Intro Psychology Midterm Chapters 1-6

In order to study mind and behavior, psychologists…

• Rely on the scientific method

• Use their intuition

• Consult a magic eight-ball

• Take careful notes while watching talk shows

Andre is recording instances of physical aggression among children in a schoolyard at recess Andre is undertaking...

• Naturalistic Observation

• Archival Research

• Surveying

• Doing a case study

Freda is undertaking survey research.  Which of the following is she probably doing?

• Recording the behaviors of sea lions in their natural habitat

• Observing the problem-solving strategies of an extremely gifted middle-school girl

• Comparing students’ performance on abstract and concrete versions of problems

• Asking a sample of students a series of questions about their sexual attitudes and behaviors

1.       Dr. Gotti is conducting a detailed examination of a patient with dissociative identity disorder.  Dr. Gotti is undertaking…

• A Survey

• Archival Research

• A Case Study

• Naturalistic Observation

Irving has noticed a pattern:  The more alcohol people drink, the more aggressive they seem to be.  Which research method is aimed at verifying a relationship between two variables?

• Naturalistic Observation

• Case Study

• Correlational Research

• Archival Research

Experimental group is to control group as ? is to ?.

• Treatment; No Treatment

• No Treatment; Treatment

• Independent Variable; Dependent Variable

• Dependent Variable; Independent Variable

At Folger University, Drs. Chase and Sanborn are conducting an experiment on the effects of caffeine on memory.  Participants are randomly assigned to a caffeine or a no-caffeine group; their recall of items on a word list is later assessed.  Which correctly identifies the independent variable in this experiment?

• Word Recall

• Lack of Memory Word Recall

• Caffeine

• No-Caffeine

At Folger University, Drs. Chase and Sanborn are conducting an experiment on the effects of caffeine on memory.  Participants are randomly assigned to a caffeine or a no-caffeine group; their recall of items on a word list is later assessed.  In this experiment, word recall is the ? variable.

• Experiment

• Control

• Independent

• Dependent

Ethical guidelines intended to protect the rights of human research participants include which of the following?

• Participants must be protected from physical and mental harm

• Participants must be assured that their participation is completely voluntary

• Participants must be aware of the general procedures involved before the study begins

• All of the answers are correct

Which of the following statements BEST expresses the relationship between a sample and a population?

• A sample excludes the population

• A population includes a sample

• A population is similar to a sample

• A sample is completely separate from a population