psyc exam 1 practice test

Experiments involve...

Random assignment, a control group, and manipulating the independent variable

If your great-uncle has difficulty understanding the meaning of speech after a stroke, you may suspect damage to...

Wernicke's area

The belief that our genetics and biology determine our behavior is known as...

The nature argument

Random assignment reduces the chance of...

Confounds

In which lobe is the somatosensory cortex located?

Parietal

Light enters and is processed in what order?

Cornea → Pupil → Retina

Assuming group average from one tall person violates what lesson?

You can't make inferences about groups based on an individual observation

Glands and hormones controlling cortisol are part of the...

Endocrine system

A psychologist helping a client find meaning in life is practicing...

Positive psychology

Neglect syndrome (ignoring one side of visual field) results from damage to the...

Parietal lobe

A car's speedometer that is consistent but inaccurate is...

Reliable but not valid

In a study on exercise and mood, the dependent variable is...

Mood

The medulla regulates vital functions such as...

Breathing

The wave frequency of a sound is its...

Pitch

Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle?

Morality

Spectators grouping runners side by side is the law of...

Common fate

Correct sequence of information flow in a neuron?

Dendrites → Soma → Axon

A scientist...

Knows they can be fooled and designs research to protect against it

Why might two people respond differently to the same sensory input?

Response biases

Statistically significant results mean...

Unlikely to be due to chance

Perception is...

When sensations are processed and interpreted (a psychological construct)

What type of degree does a psychologist hold?

A graduate degree in Psychology

Jenna's GPA study problem?

Yes, because she used a biased sample

Why don't you notice glasses on your face all day?

Adaptation

When variables can't be manipulated, researchers use...

Correlational methods

If you only had rods (no cones), what would be most difficult?

Discriminating colors

In studying behavior, a scientist may want to...

Describe and predict behavior

After staring at yellow, the afterimage color is...

Blue

Damage to the prefrontal cortex can result in deficits in...

Self-control

Perceiving singer's height as constant despite distance illustrates...

Size constancy

After neurotransmitters are released into the synapse...

They bind to a receptor

Transduction refers to...

Converting environmental energy into neural information

Group of structures under the cortex involved in emotion/memory/motivation is the...

Limbic system

Preferring to say "yes" to possible tumors is many...

False alarms

Why is "coffee cures cancer" problematic?

Correlation does not mean causation

Objects higher in the visual field appear further away, which is...

Relative height

Who has the highest sympathetic arousal?

Bill, anticipating an exam he is unprepared for

The man's voice sounding different with eyes open/closed is the...

McGurk effect

Axons are myelinated by...

Glia

A scientific hypothesis is...

A tentative explanation that can be tested through experimentation