Exam 1 Psychology Practice Homeworks
(Chapters 1-4)
That exists between ice cream sales and murder rates, such that as ice cream sales increase, so do
murder rates. The third variable that Aaron came up with to explain this correlation was -
✅heat
You notice a positive correlation between age and salary. You think that what links those two
variables is likely to be job experience. Job experience would serve as the ____________ variable in
this example. -
✅third
You find a strong correlation between listening to classical music and SAT scores. What can you
conclude from just this information? -
✅There is a strong connection between the two variables
Ron really admires his political science professor and believes that sheis always correct. He hears
some information that contradicts what his favorite professor claims but brushes it off as being
inaccurate. He only listens to people who corroborate what his professor states. This is known as -
✅confirmation bias
Tammy is a manager at a company in the middle of doing interviews. One applicant walks in with a
tattoo on her arm. Tammy assumes that she is not suitable for the job, believing that people who
have any tattoos are not good employees. This demonstrates -
✅the saliency bias
Aaron believes that his shirt helped him pitch winning games. This shows that he -
✅he did not understand that correlation does not mean causation
Dr. Peters designs an experiment in which half of the participants will receive a drug, whereas the
other half will receive a placebo to test the drug's effects on reducing anxiety. The first people on the
volunteer list were the first people who signed up. She takes the first half of people on the list and
assigns them to one condition, and the bottom half to the other condition. Is there a problem with
this study design? -
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, ✅yes, there is no random assignment
Dr. Dunn is conducting a study on the effects of a new medication for pain reduction. She compares
the new medication to the current market drug. What is the independent variable in this study? -
✅the type of drug
Dr. Smith is conducting a study on the effects of a new medication for pain reduction. She compares
the new medication to the current market drug. What is the dependent variable in this study? -
✅the pain levels
Jody wants to conduct research on the bystander effect. Specifically, she would like to test whether
males or females are more likely to succumb to the bystander effect. Based on the current research,
she predicts that males will be more likely. Jody' prediction is called a(n) -
✅hypothesis
Dr. Kilmeade works for a drug company testing the effects of different drugs in experiments. Typically,
one group of participants receives the new drug, whereas the other gets the current drug. Dr.
Kilmeade wants the new drug to work the best because it was created by the company. Because of
her bias, she decides that the experimenters should be blind to knowing which condition the
participants are in. This shows that Dr. Kilmeade is trying to reduce -
✅Experimental Bias
Dr. Smith is looking over the results of a study she recently conducted. Although she would like to see
an exciting new discovery, she examines the results as if someone else conducted the study and as if
she had no interest in which way the results turned out. This process would be describing Dr. Smith's
attempt at _____. -
✅objectivity
Let's say that in the beginnings of the field of psychology, someone wanted to learn more about the
experiences of perceiving different colors of light. They asked participants to sit in a lab setting and
showed them different colors, then asked them directly what they perceived and how the color
made them feel. This study would be best described as a technique used in the model called _____. -
✅structuralism
a researcher is interested in how individuals adapted to changes in their environment. This research
would be most consistent with the perspective of _____. -
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(Chapters 1-4)
That exists between ice cream sales and murder rates, such that as ice cream sales increase, so do
murder rates. The third variable that Aaron came up with to explain this correlation was -
✅heat
You notice a positive correlation between age and salary. You think that what links those two
variables is likely to be job experience. Job experience would serve as the ____________ variable in
this example. -
✅third
You find a strong correlation between listening to classical music and SAT scores. What can you
conclude from just this information? -
✅There is a strong connection between the two variables
Ron really admires his political science professor and believes that sheis always correct. He hears
some information that contradicts what his favorite professor claims but brushes it off as being
inaccurate. He only listens to people who corroborate what his professor states. This is known as -
✅confirmation bias
Tammy is a manager at a company in the middle of doing interviews. One applicant walks in with a
tattoo on her arm. Tammy assumes that she is not suitable for the job, believing that people who
have any tattoos are not good employees. This demonstrates -
✅the saliency bias
Aaron believes that his shirt helped him pitch winning games. This shows that he -
✅he did not understand that correlation does not mean causation
Dr. Peters designs an experiment in which half of the participants will receive a drug, whereas the
other half will receive a placebo to test the drug's effects on reducing anxiety. The first people on the
volunteer list were the first people who signed up. She takes the first half of people on the list and
assigns them to one condition, and the bottom half to the other condition. Is there a problem with
this study design? -
1|Page
, ✅yes, there is no random assignment
Dr. Dunn is conducting a study on the effects of a new medication for pain reduction. She compares
the new medication to the current market drug. What is the independent variable in this study? -
✅the type of drug
Dr. Smith is conducting a study on the effects of a new medication for pain reduction. She compares
the new medication to the current market drug. What is the dependent variable in this study? -
✅the pain levels
Jody wants to conduct research on the bystander effect. Specifically, she would like to test whether
males or females are more likely to succumb to the bystander effect. Based on the current research,
she predicts that males will be more likely. Jody' prediction is called a(n) -
✅hypothesis
Dr. Kilmeade works for a drug company testing the effects of different drugs in experiments. Typically,
one group of participants receives the new drug, whereas the other gets the current drug. Dr.
Kilmeade wants the new drug to work the best because it was created by the company. Because of
her bias, she decides that the experimenters should be blind to knowing which condition the
participants are in. This shows that Dr. Kilmeade is trying to reduce -
✅Experimental Bias
Dr. Smith is looking over the results of a study she recently conducted. Although she would like to see
an exciting new discovery, she examines the results as if someone else conducted the study and as if
she had no interest in which way the results turned out. This process would be describing Dr. Smith's
attempt at _____. -
✅objectivity
Let's say that in the beginnings of the field of psychology, someone wanted to learn more about the
experiences of perceiving different colors of light. They asked participants to sit in a lab setting and
showed them different colors, then asked them directly what they perceived and how the color
made them feel. This study would be best described as a technique used in the model called _____. -
✅structuralism
a researcher is interested in how individuals adapted to changes in their environment. This research
would be most consistent with the perspective of _____. -
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