Exam One Study Guide
1.Dr. Mosher is a psychologist who tries to understand how people select their mates. She must be a(n)
.
a. behavioral psychologist
b. cognitive psychologist
c. evolutionary psychologist
d. biopsychological psychologist
2. Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?
a. psychoanalysis
b. Humanism
c. cognitive perspective
d. Behaviorism
3. Dr. Wiseman wants to know about the alcohol consumption patterns among college juniors in the
United States. He should .
a. give the survey to every college junior in the country
b. remember that sample size is the most critical factor in survey research
c. require students' names on each survey to avoid the tendency to lie
d. draw a representative sample among college juniors
4. A negative correlation means that high values of one variable are associated with low values of the other.
a. True
b. False
5. is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the
control group, but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group.
a. The double-blind study
b. Field research
c. The single-blind study
d. Correlational research
6. All of the following are accurate statements regarding random assignment EXCEPT .
a. it is a procedure for assigning people to experimental and control groups
b. it is a procedure in which each subject has the same possibility of being assigned to a given group
c. it is a procedure in which subjects are assigned to a positive correlation or a negative
correlation condition
d. it is a procedure that allows individual characteristics to be roughly balanced between groups
7. Which noted African-American psychologist held a post as president of Shaw University in North
Carolina and then president of Virginia State College?
a. Charles Henry Thompson
b. Howard Hale Long
c. Robert Prentiss Daniel
d. Albert Sidney Beckham
8. On a television talk show, an actor describes the symptoms of anxiety he has been experiencing. He
reports that the severity of the symptoms has decreased since he has been taking a drug prescribed
by his therapist back in Hollywood. You conclude that the actor's therapist is probably a .
a. podiatrist
b. psychiatrist
c. clinical psychologist
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d. counseling psychologist
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9. Which research method involves watching behaviors as they occur without intervening or
altering the behaviors in any way?
a. case study
b. experiment
c. correlational studies
d. naturalistic observation
10. The general curiosity about why people think, feel, and behave the way they do:
a. primarily happened after World War II.
b. is about a century old.
c. is several centuries old.
d. has always probably been with us.
11. Rob was named to the first team All-American basketball team last year. However, he is
academically ineligible to play this year due to failing several classes. As a result, he is .
a. supporting the idea that collegiate student athletes are not as smart as non-athletes
b. supporting the idea that professors are biased in grading assignments of collegiate student athletes
c. supporting the idea that negative stereotypes exist for collegiate student athletes that they are
likely to perform poorly in academics compared to non-athletes
d. supporting the idea that athletes have higher GPAs than non-athletes
12. A correlation coefficient is represented by the symbol .
a. large letter "C"
b. large letter "R"
c. small letter "c"
d. small letter "r"
13. Which of the following is NOT an empirical question?
a. "Will you get an A in this class?"
b. "Is there life on Mars?"
c. "Did the universe start with a big bang?"
d. "Would Martin Luther King, Jr. have been a good president?"
14. In addition to describing and explaining mental processes and behavior, psychology also attempts to
these phenomena.
a. predict and control
b. analyze and manipulate
c. categorize and organize
d. synthesize and regulate
15. Which of the following statements is true about naturalistic observation?
a. It recreates natural conditions in the laboratory as closely as possible to make an experiment
more valid.
b. It involves observing behavior in its natural context.
c. It is basically the same process as objective introspection.
d. It involves observing behavior in the lab without taking formal notes or using technological
equipment to measure the experimental findings.
16. Which pair of scientists shared the most similar views of behavior?
a. William James and Wilhelm Wundt
b. B. F. Skinner and Max Wertheimer
c. Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson
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1.Dr. Mosher is a psychologist who tries to understand how people select their mates. She must be a(n)
.
a. behavioral psychologist
b. cognitive psychologist
c. evolutionary psychologist
d. biopsychological psychologist
2. Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization?
a. psychoanalysis
b. Humanism
c. cognitive perspective
d. Behaviorism
3. Dr. Wiseman wants to know about the alcohol consumption patterns among college juniors in the
United States. He should .
a. give the survey to every college junior in the country
b. remember that sample size is the most critical factor in survey research
c. require students' names on each survey to avoid the tendency to lie
d. draw a representative sample among college juniors
4. A negative correlation means that high values of one variable are associated with low values of the other.
a. True
b. False
5. is an experiment in which participants do not know if they are in the experimental or the
control group, but the experimenters do know which participants are part of which group.
a. The double-blind study
b. Field research
c. The single-blind study
d. Correlational research
6. All of the following are accurate statements regarding random assignment EXCEPT .
a. it is a procedure for assigning people to experimental and control groups
b. it is a procedure in which each subject has the same possibility of being assigned to a given group
c. it is a procedure in which subjects are assigned to a positive correlation or a negative
correlation condition
d. it is a procedure that allows individual characteristics to be roughly balanced between groups
7. Which noted African-American psychologist held a post as president of Shaw University in North
Carolina and then president of Virginia State College?
a. Charles Henry Thompson
b. Howard Hale Long
c. Robert Prentiss Daniel
d. Albert Sidney Beckham
8. On a television talk show, an actor describes the symptoms of anxiety he has been experiencing. He
reports that the severity of the symptoms has decreased since he has been taking a drug prescribed
by his therapist back in Hollywood. You conclude that the actor's therapist is probably a .
a. podiatrist
b. psychiatrist
c. clinical psychologist
pg. 1
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d. counseling psychologist
pg. 2
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9. Which research method involves watching behaviors as they occur without intervening or
altering the behaviors in any way?
a. case study
b. experiment
c. correlational studies
d. naturalistic observation
10. The general curiosity about why people think, feel, and behave the way they do:
a. primarily happened after World War II.
b. is about a century old.
c. is several centuries old.
d. has always probably been with us.
11. Rob was named to the first team All-American basketball team last year. However, he is
academically ineligible to play this year due to failing several classes. As a result, he is .
a. supporting the idea that collegiate student athletes are not as smart as non-athletes
b. supporting the idea that professors are biased in grading assignments of collegiate student athletes
c. supporting the idea that negative stereotypes exist for collegiate student athletes that they are
likely to perform poorly in academics compared to non-athletes
d. supporting the idea that athletes have higher GPAs than non-athletes
12. A correlation coefficient is represented by the symbol .
a. large letter "C"
b. large letter "R"
c. small letter "c"
d. small letter "r"
13. Which of the following is NOT an empirical question?
a. "Will you get an A in this class?"
b. "Is there life on Mars?"
c. "Did the universe start with a big bang?"
d. "Would Martin Luther King, Jr. have been a good president?"
14. In addition to describing and explaining mental processes and behavior, psychology also attempts to
these phenomena.
a. predict and control
b. analyze and manipulate
c. categorize and organize
d. synthesize and regulate
15. Which of the following statements is true about naturalistic observation?
a. It recreates natural conditions in the laboratory as closely as possible to make an experiment
more valid.
b. It involves observing behavior in its natural context.
c. It is basically the same process as objective introspection.
d. It involves observing behavior in the lab without taking formal notes or using technological
equipment to measure the experimental findings.
16. Which pair of scientists shared the most similar views of behavior?
a. William James and Wilhelm Wundt
b. B. F. Skinner and Max Wertheimer
c. Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson
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