Psychology Quiz

The soundness of conclusions that a researcher draws from an experiment. Do the conclusions measure what they are supposed to measure?

• validity

• reliability

• operational definition

• random assignment

An approach to psychology emphasizing the mental processes involved in knowing; how we direct our attention, perceive, remember, think, and solve problems.

• psychodynamic approach

• behavioral approach

• humanistic approach

• cognitive approach

The scientific study of the structure, function, development, genetics, and biochemistry of the nervous system. Emphasizes that the brain and nervous system are central to understanding behavior, thought, and emotion.

• neuroscience

• psychology

• structuralism

• functionalism

Emphasizes the functions and purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaptation to the environment.

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

• Critical Thinking

• Natural Selection

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

• Neuroscience

• Psychology

• Mental Processes

• Functionalism

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-8

A sample that gives every member of the population an equal chance of being selected.

• random sample

• validity

• dependent variable

• random assignment

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

The observation of behavior in a real-world setting.

• correlational research

• naturalistic observation

• random assignment

• operational definition

An approach to psychology that examines the ways in which social and cultural environments influence behavior.

• cognitive approach

• behavioral approach

• sociocultural approach

• naturalistic observation

A manipulated experimental factor, the variable that the experimenter changes to see what its effects are.

• correlational research

• independent variable

• hypothesis

• placebo

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A special kind of systematic observation, used by researchers, that involves obtaining measures of the variables of interest in multiple waves over time.

• experiment

• longitudinal design

• correlational research

• operational definition