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210 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Rules //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Set //of //guidelines //for //data //collection
Tools //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Summarising //collected //data
Theory //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Statistical //methods
Early //psychology //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Philosophy
Duality //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Mind //separate //from //body
Structuralism //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Breaking //mental //events //into //their //components
Wilhelm //Wundt //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Developed //structuralism
William /
/James //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Wrote //the //Principles //of //Psychology, //posed //theories //of //emotion
//and //cognition, //believed //a //spiritual //mind //was //controlled //by //a //physical //brain.
The //scientific //method //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔There //is //order //to //the //universe
Goal //of //psychology //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔To //understand //and //predict //behaviour
,Description //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Describing //a //behaviour
Explanation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Why //a //behaviour //occured
Prediction //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Predicting //the //behaviour //in //the //future
Control //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Causing //the //behaviour //to //occur //at //will
Authority /
/approach //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Seeking //knowledge //from //sources //thought //to //be //reliable //in //valid
Authority /
/approach //- //example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Referring //to //well //known //psychologists
Authority /
/approach //- //Issues //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Should //not //follow //this //approach //blindly
Analogy /
/approach //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Comparing //to //something //to //well //known //example
Analogy //approach //- //example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔The //brain //is //like //a //computer
Analogy //approach //- //Issues //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Open //to //interpretation
Rule /
/approach //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Deriving //from //a //rule //from //multiple //observations
,Rule //approach //- //example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔It //always //rains //when //it //is //rainy
Rule /
/approach //- /
/issues //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Can //be //followed //blindly, //requires //critical //thinking
Empirical //approach //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Testing //ideas //against //actual //events
Empirical /
/approach //- /
/example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Observing //behaviours //and //drawing //conclusions
Empirical //approach //- //issues //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Nothing, //they're //dope
Hypothesis //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Idea //or //tentative //guess
A //hypothesis //must //be... //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Testable //and //falsifiable
The //flow //of //scientific //research //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Generate //hypothesis //-
> //devise //and //conduct //study //-> //analyse //results //-> //Support //or //dis-confirm //hypothesis //->
Causation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Does //one //thing //directly //cause //another?
Causation /
/is /
/found /
/if.. //- /
/CORRECT /
, /ANSWERS(S)✔✔Changing /
/one //thing //causes //a //change //in //another //and //no //other //cause //for //the //change //is //possible
Population //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Members //of //a //specific //group
Sample //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Smaller //subset //of //population //used //for //experimenting
Representative /
/sample //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Characteristics //and //behaviour //of //sample //reflect //population
Descriptive //statistics //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Summarising //data //from //sample
Inferential //statistics //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Generalising //sample //data //to //population
Dependent //variable //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Measurement //taken
Depends //of //what //participant //does
Operational //definition //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Indirectly //testing //something
Operational //definition //- //example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔IQ //test //- //intelligence
Property //of //interest //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔What //you //are //trying //to //measure
e.g. //intelligence
Dependent /
/variable //- /
/Operational /
210 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Rules //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Set //of //guidelines //for //data //collection
Tools //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Summarising //collected //data
Theory //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Statistical //methods
Early //psychology //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Philosophy
Duality //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Mind //separate //from //body
Structuralism //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Breaking //mental //events //into //their //components
Wilhelm //Wundt //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Developed //structuralism
William /
/James //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Wrote //the //Principles //of //Psychology, //posed //theories //of //emotion
//and //cognition, //believed //a //spiritual //mind //was //controlled //by //a //physical //brain.
The //scientific //method //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔There //is //order //to //the //universe
Goal //of //psychology //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔To //understand //and //predict //behaviour
,Description //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Describing //a //behaviour
Explanation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Why //a //behaviour //occured
Prediction //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Predicting //the //behaviour //in //the //future
Control //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Causing //the //behaviour //to //occur //at //will
Authority /
/approach //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Seeking //knowledge //from //sources //thought //to //be //reliable //in //valid
Authority /
/approach //- //example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Referring //to //well //known //psychologists
Authority /
/approach //- //Issues //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Should //not //follow //this //approach //blindly
Analogy /
/approach //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Comparing //to //something //to //well //known //example
Analogy //approach //- //example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔The //brain //is //like //a //computer
Analogy //approach //- //Issues //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Open //to //interpretation
Rule /
/approach //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Deriving //from //a //rule //from //multiple //observations
,Rule //approach //- //example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔It //always //rains //when //it //is //rainy
Rule /
/approach //- /
/issues //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Can //be //followed //blindly, //requires //critical //thinking
Empirical //approach //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Testing //ideas //against //actual //events
Empirical /
/approach //- /
/example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Observing //behaviours //and //drawing //conclusions
Empirical //approach //- //issues //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Nothing, //they're //dope
Hypothesis //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Idea //or //tentative //guess
A //hypothesis //must //be... //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Testable //and //falsifiable
The //flow //of //scientific //research //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Generate //hypothesis //-
> //devise //and //conduct //study //-> //analyse //results //-> //Support //or //dis-confirm //hypothesis //->
Causation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Does //one //thing //directly //cause //another?
Causation /
/is /
/found /
/if.. //- /
/CORRECT /
, /ANSWERS(S)✔✔Changing /
/one //thing //causes //a //change //in //another //and //no //other //cause //for //the //change //is //possible
Population //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Members //of //a //specific //group
Sample //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Smaller //subset //of //population //used //for //experimenting
Representative /
/sample //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Characteristics //and //behaviour //of //sample //reflect //population
Descriptive //statistics //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Summarising //data //from //sample
Inferential //statistics //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Generalising //sample //data //to //population
Dependent //variable //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Measurement //taken
Depends //of //what //participant //does
Operational //definition //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Indirectly //testing //something
Operational //definition //- //example //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔IQ //test //- //intelligence
Property //of //interest //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔What //you //are //trying //to //measure
e.g. //intelligence
Dependent /
/variable //- /
/Operational /
