Psychology Exam test queries and
answers graded A+
Psychology - ANS✅✅the scientific investigation of mental process and behavior
Scientific Method - ANS✅✅sets of orderly steps used to analyze and solve problems
Behavioral Perspective - ANS✅✅how behavior is learned or modified by environmental causes
(NURTURE)
Behavioral Data - ANS✅✅reports of observation about the behavior of organisms and the
conditions under which the behavior occur
Psychodynamic Perspective - ANS✅✅behavior is motivated by inherited instincts, biological drives,
& attempts to resolve personal conflicts between personal need and society's demands
Cognitive Perspective - ANS✅✅an approach that emphasizes mental process in perception,
memory, language, problem solving and other areas of behavior
Humanistic Perspective - ANS✅✅emphasizes the individual's inherent capacity for making rational
choices and developing maximum potential
Willhelm Wundt - ANS✅✅founding father of psychology
Biological Perspective - ANS✅✅study of physical bases on behavior
Behavior - ANS✅✅organisms that adjust to their environment
Standardization - ANS✅✅using uniform, consistent, procedures in all phases of data collection
Hypothesis - ANS✅✅tentative and testable statement about the relationship between causes and
consequences
, Determinism - ANS✅✅the idea that all events are determined by specific casual factors (physical,
mental, and behavioral)
Theory - ANS✅✅organized set of concepts (used to formulate research)
Sociocultural Perspective - ANS✅✅studies how an individual's behavior and thinking vary across
situations and cultures
Ivan Pavlov - ANS✅✅Russian Physiologist
Discovered classical conditioning behaviorism
Operational Definition - ANS✅✅standardizes the meaning within an experiment, by defining a
concept in terms of the specific operations or procedures used to measure it
Independent Variable - ANS✅✅factor manipulated and will cause changes (casual part of the
relationship)
Dependent Variable - ANS✅✅factor affected by independent variable (what is being measured)
Experimental Method - ANS✅✅research methodology that involves the manipulation of
independent variables to determine their effects on the dependent variables
Confounding Variable - ANS✅✅a variable that could produce effects that are confused, or
confounded with the effects of the independent variable
Double-blind Study - ANS✅✅a study in which both participants and researchers are blind to the
status of participants
Placebo Effect - ANS✅✅a phenomena in which an experimental manipulation produces an effect
because participants believe it will produce an effect
Control Group - ANS✅✅participants in an experiment who receive a relatively neutral condition to
serve as a comparison group
answers graded A+
Psychology - ANS✅✅the scientific investigation of mental process and behavior
Scientific Method - ANS✅✅sets of orderly steps used to analyze and solve problems
Behavioral Perspective - ANS✅✅how behavior is learned or modified by environmental causes
(NURTURE)
Behavioral Data - ANS✅✅reports of observation about the behavior of organisms and the
conditions under which the behavior occur
Psychodynamic Perspective - ANS✅✅behavior is motivated by inherited instincts, biological drives,
& attempts to resolve personal conflicts between personal need and society's demands
Cognitive Perspective - ANS✅✅an approach that emphasizes mental process in perception,
memory, language, problem solving and other areas of behavior
Humanistic Perspective - ANS✅✅emphasizes the individual's inherent capacity for making rational
choices and developing maximum potential
Willhelm Wundt - ANS✅✅founding father of psychology
Biological Perspective - ANS✅✅study of physical bases on behavior
Behavior - ANS✅✅organisms that adjust to their environment
Standardization - ANS✅✅using uniform, consistent, procedures in all phases of data collection
Hypothesis - ANS✅✅tentative and testable statement about the relationship between causes and
consequences
, Determinism - ANS✅✅the idea that all events are determined by specific casual factors (physical,
mental, and behavioral)
Theory - ANS✅✅organized set of concepts (used to formulate research)
Sociocultural Perspective - ANS✅✅studies how an individual's behavior and thinking vary across
situations and cultures
Ivan Pavlov - ANS✅✅Russian Physiologist
Discovered classical conditioning behaviorism
Operational Definition - ANS✅✅standardizes the meaning within an experiment, by defining a
concept in terms of the specific operations or procedures used to measure it
Independent Variable - ANS✅✅factor manipulated and will cause changes (casual part of the
relationship)
Dependent Variable - ANS✅✅factor affected by independent variable (what is being measured)
Experimental Method - ANS✅✅research methodology that involves the manipulation of
independent variables to determine their effects on the dependent variables
Confounding Variable - ANS✅✅a variable that could produce effects that are confused, or
confounded with the effects of the independent variable
Double-blind Study - ANS✅✅a study in which both participants and researchers are blind to the
status of participants
Placebo Effect - ANS✅✅a phenomena in which an experimental manipulation produces an effect
because participants believe it will produce an effect
Control Group - ANS✅✅participants in an experiment who receive a relatively neutral condition to
serve as a comparison group
