PSYC 289 Final Exam Study Set Questions With
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The idea that knowledge should be acquired through observation is referred to
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as: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. empiricism
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Research in neuroscience owes a great deal of its inspiration from Donald Hebb,
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who wrote the book "The Organization of Behaviour: A Neuropsychological
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Theory" and theorized about the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. concept of cell-
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assemblies and the importance of neuronal processes for behaviour
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Mikeal is having problems relating to other people becuase he is exhibiting
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delusions (false beliefs) and hallucinations. Mikeal would most likely seek help
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from ________________ psychologist. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. a clinical
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World War II was a main impetus behind: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. an
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increased tension between the research and professional domains of psychology
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It is generally recognized that the study of culture has ____________________ to
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offer psychologists who attempt to understand the nature of phenomena such as
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memory or perception. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. much
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Sunlin was born and raised in India. He prepared a meal for his new American
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girlfriend, who enjoyed it so much that she cleaned her plate. Later, she was
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surprised that Sunlin had found her behaviour somewhat insulting; she thought
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she was showing her appreciation. In this case, the couple's miscommunication
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,illustrates the underlying theme that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. our behaviour is
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|shaped by our cultural heritage| | | |
Mariska is participating in a research study in which she is asked to observe
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carefully and report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Mariska is most
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likely participating in a study conducted by a _____________ psychologist. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. structuralist | |
If Dr. Meharry is a behaviorist, what would he most likely say is the cause child's
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disruptive behavior in school? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. his prior experiences
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The theoretical orientation that insisted on verifibility of observation was: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. behaviourism | |
Which early approach in psychology concentrated on breaking down conscious
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experience into its basic elements? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. structuralism
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Researchers studying the effects of sleep deprivation tested the physical
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coordination skills of 25-year-old males who had been sleep deprived for 24, 36,
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or 48 hours. In this study, the dependent variable would be the: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a. physical coordination skills of the men in the study | | | | | | | | |
Suppose a researcher discovered a +0.87 correlation between the length of a
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person's toes and the number of pairs of shoes the person owns. In general,
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people who own the fewest number of shoes would have: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-d. small toes | |
, What is the procedure where neither the experimenter nor the subjects know
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which group the subjecs are being placed in? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. double-
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blind technique |
Your grandmother's cure for your upset stomach is to rub vinegar on your ear
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lobes. This method works most of the time, but it has no real medicinal value.
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Psychologists would probably say that this is an example of: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. a placebo effect | | |
Anecdotal evidence consists of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. personal stories about
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specific incidents and experiences
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To learn whether people in Newburg support the expansion of the town's
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elementary school, Mayor Tyson randomly selected and interviewed 100 of the
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town's 10,000 residents. In this instance, the 100 people who were interviewed
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by the mayor would be considered to be a: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a.
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representative sample |
Descriptive statistics help researchers: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. describe and
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summarize the data obtained in a study | | | | | |
In an experiment, the experimental group comprises participants who: - CORRECT
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|ANSWER✔✔-b. are not exposed to the treatment | | | | | |
A researcher who conducts a survey by asking volunteers to mail in a form that is
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printed in the local newspaper is likely to end up with data from a: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. biased sample | |
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The idea that knowledge should be acquired through observation is referred to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
as: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. empiricism
| | | |
Research in neuroscience owes a great deal of its inspiration from Donald Hebb,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
who wrote the book "The Organization of Behaviour: A Neuropsychological
| | | | | | | | | |
Theory" and theorized about the: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. concept of cell-
| | | | | | | | | |
assemblies and the importance of neuronal processes for behaviour
| | | | | | | |
Mikeal is having problems relating to other people becuase he is exhibiting
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delusions (false beliefs) and hallucinations. Mikeal would most likely seek help
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from ________________ psychologist. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. a clinical
| | | | | | |
World War II was a main impetus behind: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. an
| | | | | | | | | | | |
increased tension between the research and professional domains of psychology
| | | | | | | | |
It is generally recognized that the study of culture has ____________________ to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
offer psychologists who attempt to understand the nature of phenomena such as
| | | | | | | | | | | |
memory or perception. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. much
| | | | | |
Sunlin was born and raised in India. He prepared a meal for his new American
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
girlfriend, who enjoyed it so much that she cleaned her plate. Later, she was
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
surprised that Sunlin had found her behaviour somewhat insulting; she thought
| | | | | | | | | | |
she was showing her appreciation. In this case, the couple's miscommunication
| | | | | | | | | | |
,illustrates the underlying theme that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. our behaviour is
| | | | | | | | | |
|shaped by our cultural heritage| | | |
Mariska is participating in a research study in which she is asked to observe
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
carefully and report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Mariska is most
| | | | | | | | | | | |
likely participating in a study conducted by a _____________ psychologist. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. structuralist | |
If Dr. Meharry is a behaviorist, what would he most likely say is the cause child's
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
disruptive behavior in school? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. his prior experiences
| | | | | | | | |
The theoretical orientation that insisted on verifibility of observation was: -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. behaviourism | |
Which early approach in psychology concentrated on breaking down conscious
| | | | | | | | | |
experience into its basic elements? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. structuralism
| | | | | | | |
Researchers studying the effects of sleep deprivation tested the physical
| | | | | | | | | |
coordination skills of 25-year-old males who had been sleep deprived for 24, 36,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
or 48 hours. In this study, the dependent variable would be the: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-a. physical coordination skills of the men in the study | | | | | | | | |
Suppose a researcher discovered a +0.87 correlation between the length of a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
person's toes and the number of pairs of shoes the person owns. In general,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
people who own the fewest number of shoes would have: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-d. small toes | |
, What is the procedure where neither the experimenter nor the subjects know
| | | | | | | | | | | |
which group the subjecs are being placed in? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. double-
| | | | | | | | | | |
blind technique |
Your grandmother's cure for your upset stomach is to rub vinegar on your ear
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
lobes. This method works most of the time, but it has no real medicinal value.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Psychologists would probably say that this is an example of: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. a placebo effect | | |
Anecdotal evidence consists of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. personal stories about
| | | | | | | | |
specific incidents and experiences
| | | |
To learn whether people in Newburg support the expansion of the town's
| | | | | | | | | | | |
elementary school, Mayor Tyson randomly selected and interviewed 100 of the
| | | | | | | | | | |
town's 10,000 residents. In this instance, the 100 people who were interviewed
| | | | | | | | | | | |
by the mayor would be considered to be a: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
representative sample |
Descriptive statistics help researchers: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. describe and
| | | | | | | | |
summarize the data obtained in a study | | | | | |
In an experiment, the experimental group comprises participants who: - CORRECT
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|ANSWER✔✔-b. are not exposed to the treatment | | | | | |
A researcher who conducts a survey by asking volunteers to mail in a form that is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
printed in the local newspaper is likely to end up with data from a: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. biased sample | |
