Psych 3/4 Review

Who said people are motivated by unconscious drives and conflicts?

• Sigmund Freud

• William James

• John B. Watson

This research method is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

• Case Study
• Survey
• Observational
• Correlational

This research method is a measure of the extent to which two variables change together, and thus of how well either variable predicts the other

• Correlational
• Experiments
• Case Study
• Survey

Explain the difference between independent and dependent variables in an experiment.

• Independent variables are not important in an experiment

• Independent variables are manipulated by the experimenter, while dependent variables are the outcome or response that is measured.

• Independent variables are the outcome or response that is measured

• Dependent variables are manipulated by the experimenter

What is the strongest correlation coefficient?

• .90

• -.55

• 10.0

• .50

What are chemical messengers that transmit signals across synapses?

• receptors

• hormones

• enzymes

• neurotransmitters

The New York State Tree is a....

• White Pine

• Birch

• Sugar Maple

• Cedar

Which lobe of the brain is responsible for processing visual information?

• occipital

• parietal

• temporal

• frontal

Which part of the brain is involved in the formation of new memories?

• cerebellum

• hippocampus

• thalamus

• amygdala

the weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time

• absolute threshold
• difference threshold
• Weber's law
• signal-detection theory