PSYC 300 bundled exams 2024 with 100% correct answers

Psychology correct answersThe study of mental activity and behavior which are based on brain process Critical thinking correct answersSystematically evaluating information to reach reasonable conclusions best supported by evidence Structuralism correct answersThe basic parts, or structures of ...

Applied Research correct answersInvestigates issues that have implications for everyday life and provide solutions to everyday problems Basic Research correct answersAnswers fundamental questions about behavior Behavioral Research correct answersDiscovers how people perceive their world, how t...

Why is it important to take a global & multicultural approach when studying the psychology of women? correct answers-Emphasizes helping people to understand, accept, and value the cultural differences between groups, with the ultimate goal of reaping the benefits of diversity -We have tended to spe...

Rough and Tumble Play correct answers-Playful chasing, tumbling, hitting, and wrestling often accompanied by laughter and screaming -Method of play for boys that is comparable to the way girls play How are girls taught to play? correct answersThey are taught to be nurturing and care giving thro...

What is statistics? correct answersA set of mathematical procedures (methods) for organizing, summarizing, and interpreting information What does statistics allow researchers to do? correct answersPresent their work accurately and informatively in a standardized format that is understood througho...

When gender differences are found they are usually small (T/F) correct answersTrue Relational Aggression correct answers-Harming others through nonphysical hurtful manipulation of peers relationships -Women use this type of aggression more than men What kind of research has been done to stud...

belief and Tenacity belief that sticks around, pervasiveness in society/culture makes people believe it half of marriages end in divorce - where does this belief come from tenacity Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:0...

why do women live longer than men? correct answersdo more to prevent illness more likely to look up health info online know more than men about health more likely to seek treatment less risk taking less dangerous activities/jobs, friends t/f: Women of color are more likely than Wh...

normal distribution - aka "bell curve" and a mesokurtic distribution and mathematically defined - symmetrical as the mean, median and mode overlap cumulative relative frequency provides a location of measure and cumulative proportion under a curve (example: a score of 0.27 means that tha...

prediction correct answersCorrelational research is most useful for purposes of population correct answersA representative sample is one that accurately reflects a larger An axon is correct answersthe extension of a neuron that carries messages away from the cell body. tolerance correct ans...

Statistics (general) How we derive meaning from data- reducing large mass data to smaller, that we can draw conclusions from Descriptive statistics Numbers that summarize a set of data- no conclusions or applications (ex. Mike Smith saved 91.6% of shots on goal last season) Brainpo...

....... or ....... is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from...

low desire vs high desire partner correct answers-low desire (once you say no) you are in control and it makes other partner think they are undesirable Master and Johnsons models of sexual response correct answers-first ones to observe - thru direct observation -1st is excitement, then plateau, ...

One Sample t-test correct answersA test to determine how *one group* compares to a *known* population value Related Samples t-test correct answersA test to determine if there is a difference between *two groups* (t-test) linked on a *case-by-case*(related) basis Independent Sample t-test corre...

7 indicators of abnormality correct answerssubjective distress madadaptiveness statistical deviancy violation of the standards of society social discomfort irrationality and unpredictability dangerousness Irrationality or unpredictability correct answersunexpected responses to environmental...

Explain the differences between males and females during prenatal development •In the first 6 weeks there isn't much differentiation of external reproduction organs •This happens around week 7-8 •Week 12 is when differentiation is enough to determine sex on an ultrasound •There are prob...

encoding correct answersconvert environmental and mental stimuli into memorable brain codes--converts sensory info to a form usable in brain's storage systems iconic correct answersvisual sensory memory, helps visual system view surroundings continuously echoic correct answersauditory sensory...

True correct answersT/F: Children develop gender identity between 2 and 3 years of age. 2 correct answersAt age ___, children can accurately differentiate boys and girls Gender stereotypes correct answers__________ ________________- from the toddler/ preschool age become rigid from aged 5-7. ...

Lean In by Sheryl Sandburg correct answers- She wrote this book - CFO of Facebook - Woman in a tech field - Wrote this book about her experience - Women don't "Lean In" - Women sit on the side, etc. - Book has been criticized - If women "Lean In" they can be seen as not a team player, eg...

Which form of feminism contends that gender inequality is rooted in the economic structure of North American society? Socialist feminism Events of the 1960s signaled the beginning of the modern feminist movement in the United States and included all except: A) The Feminine Mystique by Betty...

The two branches of statistical methods are correct answersdescriptive and inferential A researcher wishing to summarize all the scores for a variable in a study creates a frequency table, but finds that there are so many values for the variable that the table is too cumbersome to be useful. The ...

sex correct answerssexual anatomy and sexual behavior gender correct answersstate of being male or female sexual behavior correct answersproduces an arousal and increases the chance of orgasm 4 perspectives of sexuality correct answersreligon, science, culture, sexual health perspective ...

Aggression correct answersbehavior that is intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally Relational Aggression correct answersharming others through nonphysical hurtful manipulation of their peer relationships What kind of aggression does each gender use during preschool age? correct...

mean correct answersarithmetic average score median correct answersmiddle score mode correct answerssingle most frequent score standard deviation correct answerssquare root of variance. the average deviation from the mean variation correct answerstake every value and subtract mean from i...

Meaning in life theory (Steger, 2009) correct answersMaking sense of it all Finding a way to matter, feel that life is worth while People most commonly look to family, relationships, work, health, personal growth Knowing we matter often comes from expressing who we are, investing in growth, reach...

A Psychologist is most likely to calculate z-scores in order to ________________. correct answersCompare scores obtained from two different scales In a perfectly normal distribution, the percentage of scores between the mean and one standard deviation below the mean is ________________. correct a...

Observational Research correct answersThe systematic process of recording the behavioral patterns of people, objects, and occurrences as they are witnessed. Advantages: - No distortion of self-report bias - No distortion of self-report due to memory - Nonverbal data may be obtained - Enviro...

positive skew when there are more Low scores negative skew when there are more high scores Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:02 / 0:15 Full screen z-score a measure of how many standard deviations you are away fr...