Psychology Quiz

A social psychologist would most likely agree with which statement?

• Situations can powerfully influence behavior.

• People tend to behave consistently in different circumstances.

• Our genes exert the strongest influences on our behavior.

• Cultural environments do not influence our behavior.

June wants to study which parts of the brain are activated when we watch happy and sad movies. Which psychological perspective has June adopted?

• social

• biological-neuroscience

• emotional

• clinical

Which statement about pseudoscience is accurate?

• Pseudoscience makes claims on eccentric topics that are based on rigorous science.

• All pseudoscience is the result of malice or fraud.

• Pseudoscience sometimes contains a grain of truth and cites valid research.

• Pseudoscience refers to well-done research that, for one reason or another, draws incorrect conclusions.

What do personality psychologists study?

• the influence of parenting style on cognitive development

• the influence of context on human behavior

• aspects of behavior that are relatively stable over time

• genetic components of emotional experiences

In psychology, a(n) __________ is a set of propositions explaining how and why people think, feel, and act in certain ways.

• hypothesis

• journal

• observation

• theory

A poll that summarizes the approval ratings of different politicians is one example of __________ research.

• descriptive

• correlational

• observational

• experimental

A researcher hypothesizes that people who spend more time sleeping each night will perform better on cognitive tasks administered first thing in the morning. Based on the information provided, the predicted correlation between time slept and task performance is best described as

• weak.

• negative.

• strong.

• positive.

A group of clinicians is interested in testing which kinds of therapies are most effective for people with social phobia. To do so, they have clients complete different forms of therapy and assess their symptoms over the course of the study. In this example, the kind of therapy is a(n) __________ variable and clients' symptoms of social phobia are a(n) __________ variable.

• dependent; additional dependent

• dependent; independent

• independent; additional independent

• independent; dependent

In assessing approval rates for politicians, public opinion pollsters often call arbitrary phone numbers that have been artificially generated rather than specifically deciding which people should participate and then reaching out to those people. This is an example of random __________.

• subscription.

• assignment.

• assortment.

• sampling.

If a study's results are effectively generalizable to a broader population, that study is likely to have high __________ validity.

• construct

• internal

• face

• external