Psych EXAM 1- Dr. Brown

A hypothesis is

a testable prediction

In a correlational study examining two variables, X and Y, the researcher
would ______ variable X and ______ variable Y

manipulate; measure

Students take a questionnaire that assesses their feelings about online
classes during COVID. This is an example of:

survey

What does IRB stand for?

The institutional review board

There is typically a _______ correlation between miles driven and the
amount of gas in your car.

negative

A researcher gives a survey to 80 freshmen and 80 seniors at the same
time and compares their responses. This is a(n):

cross-sectional

Which memory storage stage are you most likely using while you're
reading this question and the answers?

short-term memory

remembering what time your psychology test is at is an example of
what?

explicit memory

When old information is interfering with our learning of new information,
this is called:

proactive interference

Elizabeth studies the effect of cocaine on the neural development of
mice. Elizabeth is most likely to be a:

biopsychologist

A ______ study is one where the researcher knows which condition
participants are in, but the participants are unaware.

single blind

You forget a name shortly after hearing it bc you were thinking about
dinner. This is a failure in which memory process?

encoding

What is the focus of cognitivism?

thoughts and interpretations

At the store, everyone Ben sees is wearing red, so he assumes everyone
in the store wears red. This is an example of:

Induction

A confound is:

an uncontrolled variable that differs btwn control and experimental groups

A measure that consistently gives the same inaccurate result is:

invalid but reliable

Kat sees a list like apple, orange, grape, & banana. Later, she incorrectly
says she saw the word strawberry. This is

memory illusion

Clive remembers what he learned before he got a brain infection, but
cant make new memories after recovery. This is:

anterograde amnesia

_____ focused on the function of mental activities or how they helped us
adapt to our environment

fucntionalism

Modern psychology uses ______ to study the mind and behavior

the scientific method

What type of psychologist would be most interested in how people think,
remember, and solve problems?

cognitive psychologist

When a researcher manipulates one variable to see its effect on another
while controlling other factors, they are doing

an experimental study

Who is considered the "father of American psychology" ?

William James

If practice test scores are highly consistent each time they are taken, this
demonstrates

reliability

As students remain calmer before an exam, their test performance tends
to improve. This is an example of a

positive correlation