Psychology Unit One Test Review
- What are chemical messengers produced by the endocrine system called?
- Most psychologists are willing to accept up to a ______% likelihood that an experiment occurred by chance.
- What is a longitudinal study?
- What is the function of dendrites?
- What is the survey method?
- Which field of psychology studies techniques for increasing attributes like courage and integrity?
- What is a case study?
- The score that occurs most frequently in a distribution is called the ______.
- What is naturalistic observation?
- What are the two branches of the central nervous system?
- What is most common type of psychologist?
- Which measure of central tendency would be most appropriate for measuring the average amount of rainfall?
- What is the function of the corpus callosum?
- Which group (control or experimental) receives the independent variable?
- If a picture of a comb is processed in the right hemisphere of a female split-brain patient, which hand would she use to draw a picture of the comb?
- What are the four basic principles used to judge the ethics of research?
- Which gland controls the endocrine system?
- What is the longest structure in a neuron?
- Which part of the brain is essential for forming new memories?
- Is there truth to the idea that some people are right-brained and some are left-brained?
- Which part of the left frontal lobe directs the muscle movements involved in speech?
- Which profession analyzes research results using mathematical formulas, collects research data, and studies observable behavior and mental processes?
- Which part of the brain is responsible for aggression?
- What is participant bias?
- What is the function of a neuron?
- Which type of psychologist would be interested in observing people’s socialization patterns at a party?
- What is a problem with using common sense while trying to make decisions?
- Where was the first psychology lab established?
- What was the first psychologist?
- Which type of psychologist would look at the effects of our ancestor’s daily lives on our brain development today?
- What is a correlational study?
- Why do researchers use a double-blind procedure?
- What is the mathematical average of a distribution called?
- What are the benefits of using animals instead of humans in psychological research?
- Why are psychologists interested in Phineas Gage?
- What is a cross-sectional study?
- What is confirmation bias?
- What is contemporary psychology?
- Which part of your nervous system would be triggered by being robbed?
- What is the oldest and central core of the brain?
- Which part of the brain is responsible for wakefulness and arousal?
- Which brain structure receives information from all the senses except smell?
- Which part of the brain receives information from all the senses except smell?
- Which part of the brain controls your thirst, hunger, and internal body temperature?
- Which part of the brain is responsible for decision making?
Short Answer:
Professor Perry is interested in testing whether the amount of time a person spends with children affects his or her attitudes toward having children of their own. She randomly chooses a sample and randomly assigns them to one of two groups. Group 1 spends 5 hours a day for a week with a group of children. Group 2 spends 1 hour a day for a week with the same group of children. At the end of the week, Professor Perry measures their attitudes with a survey. Write an essay about this study that answers the following questions:
A What type of research study did Professor Perry use? (for example, case study, naturalistic observation, correlation, or experiment)B What was the independent variable in the study?
C What was the dependent variable in the study?
D How did Professor Perry operationally define the dependent variable in the study?
E Also, please discuss any potential ethical considerations for this research.