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PY 101 Final Exam Review Question and answers rated A+ PY 101 Final Exam Review (Weger, UAH) Most psychological research is based on the results of _____. - correct answer psychological testing Which of the following research designs will allow cause-and-effect conclusions? - correct ans...

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PY 101 Final Exam Review (Weger, UAH)
Most psychological research is based on the results of _____. - correct
answer ✔psychological testing


Which of the following research designs will allow cause-and-effect
conclusions? - correct answer ✔experimental


An intelligence test yields the same results when administered on three
separate occasions. However, the test's results are more strongly correlated
with hours spent doing homework than they are with other standardized
intelligence tests. The test has _____ reliability and _____ validity. - correct
answer ✔high; low


Patwardhan and colleagues report data from a study where they hired
experimental confederates to attend speed dating events, pose as daters, and
carefully take notes on the behaviors of the daters. What type of research
design did they use? - correct answer ✔naturalistic observation


A researcher had one group of children go trick-or-treating wearing masks and
a second group of children go trick-or-treating without masks. The researcher
found that the children who wore masks took more candy than the children
who were not wearing masks. What was the control group in this study? -
correct answer ✔The group who did not wear masks


A _____ is a well-developed set of ideas that proposes an explanation for
observed phenomena. - correct answer ✔theory


In the data set 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, the number 5 is most correctly described as the -
correct answer ✔mean and median

, In order to maximize the chances that experimental groups represent the
population of interest, researches should conduct _____ and _____. - correct
answer ✔random sampling; random group assignment


Cognitive psychology focuses on studying _____. - correct answer
✔thoughts and their relationships to our experiences and our actions


Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by _____. -
correct answer ✔studying overt behavior and deemphasizing the importance
of unobservable mental processes


Dr. Brown has been long interested in body dysmorphic disorder. For the past
two years, the only participant in his research has been his client, Sybil. He
has studied her case intensively. What research method is Dr. Brown using? -
correct answer ✔case study


***Behaviorists all focus on _____. - correct answer ✔psychological
responses that result in action


What is a limitation that affects the generalizability of research results? -
correct answer ✔small sample size


Spurling and colleagues investigated the effects of two vocabulary learning
strategies on word retention two weeks later. In this example, learning
strategy is the _____ variable and word retention is the _____ variable. -
correct answer ✔independent; dependent


Which of the following is not involved in critical thinking? - correct answer
✔knowing your opinion is correct

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