Exam 1

A  method of studying (spaced or cramming)

B  students

C  number of hours studied

D  exam performance

A  Statistical Proof

B  Statistical significance

C  Variance probability

D  Variable evidence

E  Cause and effect

A  Hippocampus Percentage Area

B  High Profile Axis

C  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

D  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

A  interactionism

B  empiricism

C  dualism

D  functionalism

A  Forced agreement

B  Privacy notice

C  Informed consent

D  Confidential security

A  damage to the immune system.

B  damage of the hippocampus.

C  resiliency of the immune system.

D  permanent memory loss.

A  P values

B  Random number generators

C  Algorithmic statistics

D  Variability indexes

E  Range indicators

A  To study the way the players all performed in the previous season, which ended 10 months ago.

B  To take a random sample of players from each team and test them on various baseball drills.

C  To take a random team and evaluate its performance over the last two seasons.

D  To go to each game and keep statistical records of every player’s performance.

A  The researcher would read the published article about the original research and create new procedures and materials that test the same hypothesis in a somewhat different way.

B  The researcher would re-analyze the data collected in the original study to determine whether the results were the same.

C  The researcher would read the published article about the original research and use the same materials and procedures with new participants.

D  The researcher would go to the lab where the original research was conducted and re-run the original study using identical materials and the same participants.

A  case studies

B  correlation studies

C  naturalistic observation

D  true experiments

A  0.05

B  0.15

C  0.03

D  0.10

E  0.07

A  to evaluate prospective new teachers

B  to identify schoolchildren in need of additional help

C  to select only the most intelligent citizens to reproduce

D  for admission to The Sorbonne University

E  for officer training in the military

A  Cultural and social norms have shifted. The results were accurate when the research was first conducted but people have changed since then.

B  It is difficult to determine because there are several potential causes of non-replication.

C  The replication researchers made an error in their replication.

D  The original researchers falsified their data.

A  Hermann von Helmholtz

B  Ernst Weber

C  Gustav Fechner

D  Thomas Reid

A  conducting multiple statistical tests on the same data to determine whether results are consistent

B  repeating research to determine whether findings are consistent across time and situations

C  conducting research carefully by designing studies well and including a sufficient sample size

D  sharing findings with other scientists so they can comment on their validity

A  He studied people’s dreams and the symbols that they contained.

B  He conducted brain scans.

C  He compared human behavior to chimpanzee behavior.

D  He tested the behavior of drunken and sober subjects.

E  His students gave self-reports of their reactions to stimuli.

A  the amount of a substance administered to participants in a study

B  the number of participants in a study

C  the number of people in a specific demographic group

D  the ability of a study to detect reliable effects

A  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

B  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Sympathetic Nervous System

C  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

D  All of these

A  You should ask some friends whether the findings of the study make sense to them. 

B  You should talk to the researchers who conducted the study to get lots of detail about how the study was conducted, what they found, and what it means.

C  You should determine whether the finding has been replicated.

D  You should investigate whether the researchers have been found to falsify data in the past.

A  Mode

B  P-value

C  Standard deviation

D  Mean

E  Median

A  The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

B  If at first you don’t succeed, try again!

C  Reality is what you think, not what you see.

D  Be all that you can be.

A  Sirt1

B  human lifespan.

C  All of these

D  ATP

E  neurotrophins

A  Deductive reasoning

B  A scientific theory

C  Empirical research

D  Inductive reasoning

A  type I error

B  pseudoscientific claim

C  type II error

D  egregious error

A  cause and effect

B  student samples

C  parameters

D  external factors

E    

F  margin of error

A  +0.05

B  +2.52

C  +0.30

D  -0.9

A  longest

B  most complex

C  oldest

D  simplest

A  it be impossible to connect data to individuals

B  participants not be asked for personal information

C  all data be collected anonymously

D  access to collected data be limited to research staff

A  Distributions

B  P-values

C  Null hypothesis significance tests

D  Falsifiable claims

A  self-reported behavior

B  observable behavior

C  gender differences

D  internal thoughts and feelings

E  the study of the brain and nervous system

A  A study should only be conducted if the study’s benefits outweigh the risks.

B  People will not want to participate if they don’t benefit from the study.

C  A study with benefits will ensure that participants are compensated for their participation.

D  A study without applicable benefits will not make a contribution to society.

A  GAS

B  HPA axis

C  GABA

D  none of the above

A  physical exercise leads to subjective well-being

B  physical exercise does not lead to subjective well-being

C  a relationship between the time of day individuals exercise and subjective well-being

D  no relationship between the time of day individuals exercise and subjective well-being

A  the Viagra

B  the number of erections

C  the participants

D  the journal

A  Wundt added a laboratory experience to his experimental psychology lectures.

B  The first American psychology laboratory was established.

C  The American Psychological Association (APA) was founded.

D  The first PhD in psychology was granted.

E  The term psychology was first used in newspaper articles.

A  learning

B  the mind

C  psychology

D  the organism’s biology

E  classical conditioning

A  Are humans inherently good or bad?

B  Is Japanese a prettier language than German?

C  Do native English-speaking Canadians take longer to learn Chinese or to learn Spanish?

D  What is the meaning of life?

A  Althenia Davidson

B  Margaret Floy Washburn

C  Francis Sumner

D  Mary Whiton Calkins

A  psychodynamic

B  humanistic

C  cognitive

D  behavioral

A  generalizability

B  the outgroup homogeneity bias

C  internal validity

D  interpersonal variation