MIDTERM
The weakest stimulus that can be told apart from no stimulus at all is:
a. J.N.D
b. constant stimuli
c. absolute threshold
d. Weber's Constant - ✔️✔️c. absolute threshold
Applied research studies __________ - ✔️✔️Solutions to practical and personal
problems
Social/Cognitive theorists focus on the role of _______ and behavior. - ✔️✔️Thinking
Critical thinking is important because:
a. provides a database of knowledge
b. makes individual argumentative
c. provides people with life skills
d. teaches people how to criticize works of art - ✔️✔️c. provides people with life skills
Someone saying "I know this is true because Dr. Paul says that it is true" is using the
fallacy argument-appeals to force is.
True False - ✔️✔️False
The scientific method is an organized way of using experience and ________ to
increase knowledge. - ✔️✔️testing ideas
A specific statement about behavior that will be tested through research is called:
a. hypothesis
b. theory
c. scientific principal
d. research question - ✔️✔️a. hypothesis
In our discussion about the effects of alcohol on aggressive behavior, the measured
outcomes are called:
a. placebo
b. double-blind
c. independent variable
d. dependent variable - ✔️✔️d. dependent variable
In a double-blind study the researchers know who is receiving the treatment: