ALL PRACTICE QUESTIONS PSYC 3301 FINAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
The person usually credited with starting the scientific study of behavior and mental
processes is
a. B. F. Skinner.
b. William James.
c. Sigmund Freud.
d. Wilhelm Wundt. -ANSWER-d
An organizational psychologist who has been hired to study the causes of low morale at a
particular manufacturing plant is probably conducting ________ research.
a. basic
b. applied
c. action
d. evaluation -ANSWER-b
Most researchers regard ________ as the most important goal of scientific research.
a. verification
b. description
c. prediction
d. explanation -ANSWER-d
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Most people's beliefs about behavior are incorrect.
b. Scientists' common sense always helps them do better research.
c. Science can be used to test popular beliefs to see if they are true.
,d. Virtually everything psychology has discovered confirms what people already know. -
ANSWER-c
Whether a particular area of study is regarded as scientific depends on
a. the accuracy of its findings.
b. its use of statistics.
c. the topics it studies.
d. the methods it uses. -ANSWER-d
Which of the following is NOT a criterion of scientific investigations?
a. Observations must be made systematically.
b. Researchers must agree regarding how results should be interpreted.
c. Problems must be solvable.
d. Research findings must be publicly verifiable. -ANSWER-b
A model differs from a theory in that a model
a. explains why a particular effect occurs.
b. cannot be tested by research.
c. is constructed from physical objects.
d. explains how but not why concepts are related. -ANSWER-d
Reasoning from general propositions to specific implications of those propositions involves
the process of
a. deduction.
b. post hoc analysis.
c. induction.
d. operationism. -ANSWER-a
To be scientific, hypotheses must be stated in such a way that they are
,a. falsifiable.
b. induced.
c. post hoc.
d. proven. -ANSWER-a
Dr. Chulpani made an a priori hypothesis.This hypothesis
a. was based on empirical findings from an earlier study.
b. cannot be falsified.
c. is pseudoscientific.
d. was made before collecting data. -ANSWER-d
Which of the following would be an operational definition of anxiety?
a. the sense of feeling nervous
b. a participant's score on a particular measure of anxiety
c. fear of a potential threat
d. excessive worry -ANSWER-b
Null findings do not disprove a theory because they
a. usually fail to replicate.
b. are based on an a priori hypotheses.
c. involve induction rather than deduction.
d. may be caused by a poorly designed study. -ANSWER-d
Given that theories cannot be proved nor disproved by the results of a research study, how
does scientific knowledge advance?
a. through experimentation
b. on the basis of null findings
c. on the basis of accumulated evidence over many studies
, d. through logic -ANSWER-c
Dr. Fernandez was interested in the effects of caffeine on reaction time. After administering
various doses of caffeine to different participants, she tested participants' reaction times.
This is an example of ________ research.
a. correlational
b. descriptive
c. quasi-experimental
d. experimental -ANSWER-d
Research that involves the description, measurement, and explanation of psychological
differences among people is most likely to be conducted within ________ psychology.
a. cognitive
b. social
c. educational
d. personality -ANSWER-d
in statistical notation, n is the symbol for the
a. sample size
b. effect size
c. variance
d. mean -ANSWER-a
the sum of the squared deviations of participants' scores from the mean is called the
a. standard deviation
b. range
c. total sum of squares
d. variance -ANSWER-c
CORRECT ANSWERS
The person usually credited with starting the scientific study of behavior and mental
processes is
a. B. F. Skinner.
b. William James.
c. Sigmund Freud.
d. Wilhelm Wundt. -ANSWER-d
An organizational psychologist who has been hired to study the causes of low morale at a
particular manufacturing plant is probably conducting ________ research.
a. basic
b. applied
c. action
d. evaluation -ANSWER-b
Most researchers regard ________ as the most important goal of scientific research.
a. verification
b. description
c. prediction
d. explanation -ANSWER-d
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Most people's beliefs about behavior are incorrect.
b. Scientists' common sense always helps them do better research.
c. Science can be used to test popular beliefs to see if they are true.
,d. Virtually everything psychology has discovered confirms what people already know. -
ANSWER-c
Whether a particular area of study is regarded as scientific depends on
a. the accuracy of its findings.
b. its use of statistics.
c. the topics it studies.
d. the methods it uses. -ANSWER-d
Which of the following is NOT a criterion of scientific investigations?
a. Observations must be made systematically.
b. Researchers must agree regarding how results should be interpreted.
c. Problems must be solvable.
d. Research findings must be publicly verifiable. -ANSWER-b
A model differs from a theory in that a model
a. explains why a particular effect occurs.
b. cannot be tested by research.
c. is constructed from physical objects.
d. explains how but not why concepts are related. -ANSWER-d
Reasoning from general propositions to specific implications of those propositions involves
the process of
a. deduction.
b. post hoc analysis.
c. induction.
d. operationism. -ANSWER-a
To be scientific, hypotheses must be stated in such a way that they are
,a. falsifiable.
b. induced.
c. post hoc.
d. proven. -ANSWER-a
Dr. Chulpani made an a priori hypothesis.This hypothesis
a. was based on empirical findings from an earlier study.
b. cannot be falsified.
c. is pseudoscientific.
d. was made before collecting data. -ANSWER-d
Which of the following would be an operational definition of anxiety?
a. the sense of feeling nervous
b. a participant's score on a particular measure of anxiety
c. fear of a potential threat
d. excessive worry -ANSWER-b
Null findings do not disprove a theory because they
a. usually fail to replicate.
b. are based on an a priori hypotheses.
c. involve induction rather than deduction.
d. may be caused by a poorly designed study. -ANSWER-d
Given that theories cannot be proved nor disproved by the results of a research study, how
does scientific knowledge advance?
a. through experimentation
b. on the basis of null findings
c. on the basis of accumulated evidence over many studies
, d. through logic -ANSWER-c
Dr. Fernandez was interested in the effects of caffeine on reaction time. After administering
various doses of caffeine to different participants, she tested participants' reaction times.
This is an example of ________ research.
a. correlational
b. descriptive
c. quasi-experimental
d. experimental -ANSWER-d
Research that involves the description, measurement, and explanation of psychological
differences among people is most likely to be conducted within ________ psychology.
a. cognitive
b. social
c. educational
d. personality -ANSWER-d
in statistical notation, n is the symbol for the
a. sample size
b. effect size
c. variance
d. mean -ANSWER-a
the sum of the squared deviations of participants' scores from the mean is called the
a. standard deviation
b. range
c. total sum of squares
d. variance -ANSWER-c
