FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCH: UNIT 0 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCH: UNIT 0 EXAM

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Question 1: Correlational research is most useful for purposes of

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prediction Question 2: Researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish between

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causes and effects.Question 3: In 1953, H.M. underwent surgery to control his seizures. Doctors removed tissue from the hippocampus. As a result H.M.'s memory was severely impaired. Psychologists studied H.M.'s memory function until his death in 2008. Which research method did the psyc

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case study Question 4: Dr. Wilson attributes the delinquent behaviors of many teens to the pressures associated with being members of street gangs. Her account best illustrates a(n) ________ perspective.

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social-cultural

Question 5: The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how

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people encode, process, store, and retrieve information.Question 6: Which procedure helps to ensure that the participants in a survey are representative of a larger population?

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random sampling Question 7: To describe the behavior of animals in their native habitats, researchers are most likely to make use of

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Which of the following defines ethical principles that should guide human experimentation?Question 8: Which perspective is most concerned with the unique ways in which individuals interpret their own life experiences?

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cognitive Question 9: Alexandra is told that research supports the value of cosmetic surgery for boosting self-esteem. Belinda is told that the esteem-enhancing value of cosmetic surgery has been refuted by research. Both women would consider the findings to be common sense. T

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the hindsight bias.Question 10: The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution is the

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range Question 11: Which of the following is a measure of the degree of variation among a set of events?

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standard deviation

Question 12: Sasha believes that she is a very good driver. Her belief leads her to take unnecessary risks, such as driving too fast and cutting in front of other drivers. Sasha's driving appears to be affected by

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overconfidence Question 13: What do scientists call an explanation that organizes observations and predicts future behaviors or events?

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theory

Question 14: A correlation coefficient is a measure of the

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direction and strength of the relationship between two variables.

Question 15: Replication involves

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repeating an earlier research study.

Question 16: Also known as the "I-knew-it-all along phenomenon

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hindsight bias Question 17: When a fluctuating behavior returns to normal, fancy explanations are probably not at work. Rather, what is probably at work?

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regression toward the mean.Question 18: Dr. MacPherson believes that the way students organize and think about the information in their textbooks will strongly influence their ability to later remember and use what they have studied. Dr. MacPherson's ideas most directly exemplify the ______ per

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cognitive

Question 19: To graphically represent the correlation between two variables, researchers often construct a

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scatterplot Question 20: The most foolproof way of testing the true effectiveness of a newly introduced method of psychological therapy is by means of

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experimental research.Question 21: Which of the following professional focuses on the study of human flourishing and the attainments of a happy; meaningful life

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positive psychologist Question 22: Which of the following is true for those assigned to a control group?

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The experimental treatment is absent.

Question 23: The biggest danger of relying on case-study evidence is that it

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may be unrepresentative of what is generally true.Question 24: The complete set of cases from which samples may be drawn is called a(n)

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population Question 25: In an experiment, researchers manipulate one factor to see its effect on a target factor. What is this target factor called?

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dependent variable.Question 26: The behavioral perspective is most likely to emphasize the importance of

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observable responses.