Psych

Chip believes that human behavior is primarily generated in our unconscious minds and is the result of unresolved conflicts and desires, especially rooted in childhood experience. To which psychological perspective is Chip most likely to prescribe?

• sociocultural

• cognitive

• humanistic

• psychoanalytic

• evolutionary

Debbie is interested in determining if music helps people study. To do this, she uses the help of 40 students in her psychology class. She randomly assigns half the people to study with music in the background for an hour, and the other half study with no music for an hour. The students then take a test on that material. In this example, what is the independent variable?

• music versus no music

• group that studies with no music

• group that studies with music

• scores on the exam

• students in the class

Which of the following would not appear on a normal distribution of intelligence scores for children?

• mean

• median

• mode

• standard deviation

• variance

Which of the following best describes the longitudinal research method?

• observing one individual or group in their natural environment for a period of time

• asking questions of a random sample of individuals

• Assessing changes in a group of same aged individuals numerous times over many years

• doing cross cultural studies

• testing people of different ages once

In research terms, what qualifies an assessment as "valid"?

• if the assessment accurately measures what it claims to be measuring

• if the study shows the independent variable is effective

• if the study disproves the hypothesis

• if the study has a large number of participants

• if the study is conducted under controlled conditions

What type of research methodology involves watching participants without interacting with them to see how they behave?

• case study

• experiment

• interview

• naturalistic observation

• questionnaire

Dr. Miller believes there is a relationship between the amount of carbohydrates a child eats and the hyperactivity of a child. This belief is:

• a theory

• a variable

• a hypothesis

• untestable

• a conclusion

Instead of studying his spelling words like everyone else, Scott copies from other people when the teacher gives a test. A behaviorist would likely attribute Scott’s cheating to:

• a genetic tendency to maximize his opportunities for promoting himself above others

• his underdeveloped frontal lobe, which is used in complex decision making and judgement

• his perception that the test is too difficult, and, therefore, his cheating is justified

• inner conflicts that are buried deep in his unconscious

• the fact that he was reinforced for cheating on a test in the past

Dr. Daugherty studies how the thickness of the beaks of one species of birds has undergone adaptive changes in response to drought and other environmental factors over a very long period of time. Which psychological approach does Dr. Daugherty take?

• behavioral

• biological

• evolutionary

• humanistic

• sociocultural

Who is considered the founder of behaviorism?

• Bandura

• Tolman

• Skinner

• Thorndike

• Watson