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Final | PSY 4990 - Senior Seminar in Psychology, Quizzes of Psychology

Class: PSY 4990 - Senior Seminar in Psychology; Subject: Psychology; University: Florida Gulf Coast University; Term: Spring 2015;

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2014/2015

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First step in the examination of data is
to:
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organize and summarize
TERM 2
Normal curve characteristics:
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UnimodalBell ShapedSymmetrical
TERM 3
3 measures of central
tendency
DEFINITION 3
MeanMedianMode
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Unlike the mean,
median...
DEFINITION 4
is unaffected by extreme scores
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When one measures mean, median or mode
they are measuring
DEFINITION 5
a typical score that represents the entire group
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First step in the examination of data is

to:

organize and summarize

TERM 2

Normal curve characteristics:

DEFINITION 2

UnimodalBell ShapedSymmetrical

TERM 3

3 measures of central

tendency

DEFINITION 3

MeanMedianMode

TERM 4

Unlike the mean,

median...

DEFINITION 4

is unaffected by extreme scores

TERM 5

When one measures mean, median or mode

they are measuring

DEFINITION 5

a typical score that represents the entire group

3 measures of

dispersion:

range, standard deviation, variance

TERM 7

T test for independent means tests two...

DEFINITION 7

different groups of individuals

TERM 8

What is SD's relation to variance

DEFINITION 8

SD is variance squaredSquare root of variance is SD

TERM 9

How many means compared in ANOVA

DEFINITION 9

more than 2

TERM 10

When do we reject H0 in ANOVA

DEFINITION 10

when any mean is different from the others

Theory

a comprehensive explanation for a feature of nature

supported by facts and studies over time

TERM 17

Independent variable

DEFINITION 17

causal factor manipulated by experimenter

TERM 18

Dependent variable

DEFINITION 18

effect of the independent variable

TERM 19

Extraneous variables

DEFINITION 19

Confounds, may have influence on dependent variable but

are not primarily of interest

TERM 20

Operational definition:

DEFINITION 20

describes or defines a variable in terms of operations or

techniques used to measure it

Equal interval

values are numbers equal to those measured, IQ

TERM 22

Ordinal

DEFINITION 22

Values are ranks, olympics

TERM 23

Nominal

DEFINITION 23

categorical, hair color

TERM 24

Between group design

DEFINITION 24

design in which participants are only in one condition

TERM 25

Within group design

DEFINITION 25

aka repeated measuresparticipants in all conditionscarry

over effects - counterbalancing

Effect implies

that

there is a change that would have not otherwise occurred,

compared to control group aka counterfactual inferencing

TERM 32

Quasi

Experiment

DEFINITION 32

uses non random assignment, non manipulable variables

TERM 33

In a correlational design...

DEFINITION 33

variables are analyzed in terms of strength and direction in

order to see if they have a pattern of relatedness

TERM 34

You cannot infer causation

if

DEFINITION 34

independent variable is not manipulable

TERM 35

Longitudinal designs occur

DEFINITION 35

over many years

Cross sectional design

more compact than longitudinal, uses different age groups at

same point in time

TERM 37

Qualitative design

DEFINITION 37

case study

TERM 38

Case studies are un...

DEFINITION 38

(un)representative of reality

TERM 39

r

DEFINITION 39

strength is independent of positive or negative sign.-0.70 is

stronger than 0.

TERM 40

reliability

DEFINITION 40

consistency of a measurement scale

convergent

validity

do your test results correlate with tests that are supposedly

related

TERM 47

Divergent validity:

DEFINITION 47

are results different than tests it should not correlate to?

TERM 48

Replication

DEFINITION 48

repeat earlier experiment with different people and

circumstances

TERM 49

Cognitive neuroscience

DEFINITION 49

the study of thought process as it relates to brain functions

TERM 50

Corpus callosum

DEFINITION 50

tract that divides into R/L hemisphere

Limbic system includes

Amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus

TERM 52

Hippocampus is associated with

DEFINITION 52

new memory formation

TERM 53

Hypothalamus is associated with

DEFINITION 53

thirst and hunger

TERM 54

Amygdala is associated with

DEFINITION 54

fear, disgust, anger

TERM 55

Circadian rhythm associated with

DEFINITION 55

SCN (suprachiasmatic mucleus) of hypothalamus

What's plasticity

ability of brain to reorganize itself in response to damage

TERM 62

What's the CNS made of

DEFINITION 62

brain and spinal cord

TERM 63

Does the sympathetic nervous system

respond in same way to mental threats (v.

physical)

DEFINITION 63

yes!

TERM 64

Endocrine glands secrete into

DEFINITION 64

bloodstreammmmmmm

TERM 65

Neurological pain increased when

DEFINITION 65

more receptors fireorreceptors fire more rapidly

lesion

surgical destruction (debatable) of brain tissue

TERM 67

synapse

DEFINITION 67

synaptic party between the receiving and sending neuron:be

there at 12:30 Th

TERM 68

temporal summation

DEFINITION 68

excitatory post synaptic potentials arrive at post synaptic

neuron super quick (cause they're all so excited) and cause

an action potential

TERM 69

Interneurons

DEFINITION 69

connect motor and sensory

TERM 70

Neurotransmitters are gotten rid of

by

DEFINITION 70

degradationreuptake

Neuronal stimulation that exceeds

threshold

fires the same action potential

TERM 77

Nodes of Ranvier

DEFINITION 77

unmyelinated portion of ion, where saltatory conduction

takes place

TERM 78

Synaptic buttons

DEFINITION 78

swellings at ends of axon terminals

TERM 79

Santiago Ramon y

Cajal

DEFINITION 79

Neuron doctrine

TERM 80

Displayed the effect of role playing on

attitudes

DEFINITION 80

pass go and go straight to jail. With Zimbardo.

People will readily conform to social roles

they play especially if

the roles are strongly stereotyped

TERM 82

When in position of

power

DEFINITION 82

people act in ways they normally wouldnt.

TERM 83

Peer pressure causes

DEFINITION 83

Conformity

TERM 84

Why do people conform

DEFINITION 84

they want to be liked by group, believe group is better

informed

TERM 85

Who demonstrated conformity to group, when

group is clearly wrong

DEFINITION 85

soloman aschhhh

Sociocultural perspective:

behavior is heavily dependent on social norms and culture

TERM 92

Milgrams experiment

DEFINITION 92

people more likely to administer high level of shock when

participant in other room

TERM 93

Bystander effect

DEFINITION 93

help is inversely related to number of people available

TERM 94

Diffusion of responsibility

DEFINITION 94

We feel less responsible to do something when we're in a

group

TERM 95

Mere exposure effect

DEFINITION 95

people develop preference for things the more they're

around them

Tell me about superordinate

goals

superordinate goals that are achieved when two or more

groups must work together to accomplish a task, shown in

sherif robbers

TERM 97

confirmation bias

DEFINITION 97

look for information that confirms your view, and may

disregard information that opposes it

TERM 98

overgeneralized beliefs underlying prejudices

DEFINITION 98

stereotypes

TERM 99

Personal behavior is most likely to adhere

with attitudes when

DEFINITION 99

social and external factors are minimized

TERM 100

humans are more likely to make social

comparisons when

DEFINITION 100

situation is uncertain orinformation difficult to obtain