Psych 1X03 Exam Questions With Correct
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Steps of the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-construct
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theory, generate hypothesis, choose research method, collect data,
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analyse data, report findings, revise existing theories
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Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-General set of ideas about the way the
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world works, guides creation of testable statements
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Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specific prediction guided by
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theories
research method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-appropriate, experiments,
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collect data about how the world works
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anecdotal evidence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-evidence gathered from
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others or self experience
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experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific tool to measure effect of
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one variable on another
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,independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-manipulated by scientist
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dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-observed by scientist
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control group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-does not receive manipulation of
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independent variable
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within subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tests same subject
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repeatedly while independent variable manipulated
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purpose of within subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-minimizes
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effect of subject differences
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problems of within subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-practice
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effect, time-consuming
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practice effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-improved performance over the
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course of an experiment due to becoming more experienced
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between subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-different subjects and
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control groups
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,problems with between subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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confounding variables |
confounding variables - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a variable other than the
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independent variable that has effect on results of an experiment
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population - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-general group of people to learn
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about
sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people we are collecting data from
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random sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-choosing a sample at random
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from the entire population
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random assignment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assigning subjects to
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either experimental or control group at random
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placebo effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-effect that occurs when
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individual exhibits a response to treatment that has no known
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therapeutic effects |
subject/participant bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-when subject's actions | | | | | | |
in an experiment influence results outside of the experimenter
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manipulations
, blinding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-when participants do not know what
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treatment group they are in, helps remove confounding variables
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experimenter bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-researcher influences results
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double-blind studies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-experimenter doesn't
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know who is in experimental and control groups
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descriptive statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-presents information
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about data at a glance, overall idea of results in an experiment , incl.
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mean, medium, mode and graphs
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mean - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-average value, susceptible to outliers
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mode - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-value that appears most commonly in a
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data set, can be used for non-numerical data sets but cannot show
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distribution
media - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-centre value of data set, cannot be
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pulled by outliers
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Answers
Steps of the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-construct
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theory, generate hypothesis, choose research method, collect data,
| | | | | | | |
analyse data, report findings, revise existing theories
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Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-General set of ideas about the way the
| | | | | | | | | | |
world works, guides creation of testable statements
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Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-specific prediction guided by
| | | | | | |
theories
research method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-appropriate, experiments,
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collect data about how the world works
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anecdotal evidence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-evidence gathered from
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others or self experience
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experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-scientific tool to measure effect of
| | | | | | | | |
one variable on another
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,independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-manipulated by scientist
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dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-observed by scientist
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control group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-does not receive manipulation of
| | | | | | | |
independent variable
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within subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tests same subject
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repeatedly while independent variable manipulated
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purpose of within subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-minimizes
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effect of subject differences
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problems of within subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-practice
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effect, time-consuming
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practice effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-improved performance over the
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course of an experiment due to becoming more experienced
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between subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-different subjects and
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control groups
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,problems with between subjects design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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confounding variables |
confounding variables - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a variable other than the
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independent variable that has effect on results of an experiment
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population - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-general group of people to learn
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about
sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people we are collecting data from
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random sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-choosing a sample at random
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from the entire population
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random assignment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assigning subjects to
| | | | | | |
either experimental or control group at random
| | | | | |
placebo effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-effect that occurs when
| | | | | | | |
individual exhibits a response to treatment that has no known
| | | | | | | | | |
therapeutic effects |
subject/participant bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-when subject's actions | | | | | | |
in an experiment influence results outside of the experimenter
| | | | | | | | |
manipulations
, blinding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-when participants do not know what
| | | | | | | | |
treatment group they are in, helps remove confounding variables
| | | | | | | |
experimenter bias - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-researcher influences results
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double-blind studies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-experimenter doesn't
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know who is in experimental and control groups
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descriptive statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-presents information
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about data at a glance, overall idea of results in an experiment , incl.
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mean, medium, mode and graphs
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mean - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-average value, susceptible to outliers
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mode - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-value that appears most commonly in a
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data set, can be used for non-numerical data sets but cannot show
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distribution
media - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-centre value of data set, cannot be
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pulled by outliers
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