psych test pt 2

A negative correlation means ________.

one variable decreases as the other increases

A(n) ________ is a description of how the researchers will measure the variables of interest.

operational definition

Stan and Jenny are in a psychology course that requires them to repeat an experiment that researchers have conducted in the past, in order to determine whether they produce the same results. This is called ________.

replication

________ are the most commonly used species for animal research.

rodents

A(n) ________ is conducted in order to determine whether there are meaningful differences between two groups in a study.

statistical analysis

Dr. Guttierez is examining a research question and has posted a hypothesis, but his student points out, â Dr. G., the assumption that you have made cannot be disproven no matter what data we gather!â This research study suffers from an absence of ________.

falsifiability

The belief that strange behavior is linked to the occurrence of a full moon is an example of a(n) ________.

illusory correlation

A group of preschool-age children are enrolled in a study that plans to follow them over time in order to assess behaviors and other characteristics that may predict later development of schizophrenia. This is an example of a(n) ________ design.

longitudinal

Which correlation coefficient best represents a moderate relationship showing fewer anxiety symptoms in people who report higher life satisfaction?

-0.53

Chidi reads an article that states that students who attend class regularly have a higher GPA than students who have frequent absences. This type of study is considered:

A correlation

Rudy needs to collect data from a large number of people regarding their political beliefs. What type of research method should Rudy use?

A survey

Which psychological perspective focuses on bodily events and their effects on behavior, feelings, and thoughts?

Biological Perspective

_______________ founded the field of psychoanalysis

Sigmund Feund

This organization, one of the largest professional groups of psychologists in the world, was founded in 1892.

The American Psychological Association

Which psychological perspective focuses on bodily events and their effects on behavior, feelings, and thoughts?

The biological perspective

Lesley, a sociology major, believes that money is the key to happiness. Her friend Stephen, a psychology major, believes that good health is the key to happiness. How might the two friends resolve their disagreement?

They could research peer-reviewed articles to see if either perspective is supported.

The scientific process is ________, involving both inductive and deductive reasoning.

circular

The first person to announce that he intended to make psychology a science was:

William Wundt

Rochelle goes to a park to investigate gender differences in play among children. Rochelle is conducting:`

a naturalistic observation

Psychology is defined as:

the science of behavior and mental processes

An intensive study is conducted on a 13-year-old boy with a rare genetic condition. What type of study is this?

Case study

________ (IRB) reviews research that is involves the use of human participants.

Institutional Review Board

________ assesses the consistency of observations by different observers.

Inter-rater reliability

________ is an anthropologist who contributed to our understanding of chimpanzee behavior in the wild, using naturalistic observation.

Jane Godall

The first woman to earn the PhD degree in psychology was ________.

Margaret Floy Washburn

What is the only type of research method that allows us to determine whether a cause-and-effect relationship exists between variables?

an experiment

________ is a reduction in the number of research participants as some drop out of the study over time.

attrition

The _______________ perspective of psychology focuses on the environmental rewards and punishers that maintain or discourage specific behaviors

behavioral

Studies that cannot ethically be conducted as experiments with typical human participants ________.

can sometimes be tested with animal studies

Dr. Mattar is interested in knowing more about brain injury to the occipital cortex, and he studies patients individually in order to gain in-depth knowledge about their behaviors. These studies would best be described as ________.

case studies

Sandra strongly believes that attending daycare is detrimental to childrenâ s development so she decides to write her psychology term paper on this topic. She does a literature search and finds several sources supporting her opinion, but she finds that the majority of research indicates that children attending daycare experience healthy development. She writes a paper using the sources that find negative associations with daycare attendance. This is an example of ________.

confirmation bias

An upper-level psychology class is conducting an experiment on racial prejudice that involves having participants rate the likeability of faces in a set of photos. However, they tell participants that the study is about the effects of aging on likeability. When participants are finished, they are thanked for their time and leave the experiment. In this example, the class forgot to ________ in order to resolve the ________ in the study.

debrief participants; deception

In a ________ study, both the researchers and the participants are unaware of the group assignments.

double-blind

Which of the following research designs will allow cause-and-effect conclusions?

experimental

Psychology is defined as

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

`A(n) ________ is a well-developed set of ideas that proposes an explanation for observed phenomena.

theory

Professor Devine and her colleagues are interested in assessing whether active versus passive play causes a preference for sweet or salty foods in toddlers. They assign groups of children to either an active play, passive play, or no play group and record their food choices when presented with a variety of sweet and salty foods. In this study, ________ is the independent variable and ________ is the control group.

type of play; no play