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PSYCH EXAM #1 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
You read about the ABCs of psychology. The "A" stands for ___. (Single Word
Response) - Answer-Affect
Psychologists traditionally study - Answer-Both normal and abnormal functioning and
treat individuals with mental and emotional problems
The APA's article about psychology explains that many employers recruit people with
undergraduate degrees in psychology because it prepared them with skills in ___. -
Answer-Data analysis and statistics
The APA's article about psychology explains that many psychologists team up with
other professionals. Which of the following is NOT one of the professions listed? -
Answer-Psychics
Apply psychological principles to the workplace - Answer-industrial/organizational
Assess and treat emotional, mental, and behavioral disorders - Answer-clinical
Help people to recognize their strengths and resources to be able to cope with everyday
problems challenges - Answer-Counseling
Research how people work best with machines - Answer-engineering
Study human and non-human animals to understand and respond to what's happening
in the environment
Experimental - Answer-experimental
Use only one word to complete a blank: Dweck suggest that students who think they
can always develop new abilities with practice have " mindsets" while those who think
that their level of intelligence remains consistent over their lifetime have " mindsets -
Answer-growth
fixed
When Dweck conducted an experiment to test whether changing students' mindsets
would influence performance, they told some students that they get smarter over time
because - Answer-Everything new that you learn creates new connections between the
cells in your brain
Although mindset was found to be correlated with performance in the first study, there
was no difference in the performance of the seventh graders when they tried to
influence their mindset. - Answer-False
,SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Dweck conducted an experiment to determine whether
changing students mindsets could actually change their academic performance. Select
all of the correct statements about her theory and research evidence. - Answer-In the
second study, Dweck & Blackwell selected 100 seventh graders and randomly assigned
them to attend one of two kinds of study skill workshops.
The students in the growth mindset workshop ended up having higher grades at the end
of the semester.
Students who already had a fixed mindset tended to have lower grades.
Which of the following is true about the scientific research on learning styles and
academic performance? - Answer-There is no good evidence indicating that people
actually have differences in the way they learn.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about Roediger & Karpicke's
experiment on the testing effect? - Answer-Students who took a practice test after
learning some new information remembered significantly more than those who had
more time to study if the final test was 2 days or 1 week later.
According to John Nestojko's research, published in the journal Memory and Cognition,
students' learning was improved when they - Answer-Imagined (thought about) how
they would teach the material to another student.
Based on the research finding from Dunlosky et al (2013), sort each of the following
techniques into the appropriate category of their effectiveness. (The Best = high, The
Worst = low, The Rest = med) - Answer-
Explaining things to yourself in detail as you read them - Answer-medium
Forming word associations (i.e., mnemonics) to remember the meaning or key words or
phrases [ Select ] ["low", "medium", "high"] - Answer-medium
Highlighting key ideas and phrases in a text [ Select ] ["medium", "low", "high"] -
Answer-low
Practice testing [ Select ] ["low", "high", "medium"] - Answer-high
Rereading the text or your notes [ Select ] ["low", "high", "medium"] - Answer-low
Spreading out studying over a long period of time [ Select ] ["high", "medium", "low"] -
Answer-high
Thinking critically about everything you read by asking "why" (i.e., elaborative
integration) [ Select ] ["low", "medium", "high"] - Answer-medium
, Underlining key ideas and phrases in a text [ Select ] ["medium", "low", "high"] - Answer-
low
Using mental imagery to help remember concepts - Answer-medium
Writing your own summary of the main points [ Select ] ["medium", "high", "low"] -
Answer-low
Which of the following is true about the methodology/results that Roediger & Karpicke
(2006) reported? - Answer-Studying for more time yielded better performance on the
final test when it was given 5 minutes later
Who was more confident in the amount of information they could remember on the final
test of what they had learned? - Answer-The students that studied more
Match each essential activity to how it helps the brain - Answer-
Provides short-term oxygen boost to the brain and plays an important role in
maintaining a healthy and efficient blood supply to the brain - Answer-exercise
Helps organize information in the brain - Answer-sleep
Provides fuel that gives essential nutrients needed for a wide range of complex function
- Answer-food
Information learned before going to sleep is remembered better than information
learned earlier in the day. - Answer-True
Mary is a student who wants to learn a new skill by trying hard. She doesn't compare
herself to others much. Mary is ___ oriented. - Answer-task
Self-handicapping is motivated by a desire to - Answer-Protect our self-esteem
Berglas & Jones (1978) gave participants either an easy or impossible task and,
regardless of their performance, told everyone that they had performed very well.
Before attemptingthe task again, those that had been given 16 impossible problems
chose to take theperformance-hindering drug. - Answer-True
According to the article on mindfulness, what is a possible reason for *why* meditation
improves academic performance? (check all that apply) - Answer-It can increase mental
clarity
It can increase self-discipline
It can increase focus and concentration
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