AP PSYCH Unit 1 Review

A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other is called a

• measure of central tendency

• coefficient

• inferential statistic

• correlation

A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score dependent on the range and square root of total scores.

• inferential statistic

• standard deviation

• descriptive research

• average

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

• sampling bias

• hindsight bias

• the random effect bias

• single blind procedure

In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment being studied.

• experiemental group

• random sampling

• control group

• confounding variable

The psychoanalytic approach in psychology believes

• all of our behavior is learned.

• people are capable of self-actualization

• much of our behavior stems from unconscious wants and desires.

• memory formation depends on sensory input.

This early psychological perspective believes that the mind can be broken up into separate parts?

• introspection

• structuralism

• functionalism

• empricism

What is the name of the technique where people would examine their own thoughts/behaviors?

• introspection

• structuralism

• functionalism

• empricism

What early perspective did not care about the "parts" of the mind but rather how the mind adapts to what we need to survive?

• introspection

• structuralism

• functionalism

• empiricism

Who was the first woman to earn her PhD in psychology?

• Margaret Floy Washburn

• Mary Whiton Calkins

Titchener believed that psychology should study the basic elements of conscious experience and belonged to which school of thought?

• Behaviorism

• Functionalism

• Humanism

• Structuralism