APEX Unit 1 Final Exam/70 Questions
And Answers 100% Correct
Experiments - -Studies in which researchers change one factor (the
independent variable) in order to determine if the change alters another
factor (the dependent variable). Example: Applying different types of therapy
to different people to see if one method is more effective than another.
- Hypothesis - -An educated guess about what an experiment or
observational study will find.
- Treatment - -The experimental _________ given to subjects in an
experiment. Example: In an experiment to test an antidepressant
medication, the _________ is the medication.
- Treatment Group - -The group that receives the medical treatment.
- Control Group - -The group that does NOT receive the medical treatment.
- Control in Experiments - -A control group is one way.
- Random Assignment - -Using random chance to place subjects in the
experimental or control group.
- Subjects - -The people who are selected to be in a sample and participate
in the study.
- Human-Subjects Approval - -A process for ensuring that people who
participate in a study will not be harmed or exploited.
- Informed Consent - -A standard for ensuring that people who can
participate in a study understand the risks and benefits, and that they are
not forced to participate against their will.
- Independent Variable - -The factor in an experiment that is directly
changed by the researcher. Example: When studying whether a type of
therapy may reduce depression, the type of therapy is the ___________
variable. (Controlled directly by the researcher.)
- Dependent Variable - -A factor in an experiment that may change as a
result of changes in the independent variable. Example: When studying
whether a type of therapy may reduce depression, the level of depression is
the _________ variable. (Not directly controlled by the researcher.)
, - Placebo Effect - -The tendency for people in a control group to respond as
if they have received the actual treatment. Example: I a person is given a
sugar pill and is told the pill will make them feel relaxed, the person will feel
relaxed in a significant number of cases.
- Placebos - -Substances or treatments that are determined to have no
effect on a person. Example: In a study on the effects of a medication for
depression, people in the control group may receive a placebo that contains
only sugar.
- Double-Blind - -When neither the subjects nor the researcher knows who is
the treatment group.
- Hawthorne Effect - -Subjects respond differently when they know they are
being studied. Example: Depressed people may find that their depression
has lifted, only because they were in a study that is supposed to help
depression.
- Positive Psychology - -The scientific study of human functioning,
promoting, strengths that help people and communities thrive. The study of
optimal human functioning. Example: Studies on what makes people happy.
- Humanistic Psychology - -The perspective of psychology that emphasizes
human potential and personal growth. Example: Helping people set and
achieve goals.
- Biological Basis - -The processes in your body's cells that allow every
thought, feeling, and behavior to take place.
- Biomedical Model - -The perspective of psychology concerned with the
biological basis of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
- Biopsychology - -The application of principles of biology toward the study
of psychology. Also known as biological psychology, behavioral
neuroscience, or psychobiology.
- Grand Question #1 - -What do people need in order to be happy, to thrive,
and to have a fulfilling life?
- Grand Question #2 - -How do trillions of cells in our body work together to
support the experience we know as consciousness?
- Grand Question #3 - -How can people change their thoughts and
behaviors so that they are happier and live a more fulfilling life?
And Answers 100% Correct
Experiments - -Studies in which researchers change one factor (the
independent variable) in order to determine if the change alters another
factor (the dependent variable). Example: Applying different types of therapy
to different people to see if one method is more effective than another.
- Hypothesis - -An educated guess about what an experiment or
observational study will find.
- Treatment - -The experimental _________ given to subjects in an
experiment. Example: In an experiment to test an antidepressant
medication, the _________ is the medication.
- Treatment Group - -The group that receives the medical treatment.
- Control Group - -The group that does NOT receive the medical treatment.
- Control in Experiments - -A control group is one way.
- Random Assignment - -Using random chance to place subjects in the
experimental or control group.
- Subjects - -The people who are selected to be in a sample and participate
in the study.
- Human-Subjects Approval - -A process for ensuring that people who
participate in a study will not be harmed or exploited.
- Informed Consent - -A standard for ensuring that people who can
participate in a study understand the risks and benefits, and that they are
not forced to participate against their will.
- Independent Variable - -The factor in an experiment that is directly
changed by the researcher. Example: When studying whether a type of
therapy may reduce depression, the type of therapy is the ___________
variable. (Controlled directly by the researcher.)
- Dependent Variable - -A factor in an experiment that may change as a
result of changes in the independent variable. Example: When studying
whether a type of therapy may reduce depression, the level of depression is
the _________ variable. (Not directly controlled by the researcher.)
, - Placebo Effect - -The tendency for people in a control group to respond as
if they have received the actual treatment. Example: I a person is given a
sugar pill and is told the pill will make them feel relaxed, the person will feel
relaxed in a significant number of cases.
- Placebos - -Substances or treatments that are determined to have no
effect on a person. Example: In a study on the effects of a medication for
depression, people in the control group may receive a placebo that contains
only sugar.
- Double-Blind - -When neither the subjects nor the researcher knows who is
the treatment group.
- Hawthorne Effect - -Subjects respond differently when they know they are
being studied. Example: Depressed people may find that their depression
has lifted, only because they were in a study that is supposed to help
depression.
- Positive Psychology - -The scientific study of human functioning,
promoting, strengths that help people and communities thrive. The study of
optimal human functioning. Example: Studies on what makes people happy.
- Humanistic Psychology - -The perspective of psychology that emphasizes
human potential and personal growth. Example: Helping people set and
achieve goals.
- Biological Basis - -The processes in your body's cells that allow every
thought, feeling, and behavior to take place.
- Biomedical Model - -The perspective of psychology concerned with the
biological basis of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
- Biopsychology - -The application of principles of biology toward the study
of psychology. Also known as biological psychology, behavioral
neuroscience, or psychobiology.
- Grand Question #1 - -What do people need in order to be happy, to thrive,
and to have a fulfilling life?
- Grand Question #2 - -How do trillions of cells in our body work together to
support the experience we know as consciousness?
- Grand Question #3 - -How can people change their thoughts and
behaviors so that they are happier and live a more fulfilling life?
