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The following is not one of the four goals of psychology
Explain
Predict
Change
Define
Explaining behavior takes "norms" into consideration
True
False
Psychology is considered to be a science
True
False
If only one (or very few) people exhibit a behavior when compared to the norm it is considered:
normal
abnormal
Psychologists only use naturalistic observations to "describe" behavior:
True
False
The following goal deals with questions like: why do people do what they do?
Describe
Explain
Predict
Control/Change
If the majority of people exhibit a behavior, it is considered to be a:
norm
narm
phenomena
force
In accordance with our discussion: When psychologist use information to imply what a person may do in the future, they are making:
an inference
a decision
a prediction
a fortune telling
A psychologist is using this goal when they attempt to make lasting changes for a person
describe
explain
predict
control/change
In a psychological experiment, the control group is:
The group that gets "messed with"
The group that doesn't get "messed with"
The group that is shut out from the world
The group that pushes the buttons
In a psychological experiment, the experimental group is:
The group that gets "messed with"
The group that doesn't get "messed with"
The group that is in charge of the experiment
The group that poses the hypothesis
Because of unethical experiments in the past, psychologists now must inform the people involved in the experiment what the experiment is about and must obtain their agreement to participate. This is most closely associated with the research principle of:
Informed Consent
Deformed Consent
Contractual Agreements
Just Say "Yes"
Wha is the "problem" with case studies?
They are often not replicated
There is not issues with them. Every case study is true for the entire population
They take too many cases into account
Correlation always equals causation.
True
False
a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things is known as:
Mutualicity
A cremation
A causation
A correlation
A fake or inert variable in an experiment is known as a/an:
synthetic
placebo
force
intertia
When a person is taking a fake or inert substance and believes that it is helping them, this is known as:
The Placebo Effect
The Butterfly Effect
The International Effect
The Perception Effect
The ultimate goal of psychology is to better humanity:
True
False
The treatment for every person in the practice of psychology is exactly the same:
True
False
In order to explain behavior, we must first be able to:
Speculate
Predict changes
Describe it
Control it
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