Research Methods in Psychology Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Research Methods in Psychology provides an introduction to the fundamental techniques and principles used to investigate psychological phenomena. The course covers a range of topics, including experimental and non-experimental research designs, hypothesis formulation, data collection methods, sampling strategies, ethical considerations, and statistical analysis. Students learn how to critically evaluate published research, design their own studies, interpret research findings, and communicate results effectively. Through hands-on projects and discussions, the course prepares students to apply scientific reasoning and research skills within the field of psychology.
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Cognitive Psychology Theory Process and Methodology 1st Edition by Dawn M. McBride
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
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Q1) We use ______ to accomplish everyday tasks.
A) common sense
B) cognition
C) memory
D) language
Answer: B
Q2) Dr. Smith is developing a new drug to treat headaches. To test this drug, she develops a study in which one group gets the new drug, and the other gets a placebo, or a fake pill. Dr. Smith measures whether or not headaches improve by giving each participant a survey each day. The drug is the _____.
A) independent variable
B) dependent variable
Answer: A
Q3) Wilhelm Wundt coined the term "cognitive psychology" and is considered the father of this field.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience
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Q1) It is suggested that the brain activity seen approximately half of a second before initiating a behavior is indicative of _____.
A) The brain regretting the behavior
B) The brain's readiness to carry out the behavior
C) The actual behavior itself
D) The brain making a decision about the behavior
Answer: B
Q2) _____ is a technique that is often used in sleep studies, and measures the activity of large groups of neurons.
A) Magnetoencephalography
B) Electroencephalography
C) Single-cell recording
D) Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Answer: A
Q3) Which is the correct order of the parts of a neuron?
A) Dendrites, cell body, axon, synapse
B) Cell body, dendrites, axon, synapse
C) Synapse, axon, cell body, dendrites
D) Dendrites, axon, synapse, cell body
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Perception
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Q1) Choose the answer with the correct sequence of events.
A) Sense organ > receptor cell > nerve conduit > brain area
B) Receptor cell > sense organ > nerve conduit > brain area
C) Brain area > nerve conduit > sense organ > receptor cell
D) Nerve conduit > receptor cell > sense organ > brain area
Answer: A
Q2) There is an area near the occipital lobe that has been shown to become[ok or be?]active when motion stimuli are perceived, and when the direction of an object's movement is accurately detected. This is known as the _____.
A) Visual cortex
B) "when" pathway
C) "where" pathway
D) "what" pathway
Answer: B
Q3) An example of bottom-up processing is sensing a dog running towards you.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Attention
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Q1) Discuss Kahneman's (1973) capacity model of attention and give one example.
Q2) Which of these is NOT known to influence the cocktail party effect?
A) Early processes in filtering
B) The salience of the message
C) A person's intelligence
D) Individual differences in filtering abilities
Q3) You are at a playground with your little brother, and you hear a child yell, "MOM!" You notice a dozen women pause in their conversations, turning their heads to see if it was their child calling for them. This is an example of _____.
A) The cocktail party effect
B) The bottleneck of attention
C) The salience of a message
D) A shadowing task
Q4) Localization of function in the brain is consistent with _____.
A) the dual-task method
B) top-down processing
C) the filter model of attention
D) the feature integration theory
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Chapter 5: Memory Structures and Processes
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Q1) Remembering how to drive a car is an example of _____.
A) Semantic memory
B) Procedural memory
C) Episodic memory
D) Working memory
Q2) Memory has been described as all of the following EXCEPT:
A) A wax tablet that can be molded, melted, and remolded
B) A filing system for information organized in different ways
C) A collection of independent processes
D) A storage unit or structure where information is held
Q3) You arrive at the local shopping mall to pick up a few things. The parking lot is crowded, but you find a spot towards the back. While in the mall, you find that you do not think of your parking spot, but have no trouble remembering where you parked when it is time to leave. This particularly illustrates your brain's ability to _____ information.
A) forget
B) store
C) change
D) encode
Q4) Discuss three[or the?] types of long-term memories, and give an example of each.
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Chapter 6: Long-Term Memory: Influences on Retrieval
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Q1) You are presented with the following questions:
1) Is KITTEN in all capital letters?
2) Does KITTEN rhyme with MOOSE?
3) Is KITTEN a type of animal?
Which would you most likely remember?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
Q2) Discuss the "Levels of Processing" theory of memory storage and retrieval. Provide and explain several examples.
Q3) Sleeping between the study and test of information you want to remember will not help you retrieve that information from long-term memory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research has shown that the best way to study is _____.
A) All at once, the night before the exam
B) A little at a time, over several weeks
C) Highlighting notes in the text
D) Highlighting notes in the text and studying the night before
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Chapter 7: Memory Errors
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Q1) Imagine you are watching a movie, and you recognize an actor. Their name is "on the tip on your tongue" - this is an example of _____.
A) Source misattribution
B) Absentmindedness
C) Transience
D) Blocking
Q2) After breaking up with your partner, you are grateful to be out of a negative relationship. However, your next relationship turns out to not be much better, and you find yourself missing the "old days" of being happy with your ex. This is an example of
A) bias
B) persistence
C) source misattribution
D) transience
Q3) Bartlett's studies on the reconstructive nature of memory found that people tend to rely on their own experiences to supplement their memories.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List Daniel Schacter's seven sins of memory, and give an example of each.
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Chapter 8: Imagery
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Q1) Imagery is an example of a(n) _____.
A) sensation
B) mnemonic
C) pathology
D) illness
Q2) Elizabeth Loftus suggested that _____ an event caused False memories for the event.
A) imagining
B) experiencing
C) living through
D) sleeping through
Q3) Which word is least likely to be remembered?
A) kitten
B) box
C) truck
D) void
Q4) Compare and contrast Kosslyn's and Pylyshyn's views of mental imagery. Provide examples to support your answer.
Q5) Discuss a way that you could test the role of imagery in motor performance.
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Chapter 9: Language
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Q1) The mental collection of all of the words we know is called a _____.
A) lexicon
B) dictionary
C) collection of words
D) phoneme restoration
Q2) The subfield of linguistics that examines the use of language within particular contexts is called semantics.
A)True
B)False
Q3) You are reading a story, and you notice the sentence, "The fly birds home." What is wrong with this sentence?
A) The semantics
B) The morphemes
C) The phonemes
D) The syntax
Q4) Language production typically lags behind language comprehension.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List, define, and give examples for each type of speech error.
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Chapter 10: Concepts and Knowledge
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Q1) The definitional approach to concepts is the most widely accepted view.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Your friend tells you that she just got a new golden retriever dog that is 2 years old. You assume that it has a yellowish color and is fairly large. This is utilizing the process of _____.
A) Category reduction
B) Category induction
C) Category specification
D) Category generation
Q3) Compare and contrast a stored-network approach, a feature comparisons approach, and a neuroscience-inspired approach. Discuss pros and cons, and give examples of each.
Q4) In picturing a scientist, you automatically think of a person with a white lab coat, disheveled hair, and glasses. This is an example of a(n) _____.
A) exemplar
B) prototype
C) stereotype
D) definition
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Chapter 11: Problem Solving
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Q1) Gick and Holyoak's (1980) story involving a general and his army as compared to a surgeon and his patient with an inoperable tumor is an example of _____.
A) Analogical transfer
B) Functional fixedness
C) A mental set
D) Selective encoding
Q2) _____ is a tendency to use the same set of solutions to solve similar problems, whereas _____ is using the same solution for two problems with the same underlying structure.
A) A mental set; analogical transfer
B) Functional fixedness; mental set
C) A mental set; functional fixedness
D) Analogical transfer; a mental set
Q3) While baking a cake, you say the steps out loud as you are carrying them out. This is an example of _____.
A) pathology
B) functional fixedness
C) retrospection
D) introspection
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Chapter 12: Reasoning and Decision Making
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Q1) Compare and contrast syllogistic and conditional reasoning. Give an example of each.
Q2) One of the best ways to establish causal relationships is:
A) Thinking about it for a while
B) Doing experiments that require an independent and dependent variable
C) Discussing possibilities with peers
D) Doing correlational experiments
Q3) _____ are mental shortcuts that we use to reduce the processing burden on our cognitive systems.
A) Resources
B) Algorithms
C) Heuristics
D) Notes
Q4) The probability heuristics model proposes that everyday reasoning is not based on probability but rather on logic.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the different types of heuristics biases we face when making decisions, and give an example of each.
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