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Unit 1 Vocabulary Review - PSY

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research.

a)

Psychology

b)

Sociology

c)

Humanism

d)

Scientific Method

2.

The numbers, or the number of times that people do something.

a)

Quantitative Data

b)

Qualitative Data

c)

External Validity

d)

Internal Validity

3.

The specific content of what people think or feel.

a)

Quantitative Data

b)

Qualitative Data

c)

External Validity

d)

Internal Validity

4.

How confidently a study can say there are no alternate explanations of the results.

a)

Internal Validity

b)

External Validity

c)

Scientific Reliability

d)

Statistical Significance

5.

How confidently the conclusions from your research study can be generalized to the people not in your study.

a)

Internal Validity

b)

External Validity

c)

Scientific Reliability

d)

Statistical Significance

6.

Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

a)

Ethics

b)

Belmont Report

c)

Internal Validity

d)

Effect Size

7.

This document promotes the ethical principles of beneficence, justice, and informed consent.

a)

The Belmont Report

b)

The Wogaman Report

c)

The Louise-Troy Report

d)

The Dunbar Report

8.

With this method, you are restating EXACTLY what the data says.

a)

Descriptive Statistics

b)

Inferential Statistics

c)

Correlation Coefficient

d)

Effect Size

9.

Using this method, you can come to new conclusions by asking questions and making predictions.

a)

Descriptive Statistics

b)

Inferential Statistics

c)

Correlation Coefficient

d)

Effect Size

10.

A number between −1 and +1 calculated so as to represent the linear dependence of two variables or sets of data.

a)

Descriptive Statistics

b)

Inferential Statistics

c)

Correlation Coefficient

d)

Effect Size

11.

The ability of a test to give the same results under similar conditions

a)

Scientific Reliability

b)

Scientific Reproduceability

c)

Scientific Dependability

d)

Scientific Resourcefulness

12.

The amount that a result is different from what is expected without being random or due to errors.

a)

Statistical Significance

b)

Effect Size

13.

Measures the size of the difference between two groups.

a)

Statistical Significance

b)

Effect Size

14.

A psychologist who studies the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness.

a)

Functionalist

b)

Psychoanalyst

c)

Humanist

d)

Cognitivist

15.

A psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts.

a)

Functionalist

b)

Psychoanalyst

c)

Humanist

d)

Cognitivist

16.

A psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment.

a)

Behaviorist

b)

Psychiatrist

c)

Humanist

d)

Cognitivist

17.

A psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth.

a)

Behaviorist

b)

Psychiatrist

c)

Humanist

d)

Cognitivist

18.

A psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how thought processes influence our behavior.

a)

Cognitivist

b)

Psychiatrist

c)

Functionalist

d)

Psychoanalyst

19.

A psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior.

a)

Psychobiologist

b)

Psychiatrist

c)

Functionalist

d)

Psychoanalyst

20.

A psychologist who deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.

a)

Psychobiologist

b)

Psychiatrist

c)

Functionalist

d)

Psychoanalyst