Exam 1: Section 2: The Science of Psychology

Suppose Aaron finds that the correlation between students' levels of optimism and their scores on an exam is -.68. This correlation indicates which of the following?

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Question 41

A researcher is designing a study to test the influence of a new reading program insixth-grade classes. To determine the influence of the intervention on improving reading ability, the researcher should be sure to _____.

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Question 42

To test the effectiveness of two different drugs for depression, an individual who is not involved in conducting the experiment or analyzing the results codes the labels so that neither the experimenter nor the participants know which group of participants received which drug. This experiment MOST clearly involves which of the following?

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Question 43

After his favorite football team lost an important game, Chuck commented that the coach should have known that the team's strategy would fail because of the opposition's strong defense. Chuck's comment BEST illustrates which of the following?

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Question 44

Virtually all correlation coefficients in psychological research have an absolute value of less than 1.00, which indicates that _____.

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Question 45

Psychologists who study how brain chemistry influences behavior are most likely from the _ perspective, whereas psychologists who study how we perceive and reason are most likely from the _ perspective.

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Question 46

A researcher reports that the distribution of her data was skewed. This indicates that _____.

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Question 47

The case study of H. M. revealed that after surgery H. M. was unable to _, suggesting that the _ plays a role in these types of memories.

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Question 48

Maggie often makes unusual comments because she is rewarded when others pay attention to her. Maggie's continuing tendency to make unusual comments is an example of _ conditioning, which is emphasized by psychology's _ perspective.

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Question 49

Dr. Simon studies how the activity of neural chemicals influences our moods. Dr. Simon's work MOST directly illustrates psychology's _____ perspective.

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Question 50

Caitlin plans to conduct research to answer the question, "Does loud music cause people to remember less of what they read?" Which research method should she use to answer her question?

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Question 51

To determine the effect of music on memorization, Dr. Majowski asks participants to study a list of words for two minutes. All participants study the same list of words, but half study in silence and half study while listening to music. After studying the words, all participants are asked to complete the same set of mathematical problems for one minute and then are asked to recall the words. Dr. Majowski measures the percentage of words correctly recalled. What is the independent variable in this study?

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Question 52

Which research technique would be MOST well suited to examining whether the number of hours spent watching TV predicts hours spent exercising?

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Question 53

Suppose Timothy is interested in testing the effect of stress on test performance. Which would be the MOST appropriate operational definition of the independent variable?

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Question 54

Instead of reporting specific grades, Paul's psychology professor always provides students with a standard deviation score so they can compute their percentile rank. Given a standard deviation score of +2, Paul determines that his percentile rank is _____.

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Question 55

Describe is to predict as _ study is to _ study.

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Question 56

As part of an experiment to test the effectiveness of a drug for depression, one group of participants receives a pill that does not contain any active ingredients. The inclusion of these participants MOST directly indicates that the experiment involves which of the following?

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Question 57

The probability that results are due to chance is to _ as concisely reporting the results of a research study is to _.

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Question 58

You must determine the strength and direction of a correlation between two variables, but you only have information concerning the scatterplot. Told there is little scatter among a set of data points that fall in a lower left to upper right direction on a graph, you conclude that the correlation would BEST be described as _____.

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Question 59

As Janet is waiting in line at the theater, a man runs by and grabs her purse. Someone is more likely to respond to Janet's cries for help if she is waiting in line with _, illustrating the _.

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Exam 1: Section 2: The Science of Psychology

Suppose Aaron finds that the correlation between students' levels of optimism and their scores on an exam is -.68. This correlation indicates which of the following?

A researcher is designing a study to test the influence of a new reading program in sixth-grade classes. To determine the influence of the intervention on improving reading ability, the researcher should be sure to _____.

After his favorite football team lost an important game, Chuck commented that the coach should have known that the team's strategy would fail because of the opposition's strong defense. Chuck's comment BEST illustrates which of the following?

Virtually all correlation coefficients in psychological research have an absolute value of less than 1.00, which indicates that _____.

Psychologists who study how brain chemistry influences behavior are most likely from the _____ perspective, whereas psychologists who study how we perceive and reason are most likely from the _____ perspective.

A researcher reports that the distribution of her data was skewed. This indicates that _____.

The case study of H. M. revealed that after surgery H. M. was unable to _____, suggesting that the _____ plays a role in these types of memories.

Maggie often makes unusual comments because she is rewarded when others pay attention to her. Maggie's continuing tendency to make unusual comments is an example of _____ conditioning, which is emphasized by psychology's _____ perspective.

Dr. Simon studies how the activity of neural chemicals influences our moods. Dr. Simon's work MOST directly illustrates psychology's _____ perspective.

Caitlin plans to conduct research to answer the question, "Does loud music cause people to remember less of what they read?" Which research method should she use to answer her question?

Which research technique would be MOST well suited to examining whether the number of hours spent watching TV predicts hours spent exercising?

Suppose Timothy is interested in testing the effect of stress on test performance. Which would be the MOST appropriate operational definition of the independent variable?

Instead of reporting specific grades, Paul's psychology professor always provides students with a standard deviation score so they can compute their percentile rank. Given a standard deviation score of +2, Paul determines that his percentile rank is _____.

Describe is to predict as _____ study is to _____ study.

As part of an experiment to test the effectiveness of a drug for depression, one group of participants receives a pill that does not contain any active ingredients. The inclusion of these participants MOST directly indicates that the experiment involves which of the following?

The probability that results are due to chance is to _____ as concisely reporting the results of a research study is to _____.

As Janet is waiting in line at the theater, a man runs by and grabs her purse. Someone is more likely to respond to Janet's cries for help if she is waiting in line with _____, illustrating the _____.

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Section 3: Sensation and Perception

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Section 3: Learning

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Section 3: Personality Theories and Assessment

Section 4: Personality Theories and Assessment

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A researcher is designing a study to test the influence of a new reading program insixth-grade classes. To determine the influence of the intervention on improving reading ability, the researcher should be sure to _____.

Psychologists who study how brain chemistry influences behavior are most likely from the _ perspective, whereas psychologists who study how we perceive and reason are most likely from the _ perspective.

The case study of H. M. revealed that after surgery H. M. was unable to _, suggesting that the _ plays a role in these types of memories.

Maggie often makes unusual comments because she is rewarded when others pay attention to her. Maggie's continuing tendency to make unusual comments is an example of _ conditioning, which is emphasized by psychology's _ perspective.

Describe is to predict as _ study is to _ study.

The probability that results are due to chance is to _ as concisely reporting the results of a research study is to _.

As Janet is waiting in line at the theater, a man runs by and grabs her purse. Someone is more likely to respond to Janet's cries for help if she is waiting in line with _, illustrating the _.