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Psychology 101 Final Exam 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED zm zm zm zm zm zm zm zm




COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (620 zm zm zm zm zm




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QUESTION 1 zm




Variables
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the events, characteristics, behaviors, or conditions that researchers measure and study.
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QUESTION 2 zm




subject or participant
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ANSWER

an individual person or animal a researcher studies.
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Sample
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a collection of subjects researchers study. Researchers use samples because they cannot study the e
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ntire population.
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Population
ANSWER

the collection of people or animals from which researchers draw a sample. Researchers study the sa
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mple and generalize their results to the population.
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,QUESTION 5 zm




The Purpose of Research
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ANSWER

-To find ways to measure and describe behavior -To understand why, when, and how events occur -
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To apply this knowledge to solving real-world problems
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QUESTION 6 zm




The scientific method
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ANSWER

a standardized way of making observations, gathering data, forming theories, testing predictions, and
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interpreting results.
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QUESTION 7 zm




A theory
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ANSWER

an explanation that organizes separate pieces of information in a coherent way.
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QUESTION 8 zm




replicable
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when others can repeat an experiment and get the same results.
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QUESTION 9 zm




hypothesis
ANSWER

a testable prediction of what will happen given a certain set of conditions.
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QUESTION 10 zm




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ANSWER

, researchers collect information about subjects by observing them unobtrusively, without interfering
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with them in any way.
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QUESTION 11 zm




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The researcher collects data about the subject through interviews, direct observation, psychological t
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esting, or examination of documents and records about the subject.
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QUESTION 12 zm




survey
ANSWER

a way of getting information about a specific type of behavior, experience, or event. When using this
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method, researchers give people questionnaires or interview them to obtain information.
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QUESTION 13 zm




experiment
ANSWER

a researcher manipulates or changes a particular variable under controlled conditions while observin
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g resulting changes in another variable or variables.
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QUESTION 14 zm




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maintains that researchers should apply the simplest explanation possible to any set of observations.
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QUESTION 15 zm




correlation
ANSWER

measurement of the strength of the relationship between two variables
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QUESTION 16 zm