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PSYCH. CHAPTERS 1,2,3 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PSYCH. CHAPTERS 1,2,3 EXAM REVIEWQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
I am thinking of all the things I must accomplish today. The lobe associated with this
ability is the same lobe that is helpful in studying, affects my interactions with others and
is used when I think about concepts such has love and justice. (Ch.3) - Answer-frontal
lobes
Listening to songs on the radio or to the sound of the ocean requires the use of which
lobe? (Ch. 3) - Answer-temporal lobes
The part of the brain used in complex thoughts is the___. (Ch.3) - Answer-association
areas
The surface of the cerebrum is called the ___. (Ch.3) - Answer-cerebral cortex
A theory is defined as a ____. (Ch.2) - Answer-a systematic way of organizing and
explaining observations.
A hypothesis is best characterized as___ (Ch. 2) - Answer-a tentative belief or educated
guess that purpose is to predict or explain the relationship between 2 or more variables
Any phenomenon that can differ, or ary, from one situation to another, from one person
to another, or from one time to another, is called a(n)___ (Ch.2) - Answer-variable
Experiments should involve a ___, a subgroup of the population that is likely to be
representative of the population as a whole. (Ch.2) - Answer-sample
Psychologists refer to those who participate in experiments as___. (Ch. 2) - Answer-
subjects
__ refers to the ability to infer something about a larger population from the behaviors of
a subset of that population. (Ch.2) - Answer-generalizability
A test or instrument that measures what it is supposed to measure possesses____.
(Ch.2) - Answer-constructive validity
Validity is present when _____. (Ch. 2) - Answer-The measures it relies on are
themselves valid.
I decide to simply describe behavior rather than to manipulate variables. Therefore, I
should use which type of research? (Ch.2) - Answer-Descriptive research
, Which of the following are types of descriptive research? (Ch.2) - Answer-case study,
naturalistic observation, survey research, correlational
Researchers who study one person or maybe a small number of people in depth are
performing what type of research? (Ch.2) - Answer-case study
A case study is____ (Ch.2) - Answer-an in depth observation of 1 person or a small
group of individuals.
Which of the following is a limitation of the case - study method? (Ch.2) - Answer-
limitations- generalizability to the population, replicability study may not be repeatable,
researcher bias, Cannot establish causation
Case studies are thought to have a number of limitations. Which one of the following is
a limitation according to your textbook? (Ch.2) - Answer-sample size
Jane Goodall's studies of apes in Africa is an example of the ____. (Ch.2) - Answer-
naturalistic observation
A study of mine involves asking those who happen to pass by to answer a series of
questions. What type of research a I doing? (Ch.2) - Answer-survey research
Subjects or participants for a study are typically selected (by what method)? (Ch.2) -
Answer-random sample
Descriptive statistics (Define.)__. (Ch.2) - Answer-measures of central tendency, which
provides an index of the way a typical participant responded on a measure
Psychologists refer to the ___, Which is just another name for the average. (Ch.2) -
Answer-mean
The most common or frequently occurring score is referred to as the ___. (Ch. 2) -
Answer-mode
A professor determines that the score of 78 occurs more often than any other score on
the first exam. What measure of central tendency is the professor discussing? (Ch.2) -
Answer-mode
If I found out that the difference between the highest and lowest score on an exam is
72, then 72 refers to the ____. (Ch.2) - Answer-range
The amount the average participant deviates from the mean is the ____. (Ch.2) -
Answer-standard deviation
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