PSY 110 - Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Involves asking tough
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questions about whether evidence has been interpreted in an unbiased
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way, and about whether the evidence tells not just the truth, but the
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whole truth |
Culture/Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-appreciating that society is
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made up of many different groups with different interests, skills, talents
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and needs
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Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any event that strengthens the
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behavior it follows | |
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an idea or set of ideas that is intended
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to explain facts or events
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Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a prediction that can be tested
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,Naturalistic Observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Technique for
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gathering scientific information by unobtrusively observing people in
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their natural environments, often without their knowledge
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- not always practical
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- observer bias may occur
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Operational Definition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-allows the researchers
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to describe in a specific way what they mean when they use a certain
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term
ex. Satisfaction is measured on a scale from 1-5 based on surveys
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Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A measure of the extent to which
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two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts
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the other |
•when two variables are correlated, knowing one variable's value can
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be used to predict the value of the other variable
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Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A research method in which an | | | | | | | | |
investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on
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some behavior or mental process
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- used to determine causation
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, Case Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-method of gathering information by
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studying a single individual in depth
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Random Assignment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-procedure that lets
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chance assign participants to the experimental or control group
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- helps with generalization
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Double-Blind Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An experiment in which
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neither the participant nor the researcher knows whether the
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participant has received the treatment or the placebo
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Informed Consent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an ethical principle that
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research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether
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|they wish to participate
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Demand Characteristic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Aspects of an
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observational setting that cause people to behave as they think
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someone else wants or expects| | | |
- People act a certain way because that is the way that they think the
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researchers wanted them to act | | | |
Answers
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Involves asking tough
| | | | | | |
questions about whether evidence has been interpreted in an unbiased
| | | | | | | | | |
way, and about whether the evidence tells not just the truth, but the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
whole truth |
Culture/Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-appreciating that society is
| | | | | | |
made up of many different groups with different interests, skills, talents
| | | | | | | | | | |
and needs
|
Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any event that strengthens the
| | | | | | | |
behavior it follows | |
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an idea or set of ideas that is intended
| | | | | | | | | | | |
to explain facts or events
| | | |
Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a prediction that can be tested
| | | | | | | |
,Naturalistic Observation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Technique for
| | | | | |
gathering scientific information by unobtrusively observing people in
| | | | | | | |
their natural environments, often without their knowledge
| | | | | |
- not always practical
| | |
- observer bias may occur
| | | |
Operational Definition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-allows the researchers
| | | | | | |
to describe in a specific way what they mean when they use a certain
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
term
ex. Satisfaction is measured on a scale from 1-5 based on surveys
| | | | | | | | | | |
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A measure of the extent to which
| | | | | | | | | |
two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the other |
•when two variables are correlated, knowing one variable's value can
| | | | | | | | | |
be used to predict the value of the other variable
| | | | | | | | |
Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A research method in which an | | | | | | | | |
investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on
| | | | | | | | | | |
some behavior or mental process
| | | |
- used to determine causation
| | | |
, Case Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-method of gathering information by
| | | | | | | |
studying a single individual in depth
| | | | | |
Random Assignment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-procedure that lets
| | | | | | |
chance assign participants to the experimental or control group
| | | | | | | |
- helps with generalization
| | |
Double-Blind Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An experiment in which
| | | | | | | |
neither the participant nor the researcher knows whether the
| | | | | | | | |
participant has received the treatment or the placebo
| | | | | | |
Informed Consent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an ethical principle that
| | | | | | | |
research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether
| | | | | | | | | |
|they wish to participate
| | |
Demand Characteristic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Aspects of an
| | | | | | |
observational setting that cause people to behave as they think
| | | | | | | | | |
someone else wants or expects| | | |
- People act a certain way because that is the way that they think the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
researchers wanted them to act | | | |
