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Essay about Week 1 Quiz

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1. Question :

(TCO 1) Which of the following is a mental process? Student Answer: INCORRECT thinking feeling reading CORRECT a and b Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 4 Points Received: 0 of 2 Comments:

2. Question :

(TCO 2) Because Timothy was laughed at by his second grade peers, he was reluctant to speak out in class. This is a demonstration of which goal of psychology? Student Answer: INCORRECT describing behavior CORRECT explaining behavior predicting behavior changing behavior Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 5 Points Received: 0 of 2 Comments:

3. Question :

(TCO 1) Research has shown that watching aggression on …show more content…

Student Answer: CORRECT create a realistic situation with genuine reactions protect the public from unpleasant research realities protect participants from being harmed prevent sample bias, ethnocentric bias, and experimenter bias Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 14 Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

12. Question :

(TCO 2) Researchers can isolate a single factor and examine the effect of that factor alone on a particular behavior through use of a(n) ________. Student Answer: CORRECT experiment correlational study biological study descriptive study Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 16 Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

13. Question :

(TCO 2) Observing the activities of 3 year old from a hidden location within their daycare would be an example of the___________ type of research method. Student Answer: Correlational Experimental CORRECT Naturalistic observation Survey Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 18 Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

14. Question :

(TCO 2) _____ are manipulated; _____ are measured. Student Answer: Dependent variables; independent variables Surveys; experiments Statistics; correlations CORRECT IVs; DVs Instructor Explanation: See Chapter 1, p. 16 Points Received: 2 of 2

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