Chapter 1 Quiz

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Chapter 1 Quiz

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LO 1.1

• A psychologist determines that children who are
  exposed
• to violent television are more likely to be
  physically
• aggressive in the future than children who are
  not exposed
• to violent television. This psychologist has met
  the goal of
• Description
• Explanation
• Prediction
• Control
• Introspection

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LO 1.1

• A psychologist determines that children who are
  exposed
• to violent television are more likely to be
  physically
• aggressive in the future than children who are
  not exposed
• to violent television. This psychologist has met
  the goal of
• Description
• Explanation
• Prediction (p. 5)
• Control
• Introspection

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LO 1.1

• The goal of psychology that is most concerned
  with using
• psychological knowledge to help bring about
  desirable
• behavioral outcomes is
• Description
• Explanation
• Prediction
• Control
• Correction

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LO 1.1

• The goal of psychology that is most concerned
  with using
• psychological knowledge to help bring about
  desirable
• behavioral outcomes is
• Description
• Explanation
• Prediction
• Control (p. 5)
• Correction

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LO 1.2

• The first field of psychology that studied how
  people
• adapt to the world and its surroundings was
  called
• Behaviorism
• Structuralism
• Psychoanalysis
• Functionalism
• Gestalt psychology

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LO 1.2

• The first field of psychology that studied how
  people
• adapt to the world and its surroundings was
  called
• Behaviorism
• Structuralism
• Psychoanalysis
• Functionalism (p. 8)
• Gestalt psychology

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LO 1.3

• The field of psychology that believes that human
• experience CANNOT be studied appropriately by
  breaking
• down the experience into its smaller component
  parts is
• called
• Gestalt
• Structuralism
• Psychoanalysis
• Behaviorism
• Introspection

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LO 1.3

• The field of psychology that believes that human
• experience CANNOT be studied appropriately by
  breaking
• down the experience into its smaller component
  parts is
• called
• Gestalt (p. 9)
• Structuralism
• Psychoanalysis
• Behaviorism
• Introspection

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LO 1.3

• The idea that human behavior is influenced by
  unconscious
• forces that are outside of a persons awareness
• (particularly sexual and aggressive forces) is
  advocated by
• which area of psychology
• Behaviorism
• Structuralism
• Humanism
• Cognitive psychology
• Psychoanalysis

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LO 1.3

• The idea that human behavior is influenced by
  unconscious
• forces that are outside of a persons awareness
• (particularly sexual and aggressive forces) is
  advocated by
• which area of psychology
• Behaviorism
• Structuralism
• Humanism
• Cognitive psychology
• Psychoanalysis (p. 8-9)

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LO 1.4

• A researcher who believes that all humans are
  innately
• good and have free will is concerned with
  assessing the
• factors that lead a person to develop to their
  fullest
• potential. This researcher is most likely what
  type of
• psychologist?
• Behaviorist
• Humanist
• Psychoanalyst
• Biopsychologist
• Cognitive psychologist

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LO 1.4

• A researcher who believes that all humans are
  innately
• good and have free will is concerned with
  assessing the
• factors that lead a person to develop to their
  fullest
• potential. This researcher is most likely what
  type of
• psychologist?
• Behaviorist
• Humanist (p. 13-14)
• Psychoanalyst
• Biopsychologist
• Cognitive psychologist

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LO 1.7

• When psychologists carry out research, they
  should do all
• of the following to ensure the integrity of their
  results
• EXCEPT
• Search for information in favor of their
  hypothesis
• Search for information that disproves their
  hypothesis
• Replicate the results of previous studies
• Analyze data using statistical or mathematical
  methods
• Draw conclusions about their findings

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LO 1.7

• When psychologists carry out research, they
  should do all
• of the following to ensure the integrity of their
  results
• EXCEPT
• Search for information in favor of their
  hypothesis (p. 19)
• Search for information that disproves their
  hypothesis
• Replicate the results of previous studies
• Analyze data using statistical or mathematical
  methods
• Draw conclusions about their findings

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LO 1.8

• One criticism of many research methods, such as
• experiments, is their artificiality in trying to
  capture behavior
• as it might occur in the real world. One method
  that can be
• used to overcome this by recording behavior as it
  occurs
• in real time is called
• Experiment
• Correlation
• Survey
• Naturalistic observation
• Case study

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LO 1.8

• One criticism of many research methods, such as
• experiments, is their artificiality in trying to
  capture behavior
• as it might occur in the real world. One method
  that can be
• used to overcome this by recording behavior as it
  occurs
• in real time is called
• Experiment
• Correlation
• Survey
• Naturalistic observation (p. 21)
• Case study

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LO 1.9

• A researcher is interested in studying the
  effects of music
• on academic performance in college students in
  the United
• States. To make sure that the researcher gets a
• representative sample of the population she wants
  to study,
• she must
• randomly assign students to experimental and
  control groups.
• control for observer bias.
• engage in random sampling.
• control for the observer effect.
• use blind observers to collect data.

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LO 1.9

• A researcher is interested in studying the
  effects of music
• on academic performance in college students in
  the United
• States. To make sure that the researcher gets a
• representative sample of the population she wants
  to study,
• she must
• randomly assign students to experimental and
  control groups.
• control for observer bias.
• engage in random sampling. (p. 22)
• control for the observer effect.
• use blind observers to collect data.

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LO 1.10

• Which of the following correlation coefficients
  expresses
• the strongest relationship between levels of
  stress and
• likelihood of cancer?
• -.79
• .60
• .32
• .10
• -.90

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LO 1.10

• Which of the following correlation coefficients
  expresses
• the strongest relationship between levels of
  stress and
• likelihood of cancer?
• -.79
• .60
• .32
• .10
• -.90 (p. 25)

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LO 1.11

• The only research method that can be used to draw
  a
• cause and effect relationship between two
  variables is
• Correlation
• Case study
• Experiment
• Naturalistic observation
• Survey

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LO 1.11

• The only research method that can be used to draw
  a
• cause and effect relationship between two
  variables is
• Correlation
• Case study
• Experiment (p. 26)
• Naturalistic observation
• Survey

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LO 1.11

• A researcher examines the effects of marijuana on
  
• cognitive functioning. He assigns adults who
  receive less
• than 5 hours of sleep per night to the
  experimental
• condition, and adults who receive 8 hours of
  sleep or more
• per night to the control condition, and concludes
  that
• marijuana does lower cognitive functioning. Sleep
  is
• An independent variable
• A dependent variable
• A confounding variable
• The experimental group
• The control group

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LO 1.11

• A researcher examines the effects of marijuana on
  
• cognitive functioning. He assigns adults who
  receive less
• than 5 hours of sleep per night to the
  experimental
• condition, and adults who receive 8 hours of
  sleep or more
• per night to the control condition, and concludes
  that
• marijuana does lower cognitive functioning. Sleep
  is
• An independent variable
• A dependent variable
• A confounding variable (p. 27)
• The experimental group
• The control group

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LO 1.11

• Which provides a baseline measure of behavior for
  
• comparing whether or not the independent variable
  
• had an effect on the dependent variable?
• An experimental group
• A control group
• A random sample
• A randomly assigned group
• A double-blind researcher

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LO 1.11

• Which provides a baseline measure of behavior for
  
• comparing whether or not the independent variable
  
• had an effect on the dependent variable?
• An experimental group
• A control group (p. 27)
• A random sample
• A randomly assigned group
• A double-blind researcher

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LO 1.12

• A single blind study is one in which
• the subject does not know to which group he or
  she has been assigned.
• the experimenter does not know to which group the
  subject has been assigned.
• both the researcher and experimenter do not know
  to which group the subject has been assigned.
• the researcher does not know the experimental
  hypothesis.
• only one group of subjects does not know to which
  group they have been assigned.

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LO 1.12

• A single blind study is one in which
• the subject does not know to which group he or
  she has been assigned. (p. 29).
• the experimenter does not know to which group the
  subject has been assigned.
• both the researcher and experimenter do not know
  to which group the subject has been assigned.
• the researcher does not know the experimental
  hypothesis.
• only one group of subjects does not know to which
  group they have been assigned.

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LO 1.14

• All of the following are ethical guidelines set
  forth by the
• American Psychological Association EXCEPT
• Informed consent about participation
• Participant can withdraw from research at any
  time
• Researcher must debrief participant about purpose
  of study
• Data must remain confidential
• The importance of research findings outweighs any
  potential harm to a handful of subjects

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LO 1.14

• All of the following are ethical guidelines set
  forth by the
• American Psychological Association EXCEPT
• Informed consent about participation
• Participant can withdraw from research at any
  time
• Researcher must debrief participant about purpose
  of study
• Data must remain confidential
• The importance of research findings outweighs any
  potential harm to a handful of subjects (p. 35)