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AP Psychology Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mr.Anderson wants to conduct an experiment with 30 of his students to see how does music affect student's memory. Which of the following is the best way to select his students for the experiment?

a)

Pick 30 students that he feels are the best for the experiment

b)

Send out an invitation to his favorite class, and the first 30 students that accepted the invitation will be a part of the experiment

c)

Pick the first and last 15 students in the alphabet

d)

Give each student name a number and use a number generator to select the students

2.

Which of the following is a true statement?

a)

Hypothesis produce theory

b)

Theory produce hypothesis

c)

Correlation prove causation

d)

Random sampling is the same as random assignment

3.

Which of the followings is a positive correlation?

a)

Jennie gains more muscle after she loses weight

b)

As the temperature increases, people tend to go to the beach more

c)

As Devin studies less, he achieves lower grades

d)

When the price goes up, people are less likely to buy it

4.

Range is to median as ____ is to ____.

a)

variance, central tendency

b)

mean, standard deviation

c)

Skewed curve, normal curve

d)

mode, mean

5.

Which of the following is not one of the 6 ethical guidelines?

a)

Researchers must keep the participants' identity confidential

b)

Participants are allowed to withdraw at any moment during the research

c)

Researchers must debrief the participants about the true nature of the study after the study is done

d)

Researchers must never deceive the participants during the research

6.

Which of the following option control extraneous influences, which helps us infer cause and effect?

a)

random sampling

b)

random assignment

c)

placebo effect

d)

double blind procedure

7.

Which of the followings is not a measure of central tendency?

a)

mean

b)

mode

c)

range

d)

median

8.

Allan is conducting an experiment about the effect of light on plant's growth. For his experiment to be statistically significance, the p value has to be what?

a)

>5%

b)

<5

c)

<5%

d)

>0.5

9.

A belief that infertile couples become more likely to conceive a child after adopting a baby is best considered to be what?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Theory

c)

Hindsight bias

d)

Illusory correlation

10.

A researcher wants to know how different types of teaching style affect student's test score. What method should be used?

a)

Naturalistic observation

b)

Experiment

c)

Case Study

d)

Survey

11.

After hearing the news that her school's football team lost the game, Amy told her friends that she knew it all along, and that she just didn't want to tell them. Amy best demonstrates which of the following option?

a)

Skepticism

b)

Humility

c)

Overconfidence

d)

Hindsight Bias

12.

True or False: Something has a negative correlation if the correlation coefficient is close to 0.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which research method can gather a lot of data in a short amount of time?

a)

Experiment

b)

Survey

c)

Case Study

d)

Naturalistic Observation

14.

There is a positive correlation between reading books and IQ scores. What can we properly conclude from this statement?

a)

We can conclude that reading books does improve children's IQ scores.

b)

We can conclude that this is a false statement.

c)

We cannot conclude that reading books does cause IQ scores to increase.

d)

We can conclude that as children read more books, their IQ scores decrease.

15.

In an experiment, the group that receives a placebo is called a ________.

a)

Control Group

b)

Experimental Group

c)

Placebo effect

d)

Double-blind procedure

16.

How many percent of people fall within 1 standard deviation on either side of the mean on a normal curve?

a)

34%

b)

13.5%

c)

95%

d)

68%

17.

which of the following is a strength of correlational research method?

a)

It requires only one participant.

b)

It specifies cause and effect.

c)

It works with large groups of data.

d)

All the variables are controlled.

18.

Which of the following best demonstrates a double-blind procedure?

a)

Neither the research staff nor the participants know who is getting the treatment.

b)

Only the research staff know who is getting the treatment.

c)

Only the participants know who is getting the treatment.

d)

Both the research staff and participants know who is getting the treatment.

19.

True or false: Hindsight bias and overconfidence illustrate why we cannot rely on intuition and common sense.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which of the following is a weakness of an experimental research method?

a)

Does not specify cause and effect.

b)

No control of variables.

c)

Sometimes it is not ethical to manipulate certain variables.

d)

Single case may be misleading.