Unit One Practice:Intro & Research

Damage to the cerebellum would most affect the career of

• an architect
• a teacher
• an athlete
• a librarian

What research method watches subjects without interfering?

• Naturalalistic Observation

• Case Study

• Experiment

• Cross-Sectional Study

What research method winvolves an intensive invetigation of one or more participants?

• Naturalalistic Observation

• Case Study

• Experiment

• Cross-Sectional Study

What term refers to the measure of relationship between two variables?

• Hypothesis

• Independent Variable

• Correlation

• Variable

Which type of variable changes as a result of the experiment?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Extraneous Variables

• Correlation

Which type of variable is chosen/manipulated by the experimenter?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Extraneous Variables

• Correlation

The anthropological concept of culture includes all of the following EXCEPT ______.

• the ideas people learn

• genetic aspects of being human

• the material things people share

• the ways people behave

Culture is defined: "Everything that makes up a _______. What a _________ celebrates, appreciates, or holds in high regard." 

• group of people
• country
• state
• race/ethnicity

Which of the following is an example of negative correlation?

• People who spend more time exercising tend to weigh less.

• Teenage females tend to have fewer speeding tickets than teenage males.

• Students with lower IQ scores tend to have lower grades.

• As hours studying for a test decrease, so do grades on that test.

• Students' shoe sizes are not related to their grades.

In a drug study, neither the participants nor the person distributing the pills knows who is receiving the new drug and who is receiving the placebo. This type of research design is said to be a(n) _____ study.

• correlational

• confounding

• double-blind

• single-blind

• illusory