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WorksheetsAP PSYCH midterm- statistics, research methods, cognition
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 57mins
Which of the following is an example of negative correlation?
People who spend more time exercising tend to weigh less
Teenage females tend to have fewer speeding tickets than teenage males.
Students with low IQ scores tend to have lower grades.
Students'' shoe sizes are not related to their grades.
Tendency to judge the likelihood of things according to how they relate to a prototype.
representative heuristic
availability heuristic
confirmation bias
grouping information into meaningful units which increases the capacity of short term memory.
serial position effect
chunking
selective attention
What research method involves data collection about a group over a number of years to assess change?
Longitudinal Study
Case Study
Experiment
Cross-Sectional Study
Theoretically, random assignment (group placement) should eliminate
sampling error
the need to use statistics
concerns over validity
many confounding variables
the need for a representative sample
Determine whether or not findings can be applied to the larger population from which the sample was selected
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Frequency Distribution
Naturalistic Observation
Psychologists generally prefer the experimental method to other research methods because
experiments are more likely to support psychologists' hypothoses
experiments can show cause-effect relationships
it is easier to obtain a random sample for an experiment
experiments are more likely to result in statistically significant findings
Charlotte and Tamar are lab partners assigned to research who is friendlier, girls or boys. After conversing with their first 10 participants, they find that their friendliness ratings often differ. With which of the following should they be most concerned?
reliability
confounding variables
ethics
validity
assignment
In order to determine the strongest correlation coefficient, which number does it have to be closest to?
-1.0 or +1.0
+1.0
-1.0
0
If you choose a sample of the population that gives each person an equal chance of participating, this would be:
A biased sample
A random sample
An optimal sample
An atypical sample
In an experiment, researchers manipulate one or more _______________ and then determine whether this manipulation had an effect on the _______________.
independent variables; dependent variable
dependent variables; independent variable
correlations; association
personality characteristics; outcome
