Exam 1

A  number of hours studied

B  students

C  exam performance

D  method of studying (spaced or cramming)

A  Cause and effect

B  Variance probability

C  Variable evidence

D  Statistical significance

E  Statistical Proof

A  High Profile Axis

B  Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

C  Hippocampus Pineal Anterior

D  Hippocampus Percentage Area

A  dualism

B  empiricism

C  functionalism

D  interactionism

A  Forced agreement

B  Informed consent

C  Confidential security

D  Privacy notice

A  resiliency of the immune system.

B  damage of the hippocampus.

C  damage to the immune system.

D  permanent memory loss.

A  Range indicators

B  P values

C  Algorithmic statistics

D  Random number generators

E  Variability indexes

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  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.

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  naturalistic observation

B  correlation studies

C  true experiments

D  case studies

A  0.10

B  0.05

C  0.07

D  0.03

E  0.15

A  to evaluate prospective new teachers

B  to identify schoolchildren in need of additional help

C  for officer training in the military

D  to select only the most intelligent citizens to reproduce

E  for admission to The Sorbonne University

A  The original researchers falsified their data.

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

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

D  The replication researchers made an error in their replication.

A  Ernst Weber

B  Hermann von Helmholtz

C  Thomas Reid

D  Gustav Fechner

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

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

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

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

A  He conducted brain scans.

B  He tested the behavior of drunken and sober subjects.

C  He compared human behavior to chimpanzee behavior.

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

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

A  the ability of a study to detect reliable effects

B  the number of participants in a study

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

D  the number of people in a specific demographic group

A  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

B  All of these

C  Parasympathetic Nervous System and Sympathetic Nervous System

D  Sympathetic Nervous System and Fight-Flight Response

A  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.

B  You should determine whether the finding has been replicated.

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

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

A  Standard deviation

B  P-value

C  Mean

D  Mode

E  Median

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

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

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

D  Be all that you can be.

A  neurotrophins

B  ATP

C  human lifespan.

D  Sirt1

E  All of these

A  A scientific theory

B  Deductive reasoning

C  Inductive reasoning

D  Empirical research

A  egregious error

B  type II error

C  pseudoscientific claim

D  type I error

A  margin of error

B  external factors

C  student samples

D  parameters

E  cause and effect

F    

A  -0.9

B  +0.05

C  +2.52

D  +0.30

A  longest

B  simplest

C  oldest

D  most complex

A  all data be collected anonymously

B  access to collected data be limited to research staff

C  participants not be asked for personal information

D  it be impossible to connect data to individuals

A  P-values

B  Null hypothesis significance tests

C  Distributions

D  Falsifiable claims

A  the study of the brain and nervous system

B  internal thoughts and feelings

C  self-reported behavior

D  observable behavior

E  gender differences

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

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

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

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

A  GAS

B  GABA

C  HPA axis

D  none of the above

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

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

C  physical exercise leads to subjective well-being

D  physical exercise does not lead to subjective well-being

A  the Viagra

B  the journal

C  the number of erections

D  the participants

A  The American Psychological Association (APA) was founded.

B  The term psychology was first used in newspaper articles.

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

D  The first American psychology laboratory was established.

E  The first PhD in psychology was granted.

A  learning

B  psychology

C  the mind

D  classical conditioning

E  the organism’s biology

A  Is Japanese a prettier language than German?

B  Are humans inherently good or bad?

C  What is the meaning of life?

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

A  Althenia Davidson

B  Margaret Floy Washburn

C  Mary Whiton Calkins

D  Francis Sumner

A  behavioral

B  humanistic

C  psychodynamic

D  cognitive

A  the outgroup homogeneity bias

B  internal validity

C  interpersonal variation

D  generalizability