PSYC-1105EL Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dependent And Independent Variables, Pituitary Gland, Confirmation Bias

112 views1 pages
Test Thursday, 100 multiple choice questions – 70 minutes
EXAM:
What Correlations do and don’t do: can u infer cause from correlations
What’s an interaction: ex facial hair and sex of target
Strong vs weak correlation
Sign of correlation indicates, and absolute value of it indicates
Difference between random selection vs random assignment
Operational definition
Validities, external, internal, construct – when to identify when there’s problems with each
What is rationalism
Difference between data and hypothesis
What is Reliability – test retest, etc
Difference between concurrent and predictive validity
What’s a variable?
Heuristics and algorithms – advantages of heuristics
John Mills criteria for cause and effect
Goals of science – and know order
Advantages of experiments
Nominal vs ordinal vs interval vs ratio scales
Know the 2 scales ^ used for science and why
Independent vs dependent variable
Effects of mood state on judgement –
what is Confirmation bias - fundamental attribution error?
What are basic parts of neuron
Know things like MS – associated with?
Resting potential vs acting potential
Refractory period
Lock and key theory
Parts of brain and what happens when u get damage to various parts
Where’s the pleasure center located
Read about split brain patients in book
People who are left hemisphere vs right hemisphere dominant
What’s the Pituitary gland do
Different areas of psychology, structuralism to behaviorism – what humanist think? what
behaviorists think?
Answer to last question is C
Read chapter 4: sensation for exam not test
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Unlock document

This preview shows half of the first page of the document.
Unlock all 1 pages and 3 million more documents.

Already have an account? Log in

Document Summary

Test thursday, 100 multiple choice questions 70 minutes. What correlations do and don"t do: can u infer cause from correlations. What"s an interaction: ex facial hair and sex of target. Sign of correlation indicates, and absolute value of it indicates. Validities, external, internal, construct when to identify when there"s problems with each. Nominal vs ordinal vs interval vs ratio scales. Know the 2 scales ^ used for science and why. Parts of brain and what happens when u get damage to various parts. People who are left hemisphere vs right hemisphere dominant.