Psych 401 final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Counseling Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Helps people deal with
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problems associated with everyday life.
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School Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Works with parents, teachers, and
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students.
Clinical Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diagnoses, treats, and studies
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mental or emotional problems.
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Psychotherapist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anyone who does any type of
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psychotherapy regardless of training.
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Psychoanalyst - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individuals who receive training in
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Freudian psychoanalysis.
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Psychiatrist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Medical doctors who diagnose and treat
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mental disorders by prescribing medications.
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Case Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A detailed description of a particular
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individual based on careful observation or formal psychological testing.
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,Observational Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Researcher observes, measures,
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and records behavior, taking care to avoid intruding on the people being
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observed.
Surveys - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Questionnaires/interviews that gather
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information by asking people directly about their experiences, attitudes, or
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opinions.
Correlation Studies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Focuses on the relationship between
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two phenomena.
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Variables - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Characters, behaviors or experiences that can
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be measured or described by a numeric scale.
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Correlation Coefficient - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A numerical measurement of
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strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.
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Positive Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When one figure is high, the other
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tends to be also.
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Negative Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When one figure is high, the other
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tends to be low.
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Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A controlled test of a hypothesis in which
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the researcher manipulates one variable.
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,Independent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The variable that is manipulated
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by the experimenter.
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Dependent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The variable that the experimenter
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predicts will be affected by manipulating the independent variable.
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Control Condition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Participants aren't exposed to the
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same treatment as the experimental condition.
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Placebo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The participant receives a fake treatment (ie;
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sugar pills).
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Central Nervous System (CNS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Brain and spinal cord.
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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Everything outside the
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central nervous system, includes sensory and motor nerves.
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Somatic Nervous System (Skeletal) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Connects to skeletal
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muscles. Voluntary system.| |
Soma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"Of the body"
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Autonomic Nervous System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Regulates the internal
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organs and glands. Involuntary system.
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, Sympathetic Nervous System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fight, flight, freeze -- cope.
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Parasympathetic Nervous System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Regulates the | | | | | | |
Sympathetic Nervous System. | |
Nerve Cells - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Brain cells - Conduct electrochemical signals.
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Dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Receive information from the nerve cells an
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transmit it to the cell body. | | | | |
Cell Body - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Keeps the neuron alive and determines
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whether to fire a signal. | | | |
Axon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Conducts impulses away from the cell body and
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transmits them to other cells. | | | |
Myelin Sheath - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fatty insulation that may surround the
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axon of a nerve.
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Glial Cells - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Glue of the brain.
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Nodes of Ranvier - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Constrictions in the myelin sheath
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which divide it into segments.
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Correct Answers
Counseling Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Helps people deal with
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problems associated with everyday life.
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School Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Works with parents, teachers, and
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students.
Clinical Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diagnoses, treats, and studies
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mental or emotional problems.
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Psychotherapist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anyone who does any type of
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psychotherapy regardless of training.
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Psychoanalyst - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individuals who receive training in
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Freudian psychoanalysis.
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Psychiatrist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Medical doctors who diagnose and treat
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mental disorders by prescribing medications.
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Case Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A detailed description of a particular
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individual based on careful observation or formal psychological testing.
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,Observational Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Researcher observes, measures,
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and records behavior, taking care to avoid intruding on the people being
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observed.
Surveys - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Questionnaires/interviews that gather
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information by asking people directly about their experiences, attitudes, or
| | | | | | | | | |
opinions.
Correlation Studies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Focuses on the relationship between
| | | | | | | | |
two phenomena.
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Variables - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Characters, behaviors or experiences that can
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be measured or described by a numeric scale.
| | | | | | |
Correlation Coefficient - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A numerical measurement of
| | | | | | | |
strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.
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Positive Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When one figure is high, the other
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tends to be also.
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Negative Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-When one figure is high, the other
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tends to be low.
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Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A controlled test of a hypothesis in which
| | | | | | | | | | |
the researcher manipulates one variable.
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,Independent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The variable that is manipulated
| | | | | | | | |
by the experimenter.
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Dependent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The variable that the experimenter
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predicts will be affected by manipulating the independent variable.
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Control Condition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Participants aren't exposed to the
| | | | | | | | |
same treatment as the experimental condition.
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Placebo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The participant receives a fake treatment (ie;
| | | | | | | | | |
sugar pills).
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Central Nervous System (CNS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Brain and spinal cord.
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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Everything outside the
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central nervous system, includes sensory and motor nerves.
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Somatic Nervous System (Skeletal) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Connects to skeletal
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muscles. Voluntary system.| |
Soma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"Of the body"
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Autonomic Nervous System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Regulates the internal
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organs and glands. Involuntary system.
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, Sympathetic Nervous System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fight, flight, freeze -- cope.
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Parasympathetic Nervous System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Regulates the | | | | | | |
Sympathetic Nervous System. | |
Nerve Cells - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Brain cells - Conduct electrochemical signals.
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Dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Receive information from the nerve cells an
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transmit it to the cell body. | | | | |
Cell Body - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Keeps the neuron alive and determines
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whether to fire a signal. | | | |
Axon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Conducts impulses away from the cell body and
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transmits them to other cells. | | | |
Myelin Sheath - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fatty insulation that may surround the
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axon of a nerve.
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Glial Cells - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Glue of the brain.
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Nodes of Ranvier - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Constrictions in the myelin sheath
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which divide it into segments.
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