PSYC 2010 - Chapter 1&2 Exam - Student

Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed?

• Critical Thinking

• Use of the scientific method

• Critical evaluation of sources of information

• All of the above

Who is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs?

• Noam Chomsky

• Carl Rogers

• Abraham Maslow

• Sigmund Freud

A researcher interested in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus (a structure in the brain related to learning and memory) are related to memory formation would be most likely to identify as a(n).

• biological

• health

• clinical

• social

If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, they would probably need a degree in psychology

• bachelor of science

• bachelor of art

• master's

• PhD

Scientific hypotheses are

• observable

• original

• provable

• testable

Scientific knowledge is

• intuitive

• empirical

• permanent

• subjecti

Which statement best illustrates a negative correlation between the number of hours spent watching TV the week before an exam and the grade on that exam?

• Watching too much television leads to poor exam performance

• Smart students watch less television

• Viewing television interferes with a student's ability to prepare for the upcoming exam

• Students who watch more television perform more poorly on their exams

means that everyone in the population has the same likelihood of being asked to participate in the study

• operationalizing

• placebo effect

• random assignment

• random sampling

The ____ is controlled by the experimenter, while the ___ and statistically analyzed by the experimenter

• dependent variable; independent variable

• independent variable; dependent variable

• placebo effect, experiment bias

• experiment bias, placebo effect

Using existing records to try to answer a research question is known as

• naturalistic observation

• survey research

• longitudinal research

• archival research