PSYO 270 - Midterm #1 Exam Rules: SL Practice Exam SL: Kimberly 1.5 hours 1. You have an hour and a half (ish lol) to complete this exam. 2. Try to answer the questions on your own, without your notes. This will help you determine whether or not you're ready! 3. Take three deep breaths in, following each with a longer exhale than inhale. This engages your parasympathetic nervous system which helps you relax and retrieve information from long term memory. 4. Be confident! You can do this! You've done so much practice and you're ready for this! 5. YOU'VE GOT THIS !!
Multiple Choice Questions (1 Point each) 1) What is an independent variable? a. The outcome of your experiment b. Your sample group c. The manipulated variable d. The extraneous variable 2) If your experiment can be generalized to the greater population, what does it have? a. Internal Validity b. Construct Validity c. External Validity d. All of the above 3) What is random assignment? a. Selecting participants randomly from a phone book b. Using a survey method. c. Randomly sorting participants into groups d. Picking your friends to participate in your experiment 4) What are the two types of replication? a. Perfect and Abstract b. Conceptual and Ideal c. Exact and Conceptual d. Different and Same 5) Which of the following depicts the correct order of experimental design? a. Research Question, Theory, Hypothesis, Research Design b. Theory, Research Question, Hypothesis, Research Design c. Theory, Research Question, Research Design, Hypothesis d. Hypothesis, Theory, Research Question, Research Design 6) Does this distribution depict a.A positive skew b.a negative skew c.a symmetrical distribution d.I don't know, Kim
7) " What "shortcuts" do we take when we form judgements or make decisions? " What is this an example of? a. A testable question b. An operationalized question c. a conceptual question d. A realistic question 8) What are extraneous variables? a. The variable we manipulate b. How applicable our experiment is to the real world c. Carryover effects d. Confounds 9.) A correlation of 0.3 would be a. a small, negative correlation b. a small, positive correlation c. a moderate, positive correlation d. a perfect correlation 10) Sam decided to survey the students at UBCO to see if they were satisfied with the food choices on campus. Her first question stated: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you hate the food choices at UBCO?" What is the problem with Sam's question? a. It's a dumb question b. It's leading c. It's double barrelled d. It's open ended 11) Solutions to context effects would be: a. Consider the effects of the order b. Place more important factors in the middle c. Counterbalance d. A & C e. All of the Above 12) If we were testing reaction time, what would it be considered? a. nominal b. categorical data c. quantitative data d. qualitative data