psych tech exam study guide ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
applied psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅scientific study that aims to solve practical
problems
basic psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅pure science that sims to increase the
scientific knowledge base
behavior genetics - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅influence of an organism's genetic
composition on its behavior and the interaction of heredity and environment
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅studies observable human activity without
reference to mental processes
bio psychological approach - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an integrated approach that
incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
case study - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a descriptive technique in which one individual or
group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the interdisciplinary study of the brain
activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
cognitive perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅how we encode, process, store, and
retrieve information
control - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In an experiment, the standard that is used for
comparison
confounding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a factor other than the independent variable that
might produce an effect in an experiment
, correlation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A measure of the extent to which two factors vary
together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.
correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a statistical index of the relationship
between two things (from -1 to +1)
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅examines assumptions, appraises the source,
discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions
debriefing - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅providing information about the true purpose of a
study as soon after the completion of data collection as possible
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The outcome factor; the variable that may
change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅womb to tomb
double-blind procedure - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅neither the experimenter nor the
subject knows to what group the subjects are in
experiment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a scientific procedure undertaken to make a
discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings
hindsight bias - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅I knew it all along phenomenon; the tendency to
believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅historically significant perspective that
emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal
growth
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
applied psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅scientific study that aims to solve practical
problems
basic psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅pure science that sims to increase the
scientific knowledge base
behavior genetics - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅influence of an organism's genetic
composition on its behavior and the interaction of heredity and environment
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅studies observable human activity without
reference to mental processes
bio psychological approach - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an integrated approach that
incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis
case study - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a descriptive technique in which one individual or
group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
cognitive neuroscience - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the interdisciplinary study of the brain
activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
cognitive perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅how we encode, process, store, and
retrieve information
control - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In an experiment, the standard that is used for
comparison
confounding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a factor other than the independent variable that
might produce an effect in an experiment
, correlation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A measure of the extent to which two factors vary
together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.
correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a statistical index of the relationship
between two things (from -1 to +1)
critical thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅examines assumptions, appraises the source,
discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions
debriefing - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅providing information about the true purpose of a
study as soon after the completion of data collection as possible
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The outcome factor; the variable that may
change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅womb to tomb
double-blind procedure - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅neither the experimenter nor the
subject knows to what group the subjects are in
experiment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a scientific procedure undertaken to make a
discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
functionalism - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings
hindsight bias - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅I knew it all along phenomenon; the tendency to
believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
humanistic psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅historically significant perspective that
emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal
growth
