NCSU PSY 311: Exam 1 Review & Practice
Questions.
1. be provable A good psychological theory should do or be all of the following
EXCEPT:
2. Personality A researcher is trying to understand what makes people ditterent
Psycholo- gist from each other. This person is most likely a
3. external validity; A field experiment has high , whereas a lab experiment has high
inter- nal validity .
4. -.90 There is a very strong relationship between distance and
strength of friendship in that the greater the distance between two
people, the less strong their relationship is likely to be. Which of
the following correlation coeflcients represents the relationship
between distance and strength of friendship that is stated
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, NCSU PSY 311: Exam 1 Review & Practice
Questions.
above?
5. random assignment When conducting an experiment, Ann makes sure that each
participant
has an equal chance of appearing in each group in her
experiment. Ann is using
6. the overriding power of All of the following are examples of themes of social
psychology discussed
personality the book EXCEPT:
7. minimize the The major purpose of random assignment in an experiment is to
differ- ences
between groups
Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people
8. think about,
influence, and
relate to one an-
other
9. young; World War II According to the text, social psychology is a(n) science, and one
that only began to emerge as a vibrant field after .
10. hypotheses; theories Often in psychology, are generated from (come from)
.
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6
Questions.
1. be provable A good psychological theory should do or be all of the following
EXCEPT:
2. Personality A researcher is trying to understand what makes people ditterent
Psycholo- gist from each other. This person is most likely a
3. external validity; A field experiment has high , whereas a lab experiment has high
inter- nal validity .
4. -.90 There is a very strong relationship between distance and
strength of friendship in that the greater the distance between two
people, the less strong their relationship is likely to be. Which of
the following correlation coeflcients represents the relationship
between distance and strength of friendship that is stated
1/
6
, NCSU PSY 311: Exam 1 Review & Practice
Questions.
above?
5. random assignment When conducting an experiment, Ann makes sure that each
participant
has an equal chance of appearing in each group in her
experiment. Ann is using
6. the overriding power of All of the following are examples of themes of social
psychology discussed
personality the book EXCEPT:
7. minimize the The major purpose of random assignment in an experiment is to
differ- ences
between groups
Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people
8. think about,
influence, and
relate to one an-
other
9. young; World War II According to the text, social psychology is a(n) science, and one
that only began to emerge as a vibrant field after .
10. hypotheses; theories Often in psychology, are generated from (come from)
.
2/
6
