PSY 101 K. FENN MSU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of the mind, brain, and behavior.
first-borns are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅more achieving and contentious.
later-borns are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅more rebellious
what are the basic principles of psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) biological (2) social (3)
cognitive (4) cultural (5) individual differences
what are the dominant themes in psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) nature v nurture (biology,
genetics and the environment)
(2) unconscious forces on behavior
(3) neural mechanisms that underly human behavior and psychology.
sub-disciplines of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅basic and applied
what is basic psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅generation of new knowledge that later applications
are built on.
what is applied psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅basic knowledge to solve human problems.
what are the goals on psychological research? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) to describe the state of the
world.
(2) make predictions
(3) identify casual relationships
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅
, why do we use scientific method? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅humans are bad at intuition
(1) we see patterns that don't exist
(2) we are easily convinced
(3) we have biases that influence interpretation
what is hindsight bias? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅explains people overestimating their ability to have
predicted outcomes
what is confirmation bias? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅going along w biases that conform our ideas
what are the different studies that we use to test theories? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) descriptive
studies
(2) correlations studies
(3) experiments
what are descriptive studies? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅studies that seek to observe and describe
phenomena rather than manipulate variables.
what are the different types of descriptive studies? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) case studies
(2) naturalistic observation
(3) survey research
what are case studies and their disadvantages? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅in depth study of one person or
a small group.
(1) small sample size (limit to generalizability)
(2) susceptibility to research bias
what are naturalistic observation and it's advantages/disadvantages? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅in depth
study of something in its natural setting.
psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the study of the mind, brain, and behavior.
first-borns are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅more achieving and contentious.
later-borns are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅more rebellious
what are the basic principles of psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) biological (2) social (3)
cognitive (4) cultural (5) individual differences
what are the dominant themes in psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) nature v nurture (biology,
genetics and the environment)
(2) unconscious forces on behavior
(3) neural mechanisms that underly human behavior and psychology.
sub-disciplines of psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅basic and applied
what is basic psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅generation of new knowledge that later applications
are built on.
what is applied psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅basic knowledge to solve human problems.
what are the goals on psychological research? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) to describe the state of the
world.
(2) make predictions
(3) identify casual relationships
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅
, why do we use scientific method? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅humans are bad at intuition
(1) we see patterns that don't exist
(2) we are easily convinced
(3) we have biases that influence interpretation
what is hindsight bias? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅explains people overestimating their ability to have
predicted outcomes
what is confirmation bias? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅going along w biases that conform our ideas
what are the different studies that we use to test theories? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) descriptive
studies
(2) correlations studies
(3) experiments
what are descriptive studies? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅studies that seek to observe and describe
phenomena rather than manipulate variables.
what are the different types of descriptive studies? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) case studies
(2) naturalistic observation
(3) survey research
what are case studies and their disadvantages? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅in depth study of one person or
a small group.
(1) small sample size (limit to generalizability)
(2) susceptibility to research bias
what are naturalistic observation and it's advantages/disadvantages? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅in depth
study of something in its natural setting.
