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A researcher finds that ice cream sales and drowning deaths both rise in the summer. What does this best illustrate?

  1. AIce cream sales cause drowning deaths
  2. BCorrelation does not imply causation — a third variable (warm weather) likely explains both
  3. CDrowning deaths cause an increase in ice cream sales
  4. DThe two variables are unrelated and the pattern is coincidental noise
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BCorrelation does not imply causation — a third variable (warm weather) likely explains both
Correlation does not imply causation — both variables likely rise because of a confounding third variable, warm weather, which increases both swimming and ice cream consumption.

In Pavlov's classic experiment, a dog begins salivating at the sound of a bell that was repeatedly paired with food. What type of learning does this demonstrate?

  1. AOperant conditioning
  2. BClassical conditioning
  3. CObservational learning
  4. DHabituation
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BClassical conditioning
Classical conditioning — a previously neutral stimulus (the bell) comes to trigger a response (salivation) after being repeatedly paired with a stimulus (food) that already triggered it.

A child believes that a tall, narrow glass holds more liquid than a short, wide glass, even after watching the same amount of water poured between them. According to Piaget, this child has not yet developed which ability?

  1. AObject permanence
  2. BConservation
  3. CTheory of mind
  4. DAbstract reasoning
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BConservation
Conservation — the understanding that a quantity stays the same despite changes in its shape or appearance, typically developed during Piaget's concrete operational stage.

A personality test gives a person very different scores each time they take it, even though their personality hasn't changed. What is this test lacking?

  1. AValidity
  2. BReliability
  3. CGeneralizability
  4. DStatistical significance
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BReliability
Reliability — the consistency of a measure. A test can be reliable without being valid, but inconsistent results across repeated administrations point to a reliability problem specifically.

In a study on obedience, participants were told by an authority figure to administer what they believed were increasingly painful shocks to another person. This describes which classic study?

  1. AThe Stanford Prison Experiment
  2. BMilgram's obedience study
  3. CThe Asch conformity experiments
  4. DHarlow's attachment studies
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BMilgram's obedience study
Milgram's obedience study — it demonstrated that a striking majority of ordinary participants would follow an authority figure's instructions to inflict apparent harm on a stranger.

Which of the following best describes the medical model of abnormal psychology?

  1. APsychological disorders are viewed as illnesses with underlying biological causes that can be diagnosed and treated
  2. BPsychological disorders result entirely from learned behaviors and can be unlearned through conditioning
  3. CPsychological disorders are defined purely by how far a person's behavior deviates from social norms
  4. DPsychological disorders are best explained by unconscious childhood conflicts alone
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APsychological disorders are viewed as illnesses with underlying biological causes that can be diagnosed and treated
The medical model treats psychological disorders as illnesses with identifiable biological or physiological causes, diagnosable through symptoms and treatable — similar to how physical illness is approached.
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What topics does Intro to Psychology usually cover?

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Most intro courses cover research methods and statistics, biological psychology, sensation and perception, learning, memory and cognition, developmental psychology, personality, social psychology, and an overview of psychological disorders and treatment.

Is Intro Psychology usually a lab science or a gen-ed elective?

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It's typically a 3-credit-hour social/behavioral science gen-ed, though some schools offer a companion 1-credit lab section that fulfills a separate lab-science requirement.

Is Intro Psychology usually curved?

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It depends heavily on the instructor and section size, but large-lecture intro courses commonly curve exams, especially multiple-choice midterms, since raw score distributions can vary a lot between test versions.

Is Cambo affiliated with McGraw Hill, Pearson, Cengage, or any university?

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What's the difference between clinical psychology and the general psychology covered in this course?

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Intro Psychology surveys the whole field at a broad level — biological, cognitive, developmental, and social psychology included. Clinical psychology is a specific subfield focused on diagnosing and treating mental health disorders, usually studied in depth only in upper-level or graduate coursework.

Do I need a math or science prerequisite for Intro Psychology?

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Generally no — it's usually an entry-level course with no prerequisites, though the research-methods and statistics unit does involve some basic quantitative reasoning.

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