AP Psychology Unit 1 Test

Researchers want to know how happiness is impacted by the color of your socks. The color of socks would be the...

• Independent Variable

• Confounding Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Variable

Researchers cannot ethically randomly assign people in an experiment, so they compare groups that already exist. What is this called?

• Correlational study

• Case Study

• Naturalistic Observation

• Longitudinal study

The committee within an organization that approves or denies research based on ethics is?

• Institutional Review Board

• American Psychology Association

• Ethical Dilemma Resolution Group

• Internal Affairs Committee

What happens when two variables increase and decrease together?

• Positive Correlation

• Strong Correlation

• Negative Correlation

• Weak Correlation

One of the drawbacks of this type of study is that the conclusions are not very generalizable.

• Case study

• Correlational study

• Experiment

• Survey

Who are the participants in research that serve as the baseline for comparison?

• Control Group

• Variable group

• Experimental group

• Neutral group

The school of thought that is based on the premise that psychological practices can only be based on what is observable.

• Behavioral perspective

• Biological perspective

• Cognitive perspective

• Psychoanalytic perspective

As the miles driven in a car increase, the gallons of gas remaining decrease.

• Negative Correlation

• No correlation

• Positive correlation

• Weak correlation

In testing the effects of different kinds of light on plant growth, what would the plant growth be?

• Dependent Variable

• Hypothesis

• Independent variable

• Control condition

The research method in which the researcher does not interfere with or try to control any part of the research is called?

• Observational Study

• Case study

• Longitudinal study

• Experiment