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PSY100 - UTM First Test Questions and Answers What is naturalistic study? - ANSWER-A naturalistic study observes phenomena in their natural environment with as little interference as possible. What is a case study? - ANSWER-A case study is the examination and observation of only one subject. W...

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PSY100 - UTM First Test Questions and Answers


What is naturalistic study? - ANSWER✔✔-A naturalistic study observes phenomena in their natural

environment with as little interference as possible.


What is a case study? - ANSWER✔✔-A case study is the examination and observation of only one

subject.


What is a survey? - ANSWER✔✔-A survey is a group of questions distributed among a particular

population, designed to answer some specific questions.


Do any of these methods allow us to make causal interferences? - ANSWER✔✔-None of these methods

of research allow us


to make causal inferences regarding relationships between variables.


What is an experiment? - ANSWER✔✔-An experiment is a controlled study that uses random assignment

to control for all variables, except the independent variable being manipulated by the researcher.


What is random assignment? - ANSWER✔✔-Random assignment allows for causal inferences to be made

between the independent and dependant variables.


What is a correlation? - ANSWER✔✔-A correlation measures the strength and direction of associations

between two variables. A correlational study suffers from the problems of directionality and third

variable confounds which prevent researchers from making any causal inferences.




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What is the placebo effect? - ANSWER✔✔-When someone shows improvement in their condition or

symptoms simply because they believe that they are receiving some kind of treatment, when in reality

they are not getting any real treatment at all.


Psychology is the combination of what 2 areas of study? - ANSWER✔✔-Philosophy and physiology.


Give an example of a study, real or hypothetical, conducted in the area of Social psychology. -

ANSWER✔✔-A researcher is looking at the effects of crowding on levels of aggression.


A health care professional who treats serious mental disorders is likely a(n) _______________

psychologist. - ANSWER✔✔-Clinical.


What is a myelin sheath and what purpose does it serve? - ANSWER✔✔-The myelin sheath is a coating

of substance derived from glial cells that surround the axon of certain neurons in order to increase the

rate of speed of electrical pulses (or the action potential) traveling down the axon.


What are the two main categories of cells in the nervous system? - ANSWER✔✔-Glia and neurons.


What senses and which processes in the human mind and body are the frontal lobes most responsible

for? - ANSWER✔✔-The motor cortex is responsible for sensing movement, and the prefrontal cortex is

responsible for executive functions like planning, temporal sequencing and getting organized.


What functions appear to be dominant in the left hemisphere? - ANSWER✔✔-Language, speech, logic,

and complex motor behavior


linguistic functions.


What happens when there is damage to the Broca's area? - ANSWER✔✔-You can no longer speak

language.



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