UMGC PSYC 100 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025
The structuralist process of introspection involves ________ - ANSWERSHaving participants describe exactly what they experience as they complete research tasks.
What is NOT a reason evolutionary psychologist would give for why we have a cer...
The structuralist process of introspection involves ________ - ANSWERSHaving participants describe
exactly what they experience as they complete research tasks.
What is NOT a reason evolutionary psychologist would give for why we have a certain trait? -
ANSWERSThe trait is based on the working mind.
Psychoanalysis is the process of _______. - ANSWERSUncovering unconscious drives via talk therapy and
dream analysis
In the Little Albert experiment, Watson's goal was to _______. - ANSWERSElicit a response of fear in a
subject by associating a nonthreatening stimulus with something startling
Cognitive psychology differs from behaviorism in that it _______. - ANSWERSHolds that understanding
how the mind interprets stimuli is necessary for understanding behavior
Which is NOT a finding of social-cultural psychologists? - ANSWERSNo matter what their culture, people
are bound to a similar degree by the norms and customs of their social environment.
A psychologist posits that stress causes individuals to eat more than they normally would. The variables
in this hypothesis are _______ and _______. - ANSWERSStress and eating
Turn the conceptual variables of the hypothesis (stress and eating) into measured variables, what would
they be? - ANSWERSFor stress, you might have come up with level of stress hormones in the body or
other biological measure taken before each meal.
For eating, you might have come up with weight of food eaten as taken before each meal or self-
reported amount of food eaten at each meal.
, An informed consent form is intended to _______. - ANSWERSExplain the procedures of the study and
inform the participant of his or her rights
The purpose of correlational research is to _______. - ANSWERSTest specified relationships between and
among variables
What is Mean? - ANSWERSThe mean is the average.
It is all numbers divided by the sum of numbers.
What is Mode? - ANSWERSThe most frequently occurring value
What is Median? - ANSWERSMiddle number, it is the middle value in a list ordered from smallest to
largest
In a negative linear relationship, _______. - ANSWERSAs the length of time spent at your workplace
celebration increases, the enthusiasm level of the participants decreases.
(Down diagonally, from top left to bottom right)
Curvilinear relationship - ANSWERSAs the exertion demanded of them increases from mild to moderate,
their happiness level decreases. As it increases from moderate to more intensive, however, the students'
happiness rises back to its original level.
(Smile shape)
positive linear relationship - ANSWERSAs the number of children at a birthday party increases, the noise
level rises.
(Up from bottom left to top right)
Independent relationship - ANSWERSAbsence of any correlation between the variables.
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