Psychology Concepts Quiz

The number of cards correctly sorted in 2 minutes is a(n)

• outcome

• theory

• construct

• operational definition

Self-report of number of pets owned over one's life is a(n)

• theory

• outcome

• operational definition

• construct

Error that we can predict, know about, and/or control for is called _______

• Systematic error

• Random error

• Gross error

• Instrumental error

Preparedness, or the prediction that phobias should be more likely to occur for things, people, or situations that were threats to the survival of our evolutionary ancestors than to threats that did not exist in the ancient past, is a(n)

• outcome

• theory

• construct

• correct operational definition

Which of the following is correct?

• Error = True Score + Consilience

• Observed Score = True Score + Error

• Error = Random Error - Systemic Error

• True Score = Situational Variables + Person Variables

You earn the top score in the first exam in one of your courses! You are disappointed when your second exam score is good, but is not the top score. What can you conclude?

• A couple of your classmates are smarter than you

• You have been slacking off

• This might just be regression to the mean

• The professor plays favorites

Dr. X has developed a new treatment for stage fright. To test how well it works, she picks people with the highest scores on the Stage Fright Questionnaire, then gives them the treatment. After the treatment ends, she gives them the Stage Fright Questionnaire again and, overall, scores have gone down. What can she conclude?

• The treatment worked for these people, but we don't know if it works for everyone.

• Nothing: this might be regression to the mean.

• The treatment works, but only for some of the people.

• The treatment works!

Constructs are the building blocks of _______

• Topics

• Theories

• Basic science

• Applied science

Blinks per minute while looking at target photographs is a(n)

• theory

• outcome

• construct

• operational definition

The linear scale model depicting knowledge from different fields within psychology is called _______.

• Consilience Model

• Hierarchy Model

• Spectrum Model

• Continuum Model