Psych Unit 1 Review

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Psychology consists of knowledge gained through scientific study of

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behavior and mental processes

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Which theorist believed that people primarily are shaped by early childhood experiences and unconscious drives?

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Sigmund Freud

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To calculate the median, we

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use the halfway point, or midpoint, of the list of numbers

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To calculate the mean, we

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add the total and then divide by the number of scores

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To calculate the mode, we

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use the most frequently used number in the series

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That which the experimenter changes or alters so they can observe the effects.

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Independent Variable

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Which of the following types of research may prove causation? Case study, Longitudinal study, Survey, Experiment

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Experiment

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The measured outcome of an experiment is the

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dependent variable

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Future behavior is influenced by memory and analysis of past experience.

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Psychodynamic

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Personality is attributable more to genes than to environmental experience. Options: Social-Cultural, Cognitive, Biological, Humanistic

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Biological