Straighterline Psychology 101 Tests Compilation Bundle

Fresh chemicals used in light reception are stored during the ________ process. correct answer: dark adaptation A researcher has 40 people to assign into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. The researcher flips a coin: heads, experimental group and tails, control group. This i...

Psychology / Goals of Psychology correct answer: a scientific discipline that studies behavior and mental processes All psychologists share the common goals of describing, understanding, predicting and influencing human behavior. Science correct answer: Any discipline that bases its legitima...

Joe has been afraid of cats since childhood when he was attacked and scratched by a neighborhood stray. A fear such as Joe's may best be explained by correct answer: classical conditioning The idea of test standardization means that correct answer: the test is given in the same way to every pe...

The beginning of psychology as a science began in the discipline of correct answer: philosophy Cultures that emphasize the well-being of the family and the larger culture are considered to be correct answer: collectivistic Through multiple studies with genes and female mice, what is the curr...

psychology correct answer: the scientific study of behavior and mental processes science correct answer: psychology uses systematic methods to observe human behavior and draw conclusions behavior correct answer: everything we do that can be directly observed mental process correct answer...

Early in the history of psychology a memory researcher (ebbinghaus) used himself as the only research participant in his study. Given this information, what might cause you to be skeptical about his results?? Correct answer: the sample was probably not representative.. In the area of cognitive a...

Freud claimed that the purpose of the unconscious mind is to correct answer: hide threatening thoughts What is a person required to do during the Thematic Apperception Test? correct answer: make up complete stories about pictures From childhood through adulthood, the ______ increases in size...

In developmental psychology, the term nurture refers to factors that influence development. a) biological c) both of these b) environmental d) none of these correct answer: environmental In the study of development, the most important biological factor is_____________ , the systematic physical...

In which type of therapy must the therapist understand a person within the context in which she or he lives? correct answer: family The most common approach used in family therapy is the ________ approach. correct answer: systems If you could give someone with schizophrenia a drug that would...

Classical conditioning and operant conditioning differ from each other in that operant conditioning correct answer: occurs only if the response being conditioned has been emitted If you are using a cue to retrieve information in memory the information you are looking for is stored in correct ans...

Adam, a student, is attending a lecture on the topic of semantics. He is able to concentrate on the lecture and is also able to type a message to his friend on his smartphone without looking at the phone. In the context of the levels of awareness, Adam's state of consciousness best illustrates the ...

Psychology correct answer: A scientific discipline that studies behavior and mental processes. Science correct answer: Any discipline that bases its legitimacy on systematic observation and provable hypotheses rather than on intuition or "common sense." Mental processes correct answer: Pr...

What role does syntax play in the effective use of language correct answer: Syntx describes the rules of language use Lucy wants to go to sleep at 10pm because she gets up for work at 5:30am she has been trying for a month to fall asleep by 10pm but can't seem to fall asleep unitl after 11pm. L...

A university is interested in measuring student's confidence in career decisions and the effectiveness of their career counseling center. One group of students is randomly assigned to receive three weeks of career counseling; another group of students is prevented from receiving career counseling d...