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Historical Perspectives NamesMemoryResearch MethodsStatistics

Perspectives – 100  Which perspective attempts to describe the structures of the mind? Time’s up!

Perspectives – 200  Cognitive psychology is related to which early perspective? Time’s up!

Perspectives – 300  Which approach might suggest that forgetting to pick his mother up at the airport was Henry's unconscious way of saying that he did not welcome her visit? Time’s up!

Perspectives – 400  Martha is an undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a career in psychology. She wants to use her knowledge of psychology to help employees become more productive in the workplace. Which field of psychology should Martha select in graduate school? a) Educational b) Physiological c) Cognitive d) Industrial-organizational e) Clinical Time’s up!

Perspectives – 400  Martha is an undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a career in psychology. She wants to use her knowledge of psychology to help employees become more productive in the workplace. Which field of psychology should Martha select in graduate school? a) Educational b) Physiological c) Cognitive d) Industrial-organizational e) Clinical

Perspectives – 500  Which of the following is a statement with which Skinner's followers would agree? a) Most behavior is controlled by unconscious forces. b) Nature is more influential than nurture. c) The goal of behavior is self-actualization. d) Nurture is more influential than nature. e) Free will is an illusion. Time’s up!

Perspectives – 500  Which of the following is a statement with which Skinner's followers would agree? a) Most behavior is controlled by unconscious forces. b) Nature is more influential than nurture. c) The goal of behavior is self-actualization. d) Nurture is more influential than nature. e) Free will is an illusion.

Names – 100  Why is G. Stanley Hall noteworthy in the history of psychology? Time’s up!

Names – 200  Why is Ivan Pavlov noteworthy in the history of psychology? Time’s up!

Names – 300  Which psychologist made this quote: "He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. And thus the task of making conscious the most hidden recesses of the mind is one which is quite possible to accomplish." Time’s up!

Names – 400  What is one major objection to the early Skinnerian approach to psychology is that it ignores… Time’s up!

Names – 500  A __________ refers clients for services and can give short term therapy, whereas a __________ gives long term therapy. Time’s up!

Memory – 100  Identifying items previously learned is known as…. Time’s up!

Memory – 200  Alyse cannot remember any details of what happened right before her car accident.  This is an example of what kind of memory loss? Time’s up!

Memory – 300  When a list of words is learned in order, the words most likely to be forgotten are those that are Time’s up!

Memory – 400  Two groups of participants in a study are presented a list of 20 words. The first group is told to count the number of capital letters in the words and the second group is told to think of the definition of each word. When both groups are asked to recall the word lists, what is likely to occur? Time’s up!

Memory – 500  A moviegoer who cannot identify the name of a film star remembers the name when a friend reviews a list of stars. This incident illustrates which two concepts in human memory? Time’s up!

Research Methods – 100  What research method is being used if the same subjects are tested at two, four, and six years of age? Time’s up!

Research Methods – 200  A psychologist monitors a group of nursery- school children, recording each instance of helping behavior as it occurs.  What research method is the psychologist using? Time’s up!

Research Methods – 300  Among the advantages of descriptive/correlational research is (are): a) it can demonstrate conclusively that two variables are causally related. b) it allows investigators to isolate cause and effect. c) it permits researchers to study variables that would be impossible to manipulate. d) both B and C. e) none of the above. Time’s up!

Ethics – 300  Among the advantages of descriptive/correlational research is (are): a) it can demonstrate conclusively that two variables are causally related. b) it allows investigators to isolate cause and effect. c) it permits researchers to study variables that would be impossible to manipulate. d) both B and C. e) none of the above.

Research Methods – 400  Which of the following studies demonstrates a cross- sectional research design? a) Testing the first graders, and testing them again when they are in third grade b) Testing first, third, and fifth graders at the beginning of the school year c) Testing first graders at the end of the school year d) Observing first graders as they interact with either third graders or fifth graders e) Observing first graders as they test in two different subject areas Time’s up!

Research Methods – 400  Which of the following studies demonstrates a cross- sectional research design? a) Testing the first graders, and testing them again when they are in third grade b) Testing first, third, and fifth graders at the beginning of the school year c) Testing first graders at the end of the school year d) Observing first graders as they interact with either third graders or fifth graders e) Observing first graders as they test in two different subject areas

Research Methods – 500  A student hypothesizes that high school students consuming different flavors of a drink before a spelling test will perform differently. A study to test the hypothesis finds that with a bitter drink, performance is best 6 hours after drinking it, whereas with a sweet drink, performance is better 1 hour after drinking it.  What is the dependent variable? Time’s up!

Statistics – 100  What would you use to analyze the relationship between age and reaction time? Time’s up!

Statistics – 200  Which of the following correlation coefficients would indicate the strongest relationship between two variables? a).58 b).19 c) -.97 d) -.5 e) 0.83 Time’s up!

Statistics – 200  Which of the following correlation coefficients would indicate the strongest relationship between two variables? a).58 b).19 c) -.97 d) -.5 e) 0.83

Statistics – 300  A researcher designed an experiment to determine whether working under time pressure causes people to make more errors on moderately difficult math problems.  What relationship would the correlation have if as pressure increased, more errors were made. Time’s up!

Statistics – 400  A researcher surveyed social adjustment in the same group of 20 people from early childhood through adulthood. In this example, the group of 20 people surveyed was the study's Time’s up!

Statistics – 500  BONUS ETHICS QUESTION:  Which procedure can reduce problems associated with the use of deception by a researcher? a) Debriefing b) Random sampling c) Random assignment d) Single-blind studies e) Double-blind studies Time’s up!

Statistics – 500  BONUS ETHICS QUESTION:  Which procedure can reduce problems associated with the use of deception by a researcher? a) Debriefing b) Random sampling c) Random assignment d) Single-blind studies e) Double-blind studies

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