Sept. 2 - AP Psych Research Methods

Open Ended

Fun Fact Trivia: In what year was the first cell phone call made?

Open Ended

Fun Fact Trivia: What is the fewest number of moves that it takes to solve any Rubik's cube?

Multiple Choice

After the events of 9/11, your friend suggested that the CIA and FBI should have foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism. According to her, all the clues were there. This perception most clearly illustrates:

• intuition

• the hindsight bias

• psychodynamic approach

• the placebo effect

Multiple Choice

Jill wants to study the process of thinking. Which field of psychology should she choose?

• Cognitive

• Social

• Personality

• Learning

• Perception

Multiple Choice

Psychology is considered a science mainly because it relies on direct observation. Which field of psychology supports this?

• Behaviorism

• Psychodynamic

• Social

• Cognitive

• Structuralism

Multiple Choice

Psychoanalytic psychology focuses mainly on:

• rewards and punishments

• self-esteem and self-actualization

• biology and genetics

• internal conflict and unconscious desires

• sensation and perception

Multiple Choice

Which of the following psychologists was a structuralist?

• Watson

• Wundt

• James

• Wertheimer

• Freud

Multiple Choice

The early school of psychology known as functionalism was developed by

• Wundt

• James

• Descartes

• Watson

• Freud

Multiple Choice

Who was a student of William James and the first female president of the American Psychological Association?

• Piaget

• Bacon

• Rayner

• Calkins

• Washburn

Multiple Choice

Mr. Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Mr. Lopez favors a ________ perspective on depression.

• biological

• pyschodynamic

• behavioral

• cognitive

• psychoanalytic

Multiple Choice

Dr. Winkle conducts basic research on the systematic changes in intelligence associated with aging. It is most likely that Dr. Winkle is a(n) ________ psychologist.

• biological
• social
• developmental
• industrial-organizational

Multiple Choice

Roger is a freshman in college and is having trouble adjusting to the changes in his life.
What type of psychologist should he be referred to? 

• Developmental.
• Psychiatrist. 
• Clinical. 
• Counseling

Open Ended

Lego activity: Did you correctly assemble the structure(s)? If no, what did you do incorrectly?

Open Ended

Lego activity: What made the task easy? What made the task difficult?

What would you change about the instructions to make your assembly task easier?

Multiple Choice

each time a study is repeated, the results are consistent.

• validity
• reliability
• sample

Multiple Choice

The extent to which an instrument measure what it is supposed to measure.

• reliability
• validity
• standardized

Multiple Choice

A description of the specific procedure used to determine the presence of a variable.  Created so that the experiment can be replicated by others.

• operational definition
• independent variable
• controlled group

Multiple Choice

The factor the researcher manipulates in a controlled experiment

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• confounding variable

Multiple Choice

 Variable that the experimenter did not account for initially that affected the dependent variable

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• confounding variables

Multiple Choice

A psychological or physical treatment given to the control group that resembles the treatment given to the experimental group, but that contains no active ingredient. 

• independent variable
• placebo
• dependent variable

Multiple Choice

The behavior or mental process that is measured in an experiment (the effect)

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• random sample

Multiple Choice

The subgroup of the population that participates in the study

• sample
• assignment
• group

Multiple Choice

The subgroup of the sample that receives the independent variable.

• experimental group
• control group
• population

Multiple Choice

Division of the sample into groups so that every individual has an equal chance of being put in any group or condition.

• single blind
• double blind
• random assignment
• random sampling

Multiple Choice

A psychological or physical treatment given to the control group that resembles the treatment given to the experimental group, but that contains no active ingredient. 

• independent variable
• placebo
• dependent variable

Multiple Choice

Research design in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who is in the experimental group and who is in control group.

• single blind study
• case study
• double blind study

Multiple Choice

The comparison group, the subgroup of the sample that is similar to the experimental group in every way except for the presence of the independent variable. 

• experimental group
• control group
• population

Multiple Choice

The behavior or mental process that is measured in an experiment (the effect)

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• random sample

Multiple Choice

All of the individuals in the gorup to which the study applies

• random sample
• population
• group