Liberty University, Psychology 255 Tests Bundle Set

What are the ways of knowing? Answer 1. Intuition 2. Authority 3. Empiricism 4. Scientific approach Characteristics of the scientific method Answer 1. Data play a central role 2. Scientist are not alone 3. Science is adversarial 4.Scientific evidence is peer reviewed 4 goals of behavio...

If a brick falls in the woods and no one is around to feel it, does it make a pain? Answer NO How many senses (approximately) does a typical human have? Answer 12 What is the physical stimulus that vision detects? Answer LIGHT What is the physical stimulus that audition (hearing) detects? A...

Cross-sectional method Answer Persons of different ages are studied at only one point in time. Longitudinal Method Answer The same group of people is observed at different points in time as they grow older. Nominal Scale Answer Variables have no numerical, qualitative properties. The levels ar...

Do we perceive the world directly? (If a tree falls in the woods..) Answer No. It's qualia (products of our minds) African thinker, Ibn al Haytham (Alhazen) main contribution Answer He proposed that vision was caused when light bounced off of objects and entered the eye. Described the depth cue ...

your mind and body's response or reaction to a real or imagined threat, event or change. Answer stress Acute stress: rapid in onset and short in duration Chronic stress (or chronic strain): stress that lasts 12 months or more Answer Acute vs chronic stress positive stress occurs when yo...

Consumer role vs. Producer role and their importance Answer consumers use research, producers put out research The Theory-Data Cycle Answer theory, research questions, research design, hypothesis, data Empiricism Answer basing conclusions on direct observations Applied Research Answer scien...

the exam one of this class is an example of a Answer power test exam one of this class is an example of a Answer group test group test definition Answer multiple students took the exam at the same time paper and pencil test Answer where students answer questions on paper this exam is con...

Employee comparison techniques used for PA purposes. Answer Rank order Paired Comparison Forced Distribution What is the main thing that 360 feedback is supposed to overcome? Answer Individual rater biases One item on the course evaluation form is "This instructor uses personal examples to ...

Alternative explanations Answer Part of causal inference; a potential alternative cause of an observed relationship between variables Applied research Answer Conducted to address issues in which there are practical problems and potential solutions Authority Answer The scientific approach rejec...

haphazard (convenience) sampling Answer selecting subjects on the basis of availability, and not with regard to having a representative sample of the population; nonprobability purposive sampling Answer a sample conducted to obtain predetermined types of individuals, nonprobability quota sampl...

development Answer pattern of growth and change that begins at conception and proceeds throughout the lifespan traditional approach Answer extensive change from birth to adolescence , little to no change in adulthood and decline in old age life-span approach Answer emphasizes a continued chang...

Using rehearsal, we can keep information in short-term memory for a much longer period. In this context, rehearsal means Answer repeating information after it has been presented. By the end of early childhood, girls have more _____ tissue than boys. Answer fatty According to Benson and Sabbagh...

goals of personality psychology Answer Explain the whole person in his or her daily environment basic approach (paradigm) Answer a systematic, self-imposed limitation in which you limit yourself to certain kinds of observations, certain kinds of patterns, and certain ways of thinking about these ...

First stage of labor Answer dilation and effacement (thinning) of the cervix Second stage of labor Answer Actual birth of the infant. Takes ~50 minutes Third stage of labor Answer After birth- placenta and umbilical cord are dispelled from the mother. Lasts ~3-5 minutes Doula Answer A careg...