UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
PSYCHOLOGY 1010 EXAM 1 2026
STUDY GUIDE COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ The heart of the scientific method is based on ____.
Answer: skepticism
critical thinking
curiosity
*All of these
◉ Professor Jones is studying drug use among high school students. If
she uses random sampling, it will strengthen the ____ of her study.
Answer: external validity
◉ Randomly choosing a group of 50 students from a roster of all
students in a school and inviting them to participate in a study would be
an example of one way to ____.
Answer: obtain a random sample
◉ A population is ____.
Answer: the entire group of people researchers want to draw conclusions
about
, ◉ Dr. Aoki used double-blind procedures in his experiments to reduce
the potential for ____.
Answer: experimenter bias and participant bias
◉ In a ____, neither the participants nor the experimenter know which
group has received the treatment.
Answer: double-blind experiment
◉ The placebo effect can weaken the ____ of an experiment.
Answer: internal validity
◉ Demand characteristics can threaten the _____ of a study.
Answer: internal validity
◉ ____ refers to the degree to which changes in the dependent variable
are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and nothing else.
Answer: Internal validity
◉ ____ refers to the degree to which an experimental design actually
reflects the real-world issues it is supposed to address.
Answer: External validity
◉ In an experiment, the group that is NOT subjected to a treatment
condition is known as the _____ group.
PSYCHOLOGY 1010 EXAM 1 2026
STUDY GUIDE COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ The heart of the scientific method is based on ____.
Answer: skepticism
critical thinking
curiosity
*All of these
◉ Professor Jones is studying drug use among high school students. If
she uses random sampling, it will strengthen the ____ of her study.
Answer: external validity
◉ Randomly choosing a group of 50 students from a roster of all
students in a school and inviting them to participate in a study would be
an example of one way to ____.
Answer: obtain a random sample
◉ A population is ____.
Answer: the entire group of people researchers want to draw conclusions
about
, ◉ Dr. Aoki used double-blind procedures in his experiments to reduce
the potential for ____.
Answer: experimenter bias and participant bias
◉ In a ____, neither the participants nor the experimenter know which
group has received the treatment.
Answer: double-blind experiment
◉ The placebo effect can weaken the ____ of an experiment.
Answer: internal validity
◉ Demand characteristics can threaten the _____ of a study.
Answer: internal validity
◉ ____ refers to the degree to which changes in the dependent variable
are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and nothing else.
Answer: Internal validity
◉ ____ refers to the degree to which an experimental design actually
reflects the real-world issues it is supposed to address.
Answer: External validity
◉ In an experiment, the group that is NOT subjected to a treatment
condition is known as the _____ group.
