PSYCHOLOGY 2000 FINAL EXAM LSU | COMPLETE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) LATEST UPDATE
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -scientific study of the mind an behavior
"PSYCH" - CORRECT ANSWER -soul, mind
"OLOGY" - CORRECT ANSWER -scientific study of
Introspection - CORRECT ANSWER -process by which someone examines their own conscious
experience as objectively as possible, examining internal experiences
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER -understanding the conscious experience through
introspection, breaking down consciousness
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER -focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt
to its environment, study the function of cognition
Gestalt psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -the whole is more than the sum of its part
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER -therapy based on Freud's ideas, exploring the unconscious
mind
Psychodynamic - CORRECT ANSWER -attachment theory, unconscious process
Behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER -classical and operant conditioning
,Humanistic - CORRECT ANSWER -the desire to self-actualize and use free will
Cognitive/neurocognitive - CORRECT ANSWER -how people think, remember, and store
information
Sociocultural - CORRECT ANSWER -focusing on interactions within and between groups
Biopsychological - CORRECT ANSWER -study the relationship between genes and mental
processes and behavior
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER -well-developed set of ideas that propose and explanation for
observed phenomena
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER -tentative and testable statement about the relationship
between two or more variables
Statistical analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -determines how likely any difference between
experimental groups is due to chance
Mean - CORRECT ANSWER -average
Median - CORRECT ANSWER -the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and
half are below it
Mode - CORRECT ANSWER -the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
, Range - CORRECT ANSWER -the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a
distribution
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER -relationship between two or more variables; when two
variables are correlated, one variable changes as the other does not
Correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWER -number from -1 to +1, indicating the strength and
direction of the relationship between variables, and usually represents by r
Positive correlation - CORRECT ANSWER -two variables change in the same direction, both
becoming either larger or smaller
Negative correlation - CORRECT ANSWER -two variables change in different directions, with one
becoming larger as the other becomes smaller; a negative correlation is not the same thing as
no correlation
- experimental and control groups
- defining variables and how they will be measures
- avoiding bias and the placebo effect - CORRECT ANSWER -What are the research designs?
Experimental group - CORRECT ANSWER -the participants that experience the manipulated
variable
Control group - CORRECT ANSWER -the participants that do not experience the manipulated
variable
Operational definition - CORRECT ANSWER -description of what actions and operations will be
used to measure the dependent variables and manipulate the independent variables
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) LATEST UPDATE
Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -scientific study of the mind an behavior
"PSYCH" - CORRECT ANSWER -soul, mind
"OLOGY" - CORRECT ANSWER -scientific study of
Introspection - CORRECT ANSWER -process by which someone examines their own conscious
experience as objectively as possible, examining internal experiences
Structuralism - CORRECT ANSWER -understanding the conscious experience through
introspection, breaking down consciousness
Functionalism - CORRECT ANSWER -focused on how mental activities helped an organism adapt
to its environment, study the function of cognition
Gestalt psychology - CORRECT ANSWER -the whole is more than the sum of its part
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER -therapy based on Freud's ideas, exploring the unconscious
mind
Psychodynamic - CORRECT ANSWER -attachment theory, unconscious process
Behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER -classical and operant conditioning
,Humanistic - CORRECT ANSWER -the desire to self-actualize and use free will
Cognitive/neurocognitive - CORRECT ANSWER -how people think, remember, and store
information
Sociocultural - CORRECT ANSWER -focusing on interactions within and between groups
Biopsychological - CORRECT ANSWER -study the relationship between genes and mental
processes and behavior
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER -well-developed set of ideas that propose and explanation for
observed phenomena
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER -tentative and testable statement about the relationship
between two or more variables
Statistical analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -determines how likely any difference between
experimental groups is due to chance
Mean - CORRECT ANSWER -average
Median - CORRECT ANSWER -the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and
half are below it
Mode - CORRECT ANSWER -the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution
, Range - CORRECT ANSWER -the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a
distribution
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER -relationship between two or more variables; when two
variables are correlated, one variable changes as the other does not
Correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWER -number from -1 to +1, indicating the strength and
direction of the relationship between variables, and usually represents by r
Positive correlation - CORRECT ANSWER -two variables change in the same direction, both
becoming either larger or smaller
Negative correlation - CORRECT ANSWER -two variables change in different directions, with one
becoming larger as the other becomes smaller; a negative correlation is not the same thing as
no correlation
- experimental and control groups
- defining variables and how they will be measures
- avoiding bias and the placebo effect - CORRECT ANSWER -What are the research designs?
Experimental group - CORRECT ANSWER -the participants that experience the manipulated
variable
Control group - CORRECT ANSWER -the participants that do not experience the manipulated
variable
Operational definition - CORRECT ANSWER -description of what actions and operations will be
used to measure the dependent variables and manipulate the independent variables
