Questions
1. If r=0.40, describe the direction and strength of the relationship
between the two variables.
Moderate positive relationship
2. Compute the mean (M) of the following numbers: 20, 10, 10, 15, 15.
Please show your work.
20+10+10+15+15 = 70/5.
= 14
3. Given a correlation coefficient of + 0.20, is this a strong or a weak
relationship?
Weak positive relationship
4. If r=0.90, describe the direction and strength of the relationship
between the two variables.
Very strong positive relationship
5. If r=0.70, describe the direction and strength of the relationship
between the two variables.
Strong positive relationship
6. Why should a researcher use random assignment to groups in a
research experiment?
To avoid sampling bias, and for ethical reasons.
7. True or false? Presenting on or publishing research results is one of
the steps of the scientific method.
True
8. What are the three areas or rules that IRBs focus on?
Participation should be voluntary, benefits must outweigh the risks,
assignment should be random.
9. What is an additional, 5th step of the scientific method that
psychologists are currently emphasizing?
Replication.
10. What is the first step of the scientific method?
Develop a hypothesis.
11. True or false? Survey design is an example of a self-report
method.
True
,12. A research assistant takes a participant's blood pressure
following a psychological experiment about fear. Is blood pressure
most likely serving as an independent variable or dependent variable?
Dependent
13. Fill in the blanks with the correct word, phrase, or definition. In
experimental research, a(n) ___________ group receives the
intervention or treatment, while the ___________ group serves as a
comparison.
experimental; control
14. Multiple choice: ______________ examine the association between
variables. Experiments Correlational studies. Naturalistic
observations Case studies
Correlational studies.
15. Indicate which research design is most likely being illustrated.
Amy is a graduate student who has received permission from a school
to come in during a 5th-grade math class to observe how often girls
participate in class.
Observational study
16. What was the name of the little boy that Watson and Raynor
conditioned to fear a white rat?
Albert
17. Multiple choice: Today, Behavioral Psychology has strongly
contributed to which areas? Insights into learning, Therapy, The
understanding of language development, all of the above.
All of the above
18. True or false? The diathesis-stress model of human behavior
indicates that individuals are predisposed to certain behaviors but
may not show these behaviors without an environmental trigger.
True
19. The invention of what item was key to providing cognitive
psychology with terminology and ways to understand the human mind
by comparing it to something else?
DSM V
20. Fill in the blanks with the correct word, phrase, or definition.
Among the early psychologists, ___________ is considered to be the
, father of modern psychology, while ___________ is famous for early
studies on emotion and memory.
21. Thoroughly answer the essay question. Answers should be in
clearly written in full sentences. (10 points) Define each of the
following terms: Sample, Population, and Descriptive Statistics. Then,
give an example of a research study that is sampling from a
population. In your example, identify and describe in detail the sample
as well as the population.
22. True or false? SSRI's can cause side effects such as insomnia
and nausea.
True
23. Parkinson's disease largely involves a problem with this
neurotransmitter: _______.
dopamine
24. Multiple choice: This portion of a neuron is where the action
potential runs down and is also the location of the terminal buttons:
Axon Soma Dendrites Synapse
Axon
25. ___________ buttons are located at the end of axons.
Terminal
26. True or false? During Resting Potential, potassium ions are
inside the cell and sodium ions are outside.
27. For the following questions, choose from one of the following
answers to indicate the word that best describes what is being
presented: Alleles, Trait, Dominant, Recessive, Homozygous,
Heterozygous. Hint: the correct word should also fit grammatically
within the sentence!
a. Everyone in Max's family is showing the ___________ of dark hair. - trait
b. Someone who is ___________ for a trait has two different alleles.
-heterozygous
1. If r=0.40, describe the direction and strength of the relationship
between the two variables.
Moderate positive relationship
2. Compute the mean (M) of the following numbers: 20, 10, 10, 15, 15.
Please show your work.
20+10+10+15+15 = 70/5.
= 14
3. Given a correlation coefficient of + 0.20, is this a strong or a weak
relationship?
Weak positive relationship
4. If r=0.90, describe the direction and strength of the relationship
between the two variables.
Very strong positive relationship
5. If r=0.70, describe the direction and strength of the relationship
between the two variables.
Strong positive relationship
6. Why should a researcher use random assignment to groups in a
research experiment?
To avoid sampling bias, and for ethical reasons.
7. True or false? Presenting on or publishing research results is one of
the steps of the scientific method.
True
8. What are the three areas or rules that IRBs focus on?
Participation should be voluntary, benefits must outweigh the risks,
assignment should be random.
9. What is an additional, 5th step of the scientific method that
psychologists are currently emphasizing?
Replication.
10. What is the first step of the scientific method?
Develop a hypothesis.
11. True or false? Survey design is an example of a self-report
method.
True
,12. A research assistant takes a participant's blood pressure
following a psychological experiment about fear. Is blood pressure
most likely serving as an independent variable or dependent variable?
Dependent
13. Fill in the blanks with the correct word, phrase, or definition. In
experimental research, a(n) ___________ group receives the
intervention or treatment, while the ___________ group serves as a
comparison.
experimental; control
14. Multiple choice: ______________ examine the association between
variables. Experiments Correlational studies. Naturalistic
observations Case studies
Correlational studies.
15. Indicate which research design is most likely being illustrated.
Amy is a graduate student who has received permission from a school
to come in during a 5th-grade math class to observe how often girls
participate in class.
Observational study
16. What was the name of the little boy that Watson and Raynor
conditioned to fear a white rat?
Albert
17. Multiple choice: Today, Behavioral Psychology has strongly
contributed to which areas? Insights into learning, Therapy, The
understanding of language development, all of the above.
All of the above
18. True or false? The diathesis-stress model of human behavior
indicates that individuals are predisposed to certain behaviors but
may not show these behaviors without an environmental trigger.
True
19. The invention of what item was key to providing cognitive
psychology with terminology and ways to understand the human mind
by comparing it to something else?
DSM V
20. Fill in the blanks with the correct word, phrase, or definition.
Among the early psychologists, ___________ is considered to be the
, father of modern psychology, while ___________ is famous for early
studies on emotion and memory.
21. Thoroughly answer the essay question. Answers should be in
clearly written in full sentences. (10 points) Define each of the
following terms: Sample, Population, and Descriptive Statistics. Then,
give an example of a research study that is sampling from a
population. In your example, identify and describe in detail the sample
as well as the population.
22. True or false? SSRI's can cause side effects such as insomnia
and nausea.
True
23. Parkinson's disease largely involves a problem with this
neurotransmitter: _______.
dopamine
24. Multiple choice: This portion of a neuron is where the action
potential runs down and is also the location of the terminal buttons:
Axon Soma Dendrites Synapse
Axon
25. ___________ buttons are located at the end of axons.
Terminal
26. True or false? During Resting Potential, potassium ions are
inside the cell and sodium ions are outside.
27. For the following questions, choose from one of the following
answers to indicate the word that best describes what is being
presented: Alleles, Trait, Dominant, Recessive, Homozygous,
Heterozygous. Hint: the correct word should also fit grammatically
within the sentence!
a. Everyone in Max's family is showing the ___________ of dark hair. - trait
b. Someone who is ___________ for a trait has two different alleles.
-heterozygous
