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WorksheetsPreliminary Examination in Experimental Psychology (PSY109)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
It is a method of studying psychological phenomena and processes.
Experimental Psychology
Social Psychology
Biological Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Experimental Psychology should think about it as a singular area rather than a methodology within psychology.
True
False
Either true or false
Experimental Psychology is important because the findings discovered by psychologists play a vital role in our understanding of the human mind and behavior.
True
False
Either true or false
Dr. Alix, a psychologist wants to find the cause-and-effect relationship between two psychology-related variables. He is most probably engage to
Experimental Research
Correlational Research
Action Research
Qualitative Research
The fourth year psychology students are currently conducting a research that aims to find out the relationship between the two variables. What type of research they have to engage with?
Experimental Research
Correlational Research
Naturalistic Observation
Case Studies
The fourth year psychology students will be conducting an experimental research about the effects of eating peanuts to the test performance of first year college students of Lemery Colleges. The independent variable is
peanuts
test performance results
first year college students
Lemery Colleges
The fourth year psychology students will be conducting an experimental research about the effects of eating peanuts to the test performance of first year college students of Lemery Colleges. The dependent variable is
peanuts
test performance results
first year college students
Lemery Colleges
A researcher wants to study the behavior of the ethnic group in Ifugao with their normal environment. A researcher will utilize the method of
case study
experimental research
naturalistic observation
correlational research
In an experimental research, confounding variables are also known as
Independent variables
dependent variables
extraneous variables
infound variables
In an experiment, subjects in an experiment who are subjected to the independent variable is the
experimental group
control group
selected group
formal group
In an experiment, subjects in an experiment who are not subjected to the independent variable and who may receive a placebo treatment is the
experimental group
control group
selected group
formal group
Dr. Silvanna designs an experiment for studying lab rats’ reaction to energy drinks in relation to problem solving. Dr. Silvanna is most interested in the goal of
control
prediction
explanation
description
Results of the study of Pavlov suggest that changes must occur to the behavior of the dog after the conditioning. This illustrates the goal of
prediction
description
control
explanation
Experimental psychology utilizes ___________________ methods to answer these questions by researching the mind and behavior.
Scientific
Systematic
Automatic
Synthetic
Correlation is just equal with causation.
True
False
Either true or false
He published the first experimental psychology textbook.
William James
G. Stanley Hall
Wilhelm Wundt
James McKeen Cattell
Wilhelm Wundt founded the first experimental psychology laboratory in ______________________.
Germany
United States
Australia
United Kingdom
In 1875, William James opened a psychology lab in _________________ for the purpose of class demonstrations.
United Kingdom
Germany
United States
China
In 1883, G. Stanley Hall opened the first experimental psychology lab in the United States at ___________________.
Harvard University
John Hapkins University
Oxford University
California University
He published his famous Über das Gedächtnis ("On Memory"), which was later translated to English as Memory.
William James
Herman Ebbinghaus
Wilhelm Wundt
Erik Erikson
Elements of Physiological Psychology is the first American book to include a significant amount of information on experimental psychology published by ____________________.
Herman Ebbinghaus
George Truball Ladd
James McKeen Cattell
George Kelly
He established the world's third experimental psychology lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
James McKeen Cattell
G. Stanley Hall
Edwin Boring
Lee Cronbach
She was the first woman to form a experimental psychology lab at Wellesley College.
Mary Whiton Calkins
Karen Horney
Mary Ainsworth
Melanie Klein
American Psychological Association is the largest professional and scientific organization of psychologists in the United States founded by __________________________.
Wilhelm Wundt
Edwin Boring
G. Stanley Hall
Mary Whiton Calkins
The well-known experiment of John Watson and Rosalie Rayner in which they demonstrated that emotional reactions could be classically conditioned in people.
Baby Johnson
Little Albert
Little Alfred
Bobo doll
He was an influential experimental psychologist who was devoted to the use of experimental methods in psychology research.
Erik Erikson
Edward Titchener
Edwin Boring
Eddie Garcia
He published the nature of love which described his experiments with rhesus monkeys on attachment and love.
Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow
Harry Roque
Henry Murray
Bobo doll was the popular experiment conducted by ________________________ which demonstrated the effects of observation on aggressive behavior
Alfred Adler
Albert Bandura
John Watson
Ivan Pavlov
He published Construct Validity in Psychological Tests, which popularized the use of the construct validity in psychological studies.
Lee Cronbach
Lewis Terman
Harry Harlow
Albert Bandura
Who was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in Psychology at Cornell University?
Margaret Washburn
Mary Whiton Calkins
Mary Cover Jones
Ruth Howard
It is the process of where an individual concluded something that is not logically justified by sufficient and unbiased evidence.
Experimentation
Condensation
Generalization
Reflection
It refers to our everyday non-scientific collection of psychological data used to understand the social world and guide our behavior.
Folk Psychology
Commonsense Psychology
Traditional Psychology
Indigenous Psychology
Commonsense belief that we collect from our experiences is always considered reliable.
True
False
Either true or false
It is a condition where our predictions, or guesses tend to feel much more correct than they actually are because we have data that supports our belief.
Cognitive bias
Overconfidence bias
Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
In conducting experimental research, we need both the data from facts and commonsense belief. And, we need to do it in a scientific method.
True
False
Either true or false
It refers to the steps that scientists take to gather and verify information, and answer questions, explain relationships, and communicate findings.
Mixed Method
Calendar Method
Research Method
Scientific Method
Psychologists believed that there are specifiable causes for the way people behave and that these causes can be discovered through research. This is an example of ________________________.
Scientific Mentality
Crab Mentality
Etiological Mentality
Formative Mentality
It refers to the information we received from our senses through experiences.
Empirical Data
Nominal Data
Ordinal Data
Qualitative Data
It is principle that have the generality to apply all situations.
Model
Hypothesis
Law
Theory
It is a set of general principles that attempts to explain and predict behavior or phenomena.
Model
Hypothesis
Law
Theory
Old theories can be replaced by new theories without greater explanatory power.
True
False
Either true or false
Our approach to the collection and interpretation of data should be systematic, objective and rational. This is a manifestation of ______________________.
Reflective thinking
Systematic thinking
Good thinking
Intelligent thinking
As a researcher, we should avoid letting private beliefs and expectations influence observations or conclusions.
True
False
Either true or false
It refers to the simplicity and clarity of our thoughts as researchers.
Harmony
Ceremony
Parsimony
Symphony
In making a research, it is necessary to use highfalutin words to make it more reader-friendly.
True
False
Either true or false
As researchers, we should not accept the uncertainty of our the result and conclusion of our research.
True
False
Either true or false
It is important to publicize the results of our research to avoid duplication of researches and to exchange of information with fellow researchers.
True
False
Either true or false
It refers to the repeat procedures and obtain the same results of the research.
Duplication
Replication
Mutation
Multiplication
It refers to the process of systematic noting and recording of events.
Observation
Experimentation
Measurement
Data gathering
It is a process of testing a hypothesis in which a particular behavior will occur in certain situations.
Observation
Experimentation
Measurement
Data gathering
