PSYC 382 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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Despite popular misconceptions, most people with dangerous
psychological problems are not...
Billy Bob went to a local bar in his hometown and Overgeneralization
attempted to strike up a conversation with his ex. He
poured his heart out to her in front of their friends.
Looking distracted and disinterested, she rejected him
with a sassy, "Ummm, no". He was embarrassed and
crestfallen. Now, he thinks that he will be forever alone,
is completely unloveable, and is ridiculous to all women
everywhere. The cognitive model would call these
thoughts an...
In ancient times, the practice of trephination was Allow the release of evil spirits
thought to...
A mechanic spends at least 15 hours a day working in Eccentric
cars, both customers' and his own. He collects the
broken parts from the cars that he fixed and mounts
them on his bedroom walls. The mechanic lives alone
and does not interfere with other's lives. The best
description of the mechanic's behavior is that it is...
Patty used to have an apartment across the street from Classical conditioning
burger king. Now, whenever she thinks of her old
apartment, she gets hungry. How would a behaviorist
explain this?
, Dr. Martin has just asked a potential client to talk about An unstructured interview
herself. After the client responded, the doctor followed
up on an interesting point the client brought up.This
was typical of the entire conversation, which was
conducted with few constraints. Dr. Martin has just
used...
How do you find out if the treatment is effective or not In an ABAB design, the subject serve as his own control
in a single-subject experiment with no control group?
What kind of correlation coefficient shows a weak or A correlation coefficient close to zero
absent relationship between two variables?
Which of the following statements is most correct Abnormality results from interaction of genetic, emotional, and cultural
about the biopsychosocial perspective? influences
Allen is disappointed when he finds little agreement Inter-rater reliability
among the raters as to the "hotness" of the individuals
making up the sample. This indicates low...
Allen is surprised to find that when the raters re-rate test-retest reliability
the subjects a week later, they come up with almost the
exact same "hotness" scores that they previously
reported.
This indicates high...
Allen suspects that suspects that his test may have a Validity
fundamental problem. He discusses with his friends
how they rated subjects using his scale and found that
their ratings had little to do with physical attractiveness
(as Allen intended) and generally reflected the overall
pleasantness each rater experienced in previous
interactions with each subject. This suggests that Allen's
scale has low...
If this episode is characteristic of Allen's view of a superficial jerk
women, then Allen is a...
What kind of research is Jane doing? Correlational
Jane's analysis shows that her two variables are related. as the number of tattoos rise, the display of aggression in video games
The computer reports that r=0.56 (P<0.5). Jane reports increases; and as the number of tattoos decrease, displays of aggression in
that... videos decrease (i.e. there is a positive correlation)
What can Jane reasonable conclude from her research? College students who are like her study subjects tend to show increased
aggressive behaviors in a particular video game if they have a greater number
of tattoos
If Jane did a god job on her research, which if the Low internal validity
following would be an unavoidable weakness in her
research?
Answers
Despite popular misconceptions, most people with dangerous
psychological problems are not...
Billy Bob went to a local bar in his hometown and Overgeneralization
attempted to strike up a conversation with his ex. He
poured his heart out to her in front of their friends.
Looking distracted and disinterested, she rejected him
with a sassy, "Ummm, no". He was embarrassed and
crestfallen. Now, he thinks that he will be forever alone,
is completely unloveable, and is ridiculous to all women
everywhere. The cognitive model would call these
thoughts an...
In ancient times, the practice of trephination was Allow the release of evil spirits
thought to...
A mechanic spends at least 15 hours a day working in Eccentric
cars, both customers' and his own. He collects the
broken parts from the cars that he fixed and mounts
them on his bedroom walls. The mechanic lives alone
and does not interfere with other's lives. The best
description of the mechanic's behavior is that it is...
Patty used to have an apartment across the street from Classical conditioning
burger king. Now, whenever she thinks of her old
apartment, she gets hungry. How would a behaviorist
explain this?
, Dr. Martin has just asked a potential client to talk about An unstructured interview
herself. After the client responded, the doctor followed
up on an interesting point the client brought up.This
was typical of the entire conversation, which was
conducted with few constraints. Dr. Martin has just
used...
How do you find out if the treatment is effective or not In an ABAB design, the subject serve as his own control
in a single-subject experiment with no control group?
What kind of correlation coefficient shows a weak or A correlation coefficient close to zero
absent relationship between two variables?
Which of the following statements is most correct Abnormality results from interaction of genetic, emotional, and cultural
about the biopsychosocial perspective? influences
Allen is disappointed when he finds little agreement Inter-rater reliability
among the raters as to the "hotness" of the individuals
making up the sample. This indicates low...
Allen is surprised to find that when the raters re-rate test-retest reliability
the subjects a week later, they come up with almost the
exact same "hotness" scores that they previously
reported.
This indicates high...
Allen suspects that suspects that his test may have a Validity
fundamental problem. He discusses with his friends
how they rated subjects using his scale and found that
their ratings had little to do with physical attractiveness
(as Allen intended) and generally reflected the overall
pleasantness each rater experienced in previous
interactions with each subject. This suggests that Allen's
scale has low...
If this episode is characteristic of Allen's view of a superficial jerk
women, then Allen is a...
What kind of research is Jane doing? Correlational
Jane's analysis shows that her two variables are related. as the number of tattoos rise, the display of aggression in video games
The computer reports that r=0.56 (P<0.5). Jane reports increases; and as the number of tattoos decrease, displays of aggression in
that... videos decrease (i.e. there is a positive correlation)
What can Jane reasonable conclude from her research? College students who are like her study subjects tend to show increased
aggressive behaviors in a particular video game if they have a greater number
of tattoos
If Jane did a god job on her research, which if the Low internal validity
following would be an unavoidable weakness in her
research?
