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PSY 200 Test 1 Exam Questions and AnswersThe current definition of psychology given in the text is the systematic study of - (correct answer) -behavior
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What do psychologists mean by the term mind-body/mind-brain question? - (correct answer) -is the mind separate from or
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identical with the physical brain?
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Plato believed that all knowledge is ____ whereas Aristotle believed that all knowledge is ____ - (correct answer) -innate;
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gained through experience
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Who is the father of scientific psychology - (correct answer) -wundt
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How is a psychologist different from a psychiatrist - (correct answer) -psychiatrists have MD degrees; psychologists have PhD
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or Psy D degrees
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Ergonomics is the field within psych that concentrates largely on - (correct answer) -helping to design equipment so that
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people can use it easily
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A ____ is a testable prediction or statement concerning the relationship between two variables - (correct answer) -Hypothesis
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Suppose that Dr Smith finds a particular result, but Dr Jones cannot find the same result (even after using the same
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methodology described in Smith's publication). The scientific community would conclude - (correct answer) -Jones failed to
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replicate Smith
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Which of the following is an example of a solvable problem
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a) Are humans basically good or evil
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b) What is the meaning of life
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c) is the amount of sleep related to work performance
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d) Which religion is correct - (correct answer) -c) is the amount of sleep related to work performance?
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Systematic empiricism refers to - (correct answer) -experimentation ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
The example of Clever Hans, described in class, best illustrates - (correct answer) -simple explanations are better than
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complex ones
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which of the following is NOT a goal of psych
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a) description
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b) exploration
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c) prediction
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e) improvement - (correct answer) -exploration
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____ knowledge refers to factual information whereas ____ knowledge is "how to" information - (correct answer) -
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Which of the following is the strongest correlation
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a) 0.00
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e) 0.38 - (correct answer) -b) -0.89
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Because of the ____ problem, correlation does not imply ____ - (correct answer) -third variable; causality
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What is the sign of the following correlation? (plot points in a line going up from left to right) - (correct answer) -Positive
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From the scatterplot (see test) which of the following statements is accurate - (correct answer) -Eating chocolate is associated
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with increased nervous behavior
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Which of the following is a limitation of correlational research?
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a) can discuss cause and effect
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b) good for describing curvilinear relationships
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c) participants are not randomly assigned
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e) none of the above - (correct answer) -c) participants are not randomly assigned
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BY assassinated a well known Central American dictator. Dr Baumgartner has studied BY for the past 20 years and has
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published several articles about why these rare individuals are motivated to kill. This example represents: - (correct answer) -
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a case study
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You are employed by the Asheville Zoo and you want to understand the mating behavior of a group of pygmy hippopotami
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living at the zoo. You cannot randomly assign the gender of the animals, so there is no variable you can manipulate. What
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type of study can you preform to answer your question - (correct answer) -observational study
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Which of the following is a benefit of using a case study methodology
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a) cannot preform statistics
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b) no control/ comparison group
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c) may be used with small samples
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d) unable to tease out cause of behavior
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e) all of the above - (correct answer) -c) may be used with small samples
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What is a double blind study - (correct answer) -Observer and subjects are unaware but experimenter is aware
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You are a psych pharmacologist working at Ajax Rogers Kline Corporation. You want to know whether the number of pills
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taken will influence happiness. What is the independent variable in this study? You conduct a study with 20 participants aged
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20-25 years at the site of the National Conference on Depressive Disorders. - (correct answer) -Number of pills
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What is Dependent variable in question above - (correct answer) -Amount of happiness
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What is cofounding variable in question above - (correct answer) -location of the study
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Dr Smith conducts an experiment to investigate the effects of sensory deprivation on anxiety. Prominently displayed in the
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room is an emergency response cart. The cart may influence how people behave and can be described as - (correct answer) -
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A cofounding variable
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Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency
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e) none of the above - (correct answer) -d) max
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Using the following dataset: 56 68 95 68 34 55 68
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