Psy Ch1
- 1.
Modern, empirical, psychology began in the:
- A.
1600
- B.
1700
- C.
1800
- D.
1900
Correct Answer
C. 1800 -
- 2.
Psychologists use scientific methods to study:
- A.
Emphysema
- B.
Old age
- C.
Abnormalities
- D.
Behavior and mental processes
Correct Answer
D. Behavior and mental processes -
- 3.
If you were to study consciousness by having your friends use introspection and report the results to you, your research method would be most similar to that used by:
- A.
Structuralists
- B.
Behaviorists
- C.
Psychoanalysts
- D.
Cognitive psychologists
Correct Answer
A. Structuralists -
- 4.
John Watson believed that psychology should limit itself to the study of
- A.
Emotions
- B.
Human consciousness
- C.
Unconsciousness mental processes
- D.
Observable behavior
Correct Answer
D. Observable behavior -
- 5.
The branch of psychology that deals with the unconscious is:
- A.
Structuralism
- B.
Psychoanalysis
- C.
Functionalism
- D.
Behaviorism
Correct Answer
B. Psychoanalysis -
- 6.
When Amanda told her therapist that she feels fine in the summer but drained and depressed in the winter, her therapist immediately ordered several tests on her nervous system. Amanda's therapist most likely takes which approach to therapy?
- A.
Biological
- B.
Behavioral
- C.
Psychodynamic
- D.
Cognitive
Correct Answer
A. Biological -
- 7.
A cognitive psychologist would be MOST LIKELY to design a study of:
- A.
How people influence each other
- B.
What processes are involved in memory
- C.
Which charac make human have different personalities
- D.
How we can best analyze psychological data
Correct Answer
B. What processes are involved in memory -
- 8.
Darwin's book 'The Origin of Species' influenced this modern approach to psychology.
- A.
Evolutionary
- B.
Psychodynamic
- C.
Behavioral
- D.
Educational
Correct Answer
A. Evolutionary -
- 9.
Which is the only research method that can establish a cause-effect relationship?
- A.
Case study
- B.
Naturalistic observation
- C.
Experiment
- D.
Survey
Correct Answer
C. Experiment -
- 10.
Dr. Ivanov, a music teacher, is conducting a study on the effects of music education on children's verbal creativity. During piano lessons, he unconsciously plays word games with the children in the experimental group. Those games eventually contribute to their having higher verbal creativity scores. Dr. Ivanov's study is flawed due to
- A.
Experimenter bias
- B.
Double blind
- C.
Random
- D.
Placebo effect
Correct Answer
A. Experimenter bias -
- 11.
Match the element of research design to its definition random assignment 1.what the researcher manipulates in an expt dependent variable 2.a statistic that indicates how closely 2 variables are related to each other correlation 3.what the researcher measures in an expt independent variable 4.a specific testable propostion about something you want to study hypothesis 5.the method of assigning treatments to participants in an expt
Correct Answer
5,3,2,1,4 - 12.
Experimenter bias can be best fixed by using:
- A.
Double blind
- B.
Control groups
- C.
Placebos
- D.
Debriefing
Correct Answer
A. Double blind -
- 13.
Twenty volunteers are shown a movie about a party. After viewing, participants were asked to rate their reactions to movie using a scale that went from 1 to 7. In this example, what would be the data?
- A.
The participants
- B.
Movie
- C.
Party
- D.
Ratings
Correct Answer
D. Ratings -
- 14.
A researcher at the university has students in the introductory psychology subject pool fill out a survey about life satisfaction. The introductory psychology subject pool represents a ________ sample of the human population.
- A.
Random
- B.
Biased
- C.
Representative
- D.
Placebo
Correct Answer
A. Random -
- 15.
A random sample is one where:
- A.
All participants are randomly placed in their treatment group
- B.
All members of a population are equally likely to be selected
- C.
The participants enroll in their choice of experiments
- D.
The researcher selects which people will be studied based on their characteristics.
Correct Answer
B. All members of a population are equally likely to be selected -
- 16.
Jon believes that exercise is a cause of higher levels of life satisfaction. If Jon plans to study this hypothesis experimentally, his independent variable would be the:
- A.
Amount of exercise his subjects receive
- B.
Level of life satisfaction before the exercise
- C.
Level of life satisfaction after the exercise
- D.
Physical health of his subjects
Correct Answer
A. Amount of exercise his subjects receive -
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