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PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Cognitive Perspective

Answer:

Modern theory in which classical

Question 2: Evolutionary Perspective

Answer:

Perspective that focuses on the biological bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share

Question 3: Cross-Sectional

Answer:

Research that looks at different age groups at the same period of time in order to understand changes that occur during the life span

Question 4: Placebo Effect

Answer:

The phenomenon in which the expectations of the particpants in a study

Question 5: Random Assignments

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Process of assigning subjects to the experomental or control group randomly, so that each subject has an equal chance of being in either group

Question 6: Independent Direction

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Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter

Question 7: Longitudinal Study

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Studyng the same group of people over an extended period of time

Question 8: Psychiatrist

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A medical doctor who has specialized in the diagnosis of psychological diorders

Question 9: Single-Blind Study

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Study in which the subjects do not know if they are in experimentqal or the control group

Question 10: Experimenter Effect

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Tendency of the experimenter's expectations for a study to unitnentially influence the results of the study

Question 11: Interviews

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Studying people face to face and asking questions

Question 12: Psychology

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The scientific study of behavior and mental processs

Question 13: Biopsychological Perspective

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Perspective in which abnormal behavior is seen as the result

Question 14: Observe Bias

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Tendency of observers to see what they expect to see

Question 15: Wilhem Wundt

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The Father of Modern Scientific Psychology

Question 16: Cognitive Perspective

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Modern perspective that focuses on memory, intelligence, perception, problem solving, and learning

Question 17: Experimental Group

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Subjects in an experiment who are subjected to the independent variable

Question 18: Sociocultural Perception

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Perspective in which abnormal behavior(like normal behavior) is seen as the product of the learning and shaping of behavior within the context of the family, the social group to which one belongs, and the culture within the family an social group exist

Question 19: Wilhem Wundt

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His subjects were exposed to an experience and asked to relate their thoughts, feelings, and images evoked by the event

Question 20: Extraneous Variable

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Variables outside of the Independent Variable that can influence results

Question 21: Wilhem Wundt

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He and his followers relied heavily on introspection as a technique to analyze experiments

Question 22: Naturalistic Observation

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Research method involving the study of subjects without their knowing that they are being watched

Question 23: Psychological Testing

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Observation and measurement of thesubject using objective tools

Question 24: Double-blind study

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Study in which neither the experimenter nor the the subjects are in the experimental or control group

Question 25: Experiment

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A deliberate manipulation of a variable to see if corresponding changes in behavior result; allowing the determination of cause-and-effect relationship

Question 26: Evolutionary Perspective

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Percpective thst focuses on the biological

Question 27: Depndent Variable

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Variable an experiment thar represents the measureable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment

Question 28: Behaviorism

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The science of behavior focuses on observable behavior only