AP Psych Study Guide 1

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When is it permissible for a psychologist to share a client’s test scores with another person?

Written permission

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A school’s activity committee is planning the best way to persuade their classmates to vote in the next election. What research design will best help measure student’s opinions about voting

Surveys

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An evolutionary psychologist would explain that humans desire social interaction, social acceptance and social affiliation due to what need?

survival

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Drawing a random sample of people from a town for an interview study ensures what?

each person has the same chance to be chosen for the study

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The notion that human behavior is greatly influence by unconcsious thoughts and desires is most consistent with what psychological approach?

psychoanalytic

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Cognitive psychologists are most likely to study what?

The acquisition of knowledge and problem solving

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A person displays behaviors of a psychological disorder that psychologists in the US have never seen before. What would be the best strategy to investigative this disorder?

Case study

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Charlie believes anorexia is the direct result of the emphasis put on thinness in movies. What psychological approach goes with Charlie’s idea?

socioculture

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Jane Goodall lived along wild chimpanzees intermittently for decades studying their social and family systems while keeping their interaction with the chimpanzees to a minimal. What kind of study is this?

observation

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Research has demonstrated that when participants in a study are showed a picture of a snake and a house they are more likely to develop fear responses. These findings support which psychological approach

evolutionary

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Dr. Barrock’s research focuses on neuro-chemical makeup effects of cognition, behavior, and emotion. What is his psychological approach?

biological

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If the correlation between variables is positive what does the slope look like?

straight line up

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What type of graph does a negative correctional look like?

straight line down

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Cartoons**

the ones that watched the nonviolent movie

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which of the following statements describes the placebo effect?

Dr. Kennedy

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** journalism class

student from a orunalism class asked only their friends to participate in a school news surgery about tconfomroity and neglected the rest of the student body. What does this represent

Smapling bias

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Which of the following approaches emphasize observable responses over inner experience when accounting for behavior?

Behaviorists

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**auditory

independent variable

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Dr. Charap

In a research study, informed consent was a concern of what?

ethics

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Petra, a grad student, studies creativity and she is frustrated that several studies in her field do not have precise operational definitions. It is important for researchers to use this for what reason.

replication

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Dr. Walsh gathers data on a number of tetragens that pregnant women are exposed to in a large city in the number of weeks that their babies are delivered. What type of graph could he use to show the correlation?

scatterplot

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APA - American Psych Association

Some studies in the mid 20th century in social psych in obedience in social roles have been criticized for not treating participants well. what has happened in the APA to do something to prevent this?

code of ethics for BOTH humans and animals

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Because of studies in the past that exposed participants to danger without their knowledge, which of the following was added to ethical guidelines?

research involving deception unless participants are debriefed

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Which of the following research approaches would be best for testing the hypothesis that the prescense of certain odors causes people to gamble. What kind of study/experiment is this?

experimental

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Boys and girls

what is the independent variable in this group?

type of TV they watched

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A research psychologist generalizes from a particular sample of a population. This is an example of what?

statistical inference

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Neurotransmitter

A researcher is exploring the effectiveness of a new drug that works on an antagonist to the neurotransmitter. A research design involves randomly designed participants. One gets a one time treatment, another gets more.

Experiment

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empathy

Survery research has shown that people with high levels of empathy, tend to indicate lower rates of enjoyment from violent humor. What is the correlation?

negative correlation

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pro social behavior

In order to yield information that is generalizable to the population, a sample must be made up of which of the following?

representative of the natural population