep |within |one |hour. |He |has |designed |a |study |where |his |hypothesis |is |that |the |more |sugar |
people |eat, |the |longer |it |will |take |before |they |can |go |to |sleep. |What |should |Josiah |do |next? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-test |his |hypothesis
Judith |is |conducting |an |experiment |on |mood |and |problem |solving. |She |plans |to |have |study |
participants |read |either |a |funny |story |or |a |sad |story |before |taking |a |math |test. |What |is |the |
dependent |variable |in |Judith's |study? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |number |of |math |problems |
participants |correctly |solved
Kerrie |is |an |undergraduate |who |is |thinking |about |majoring |in |psychology. |She |also |works |part-
time, |and |she |is |very |interested |in |how |her |company |builds |morale |and |helps |motivate |her |
coworkers. |What |subfield |of |psychology |might |Kerrie |want |to |examine |more |closely? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-organizational |psychology
Louisa |is |writing |an |essay |that |discusses |the |concept |of |dualism, |which |says |that |the |mind |and
|body |are |separate |but |connected |parts |of |a |person. |Which |philosopher's |writings |should |
Louisa |pay |special |attention |to? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Descartes
,psychologists |are |scientists |who |study |behavior |and |mental |processes |through |observation |
and |measurement. |What |is |this |approach |to |understanding |psychology |called? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-empiricism
psychologists |from |which |school |of |thought |are |concerned |with |functions |that |behaviorism |
cannot |explain, |such |as |intelligence |and |problem |solving? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-cognitive |
psychology
which |level |of |analysis |in |psychology |examines |the |differences |that |exist |between |people |in |
personality |and |mental |processes |that |affect |perception |and |understanding? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-individual |level
three |key |questions |to |ask |when |thinking |critically |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |What |am |I |
being |asked |to |believe |or |accept?
2. |What |evidence |is |provided |to |support |this |claim?
3. |What |are |the |most |reasonable |conclusions?
ethical |research |guidelines |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |research |must |be |reviewed |and |
approved |by |a |board |of |experts |before.
2. |participants' |information |must |be |protected |and |made |available |only |to |the |few |people |
who |need |it.
3. |cannot |ask |participants |to |expose |themselves |to |unnecessary |risk |or |discomfort |as |part |of |a
|study.
which |psychological |school |of |thought |arose |from |Freud's |attempts |to |understand |connections
|between |psychology |and |physical |conditions? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-psychoanalytic |theory
which |psychological |school |of |thought |focused |on |hoe |to |study |subjective |perspectives |as |a |
unified |whole? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-gestalt |psychology
, which |research |scenario |would |be |most |relevant |to |interpersonal |behavior |researchers, |who |
work |at |the |social |level |of |analysis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-tawny's |boyfriend |does |not |treat |
her |very |well, |but |every |time |she |comes |close |to |breaking |up |with |him, |he |persuades |her |to |
give |him |another |chance.
You |see |a |newspaper |headline |that |claims |that |eating |pizza |is |deadly. |However, |when |you |read
|the |original |scientific |article |cited |in |the |news, |you |notice |that |investigators |only |found |a |
correlation |between |pizza |consumption |and |death |over |a |10-year |period. |Given |what |you |
know |about |correlation, |how |would |you |explain |this |relationship? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
pizza |consumption |and |death |are |related |somehow, |but |a |correlation |study |is |not |able |to |
reveal |any |kind |of |casual |relationship
After |a |very |stressful |midterm |exam, |Sherri |needed |to |relax. |As |she |lay |on |her |bed, |she |felt |
her |breathing |slow |and |her |heart |rate |decrease. |Which |of |the |following |divisions |of |Sherri's |
autonomic |nervous |system |was |likely |in |control |of |her |organs? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
parasympathetic
After |her |car |accident, |Sheila |had |to |be |placed |on |a |respirator |because |she |could |no |longer |
breathe |on |her |own. |Sheila's |injuries |were |most |likely |located |in |the |part |of |the |brain |known |
as |the |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-medulla
Angela |accidently |ingested |an |acetylcholine |antagonist. |Which |of |the |following |statements |
accurately |describes |the |most |likely |effect |of |the |drug? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |drug |may |
cause |deficits |in |Angela's |memory
Daiyo, |a |behavioral |geneticist, |is |studying |the |interaction |of |heredity |and |environment. |When |
he |looks |at |monozygotic |twins, |what |will |he |probably |see |in |their |phenotypes? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-their |genotypes |will |predispose |them |toward |certain |traits, |but |their |
environments |influence |whether |those |traits |are |expressed |in |their |phenotypes
correct answers
Frederick |is |reading |about |the |ways |in |which |learning |can |be |influenced |by |different |factors. |
He |come |to |reasonable |conclusions |that |are |supported |by |the |information |he |gathers. |What |is
|Frederick |doing? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-critical |thinking
Jacob's |father |thinks |he |was |born |to |be |a |skilled |ice-skater |just |like |his |mother |and |older |
sister, |but |Jacob's |mother |thinks |that |his |skills |and |interests |come |from |growing |up |in |a |
household |full |of |skaters. |What |long-standing |debate |is |at |the |heart |of |the |disagreement |
between |Jacob's |parents? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |nature/nurture
Josiah |has |formed |a |theory |that |consumption |of |sugar |makes |it |difficult |for |people |to |fall |
asleep |within |one |hour. |He |has |designed |a |study |where |his |hypothesis |is |that |the |more |sugar |
people |eat, |the |longer |it |will |take |before |they |can |go |to |sleep. |What |should |Josiah |do |next? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-test |his |hypothesis
Judith |is |conducting |an |experiment |on |mood |and |problem |solving. |She |plans |to |have |study |
participants |read |either |a |funny |story |or |a |sad |story |before |taking |a |math |test. |What |is |the |
dependent |variable |in |Judith's |study? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |number |of |math |problems |
participants |correctly |solved
Kerrie |is |an |undergraduate |who |is |thinking |about |majoring |in |psychology. |She |also |works |part-
time, |and |she |is |very |interested |in |how |her |company |builds |morale |and |helps |motivate |her |
coworkers. |What |subfield |of |psychology |might |Kerrie |want |to |examine |more |closely? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-organizational |psychology
Louisa |is |writing |an |essay |that |discusses |the |concept |of |dualism, |which |says |that |the |mind |and
|body |are |separate |but |connected |parts |of |a |person. |Which |philosopher's |writings |should |
Louisa |pay |special |attention |to? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Descartes
,psychologists |are |scientists |who |study |behavior |and |mental |processes |through |observation |
and |measurement. |What |is |this |approach |to |understanding |psychology |called? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-empiricism
psychologists |from |which |school |of |thought |are |concerned |with |functions |that |behaviorism |
cannot |explain, |such |as |intelligence |and |problem |solving? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-cognitive |
psychology
which |level |of |analysis |in |psychology |examines |the |differences |that |exist |between |people |in |
personality |and |mental |processes |that |affect |perception |and |understanding? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-individual |level
three |key |questions |to |ask |when |thinking |critically |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |What |am |I |
being |asked |to |believe |or |accept?
2. |What |evidence |is |provided |to |support |this |claim?
3. |What |are |the |most |reasonable |conclusions?
ethical |research |guidelines |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |research |must |be |reviewed |and |
approved |by |a |board |of |experts |before.
2. |participants' |information |must |be |protected |and |made |available |only |to |the |few |people |
who |need |it.
3. |cannot |ask |participants |to |expose |themselves |to |unnecessary |risk |or |discomfort |as |part |of |a
|study.
which |psychological |school |of |thought |arose |from |Freud's |attempts |to |understand |connections
|between |psychology |and |physical |conditions? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-psychoanalytic |theory
which |psychological |school |of |thought |focused |on |hoe |to |study |subjective |perspectives |as |a |
unified |whole? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-gestalt |psychology
, which |research |scenario |would |be |most |relevant |to |interpersonal |behavior |researchers, |who |
work |at |the |social |level |of |analysis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-tawny's |boyfriend |does |not |treat |
her |very |well, |but |every |time |she |comes |close |to |breaking |up |with |him, |he |persuades |her |to |
give |him |another |chance.
You |see |a |newspaper |headline |that |claims |that |eating |pizza |is |deadly. |However, |when |you |read
|the |original |scientific |article |cited |in |the |news, |you |notice |that |investigators |only |found |a |
correlation |between |pizza |consumption |and |death |over |a |10-year |period. |Given |what |you |
know |about |correlation, |how |would |you |explain |this |relationship? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
pizza |consumption |and |death |are |related |somehow, |but |a |correlation |study |is |not |able |to |
reveal |any |kind |of |casual |relationship
After |a |very |stressful |midterm |exam, |Sherri |needed |to |relax. |As |she |lay |on |her |bed, |she |felt |
her |breathing |slow |and |her |heart |rate |decrease. |Which |of |the |following |divisions |of |Sherri's |
autonomic |nervous |system |was |likely |in |control |of |her |organs? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
parasympathetic
After |her |car |accident, |Sheila |had |to |be |placed |on |a |respirator |because |she |could |no |longer |
breathe |on |her |own. |Sheila's |injuries |were |most |likely |located |in |the |part |of |the |brain |known |
as |the |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-medulla
Angela |accidently |ingested |an |acetylcholine |antagonist. |Which |of |the |following |statements |
accurately |describes |the |most |likely |effect |of |the |drug? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |drug |may |
cause |deficits |in |Angela's |memory
Daiyo, |a |behavioral |geneticist, |is |studying |the |interaction |of |heredity |and |environment. |When |
he |looks |at |monozygotic |twins, |what |will |he |probably |see |in |their |phenotypes? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-their |genotypes |will |predispose |them |toward |certain |traits, |but |their |
environments |influence |whether |those |traits |are |expressed |in |their |phenotypes
