PSY 100 Exam 1 - Golding (UK). Graded A. questions with accurate answers, Graded A

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PSY 100 Exam 1 - Golding (UK). Graded A. questions with accurate answers, Graded A What is Psychology? - ✔✔The science that study's behavior and mental processes. How did the UK-Wisconsin ... game illustrate what psychology is about? - ✔✔Watching the game makes you sit up in your seat and when UK won, everyone screamed and was so happy. They made those particular sounds after watching the game. What three ways of "doing" psychology? - ✔✔1. Applied Psychological Studies (Tackle real world problems - school psychologist) 2. Experimental Psychologists (conducts basic research - cognitive, developmental etc) 3. Teachers of Psychology What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist? - ✔✔A psychiatrist is an M.D. and can prescribe medication while a psychologist can only do therapy. (Few states allow psychologists to prescribe drugs) What were some examples of how psychology is so specialized? - ✔✔School psychologist, counselor, industrial organization psychologist, clinical) What were some examples of how a single phenomenon can be studied from different vantage points? - ✔✔Dreams -Conscious mental experience -Dreams as behavior -Dreams as cognition -Dreams reflect the unconscious What are the steps of the scientific method? - ✔✔1. Make an observation 2. Do background research 3. Develop a testable hypothesis 4. Collect data. (Begin experiment) 5. Analyze the results 6. Communicate your results. What is an operational definition? - ✔✔A description of the operations or procedures that a researcher uses to manipulate or measure a variable. What are the specific research methods of psychology? - ✔✔Descriptive Methods, Correlational Methods, Experimental Method What are descriptive methods? - ✔✔Observational Technique -directly observing the behavior of interest Case Study -studies an individual over an extended period of time Survey Research -Questionnaires and research Random Sampling -Sample that represents a much larger population What is the correctional method? - ✔✔A research study in which two variables are measured to determine if they are related. (Positive, negative, or no correlation) What is the experimental method? - ✔✔Manipulate the independent variable to see the effect on the dependent variable What is an independent variable? - ✔✔The variable that is being manipulated What does it mean to "go beyond the data"? - ✔✔Evaluate your results based on probability. Be 95% certain that your result is not due to chance. What are ethical problems in data collection? - ✔✔Shock, Aggression, Deprivation What are practical problems in data collection? - ✔✔Length of time to conduct a study, cost of research, number of participants. What are the three parts of a neuron? - ✔✔Cell body Dendrites Axon [Show More]

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