1. In the cycle of the scientific method, statistics help you
a. determine whether your theory is supported
b. define a hypothesis
c. determine whether your hypothesis is supported
d. analyze your results after they ar published in a research journal
2. Jacobs father thinks he was born to be a skilled ice skater just like his mother and older sister, but Jacobs mother thinks that his skills and interests come from growing up in a household full of skaters. What long standing debate is at the heart of the disagreement between Jacobs parents?
a. the nature/nuture debate
b. the mind/body problem
c. introspection versus observation
d. dualism
3. Ralph loves his birthday, but he tends to eat too much throughout the day. At the ________ level, there may be hormonal reasons why Ralph is prone to overeating. At the _______ level, it is hard for Ralph to turn down second helpings when his friends keep buying him meals.
a. individual; cultural
b. individual; social
c. biological; cultural
d. biological; social
4. Charles Darwin and William James both understood the importance of
a. environmental stimuli on behavior
b. the adaptive purpose of specific traits and characteristics
c. childhood and parenting on future behavior
d. the connection between physical and psychological problems
5. Marwan has been shy his whole life, and he is not sure what underlies this trait. Which subfield of psychology might hold some answers for Marwan?
a. personality psychology
b. cultural psychology
c. clinical psychology
d. social psychology
6. Dr Grodner is conducting and experiment on age related charges in memory. He is comparing how well retirees and high school students perform on a memory task. In order to conveniently schedule research participants, he has the older adults come to the lab during the day, since they are retired. The students come to the lab in the evening after they finish with school. What is the problematic confound in this study?
a. It is unfair to compare older adults because older adults sometimes experience memory problems
b. Dr Grodner has not operationally defined memory for purposes of this study
c. If memory turns out to be something that varies by time of day, it is problematic that the older adults all do the study in the morning and the younger adults do the study at night.
d. Older adults hav a lot more memories than younger adults, whith confound the study