Capstone Quiz

Answer the following multiple choice questions by highlighting the answer. There is one correct answer per question.

1.     Which historical perspective stated that psychologists should study the different components of the mind independently, because to understand how the conscious mind works, we must understand all of its individual parts completely? 

a.     Structuralism

b.    Functionalism

c.     Behaviorism

d.    Gestalt

e.     Psychodynamic

2.     Edward Titchener used a method for studying the mind that became popular during the Structuralist period. The method, called _____, required trained participants to report their conscious mental experiences to the investigator. For example, if a person was angry, they would report all of their experiences during the time they were angry. 

a.     empiricism

b.    functionalism

c.     contemplation

d.    introspection

e.     conscientiousness        

3.     A potential problem with ___________ research is _____________. 

a.     longitudinal; cohort differences

b.    cross-sectional; subject attrition

c.     cross-sectional; cohort differences

d.    longitudinal; random assignment

e.     cross-sectional; maturation

4.     Research by _____________  legitimized psychological science when it became the first psychological research presented as evidence to the United States Supreme Court.  

a.     Muzafer Sherif

b.    Irving Janis

c.     Mamie Clark

d.    Phillip Zimbardo

e.     Kurt Lewin

5.     To determine whether changing one variable like education will produce changes in another like income, we must conduct _____________________ research. 

a.     survey

b.    correlational

c.     experimental

d.    statistical

e.     basic

6.     Mary is studying the effect of high blood sugar on intelligence test performance. Which of these might be her hypothesis?

a.     People should not eat high sugar foods prior to IQ testing.

b.    High sugar foods increase energy and improve IQ test performance.

c.     People who eat high sugar foods before testing will have lower scores on an IQ test than people who do not.

d.    Roughly 75% of people had lower IQ test scores after eating high sugar snacks right before testing.

e.     Individuals should not be given high sugar snacks prior to IQ testing.

7.     Which of the following research methods would be most effective in demonstrating whether the presence of others improves our performance of a task? 

a.     An experiment

b.    A correlational study

c.     A survey

d.    A field study

e.     An historical study

8.     Which of the following psychological studies would you expect to have similar results cross-culturally? 

a.     Milgram’s study of obedience to authority

b.    Asch’s conformity study

c.     Study of the symptoms of mental illness

d.    Study of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

e.     Study of parenting styles

9.     According to the APA Ethical Standards, psychologists must inform participants of the nature of the research; and that they are free to participate, decline to participate, or withdraw from the research at any time. These requirements, among others, are necessary to ensure the participants’ ______.

a.     anonymity

b.    risk level

c.     informed consent

d.    debriefing

e.     risk/benefit ratio

10.  Making an ethical decision involves 

a.     simply applying a clear and definitive set of guidelines for ethical research

b.    deciding that an ethical decision is effective if it makes you happy

c.     identifying what ethical guidelines are relevant in a situation and what is at stake for all parties involved

d.    maintaining the anonymity of the researchers

e.     maintaining the anonymity of the participants

11.  According to the APA Ethical Standards, who is ultimately responsible for the ethical conduct of research done in psychology?

a.     The Institutional Review Board

b.    The individual researchers

c.     The sponsoring institution, such as the university

d.    The assistants who test the participants

e.     The funding agency

The owner of Work Now, a nonprofit job referral agency, has asked a few of his employees (you and your fellow group members) for help and recommendations. In the current economy employers seeking to fill professional positions are reluctant to hire applicants direct to full-time. Instead they prefer to hire though temporary agencies (like yours) so they can evaluate employees and be selective about which one(s) to hire full time. This is called temp-to-fulltime.

Because this is the largest trend in temporary hiring (temp-to-fulltime) Work Now wants to not only understand this process (so they can help their clients) but also identify other methods by which applicants can find fulltime employment.   The goal is to increase the number of fulltime hires from individuals who have contracted for Work Now’s services (both prospective applicants and employers).

Your group must do analysis, have discussions (either via the small group chat or discussion board) and come to a consensus to prepare a report (paper) that addresses the following:

Part 1: Complete research on temp-to-fulltime and prepare a written statement (3-4 paragraphs) that Work Now can give to applicants so they can better understand this trend.

Part 2: Aside from temp-to-full time the group must identify and discuss 3-4 methods that job hunters can use to find fulltime employment.   Include specifics defining each method and explaining what the job applicant needs to accomplish in order to be successful using each.

Part 3: Make recommendations to the owner of Work Now identifying how the information in Part 1 & Part 2 can be distributed to applicants in a format that is easy to understand. Make sure you explain “why” this methodology is the best for both Work Now and for the job seeker. 

Individual Portion (75 points):

Conduct research on the topics identified in Parts 1-3.
Compile your findings into a 2-4 page Word document.
You will use your research to discuss with group members and synthesize everyone’s findings and ideas into a cohesive report for Work Now.

Please add your file.

Group Portion (125 points):

Your group must do analysis, have discussions (either via the small group chat or discussion board) and come to a consensus to prepare a report (paper) that addresses Parts 1-3.

The completed report should be in a 5-7 page Word document that properly cites sources using APA format, and end with a reference page.