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WorksheetsAP Psych Midterm Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 7mins
David is conducting research on the effectiveness of a new teaching method. He decides to use a meta-analysis to strengthen his findings. What is a meta-analysis?
A study of a single case in detail.
A method of observing subjects in their natural environment.
A statistical analysis that combines the results of multiple studies.
A survey conducted to gather public opinion.
Grace conducts a survey among students who are part of the university's honors program. Which of the following is this study most likely to suffer from?
Wording effects
Placebo effect
Sampling bias
Observer bias
Which is NOT true of random assignment?
It eliminates experimenter bias
It ensures that the research is ethical
It attempts to control for confounding variables
It ensures that the experimental & control groups are roughly similar
In a city, both ice cream sales and drowning incidents increase during summer. Maria comes to the conclusion that ice cream sales cause drowning. Maria should not make this assumption because...(more than one answer applies)
correlation does not equal causation
the two variables are negatively correlated
the two variables are unrelated
there is a third variable can that can explain the relationship between ice cream sales & drowning incidents.
Charlotte noticed that her test scores were unusually high one semester, but the following semester, they were closer to her usual average. What is the term for this phenomenon?
Observer bias
Regression toward the mean
Sampling bias
Placebo effect
In a split brain patient, a flower appears in the left visual field. What would the patient be able to do?
Say he saw a flower
Draw or identify a flower with his left hand
Draw or identify a flower with his right hand
Do nothing since his corpus callosum is severed.
Why is a double-blind procedure important in avoiding the placebo effect in clinical trials?
It ensures all participants are aware of the treatment they are receiving.
It prevents researchers from unintentionally influencing participants' behaviors.
It guarantees participants in the control group receive the active treatment.
It limits the number of variables by keeping the sample size smaller.
If Melanie can't seem to remember the names of new people she meets, she most likely has damage to her
hypothalamus
hippocampus
thalamus
amygdala
In a psychological experiment, why is it important to use operational definitions for terms like "sleep" and "memory retention"?
To ensure the experiment is conducted in a laboratory setting.
To allow researchers to measure variables consistently and accurately.
To make the experiment more complex and detailed.
To ensure participants understand the purpose of the study.
(a) % of the population will score between a 70-130 on an IQ test.
Emma is learning to play the piano. Which part of her brain is responsible for controlling her voluntary finger movements?
Thalamus
Reticular activating system
Motor cortex
Somatosensory cortex
During a biology class, Avery was learning about different parts of the brain. The teacher asked, "What is the primary function of the occipital lobe?"
Speech production
Visual processing
Memory formation
Emotional regulation
Being able to touch your elbow with your eyes closed is due to which sense?
vestibular
gustatory
olfaction
kinesthetic
Which of the following is NOT true of dopamine?
It is responsible for feelings of reward
It is responsible for pain relief
It is responsible for controlling bodily movements
It is responsible for attention/focus
Statistical significance...(more than one answer applies)
Is an inferential statistic
does not always imply that a study's results are practical
is another way of saying that the results of a study were most likely not due to chance
means that there was a large enough difference between the experimental and control groups
What is an example of change blindness?
The inability to notice changes in different scenes of a movie
Seeing all details in a complex image
Hearing every sound in a noisy room
Noticing every change in a scene
