Psychology Unit 1 Quizzes
Cognitive psychology focuses on studying ___________________________________.
A. genetics and the effect of genetics on behavior
B. sensation and the effect of culture on perception
C. the effect of gender, race, and class on behavior
D. thoughts and their relat...
Psychology Unit 1 Quizzes
Cognitive psychology focuses on studying
___________________________________.
A. genetics and the effect of genetics on behavior
B. sensation and the effect of culture on perception
C. the effect of gender, race, and class on behavior
D. thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and our actions - correct
answer ✔D
Dr. Green studies the relatively consistent patterns of thought and behavior
people display across different situations. She is convinced that each person
has just a handful of these attributes help to explain the differences between
people. Dr. Green is probably a ___________.
A. Personality psychologist
B. Developmental psychologist
C. social psychologist
D. clinical psychologist - correct answer ✔A
The ___________ is the entire group of people you are interested in learning
about through research, while the _______ is a small subset of that group that
you actually observe in your study.
A. sample; population
B. population; sample
C. control group; experimental group
D. experimental group; control group - correct answer ✔B
, A major advantage of a case study is ______________________________.
A. it is easy to generalize your findings
B. you have a large sample size
C. you get a lot of detailed information
D. you can collect a large amount of data very quickly - correct answer ✔C
If i wanted to collect data from a large group of people quickly, the method to
use would probably be a ________.
A. longitudinal study
B. survey
C. case study - correct answer ✔B
Dr. Swali conducted research with 1,000 participants and found that the
majority of her participants made numerous driving errors when they
completed a driving simulation while talking on their cell phones. She then
went to conclude that people in general are bad at driving while talking on
their phones and that we should encourage drivers to wait until they are
stopped before beginning a phone conversation. Dr. Swali made a
_______________ when she applied her specific results to a larger segment
on society.
A. theory
B. generalization
C. hypothesis
D. correlation - correct answer ✔B
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