PSYCHOLOGY EXAM GUIDE Q&A
What does the SQ3R method stand for? - Answer-Survey, question, read, recite, review
A good control group ________.
A.) contains at least one confound
B.) has a limited number of dependent variables
C.) has a limited number of research participants
D.) holds constant all variables in the experiment - Answer-D.) Holds constant all
variables in the experiment
The placebo effect means ________.
A.) all conditions in an experiment are the same
B.) that there is no control group
C.) the expectations of the participants influence their behavior
D.) experimenter bias causes the subjects to act strangely - Answer-C.) the
expectations of the participants influence their behavior
A number that represents the strength and direction of a relationship existing between
two variables is_____.
A.) a Chi-square
B.) a correlation coefficient
C.) a t-test
D.) a frequency distribution - Answer-A correlation coefficient
What is the correlation coefficient? - Answer-R
Correlations
A.) range from +1.00 to -1.00
B.) range from 100 to -100
C.) can only be positive
D.) can only be negative - Answer-A.) Range from +1.00 to -1.00
What does the research show in regard to multi-tasking?
A.) Chronic multitaskers have developed strategies that allow them to use their brains
more effectively
B.) Chronic multitasking may be related to less effective ways of processing different
types of information
C.) Multitasking is effective but only if you limit the number of tasks to five or fewer
, D.) Video gamers are the greatest multitaskers of all kinds. - Answer-B.) Chronic
multitasking may be related to less effective ways of processing different types of
information
The organized visual representation of knowledge consisting of concepts and their
relationships to other concepts.
A.) are variations of SQ3R
B.) are concept maps
C.) are descriptive statistics
D.) are introspective - Answer-B.) Are concept maps
According to Freud, repressed unconscious urges:
A.) are able to be suppressed.
B.) only pertain to sex.
C.) can surface and create nervous disorders.
D.) have no impact on everyday life. - Answer-C.) can surface and create nervous
disorders
Dr. Braunz has been treating a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She
decides to write a prescription for Ritalin. Given this information, it is most likely that Dr.
Braunz is a ________.
A.) psychiatrist
B.) psychoanalyst
C.) humanistic psychologist
D.) school psychologist - Answer-A.) Psychiatrist
Why was the perspective followed by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called
structuralism?
A.) They wanted to identify the major brain structures.
B.) Their primary goal was to understand the physiology of the mind.
C.) They focused their efforts on analyzing the elements of the nervous system.
D.) Their primary focus was on describing the structure of conscious experience. -
Answer-D.) Describing the structure of conscious experience
Tommy notices that crime goes up when ice cream sales increase and when ice cream
sales decrease crime goes down. Tommy suggests that ice cream is causing crime.
What better explanation is there for these results?
A.) Tommy entered the data incorrectly into the computer
B.) Crime is probably the cause of ice cream sales not the other way around
C.) A third variable -- such as warm weather -- more likely causes both the increase in
ice cream sales and the number of people moving about the area.
What does the SQ3R method stand for? - Answer-Survey, question, read, recite, review
A good control group ________.
A.) contains at least one confound
B.) has a limited number of dependent variables
C.) has a limited number of research participants
D.) holds constant all variables in the experiment - Answer-D.) Holds constant all
variables in the experiment
The placebo effect means ________.
A.) all conditions in an experiment are the same
B.) that there is no control group
C.) the expectations of the participants influence their behavior
D.) experimenter bias causes the subjects to act strangely - Answer-C.) the
expectations of the participants influence their behavior
A number that represents the strength and direction of a relationship existing between
two variables is_____.
A.) a Chi-square
B.) a correlation coefficient
C.) a t-test
D.) a frequency distribution - Answer-A correlation coefficient
What is the correlation coefficient? - Answer-R
Correlations
A.) range from +1.00 to -1.00
B.) range from 100 to -100
C.) can only be positive
D.) can only be negative - Answer-A.) Range from +1.00 to -1.00
What does the research show in regard to multi-tasking?
A.) Chronic multitaskers have developed strategies that allow them to use their brains
more effectively
B.) Chronic multitasking may be related to less effective ways of processing different
types of information
C.) Multitasking is effective but only if you limit the number of tasks to five or fewer
, D.) Video gamers are the greatest multitaskers of all kinds. - Answer-B.) Chronic
multitasking may be related to less effective ways of processing different types of
information
The organized visual representation of knowledge consisting of concepts and their
relationships to other concepts.
A.) are variations of SQ3R
B.) are concept maps
C.) are descriptive statistics
D.) are introspective - Answer-B.) Are concept maps
According to Freud, repressed unconscious urges:
A.) are able to be suppressed.
B.) only pertain to sex.
C.) can surface and create nervous disorders.
D.) have no impact on everyday life. - Answer-C.) can surface and create nervous
disorders
Dr. Braunz has been treating a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She
decides to write a prescription for Ritalin. Given this information, it is most likely that Dr.
Braunz is a ________.
A.) psychiatrist
B.) psychoanalyst
C.) humanistic psychologist
D.) school psychologist - Answer-A.) Psychiatrist
Why was the perspective followed by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called
structuralism?
A.) They wanted to identify the major brain structures.
B.) Their primary goal was to understand the physiology of the mind.
C.) They focused their efforts on analyzing the elements of the nervous system.
D.) Their primary focus was on describing the structure of conscious experience. -
Answer-D.) Describing the structure of conscious experience
Tommy notices that crime goes up when ice cream sales increase and when ice cream
sales decrease crime goes down. Tommy suggests that ice cream is causing crime.
What better explanation is there for these results?
A.) Tommy entered the data incorrectly into the computer
B.) Crime is probably the cause of ice cream sales not the other way around
C.) A third variable -- such as warm weather -- more likely causes both the increase in
ice cream sales and the number of people moving about the area.
