1 Jethro designed a study to see if there is a correlation between intelligence and creativity He found a statistically significant relationship between the two variables How should Jethro interpret these results Midterm 1 Practice Questions General Psychology A His results are most likely due to chance B His results are most likely not due to chance C Intelligence causes creativity D Creativity causes intelligence 2 After suffering a head injury Betty is able to experience sensations throughout her body but unable to move any of her body parts The area of her brain most likely damaged by her injury was the A association cortex B somatosensory cortex C sensory cortex D motor cortex 3 Shane read the following description of Mary and was asked if she was more likely to be a nurse or librarian Mary is quiet organized helpful unmarried and enjoys reading Shane responded that it was more likely that Mary was a librarian based on this description even after he was told that nurses outnumber librarians 5001 to 1 It is likely that Shane misjudged the likelihood that Mary would be a librarian due to A the availability heuristic B formal reasoning C the representational heuristic D the confirmation bias 4 Zack is investigating the effectiveness of two different types of therapy In order to determine which type of therapy each participant receives Zack has the participants draw numbers from a hat The participants who draw odd numbers are placed in the first therapy group The participants who draw even numbers are placed in the second therapy group This is an example of A a double blind study B a correlational study C random assignment D random selection 5 Victoria was in deep sleep when the phone rang It rang many times before she answered it and when she did she was confused and groggy When she awoke the next morning Victoria didn t even remember the phone ringing Victoria was most likely in sleep 6 Gloria arrives late at a school reunion and to her dismay discovers that people have already clustered into groups The perceptual grouping principle most likely causing her perception of the reunion attendees as several groups of people rather than as distinct individuals is A Stage 2 B Stage 4 C Stage 1 D REM A closure B continuity C proximity D similarity 7 After staring at an image of a blue circle Sean looked up at his white wall and saw a yellow circle Sean s experience of an afterimage is best explained by the theory of color vision A gate control B trichromatic C drive reduction D opponent process 8 Jamal keeps statistics of his favorite football team the Packers He s noticed that out of 12 games the Packers have scored 21 points during eight games 15 points during two games and seven points during two games A score of 21 points would be the A mean B range C standard deviation D mode Answers 1 B 2 D 3 C 4 C 5 B 6 C 7 D 8 D
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