Psych 1 1.1-1.3

Psychology is defined as:

• the study of behavior and mental processes
• the study of behavior
• the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
• the science of behavior and consequences

Which of the following are NOT cognitive processes?

• Thinking

• Making a decision

• feeling angry

• Memory

What kind of evidence do we want to avoid in psychology?

• Systemic behavioral Observations

• Anecdotal Evidence

• Brain scan results

• Survey results

This approach to psychology emphasizes the role that brain chemistry plays in determining behavior

• sociocultural approach

• cognitive approach

• biological approach

Select the best fit for which "approach" this would fall under:

A study on how immigrating to a new country affects someone's emotional processing

• sociocultural approach

• cognitive approach

• biological approach

Any action that a researcher has taken in a study to minimize or eliminate the effects of extraneous variables.

• Control

• Blind procedure

• Ethical consideration

• Generalizability

An attempt to explain a psychological phenomenon, often based on lots of existing studies.

• Theory

• Study

• Model

• Conclusion

What kind of correlation is depicted in the picture?

• Weak Positive

• Strong Positive

• Weak Negative

• Strong Negative

The group in an experiment that is expected to experience a change or effect

• Control Group

• Treatment Group

• Placebo Group

• Fun Group

One group of females were injected with testosterone and then placed in a brain scanning machine to measure the activity in their brain. Another group were also placed in the same machine but they were injected with a placebo.

What's the independent variable?

• Brain Activity

• The Placebo

• Testosterone

• Gender of Participants