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experimental psychology Answer: gain a greater understanding of how and why we behave, think, and feel in certain ways psychology is the study of Answer: human behavior Applied Psychology Answer: use knowledge by applying it to address real world problems outside of th...

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Psyc 3310 Midterm Comprehensive Q&A
Exam 2024/2025

experimental psychology Answer: gain a greater understanding of how and why we behave, think,
and feel in certain ways



psychology is the study of Answer: human behavior



Applied Psychology Answer: use knowledge by applying it to address real world problems outside of
the research settingI



industrial-organizational psychology (I/O) Answer: application of psychology to the world of work
and business (how organizations function)



I/O has 2 divisions Answer: 1) efficiency/productivity of organizations (I)

2) satisfaction/well-being of employees (O)



research in I/O psychology (2) Answer: 1) most are college professors

2) much of time spent teaching and doing research



practice in I/O psychology (2) Answer: 1) consulting firms, government, private corporations

2) major focus in application of field to real world workplaces



When was I/O first established? Answer: early 1900's by experimental psychologists



Hugo Munsterberg was known for Answer: psychology and industrial efficiency

,Walter Dill Scott was known for Answer: The theory of advertising



Fredrick Winslow Taylor was known for Answer: scientific management



Lillian Gilbreth was known for Answer: time and motion (human factors)



First mass testing in I/O psychology Answer: World War 1



Robert Yerkes was known for Answer: army alpha and beta tests



Hawthorne effect Answer: A change in a subject's behavior caused simply by the awareness of being
studied



why use research (3) Answer: 1) solve an organizational problem

2) answer a scientific question

3) rule out alternative explanations



Hypothesis Answer: researcher's best guess about the results of a study



most research and hypothesis are based off Answer: prior research



every study begins with a Answer: specific research question



independent variable Answer: variable that is manipulated

, dependent variable Answer: measured variable



field research Answer: where the phenomenon naturally occurs



labratory research Answer: an artificial or created environment



generalizability Answer: does this study reflect the phenomenon in the real world?



control Answer: helps to rule out alternate explanations (can use statistical methods or a control
group in an experiment)



ways to eliminate systematic influences (2) Answer: 1) random assignment

2) random selection



random assignment Answer: assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by
chance (thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups)



random selection Answer: asked to participate in the study randomly



confounding variable Answer: occurs when 2 variables are intertwined



true experiments consist of (3) Answer: 1) random assignment

2) IV's created by researcher

3) ability to draw casual conclusions



quasi-experiment Answer: violate a condition of a true experiment (ex. not using random
assignment)

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