Psychology Semester Review

Psychology is best described as:

• The study of the mind
• The study of behavior and mental processes
• The study of psychological disorders
• a hypothesis that becomes a theory

All the following are branches or approaches of psychology EXCEPT

• behavioral
• developmental
• psychoanalytic
• psychic

Put the steps of the scientific method in order

• question, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, theory
• hypothesis, experiment, conclusion
• study, conclusion, hypothesis
• question, experiment, conclusion, publish

In the nature vs. nurture question, nature is:

• biological makeup
• environment

What is the main difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?

• psychologists goes to medical school
• psychiatrists can prescribe medicine
• psychologists only work in the lab
• psychiatrists work with children unlike psychologists

A correlation is described as 

• unethical experiment
• scientific research
• a relationship between two variables
• same as a survey

An experiment like Milgram, where the subjects suffer emotionally, could be considered

• naturalistic
• scientific
• unethical
• ethical

The placebo effect, is best explained as 

• choosing comfort over food
• punishing the subject with electric shock
• substituting a sugar pill for the actual medication
• taking a pill like an anti-depressant

In statistical analysis, the mode is best described as

• the average
• the middle number in a group of numbers
• the number that repeats or occurs the most often in a list of numbers
• the range

The Nature/Nurture controversy is best explained as 

• heredity versus environment
• cognitive development
• reflexes versus development
• the visual cliff