AP Psychology Unit 0

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Psychologists generally prefer the experimental method to other research methods because experiments can show cause effect relationships.

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experiments can show cause effect relationships

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Theoretically, random assignment should eliminate

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many confounding variables

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With which of the following should Charlotte and Tina be most concerned in their research on friendliness ratings: reliability, confounding variables, ethics, or validity?

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reliability

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Which of the following hypotheses would be most difficult to test experimentally?
- People exposed to the color red will be more aggressive than those exposed to the color blue.
- Divorce makes children more independent.
- Exposure to violent TV increases aggression
- Studying leads to better grades

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Divorce makes children more independent.

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One of the principal differences between the ethical guidelines for human and animal research is

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Animals can be placed at much greater physical risk than human participants can.

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What is the median of the following distribution: 6,2,9,4,7,3

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5

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Emma scores a perfect 100 on a test that everyone else fails. If we were to graph this distribution, it would be

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positively skewed

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In an experiment where Joe tests a new drug's effect on mice's memory by comparing an experimental group with a control group, what type of statistics does he need to determine if his hypothesis is supported?

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inferential statistics

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Which of the following is an example of random sampling? I. Picking out of a hat to assign each of 3 classes to an experimental condition II. Having a computer generate a random list of 100 high school students III. Approaching any 50 students during 6th pd lunch

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II only

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Which cannot be a confounding variable in Vince's experiment on whether fear makes mice run through mazes faster? Options: how fast the mice are at the start, when the mice run the maze, the population from which he selected his subjects, where the mice run the maze

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the population from which he selected his subjects