Psych 100 Final PSU Cardenas questions with answers

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Nature-nurture issue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Plato assumed that |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


we inherit character and intelligence and that certain ideas are
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born. Aristotle countered that there is nothing in the mind that
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does not first come in from the external world through the
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senses.


Biopsychosocial approach - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔considers the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


influences of biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors
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Basic versus applied research - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔basic
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research builds psychology's knowledge base, looking at links
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between brain to mind. Applied research tackles practical
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problems, using psychology concepts and methods to help
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companies.


Culture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the enduring behaviors, ideas,
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attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and
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transmitted from one generation to the next |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Levels of analysis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the differing
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complementary views, from biological to psychological to social- |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon
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,Scientific method - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a method of
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systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the
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formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an explanation using an
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integrated set of principles that organizes observations and
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predicts behaviors or events |\ |\ |\




Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a testable prediction, often
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implied by a theory |\ |\ |\




Operational definition - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a carefully |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research
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study. For example, human intelligence may be operationally
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defined as what an intelligence test measures.
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Case study - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a descriptive technique in
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which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of
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revealing universal principles. |\ |\




Naturalistic observation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔descriptive |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


technique of observing and recording behavior in naturally
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occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the
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situation


Survey - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a descriptive technique for
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obtaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular
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group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of
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the group
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, Correlation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a measure of the extent to
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which two factors vary together, and thus how well either factor
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predicts the other |\ |\




Correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a statistical index
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of the relationship between two things (from -1.00 to +1.00)
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Experiments - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a research method in |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to
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observe the effect on some behavior or mental process. By
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random assignment of participants, the experimenter aims to
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control other relevant factors.
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Epigenetics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the study of environmental
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influences on gene expression that occur without DNA change
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Heritability - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the proportion of variation
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among individuals that we can attribute to genes. The heritability
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of a trait may vary, depending on the range of populations and
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environments studied. |\




Fraternal twins and Identical twins - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Identical twins develop from single fertilized egg that splits in
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two, creating genetically identical organisms. Fraternal twins
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develop from separate fertilized eggs. They are genetically no
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closer than ordinary brothers and sister, but they share a
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prenatal environment. |\