Summarize the problems and general findings on the effectiveness of therapy
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should identify several problems that complicate research on therapeutic
outcome. It should then contrast Eysenck's original pessimistic findings with more recent
optimistic findings that all the major forms of therapy tend to help people with their problems,
as opposed to no therapy. A strong answer will identify patient and therapist characteristics that
predict successful outcomes.
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What has always been the intended purpose of IQ tests?
a. To predict children's performance in school b. To help researchers test the role of heredity and environment in intelligence c. To help researchers test the contributions of various brain areas to intelligence d. To help teachers determine which children are visual or verbal learners
Describe the biological and environmental risk factors for mood disorders, and describe how they might come to cause a mood disorder
What will be an ideal response?
According to Lewin, a psychological fact was:
a. anything of which a person was aware at any given moment b. something that could be proven beyond any doubt c. nonexistent d. anything that existed in the geographical environment
Norman Triplett reported that children reeled in a fishing line:
A) faster if other children were present. B) faster if they were by themselves. C) at different rates depending on their culture. D) at different rates depending on their gender.