Weekly Quiz 9/25

Jane Goodall lived among wild chimpanzees intermittently for decades, studying their social and family systems while keeping her interaction with the chimpanzees to a minimum. Her research method can most accurately be described as

• survey

• case study

• experiment

• correlational research

• naturalistic observation

A person displays a set of rare behaviors that psychologists had not known about previously, because nobody had ever shown them before. The best strategy to investigate the nature of those behaviors is

• survey

• case study

• experiment

• correlational research

• naturalistic observation

Research finds that, in general, the higher an incoming college student scores on a given test, the higher the student’s college grade point average (GPA). Which of the following best describes this relationship?

• A bimodal distribution

• A normal distribution

• A skewed distribution

• A positive correlation

• A negative correlation

The notion that human behavior is greatly influenced by unconscious thoughts and desires is most consistent with which of the following psychological approaches?

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Sociocultural

• Psychodynamic

The correlation between two measures obtained on a group of individuals is graphically represented as a

• graphbar

• normal distribution

• histogram

• scatterplot

• frequency polygon

An evolutionary psychologist would explain that humans desire social interaction, social acceptance, and social affiliation due to a need for

• achievement

• individualism

• behavioral change

• survival

• self-actualization

Martha is an undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a career in psychology. She wants to use her knowledge of psychology to help employees become more productive in the workplace. Which field of psychology should Martha select in graduate school?

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Developmental

• Clinical

• Industrial-organizational

Which of the following characterizes a behavioral approach to psychology?

• A study of the unconscious motives involved in behavior

• An introspective study of the mental imagery used in problem solving

• An analysis of the neurons involved in memory storage

• The use of a projective test to assess personality

• A study of how reinforcement affects learning

Which of the following is a strength of naturalistic observation?

• It makes data collection easy, which saves time and money.

• It allows researchers to draw conclusions about cause and effect.

• It produces data that are easily quantified for statistical analysis.

• It allows researchers to easily control many variables at once.

• It minimizes artificiality, which can be a problem in laboratory studies.

Which of the following research methods is being used if the same subjects are tested at two, four, and six years of age?

• Cross-cultural

• Longitudinal

• Cross-sectional

• Correlational

• Projective