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Psych 1100 CSCC EXAM LATEST UPDATE
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
Q: __________ research involves finding out about the basic dimensions of some variable. -
ANSWER✔✔Descriptive
Q: A _____ ______ is an in-depth look at a single individual. - ANSWER✔✔Case study
Q: A related method that is especially useful when information from many people is needed is a
________, or questionnaire, which presents a standard set of questions, or items, to obtain
people's self-reported attitudes or beliefs about a particular topic. - ANSWER✔✔Survey.
Surveys can measure only what people think about themselves. Furthermore, people do not
always know the truth about themselves. If you were answering a survey that asked, "Are you a
generous person?" how might your answer compare to that of a friend who is asked to make
that same rating about you? One particular problem with surveys and interviews is the
tendency of participants to answer questions in a way that will make them look good rather
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than in a way that communicates what they truly think or feel. Another challenge in survey
construction is that when questionnaires are used to operationally define variables, it is crucial
that the items precisely probe the specific topic of interest and not some other characteristic.
The language used in surveys therefore must be clear and understandable if the responses are
to reflect the participants' actual feelings.
Q: An ________ is a data-gathering methodology that involves a standard set of questions
asked in the same manner and order. For example, when doing research, you may do this
instead of asking them to fill out a questionnaire. - ANSWER✔✔Interview
Q: The observation of behavior in a real-world setting. - ANSWER✔✔Naturalistic observation
Q: The soundness of the conclusions that a researcher draws from an experiment. In the realm
of testing, the extent to which a test measures what it is intended to measure. -
ANSWER✔✔Validity
Q: The outcome; the factor that can change in an experiment in response to changes in the
independent variable - ANSWER✔✔Dependent variable
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Q: A manipulated experimental factor; the variable that the experimenter changes to see what
its effects are. - ANSWER✔✔Independent variable
Q: Researchers' assignment of participants to groups by chance, to reduce the likelihood that
an experiment's results will be due to preexisting differences between groups. -
ANSWER✔✔Random assignment
Q: The brain's special capacity for change - ANSWER✔✔Plasticity
Q: The nerve cells that handle the information-processing function. - ANSWER✔✔Neurons
Q: Chemical substances that are stored in tiny sacs inside neuron's terminal buttons and are
involved in transmitting information across the synaptic gap to the next neuron. -
ANSWER✔✔Neurotransmitters
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Q: The part of the neuron that contains the nucleus, which directs the manufacture of
substances that the neuron needs for growth and maintenance. - ANSWER✔✔Cell body
Q: Treelike fibers projecting from a neuron, which receive information and orient it toward the
neuron's cell body. - ANSWER✔✔Dendrites
Q: The part of the neuron that carries information away from the cell body toward other cells. -
ANSWER✔✔Axon
Q: A layer of fat cells that encase and insulates most axons - ANSWER✔✔Myelin sheath
Q: The network of nerves that connects the brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body -
ANSWER✔✔Peripheral nervous system
Q: The network of nerves that connects to the brain and spinal cord - ANSWER✔✔Central
nervous system
Psych 1100 CSCC EXAM LATEST UPDATE
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
Q: __________ research involves finding out about the basic dimensions of some variable. -
ANSWER✔✔Descriptive
Q: A _____ ______ is an in-depth look at a single individual. - ANSWER✔✔Case study
Q: A related method that is especially useful when information from many people is needed is a
________, or questionnaire, which presents a standard set of questions, or items, to obtain
people's self-reported attitudes or beliefs about a particular topic. - ANSWER✔✔Survey.
Surveys can measure only what people think about themselves. Furthermore, people do not
always know the truth about themselves. If you were answering a survey that asked, "Are you a
generous person?" how might your answer compare to that of a friend who is asked to make
that same rating about you? One particular problem with surveys and interviews is the
tendency of participants to answer questions in a way that will make them look good rather
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than in a way that communicates what they truly think or feel. Another challenge in survey
construction is that when questionnaires are used to operationally define variables, it is crucial
that the items precisely probe the specific topic of interest and not some other characteristic.
The language used in surveys therefore must be clear and understandable if the responses are
to reflect the participants' actual feelings.
Q: An ________ is a data-gathering methodology that involves a standard set of questions
asked in the same manner and order. For example, when doing research, you may do this
instead of asking them to fill out a questionnaire. - ANSWER✔✔Interview
Q: The observation of behavior in a real-world setting. - ANSWER✔✔Naturalistic observation
Q: The soundness of the conclusions that a researcher draws from an experiment. In the realm
of testing, the extent to which a test measures what it is intended to measure. -
ANSWER✔✔Validity
Q: The outcome; the factor that can change in an experiment in response to changes in the
independent variable - ANSWER✔✔Dependent variable
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Q: A manipulated experimental factor; the variable that the experimenter changes to see what
its effects are. - ANSWER✔✔Independent variable
Q: Researchers' assignment of participants to groups by chance, to reduce the likelihood that
an experiment's results will be due to preexisting differences between groups. -
ANSWER✔✔Random assignment
Q: The brain's special capacity for change - ANSWER✔✔Plasticity
Q: The nerve cells that handle the information-processing function. - ANSWER✔✔Neurons
Q: Chemical substances that are stored in tiny sacs inside neuron's terminal buttons and are
involved in transmitting information across the synaptic gap to the next neuron. -
ANSWER✔✔Neurotransmitters
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Q: The part of the neuron that contains the nucleus, which directs the manufacture of
substances that the neuron needs for growth and maintenance. - ANSWER✔✔Cell body
Q: Treelike fibers projecting from a neuron, which receive information and orient it toward the
neuron's cell body. - ANSWER✔✔Dendrites
Q: The part of the neuron that carries information away from the cell body toward other cells. -
ANSWER✔✔Axon
Q: A layer of fat cells that encase and insulates most axons - ANSWER✔✔Myelin sheath
Q: The network of nerves that connects the brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body -
ANSWER✔✔Peripheral nervous system
Q: The network of nerves that connects to the brain and spinal cord - ANSWER✔✔Central
nervous system
