PSY 1012/Final Exam Complete Questions And Answers
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This thing is a scientist's best estimate of how multiple factors affect each other. -
ANSWER -Theory
Historians of science generally agree that the field of psychology began in: - ANSWER
-Leipzig Germany in 1879
About what percentage of pre...
PSY 1012/Final Exam Complete Questions And
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This thing is a scientist's best estimate of how multiple factors affect each other. -
ANSWER -Theory
Historians of science generally agree that the field of psychology began in: - ANSWER
-Leipzig Germany in 1879
About what percentage of pregnancies end in miscarriage? - ANSWER -15%
This technique takes a static measure of your brain and uses strong magnetic waves. -
ANSWER -MRI
This person treated his patients by exposing them to the shocks of electric eels. -
ANSWER -Aldini
Which of the following brain scan techniques is considered a functional measure that
uses radioactive glucose? - ANSWER -PET
The use of a targeted mutation is also known as a: - ANSWER -Knockout gene
During the embryonic period the ____ develops - ANSWER -internal organs
Which reflects the largest unit of analysis? - ANSWER -genome
Which of the following is NOT a lobe from your cortex? - ANSWER -Cerebellar
A scientist manipulates a(n) ___ variable and measures a(n) ___ variable. - ANSWER -
independent, dependent
Why would be the purpose of using a triple-blind procedure? To control for: - ANSWER
-Possible experimenter bias
Which of the following pairs are LEAST similar? - ANSWER -Adoptive brothers
Which of the following is the MOST common measure of infant cognitive abilities? -
ANSWER -Habituation to stimuli
The primary job of genes is to: - ANSWER -code for proteins
Which of the following are children better suited to learn compared with adults? -
ANSWER -Children are better suited to learn all of the above
, The development of a traditional gender role in society is called: - ANSWER -Gender
typing
As the n-size of your sample grows, it becomes more likely that your measurements of
that group are accurate. - ANSWER -Central limit theorem
Which of the following degrees is needed at a minimum to be able to conduct daily
behavior management programs with the intellectually disabled? - ANSWER -Master's
Degree
Which of the following reflects artificial selection? - ANSWER -Fifth generation lions
living in a zoo
If you were conducting a long-term developmental psychology experiment on
personality development, which of the following experimental design types would you
prefer to use? - ANSWER -Cross-sequential design
Which of the following is the name of a basic reflex present at birth? - ANSWER -
Rooting reflex
Which of the following terms refers to the process by which biological characteristics
that support survival and reproduction become more prevalent in the gene pool? -
ANSWER -natural selection
Which process is the formation of a 3-dimensional x-ray image? - ANSWER -CT scans
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a - ANSWER -DNA
Neurotransmitters that affect their receptors can do so in which of the following ways?
By producing: - ANSWER -Excitatory or inhibitory effects
Johnny was hit in the head by a baseball and suddenly realized that he could again
speak the French he learned as a child—which was a skill he lost by the time he was a
teenager. Which type of methodological approach is likely to be used while following his
neurological case? - ANSWER -Case study
Which function is associated with the occipital cortex? - ANSWER -Vision
Hormones, sexual behavior, feeding, emotions and memory are located very near the
same area in the brain - ANSWER -TRUE
Why does a significant correlation not guarantee that there is a cause-and-effect
relationship? - ANSWER -B, C and D are correct
The personalities of adult monozygotic twins are: - ANSWER -Very similar
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