SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Thursday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 SI Exam 1 Review Practice Test 1 The psychological perspective of structuralism focused on A How the who structure is bigger than it s individual parts B Understanding each individual structure of human thought C How mental thought helps us structure our daily activities D The structure of society at large 2 The school of psychology called structuralism used a technique called which involved reporting the contents of consciousness to study a person s experiences A Intervention B Introspection C Insight inventory D Induction 3 Gestalt psychologists are associated with which of the following A The pineal gland is the seat of the human mind B Psychology should reach into the soul of mankind C Behavior should be broken down into its individual components D The whole is greater than the sum of it s parts 4 Freud said phobias were whereas Watson said phobias were A Learned inherited B Repressed conflicts learned C Sexual unconscious D Conditioned unconditioned 5 A researcher who studies the chemical changes in the brains of patients with depression would be approaching psychology from which perspective A Behaviorist B Psychodynamic C Cognitive D Biopsychological 6 A humanistic psychologist would be interested in which of the following research studies A Describing a group of people who claim to have reached their full potential B Understanding the role of the unconscious in a child s decision to disobey her parents C Investigating the role of hormones in the mating behavior of birds D Figuring out visual illusions are possible SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Thursday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 7 Taylor received her degree from a medical school and now meets with patients on a daily basis Most of her patients have a serious psychological disorder and often Taylor will prescribe medication to treat the disorder Taylor is a A Psychologist B Psychiatrist C Psychiatric social worker D School nurse 8 Ashleigh waited until the day before her psychology test to start studying She has been studying for a few hours and is trying to decide what to do to help her remember the most information for her test What should she do A Pull an all nighter so she can read as much material as possible B Study for a few more hours and then go to sleep C Call her mom to talk out her feelings D Cry 9 Why do psychologists use the scientific method A It is easier to use than other methods B All the academic fields must use the scientific method C It is the only method available to answer questions D It reduces bias an error in measurement 10 Deb spent the entire day at the park observing children with their parents to see whether fathers or mothers spent more time playing with their kids Deb uses the method of A Naturalistic observation B Laboratory observation C Survey D Case study 11 Which of the following topics would be best studied using the case study method A The reaction times of adults in stressful situations B The sleep pattern of adolescents C The impact of club sports involvement in female adolescent self esteem D The personality characteristics of a man accused of killing five people 12 A group of randomly selected subjects that matches the population on important characteristics such as age and sex is called A Volunteer bias B A representative sample C The experimental group D The control group SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Thursday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 13 Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest relationship between two variables A 0 62 B 0 98 C 0 01 D 1 24 14 A researcher finds that as the number of classes missed increases the students grades decrease This is an example of a A Positive correlation B Negative correlation C Zero correlation D Case study 15 Marcy is trying to define anxiety in a way that can be empricially tested She is attempting to find an appropriate A Hypothesis B Operational definition C Double blind study D Theory 16 A researcher is investigating the effects of exercise on weight What are the independent and dependent variables in the experiment A The depended variable is the weight the independent variable is exercise B The independent variable is calories consumed the dependent variable is diet C The independent variable is weight the dependent variable is calories consumed D The dependent variable is the amount of exercise the independent variable is calories consumed 17 In a laboratory smokers are asked to drive using a computerized driving simulator equipped with a stick shift and gas pedal The object is to maximize the distance covered by driving as fast as possible on a winding road while avoiding rear end collisions Some of the participants smoke a real cigarette immediately before climbing into the drivers seat Others smoke a fake cigarette without nicotine You are interested in comparing how many collisions the two groups have In this study the group that smokes the cigarette without nicotine is A The control group B The driving simulator C The experimental group D The no control group 18 A psychology professor feels that her students will do better on her exams if music is playing while they take their exams To text her hypothesis she divides her class In half One half takes SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Thursday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 the exam in a room with music playing and the other half takes the exam in a similar room but without music playing In this case the independent variable is A The time of day when the exam is taken B The absence or presence of music playing C The exam D The students scores on the exam 19 For the experiment described in the question above the dependent variable is A The room the exam is taken in B The absence or presence of music playing C The exam D The students scores on the exam 20 Twenty volunteers are brought into a sleep laboratory in the evening Ten are allowed 8 hours of sleep while the other 10 are only allowed two hours of sleep In the morning all 20 subjects are tested for their
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