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Worksheetsflash cards review psychology 2e openstax ch 1 and ch 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
________ involves following a group of research participants for an extended period of time.
a. cross-sectional research
b. longitudinal research
c. experimental research
d. case study research
Which of the following degrees would be the minimum required to teach psychology courses in high school?
a. associate's degree
b. bachelor's degree
c. master's degree
d. doctoral degree
Longitudinal research is complicated by high rates of ________.
a. bias
b. attrition
c. sampling error
d. confounding variables
The major limitation of case studies is ________.
a. the high cost of conducting case studies
b. the limited number of participants involved
c. the inability to generalize the findings from this approach to the larger population
d. the extensive time required to complete case studies
The benefit of naturalistic observation studies is ________.
a. the honesty of the data that is collected in a realistic setting
b. the ability to control variables in a lab environment
c. the ease of replicating the study in different settings
d. the speed of data collection compared to experiments
The ________ places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on application of therapeutic skills.
a. PhD
b. PsyD
c. MD
d. EdD
Sigmund Freud developed his theory of human personality by conducting in-depth interviews over an extended period of time with a few clients. This type of research approach is known as a(n): ________.
a. survey
b. case study
c. experiment
d. observational study
A major criticism of Freud’s early theories involves the fact that his theories ________.
were not testable
were too simplistic
were based on empirical evidence
were universally accepted
________ are defined as observable realities.
a. opinions
b. facts
c. beliefs
d. theories
The correlation coefficient indicates the weakest relationship when ________.
a. it is closest to 0
b. it is closest to 1
c. it is negative
d. it is positive
A(n) ________ is a list of questions developed by a researcher that can be administered in paper form.
questionnaire
interview
survey
poll
Based on your reading, which theorist would have been most likely to agree with this statement: Perceptual phenomena are best understood as a combination of their components.
Max Wertheimer
B.F. Skinner
Jean Piaget
Carl Rogers
________ means that everyone in the population has the same likelihood of being asked to participate in the study.
a. systematic sampling
b. stratified sampling
c. convenience sampling
d. random sampling
Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed?
a. Critical thinking
b. Research methodology
c. Statistical analysis
d. all of the above
The operant conditioning chamber (aka ________ box) is a device used to study the principles of operant conditioning.
Skinner
Pavlov
Thorndike
Bandura
Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in ________.
a. biology
b. sociology
c. philosophy
d. anthropology
Using existing records to try to answer a research question is known as ________.
a. experimental research
b. survey research
c. case study research
d. archival research
Scientific hypotheses are ________ and falsifiable.
a. speculative
b. ambiguous
c. testable
d. irrelevant
Which statement best illustrates a negative correlation between the number of hours spent watching TV the week before an exam and the grade on that exam?
a. Students who watch less television perform better on their exams.
b. Students who watch the same amount of television have varying exam grades.
c. Students who watch more television perform more poorly on their exams.
d. Students who do not watch television at all always get the highest grades.
In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n) ________.
a. proven fact
b. random guess
c. detailed observation
d. proposed explanation
