Psychology Long Test 1 PDF

# Long Test 1 1. Psychology is a science. What makes it so? - The process of psychology - The process of information in psychology - The information gathered by psychology - The systematic process of gathering information which creates the content of psychology 2. Knowing not to pes...

# Long Test 1 1. Psychology is a science. What makes it so? - The process of psychology - The process of information in psychology - The information gathered by psychology - The systematic process of gathering information which creates the content of psychology 2. Knowing not to pester your mom when she is in a bad mood is using which? - Intuition - Common sense - Commonsense psychology - Good thinking 3. Pop psychology allows for psychology to be made more known to a general audience. Which of the following is not a disadvantage of pop psychology? - Scientific ideas become entertainment material for audience - Scientific ideas are diluted to the audience - Scientific ideas are simplified for jargon - Scientific ideas are demystified to be communicated accurately to an audience 4. Curiosity is a forefront for a scientific mindset. Being curious is which of the following? - A necessary and sufficient condition to become a scientist - A necessary but insufficient condition to become a scientist - An unnecessary and insufficient condition to become a scientist - An unnecessary but sufficient condition to become a scientist 5. "OMG, this MBTI personality description about me is so accurate!" according to psychology, is BEST an example of an individual who... - Is victimized by the Barnum effect - Is a fan of Tarot readings - Understands theories of personality - Understands psychological assessment 6. JB disproved Mimi's assertion that "he only thinks about himself" by recalling when he helped Mimi find her missing iPhone. What did JB do? - Used deductive reasoning - Used good thinking - Used modus tollens - Used commonsense psychology 7. Whenever we use commonsense psychology, we fail to realize that commonsense psychology is limited by - Failing to observe the behavior of others - Inferential strategies - Our source of psychological information - Our inferential strategies and our sources of psychological information 8. Dr. Banner is adamant that he knows which students will drop out of his mathematics class. Which of the following is the BEST explanation for Dr. Banner's claim? - He is a fan of Tarot readings - He understands psychological assessment - He uses commonsense psychology - He understands theories of personality 9. We can prevent getting addicted to "gacha" games (games wherein we are encouraged to spend in-game and real-life currencies to get a better chance of rolling for "good" game items) because - We understand that Gacha games trigger our serotonin (happy) and dopamine (pleasure and motivation) whenever we get good items - We understand that Gacha games are rigged to make us keep rolling for more, especially if we don't get the item we want, thanks to the gambler's fallacy - Gacha games makes us fall prey to the overconfidence bias in our ability to get good pulls - Gacha games make us fall prey to the confirmatory bias that the game is rigged. Our frustrations make us want to sprint for good items repeatedly. 10. The assumption that states that human behavior and phenomena follow a natural order was proposed by Alfred North Whitehead. Which of the following scenarios follows his assumption? - A tarot card reader, who claims to know when you will finally find "the one" - Rudy Baldwin (not related to coach Tab Baldwin), who claimed that she predicted that there "would be a disease that afflicts the skin" - Your teacher, who knows that she will probably break her foot for the fourth time if she passes by the Xavier Hall sidewalk (due to prior experience) (may or may not be true to life) - Your chemistry teacher, who explained to the class that combining hot oil and cold water will make for a disastrous chemistry lab class (and will trigger the fire alarm and force an evacuation). 11. Your friend “seenzoned” your Messenger chat. This has caused you to spiral into a deep abyss of despair and anxiety. The next day, your friend explained to you that she fell asleep and didn't lock her phone (and thus lost her battery), thats why your message was "seen". Your nighttime journey into the depth of despair and anxiety was because - Did not use self-correction for an explanation - Did not use modus tollens for an explanation - Did not use good thinking for an explanation - Did not use the Occam's razor for an explanation 12. Einstein predicted that gravity could bend light to create the appearance of two stars, even though there was only one. However, technology was unavailable at this time to observe the phenomenon, making Einstein's prediction - Untestable - Not parsimonious - Inaccurate - Unobjective 13. The law of gravity is a law because - It is applicable in most situations - It is applicable in some general scenarios - It is applicable to all situations - It is applicable in closed, laboratory environments 14. Which of the following cannot be classified as empirical data? - Your height - NBA and PBA teams want to make sure to get the suitable rookie for their team - NBA and PBA teams want to make sure they are not being duped by the hype and mixtapes - You believe in aliens 15. When you are interested in finding out how many students study in the library for at least an hour each day, you want to do a - Descriptive study - Correlational study - Experimental study - Quasi-experimental study 16. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has undergone five (and a half) revisions. These revisions illustrate... - The the DSM-5 is unreliable - That mental illness evolves overtime; thus, the DSM needs to be updated - That science is self-correcting to update itself to the latest research - That the DSM-5 must not be used to diagnose, due to its inaccuracy 17. We disprove hypothesis using modus tollens. We do this because... - We abide by the principle of weight-of-evidence of science - We abide by the self-correcting nature of science - All of the above - None of the above 18. Experiments accomplish which of the following objectives of psychology - Description - Control - Prediction - Explanation 19. Psychotherapy and taking psychotropic medication are means to treat mental illnesses. Which of the following goals of science do mental health treatments accomplish? - Control - Explanation - Prediction and control - Description and explanation 20. A researcher wants to explore if drinking energy drinks affects students' academic performance. The researcher asked students to keep a record of how much millimeters of energy drinks they consumed during the semester. The researcher then obtained the students' QPIs at the end of the semester. Why is this not considered an experiment? - The hypothesis is not testable - There is no antecedent condition - The study cannot be replicated - The means of measurement were not empirical 21. What kind of research design can the study in number 20 be best considered as? - Ex-post facto design - A within-subjects design - Correlational design - Quasi-experimental design 22. We can establish cause and effect relationships using psychology experiments. Which of the following studies illustrates the use of the experimental method? - Exposure to domestic violence: The influence of family violence on adolescent self-esteem - The effect of light color and loud noise on academic performance - The effect of watching horror movies on the reading comprehension of students (much to the chagrin of the Ethics committee and the department chair). The quarter decide to make students watch 10-minute horror films and then make them read a paragraph ahout Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). After which the students were made to answer a quiz about ANOVA. - The effects of Xanor, an anxiolytic, on a patient diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. 23. What is the most accurate description of psychology? - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes - The scientific study of human behavior - The study of behavior and mental processes - The scientific study of the mind 24. Ben decided to conduct a study. He decided to investigate the effects of watching horror clips on the reading comprehension of students (much to the chagrin of the Ethics committee and the department chair). The quarter decide to make students watch 10-minute horror films and then make them read a paragraph ahout Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). After which the students were made to answer a quiz about ANOVA. Which of the following is the antecedent condition? - Reading about ANOVA - Reading comprehension - The quiz about ANOVa - Watching horror clips 25. The study (refer to number 24) conducted by Ben cannot be considered as a true experiment. Why is this so? Choose the BEST answer. - There was no ethical approval to conduct the study - There was no objective measurement used - There was no control group - There was no antecedent condition 26. Psychologists who wish to study rare psychological phenomena would probably use which of the following? - Ex post facto designs - Quasi experiments - Naturalistic Observations - Case studies 27. All of the following predictions meet the minimum requirement for an experiment except... - Students who read from physical copies of readings have a better reading comprehension compared to students who read from tablets. - People who lift weights and do cardiovascular exercises have better reaction times that people who do not exercise - There will be a crack on the ground after an earthquake. - Drinking energy drinks causes heart palpitations versus drinking chamomile Tea 28. Mark asked 30 students to do goblet squats for 15 repetitions. Afterwards, he asked the students to rate their level of "fitness". Mark found that all the students felt "really fit". This is not a true experiment because it lacked... - Two treatment conditions - an antecedent condition - A theoretical basis - Testability 29. Patient X is diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. He responds well to Xanor an anxiolytic Patient X responds so well to Xanor that he became more functional after taking the medication. This is an example of a(n) - Case study - Experimental study - Quasi-experimental study - Field study 30. "The lived experience of mothers of children in conflict with the law" is an example of a phenomenological study. What makes phenomenological studies different from experiments? Choose the BEST answer - The sample size is smaller compared to experiments. - The data collected is qualitative in nature. - There is no manipulation of antecedent conditions. - There is no control group. 31. Public Facebook comments and making quantitative and qualitative sentiment analysis from the comments is one of the trends in data mining a new type of research method. The information is readily available online and can be accessed by researchers any given time. This type of study can be best considered as... - A mixed design study - A quasi-experimental study - A cross-sectional study - An archival study 32. Whenever we do scientific studies, it is enough to look for sufficient conditions to prove or disprove a hypothesis. This is because... - Necessary conditions are not always sufficient - Sufficient conditions are not always necessary - Necessary and sufficient conditions are difficult to establish - Necessary and sufficient conditions are not needed to establish a hypothesis 33. Which of the following topics can best lend itself to the case study method? - The twin towers: Following the beginnings of twin athletes and their athletic development - Twilight: An exploration of the cultural lives of middle adults and senior citizens in Japan and in New Zealand - Tiktok pa more! The effects of fake news and social media on the electoral sentiments in the 2022 Philippine elections - Psychopathy in psychiatry: An account of doctors who have been charged with malpractice in the field of psychiatry 34. Kim, a child psychologist, wishes to observe a grade 2 student to verify if the student exhibits signs of ADHD. She joins the grade 2 art class and stays in the corner of the classroom. Kim is using which research method to gather data? - Field study - Naturalistic observation - Case study - Phenomenology 35. Which scale of measurement provides the least amount of information about a variable? - Nominal - Ordinal - Interval - Ratio 36. "Do you believe that the government is doing a bad job?" is a bad survey question because the question is - Unclear - Leading - Double-barreled - Loaded 37. What is the most appropriate research method to investigate the relationship between the number of hours students sleep each night and their performance in an exam? - A case study - A correlational study - An experiment - A quasi-experimental study 38. A student who is interested in investigating the effects of alcohol consumption on reaction time is most likely to use which research method? - A correlational study - An experiment - A case study - A quasi-experimental study 39. What does the term "operational definition" refer to? - A definition of a concept that is stated in terms of how it is measured - A definition of a concept that is stated in terms of its meaning - A definition of a concept that is stated in terms of its history - A definition of a concept that is stated in terms of its relationship to other concepts 40. Why is it important for researchers to use a control group in an experiment? - To ensure that the results of the experiment are generalizable to other populations - To reduce the risk of bias in the results of the experiment - To ensure that the treatment group is receiving the same treatment as the control group - To provide a baseline against which to compare the performance of the treatment group