Operational definitions are:
a. Scientifically approved definitions
b. Definitions illustrated with a concrete example or visual image
c. Definitions which are very precise
d. Dictionary definitions
e. Definitions which tell how to collect data
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The correct answer is: Definitions which tell how to collect data
Who is known to be the father of behaviorism within Psychology?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. John B. Watson
c. Carl Rogers
d. Kurt Koffka
e. B.F. Skinner
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The correct answer is: John B. Watson
Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist?
a. William James
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Wilhelm Wundt
d. Max Wertheimer
e. Ivan Pavlov
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The correct answer is: Wilhelm Wundt
Which subfield of psychology would be interested in finding out what
factors make an employee best suited for a given job?
a. I/O
b. Social
c. Clinical
d. Human Resources
e. Personality
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The correct answer is: I/O
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,An experimenter conducts a study that seeks to measure differences in
responding (answering a questionnaire at the end of the session) after
subjects watch a comedy or horror movie. In this study, which variable is
considered the "independent variable"?
a. The questionnaire at the end of the session
b. The movie (comedy or horror)
c. The age and gender of the participant
d. The location in which the study takes place
e. The individual conducting the experiment.
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The correct answer is: The movie (comedy or horror)
True or False: Before psychology became a recognized academic
discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in biology.
True
False
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The correct answer is 'False'.
In Milgram's controversial study on obedience, nearly __________ of the
participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical
shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority
figure.
a. 1/3
b. 2/3
c. 3/4
d. 4/5
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The correct answer is: 2/3
2
,How are experimenter effects eliminated?
a. with a single blind design
b. with reactive measures
c. with a double blind design
d. with operational definitions
e. with convergent operations
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The correct answer is: with a double blind design
Any research involving human subjects must have prior approval by the:
a. IRB
b. Ethics Committee
c. IACUC
d. IKEA
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The correct answer is: IRB
True or False: The operant conditioning chamber (aka Skinner box) is a
device used to study the principles of operant conditioning.
True
False
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The correct answer is 'True'.
Which theory states that the purpose of sleep is an adaptive response to
predatory risks, which increase in darkness?
a. Evolutionary theory
b. Cognitive theory
c. Restorative theory
d. Energy-conservation theory
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The correct answer is: Evolutionary theory
3
, Dreams occur during which of the following stages?
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 3 and 4
d. REM sleep
e. All of the above
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The correct answer is: REM sleep
Which is NOT one of the four lobes of the brain?
a. Frontal
b. Peripheral
c. Temporal
d. Occipital
e. Parietal
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The correct answer is: Peripheral
True or False: Although night terrors result in a state of panic, individuals
in this state can be consoled through reassuring comments.
True
False
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The correct answer is 'False'.
What determines an individual's inherited physical characteristics?
a. The genotype
b. The phenotype
c. The allele
d. A mutation
e. None of the above
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The correct answer is: The phenotype
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a. Scientifically approved definitions
b. Definitions illustrated with a concrete example or visual image
c. Definitions which are very precise
d. Dictionary definitions
e. Definitions which tell how to collect data
Feedback
The correct answer is: Definitions which tell how to collect data
Who is known to be the father of behaviorism within Psychology?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. John B. Watson
c. Carl Rogers
d. Kurt Koffka
e. B.F. Skinner
Feedback
The correct answer is: John B. Watson
Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist?
a. William James
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Wilhelm Wundt
d. Max Wertheimer
e. Ivan Pavlov
Feedback
The correct answer is: Wilhelm Wundt
Which subfield of psychology would be interested in finding out what
factors make an employee best suited for a given job?
a. I/O
b. Social
c. Clinical
d. Human Resources
e. Personality
Feedback
The correct answer is: I/O
1
,An experimenter conducts a study that seeks to measure differences in
responding (answering a questionnaire at the end of the session) after
subjects watch a comedy or horror movie. In this study, which variable is
considered the "independent variable"?
a. The questionnaire at the end of the session
b. The movie (comedy or horror)
c. The age and gender of the participant
d. The location in which the study takes place
e. The individual conducting the experiment.
Feedback
The correct answer is: The movie (comedy or horror)
True or False: Before psychology became a recognized academic
discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in biology.
True
False
Feedback
The correct answer is 'False'.
In Milgram's controversial study on obedience, nearly __________ of the
participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical
shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority
figure.
a. 1/3
b. 2/3
c. 3/4
d. 4/5
Feedback
The correct answer is: 2/3
2
,How are experimenter effects eliminated?
a. with a single blind design
b. with reactive measures
c. with a double blind design
d. with operational definitions
e. with convergent operations
Feedback
The correct answer is: with a double blind design
Any research involving human subjects must have prior approval by the:
a. IRB
b. Ethics Committee
c. IACUC
d. IKEA
Feedback
The correct answer is: IRB
True or False: The operant conditioning chamber (aka Skinner box) is a
device used to study the principles of operant conditioning.
True
False
Feedback
The correct answer is 'True'.
Which theory states that the purpose of sleep is an adaptive response to
predatory risks, which increase in darkness?
a. Evolutionary theory
b. Cognitive theory
c. Restorative theory
d. Energy-conservation theory
Feedback
The correct answer is: Evolutionary theory
3
, Dreams occur during which of the following stages?
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 3 and 4
d. REM sleep
e. All of the above
Feedback
The correct answer is: REM sleep
Which is NOT one of the four lobes of the brain?
a. Frontal
b. Peripheral
c. Temporal
d. Occipital
e. Parietal
Feedback
The correct answer is: Peripheral
True or False: Although night terrors result in a state of panic, individuals
in this state can be consoled through reassuring comments.
True
False
Feedback
The correct answer is 'False'.
What determines an individual's inherited physical characteristics?
a. The genotype
b. The phenotype
c. The allele
d. A mutation
e. None of the above
Feedback
The correct answer is: The phenotype
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