Approaches and experiments

Which approach views the mind as an information processing system

• biological

• humanistic

• cognitive

• socio-cultural

Which approach would argue that personality is due more to genes than to environmental experience.

• psychodynamic

• biological

• cognitive

• socio-cultural

Which approach would argue that pain tolerance is largely a result of the effects of endorphins and other neurochemicals

• humanistic

• socio-cultural

• cognitive

• biological

Which approach may make the following criticism of research- "One limitation of our understanding of behavior is that most research has been conducted on subjects from North America"

• cognitive

• biological

• humanistic

• socio-cultural

what is psychology not a scientific study of

• the mind

• the brain

• the soul

• behaviour

What is the purpose of random assignment in experimental research?

• Minimize the influence of participant differences

• To increase the influence of uncontrolled variables

• To ensure an identical distribution of participants

• To introduce bias and skew the results

What is the independent variable in an experiment?

• The variable that remains constant

• The dependent variable
• The variable that is measured

• The variable that is manipulated

What is meant by a standardized procedure?

• A rigid set of guidelines

• A flexible and ever-changing set of steps
• A random approach to a process

• A set of established steps consistently followed in a particular process

What is the dependent variable?

• The variable that remains constant
• The variable being measured or tested
• The variable that is manipulated
• The variable that is not relevant

Which variable is controlled by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Confounding variable

• Extraneous variable