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psych module 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How are the act of bungee jumping off a cliff and the fear experienced while bungee jumping off a cliff related? | Bungee jumping is a behavior and the experienced fear is a related mental activity. |
| If you are writing a paper on critical thinking, and you want to explain how it’s different from everyday thinking, what sentence would you include in your paper? | Critical thinking evaluates information and scientific research to make reasonable conclusions. |
| The biological domain in psychology emphasizes | the role of the brain in thinking and behaving |
| The psychological domain that looks at patterns of thinking is called | The cognitive domain |
| Which of the following has been a critique of past psychological research? | lack of diversity in the subjects studied |
| Based on your understanding of the ethical principles guiding research, which of the following scenarios is acceptable? | A researcher develops a hypothesis, but the necessary experiment would cause temporary harm. The researcher believes the harm is justified—with the institutional review board agreeing and so begins the investigation |
| What is the best definition of what science means by the word, “theory”? | A set of interconnected ideas that psychologists use to explain prior research findings and to make predictions about the future |
| Which of the following is central to the scientific method? | An hypothesis |
| Akira wants to use a descriptive research method to study how relationships change between couples when they bring a newborn baby home. She could use a(n) | Case study |
| If you do observational research, what are you doing? | Observing behavior in its real-world context |
| With correlational findings, we can’t definitively determine which variable is the “cause” and which is the “effect”. This issue is known as | The directionality problem |
| Lorna notices that when she uses a certain pen when taking tests, she tends to score well. As a scientist in training, how should she interpret this? | There appears to be a correlation between using the pen and doing well on tests. |
| A researcher is observing 4th graders during recess. He instructs his two assistants to count the number of aggressive behaviors they observe during the recess period. This researcher has failed in designing an appropriate study because it lacks: | an operational definition of aggression |
| using flash cards will help students do better on tests randomly assigns students to one of two groups 1 uses flashcards while studying for a test and 2 does not. Then the students take the test, What is the dependent variable in this study? | Students' performance on the test |
| If your research goal is to generalize your results from your sample to a larger population, it is best to use | A random sample |
| If a researcher wants to know whether eating a good breakfast affects the development of Monroe County kindergarten students’ reading skills, | The population for this study would be all the kindergarten students in Monroe County. |
| You run a correlational study and end up with a strong correlation. What does your scatterplot look like? | A set of dots that are tightly clustered around a line of best fit |
| Typically, a student’s class attendance shows a ________ correlation with their grades. | Positive |
| According to the article What Works, What Doesn’t, a study practice that works is | Quizzing yourself after you read a section of the book. |
| Abdu is trying to improve his study skills, which can involve making both mental and behavioral changes. What is one behavioral change he could make? | Finding a quiet place to study where distractions are minimal |
| What does it mean if something is statistically significant (p < .05)? | It means there is a 95% chance that the results are real and not just due to chance. |
| Which of these is an example of research that looks at how the five domains are interconnected? | Studying how brain activity changes in children as they go through puberty. |
| What do the five domains of psychology tell us about psychology? | They demonstrate both the diversity of subject matter and strategies we use, and the fact that there is a small number of interconnected domains. |
| what is critical thinking | systematic evolution of information based on evidence |
| 4 Ethical principles | privacy, confidentiality, informed consent and protection from harm |
| 4 goals of science | descriptive (what), Predictive (when), Control (who), Explanation (why) |
| 5 steps to scientific method | theory, hypothesis, run the study, analyze the results, share results |
| case study defintion | study one person in depth |
| observational study | watch people in the real world |
| self-reports | ask them to tell you |
| correlation study | trying to connect two things together |
| independent variable | we manipulate |
| dependent variable | see if difference was made |
| control group | be able to compare to results |
| within subject | use same people over and over for study |
| between subject | new groups for control and experimental |
| confound | unexpected that could affect the dependent variable |
| descriptive statistics | range, median, pie chart |
| inferential statistics | statistical significance p<.05 |
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