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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple Choice
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
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
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
- 5. Multiple Choice
The correlation between two measures obtained on a group of individuals is graphically represented as a
graphbar
normal distribution
histogram
scatterplot
frequency polygon
- 6. Multiple Choice
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
- 7. Multiple Choice
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
- 8. Multiple Choice
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
- 9. Multiple Choice
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.
- 10. Multiple Choice
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
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