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PSYCHOLOGY CCE REVIEW 2018
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Why is scientific research applied to Psychology rather than simply using "common sense" to evaluate?
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it helps evaluate uncertainties using various methods that produce data.
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Why is scientific research applied to Psychology rather than simply using "common sense" to evaluate?
it helps evaluate uncertainties using various methods that produce data.
Which of the following research methods allows for the collection of large amounts of data efficiently through questionnaires or similar formats?
Survey
How does using the Naturalistic Observation method help reduce participant bias?
By avoiding influencing participants' behavior with the observer's presence
What is the correlation if both variables increase together during a scientific study?
positive
What is the correlation if two variables change in opposite directions?
negative
What is the extent to which a test yields consistent results.
Reliability
Which division of the nervous system directly controls voluntary movement?
Somatic
What is the primary function of the myelin sheath?
Protects the axon and speeds up transmission
Neurotransmitters are released from vesicles of which part of the neuron?
Axon Terminal
In which part of a neuron are the neurotransmitters stored?
Axon Terminal
In most people, language functions are primarily located in which brain hemisphere?
Left
One issue with personality testing is a person will often receive different results on the same personality test when its taken at different times of the day, week, month, or year. What does the personality test lack in this scenario?
Reliability
Which brain structure allows the right and left hemispheres to communicate with each other?
Corpus Callosum
What is one way to study the differences between the two brain hemispheres?
Study people who have a surgically separated corpus callosum.
By definition, if a personality test measures what it intends to measure then the test is considered _________
valid