survey - CORRECT ANSWER A market-research firm calls you on the phone and asks you a
series of questions about your attitudes toward exercise. The
... [Show More] market-research firm is conducting
a
people who experienced more discrimination were less likely to be satisfied with their job -
CORRECT ANSWER A researcher obtained a negative correlation for the relationship between
job satisfaction and experiences of discrimination in the workplace. What does this correlation
coefficient mean?
through experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER how can casuality be demonstrated?
Evolutionary Approach - CORRECT ANSWER A psychologist is attempting to understand why
certain physical characteristics are rated as attractive. The psychologist explains that certain
characteristics have been historically adaptive, and thus are considered attractive. This
explanation is consistent with which of the following approaches?
Behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER Dr. Mateo believes that every child is born a "blank slate."
Children's early environments shape their personalities, though the children may be continually
affected by their environments as they grow. Everything comes down to a simple principle in Dr.
Mateo's mind: If our behaviors are followed by satisfying consequences, we will repeat them. If
the consequences are unsatisfying, we won't repeat them. Dr. Mateo is probably a _______
therapist.
all African American women who work in a large corporation - CORRECT ANSWER A
researcher is interested in the racial identity development of African American women. She asks
50 African American women who were randomly selected from all of the African American
women who work at a large corporation about their racial identity. What is the population?
scientists want to predict human behavior and not just one specific groups behavior - CORRECT
ANSWER Why is it important to include more diversity within your research samples?
the theory cannot be disproven - CORRECT ANSWER It has been suggested that Freud's theory
lacks falsifiability because it predicts outcomes that are contradictory or mutually exclusive. A
lack of falsifiability means that
part of the scientific process is testing and retesting a theory to see if different researchers get the
same results each time; if they don't, the research results may not agree. - CORRECT ANSWER
Hailie is writing a psychology research paper. She has collected research from the past three
decades, which her professor says is fine. What is confusing for Hailie is that her articles report
conflicting information about her topic and come to different conclusions. She finally asks her
professor why all of the research has been published if some of it is obviously wrong. The
professor's best response to Hailie's concern is that
it focuses on observation drawing conclusions and prediction - CORRECT ANSWER Why is
psychology considered a science?
dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER which neuron is responsible for receiving information
insulate axons to increase the speed of electrical impulses - CORRECT ANSWER the purpose of
myelin is to
negative, positive - CORRECT ANSWER when a neuron is resting the inside of the cell
membrane is _________ while the outside is _________
terminal buttons - CORRECT ANSWER the structures at the end of the axon are called
efferent nerves - CORRECT ANSWER nerves that carry information from the brain to the spinal
cord to other parts of the body are called
occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWER what lobe or cortex responds to the visual stimuli
frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER which lobe of the cerebal cortex is associated with
personality
Thalamus - CORRECT ANSWER which part of the brain acts as a central relay station
speech production - CORRECT ANSWER brooches area is related to
speech comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER wernickies area Is related to
50 - CORRECT ANSWER the absolute threshold is the level at which someone can detect a
stimulus ___ percent of the time [Show Less]